Yasogami High School, Classroom, Tuesday, April 12th, 08:29 local time.

Students were already inside chatting with each other. Some of them sat down while a few stood. They heard a door open and the students that were standing around went to their seats and sat, continuing their conversations as the homeroom teacher walked up to his desk with Yu Narukami.

Stupid-looking teacher: "Awright, shut yer traps! I'm Kinshiro Morooka, your homeroom teacher from today forward! Some standard crap first: Just because it's friggin' spring doesn't mean you can swoon over each other like love-struck baboons. Long as I'm around. . . ah, ferget it. I figure you guys being pure as snow is just about as likely as 'The Simpsons' getting cancelled! I hate wasting my time, but I need to introduce this here transfer student. This sad sack has been thrown from the big city out to the middle of nowhere like yesterday's garbage. Damn, I still can't forget about what happened in the science lab."

A Blond-looking student then exclaimed, "You mean that freak accident with Chie-chan's lunch being mixed in with some reactive chemicals that had been mistaken for soy sauce?"

Morooka's response was, "That's the one, Yosuke! Cleaning the mess caused by that took the rest of the day and even then it cost about 45,000 yen in damages."

A Short-haired female student then said, "Ugh, I only had what could still be eaten from that and even now- Ugh! Agh! Damn it, not now!"

"Aw, what is it now, Chie?" Morooka asked.

Chie complained, "uuuuuuooooough, my stomach!"

Morooka thought (SHIT!) to himself and then shouted, "Get to a bathroom before your bowels explode in here! I'm not going to take the blame if it starts smelling in this room as well!"

Chie immediately ran out of the room while holding her stomach. She closed the classroom door behind her as she left.

Morooka then continued on, "Well, with that out of the way, transfer student! Tell all of us your name and be quick about it! And you girls better not think about hitting on him, he's as much of a. . . misfit here as he was in the city."

Yu started, "The name's Yu Narukami, sir. Yeah, that abou-"

"WHOA, I THINK I JUST SAW YOUR LOSER EYES GAZE OVER AT THAT GIRL SITTING OVER BY-"

Yu would not stand being cut off, even by a teacher, and yelled at Morooka, "I WILL NOT ALLOW ANYONE, NOT EVEN A TEACHER, TO INTERRUPT ME WHILE I'M SPEAKING! AND WHAT WAS THAT EARLIER?! YOU CALLING ME A LOSER?! MOROOKA-SENSEI, CALM THE HELL DOWN!" in an angry tone.

"Well, what's you-"

Izanagi suddenly made himself visible and thrust his spear into the chair next to Morooka before the persona said, "DON'T. BELITTLE. MY. MASTER. OR. I. WILL. KILL. YOU!" angrily.

Now he was afraid, but Morooka didn't show it. "That's it, you're on my shit list, effective immediately. Now, if you excuse me, you backstabbing, worthless, shit-eating, slud-"

Suddenly three Mercenaries in full uniform crashed into the classroom through the windows as the door closest to Yu was blasted open by a pair of Mercenaries while another pair of them kicked open the other doorway in, all seven of them aiming their weapons at Morooka.

One of the Mercenaries who came in through the windows immediately said, "Tackle him! Wellington, Tunazu, make sure no one leaves until lunch!"

As five of the Mercenaries tackled Morooka to the ground, the two that had been called 'Wellington' and 'Tunazu' took their positions by one of the doorways.

Wellington said from the doorway near Yosuke, "This doorway is secure!"

Tunazu replied from the doorway that had been blasted open, "Doorway secure!"

A Mercenary then ordered, "Alright, let's drag Morokin down to the faculty office so we can press our case that he isn't fit to teach!"

The Nearby mercenaries then shouted, "Hoo-rah! Enforcer knows what's best!"

Enforcer then said to Morooka, "Right, let's get moving. We'll hear your side of things after the principal hears our case."

Enforcer and the four Mercenaries near him left the room, dragging Morooka with them.

