Disclaimer: I do not own Fate Stay Night or Persona 4 they are the property of their respective owners, any resemblance to any other Fate Stay Night or Persona 4 fan fiction is coincidental and plagiarism is not intended. No flames please, constructive criticism only.

AN: You may notice a decline in quality in this chapter, this is because SaintInfernalNeos has real world stuff to deal with and I decided it was wrong of me to bug him for the sake of improving my crappy writing. So like it or not here it is chapter 3 enjoy.

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Yu found himself glaring at the 'man' in front of him, this traitor who had killed his brothers.

'Brothers? But I don't have any brothers!'

"Stop this, Gawain." The man implored. "Please just stop."

"No, for Gareth and Gaheris... I will kill you... Lancelot." He growled at the black-armored knight opposite him.

'Lancelot? As in Sir Lancelot of the round table?'

Yu felt himself lunging at Lancelot, who met his sword with his own in a defensive posture.

"Gawain, I do not want to fight you!" Lancelot implored.

"Enough talk, I will have your head... for my brothers."

'Are these….Gawain's memories?' Yu wondered in confusion.

"Hoh, you think that the life of that Mongrel is something worth mentioning?" An arrogant voice asked.

Suddenly Yu found himself not watching from Gawain's perspective but as though it were a movie on a screen. He tried to look around and find the source of the voice but saw no one in the starry darkness around him, he was alone save for the memory of Gawain's that played in front of him.

"Don't bother; I see no reason to reveal myself to someone of your station, half-breed."

With that proclamation everything began to fall away and Yu felt himself awakening.

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[04/16 Saturday, Yasogami High, Inaba]

When they arrived at school, Yosuke and Yu were talking about what they had seen on the Midnight Channel last night. Although Yu's thoughts were on the dream he had last night, he decided not to question Gawain on his memories because he felt it might be an invasion of his privacy, but Yu had asked if Gawain was alone within Yu's consciousness.

'I am not alone, my king, there is another. A Caster if I'm not mistaken, under the Magician Arcana, but he is dormant and silent for now, almost as if he is a statue waiting for life.' Was the reply his Persona had given him.

"Did you see it?" Yosuke asked.

"Yeah, I did." Yu confirmed with a nod.

Their conversation stopped when Chie ran into the classroom out of breath as though she'd been running, she had a worried expression on her face.

"Chie, what's wrong?" The Junes boy questioned.

"Is Yukiko here?" Chie asked, concern for her friend coloring her voice.

"Sorry, she hasn't shown up yet." Yosuke replied.

"Crap! What should I do?" Chie asked worriedly.

"Did something happen?" Yu asked.

"I was watching the Midnight Channel last night…"

"Yeah, we were just talking about it." Yosuke interrupted her.

"I think I saw Yukiko on it." Chie said anxiously. "I've seen her in that kimono before. She wore it during that one interview. I've sent her a ton of texts but she hasn't responded."

"Tried calling?" Yu asked.

"It just goes straight to voice-mail."

"You don't think Yukiko..." Yosuke trailed off.

"Don't go there!" Chie yelled, earning her stares from the students who had arrived in class.

"Sorry. She's okay. She's probably just busy. Or she could've lost her cell."

"Well, do you think she could be helping her family out around the inn?" Yu asked.

"Yeah! That's gotta be it! I'll swing by there right now!" Chie said, walking towards the door to leave

"You're leaving? But schools about to start." Yosuke pointed out.

Chie stopped short of the door when her phone rang, she answered it quickly.

"Yes?" Chie said to her caller. "Yukiko! Thank God!"

"You're there!"

"Yeah, yeah! Okay."

"Oh, it's nothing. I'll text you later."

"What a relief!" Chie sighed as the call ended. "She's been busy 'cause a huge group came in without reservations."

"But if it wasn't Yukiko..."

"Then who was that on the Midnight Channel?"

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Later school ended and the bell signaling home time rang. Yu and Yosuke were following Chie down the stairs; she had an open notebook in her hands and seemed to be reading it.

"What's that?" Yu asked.

