Chapter 9

Yu went back to the hotel where Mitsuru and the rest were staying and told them what was said.

"Ikkutski had a sister?" Junpei asked, "And she's crazy like her brother…"

"I don't know what went on with you but she must've thought she'd fool me," Yu said, "And she admitted she was watching me."

"Well you should be glad you saw through it," Mitsuru said, "Ikkutski was using us to complete the shadow that escaped and would use us for the end of the world."

"You don't think he knew that Minato had part of it inside of him did you?" Fuuka asked.

"I don't think so but I wouldn't doubt he was starting to suspect something," Akihiko replied.

"He never said anything to me about it," Aigis replied, "I would remember."

Yukari pulled out a photo of the group and Yu saw the boy from earlier in it.

'It's him…' Yu thought.

"Is that Minato?" Yukiko asked.

"Yeah," Yukari said and saw Yu looking at it distracted, "Is something wrong?"

"It's nothing," Yu replied, "Sorry."

Aigis looked at Yu and walked over.

"I believe you should be careful from now on," Aigis said, "I have a feeling Mariko is the one who brought Strega back."

"But why be interested in the wild card?" Yosuke asked, "I mean sure he can summon multiple personas but…"

"Think about it," Mitsuru said, "if they could master that power they could be unstoppable."

"Yeah I know how that can be," Kanji said, "Remember with Namatame's shadow and he took over Senpai."

"Yeah thankfully Nanako intervened and gave us an opening or we'd be toast," Chie said.

"Did he have an affair with some announcer?" Junpei asked, "not that I paid much attention to it."

"Yeah he was fooled into believing he was saving people by throwing them into the TV," Yukiko said, "He kidnapped most of us but thanks to Yu we got out."

"Of course a few weren't so lucky…" Yosuke said.

Yu meanwhile looked at Yukiko who seemed worried.

"Hey you feeling okay?" Yu asked.

"Yeah I'm just worried about you," Yukiko replied.

"I'll be careful," Yu said, "Don't worry."

"Right," Yukiko said, "Listen I…"

"What is it?" Yu asked.

"It's nothing," Yukiko said smiling, "You should probably be heading home right?"

"Yeah," Yu replied, "My parents will worry if I don't get back."

"I'll go with you," Yukiko said, "It's dangerous on your own."

"I will as well," Aigis replied.

"Right," Yu answered.

The walk home for Yu was pretty uneventful and when he got back his parents weren't home but left a note for him.

"Left some dinner in the fridge we had to work extra hours don't wait up for us," He read, "Guess I'm alone tonight."

"One of us should stay here until they return," Aigis said.

"I will," Yukiko said and looked at Yu, "Listen I wanted to talk to you about something."

"Sure," Yu said.

He sat down and she sat on the other side of the table seeming distracted as Aigis left.

"I…" Yukiko said, "I know that you had to move back here but we all really miss you back there."

"I miss you guys too," Yu replied, "I hate having to move all the time it'd be nice to get to stay in one place."

"So you thought of Inaba as home?" Yukiko asked, "it's not much just a small town."

"Sure but I have friends there," Yu said, "I have some here too but it's not the same."

"I bet," Yukiko said, "It's probably empty like this most of the time huh?"

"Yeah my parents like to work so much," Yu replied, "Uncle Dojima did too but he wasn't as bad."

He heated up some dinner and gave some to Yukiko who nodded in thanks.

He noticed it was getting close to midnight and wondered if the Dark hour was going to appear again.

"So if you had a chance would you move back to Inaba?" Yukiko asked.

"I talked it over with my parents but they don't want me to move there," Yu said, "My mom and Uncle Dojima got into this argument about something but they said I might be able to visit sometime."

"I'm glad," Yukiko said, "I mean…well we all miss you like I said."

(Warning: I stink at writing romantic stuff so this will probably be extremely cheesy or very bad so please don't hate me if I screw it up)

"Well truthfully I admit I'd be there for more reasons than just liking it there," Yu said, "I keep thinking about how close we got back there…"

"Yeah we all were pretty close," Yukiko said.

"True but I meant me and you," Yu replied, "The truth is the girls here are nice and all but they weren't you."

"So you never dated any other girls after you left?" Yukiko asked.

"No," Yu said, "It just didn't seem right since I still thought of you."

Yukiko blushed and Yu smiled.

"I'm glad to hear that," Yukiko said, "I thought the same way too…I just never got a chance to tell you before you left."

"Why didn't you?" Yu asked.

"Well…with Rise and the others watching I was too nervous to say anything," Yukiko said.

"Well don't be so nervous," Yu said smiling, "The Yukiko I remember always spoke her mind."

Yukiko laughed and smiled.

"You're right," She said, "I haven't really been myself since you left huh?"

"You've seemed really quiet lately so I was worried," Yu replied, "I think Chie noticed."

"Yeah she did," Yukiko said, "I promise I won't get that way again even if I have to go back and you're not there."

Yu smiled and held her hand softly.

