Persona 4: The Fooling Jester

Disclaimer: The Persona series is property of Atlus. This is simply a fan series.

Chapter One: The Boonies

4-20-11

"How unlucky am I to end up in the boonies?"

That was running through Tohru Adachi's mind as he sat on a train heading to a small rural town known as Inaba. Before the trip, Adachi was one of the top students at his old high school until he got into a fight with some upper classmen and had to be sent away. Getting into fights was not uncommon as people were jealous as his 'golden ticket' known as talent. Getting fed up with seeing him coming home with bruises and black-eyes, Adachi's parents decided to have him stay in Inaba with a family friend his mother worked with.

Adachi looked out the window of his train when he noticed that he was getting quite drowsy. "Must have been something I ate…..a small nap wouldn't be bad." With that, Adachi slowly drifted to sleep, not caring how long he might sleep.

"Welcome to the Velvet Room."

Adachi opened his eyes to find himself sitting in a blue limousine with a small bar and a table bolted to the floor across from him. Sitting at that table was an old man with a long nose accompanied by a wide grin. At his side sat a woman with a blue suit, holding a book and incredible looks.

"My name is Igor and this is my assistant Margaret. We are delighted to make your acquaintance."

Adachi looked around, wondering if he was dreaming. "Okay, now I know I ate something bad."

"Do not be alarmed. We simply summoned you within your dreams. You are still on your way to your destination."

"Great…the boonies."

"Such an intriguing destiny you have ahead of you. Tell me, do you believe in fortune-telling?"

"No, not really."

At the moment, Igor placed his hands out and a hexagon spread of cards formed on the table out of thin-air. Adachi showed shock to this, wondering how surreal his "dream" has gotten. First, Igor flipped a card that showed a bolt of lightning blowing the top portion of a tower off. Then, he flipped a second card which showed a crescent moon. Lastly, he folding a card that was in the middle of the spread, simply showing a man with a knapsack being followed by a dog.

"You are an intriguing guest so far. The Arcana of the Tower to symbolize the immediate future, the moon to represent mystery and hesitation and lastly…" Igor picked up the middle card and let it slip out of his hand, floating toward Adachi as he slowly catches it.

"The Arcana of the Fool representing the beginning of a journey and all the potential that comes from it. It seems that you will be shown a great mystery and tasked to solve it. I trust that you take great and careful measures in solving it. We await to see your "world" forms."

"My world? What are you…?" At the moment, Adachi couldn't withstand his own drowsiness, falling back to sleep.

"Now arriving at Yasoinaba"

The loudspeaker repeated that for a minute, signaling Adachi to get up after his weird dream. To his shock, he was holding a card in his hand, the same card that floated toward him. Questioning the events he dreamt, he simply slid the card into his pocket and stepped off the train, now walking into the small rural town of Inaba.

Boring as shit, thought Adachi. He then heard his name being called by a woman in a red kimono with long black hair. Next to her was a man with messy brown hair, a white shirt and black slacks, grinning at the new arrival.

"Tohru Adachi, isn't it? The woman politely questioned.

Adachi nervously chuckled. "Y-yeah, that's me." Adachi may have had talent, but his social skills were horrible, attributing why people never liked him. With new people, it was especially horrible.

"My name is Yukiko Amagi, manager of Inaba's pride, the Amagi Inn." The woman stated proudly. "My friend here is Yosuke Hanamura, manager of the Junes Branch here in Inaba. We're happy to make your acquaintance, Adachi-san."

"Nice to meet ya, glad you could be over." Said the young manager.

"H-hello Amagi-san and Hanamura-san."

"That's one way to talk to us. You're probably going to be staying here for a while so you can stop acting so polite. We've known your family before so you're technically family to us." Stated Yosuke.

"Come. You're going to be staying with us at the Amagi Inn." Yukiko happily said.

"An Inn? That sounds like an excellent place to stay at." Adachi complimented. "Staying here in the boonies might not be so bad." He thought.

This is my first fan fiction so if you're rating this, please go easy on me. I'm going to complete this story so I hope that you'll stick around for it. I've introduced Adachi as a young student moving to Inaba, staying with friends of his family, Yukiko Amagi and Yosuke Hanamura.