"Huh, wait isn't this the shopping district Yosuke?" Yu asked.

"Yeah, I think you're right. Wait, but why would the shopping District be inside the TV?" Yosuke questioned. "Hey Teddie, do you have any idea what's going on around here?"

"Whenever someone gets thrown in here, the world changes." Teddie explained. "Well, at least that's what happened the last two times."

"The last two, you mean Saki-sempai and the announcer." Yosuke stated thoughtfully. "So you're saying this place changes to match whoever was thrown inside?"

"Yeah, but that's messing up my world and I need it to stop before something beary bad happens." Teddie complained.

"That makes sense, well if…" Yu started to say before disembodied voices started speaking all around them.

"Did you hear about the Konishi girl?" inquired a feminine voice.

"To think she would betray her own family like that." commented a male voice.

"She knows how much they're struggling, its just heartless." added a second female voice.

"Huh, who's there?" Yosuke questioned.

"There's nobody here except us, this place is reality for the person that was thrown in here." Teddie explained.

"Reality for the person thrown into the TV?" Yosuke asked before looking up. "Wait, if this is a replica of the shopping district than Saki's family store should be up ahead."

As Yosuke said that, he ran down the shopping district.

"Oh no, he needs to come back. I think I smell some shadows that way." Teddie warned nervously.

"Shadows?" Yu questioned. "What's a shadow."

"Remember how I said it was dangerous in here, it's because the shadows get violent." Teddie explained. "If they find Yosuke he could be in real trouble."

"Are there any shadows near him now?" Yu inquired nervously. "Maybe we can catch up to him and try to find some clues before the shadows arrive."

"I don't think the shadows are near him, but there's something making it hard to tell." Teddie admitted.

"Hey Teddie, what's going on with this door?" Yosuke called suddenly before Yu and Teddie ran up to him only to see a black and red portal in place of a door in front of the Konishi liquor store. "Why does it look so different from all the other ones nearby?"

"Huh, I don't …" Teddie started to say before shaking. "I smell them, the shadows."

"What the, shadows?" Yosuke inquired as two black blobs wearing blue masks appeared in front of him. "Whoa, what are these things?"

Suddenly the two blobs floated into the air before transforming into pink and black striped mouths.

"No, this can't be real." Yu panicked as an image of Yosuke's corpse appeared in his mind. "It's happening again."

"Hey Yu, you need to move." Yosuke yelled as the two floating mouths rushed towards him.

"I am thou. Thou art I." declared a mysterious voice into Yu's mind. "The time has come, open thine eyes and call forth what is within."

What, who's there? Yu thought before a card appeared in his hand and began glowing blue.

"What's happening?" Teddie questioned fearfully before Yu got to his feet.

"Per… So… Na." Yu called before crushing the card as a blue flame enveloped him and a figure with glowing yellow eyes appeared behind him.

"Whoa, what the heck is that?" Yosuke questioned as the blue flame faded to reveal a humanoid figure wearing an ouendan outfit with a mask over its face and a naginata in its right hand.

"Izanagi, Zio." Yu called as the figure extended its empty hand only for a bolt of lighting to strike one of the mouths.

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"We have to be missing something." Dojima noted in frustration. "The two murders were obviously committed by the same person."

"I know, but there just isn't enough evidence to even come up with a list of suspects." Adachi mentioned. "Especially since Taro Namatame and Misuzu Hiiragi both have solid alibis for not killing miss Yamano."

"Yeah, it doesn't make any sense though. If the culprit wanted to kill Saki Konishi why wait until after she was interviewed about the body?" Dojima questioned. "It doesn't make sense from a motive standpoint."

"Well, maybe the perp wanted everybody to know about the first murder and then planned on killing whoever found the body." Adachi suggested.

"That's possible." Dojima admitted before glancing at a clock. "It's starting to get late, I should probably head to Junes and get some food for dinner."

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow Dojima-san." Adachi stated as Dojima walked out of the station. "There has to be something we can do to catch this guy, maybe one of miss Konishi's classmates saw something."

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"This is incredible, I've never felt like this before." Yu admitted as Izanagi faded.

"Hey, did you know about this Teddie?" Yosuke questioned as the two floating mouths hesitantly backed away from Yu.

"No, I've never seen anything like this before." Teddie answered. "Though I did know that some shadows had weaknesses, I should be able to keep track of what works on what shadows."

"Thanks Teddie." Yu mentioned just as the two floating mouths rushed towards him.

"Yu, the club." Yosuke called quickly.

The club, wait that dream. Yu thought before swinging the golf club like a katana and sending one of the mouths flying back only for the second one to knock him off his feet.

"Oh no, sensei." Teddie panicked before a card appeared in front of Yu and he crushed it causing Izanagi to reappear and slice the two floating mouths in half.

"Whoa, how'd you do that anyway?" Yosuke asked as the two shadows faded into red smoke and Izanagi disappeared again.

"Yosuke, stop bothering sensei." Teddie stated calmly.

"Sensei?" Yosuke questioned. "You know what never mind. Anyway that power you just used, what did you call it, Persona?"

"Yeah, I don't really understand what happened but at least we're all ok." Yu admitted.

"That's true, anyway if we're going to find out what happened to Saki-sempai I bet it'll be in there." Yosuke mentioned looking towards the Konishi liquor store. "Are there any more of those things waiting inside Ted?"

"I don't smell any more shadows." Teddie replied while sniffing the air before the three of them walked into the store.

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"Hello, Dojima-residence." Nanako said over the phone.