Wellington then said, "Alright, you heard my boss. Nobody is suppose to leave this room until things simmer down, which probably won't happen until lunchtime, so I hope you guys have a way to entertain yourselves. A new teacher is actually supposed to be in here, but you guys got stuck with Morokin due to bureaucratic crap slowing things down."

Yu thought to himself, "Well, where am I supposed to sit?" as he scanned the rooms for an empty seat. A male student near the front row immediately got up and shifted down next to where Chie sat earlier. The student thought to himself as he did that, "There is no way I'm going to be able to compete with that Narukami kid for Yukiko's attention! I better find a new seat." Having picked up on what had happened, Yu sat down next to a girl with black hair.

The Black-haired girl noticed him and said, "Hello, Narukami-kun. My name's Yukiko Amagi, but you can just call me Yukiko."

Yu replied, "Okay, it's nice to meet you as well, Yukiko."

The rest of the morning was very uneventful, and lunch was done pretty quickly, but when lunch was over, Yu saw The Reaper walk into the classroom and stand where Morooka had been earlier while Chie snuck back into the classroom via the other doorway.

The Reaper started in a cheerful manner, "Hello everyone. Sorry for what happened earlier today, but you know how bureaucracy tends to get in the way of progress. Anyway, my name is The Reaper and I will be teaching your homeroom instead of Morooka for this year. The subject that I will be teaching is Mythology. As such, with each week we will study a different culture's mythology starting with Japanese Mythology and heading onwards."

The Reaper rambled on and on until the final bell of the day rang. "Well, normal lectures start tomorrow." As The Reaper got his stuff ready, the intercom came on.

"Attention, all teachers. Please report to the Faculty Office for a brief staff meeting. All students must return to their classrooms and are not to leave the school until further notice." a female staff member said over the intercom before it powered down. "Alright, you heard what they said. You guys can't leave until you hear otherwise." The Reaper said before he left.

The instant he left, the classroom was rife with chatter. Only a few minutes later police sirens were heard and got louder as the intercom buzzed to life again with the following message as the chatter died down: "Attention, all students. There has been an incident inside the school district and police officers have been dispatched throughout the School Zone. Please stay calm and contact your parents or guardians as soon as possible, and quickly leave the school grounds. Do not disturb the police officers. Please head directly home."

Immediately after it ended, the chatter picked right back up as students left. Chie walked with Yukiko near Yu's desk and asked him, "Hey, are you going home by yourself? Why don't you come with us? Oh, I almost forgot! I'm Chie Satonaka."

Yu responded, "Sure."

Chie then said, "Alright. Over here is Yukiko Amagi. I already noticed that you sit next to her when I came back from the bathroom."

Yukiko then added, "Yeah, we've already met, but nice to meet you. I'm sorry that this is so sudden."

"C'mon, don't apologize like that. It makes me look like I've got no upbringing. I just wanted to ask some stuff. That's all."

Yukiko then said, "On another note, Yosuke gave me this during Lunch and told me to give it to you." as she handed Chie a DVD case.

Chie opened it and looked inside. "What the hell? It's completely cracked! Where is he?!" she said.

"He mentioned that he had to head to the Central Shopping District after school in class. Something about protection fees being late." Yu remembered and then said.

Chie asked, "You mean he already left?!"

Yu replied, "Yep."

Chie immediately yelled, "Dammit!" before she took off. Yu and Yukiko didn't see her until about seven minutes later in the Central Shopping District, where they found her supporting Yosuke in front of a rough-looking young man. Yosuke was completely beat up and had a bloody nose.

The Rough-looking young man yelled, "And the two of you need to cough up the protection fees by the end of next week or Yosuke's going to have more than just a few broken bones! You got that? Now get the hell out of my sight!"

The four of them immediately left. Yukiko then asked, "Who was that guy?"

