Kisdota: I'm late. I've been out on Vacation. When we came home from Chicago we left for a friend of my dads home at a place that's 5 hours away by car. Right now I feel like crap, as usual. Why do I have nothing but pain to talk about whenever I type?

Also I joined the Playstation network list as a Contestant for The Castor, be sure to vote for me, YAHAHAHAHAHAHA

(09/12/2011, Afterschool)

The school day had ended for the group, everyone was packing up their gear ready to head home. Souji noticed that Yosuke seemed a bit gloomy and down as he got up.

"You alright?" Souji asked him as he left.

"Yeah I'm fine," Yosuke said emotionlessly.

"Dude, you're not fine. Did something happen?" Souji asked again.

"And where's Susano-O I haven't seen him lately," Izanagi added.

"He's probably in the women's restroom or somewhere I don't know, Suzuka'll take care of him," Yosuke said hurrying off before Souji had a chance to ask anything again.

"That was odd, do you think he'll be alright?" Izanagi asked.

"I'm sure he'll be fine, maybe it's nothing," Souji said.

Yosuke was walking down the steps towards the first floor where his locker was in a hurry. He just wanted to get home, or to Junes wherever his father needed him to be right now.

"Yosuke!" he heard, Chie was right behind him with Suzuka rushing towards him. He just decided to ignore them and keep going.

"Yosuke come on!" Chie said following behind him. Yosuke unfortunately had to stop and get his stuff from his locker letting Chie and was able to catch up to him.

"sigh, what do you want?" Yosuke asked her not looking at her.

"Look I'm sorry alright," Chie said apologetic to him.

"Whatever," Yosuke responded not caring.

"Look come on, I didn't mean to say that stuff! I wouldn't have said any of that if I knew you were behind me," Chie said.

"Uh Chie-san," Suzuka said.

"O-Okay maybe that doesn't make it better, but at least don't stay mad at me. I mean I always say mean things to you and hit you."

"Chie-san!"

"Alright this is a bad apology, but I really am sorry," Chie said.

"You said the fox would be a better replacement for me," Yosuke said.

"Yeah I said that, but that's not-."

"and that you only hang out with me for free steak's," Yosuke said quietly annoyed.

"I only said those things so Yukiko wouldn't think that I liked you in any way," Chie said.

"CHIE!"

"Damn it! Look I'm sorry alright, what's it gonna take to get you to forgive me?" Chie asked.

"Nothing I can think of," Yosuke said turning around to leave.

"Wa-Wait wait, what if… I…," Chie trailed off.

"Kissing me won't work," Yosuke said.

"D-Dude!" Chie nearly shrieked, "Don't say that out loud I don't want people to get the wrong idea."

"… … …"

"Uh n-not that I would mind… or y-you know."

"See ya," Yosuke said walking for the front door, as soon as he opened it he stopped when he saw something.

"W-Susano-O?" Susano-O was lying on the ground face up right in front of the school doors.

"wheeze, hey Yosuke," Susano-O said.

"What are you doing here? Where have you been the whole time?" Yosuke asked surprised.

"I was mindin my own business… (near the women's room), when Suzuka the crazy bitch made Rokuten hug me to death, forgot to get him to let go of me," Susano-O said annoyed.

"Ahem," Suzuka cleared her throat.

"Oh you're right there," Susano-O said going back into the air, "whatever I stand by what I said, I passed out twice."

"You tried to kill my Persona?" Yosuke asked looking at Chie with ticked eyes.

"She did it not me," Chie said quickly pointing to Suzuka.

"It was for a private conversation," Suzuka said.

"And you needed to kill me for that?" Susano-O asked annoyed.

"Yes I know I said I would get you before any real damage happened I'm sorry," Suzuka said looking down.

"Oh ho, this is good, you totally owe me now," Susano-O said happily rubbing his hands together.

"No, Susano-O we're leaving," Yosuke said grabbing his foot and dragging him off.

"Whoa whoa wait! You don't want to cash in on this?" Susano-O asked surprised floating out of his grip.

"No, there's nothing I want," Yosuke said.

"But why? I mean we could-…. Ooohh," Susano-O turned back around to Chie, "You did something to suck his spirit didn't you?"

"D-g, how does he know this stuff?" Chie asked flabbergasted.

