Chapter 8: Murder Number Two

Another Shadow had hit Minato onto the ground. Before the next one could finish him, I used Hina to kill it. He looked up at me, surprised from the action.

"Look if you're not strong enough to take these things on, then I suggest you don't even bother fighting." I told him in a harsh tone.

"It's my third time fighting them! Give me a break Sarah!" He said, standing to his feet.

I sighed then looked at the others who were busy finishing off the last two. "Whatever. Just do me a favor though."

Minato looked at me, unsure of the favor. "What is it?"

"Don't die from these things." I told him with a grin. He smiled then nodded. "Good. Now let's get rid of these ugly creatures!" We both ran toward them with our weapons ready.


"Sarah! Hey are you even listening to me! ?" I looked up to see Chie's face which looked a little annoyed.

The dream I had that night confused me. Why did I dream that? "Oh, I'm sorry I spaced out. What did you ask me?"

"I asked you why you think we're here!" I simply shrugged then turned my head toward the principal.

"One of our third-year students, Ms. Saki Konishi of Class 3… has passed away." That was a shocker for everyone, especially for Yosuke. I looked back at him and saw him almost to tears. "Ms. Konishi was found deceased early this morning… The reasons behind her passing are currently under investigation by the police…"

I didn't care for what he said at that point. I just kept looking back at Yosuke's sad face which hadn't changed. I actually felt… sorry for him. I wanted to hug him and tell him that it was probably just a misunderstanding and that she probably had a cold or something, but what proof did I have?

After the assembly we all went to the first floor where the bulletin board was. It was really quiet until Yosuke finally spoke.

"Hey… Did you guys check out the TV last night?"

"No. I went to sleep as soon as I got home." I said.

"I didn't want to wake her up if the TV decided to try to eat me again." Seta replied with a shiver.

"Yosuke! Not you too!" Chie said.

"Just listen for a sec!" He yelled. We stayed quiet. "Something kept bothering me, so… I watched it again, and… I think the girl on the screen… was Saki-senpai."

"Yosuke…" I didn't know what to say.

"There's no mistaking it… Senpai looked like… she was writhing in pain… And then… she disappeared from the screen."

Then we all realized that whoever appeared on the Midnight Channel will die. Who said TV can't kill you! Oh, wait, I say that. Anyway, Chie thought that he was crazy.

"Well? What do you think?" He asked Seta.

"You might be right." He answered.

"…So it's not just me, huh? If there is a connection, then it's a good bet that the two of them went inside that world. That would explain the posters in that room. Which means… if we look around, we might find a place that has something to do with Senpai, too."

We all knew what he was thinking. He was thinking about going back in there again to find out. He invited us to go with him then ran, making us go after him. When we got to Junes, he was standing in front of the TV we had fallen through with rope and a golf club in his hands.

"You guys came!" He said happily.

"We came to stop you, idiot! C'mon… You really shouldn't do this. It's too dangerous." Chie said.

"I know… But we were able to come back once, right? If we go in from the same location, maybe we'll meet that bear again."

"Yosuke you know that 'maybe' isn't good enough." I told him.

"Look, I can't just act like everyone else and pretend this has nothing to do with me. What about you guys? Could you just walk away?" He asked Seta and I.

"I guess I can't." I replied with a sigh.

"I can't leave it alone." Seta answered.

"Yeah… I thought not. I'm glad to know you're that kind of people." He was about to hand me the rope.

"No way am I staying here! I'm coming with you guys!" I said.

"Ok fine." He handed Chie the rope. "Don't worry, I'm not going in without a plan. Chie, I'm leaving you in charge of this."

"Huh? What's that? A rope…?" She took it but she was a little confused.

"We'll go in with this tied to me, so I want you to hold on to this and wait here."

"Wh-What? Then, is this a lifeline? C'mon, wait a sec…" Before she got to continue, he gave Seta a golf club and medicine.

"This is for you. I thought it might be better than going in empty-handed." Yosuke turned to the TV. "Alright… Let's go. There's no use wasting any more time. Chie, whatever you do, don't let go of the rope!" Seta and I went next to him then we nodded to each other.

Before Chie could stop us, we went into the huge TV to start investigating the strange area.


*The character that's not in the game that I'm adding is one of my friends, not Yukiko. I know that she is a playable character in fact, I love being her :D. Sorry if I confused people with that! Oh and for Loki Avatar I would love to read your stories if you show them to me :) They sound awesomerific!

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