"Whoa, your handwriting really sucks." Yosuke commented with slight surprise earning him a kick to stomach from Chie, which in turn got the attention of a short black haired girl who was putting up a poster for the music club.

"I took notes for Yukiko." Chie explained more to Yu than Yosuke.

"T-they look g-great..." Yosuke groaned, changing his tune as he collapsed.

"Careful on the way down." Yu said to Yosuke as he walked past him and looked at a poster for the basketball club.

"Hey! You the transfer student?" a voice asked.

Yu turned around and saw a boy with dark blue hair and gray eyes, wearing the standard Yasogami High school uniform. Next to him was a student with short brown hair, brown eyes and a brown Band-Aid on his nose. He was wearing the navy blue PE uniform instead of the standard uniform.

"That's right." Yu said.

"Have you played much basketball?" he asked.

"No, not really."

"Hey!" Chie called "Let's go!" Yu nodded and walked off to follow Chie.

"Tough luck, Ichijo" Yosuke said, quickly recovering and patting Ichijo's shoulder before running off too.

"Well let me know if you change your mind, new guy!" Ichijo called after Yu. "Even inexperienced sophomores are welcome!"

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[04/16 Saturday, Junes Electronics Department, Inaba]

The trio walked into the electronics department at Junes and began looking at the TV. The only problem was that there far too many people around in the electronics department today. Because of this they couldn't go through the TV without being seen.

"It's really crowded today." Chie sighed.

"Hey, try sticking your hand in and see if you can get Teddie's attention." Yosuke whispered.

Yu gave one final glance around to see that no one was watching and stuck his hand inside the TV.

"Yeowch" Yu felt something bite his hand and immediately withdrew it.

"Dude, what happened?" Yosuke asked anxiously.

"Something bit me." Yu replied.

'It would appear that Teddie is certainly there.' Gawain commented 'Perhaps something has agitated him?'

"I-It left bite marks! Are you okay?" Chie asked, ignoring both of the Personas and seeing that there indeed teeth marks on Yu's hand.

"I think I'm dying." Yu deadpanned.

"No, you're not." Chie sweat dropped.

"Is that Chie I hear?" Teddie's voice asked. "What's up? Is this a new game?"

"Teddie, does it feel like anyone's in there?" Yosuke asked the bear.

"Who's anyone? I'm a lonely little bear like always." Teddie replied "This land feels so bear-ren."

"I get it!" Chie snapped impatiently. "So you're sure no one's there?"

"I-I'm not lying! My nose is running as good as ever!" Teddie replied quickly.

"Alright, no one is over there but yesterday we saw someone on Midnight Channel." Chie said "What's up with that?"

"Let's check it out again tonight." Yu replied, curious as to what was going on.

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Later on that night Yu had decided to busy himself by making paper cranes and glanced at his clock and watched as it struck midnight. His room was dark and he was alone, plus it was a rainy night.

Then the Midnight Channel came on and Yu was shocked at what he saw. There clearly on the screen was Yukiko except she was wearing a pink ball gown which was decorated with roses. She was also wearing matching pink arm-length gloves with a golden tiara sitting atop her head. She was holding a microphone as she was hosting a TV show. She appeared to be standing near the entrance of a castle of some sort. Yu noted that the door was a black and red portal similar to the liquor store.

"Hi there, my name is Yukiko Amagi!" She exclaimed excitedly. "And tonight I'm gonna score myself a hot stud!"

Yu was shocked enough to drop the origami crane that he was currently working on.

"It's Princess Yukiko's Hunt for Her Prince Charming!" As she said this a sign appeared above her which said 'Princess Yukiko's Hunt for Her Prince on a White Horse.'

"And I came prepared! My lacy unmentionables are ready to go!" She said, patting the lower part of her dress. "And so is my heart!"

Yu felt his jaw drop and ignored Gawain who appeared behind him.

'It is her shadow, my king.' Gawain stated as he manifested. 'That is not the Yukiko you know but her shadow, her true inner feelings.'

"Yeah." Yu agreed and continued watching.

