"Dad, do you think Teddie is going to be really strong?" Nanako asked.

"Well, his shadow is definitely powerful so he might be strong" Dojima said. "Though right now we need to worry about taking the boss down."

"Ok." Nanako said.

"Right, now let's try Rampage." Dojima said selecting the option before Chie hit Shadow Teddie twice. "That's a relief, alright now Kanji and Yukiko need to block."

"Dojima-san, I just had a thought, do you think we can lower his defense like he lowered ours?" Adachi asked.

"No, none of our current personas can lower his defenses." Dojima said before Shadow Teddie slammed his paw to the ground and hit the four persona users knocking Chie off her feet.

"That's not good." Adachi said nervously as Shadow Teddie's paws began glowing and he hit Junes Dojima before sinking into the ground and holding up a second orb of energy.

"That again, that's the last thing we need." Dojima said as the game said Junes Dojima was dizzy and skipped his turn. "This game is definitely getting tougher though."

"Maybe, but can't we attack him while he's gathering strength?" Adachi asked.

"Yeah, Kanji and Chie can attack but Yukiko needs to heal us just in case." Dojima said before Kanji got a critical hit. "That helps, but he still has two thirds of his health, this battle is far from over."

As he said that, Dojima had Chie use Rampage and Yukiko used Media to heal the four persona users.

"Dojima-san, what if we tried to attack while he charges the attack, it might do more damage." Adachi said thoughtfully.

"We can't take the risk this time, but it's worth a try if he does this again." Dojima said while Shadow Teddie continued gathering energy. "This time we need to have everyone guard."

"Yeah, that way they won't get hurt." Nanako said.

"Exactly." Dojima said. Still, this is going to take longer than I thought.

As Dojima thought that, Shadow Teddie swiped his paw across the four persona users only to deal no damage to any of them.

"That's good, nobody was hurt so now we can stop the bad guy and save Teddie." Nanako said.

"Well, it's worth a try." Dojima said. "Let's see how much our normal attacks do."

"Are you sure that's the best idea, wouldn't the other attacks do more damage?" Adachi asked while the four persona users attacked Shadow Teddie.

"Why do you waste your strength seeking that which simply does not exist?" Shadow Teddie asked. "There is no such thing as truth."

With those words Shadow Teddie used a move called Power Charge.

"Something tells me that's not a good thing." Dojima said. "Still the boss has half health at this point which means we have a good chance of beating him."

"I hope you're right Dojima-san." Adachi said nervously. "I have a bad feeling the boss is going to beat us."

"We do have one other option, Junes Dojima does the least damage and we still have a few value medicines." Dojima said. "Let's just try and do as much damage as possible and heal when we have too."

"Ok, but we need to make sure nobody falls down ok?" Nanako asked.

"Yeah, I'll make sure they stay healthy." Dojima said as he continued the boss fight.

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"That took a long time, Nanako-chan should go to bed shouldn't she?" Adachi asked.

"Yeah, it's a good thing tomorrow's Sunday." Dojima said.

"No, we have to make sure Teddie's ok." Nanako said.

"I'm sure he's ok, after all your dad wouldn't let anything happen to him would he?" Adachi asked.

"No, don't worry Nanako. I'm sure he's ok and tomorrow we can see how strong he is deal?"

"Ok." Nanako said before going upstairs.

"Actually, before you go I have a favor to ask you Adachi." Dojima said.

"Huh, what is it Dojima-san?" Adachi asked.

"There's something I absolutely have to do for the next few days so I was wondering if you could help Nanako with the game for a while. Something tells me there's more to it than we know and with my nephew showing up in two weeks we need to beat it before then." Dojima said.

"I guess I could stop by Dojima-san." Adachi said thoughtfully. "Though if you don't mind, what do you have to do?"

"You know exactly what I'm talking about Adachi." Dojima said.

"Wait, do you mean they found out something about that?" Adachi asked in shock. "Are you sure?"

"I wish I was, but all I know is that there's a lead and I'm not going to let it slip through my fingers." Dojima said. "There's no way I'm going to let that happen."

"I understand Dojima-san." Adachi said. "Should we tell her though?"

"Not yet, I don't want to get her hopes up unless I'm sure." Dojima said.

"I understand Dojima-san." Adachi said calmly. "You can count on me."

"Thanks." Dojima said calmly. "Good night."

"Good night Dojima-san, and don't worry about Nanako-chan. I'll stay with her while you work on finding out about that." Adachi said before walking out of the house.

He might not be the best detective, but I can rely on him, Dojima thought. "I swear, I'll find out what happened that day."

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"This is quite interesting, this small change has had profound effects on the destiny of our guest even before his arrival." Igor said with a small chuckle. "Perhaps this cycle shall be the last one."

"That would certainly be an interesting development, only time will tell." Margaret said. "I am curious though master, what do you suppose made them decide to keep your gift this time?"

"Perhaps the bonds our guest formed with them allowed them to change their destiny. He truly is quite the remarkable guest." Igor said.

"I wonder how much this will change the coming year. I must admit it piques even my interest." Margaret said calmly.

(Dojima, Nanako, and Adachi managed to take down Shadow Teddie. Next chapter Nanako and Adachi will see another person appear on the midnight channel while Dojima looks into something else. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)