"Taro Namatame, we're going to capture him and make sure we get this game version of you out safely." Dojima said. "Junes Dojima, Yukiko, Kanji, and Teddie."
"Do you think that we can catch him dad?" Nanako asked nervously before yawning.
"We're definitely going to catch him, Nanako here." Dojima said handing her the controller. "I normally wouldn't do this but I think we both could use some coffee."
"Ok, oh should your friend come over?" Nanako asked.
"Not this time, I'll invite him over tomorrow if you want." Dojima said calmly.
"Oh, that makes sense." Nanako said thoughtfully.
Why do I have such a bad feeling about all of this, it makes perfect sense that Namatame's the one who committed these crimes but then why am I unsure, Dojima thought. There's something we're missing, but what?
As he thought that, Dojima turned back to the TV to see that Nanako had gotten to the third floor.
"The stairs were really easy to find dad." Nanako said handing him the controller.
"I can tell, but it looks like you got into a battle." Dojima said noting that Junes Dojima had lost some of his health.
"Yeah, but Teddie was really strong and won." Nanako said with a smile. "Oh, but if Junes Dojima has to leave in the spring why are we catching the bad guy before Christmas?"
"You're right, that is odd." Dojima said. "Maybe the game is going to let us spend some time with Junes Dojima's friends before he has to leave."
"Oh yeah, we can have a party." Nanako said with a smile. "Do you think whoever made this game is going to have a party after we catch the bad guy?"
"I don't know but right now we need to get through this dungeon and catch Namatame first." Dojima said calmly. "Now if my detective's intuition is right we'll want to head around and go to the area next to where we started."
"Ok." Nanako said as they opened a door.
"Mom, where are you?" asked the game Nanako.
"Nanako, are you ok with listening to this?" Dojima asked.
"I'm ok." Nanako said. "We're playing together after all."
"Yeah, you're right." Dojima said calmly as the scene on the screen ended. "Ok, let's get to the top floor."
"Yeah." Nanako said with a smile
"Dad, do you think there are going to be two shadows?" Nanako asked. "Like what happened to Rise-chan and Teddie?"
"I don't know, I suppose it's possible but the important thing is to make sure we get you out safely." Dojima said as they advanced to the seventh floor of the dungeon. "This floor looks a lot like the fourth, which means we're probably either going to start hearing Namatame's thoughts, or we'll have to fight a stronger shadow."
"That's bad, Kanji and Teddie are getting hurt." Nanako said.
"I know, and I have an idea about that." Dojima said before using a Goho-M.
"What are you doing dad?" Nanako asked in confusion.
"Yukiko and the fox can heal us back to full strength." Dojima said calmly. "That way we'll be able to defeat Namatame's shadow without any risk of dying."
"Oh, you're really smart dad." Nanako said happily while Dojima healed everyone back to full strength and went back into the dungeon.
"Ok, let's see what's behind door number one." Dojima said opening the door to see a large shadow shaped like a set of scales. "Looks like it was a good idea to heal up."
As Dojima said that, the shadow attacked the party with Megidolaon.
"Dad, do you think every bad guy is going to do that now?" Nanako asked.
"I don't know, but the important thing is that it didn't do too much damage." Dojima said. "We can all survive another one of those but we'll need to heal after that."
"No, we need to heal up Yukiko." Nanako said. "She's really hurt."
"Yeah now that you mention it she is, alright in that case Yukiko can attack the boss and Teddie can heal everyone this time." Dojima said.
"Yeah, we need to keep everybody safe." Nanako said before Junes Dojima got a critical hit.
"Then again that could also happen." Dojima said. "If we get lucky enough to hit the boss again we may not even need to heal."
Just as Dojima said that, Yukiko hit the boss and Kanji got a critical hit too.
"Wow, they're really strong." Nanako said happily.
"Yeah, you're right." Dojima said. "Though I hope our luck didn't run out before we got to the boss."
"Oh." Nananko said thoughtfully.
"Well at the very least we should be able to reach the top floor, at least assuming this dungeon isn't much longer than the other ones." Dojima said calmly.
"Yeah, but we need to get to the top floor dad. The bad guy is up there and we need to catch him before he gets here." Nanako said before Dojima opened a door leading to the stairs.
"Well, if what Rise said is true there should only be one more floor before we reach the boss so that's a good thing." Dojima said calmly. Still, something about this is bothering me but I can't figure out why.
"Dad can I ask you something?" Nanako asked suddenly.
"I guess, what is it Nanako?" Dojima asked.
"Well, at the beginning of the game you said he wasn't the bad guy, remember?" Nanako asked.
"Yeah, I did mention that he had a solid alibi during the first murder you're probably thinking the same thing that I am aren't you?" Dojima asked.
"I think so, but he's the one who kidnapped me right?" Nanako asked. "Doesn't that make him the bad guy?"
"I don't know." Dojima said as Junes Dojima opened another door leading to the stairs. "Though I have a feeling we're going to find out soon because he's right up there."
"Ok." Nanako said. "Maybe he can tell us what happened."
"I hope so Nanako, but we'll have to wait and see what happens next." Dojima said calmly.
(Dojima and Nanako have arrived at the top floor of the Heaven dungeon. Next chapter the boss battle with Kunino-Sagiri will begin. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)