"It doesn't concern you," Suzuka said.

"Oh really? Tell me miss Samurai if he goes into battle the way he is what's his odds of survival?" Susano-O asked.

"It… he… we're not going into battle right now," Suzuka concluded.

"Oh so you know that we're all done with the fighting? You're able to predict when the next fight is? Even Izanagi is having second thoughts on that fish eyed suspect Miso."

"Mitsuo."

"Mitsuo."

"Susano-O, I don't want anything alright? Let's just go," Yosuke said.

"NO NO NO!" Susano-O said loudly, "This is a golden opportunity, this is something they actually feel guilty for. We have got to abuse this while we can, No Regrets!"

"You are aware that Chie is apologizing to Yosuke, she and I owe nothing to you," Suzuka reminded.

"That's good enough for me, I'll be around him remember?" Susano-O asked.

"sigh, you are unbearable," Suzuka sighed.

"Oh come on you would go crazy if I left, you know you love me," Susano-O teased Suzuka.

"No I don't, I like nothing about you and I find nothing positive about you," Suzuka said annoyed.

"Yeah just like Chie, let's go," Yosuke said trying to walk away.

"W-Wait, she- Suzuka!" Chie said.

"What? That applies to me not you!" Suzuka said apologizing.

"Nononono wait! This is it!" Susano-O said.

"This is what?" Yosuke asked annoyed.

"Okay how bout this you wanna apologize to Yosuke right?" Susano-O asked.

"Uh, y-yeah," Chie said uneasy.

"N-No, don't answer him Chie-san," Suzuka said.

"Oh relax, this isn't what you think it is," Susano-O said, "Tell me do you really think you wouldn't miss regular womanizing me?"

"I know that," Suzuka said.

"Then tell you what, I'll bet you on that," Susano-O said.

"Bet?" Chie asked.

"What exactly do you mean?" Suzuka asked.

"I'll act the way you want me to, courteous, chivalrous, anti-whatever I am to you," Susano-O said.

"You're kidding right?" Suzuka asked.

"Nope, I'm fully serious," Susano-O said.

"What exactly do you mean by betting?" Suzuka asked.

"If I lose, then Yosuke will instantly forgive Chie… and buy her ten pounds worth of steaks," Susano-O said.

"Wait what?"

"Deal!" Chie said instantly.

"What!" Yosuke yelled.

"NO NO DEAL! Chie-san wait! What happens if I lose?" Suzuka asked him.

"If you lose, then you're precious Chie-san has to act like Yosuke's girlfriend for the whole week," Susano-O said.

"What?" Chie and Yosuke both said.

"Uh what would that entitle exactly?" Chie asked nervously.

"Ch-Chie-san!" Suzuka said worried.

"Everything that come's with… uh… oh man uh, Yosuke explained it to me… first base!" Susano-O concluded.

"U-uh what?" Chie asked.

"What does that mean? What is he saying?" Suzuka asked confused.

"And you have to actually act like you like it, and smile," Susano-O said.

"Uh Susano-O," Yosuke said nervous.

"We're not going to agree to those terms," Suzuka said.

"No wait hold on," Chie said, "How would this work exactly how do we win?"

"CHIE-SAN! You can't tell me you actually want to take a chance with this!" Suzuka said annoyed.

"Oh it'll be fine, the rules are simple," Susano-O said,

"I act the way Suzuka thinks men should act like with women. If I break that rule then you win."

"Wait how do we win?" Yosuke asked still annoyed.

"When Suzuka says she want's me to go back to normal," Susano-O said.

"When I say?" Suzuka asked surprised, "No time limit, nothing?"

"Nope," Susano-O simply said crossing his arms.

"Uh… o-okay wait you're going to act like a gentleman, we win if you do anything that you would normally do to any girl?" she asked.

"Yup."

"And the only way that you can win the bet… is if I say 'I want you back to normal'?" Suzuka asked.

"Well it doesn't have to be exactly those words, but something like that," Susano-O said.

"And I have to actually mean it. You're not going to get me to read it off of some card or something like that?" Suzuka asked.

"Yep, I only win when you say and actually mean it," Susano-O said.

"… … That actually sounds like an easy bet," Chie said.

"Yeah that… that does," Suzuka said surprised.

