"I have a bad feeling about this place." Teddie said nervously.

"You miserable girl, you know full well what our store has been going through recently." said an angry male voice.

"Wait, who was that Dad?" Nanako asked.

"I have a feeling I know, but why would we be hearing his voice?" Dojima asked. "It doesn't make any sense."

"You're a disgrace, I regret the day you were born." the voice said angrily.

"No, stop talking about her like that." Yosuke said. "Saki-sempai wasn't a bad person."

"Please, you could care less about Saki-sempai or anything else that's happened in this backwater town." said a familiar voice.

"Huh, there are two of you Yosuke?" Teddie asked in surprise.

"No, there's only one of me." Yosuke said. "Who are you?"

"You said it yourself, there's only one of us." the other Yosuke said. "I'm you, and you're me. It's that simple, me."

"No, that's a lie." Yosuke said defensively. "You're not me. You're nothing like me."

"I was waiting for that." the other Yosuke said confidently. "I'm not you anymore, now I'm myself."

The moment the other Yosuke said that a red cloud appeared around him and Yosuke fell unconscious.

"What's happening dad?" Nanako asked nervously.

"I don't know, but we're about to find out." Dojima said.

As he said that, the red cloud vanished revealing the other Yosuke had transformed into a large frog creature with the top half of a human's body emerging from the center of its back.

"I am a shadow, the true self. I'll wipe out everything that bores me, starting with you." Shadow Yosuke said as the game shifted into a second battle. "Get lost."

The moment shadow Yosuke said that he jumped into the air before landing and launching a wave of wind towards Junes Dojima, knocking him off his feet.

"I should have guessed, if these shadows have weaknesses then we would have weaknesses as well." Dojima said thoughtfully. "Then again, they wouldn't make the game impossible to win this early on so I have a feeling he'll be vulnerable to electricity like the other enemies were."

"Ok." Nanako said selecting the option.

"Good, that worked so we should keep that in mind." Dojima said. "Still there's something about this that's been bothering me."

"What is it dad?" Nanako asked.

"If this game is predicting future events, and I'm starting to think it is, why was this game sent to our house instead of the station. It doesn't make sense." Dojima said just before his phone rang again. "Now what is it?"

"Detective Dojima, we've received reports that there was another robbery from the Junes department store." said a police officer. "It's entirely possible we're dealing with the same group as the last three times."

"Those kids again, what was it this time?" Dojima asked.

"The same as last time, money. It's hard to imagine what they're thinking but we need to catch them soon." the officer said.

"We'll get them, sooner or later we'll be able to catch them in the act." Dojima said thoughtfully.

"I hope you're right detective." the officer said hanging up.

"I swear kids these days think they can just do whatever they want." Dojima said irritably. "Oh, you beat him?"

"Yeah, Teddie told me what to do." Nanako said. "I want to meet the real Teddie someday."

"Well I don't see how we could. Even if we know where to find him neither of us can travel through the TV. Still, if we could I have a feeling you two would get along pretty well." Dojima said as the half-frog half-human creature turned back into Yosuke.

"Oh man, what happened?" Yosuke asked. "Wait, what's that thing doing here?"

"Yosuke, that came from you." Teddie said.

"He has a point, it didn't appear until Yosuke walked in there so they're connected in some way." Dojima said as Nanako selected the option.

"Brave huh, yeah I guess part of this was for a sense of adventure." Yosuke said turning to his shadow. "I didn't want to admit it but you have a point, still I'm going to do whatever I can to put an end to this."

As Yosuke said that, his shadow calmly nodded before a blue glow enveloped him and he transformed into a humanoid ninja-like creature.

"Jiraiya, I'm beginning to notice a pattern here." Dojima said calmly. "We should consider finding somewhere to stop for tonight though Nanako, we can pick things up tomorrow."

"Ok." Nanako said before Yosuke collapsed to his knees.

"Yosuke, are you ok?" Teddie asked nervously.

"I'll be alright, still was that what happened to Saki-sempai?" Yosuke asked.

"I don't know, the shadows get dangerous when the fog in here lifts." Teddie said. "If someone was in here when that happened they could be attacked."

"That's true, but if we can find out when people get thrown into the TV we can save them, just like you saved me." Yosuke said.

"Maybe, oh yeah to make sure I can find you guys when you come back you need to come in through the same place." Teddie said.

"The same place, I guess that shouldn't be a problem." Yosuke said. "So do you mind letting us out?"

"Alright, but remember you promised to help stop whoever's throwing people in here." Teddie said.

"We remember, trust us." Yosuke said before Teddie pushed him and Junes Dojima back out of the TV world.

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"You guys came back." Chie said in tearing up.

"Yeah, Chie we…" Yosuke started to say before Chie threw the rope at him.

"Do you have any idea how nervous I was, I hate you both." Chie said running out of the store.

"We kind of had that coming." Yosuke said. "I don't feel that good, I'm going to head home. See you tomorrow"

The moment Yosuke said that, the screen faded to black before changing to the Dojima residence.

"Oh you're back." the game Dojima said calmly. "Have a seat, we were about to have dinner."

"I'll just save and we can play more tomorrow alright Nanako?" Dojima asked.

"Ok, night dad." Nanako said quietly.

(Yosuke has awoken to his persona, and the nature of the murders has been revealed. Next chapter, Nanako and Dojima will enter Yukiko's castle. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)