"Oh no sensei this one is really dangerous." Teddie mentioned fearfully. "What are we going to do?"

"I can answer that, you're going to die." shadow Yosuke stated before leaping into the air and creating a powerful gust of wind sending Yu crashing into the wall.

"What… what just happened Teddie?" Yu inquired weakly while struggling to his feet.

"This is beary bad, that shadow has your weakness sensei. If this keeps up you could…" Teddie started.

"Die, that's the idea you stupid bear." shadow Yosuke interrupted.

"No, not again." Yu stated nervously before a blue glow appeared above him.

"Sensei?" Teddie inquired hesitantly as the glow entered Yu's body.

"Now what are you up to?" shadow Yosuke questioned. "Not that it matters, you two are as good as…"

"Izanagi, Zio." Yu called as his persona appeared and struck shadow Yosuke with a bolt of lightingsending him crashing to the ground.

"Damn it." shadow Yosuke groaned just before Yu ran up to him and jumped onto the frog's back and smacked the humanoid figure with his golf club.

"Wow, that was amazing sensei." Teddie noted with a smile only for shadow Yosuke to punch at Yu forcing him to jump back before covering its face with its arms as Izanagi faded "Huh, be careful it's guarding its weak point."

The instant Teddie said that, Yu raised the golf club and held it in front of his body defensively.

"Too late." shadow Yosuke stated coldly before launching another gust of wind towards Yu only for it to just knock him to one knee. "What the?"

"Now's your chance Sensei." Teddie shouted quickly.

"Izanagi." Yu called as his persona reappeared and struck shadow Yosuke with a second bolt of lightning before slashing the frog body.

"Alright, I'm done playing around." shadow Yosuke snapped just before an orange glow appeared around his body.

"Sensei, be careful he's a lot stronger now." Teddie mentioned just before shadow Yosuke struck Yu with its front leg sending him crashing against another wall.

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"Dad, do you think we should go look for him?" Nanako asked.

"Yeah, it's getting late and he should have been home a while ago." Dojima noted. "Hopefully he's just spending some time with his friends but…"

"Oh, maybe he's at Junes." Nanako suggested with a smile.

"Maybe, it's a decent place to start looking." Dojima mentioned. I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about all of this.

"Yay." Nanako cheered. "Every day's great at your Junes."

I hope you're right Nanako, Dojima thought before the two of them walked out of the house.

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"Well then, that takes care of him." shadow Yosuke stated coldly. "So now to take care of the dumb bear."

"Wh… What am I supposed to…" Teddie started nervously before Izanagi reappeared and impaled the humanoid with its naginata before striking the blade with a bolt of lighting.

"Not again." Yu mentioned slowly getting to his feet while clutching his arm. "Izanagi, Zio."

"Damn it." shadow Yosuke cried just as the second bolt of lighting struck him causing him to collapse before a cloud of red smoke emerged from his body returning him to his original appearance.

"Oh man, what just happened?" Yosuke asked weakly.

"Yosuke, you're ok." Teddie stated in reassurance.

"Yeah, so what happened to…" Yosuke started before glancing at his shadow. "What's that creep still doing here?"

"Yosuke, he came from you." Teddie explained.

"From me, what are you talking about?" Yosuke inquired. "There's no way that thing has anything to do with me."

"Yes it does Yosuke." Yu argued while still holding his arm. "But who cares, you just have to accept it and move on."

"Sensei's right, if you don't it might go bearserk again." Teddie added.

"You guys keep saying that but…" Yosuke started before clenching his fists. "Damn, it hurts to face yourself. It's true, I do think being a hero will be great but that doesn't mean I never cared about Saki-sempai."

The moment Yosuke said that, shadow Yosuke nodded in understanding before a blue glow enveloped him and he transformed into a humanoid figure in a white suit with a golden V on its chest and a red scarf with two shuriken in its hands.

"Is that what I think it is?" Teddie asked in shock.

"Jiraiya, so that means I have the same power as you now?" Yosuke questioned before falling to his hands and knees.

"You guys need to go back, it's too dangerous for you to stay here." Teddie mentioned.

"Yeah, you're probably right." Yu agreed.

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"Oh man, what am I supposed to do?" Chie panicked. "I mean what if that bear didn't show up?"

"Excuse me miss, can I help you?" inquired a woman in a suit.

"Huh, oh I'm alright." Chie replied. "I'm just looking, a friend of mine said to meet up here and I'm a little bit early."

"I understand, would you like me to go and see if he's somewhere in the store?" the woman asked.

"No it's alright, thank you though." Chie mentioned before the woman walked off. "Oh, I knew this was a bad idea. Where are you guys?"

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"Oh man, I feel awful." Yosuke admitted as the three of them walked back to the exit. "Then again, at least now we know for sure that people thrown in here end up dying."

"Of course, you're lucky me and sensei were here otherwise that shadow might have killed you Yosuke." Teddie mentioned.

"Yeah, but when it came down to it you managed to save me." Yosuke mentioned.

"You're right, I'm just glad everything worked out." Yu agreed before looking down. "It, I won't let anything like that happen ever again."

"It won't, we can protect anybody who gets thrown in here as long as we keep our strength up and our eyes on the midnight channel." Yosuke said. "Though for now, I really need to head home. You mind letting us out Teddie?"

"Ok, but you guys will make sure to catch the person throwing people in here right?" Teddie requested.

"Of course, after all we're the only ones who can catch him right?" Yosuke asked.

