Yoromatsu let out a chuckle. "Don't worry about it." He bowed deeply. "I haven't properly introduced myself. I am Kirijo Yoromatsu. It's a pleasure to meet you." He stood upright again. He already knew this girl's name. He actually knew quite a bit about her. But that wasn't something he figured he should tell her. Once she introduced herself, Yoro would nod. "A pleasure." He looked at his watch. "It's getting late. Adjusting to a new place can be very tiring. You should go to bed early." [i]And so, hours passed...[/i] [b]Current Time: 11:49pm[/b] Night had fallen and everyone was in bed, fast asleep. All except for Yoromatsu, Takahiro, and the Chairman of the Board. They were in the 4th Floor Command Room, monitoring the new recruits. Yoromatsu watched as they slept away in their beds. He was also the one to break the silence. "This will be the last night we'll be monitoring them." He said, hands folded under his chin. Takahiro turned to him, taking his attention away from the PSP in his hands. "Eh? So we're going to try and recruit them tomorrow?" He asked. "No, Saturday. After school." Yoromatsu looked at his watch. "It's almost the Dark Hour..." Right after he said that, the monitor, the lights, and most importantly, Takahiro's PSP shut off. The whole room was bathed in a sickly green light. "Speak of the devil." He put his phone back in his pocket. "NNN!" Takahiro exclaimed and stiffened up. "What? What is it?" The Chairman asked, standing up from his seat. "I sense a Shadow. It's a strong one too." He shook his head. "Wait, no. There's more than one. A lot of strong ones that are headed by a leader." "Outside Tartarus?" Yoromatsu asked, standing up from his seat and strapping his Evoker harness to his chest. "Yeah, five minutes from the dorm, give or take a few seconds." Takahiro strapped his harness to his waist. "We have to keep it away from the dorm. Takahiro, you wake the others up and evacuate them out the back. I'll head out the front and intercept them. You should stay here, Ikutsuke-san." Yoromatsu pressed a few buttons on the computer, causing a panel on the wall to open up that held Yoromatsu's chain. He picked it up and slung it over his shoulder. "R-Right. Be careful Yoromatsu-kun." The Chairman sat back down, clearly uneasy. "Of course." Yoromatsu headed out the Command Room door. Quickly, going downstairs and headed out the front door. He looked to the right, down the street. He could see a black mass of Shadows headed towards the dorm. He ran down the street as quickly as possible. Very quickly, he came on some of the Shadows. They appeared to be massive blobs of blackness that had appendages vaguely shaped like hands. With practiced efficiently, he lashed out with his chain, wrapping it around a few of the Shadows. With one hard pull, they dissipated into black goo. ---------------------------------------------------------- In the dead of night, the new students were awoken by Takahiro banging on their bedroom doors and being dragged off without much of an explanation. They could hear many strange sounds outside. Unbeknownst to them, these were the sounds of Yoromatsu's battle with the Shadows. ------------------- The battle had gone on for a few minutes and Yoromatsu looked and felt tired. The Shadows came in wave after wave, showing no signs of stopping. He sighed. Only one thing left to do. Yoromatsu pulled his chain back to him and held it in one hand. With his other hand, he pulled out his Evoker and put it to his head. "I hate this... come, Magatsu Sraosha!" A black and red aura appeared around Yoromatsu, growing more intense every second. When Yoromatsu finally pulled the trigger, he was engulfed in the aura. When it dissipated, Yoromatsu stood there with intense yellow eyes. Behind him was a demonic-looking creature that held a scroll in its hands. The Shadows appeared hesitant for a moment, but after a few seconds, continued their assault. As soon as they got within thirty feet of him, he thrust his hand out with an eerie calm. The creature behind Yoromatsu let out a roar and unrolled the scroll in its hand. An aura of light surrounded the Shadows. After a blinding flash of light, the Shadows were all gone. The yellow from his eyes vanished along with his Persona. "URGH!" He coughed and fell to his knees, blood pouring out of his mouth. After a couple seconds, he wiped the blood off his face and stood up. "Careful Yoro! The leader is still alive!" Takahiro telepathically communicated to Yoromatsu as he led the recruits to safety. That was when he saw it. A mass of black hands running awkwardly towards him. In one of the hands, it held a mask. This was presumably its face. Yoro fell back to the dorm to recover. As the Shadow approached him, Yoro held out his chain defensively, but it completely ignored him. It jumped to Yoro's left, latching on to the building and climbing quickly around the dorm. "What..." Yoromatsu didn't know what it could be doing. That was when it hit him. "Tak! It's going around to the back door!" --------------------- Takahiro heard Yoro's warning the second he put his hand on the door handle. "BAM!" There was a massive hit on the door. "Shit..." Takahiro led the group upstairs. It was all he could figure to do. -------------------------- Yoromatsu went inside just as the Shadow broke through the back door. This wasn't good. Him summoning his Corrupted Persona made him far to weak to beat this thing. As the Shadow again ignored him and ran up the stairs, Yoromatsu tried to give chase. However, his vision began to blur. The battle earlier took more out of him than he thought. He only took two steps before he fell unconscious. ----------------------- As the group tried to outrun whatever it was that was chasing them, they made it to the roof. Takahiro closed the door behind them and locked it. He let out a sigh of relief. They were safe.