"This is bad, her shadow is going bearserk." Teddie warned nervously.

"Yeah, we know." Yosuke mentioned. "Ted, get Chie away from her shadow."

"Be careful Yosuke, there's no telling what it could do." Yu noted as the smoke faded to reveal Shadow Chie had transformed into a woman with long black hair that doubled as a seat wearing yellow dominatrix clothes sitting on three female students in Yasogami uniforms holding a whip.

"What the, is that really her shadow?" Yosuke asked in shock.

"I am a shadow… the true self." Shadow Chie stated coldly. "What do you guys think you're doing trying to defend the 'real' me? Then you're gonna pay the price."

"Shut it, and quit being such a pain." Yosuke snapped. "Chie, just hold on a little longer. Let's take her down partner."

"Right, Izanagi." Yu called as his persona appeared and tried to slash at Shadow Chie only for her to whip Izanagi sending him crashing to the ground.

"Don't even try it." Shadow Chie threatened before cracking her whip. "Mazio."

The moment Shadow Chie said that, a bolt of lightning struck Yu and Yosuke knocking Yosuke off his feet.

"Yosuke. Izanagi, Rakunda." Yu called as a dark purple glow enveloped shadow Chie.

"Damn, I should have seen that one coming." Yosuke mentioned weakly while getting to his feet. "Let's go Jiraiya, Garu."

As Yosuke said that, his persona appeared and a gust of wind struck Shadow Chie sending her crashing to the ground.

"Now's our chance Yosuke." Yu mentioned quickly.

"Right behind you." Yosuke agreed as the two of them ran towards Shadow Chie and started attacking her rapidly before she whipped their personas and they had to retreat.

"That won't happen again." Shadow Chie said before cracking her whip as a green glow appeared her and a glass shield appeared in front of her before vanishing.

"Ok, so what was that?" Yosuke inquired. "Well either way it doesn't matter. Take her down Jiraiya, Garu."

As Yosuke said that, his persona reappeared and struck Shadow Chie with a gust of wind only for her to shrug it off.

"Wait, why didn't that work?" Yu asked hesitantly before Shadow Chie cracked her whip and blocks of ice enveloped the two persona users before shattering.

"This is bad, the shadow is protecting itself." Teddie warned.

"Tell us something we hadn't already figured out, so now what are we supposed to do?" Yosuke asked.

"Weren't you listening, I told you that you'd pay the price for trying to defend the 'real' me." Shadow Chie stated coldly.

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"It just doesn't make sense. Not one person in Inaba matches up to all the details about the case." Dojima noted. "There has to be something we're missing."

"I know Dojima-san." Adachi admitted. "Maybe they found something on the bodies?"

"It's worth looking into, but I doubt someone who left them in such obvious locations would make an amateur mistake like that." Dojima mentioned. "I should at least let them know I'll be late again."

"You should head home Dojima-san, I can keep looking into the case for you." Adachi offered. "They need you to be there for them."

"I know." Dojima said quietly. "You're right, thanks Adachi."

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"Hey Ted, does she have any other weaknesses?" Yosuke questioned while diving out of the way of Shadow Chie's whip.

"Change, Ukobach." Yu called quickly before smirking as the small green persona appeared. "Let's turn up the heat, Agi."

"What the?" Shadow Chie questioned as the flames enveloped her only for her to brush them off and glare at the two persona users.

"Careful, the shadow is planning something dangerous." Teddie warned nervously just before Shadow Chie cracked her whip and more bolts of lightning struck Yu as Yosuke jumped out of the way just before the glass shield reappeared only to shatter.

"Now I get it, Yosuke take her down now." Yu called. "Her wind protection is gone."

"Right, let's take her down Jiraiya." Yosuke said as Jiraiya created another gust of wind sending Shadow Chie crashing to the ground. "Let's take her down partner."

"This should be fun." Yu noted with a smirk before the two of them ran towards Shadow Chie and started attacking her again.

"Get off of me." Shadow Chie snapped before cracking her whip and causing blocks of ice to appear forcing Yu and Yosuke to retreat a second time.

"Come on, she can't have much left in her." Yosuke stated.

"This is taking too long, change Izanagi." Yu called before his original persona reappeared above him and his expression turned serious. "Tarukaja."

As Yu said that, a bright orange glow enveloped Yosuke and Jiraiya.

"Thanks partner." Yosuke replied.

"Don't even try it, Mabufu." Shadow Chie snapped before cracking her whip as more blocks of ice appeared around Yu and Yosuke.

"Oh no, sensei." Teddie panicked before Shadow Chie turned towards him.

"Don't even think about it, let's go Jiraiya." Yosuke stated quickly as a larger gust of wind struck Shadow Chie sending her crashing to the ground as more red smoke enveloped her before fading to reveal she had returned to her original form.

"Oh, what happened?" Chie asked weakly while getting back to her feet. "Wait, what's she doing here?"

"Chie, she is you." Yosuke mentioned. "I know it's hard to accept that but it's the truth."

"You're wrong, I would never think that way. Yukiko is my best friend and…" Chie started.

"We know, and we aren't saying she isn't." Yosuke argued.

"You can still be jealous of her, and feel happy that she depends on you." Yu mentioned. "That doesn't make your friendship any less real."

"Besides, you aren't the only one with something like this inside you Chie." Yosuke admitted. "The same thing happened to me."