Yosuke answered, "That guy is Arisato Natazaka. He's a former Yakuza member. Chie, you remember why I gave the DVD to Yukiko? Well, I was running late on protection fees for the Junes Department Store and he said for me to come to him after school. After I reached him, I then mentioned my mistake with your 'Trial of the Dragon' DVD with him and that's what caused him to break a few bones in my body. I know I deserved it, but if it was you, you would have went for the kill."

Chie's response was, "You're right. No wonder you're all bloody and beat up right now."

As they walked home, they chatted a bit before separating.

Several hours later, Dojima Residence, Yu:'s room, 11:33 local time.

The Reaper was on a weirdly-shaped cell phone, talking to someone. "Okay. Sure. Whoa, slow down, Amagi! You certain about this?"

"Yeah. Recently, I've noticed that when the time was midnight, my wife and everyone else at the Inn except for myself and my daughter Yukiko transformed into coffins while this green-ish color permeated everything!" someone called 'Amagi' frantically said on the other end.

"Calm down, Amagi. Do you remember experiencing this phenomenon anytime before?" the Reaper calmly asked.

"No."

"Then it is obvious that your body has not adjusted to it yet. I will be arriving with another student who can experience this phenomenon during it. He personally had to feel it when my train arrived at midnight last night or I would have doubted that I was in the right town."

"Alright. I'll see you and the student in question at the Inn. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

The Reaper then hung up before he said to Yu, "We must head to the Amagi Inn tonight, Narukami. Two others can experience what occurred when I arrived in town and I will have to speak with one of them."

Yu replied, "Okay."

The Reaper then added, "Nanako should be fast asleep right now. It is only natural since she is only around six years of age, but it will become an inconvenience later when midnight comes."

Yu asked, "Why?"

The Reaper said to him, "You'll see soon enough."

It barely took twenty-five minutes, but Yu and The Reaper were now near the Amagi Inn. Mercenaries were nearby, and they were all on patrol for something.

Ghost Force HQ transmitted, "Be advised, Enforcer, the Dark Hour is approaching."

Enforcer only replied, "Understood."

Enforcer's watch now read 0:00 and the Dark Hour came.

Yu noticed what had happened and asked The Reaper, "Is this what you mentioned earlier?'

The Reaper replied, "Yes. This is a time period that sits in between one day and the next: The Dark Hour. Most people can't experience it."

Both Yu Narukami and The Reaper walked up to the front door of the Amagi Inn unopposed by the mercenaries since they just observed the two of them. At the reception desk was a man who appeared to be in his fifties.

The Reaper said to the man, "I have arrived, Hideki Amagi."

Hideki responded with, "Yes you have, Mr. Reaper. I suppose that young man with you is the student who can also experience what's going on now."

The Reaper replied, "Yes. Now where is Yukiko? Your daughter and this Yu Narukami person with me happen to be students in my Mythology class at Yasogami High."

Yu then noticed someone slowly walking towards them out of a hallway and said, "Huh? Who is that? It's difficult to tell who it is because it's so dark in here."

The Reaper also noticed and said, "Wait a minute. I can recognize that person. It's Yukiko. Come on, we don't bite."

Yukiko walked towards them and asked, "Are these the people you were expecting?"

Hideki answered, "Yes, Yukiko."

The Reaper then explained, "I'm sure you already know, but since we just met in a non-professional situation, I will go through introductions again. My name is The Reaper."

Yu introduced himself again, "Hello. I am Yu Narukami."

Yukiko then said to both Yu and the Reaper, "Hello. It's nice to meet both of you."

The Reaper then pulled a briefcase out of nowhere and opened it after setting it on a nearby table. Inside were various documents and a gun-like object. "That thing will be discussed another time, but as for this phenomenon, according to these documents made by the Kirijo Group, it is called the Dark Hour."

A/N: Read and Review. I have set up a poll on my profile because I need to decide on the name of Persona 3's Male Protagonist. In this story and two others, he will be a major character and I can't decide between his Canon Name Makoto Yuuki and his Fan-given Name Minato Arisato. Please vote your choice in the poll, which will close on November 23.