"You see, I'm out to tame me a whole pack of the best studs there are." Yukiko's shadow clenched its fist as it kept talking. "Well, here I go!"

With the show over Yukiko's Shadow ran off into the castle, the camera panned upwards before the Midnight Channel ended. Yu remained silent, not quite sure what to say at what he'd seen, his silence was interrupted by his phone ringing.

"H-Hey, did you see that?!" Yosuke asked apparently just as stunned as Yu was judging from his tone.

"I kind of wish that I'd taped it." Yu replied looking at the dead screen.

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[04/17 Sunday, Dojima Residence, Inaba]

After getting dressed, Yu walked downstairs and found Nanako up and watching the TV surprisingly early.

"Oh, good morning!" She greeted him.

"Good morning." Yu replied, still awkward around his cousin. "Where's your dad?"

"He left already." Nanako replied. "He said he's gonna be late. Are you going somewhere?"

"Yeah, I was going to hang out with my friends." Yu replied, although he was having second thoughts about leaving Nanako alone.

"Don't worry about me. I can hold down the fort." Nanako said as if she'd read his mind.

Yu stayed for a couple of seconds, watching the little girl change the TV to the weather channel.

"High pressure is moving in, so we should have clear skies all day. Let's see what to expect for the—"

"It's gonna be sunny. I should do some laundry." Nanako said standing up and going to start the laundry. "See you tonight."

"See you later then." Yu replied leaving the house.

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[Junes Food Court, Inaba]

Yu was waiting at the Food Court for Yosuke and Chie to arrive. He just finished making his fifteenth Oragami crane when Yosuke arrived.

"Narukami!" he yelled with an excited grin "Hey!"

'My lord, if I may. This is a bad idea.' Diarmuid said, appearing in spirit form. 'Those weapons will get you into trouble if you continue to wave them around in public.'

"It'll be fine" Yosuke said, attempting to reassure his Persona. "We just need to wait for Chie to come and we'll be gone before anyone notices I have these."

"Notices you have what?" Yu asked curious as to what could have Diarmuid concerned.

"I found some stuff we can use in my closet, check these out." Yosuke grinned, pulling out what looked like a machete and katana.

'You should go to the counter and order a drink, Sir Narukami.' Diarmuid suggested in a serious tone. 'I do not believe that you wish to be here in a few seconds.'

'I agree, if my knowledge of this country's laws from what I've seen in your mind is correct then we should distance ourselves from Yosuke for now.' Gawain suggested, agreeing with the knight of Fianna.

Deciding not to question it Yu just went along with what Diarmuid had suggested and went to get another drink seeing as his had run out anyway.

"Why'd you do that, Diarmuid?" Yosuke demanded of his Persona.

'Because of this.' Diarmuid sighed as a police offer appeared.

"Suspicious young teenage boy found armed with multiple weapons." The officer said into his radio.

"Hey, wait! This isn't what it looks like!" Yosuke protested.

"You're coming with me, kid." The officer said, forcing Yosuke to drop the weapons and cuffing him.

"Wait I wasn't doing anything! I was just messing around!" Yosuke protested. "You see me and-"

"Save it for the station."

"Aw man..." Yosuke groaned as more Police officers arrived and took him away to a car to be taken down to the station.

After getting his new milkshake Yu could only watch as Yosuke was taken away.

'Was he unaware of Japanese law concerning weaponry in public?' Gawain asked.

"No, I'm pretty sure he was just being an idiot." Yu replied bluntly.

'I should go with him and make sure he does not get himself into more trouble.' Diarmuid bowed, waved, and vanished presumably back to Yosuke's mind.

Yu spotted Chie moving through the crowd and called after Yosuke after watching him be taken away by the police in the squad car.

"What's going on here?" Chie asked herself "Yukiko's..."

"It's alright." Yu said, putting his hand on her shoulder and surprising her.

"Narukami, you weren't arrested with Yosuke?" she asked.

"No, I left him alone to get a drink on the advice of his Persona." Yu explained. "Next thing I know he's being arrested. Probably because of those fake weapons he was waving around."