"Not to me! I can't keep paying for stuff like this I'll never get a motorcycle!" Yosuke yelled.

"Relax," Susano-O said, "So we got a deal?"

"This sounds like too good of a deal, there has to be a catch," Suzuka said.

"Oh there's no catch, I know I'll win," Susano-O said sure of himself.

"What makes you think that?" Suzuka asked.

"Because you keep telling yourself that you won't miss me. Not only do I get to do a good thing for Yosuke, but I also get to see you go crazy for me," Susano-O teased.

"You know what, I think I will take a chance," Suzuka said confidently.

"Yeah I'm in!" Chie said.

"W-Wait what about me?" Yosuke asked.

"No! Too late! Done deal!" Chie said fast.

"W-Hold on this isn't fair to me!" Yosuke said.

"Woo, can't wait! I should insult you more often!" Chie said happily.

"Chie."

"Right right sorry."

(Dojima home, Evening)

"So now if Susano-O acts out, you gotta get Chie 10 pounds worth of steaks?" Souji asked Yosuke from his phone.

"Yeah can you believe that?" Yosuke nearly yelled out, "I mean… DAMN she insulted me! How the hell did I become the victim?"

"I was wondering why Suzuka was asking all of us to tell us if Susano-O did something involving women," Souji said.

"Sh-She's getting everyone to keep an eye on us? Damn it I can't pay for Chie's steak anymore! I'll go broke!" Yosuke said.

"I think you might be over-reacting," Souji said.

"DUDE! Do you know how much steak cost? And she's gonna ask for the most expensive one!" Yosuke yelled.

"That's if you lose," Souji said.

"I might as well pay her now!" Yosuke said annoyed.

"Okay you know what I'll join in this bet, if you do lose then 'I'll' pay for you," Souji said.

"W-really?" Yosuke asked surprised.

"Dude you know how these kinds of bets work? If some guy makes a bet with you saying that he'll jump thirty feet in the air and do a flip all while making a cake in the short time he's in the air do you bet with him or against him?" Souji asked.

"uh um uh… against him… I guess?" Yosuke said.

"Wrong, you bet with him. If he says he's going to do all that and bets you money on it, then he's going to serve you a tasty slice of aerial cake. The fact that Susano-O is actually willing to make a bet that you would hate him forever for, and that goes everything he is, he's got something up his sleeve," Souji said.

"So you think Susano-O will win the bet?" Yosuke asked.

"I trust him to know how to screw a person over, so believe me I think you're gonna be fine. I'm not saying I know what Susano-O's got up his sleeve, but I know he's got something," Souji said.

"… sigh, If you say it then it's gotta be true. You better be right man," Yosuke said.

"I'm sure everything will be fine," Souji said.

"Alright… I gotta go now I got work to do, I'll see you tomorrow, you better be sure, or at least ready to pony up if I lose," Yosuke said.

"Alright, see ya," Souji said hanging up his phone.

"So what was all that about?" Izanagi asked Souji.

"Susano-O's doing something that will go against Suzuka," Souji said.

"Ah… should we do something or will this problem solve itself?" Izanagi asked.

"Uhh… maybe wait a bit, I'm sure nothing bad will happen," Souji said, "Some yelling maybe, but nothing that doesn't happen all the time."

Souji and Nanako were both sitting at the table watching the news on the TV. Izanagi was taking up the couch while there was room on it.

"A suspect in the murders in Inaba was safely arrested recently," the announcer on the news said. Souji and Izanagi perked up and began watching the TV with silent interest.

"The mastermind behind the capture of the suspect was High School student and Detective Naoto Shirogane, whose handsome looks and accomplishments are sweeping the nation. With us now is the Detective Prince himself," he said, next to him appeared Naoto on the Television.

"Naoto? Strange to see him there," Izanagi said.

"Thank you for being with us today," he said. "No, no, the pleasure is all mine," Naoto said.

Nanako looked at him and noticed the familiar attire he was wearing. "Oh his uniform is the same looking as yours," she stated as the show continued.

"First congratulations to you and the police for your recent arrest of the culprit. It was well known that there were many mysteries that surrounded the case. You did a good job solving them," the announcer said.

