You'll never have my soul, the game is on...

Hyde and Akihiko helped me walk to school after I got changed, they didn't want me putting too much weight on my leg, the others were there to, all the ones I saw I heard a voice, I ignored it at first, but it kept repeating the same thing, so I started to look around, the others seemed to respond to it also, curious...

"Akihiko... Hyde... Thanks..." I spoke quietly,

"Hey, don't worry about it, we're friends," Hyde said,

"Huh... I'm not used to people thinking of me as a friend..." I said,

"Well, all of us do," Akihiko said,

I smiled a little, friendship was something I wasn't used to, but I feel happy to hear that they are my friends, and that they think of me as a friend,

"Thanks you two," I said,

"You sure thank us a lot," Hyde said,

"Yeah, I have been saying 'thank you' a lot," I said,

We arrived at the school, and I was left surprised upon seeing Carmine and Orie waiting at the door, they seemed surprised and worried when they saw me, or rather, my leg, and ran out,

"Seth, what happened? Your leg looks broken!" Carmine said,

"I woke up late last night after my nap and came out, and a tree fell on me..." I said,

"I guess you're actually pretty lucky, that could have killed you," Orie said,

"Yeah, I could've died instead of just breaking my leg," I said,

As I spoke those words, the fight came in flashes, and what happened after it ended,

"Seth! Are you alright?" Mitsuru asked,

I limped up to her and the others, staring down at the Shadow, that fight is over, and I was glad, however, around that time... Everything went black as I hit the ground, hearing yells and gasps before I fully lost consciousness,

"Let's go, we'll help you get around," Orie said,

"Guys... You really don't have to take care of me," I said,

"Its what friends do," Carmine said,

I was once again surprised, but I smiled, then that voice spoke again, everyone responded it seemed,

"That voice again?" Akihiko sighed,

"I thought I was the only one hearing it," Hyde spoke,

"I've been hearing it to," I said,

"I've been hearing it since last night," Carmine said,

"Me to," Orie spoke,

"Holy shittt we're all hearing it, aren't we?!" Junpei asked,

"Seems like it," Mitsuru said,

"Makoto, are you hearing it?" Yukari asked,

"Yes," Makoto said,

"Hold on, wait a second, how do we know we're not all hearing different voices?" Junpei asked,

"'Begin the game' is what I've been hearing," I said,

"Yeah, same here," Akihiko said,

Everyone nodded, this was going to be troublesome, we head into school, and throughout the day, someone would come and help me get around, it was embarrassing, and made me feel bad, they likely had better things to do than help me out,

"Seth, how's your leg?" A voice asked,

I turned and saw Yuko, she's the track team manager, I guess she noticed that I wasn't alone through most of the day, except in class, she was waiting outside of my classroom, looking at my injured leg with worry in her eyes,

"I broke it last night, a tree fell on me, I was lucky to have only broke my leg though," I said,

"Yeah, that could have killed you," Yuko said,

"Yeah..." I said,

After school

"You wanted to talk to me? Something about what happened last night?" I asked,

I had been called to some control room or something, they told me that they needed to talk to me, Akihiko and Makoto had helped me up the stairs, and, to my surprise, Hyde, Orie, Carmine, Chaos, Gordeau and Linne were there,

"Seth, how's your leg?" Chaos asked,

"It hurts a lot but it could've been worse," I said,

"Yeah, we saw what happened, we wanted to help but when these guys came up, we were worried our former involvement with Amnesia would make them start attacking us," Gordeau said,

"What was that giant thing? Was it some kind of Void?" Chaos asked,

"We call those creatures 'Shadows' and they are very different from Voids, have you heard of Apathy Syndrome?" Akihiko asked,

"No way... Those things are the cause of that?" Chaos asked,

"Yep, they are, we've been out to defeat them all, it surprises me that they returned though," Akihiko said,

"Returned?" Hyde asked,

"Apathy Syndrome was spreading like wild fire about a year ago, I imagine you stopped them, then now they return, am I right?" I asked,

"Yes, you are," Akihiko said,

"And, let me take another guess, since I have a Persona, I can fight them, so you want me to join you," I said,

"Right again, and we believe these guys have the potential, as we heard they experienced the Dark Hour as well," Akihiko said,

"Dark Hour?" Chaos asked,

"Correct," Akihiko said,

"Did you know there are more than twenty four hours in a day?" Mitsuru asked,

"Yes, I did know, I experience it every Hollow Night- should I have not have mentioned that?" Carmine asked,

"Don't worry, after that fight I kinda got attacked by a Void, so, as you can imagine, that means I'm an In-Birth as well," Junpei said,

"Yeah, it got quite a few of us because we started attacking it, trying to get it away from Junpei," Yukari said,

"Yes, I even tried to chase it away, and it bit me to..." Fuuka said,

"That explains you all being out cold when we came up, we sensed the Void and went after it, and killed it, thankfully," Chaos said,

"Alright, so we take on this Dark Hour and the Hollow Night together? Sweet!" Carmine stated,

"Stay calm, will you?" A voice asked,

Someone else walked in, I didn't recognize him, however, the others did,

"No way, what are you doing here?" Junpei asked,

"That voice you heard, I've been hearing it to," the teen spoke,