"Aggh, that idiot!" Chie growled. "Let's go to the police station and see if we can't clear this up or something. He'd better hope the cops arrest him cause if they don't he's going to be getting another 'critical hit to the nads'."

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[04/16 Saturday, Police Department, Inaba]

When they arrived at the station, Chie was frustrated even further to find that Yosuke was going to be held for another two hours to be questioned and warned about the consequences of waving fake weapons out in public. So they waited in the lobby for nearly two hours waiting for Yosuke to be released. Chie had told him how Yukiko had gone missing and Yu suspected that she was in the TV.

Yu decided to keep himself occupied by teaching Chie to make origami cranes like he could; she wasn't very good to say the least. How she managed to make a crane look like a cross between a giraffe and pig was a total mystery to him. Luckily they had time, so he patiently kept guiding her through the steps until she managed to make something that at least looked like a bird.

"Man, I hope you've learned your lesson." Came the voice of Adachi, his uncle Dojima's partner. "If you weren't the friend of Dojima's nephew and it wasn't your first offense with fake weapons to boot then you wouldn't have gotten off so lightly."

"I'm sorry." Yosuke said apologetically.

"Yosuke!" Chie called out to him.

"Huh, Chie and Narukami?"

"It's Yukiko, she's gone missing!" Chie exclaimed. "She was definitely home last night, but no one's seen her since then, oh and…"

Chie kicked Yosuke in the balls again, causing him to fall to his knees.

"Aw critical hit to the nads, what was that for?" the boy groaned as he tried to recover from the blow.

"For wasting time you dumbass" Chie growled at Yosuke.

"We already know about this, Yukiko's family has asked us to start looking for her." Adachi intervened in the situation. "Are you her friends?"

"Yes..."

"Can you remember something unusual happening lately?" Adachi asked, taking out his notebook "Did she seem troubled by anything?"

"Like what?" Yosuke asked standing up finally recovering from the kick.

"The murder at the inn, that's were Ms. Yamano was staying before the incident." Adachi elaborated. "It seems she was such a high maintenance guest that Yukiko's mom collapsed from the stress of trying to keep her happy, not to mention she had some harsh words for her as well."

"See, some of the guys have a theory." Adachi paused and looked around to see that no one else was eavesdropping. "The rumor here is that Yukiko's hiding out because she did something to get back at Ms. Yamano to avenge her mother-"

"Oh come on?!" Chie yelled angrily. "You think Yukiko's the murderer?!"

"Relax, it's just a theory floating around-" Adachi attempted to calm her down.

"Like hell it is!" Chie attempted to charge at Adachi, only for Yu and Yosuke to restrain her.

"Chie!" Yu grabbed onto her left side to restrain her.

"Calm down!" Yosuke said grabbing onto her right side.

"I-I'm not saying-" Adachi stuttered.

"Hey, what's going on here?!" Dojima shouted as he and a lot of other officers came to see what the commotion was about.

"Let's go." Yu said commandingly.

"Come on, Chie."

"Yukiko..." Chie's strength appeared to drain away as her concern fro her friend overwhelmed her and tears flowed from her eyes. "Yukiko would never….."

"What did you tell her?" Dojima demanded, glaring at Adachi.

"I just... nothing, really." Adachi's protest died in his mouth as he let out a long suffering sigh.

When the trio had left the station, Chie turned around to face the boys with a determined

look on her face.

"Listen, guys, we've gotta save her."

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"Didn't we… see this place on the Midnight Channel last night?" Chie asked, staring up at the castle which had been featured on the Midnight Channel's broadcast of Princess Yukiko.

"I think you might wanna wait out here, Chie." Yu suggested to the meat loving girl.

"Nope, I'm going in there!"

"Once her mind's set there's no changing it." Yosuke sighed before looking at the bear. "Teddie, is Yukiko in there for real?"

"There is no doubt about it! My snout has even locked onto her scent!" Teddie puffed up with certainty.

With that final affirmation Chie charged headfirst into the castle.