"Well I would hesitate to say that the matter is 'solved'. The suspect we have is no doubt the one behind Mr. Morooka's unfortunate death. However when I look at the rest of the case there are still a few things that are out of place," he said.

"Seems like he's not the only one," Izanagi commented.

"oh? Like what?" the announcer asked.

"Unfortunately I cannot release any details at this time. I will say that this case has claimed the lives of three people, even the smallest inconsistency needs to be investigated," Naoto said.

"I see, this is a bit surprising considering the police's official statement," the announcer said, "and uh- now for the next segment, 'The Detective Prince's True Identity' where Naoto-kun will tell us a little bit about himself." The show continued as the announcer kept talking about whatever he could. Nanako excitedly looked at Souji.

"You have a real life detective at your school?" Nanako asked happy.

"Oh yeah… uh he's in the same year as Kanji and Rise," Souji said.

"That's amazing," she said excited, "When I'm older I want to go to your school too!"

(09/13/2011, Early Morning)

The next day Souji and Izanagi started and got walking the path to school, a few of the other students passed by them as they rushed to school.

"It feels a bit strange," Izanagi said as they walked.

"Hmm? What does?" Souji asked him.

"Well… usually we worry about these kinds of things. Someone was on the television, and it's going to rain soon. We usually need to worry about these things," he said.

"Yeah… I guess it does feel a bit weird to not have to worry this time," Souji said.

"Hey! Sempai!" Souji heard Rise call out, she and Himiko were rushing towards him. Behind her was Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko and their persona's as well.

"Izzy-kun, what a surprise to see you on this path," Himiko said to him.

"Uh, this is the path we all take to get to school," Izanagi said.

"Yo," Yosuke said, "You see the news last night?"

"Yeah," Souji said.

"Yeah I can't believe that Naoto was on TV," Chie said.

"And that thing about the 'Detective Prince' solving the case, can't believe that he took the credit," Yosuke said.

"Well it's not like we can go and say that we were the ones who did it," Souji said.

"Plus the police were the ones who identified him," Yukiko said.

"Yeah, we would have never guessed who it was without them," Konohana said.

"I'm a bit surprised that Naoto would go out in public for attention," Suzuka said.

"Good morning," they heard again. Naoto was walking the opposite direction towards the group.

"He better not arrest us."

"Shut it," Suzuka told Susano-O.

"I've been waiting for you all, there's something that I needed to discuss with you all regarding the case," he said.

"Oh crap, it is an arrest."

"Shut up!"

"I don't know if this is a good time," Souji said.

"Yeah we'll be late if we talk too long… hey wait where's your uniform?" Yosuke asked.

"Could you please indulge my current theory on the matter?" Naoto asked.

"Fine, go ahead," Souji said.

"First as regards commonalities between the victims," Naoto started, "all of them were kidnapped before they were murdered. The victims were all locals who had been the focus of recent media attention, becoming suddenly well known, that is the most likely scenario. I don't believe there's anything intrinsically unique about the victims themselves. Have you all come to the same conclusion?" he asked them.

"Yeah," Souji said, "That's similar to what we've figured."

"Souji, don't tell the police man that we have something to do that gives us 10 years to life inmprisonment-."

"SUSANO-O!"

"Then allow me to state my point, would you admit that a number of you in your little group fit these identical circumstances?" he asked, a few of the others were a bit surprised and worried.

"There was a long interval between the second and third deaths in this case. However after I applied the aforementioned criteria, I discovered several similar disappearances had taken place," Naoto said.

"Wait what did he do?" Yosuke asked.

"He just matched some things," Souji said.

"Yukiko Amagi, Kanji Tatsumi, Rise Kujikawa. All of you were reported missing shortly after appearing on TV. Either you escaped death somehow, or you faked your own disappearances in order to divert attention from yourselves. Since you each had some connection to the victims there was a point where I suspected one of you must be the culprit," Naoto said.

"We didn't do it!" *smack* Chie smacked the back of Yosuke's head after he yelled out.

"I do not believe that any of you are the culprit, I have long discarded the theory. Rather I now believe the exact opposite," Naoto said.

"The- The what?" Rise asked.

"You all may actually be the only ones with the means to pursue the true perpetrator. Seen as a joining of forces between the rescued, everything seems to fall into place. Of course this is all still just a hypothesis."

