"Um… can I help too?" Nanako asked uncertainly causing Yosuke, Yu, and Chie to turn to her.

"Huh, you really want to help out?" Yosuke inquired.

"Yeah, I love Junes." Nanako smiled. "I want to help it be ok."

Chie smiled. "You're such a good girl Nanako, I'm sure Yosuke can come up with a way for you to help out."

"Yay." Nanako smiled happily.

Yosuke shook his head before smiling. "Well, I'll take a look and see if there's anything you can help out with. I'll give Yu a call if anything comes up alright?"

"That makes sense." Yu nodded only to pause. "Huh, Naoto?"

Chie, Yosuke, and Nanako turned to see Naoto walking up to their table.

"My apologies for the interruption, I was hoping to speak with miss Satonaka." Naoto mentioned calmly. "Do you have a few minutes?"

"Ok…" Chie started awkwardly before walking off with Naoto.

Yosuke stared for a few seconds before turning to Yu. "What's going on?"

"Naoto's a detective working on the case with my uncle. He must have found out Chie and Yukiko were friends." Yu guessed.

Yosuke glanced over before nodding. "He's probably just trying to figure out what's going on. Hopefully they solve this so Inaba is safe again."

A few minutes later Naoto nodded and walked off as Chie went back to the table.

"Are you ok?" Nanako inquired nervously.

Chie gave a reassuring smile. "Yeah, he just wanted to ask if I saw anything weird and to tell me I should be careful."

"That makes sense." Yu nodded before frowning. "That aside… we should all think about heading home, I think it's going to rain tonight."

"Already?" Nanako asked sadly.

"Yeah, sorry Nanako." Yu apologized. "We want to be safe though and if it gets foggy, we want to be home where it's safe right?"

"Ok… can we come back with everybody though?" Nanako requested before Yosuke and Chie exchanged a brief smile.

"Absolutely, you're more than welcome here Nanako-chan." Yosuke smiled.

Nanako smiled at that before taking Yu's hand. "Ok, bye."

"Bye Nanako." Chie smiled. "See you tomorrow Yu."

"See you Chie." Yu smiled before walking off with Nanako.

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"Oh, you two are back. Where were you?" Dojima inquired.

"We were at Junes with my friend Yosuke and Chie, is everything ok uncle?" Yu asked.

Dojima looked at him before sighing. "Just trying to figure out this whole thing. Shirogane's helping but we're still not making much headway… at least not yet."

"I'm sorry uncle, I wish I could do more to help you out." Yu admitted. "It's just…"

Dojima shook his head. "I appreciate the sentiment, but this is too dangerous for you to be involved in. Yukiko Amagi is safe, and you were spending time with your friends, just leave the police work to the three of us, understand?"

"Yeah, I'm just worried that's all." Yu admitted. "You'll be able to catch the bad guy, right?"

Nanako took Yu's hand and smiled. "Dad's a really good detective, I know he'll be able to find the bad guy."

Yu turned to Nanako before smiling. "You're right, thanks Nanako."

"Well, it's been a long day for you both so you should head to bed." Dojima mentioned.

Yu and Nanako both nodded before going to their rooms.

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"Ok, what's going to air tonight?" Dojima questioned as he stared at the TV only for the Midnight Channel to air without showing anything or anyone on the screen. "What?"

Moments later his phone started ringing and he answered it.

"Dojima-san, what just happened? Why wasn't anyone on the Midnight Channel?" Adachi questioned uncertainly. "Were we wrong about this lead?"

"I don't know, then again if you think about it there's a potential pattern here." Dojima replied. "Yukiko Amagi went missing and she appeared on the Midnight Channel in that castle and now nobody is on the screen. It either means this is a dead end, or she managed to escape from whoever the culprit is and was acting under duress to act out that role."

"Then what do we do now?" Adachi inquired. "There's no way of tracking that program back to its source."

"No, but we can talk to Yukiko Amagi and get her account of the situation." Dojima pointed out. "Get some rest, I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be a very long day."

"Right, I just hope Shirogane found something." Adachi admitted.

"We'll have to wait and see tomorrow when we talk to him." Dojima mentioned. "Good night Adachi."

"Good night Dojima-san." Adachi replied before hanging up.

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"Good morning Nanako, did you sleep well?" Yu inquired.

Nanako nodded. "Yeah, it was really fun spending time with everybody at Junes."

Yu smiled back. "Yeah, it definitely was. We'll have to go back sometime soon."

"Yeah… oh, do you think somebody will help him?" Nanako asked suddenly.

Yu frowned. "Hopefully. It's really not fair that those two aren't doing their jobs."

Nanako nodded in agreement before frowning. "Can you and your friends help him?"

"We can try." Yu answered as they walked out of the house to head to school.

"Oh, good morning Yu." Yukiko mentioned as he approached Yasogami.

"Good morning Yukiko, you're feeling better now?" Yu asked with a smile.

"Yes, I just wanted to thank you for helping me before." Yukiko admitted. "I don't fully understand everything that happened."

"That makes sense, maybe after school we can talk to Chie and Yosuke about it." Yu offered.

Yukiko nodded in agreement before they heard a bell ringing and ran into the school.

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"Shirogane, I'm guessing since you're here that means your suspicions were inaccurate?" Dojima inquired seeing Naoto sitting at a computer.