"Hey, don't go running off on your own!" Yosuke yelled as Chie ran out of sight and into the castle. "Damn it!"

The two boys quickly pursued her into the castle, as did Teddie who did not want to be left alone.

"Don't leave me bearhind!"

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"Yukiko! Yukiko!" Chie called out to her friend hoping she'd answer, however all her calling out did was attract some sort of twin shadows.

"She's totally blind without her own pair of glasses." Yosuke sighed.

"Yosuke, let's go." Yu summoned his Arcana and crushed it. "Persona!"

"Let's rumble, Persona!" Yosuke leapt up and punched his Arcana, summoning Diarmuid.

The White Knight of the Sun appeared and leapt into battle, swiftly destroying three shadows with ease, Yu noticed that his headache returned and rubbed his head in pain.

"Nicely done, Sensei!" Teddie complimented.

Diarmuid twirled Gae Dearg in his hand before charging into the fray. The Knight of Fianna attempted to summon his other spear Gae Buidhe but was shocked when it did not heed his call; as such he was smashed out of the way by the Trance Twins which flew at Gawain who quickly sliced them in two.

"Yosuke, you've got a lot to learn." Teddie admonished.

"Man, all I get is crap from you."

"Strange, my Gae Buidhe refused to materialize." The knight of Fianna commented, destroying a shadow that got close with a quick stab.

"I believe it may be this strange method of summoning." Gawain stated, landing next to him. "For some reason our greater powers and Noble Phantasms are restricted."

"For what reason?"

"I know not, I have a theory but cannot be certain without more information."

Before the two could speculate more they were interrupted by Yu.

"Let's go!" Yu commanded, running ahead. "Gawain, you take point."

"Very well." Gawain nodded and readied his blade, destroying any shadows in the way with his superhuman prowess.

"Diarmuid, guard us from the back so they don't hit us from behind" Yosuke called out to his persona.

"Very well, my lord."

The Lancer acknowledged the command and turned around, using Gae Dearg to destroy a number of Trance Twin shadows who were attempting to be sneaky. Attempting, being the key word.

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After managing to get to the second floor, the four males and Teddie destroyed shadow after shadow trying desperate to find Chie who had run off into the castle. They inspected room after room until they finally saw an open door and heard voices coming from it.

"Yukiko's hot, sweet, and her skin is like totally perfect. Guys can't leave her alone." A distorted version of Chie's voice said. "But when I heard that Yukiko is actually jealous of me... Man, did I get a charge out of that."

"Oh crap, is that what I think it is?" Yosuke groaned.

"It must be her shadow." Diarmuid said after destroying another shadow. "My lord, we should hurry, she is in trouble."

"Right."

The boys all ran towards the door, the voices never stopping their 'discussion'.

"See, truth is if I wasn't around, Yukiko couldn't do anything, she's nothing without me." The shadow kept going. "Because I am the one...who's truly the top dog around here!"

"Shut up! That's now how I feel!" Chie denied. "You're a liar!"

Suddenly Yu, Yosuke, Teddie and the Personas all burst into the room.

"Hey Chie, you alright?" Yosuke called out to the girl who was facing down herself.

"Hey, that's..."

"….her shadow." Gawain finished for his master, readying his sword.

"I get the feeling this will end badly." Diarmuid said readying his own weapon.

"No, just stay there, don't come near me!" Chie demanded from the boys. "It's lies, it's all lies!"

"You're not safe!" Yu yelled, running at her with Yosuke.

"You idiot!"

Yu and Yosuke were cut off from Chie by seven Lying Hablerie shadows which had a black and white striped pattern. A large number of Trance Twins descended from the ceiling, forcing Gawain and Diarmuid back to back.

"Damn it! There are so many of them!"

"This is not looking good." Gawain sighed. "If only I could access my Noble Phantasm, taking out this many monsters would be child's play."

"Indeed, knight of the sun." Diarmuid agreed, readying for battle alongside his counterpart.

"If we are not careful our quest will fail right here."

"No, you're wrong..." Chie fell onto her hands and knees trying to keep tears out of her eyes.

