"So this is the place where Saki-senpai died…"

Yosuke, Yu and their partner in the TV world, Teddie arrived at the Konishi Liquor Store at the Shopping District of the other world. The two came here in hopes of learning about Saki's death. But right before they decided to enter…

"Be careful, guys! I'm sensing shadows here!"

As Teddie gave his warning, two goo-like substances with masks appeared from inside the store, levitating themselves up in the air as they hardened into a ball-like shape. As the shape began to form, stripes could be seen all over their bodies. When they turned their masks behind, large mouths could be seen, opening as they looked like they had decided their meal.

"W-what should we do?!"

As Teddie and Yosuke panicked, Yu could hear a voice inside his head.

"I am thou…"

As Yu looked towards the two large creatures, the voice in his head continued to speak.

"Thou art I…"

"What is this?"

As Yu grabbed his head in pain, a velvet blue flame suddenly appeared in front of him, with a card spinning by itself inside without burning into a crisp.

"From the sea of thy soul, I come…"

Yu's instinct suddenly told him to grab hold of the card in front of him. Believing himself, he grabbed the card by his right hand.

"Per…so…na…"

Realizing that there wasn't any pain, he closed his palm with all of his force and crushed the card. An aura then formed, and the other two stood there in awe as another being wearing a school uniform and holding a giant sword appeared…

Meanwhile, at a place not so far away…

"I'm changing, so no peeking, okay?"

"All right…"

A few blocks behind the Shopping District in the TV world, Ryoji was covering Minako's body using his back as she tried on her costume. Since she doesn't want Yu and Yosuke to know her identity, she bought a costume just to disguise herself. Although when Minako saw the costume, she was a bit flustered about wearing that same costume.

While he was looking away, Ryoji happened to see a familiar aura from nearby. Realizing that Yu had just awoken to his Persona, he rushed Minako to get ready.

"I'm trying! It's hard wearing this costume, you know?"

"Come on, what hard could it be wearing that…"

As Ryoji turned around instinctively, he happened to catch a glimpse of Minako zipping the back of her costume. Since it was not completely zipped, the cleavage could be seen from her body, prompting Ryoji to space out for a moment before realizing what he was about to receive.

"No, peeking!"

A hard straight punch was quickly thrown by Minako and landed into Ryoji's face. Not wanting to feel that same pain again, Ryoji hurriedly turned back and waited until Minako gave the signal to look back.

Once he did, he couldn't help but smirk at the costume she was wearing.

"Nice… costume, ahaha…"

What Minako wore was unexpectedly, a Neo Featherman costume. It was from one the tokusatsu shows that Ken loved to see. She was wearing the costume for Neo Pink, the pink ranger for the team. Donned in a pink suit with the Featherman symbol on her chest, complete with the gun and other weapons on the back of her costume, it actually made good use for just a costume.

"I wonder what would happen if the others see this, especially Yukari…"

"Come on, it actually looks good on you."

She could imagine Yukari laughing at her, commenting that the costume looked pretty hilarious. But, it was no time to make jokes, as she was here just to save the two classmates who entered into the TV world without any knowledge of it.

"Let's go. By the way, how are you going to disguise yourself?"

"Easy, like this."

Pulling out a paper bag from his pocket, he made two holes and wore them on his head.

After looking for a while, everyone would have thought that it was a stalker stalking Neo Pink. Minako sighed and pulled out something from the box.

"Here, I think this suits you better."

Handing Ryoji a mask from one of the minions in Neo Featherman, Ryoji took out the paper bag and wore the mask instead. Though it hid his face, Minako thought that the disguise could improve.

"By the way, could you keep the scarf? You'll be noticed in no time if you wore that around."

"… Sure."

Handing over the yellow scarf that he loved, they were finally ready to head out. As they exited from the back alley, they could find Shadows lurking around the shop. Since Yu and Yosuke had dispatched the Shadows they met, they had already gone in.

Readying her hockey stick, she quickly ran towards the shop, with Ryoji using a metal ruler to fight for himself. As the Shadows saw them and rushed in for the kill, they evaded their attacks and countered them with strikes of their own. Since both of them were already strong, the Shadows were killed in just a hit. After seeing their companions dead without a trace, the other Shadows were scared of going up against them and ran away, forming a way for the entrance.

As soon as they entered the store, what they saw was a complete surprise.

"W-Wait, why are there two Yosukes?!"