"Yosuke's right, we'll definitely catch him." Yu agreed before Teddie created the exit and the two new persona users exited the TV world.

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"Huh, you… you guys came back." Chie sobbed the moment Yu and Yosuke exited the TV.

"Yeah, sorry about that Chie but…" Yosuke started before Chie threw the balled up rope at his chest.

"You jerks have no idea how terrified I was, I hate you both." Chie snapped angrily before running out of the store.

"You know, somehow I think we deserved that." Yosuke admitted.

"Yeah I…" Yu started.

"There you are, what are you two doing here so late?" Dojima inquired walking up to them.

"Oh that's my fault sorry about that." Yosuke answered quickly. "After, well everything I thought it might do Yu and I some good if we just spent some time here after school."

"Oh, you mean…" Dojima started before nodding. "Well you mind if we take my nephew back home, you should head home too."

"Right, well see you tomorrow Yu." Yosuke replied.

"Yeah, see you Yosuke." Yu agreed before Yosuke walked off.

"By everything, he means Saki Konishi doesn't he?" Dojima guessed. "Don't worry, my partner and I are doing everything we can to keep more people from getting hurt."

"Thanks uncle." Yu replied.

"Yeah, let's get you home. It's been a long day for all of us." Dojima noted thoughtfully.

"Dad, can't we stay a little bit longer?" Nanako inquired hopefully.

"I wish we could, but you both have school in the morning so we should head home." Dojima answered.

"Oh, ok." Nanako mentioned sadly as the three of them walked out of the store.

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"Oh man, I feel like I haven't slept in years." Yosuke admitted as he walked into his room. "Still, I wouldn't even be alive right now if it wasn't for Yu and Teddie."

"Yosuke, are you home?" asked a feminine voice from outside the room.

"Yeah, I was just spending some time with a few friends at Junes." Yosuke answered.

"Alright, well good night." the feminine voice mentioned calmly.

"Good night mom." Yosuke replied before glancing at his TV. Actually, I wonder if I can do that now.

Just as that thought entered Yosuke's mind he walked up to his TV and placed his hand on the screen only for it to pass through.

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"Morning Yosuke." Yu mentioned as Yosuke biked up next to him.

"Morning, hey about what happened yesterday." Yosuke mentioned. "You remember our promise right?"

"Yeah, we're the only ones who can catch the one responsible." Yu stated.

"You're right. Actually last night before I went to bed I tried sticking my hand through the TV again." Yosuke mentioned. "It worked this time, I think it has to do with that power, persona right?"

"You're right, Izanagi and Jiraiya." Yu noted thoughtfully. "It has to be the two of us who catch the person responsible."

"I agree." Yosuke said extending his hand. "If we work together we'll definitely solve this case."

As Yosuke said that, Yu nodded in agreement before shaking his hand.

Thou art I… And I am thou… Thou hast established a new bond… It brings thee closer to the truth… Thou shalt be blessed when creating personas of the Magician Arcana…

What just happened, what was that, Yu thought. "Oh yeah, did you get a chance to talk to Chie after she left yesterday?"

"No I didn't, actually we should both apologize when we see her. It wasn't fair to scare her like that." Yosuke admitted.

"Yeah, I agree." Yu mentioned as the bell started to ring and the two of them walked into the school.

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"Oh Dojima-san, good news. Apparently Yosuke Hanamura made it home safely last night." Adachi noted.

"I know, he was just spending some time with my nephew at Junes." Dojima mentioned. "Still, we need to make sure we catch the culprit before anyone else gets caught in the middle of this."

"Yeah, I know." Adachi agreed. "Except we still don't have any leads, especially since everyone connected to the Mayumi Yamano case couldn't have been the killer."

"That's true, but we still do have some potential suspects. The second victim Saki Konishi was a third year student at Yasogami High." Dojima pointed out. "That means the culprit could be someone connected to that school."

"Wait you don't think one of the teachers killed a student do you?" Adachi questioned nervously.

"I don't know, but we can't rule out that possibility." Dojima admitted. "For now all we can do is keep our eyes and ears open in case the culprit makes a mistake."

"I guess you're right, but thinking that the students are in danger just makes me…" Adachi started.

"You're right, and I feel the same way." Dojima acknowledged. "Unfortunately we don't have any other options."

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"Huh, where's Chie?" Yosuke inquired nervously "She's still ok right?"

Just as Yosuke asked that, Chie ran into the room and started looking around before running towards them.

"Chie, are you alright?" Yu asked.

"Yeah, but never mind that have either of you seen Yukiko?" Chie questioned urgently.

"Huh, not yet, but isn't she usually with you?" Yosuke asked.

"No, I sent her an email last night but she hasn't responded and I haven't heard from her at all today." Chie panicked.

"Hold on, you're not suggesting…" Yu started.

"No, don't even suggest that." Chie interrupted nervously.

"Look, maybe she's busy. Why don't you try calling her." Yosuke suggested.

"Yeah, you're probably right." Chie admitted before taking out her phone and holding it to her ear. "She's not picking up."

"Wait you can't be serious." Yosuke stated anxiously.

"Oh wait, maybe she's just working at the Amagi inn today." Chie suggested before dialing a different number on her phone and holding it to her ear.

(Yu managed to save Yosuke and he has awoken to his own persona, but now Yukiko seems to be missing. Next chapter Yu, Yosuke, and Chie will return to the TV world in an attempt to find Yukiko. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)