"Are you really just gonna continue to ignore me?" The shadow asked smugly. "Pretend that I don't exist?"

"Shut up! You aren't real, you aren't real." Chie yelled, trying to block her shadow out.

"You've gotta be strong!" Yu yelled, trying to encourage the girl.

"She's a liar!" Chie insisted, covering her ears. "That isn't me!"

Shadow Chie began cackling as she began merging with the shadows that had gathered and was enveloped in a dark aura. When it cleared there stood some sort of hundred-handed creature that was wearing Chinese looking armor.

"I am a Shadow...of your true inner self..."

"Chie!" Yosuke yelled the girl's name as she screamed at the sight of her shadow's new more monstrous form. Diarmuid leapt into action, destroying the minor shadows that remained in order to clear the way.

As Chie's shadow made to bring one of its fists down on her Yosuke suddenly ran at her, grabbing her and rolling with her out of the way of the attack.

"Don't get in my way!"

The created then sent four fists to crush the two; Diarmuid was too occupied with destroying the minor shadows to help them. The boy and girl closed their eyes and waited for their doom, only it did not come. When they opened their eyes they saw Gawain standing into front of them and watched as the four arms simply disintegrated, having been sliced to ribbons by Gawain's sword.

"So you're gonna annoy me too?" The Shadow stated with irritation. "Then I'd better teach you a little lesson."

"You may try, monster." Gawain growled at the shadow.

The shadow sent a fist to attack Gawain; it was larger than the others and was intended to crush the knight. However the Saber class Persona was able to destroy the attack but was left breathing heavily as his master's headache began to grow.

"Beariffic, sensei!" Teddie complimented.

Shadow Chie sent more fists at Gawain only for Diarmuid to appear in front of him, the Lancer tried to use his spear to block the attack and did catch a few of the fists, until the shadow sent more of them with greater force which destroyed Diarmuid's guard sending him as well as his master flying backwards, releasing Chie from his protective grip.

The Lancer suddenly found himself caught in the shadow's grip as multiple massive hands grabbed him and began squeezing him.

"You're still there? I wish you'd die already." Shadow Chie commented as if only now noticing that her counterpart was still alive "I promise to treat Yukiko very well….as my personal punching bag that is!"

"Let her... be..."

"I'm the one who can't do anything on my own. I'm the one who's pathetic." the shadow continued its taunting. "But Yukiko truly needs me, that's the only reason I keep her around. I can't lose her."

"Chie... be smart... don't let her trick you!" Yosuke said as he weakly struggled to stand up.

"Silence!"

"Yosuke!" Chie yelled worriedly as another hand from her shadow wrapped around the boy's neck, stopping him from speaking.

"Release him and fight, demon!" Diarmuid demanded, struggling to break free.

"Shut up!" The shadow responded by squeezing the Lancer tighter.

"Gawain!"

The knight of the sun acknowledged his master's call and rushed to free Yosuke only to be blindsided by Chie's Shadow. The multi-armed creature sent more of its many arms to assault the knight. Luckily Gawain destroyed one arm that was coming from behind, however he failed to see another fist which smashed into him from the right. This left him open to more attacks, which smacked into him one after the other relentlessly until the shadow finally tossed him aside.

'This is bad, I've taken too much damage and my master cannot sustain me forever.' Gawain thought to himself as he stood up and noticed that his body was flickering with blue static. 'I should retreat; my master would be in an even worse position should he have no prana at all to work with.'

"Apologies, my king, I can aid you no further." Gawain apologized as he dematerialized.

"Damn it" Yu cursed as he felt the persona return to his mind.

"Oh, and for your information I'm not trying to trick her." The shadow spoke to Yosuke "These are my true colors, like it or NOT!"

The shadow smashed the ground with one of its fists and suddenly all of them were surrounded by darkness. Yu, Yosuke and Diarmuid could hear the voices of Chie and her shadow throughout the darkness.

"Yukiko is so pretty."

"The boys go crazy over her."

"This... This is me?" Chie's voice asked in the dark as they heard the Shadow chuckle.