"Nanako, it's me." Dojima mentioned.

"Oh, hi dad." Nanako replied happily. "Do you need to stay late again?"

She's so sad, I just wish I could do more for her but it isn't that easy, Dojima thought. "No it's nothing like that, I was actually picking up some food for dinner and was wondering if you had any type of sushi you wanted me to get."

"Sushi, yay." Nanako stated happily. "Oh, can you get it without wasabi this time?"

"I'll be sure to get you some without wasabi Nanako." Dojima assured her. "I'll be home as soon as I can."

"Ok, bye." Nanako mentioned.

"Bye Nanako." Dojima said before hanging up the phone and picking up a package of sushi.

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"It's deserted, I guess we should have expected that." Yosuke admitted. "Still, maybe we can find something that can tell us what happened to Saki-sempai."

"Maybe." Yu agreed thoughtfully.

"How could you do this to your own family, you know how much we've been struggling." exclaimed a male voice.

"Huh, wait is that sempai's dad?" Yosuke questioned.

"Was it because of a boy, did you need some extra money?" the voice questioned. "Just why did you have to work there of all places, anywhere else would have been fine."

"This has to be a joke, sempai never mentioned any of this when she was at work. She always seemed so happy." Yosuke explained.

"Maybe she didn't want you to worry about her." Yu suggested.

"Yeah, you're probably right." Yosuke noted. "Anyway, we still need to try and find some kind of clue about what happened."

"Do you really think you'll be able to find something that can tell you it is that's been throwing people in here?" Teddie inquired.

"Yeah, hey what's this?" Yosuke inquired picking up a damaged picture. "Wait, I remember this."

"What is it Yosuke?" Yu asked.

"It's the photo we took of all the part-time workers at Junes." Yosuke explained. "Except someone cut it into pieces."

"I just wish I had a chance to let Hana-chan know." Saki commented quietly.

"Let me know what?" Yosuke questioned.

"I wanted to tell him, that's he's such a pain in the ass." Saki stated coldly. "I had to be nice to him because his dad was the manager, but he took it completely the wrong way. What an idiot."

"No way, you're telling me that's what Saki-sempai really thought?" Yosuke asked in disbelief.

"Ever since I started working at Junes my life's been terrible, my parents hate me, our neighbors talk behind my back, not to mention the store is on the verge of going out of business." Saki mentioned. "I just wish everything would disappear."

"No way, that has to be a lie." Yosuke argued. "Sempai was always so happy at work, if something was wrong she would have told me about it. I…"

"Oh cry me a river, you honestly believe Saki-sempai gave a crap about you?" questioned a familiar voice.

"Huh, whoa what the? Who are you?" Yosuke inquired as he turned to see himself leaning against a wall.

"Two Yosukes?" Yu asked.

"No, I have no idea who that guy is." Yosuke mentioned quickly. "Whoever it is has to playing some kind of sick joke."

"If there is a joke, it's that Saki-sempai ever cared about you." the second Yosuke mocked. "Then again, you don't care about her either so it works out anyway."

"What are you saying, of course I care about sempai." Yosuke argued.

"Please, you can't lie to yourself. You've been bored to tears in this backwater town, right me?" the second Yosuke inquired with a smirk. "You could care less about why sempai died, but if you managed to catch the one responsible well that's a different story."

"Shut up, you have no idea what you're talking about." Yosuke yelled angrily.

"Everything up until now has been one big pain in the ass, but all this? A world inside the TV being used to commit murders, a chance to be the hero and all it took was sempai dying." the second Yosuke continued with a smirk. "You know I'm right, after all I'm you."

"No way, that's a lie." Yosuke stated defensively. "You, you aren't me."

Just as Yosuke said that, the second Yosuke started laughing.

"That's right, say it again." the second Yosuke mentioned with a cold smirk.

"You're not me, you're nothing like me." Yosuke said weakly.

"Yeah, that's right. I'm not you anymore, I am me now." the second Yosuke said with a smirk before a cloud of red smoke enveloped him and Yosuke lost consciousness.

"Yosuke." Yu called nervously before the smoke cleared to reveal the second Yosuke had turned into a frog creature with a humanoid figure attached to the center of its back.

"I am a shadow, the true self." shadow Yosuke declared calmly. "I'll wipe out everything that bores me, starting with you."

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"Oh welcome home dad." Nanako mentioned happily.

"Thanks, is Yu not home yet?" Dojima inquired.

"No, do you think he's ok?" Nanako asked.

"He should be alright, if my detective intuition's any clue he's probably with some of his classmates." Dojima answered. "Honestly the less he has to worry about this year the better."

Suddenly Dojima's phone started to ring.

"Work again?" Nanako asked. "You just got home."

"I know, just give me a second." Dojima mentioned before answering his phone. "Yeah, it's me."

"Dojima-san, someone called just after you left. Apparently Yosuke Hanamura, the Junes manager's son didn't come into work today and his parents don't know where he is either." Adachi explained. "The last victim was another part time worker so…"

"Yeah, I know what you mean." Dojima noted before glancing at Nanako. "Let me know if anything comes up."

"Right, sure thing Dojima-san." Adachi replied before hanging up.

"If he isn't home soon we should go and look for Yu ok Nanako?" Dojima inquired.

"Ok." Nanako said quietly.

(Yu awoke to the power of persona, but now Yosuke's shadow is preparing to kill him, Yosuke, and Teddie. Next chapter the battle with Shadow Yosuke will begin. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)