He heard a voice in his head again.

'Thou has created a new social link with the priestess arcana' the voice said. (I know that's not how it goes but I don't feel like writing the whole part at the moment.)

(Yeah that was cheesy…man I have to write more romantic things in the future)

They saw the clock turn to midnight and as expected the room turned green.

"Dark Hour huh?" Yukiko asked, "it's kind of creepy isn't it?"

They heard an explosion outside and both ran out seeing Takaya and Jin attacking Aigis who was in battle with her persona.

"We have to help her," Yukiko said summoning her Persona.

"Right," Yu replied summoning his new persona, Sakura-Izzuni.

It resembled a young woman wearing a white dress with a hood over her face and she looked like she was praying.

They ran over to Aigis who was on the ground.

Yukiko had her persona use Maragion on the two and Yu had the new persona use a strong Dia spell on Aigis who recovered.

"Yu san," Aigis said.

"Need a hand?" Yu asked.

"Much appreciated," Aigis said.

"Oh look who it is Jin…" Takaya said, "The girl who damaged you with fire back in Inaba."

"Perfect revenge," Jin said and had his persona attack hers and she fell back hard.

"Yukiko," Yu said and ran over helping her up while his persona used Mabufula on both of the two freezing them momentarily.

"I'm fine," Yukiko said and fell down again.

"Hold on," Yu said and had his persona heal her so she could stand up.

"Thanks," Yukiko replied.

"You know even with your new fancy persona you can't beat us," Jin replied.

"You guys really need to learn when to quit," Yu said and used his persona to weaken their attacks.

"Really?" Takaya asked making his persona use Zio on Aigis who fell back paralyzed for a moment.

"Aigis…" Yu said.

Jin used Agi on Yu which was his persona's weakness and Bufu was cast on Yukiko at the same time making her fall down.

Both walked over to the group but Aigis stood back up and got in front of the two.

"You will not harm them," Aigis said.

"Like you didn't let that boy you cared for so much get hurt?" Jin asked, "He's gone you know."

"I…" Aigis started, "He…"

"He wouldn't have had to sacrifice himself if you didn't destroy that shadow," Takaya said, "we heard all about it."

"Yeah come to think of it…" Jin said, "If you hadn't failed we wouldn't have wanted the end."

"So it's all your fault…" Takaya said.

Yu sat up and saw Aigis's persona fading and saw it form into what looked like Aigis.

"Stop don't listen to him," Yukiko said, "It wasn't your fault."

"Oh but it was…" The other Aigis said, "I was weak and let Minato die…poor me…"

"No…" Aigis started, "That's…"

"Than why isn't he here?" Other Aigis asked, "Oh right we failed and let him die."

"That's a lie…" Aigis said, "I tried my best…"

"That so?" The other Aigis asked, "Well that's what you get for trying your best…failure…"

"You…" Aigis started.

"Don't say it," Yu said, "Trust me she's a part of you even if you don't like it."

Takaya and Jin blasted both Yu and Yukiko again to keep them quiet.

"What do we do?" Yukiko asked, "We can't fight both a shadow and those two at the same time."

"Yeah with Aigis distracted they're not taking any chances," Yu said.

"I wish we could call for help," Yukiko said.

Takaya walked over to Yu and stared at him.

"Why not enjoy the show?" he asked.

Yu glared at him and saw the boy who he knew was Minato now.

"Him again?" Jin asked.

"What's he doing here?" Takaya asked.

Minato walked over and the two were knocked back by some invisible force making their personas vanish.

"That's Minato…" Yukiko said.

"You can see him?" Yu asked.

"Yeah," Yukiko said, "But he doesn't seem like he's in physical form."

Minato pointed at where Aigis was but she was long gone.

Takaya and Jin seemed to be gone as well.

"Where'd she go?" Yu asked.

They heard static and saw a TV near them turn on.

They saw Aigis on it and she was walking on what looked like a bridge.

"This is…" Yukiko said.

"The midnight channel," Yu said, "And Aigis is trapped in that world."

"We better go tell the others," Yukiko said.

They ran back to the hotel and told the others what happened though they saw what was shown too by now.

"So you're saying her shadow dragged her into the TV world?" Mitsuru asked.

"Yeah or someone put her in there," Yu replied, "We don't have much time."

"He's right we have to save Aigis and fast," Yosuke said, "otherwise she'll end up dead."

End Chapter

So the Midnight channel has returned and so have the shadows. I felt I needed to add the shadow of Aigis and the midnight channel to double the trouble (lol) they have to face. In the past the games were basically one ordeal but since the midnight channel and the Dark hour are present they have to both be there.

Anyways the new persona stats are:

Sakura-Izzuni

Priestess Arcana

Attacks: Mabufula, Ice break, Dia, Tarunda

Weakness: Fire

This persona is the bond between Yukiko Amagi and Yu Narukami. It resembles a young woman in a white dress with a hood over her face. She is always praying and is very powerful in her attacks.