Alongside Yu and Teddie whom they have never met stood two Yosukes standing on each side; one with the two of them while the other one was alone. One of them was wearing glasses while the other was not wearing anything. Yet, the one who was alone had an evil aura emanating from him as he gazed at his other self with pale yellow eyes and a contempt smile on his face. The Yosuke together with Yu and Teddie appeared conflicted, his body shaking from fear.

"Hahaha… Yeah, right. How long are you going to keep deluding yourself? Screw the shopping district, and Junes too! You're sick of everything, especially living out in the sticks!"

"What are you saying…? That's not true, I-"

"Looks like we have an imposter on our hands."

While all of them were distracted, Minako and Ryoji hid behind a wine barrel, not wanting to make their presence known. Minako calmly analyzed the situation at hand based on what happened the last time something like this happened.

"It's the same as Konishi-senpai…"

"Then that means… It's a Shadow, right?"

Minako nodded her head in reply. Meanwhile, Yosuke was trying to keep himself calm while enduring the taunts from his shadow self.

"Hahaha! Why so panicked? I thought I was just spouting bullshit! Or maybe… I do know everything you're thinking! Why's that…? Because, I AM you!"

"This is getting out of hand…"

They could only stand there and watch idly, while trying to gather information on hand. They didn't know what they were up against, and if it goes on, they may have to face the same thing as the time when they tried to save Saki.

"You just came because it sounded like a good time! What else is there to so in this shithole? A world inside the TV… Now that's exciting! You didn't have a single other reason for coming here, did you?!"

"That's not true… Stop… Stop it…"

Yosuke was about to have a mental breakdown. He was about to go crazy from what his other self told him.

"You're just trying to act like a big shot! If all went well, hey, you could even be a hero! And that Senpai you were so sweet on, that death was the perfect excuse!"

They couldn't believe what the other Yosuke just said. The Yosuke, who had a crush on Saki, would take advantage for her death just to act hero.

"This is getting out of hand, we have to help him!"

Ryoji was about to jump out from the barrel but was stopped by Minako.

"Wait for a while, let's see what happens first."

Minako couldn't afford to make any mistakes here. If they just charge head on, they might miss any crucial information and be at a disadvantage. Unless the other Yosuke acts first, she couldn't jump out and do anything.

However, Yosuke already lost his cool upon hearing what the other Yosuke said.

"That's not true! Who are you… Who are you!?"

The other Yosuke merely chuckled and replied,

"I already told ya. I'm you… Your shadow… There's nothing I don't know about you!"

Yosuke snapped back as he heard his other self's words.

"Screw that, I don't know you! You can't be me, you son of a bitch!"

As soon as he said that, the other Yosuke started laughing hysterically.

"Ahahaha! That's right, say it again!"

"You can't be me… You're nothing like me!"

"Yeah, that's right… I am ME now. I'm not you anymore, see!"

After finishing his sentence, the other Yosuke was enveloped in a bright white light. Yosuke was astonished as he saw his other self turn into a giant monster. A giant black being with large yellow gloves and a big red scarf was seen coming out from the light. At the bottom of Shadow Yosuke was a huge frog with an evil smile on all four legs. Yosuke couldn't stand the sight of it and fainted, leaving Yu and Teddie to fend for themselves.

"So, that was how the other Saki turned into a large Shadow…"

Minako was lost in thought comparing what happened with Saki and what was happening now with Yosuke. Though they never saw the confrontation between Saki and her other self, but she guessed that the same thing might have happened with Saki. While Yu was engaged in battle, Ryoji tried to snap Minako back into reality as she continued squatting behind the barrel, thinking.

"Minako, wake up! They're fighting right now!"

"Huh?"

Finally back into reality, Minako saw Yu calmly swinging his golf club as he managed to hit Shadow Yosuke. However, the Shadow didn't flinch and fought back, causing Yu to take damage. When that didn't work out, Yu summoned his Persona, Izanagi to call out numerous lightning bolts to shock the Shadow. This time, the lightning managed to have an effect on it as it fell down after being struck.

"Sensei, looks like lightning is its weakness. Now take him down!"

"All right."

The bear-like being, Teddie proceeded to cheer Yu on despite not fighting alongside him. Minako thought that it was finally the perfect chance to go out. Using the barrel she hid behind, she stood on top of it and boldly declared her presence.

"Evildoer!"

The two who were fighting stopped and looked towards Minako with a surprised look on their faces. Ryoji knew she was trying to hide her identity, but she was being a little bit too enthusiastic about this. Not minding that, he also came out of hiding and pointing his finger towards the Shadow.

