Daichi: This will deal with Teddie attempting to fit in at school, with... mixed results.

Tsukaimon: We own nothing.

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Chie Satonaka had heard that they would be receiving transfer students in her class, but that hardly prepared her to see them. One of them had silver hair a gray eyes, and gave off a cold exterior. The other was the complete opposite, with golden hair, bright blue eyes, and a contagious smile.

"Listen up. These two are our new exchange students who got dumped here, and they're just as much losers here as they are there, so don't get any ideas."

The stoic kid looked up at Morooka. "Are you calling me a loser?" Meanwhile, the other boy just continued to smile cheerfully.

"Alright, what's your name?"

"Souji Seta."

"Well, Seta, you're on my shit list, effective immediately. Other kid, introduce yourself!"

"I'm Teddren Kumada, but everyone just calls me Teddie. It's great to be here!"

"Yeah, yeah, just take any vacant seat." Immediately, Chie spoke up.

"Hey, there are vacant seats on either side of me!"

The boys walked up and took the seats, Souji on her left and Teddie on her right.

"Bad luck getting stuck with King Moron. At least we only have to put up with him for a year."

"I'm only here for the year."

"Same."

"Well, then, you really only have to put up with him for a year." After this, Morooka started talking about something and everyone just tuned it out.

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After school, Teddie was packing everything up from an exhausting day of attempting to appear like he at least knew what he was doing when the alarm bells rang, calling all staff members to a meeting.

"What do you think happened?" Yukiko asked. Teddie could easily have slipped up there, but thankfully, Yosuke came up to Chie at that particular moment.

"Hey, Chie, it was a really, good movie, I'm sorry, and please have mercy until my next paycheck." And if Teddie knew the pay schedules at Junes, and he was certain he did, Yosuke would have gotten paid two days before.

"My Trial of the Dragon! It's completely cracked!" Teddie couldn't exactly see from there, but Yosuke's cry of pain said it all. Chie and Yukiko walked out, closely followed by Souji.

"Oww..."

"You know, maybe if you'd been riding your bike with both hands..."

"I get it... But I needed to hold my umbrella somehow."

"Doesn't your family have a convenience store with everything someone could want?" It was a sad day when Teddie became the voice of reason.

"Hey, that's a great idea!" Immediately, Yosuke grabbed Teddie's arm and dragged him off.

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After escaping Yosuke, who seemed to have gone temporarily insane, Teddie found himself at the gas station.

"Hello."

Turning around, he saw an attendant standing there, a slight grin on her face.

"Izanami."

"So, you know of me. No surprise, as I know other aspects of me occasionally use the Velvet Room for their own purposes, and I see no other reason for a Shadow to currently be here."

"Yeah... let's just say I made an alternate dimension form of you beary mad."

"Somehow that does not surprise me. Either way, no matter what of me you may have known before this is not the me here now. If it comes to blows, I will fight you with all I have."

"I will keep that in mind." Walking away, he felt his bag get slightly heavier, but he ignored it. When he got back to the house that had been set up for him, he wondered if that had been such a good idea.

Inside the bag, sitting almost innocently, was a mask he'd never thought he would hold again, with the Star Arcana on it.

Almost immediately, it went into an empty drawer. Yes, he had made his peace with being a Shadow, but that did not mean he wanted evidence of it out where anyone could see it.

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The next morning was filled with news of the death of Mayumi Yamano. Teddie had no clue how that was important, except that she was killed by her Shadow.

...Speaking of which, maybe he should visit the TV World, if only to make sure no one got too far in over their heads. After all, if too many people died, that would really put a damper on his school year. ...Never mind that he was being forced to attend.

Actually, he was only going in because he was bored. Which was how, after school, he found himself at Junes' electronic section, debating with himself whether or not to go in. Well, he would be debating, but... He had a tendency not to think things through.

Landing on the studio floor with ease of practice, his eyes quickly adjusted to the fog. It may have been a long time since he'd had to see through such thick fog without at least the contacts from his costume, but some things just came naturally. His vision may not be perfect, but... well, it was good enough.

When the first Lying Hablerie came out while he was walking around, a quick Bufula took care of it. A shortness of breath reminded him that it had been a long time since he'd actually fought in this fog, and never before without his bear suit.

"Wow! You beat up that Shadow with no problem, kuma!" Speaking of his bear suit...

Turning, he saw what appeared to be the past him, plus one verbal tic, and shrugged. "I've been doing this for a beary long time."

"Really, kuma? Kuma's impressed, kuma!" Was he ever like this?

"It's not a beary big deal. Anyway, I'm Teddie."

"Really. kuma? Well, Kuma's Kuma." Of course they would have different names. Marie wouldn't be that inconsiderate. At least, unless he did something really bad.

"Well, it was nice meeting you, Kuma, but I should probably leave before Junes closes." Immediately, he created an exit, which surprised Kuma, but Teddie didn't really care at this point. At least, until he realized something.

This was basically an alternate version of himself, who he had just summoned Kintoki-Douji in front of. This was going to end up like when Yosuke had to explain everything to his parents, he could tell.

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Far away, a young woman turned to her friend. "Are you sure about this?"

"Yes! There is definitely a Shadow in Inaba, and there has been for the past two days."

"I wonder why it hasn't done anything."

"Maybe we should send Aigis?"

"Do we need a Wild Card for everything?"

The echoing silence after that said it all.

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Daichi: Let's just say that, when Yosuke had to introduce Teddie to his parents, it got... weird. And Aigis will be making an appearance. Because it'll be more fun that way.