"I can't be certain; I wasn't able to confirm it yet due to the unanticipated fog the other day." Naoto answered calmly. "Though I am wondering if Saki Konishi was an intended victim."

"You mean the perp went after her because she found the body and miss Amagi was the planned second victim?" Adachi asked.

"That would be the most logical assumption." Naoto nodded before frowning. "Still, something isn't adding up."

Dojima let out a sigh. "Well if the case was that simple, they wouldn't have sent you down to assist us."

Naoto chuckled slightly. "You have a fair point Dojima-san. Though with any luck the three of us will be able to find the missing evidence to link the entire case together."

Suddenly the three of them heard muffled complaints about a kid helping with a murder case and how children should stay in school where they belong causing Naoto to frown.

"Don't yet them bother you." Adachi mentioned reassuringly before pausing. "Though if you don't mind me asking, what are you doing about your education?"

"I'm technically a first-year student and so would apply to Yasogami." Naoto answered. "However, I haven't finalized that and so I won't be attending for a short time."

"That makes sense." Dojima nodded before frowning. "I don't like this, we're no closer to figuring this out then we were at the start."

"We'll solve it Dojima-san, all we need is to find the one clue that links everything together and with the three of us putting our heads together it's just a matter of time." Adachi pointed out.

'I hope you're right Adachi, but I can't shake this feeling things are going to get a lot worse.' Dojima thought.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me, do you think there's room for Naoto?" Adachi asked suddenly as Dojima paused before smiling and nodding

"Room for me?" Naoto questioned curiously. "What are you talking about?"

"Feel free to say no, but we were thinking of a way to get my nephew's mind off of things and so were going to invite his friends over for dinner." Dojima answered. "Do you want to join us?"

Naoto blinked in surprise hearing that. "I would hate to be a burden and I'm not the best with social situations."

"Well, if you want to stop by feel free." Dojima mentioned.

"Thank you for the offer Dojima-san." Naoto mentioned calmly.

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"That all really happened?" Yukiko asked in surprise. "It all sounds unbelievable and yet… I remember seeing that other me in the castle."

"Your Shadow, if we hadn't gotten to you in time… you'd have ended up dead just like Saki-sempai and the announcer." Yosuke explained.

"Do you remember anything that happened before you woke up in the castle and we found you?" Yu asked. "A voice, or maybe you saw someone's face?"

"No, nothing." Yukiko answered apologetically. "I don't remember anything."

"Well, that's ok. The important thing is that you're safe." Chie mentioned. "I'm sure we can figure out the rest as we go."

"Chie's right." Yosuke nodded.

"Oh… I do remember something; I think it was a bear?" Yukiko asked uncertainly.

"A bear, oh you mean Teddie. He lives inside the TV." Yu answered causing Yukiko to look at him in confusion.

"Come on, it might make more sense to see it yourself." Yosuke explained before the four of them walked to the Junes Electronics section.

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"Wow, this really is inside a TV." Yukiko noted in surprise looking around. "Though why is it so foggy?"

"Oh yeah, we should have probably asked Teddie to make you some glasses." Chie mentioned.

"Did somebody call me?" asked a familiar voice as Teddie walked up.

"You must be Teddie, it's nice to meet you." Yukiko smiled.

"Ted here's actually the reason we're trying to find the culprit." Yosuke explained. "That's how the culprit is killing people, he throws them in here and then their Shadow goes berserk."

Yukiko frowned hearing that. "You guys are doing all of that… Let me help too."

"Yukiko?" Chie asked in surprise.

"Someone tried to kill me, and I want to know why." Yukiko stated confidently.

"I had a feeling it would turn out this way, which is why I prepared." Teddie smiled before revealing a pair of glasses.

"Oh, thank you Teddie." Yukiko smiled taking the glasses and putting them on only to gasp seeing the fog vanish. "Wow, these are amazing. The fog really is gone."

"Yeah, I guess it is amazing Teddie can do something like that." Yosuke admitted. "Well, we'll be back later Ted."

Teddie nodded only for something to fall out of his suit.

"Huh, oh you dropped something Teddie." Yukiko mentioned.

Teddie looked and frowned. "Oh, those are a pair of glasses that I messed up on."

Yukiko knelt down and gently picked up the glasses before putting them on revealing them to be a pair of gag glasses with a fake nose and mustache.

"Yukiko?" Yosuke asked hesitantly.

"Well, how do I look?" Yukiko asked with a smile.

"You look ridiculous, but somehow awesome at the same time." Yu answered causing Yukiko to start giggling.

"Can I use these Teddie, they even have a nose guard." Yukiko smiled.

"I wish I could, but I messed up on those glasses." Teddie apologized. "I can try to make a better pair though."

"Oh well." Yukiko frowned before taking off the glasses and putting on her working pair. "Here Chie, your turn."

Chie's eyes widened in shock before letting out a sigh. "Alright fine."

With that said she took her glasses off and put on the pair with the fake nose before staring at Yukiko causing her to start laughing.

"Yukiko?" Yu asked in surprise seeing that as Yukiko just kept laughing.

"There goes another one of Yukiko's laughing fits, I never thought she'd do it if someone other than me was around." Chie explained.

Yu and Yosuke just nodded uncertainly at that.

(Yukiko has rejoined the Investigation Team and decided to help them capture the culprit while Dojima, Adachi, and Naoto are continuing to try and piece the case together. Next chapter the Investigation Team will return to Yukiko's Castle and Adachi will make a startling discovery. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)