"So Mitsuo is supposed to be behind that door right?" Adachi asked.

"I think so, that's what Rise-chan said." Nanako said. "I just wish dad was still here so we could catch the bad guy together."

"Don't worry, I'm sure your dad will be back before you know it, and then you can tell him all about it." Adachi said calmly.

"Ok." Nanako said before going through the door.

"Look there he is." Yosuke said quickly.

"Wait what's going on?" Chie asked in confusion.

"What the heck's wrong with you, say something that makes sense." one of the two Mitsuo's said angrily.

"There's no reason." the other Mitsuo said emotionlessly.

"What do you mean no reason, who do you think you are?" the first Mitsuo asked.

"I am nothing, you are nothing, and you are me." the second Mitsuo said quietly.

"What are you talking about, I'm not nothing." the first Mitsuo said before turning to the investigation team. "Who are you guys anyway?"

"Did you really kill those two?" Chie asked.

"Yeah, that's right it was all me. I'm the one who killed them." the first Mitsuo said before turning to his counterpart. "You hear that?"

"So you don't accept me." the second Mitsuo said before a red cloud enveloped him as the first Mitsuo fell unconscious.

"Is that a floating baby?" Adachi asked in shock. "I don't think it's right to attack something like that."

Suddenly the battle started and Shadow Mitsuo formed a shell in the form of a soldier with a sword before the phone started to ring.

"I'll get it." Nanako said. "Hello?"

"Nanako, it's me." Dojima said calmly. "I have some bad news, I might not be able to get home for a while. Something came up."

"Oh." Nanako said quietly. "Ok."

"I'm sorry about this, I'll try to get home as soon as I can alright?" Dojima asked.

"Ok, goodbye." Nanako said sadly.

"Bye." Dojima said before hanging up.

"Is everything ok Nanako-chan?" Adachi asked.

"I'm ok." Nanako said quietly.

"If you say so, well how do you think we should fight this guy?" Adachi asked.

"Um… I don't know." Nanako said in confusion. "What do you think?"

"Me, I guess the first thing to do is see if it has a weakness right?" Adachi asked. "So since Teddie can use ice, Yukiko uses fire, and Kanji uses electricity we should try wind."

"Ok." Nanako said switching to Clotho and using garudyne.

"Huh, that's strange." Adachi said.

"What is?" Nanako asked in confusion.

"Well he isn't weak to wind, but that looks like it did more damage than it did to the last boss." Adachi said. "Is it supposed to be this easy?"

"Maybe there's another bad guy." Nanako said. "Like what happened to Teddie."

"I don't know, but it'll probably only going to take three rounds to beat this guy if things keep going like this." Adachi said.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Nanako asked.

"Maybe, but it just seems strange to me." Adachi said. "Oh well, the quicker we beat the bad guy the better right?"

"Yeah." Nanako said while having Teddie use Bufula, Yukiko use Agilao, and Kanji use Zionga.

"Well that makes things tougher, he's not weak to anything. Still he's taking a lot of damage." Adachi said just before Shadow Mitsuo tried to attack Kanji with a bomb and then immediately attacked Teddie with his sword. "Ok, no weaknesses and he hits us twice. I guess that makes sense if our attacks do so much damage so easily."

"We have to beat the bad guy." Nanako said. "That way nobody else gets hurt."

"You're right, ok let's catch the bad guy Nanako-chan." Adachi said. (1)

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"There has to be something, what am I missing?" Dojima asked in frustration while looking at the data in front of him.

"Dojima-san, are you still in here?" asked a police officer.

"You don't need to worry, I'll lock up when I leave." Dojima said. "Besides, it's hardly the first time I've stayed late."

"Well if you're sure, good night." the officer said.

"Yeah, night." Dojima said before turning back to the data. "I have to figure out what I'm missing, for both of us."

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"We just need to hit the boss a little more and we'll beat the game right Nanako-chan?" Adachi asked.

"Yeah, we've almost caught the bad guy. Then we can tell dad." Nanako said.

"Exactly, so what next?" Adachi asked. "I mean it looks like he's close to being taken down but Teddie's getting hit a lot."

"It's not good to let someone be hurt, we need to make Teddie feel better." Nanako said before having Yukiko heal Teddie.

"Ok, now we just need to win the battle and then we'll have caught the bad guy right?" Adachi asked.

"I think so, but won't the bad guy get a persona if we win?" Nanako asked in confusion.

"I doubt it, he's the bad guy. Why do you think he would Nanako-chan?" Adachi asked.

"That's what always happens." Nanako said. "We save somebody and then they get a persona and we become friends and try to catch the bad guy together."

"So you think he's going to get a persona after this battle?" Adachi asked. "Maybe the final boss has another form."

"Maybe." Nanako said thoughtfully.

"Well either way if Kanji can hit the boss hard enough we'll beat him." Adachi said. "Then we can surprise your dad and tell him that we saved everybody."

"Ok." Nanako said before accidently having Kanji attack instead of using his persona.

"That works." Adachi said before the shell disappeared and the baby fell to the ground. "Wait, didn't you just win?"

"No." Nanako said. "Remember, the bad guy was hiding."

"Oh yeah, I guess you're right." Adachi said. "So that's what we need to beat to win, well let's catch the bad guy and make sure nobody else gets hurt right Nanako-chan?"

"Yeah." Nanako said happily.

(Nanako and Adachi have started the battle with Shadow Mitsuo, and just destroyed his outer shell. Next chapter the battle will end. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)

(1) (Adachi's relationship with Nanako and Dojima is positive at this point, the incident with Mayumi Yamano hasn't yet occurred, and even if he won't admit it Adachi considers them his friends.)