"It did?" Chie asked in surprise before turning back to her shadow as it got back to its feet. "I admit it, I do feel jealous of Yukiko. She's always been so much more feminine then I am, but that doesn't mean I'm not happy for her."

Hearing that Chie's shadow nodded before a blue glow enveloped her before she transformed into a woman in a yellow tracksuit with armor on her hands, feet, waist, and a helmet that was holding a double-ended naginata.

"Is that Chie-chan's persona?" Teddie asked in awe.

"My persona, Tomoe." Chie repeated quietly before Tomoe vanished and a card floated into Chie only for her to collapse to her knees.

"Chie." Yosuke said nervously. "We need to head back."

"We can't, Yukiko is still in here somewhere." Chie argued. "We have to find her before something happens."

"Chie, you aren't in any shape to keep going today. None of us are." Yu mentioned.

"He's right, besides we still have time. The shadows don't get violent until the fog shows up in our world so as long as we get Yukiko out before then we'll be fine." Yosuke added. "We know how you feel, and when we come back we'll make sure we rescue Yukiko-san together."

"Alright, thanks." Chie mentioned quietly.

"Don't worry Chie, as long as we stick together there's no way we won't be able to save Yukiko." Yu reassured her.

"Yeah, you're right." Chie admitted. "Thanks."

Thou art I… And I am thou… Thou hast established a new bond… It brings thee closer to the truth… Thou shalt be blessed when creating personas of the Fool Arcana…

"Come on, we should head back for now. We can come back once we've gotten some rest." Yosuke mentioned before the four of them left Yukiko's Castle.

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"Uncle, Nanako, I'm home." Yu called.

"Welcome back, I didn't expect to beat you home today." Dojima mentioned thoughtfully.

"I was spending some time with a few of my classmates." Yu explained.

"Oh, I see." Dojima said. "I'm glad you're making good friends so quickly."

"Yeah, so am I." Yu agreed with a small smile.

"Hey, maybe once everything settles down the three of us can do something together." Dojima suggested.

"Really?" Nanako asked hopefully.

"Well, I don't know when that would happen." Dojima mentioned. "Though we can start thinking of ideas."

"That sounds good, I'm already looking forward to it." Yu admitted with a smile.

"Yeah, so am I." Nanako agreed with a smile.

"Well in that case I'll have to work even harder so we can do whatever we come up with." Dojima noted with a chuckle before his phone started to ring. "Who could that be?"

As he said that, Dojima walked out of the house.

"Do you think we can go to Junes?" Nanako asked.

"I don't know, that doesn't sound like it would be special enough." Yu answered. "Maybe we can do something even more fun."

"Really?" Nanako asked.

"Of course." Yu said with a smile. "We just need to think of something really fun to do."

"Ok." Nanako replied with a smile as Dojima walked back inside.

"Nanako, I need to head back out for a bit. I'll be back as soon as I can." Dojima mentioned. "Have you two started thinking about what you want to do once this is all over?"

"A little bit." Yu answered.

"I see, well you're here for the entire year so we have plenty of time." Dojima noted before grabbing his keys and walking out.

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"Hey partner, are you alright?" Yosuke inquired.

"I think so, what about Chie?" Yu asked. "Is she alright after what happened?"

"I don't know, she went straight home when we left Junes but if it's anything like what happened to me she just needs some rest and she'll be better than ever." Yosuke admitted. "Hopefully we can talk to her before class."

"Yeah, hopefully." Yu agreed. "We have to make sure we save her."

"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing." Yosuke mentioned just before Chie walked up to them. "Hey Chie, are you feeling any better?"

"Yeah, I just went straight to sleep when I got home. Is that what normally happens?" Chie inquired.

"Yeah, it is." Yu answered. "Do you need anything from there before we go back in?"

"Huh?" Chie asked before realization crossed her face. "Oh, maybe something to protect myself but I'm confident in my kung-fu."

"If you say so, we still have time so just let us know when we're heading in partner." Yosuke suggested.

"He's right, that makes the most sense." Chie agreed just before Morooka walked into the room.

"Alright shut your traps." Morooka snapped before beginning the class.

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"Adachi, were you able to find anything last night?" Dojima asked.

"No, not one person I went back to had any information at all." Adachi admitted. "I'm starting to wonder if maybe Yukiko Amagi might be the culprit herself."

"Yukiko, why in the world would you think that she's behind it?" Dojima questioned.

"Well, I know it doesn't make much sense but she would be able to approach both of the victims without much difficulty, and since she disappeared but hasn't been killed yet it just seems kind of suspicious to me." Adachi explained. "At the very least she's a suspect."

"You have a point, but until we get actual evidence we can't jump to any conclusions." Dojima mentioned. "We need to find her and find out what's going on."

"You're right Dojima-san, I just hope I'm wrong about this." Adachi admitted.

"I know what you mean, to even think that someone like her could kill two people." Dojima noted. "Still, right now she's our most likely suspect and that means finding her just took priority over everything else."

(Yu and Yosuke managed to defeat Shadow Chie and Chie has awoken to her persona, but Dojima and Adachi are starting to think Yukiko may be the culprit behind the two murders. Next chapter Yu will return to the Velvet Room, and the Investigation Team will return to Yukiko's Castle to try and rescue her. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)