A/N: I do not own Persona

Takaya: They know that…

Me: You want to be in this story or not?

Takaya: …

Me: Good answer

Chapter 1

Yu was watching television at his house and saw a story about a man found dead in his apartment.

"The police say there was no sign of forced entry and the man seemed to have strangled himself to death," The news caster said, "More on this story when it develops."

'Strangled himself to death?' Yu thought, 'I suppose it could be suicide but…after what happened in Inaba I find myself doubting things like that.'

He figured it was all over with the Persona business and he never really tried to enter the TV again scared it might work.

He knew the risks of going in and not having a way out considering he was back home and doubted he'd find Teddie to get him out.

He turned off the television hearing his parents come in after work.

"Oh Yu how was school dear?" She asked.

"Fine," Yu said, "How was work?"

"The usual," His father said, "Anything on the news?"

"Some guy was found dead in his apartment apparently strangling himself," Yu said, "It's sad people do that."

"Let me see," his father said and turned the television on to see the story running again.

"That's Shiro," He said.

"You know him?" Yu asked.

"We were friends in high school," His father replied, "I should call his family and see how they're doing."

He watched his father grab the phone and go to another room.

"Yu could you go to the store and buy some rice?" His mom asked, "I completely forgot to grab some the other day."

"Sure," Yu said and grabbed his jacket.

He got some money from his mother and headed for the store which was pretty close to his house.

He walked by a store and saw a story about Inaba.

Apparently Junes had some sort of mega sale going on and he could see Teddie in the background waving happily with Yosuke was trying to pull him away.

He smiled and pulled out the photo of all his friends in Inaba.

He had expressed how he wanted to go back there but his parents told him he had to finish his school year before he could go back.

They had told him maybe during summer break so he was hoping he could go.

He really did miss Inaba and his friends but it wasn't like home was such a bad place.

He started to walk again as the story ended and headed for the store.

"Hey check out this poster," A man said in a baseball cap.

He seemed to be checking out a poster of Rise and it seemed she was doing well for herself.

"Junpei she's way too young for you," A girl wearing a pink sweater said, "Geeze sometimes you're still so strange."

"Ah c'mon she's hot," the guy in the hat said, "A guy can dream."

"Whatever…" The girl's said.

Her remark reminded of him of Yosuke when it came to Teddie.

"Anyways what were we here for again?" the guy in the hat asked.

"You seriously forgot?" The girl asked.

"I'm kidding…you need to loosen up," The guy said, "We're buying food for dinner with everyone…"

The girl sighed and walked into the store.

Yu stopped by the poster and smiled thinking of Rise.

'Good to know she's doing well' he thought, 'she seems a lot happier in this poster.'

He was about to enter the store when he heard a crashing sound inside.

He looked through the window seeing a man with long hair, no shirt, and carrying a gun of some kind.

"My this is a surprise meeting you here," The man said.

"What are you doing alive?" The guy in the hat asked.

"We could tell you but that'd be no fun," The man with the gun said, "All we want is for you to come with us."

"Make us," The girl said.

The rest in the people in the store seemed to run out of it in terror not that he blamed him.

Yu had seen stories of people robbing stores and such but this man with the gun seemed unnatural somehow.

The two people seemed to pull out guns of their own but nothing seemed to work.

"I'm afraid you can't bring them out," The man said, "No Dark hour here."

'Dark Hour?' Yu thought, 'like the midnight channel?'

Both tensed up seeing the guy with the gun summon what looked like a persona.

"How can you summon a persona when we can't?" The guy in the hat asked.

"Why should I tell you?" The man with the gun asked, "Don't worry I won't kill you just knock you unconscious."

Yu wished he could help but as far as he knew he couldn't summon personas anymore.

'I am thou and thou are I…' A mysterious voice said suddenly around him, 'Thou will be the one to open the door…'

He saw a card fall into his hand and didn't hesitate to crush the card.

The man with the gun meanwhile was about to blast the two with Ziodyne but it seemed to be blocked by a persona that jumped in front of the two.

"What the…?" The girl asked, "This is a…"

"Glad it's on our side," The guy said, "But whose is it?"

"That's not possible," The guy with the gun said, "Who…?"

Izanagi quickly used his Cleave attack to knock the guy back making his persona vanish.

"You seem to have luck on your side this time," He said to the two, "But next time I won't be so generous."

He walked out and the two looked at Izanagi.

"Whoa this one is frickin cool," The guy with the hat said.

"We need to find who summoned it," The girl said, "They might be close."

Yu didn't know if he wanted to reveal himself and had Izanagi vanish.

"Hey you scared it away," the guy said.

"Junpei…" the girl said annoyed and sighed, "All we can do now is tell the others about this I guess."

"Yeah Takaya being back is news enough," the guy said.

They walked out and Yu stepped out from behind a wall.

'They know about personas?' He thought, 'just who are they and who was that other guy…'

Later after getting some rice from another store he got home and saw the story on the news.

"The gunman yet to be revealed by police got away and no money was stolen from the store," The reporter said and continued on.

"Oh Yu I'm glad you didn't go in there," His mother said, "Still it was scary."

"Yeah a robbery this close to our house," His father said, "This world is strange at times."

"True," Yu said, "Hey I'm heading to my room to study."

"Okay," His father said.

Yu went upstairs and lied down on his bed.

He closed his eyes and soon found himself in a very familiar place.

'The Velvet room…' he thought, 'I'm back here?'

"Welcome back to the Velvet room my dear young guest," Igor said sitting at the end, "It seems we meet again."

"Yeah," he said looking at Margaret who smiled, "Let me guess there's another mystery to solve?"

"Yes you're very smart," Igor said, "I'm sure you've noticed strange events as of late."

"Yeah," Yu said, "Does this have something to do with that guy today?"

"Indeed," Igor said, "But it's up to you to discover that truth."

"I'm sure you'll be able to solve this mystery," Margaret said, "But please be careful because it will be dangerous and you will happen to meet new people that are involved."

"Like those two that were being attacked?" Yu asked, "and this Dark hour?"

"Yes," She said, "I wish you luck."

"Until we meet again…" Igor said.

Yu woke up in his room again and sighed.

Meanwhile

"Are you sure Iori?" A red headed woman asked, "You saw Takaya and a persona came and saved you?"

"Yeah," The guy said, "We didn't see who summoned it though."

"It sure seemed to scare of Takaya too," The girl in pink said.

"Than the rumors were true…" The woman said.

"Rumors?" A silver haired guy asked.

"Remember I told you about 'The midnight channel' rumor," The woman said, "it seems it existed after all."

"So it was like the Dark Hour all over again…" Junpei said, "All I remember is hearing about that freaky fog."

"It seems both were involved," the woman said, "I believe there were persona users involved and that's why the phenomenon stopped."

"It would explain my sensing something in Inaba before," A girl in green said.

"Than if there was a persona user there today…" The girl in pink started, "Why didn't they reveal themselves afterwards?"

"I don't know," The woman in red said, "We have to find them and the reason for Takaya returning as well.

A/N: Sorry it's so long but I wanted to make the first chapter like this. Anyways please read and review and be nice. If you leave a rude comment I will delete it off my account in the end so to save time don't write a negative comment though I appreciate constructive criticism.