"We have appeared from the sky to inflict judgment upon our enemies!

Ryoji also tried to play the part of the minion of the evil forces on Neo Featherman, but has defected to the good guys' side.

"Neo Pink!"

"Um… Evil minion!"

"We are Neo Featherman!"

As they struck their heroic poses, the rest could only look at them dumbfounded at what they were doing.

"What the hell are you dumbasses doing?"

Shadow Yosuke was the first to speak at this nonsense. Minako replied with the hockey stick on her hand with an energetic tone.

"Punishing every evildoer on the planet!"

Yu just remained silent but had already readied his golf club, as if he had acknowledged the help. Minako also readied her hockey and quickly charged in, prompting Shadow Yosuke to retaliate. Though it was the first one to pull its punches, Minako could still dodge it easily and countered it with a blow.

"Feather Slash!"

When struck by Minako's hockey stick, the Shadow screamed in pain and fell down.

"That hurts, damn it!"

"Wow, that girl sure is powerful…"

Teddie was amazed by what Minako could do. Even Yu opened his mouth in amazement as he continued his attack. Ryoji went silent as well and coordinated with Minako's attacks one by one as the battle continued. The Shadow didn't stand a chance as it endured the attacks one by one while trying to land a hit on its own, but to no avail.

"This is… the end!"

Yu said that as he hit the Shadow with a horizontal strike. The Shadow screamed and finally began to fade in darkness. Realizing their work was done, Minako decided to leave and ran away while bidding farewell to them.

"Looks like this is farewell! We will meet again!"

"Wait... They're gone…"

"They're strong, Sensei! I wonder if we will meet them again…"

"We will."

After watching them disappear from their sight, Yu focused on waking Yosuke up from unconsciousness.

Meanwhile, Minako and Ryoji who were running from them eventually stopped after running for a fair distance.

"Phew, that was fun."

"That was embarrassing…"

Ryoji retorted back as he tried to regain his breath. Minako took off her helmet, revealing her red and flustered face after what happened back there.

"Come on, at least he doesn't know who we are."

"Well, looks like we're going to do this every time we meet them…"

"It'll be fun!"

Seeing Minako stretching herself, Ryoji couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of meeting them again using these costumes. Making a portal, he signaled Minako to go back.

"Let's hurry, we have to help Kasai-san. Then inn must be crowded by now."

"You're right. Let's go."

Meanwhile, as Yosuke received his own Persona by overcoming his past self, he slumped to his knees, prompting Yu to help him.

"Thanks, partner. By the way, how did you defeat my other self?"

"Um… Neo Featherman…"

"What's that?"

"It's nothing…"

As expected, this kind of answer would surprise anyone if they didn't see what happened in the fight. However, Yu acknowledged that the two people in costumes were very powerful, as he was struggling against the Shadow before they arrived.

In his mind though, there was a familiar feeling like they had met with each other.

"Was that my imagination? Have I met them before…?"

When Ryoji and Minako returned to the inn, Kasai had a relieved on her look on her face as she thanked them for coming back as fast as they could. Wearing their work uniforms, they returned to work as usual.

After a while, they were finished with their work. Returning to their rooms, they discussed what happened while they were in the TV world.

"So, from Konishi-san's words, it would be safe to assume that the victims died when they entered the TV right?"

Minako sat down with a cup of green tea on her hands as she sipped it. Ryoji replied as he continued to serve her green tea.

"Yeah. But I think there must be a condition for them to die. When we fought with Shadow Yosuke, it looked like as he had a consciousness of his own. Unlike the shadow version of Saki we had seen."

"Hmm… Did you remember what happened when we rushed inside the TV world after we saw the Midnight Channel?"

"Well… I remembered the sky being foggy as the Midnight Channel started…"

Finally figuring things out, Ryoji stood up after realizing something important.

"I know! They die when the sky turns foggy and the Midnight Channel starts."

"So that means we have to save anyone trapped in there before the fog comes and he or she dies."

"Wow, you have good observation skills, Minako."

"It's due to Mitsuru-senpai and Fuuka teaching me how to analyze everything from little details."

"By the way, it was really cool when you suddenly summoned another Persona during the battle. Was that Koromaru's Persona?"

As Ryoji said that, Minako had a dumbfounded look on his face as he asked Ryoji something that shocked Ryoji.

"Who's Koromaru?"

Thanks everyone for taking care of me. I've been receiving mails from you guys, advising me on how to improve my story. Though my writing kinda sucks, I was relieved that you guys are still supporting this story. Anyway, thanks!