"He really does seem to be getting everything together," Izanagi said.

"Say, can I ask one thing?" Souji said, "Mr. Morooka, you said something about him on TV? I mean what about his death and everything you've just said?" he asked.

"Hmm?... I suppose I can say," Naoto said, "there was a flaw in my theory before. Mr. Morooka had never appeared on TV nor had he disappeared, there is also the condition of his corpse. The cause of the first two victim's death's are still listed as unknown, but Mr. Morooka's cause was an easily identifiable blunt force to the occipital cranium."

"The what?"

"He hit him really hard on the head," Souji told Yosuke.

"The police have not satisfactorily resolved this discrepancy, and yet they are desperate to close the case," Naoto told them, "Further action will be necessary to obtain some sort of decisive evidence."

"Further action? What do you mean?" Chie asked.

"Well, whatever the outcome the evidence should come to light, you said something interesting to me not long ago," Naoto said, with that he walked past the group and started off.

"W-Wait where are you going?" Yosuke asked.

"This is not a game for me either," Naoto said.

"Uh… Naoto-kun?" Yukiko tried, but he kept moving off.

(09/14/2011, Evening Souji's room)

Over the last two days Naoto had stopped coming to school, no one had seen him. Souji had been a tad bit worried about him and where he might have gone. He was also worried about the last thing he said before he left the group. Right now it was night, near midnight, and it was raining: although Souji was still on the phone talking to someone even at this late of an hour.

"Dude, Suzuka keeps pestering me and Rokuten about Susano-O you know what that's about?" Kanji asked from the phone.

"Yeah she and Susano-O made a bet that he could keep away from doing anything he does normally with women," Souji said.

"Seriously? That sounds stupid why would he agree to that kind of bet?" Kanji asked.

"Actually he was the one to make the bet," Souji said.

"Really? Why what they bet?" Kanji asked.

"Uh if Susano-O loses Yosuke buys Chie steak, and if Suzuka loses then Chie has to act like Yosuke's girlfriend," Souji said.

"Pfft, w-what? Seriously?" Kanji asked laughing.

"I know," Souji said agreeing.

"Dude didn't Chie like make a big deal when she kissed him? Now she's being a part of this?" Kanji asked.

"I know, this is gonna be good when Susano-O wins," Souji said.

"What you really think he'll win?" Kanji asked.

"He made the bet, he must know something that we don't," Souji said, "Oh uh sorry gotta go, you know it's raining right?"

"Yeah I know, but do we have to worry? I mean the case is done right?" Kanji asked.

"Perhaps… but we should be sure just in case," Souji said.

"Alright, I'll talk to ya later," Kanji said hanging up. Souji put his phone away as well and turned off the lights in his room.

"Do you think something will happen?" Izanagi asked Souji.

"I do, everything Naoto said got me thinking. I mean I was still skeptical before, but now I know that something might be wrong. Besides, safe than sorry right?" Souji asked.

"I suppose so," Izanagi said.

Souji waited, the sound of rain and his ticking clock were heard in the dark room as Souji and Izanagi kept their eyes and attention on the screen. The clock hands all pointed to twelve and for a while nothing happened. Then suddenly the screen slowly started to light up and shine a white fuzzy screen. Souji looked at it and saw the silhouette of a small person in the screen.

"Naoto," Souji said.

Kisdota: Here you are, I'm feeling a bit better than I did before. Honestly does anyone know how I get a job in this crappy economy? I want out of my home and in my own, YAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Persona'L Problems

Chie called up Rise on her phone.

"Hey Rise, anything happen. You see Susano-O do anything to you or any other women?"

"Uh no, sorry."

"What about Himiko?" Suzuka asked.

"Yeah has Himiko seen anything?" Chie asked.

"No she hasn't seen anything."

"How do we know she's not lying though, I mean she would probably enjoy the fact that you and I need to do something for those two."

"Yeah how do we know that you're on our side?" Chie asked.

"Uh huh… yeah…," Rise said while she conversed with Himiko, "Himiko says that she would easily and quickly tell when she caught sight of Susano-O doing something so she could make a point to Suzuka that she has no appealing qualities to even the most women hungry men."

"I… Uh… Er…. Okay yeah that's… that's actually a pretty good point," Suzuka said sadly.