"Yes... these are the voices of the feelings you have. The words that you keep bottled up… deep down inside."

"Without me around, Yukiko would be nothing."

"She can't do anything."

"If it weren't for me, she'd be nothing."

"No... no, it's not..." Chie's shame and regret were plainly audible as she was now unable to deny anything that was being said. "This... is...this is how I really feel? Oh..."

"So what if it is true? Who cares?" Yosuke shouted from the darkness, stopping Chie from speaking.

"You're still her friend, aren't you?" Yu asked the girl.

The girl let out a small gasp as she heard them, from wherever she was. Memories of all the good times she had with Yukiko began flashing before her eyes as warmth returned to her.

"Yukiko... look, they might be right but still... you and me... we'll always be friends!" Chie then glared up at where her Shadow last was, as she spoke the darkness around them dispersed, revealing the room they were fighting in. "Listen... you're a part of me that's true... you're a voice I pretend that doesn't exist." The girl slowly began to stand up as her courage began to build. "You're the pathetic part of me... but... that's still a part of me! Isn't that right?"

The Shadow shuddered and let out a pained groan as blue static rippled through her body and her fists all began clenching and trembling in pain.

"That's it!" Yosuke encouraged, causing the shadow to increase its grip on his throat.

"Ooooh... cut the crap! Are you seriously going to acknowledge my existence and just accept me?" the shadow demanded angrily as it sent a fist at her.

Chie flinched but was spared the attack when Yu jumped in front of her and was carried back by the attack and sent rolling across the ground.

"Narukami!" Chie yelled, worried for the boy who taken a blow for her.

"Alright, that's it." Yosuke said glaring at Chie's shadow which glared back while flickering and lifted him in the air by his neck with a shadowy hand.

"I'm gonna rip you to pieces." The shadow growled angrily, using her multiple hands to try and crush Yosuke.

"Curse you!" Diarmuid tried desperately to break free and save his master but could not muster up enough force to destroy the hand that was gripping him.

"Yosuke!" Chie cried as he was lifted higher and his neck squeezed tighter.

"Oh no, oh no!" Teddie panicked. "Yosuke's a goner"
Yu heard Margret's voice in his head.

"My guest, there is something that may help you, you may borrow the weapons and abilities of your Persona for a short time, to do this you simply need to focus on the Persona in question and say 'Include'."

"Borrow?" Yu felt something. "Ok! Include: Gawain!" As he said this Excalibur Galatine materialized in his hands. The sword felt surprisingly light and glimmered like sunlight.

"A sword?" Yosuke questioned even as the hand from Chie's shadow grasped his throat.

"Wow, how'd you do that, Sensei?" Teddie asked in awe.

'My king, this Include method appears to have lent you Galatine.' Gawain said. 'It appears to use less Prana than summoning me completely does, but it most likely comes with its own risks; please allow me to guide you.'

'Alright, just tell me what to do.' Yu thought back to his Persona as he began charging at the shadow.

'Go left.'

Yu dodged to the left, deftly avoiding a fist that attempted to strike him.

'Back!'

The boy jumped back and narrowly avoided a fist that smashed in front of him, he quickly ran around it zigzagging around the fists the shadow was using to try and crush him, listening to every instruction that Gawain was giving him.

Within moments he closed in and destroyed the arm that was holding Yosuke.

"Thanks bro, I owe ya." Yosuke coughed as his partner gave him thumbs up before charging towards Diarmuid and freeing him as well.

"My thanks."

"Don't think you've won!" the shadow yelled sending a large fist at the two which was dodged.

'Now my king, leap on it and run along the arm!' Gawain yelled. 'Strike now while it is vulnerable!'

Yu nodded and leapt upon the fist and began running along it towards the shadow.

"Not so fast!" The shadow sent multiple fists to try and intercept Yu.

"Diarmuid, cover him." Yosuke ordered his persona who nodded.

"At once." The Lancer leapt and landed alongside Yu, destroying any of the fists that got close.

The shadow tried to stop Yu by sending fists form every direction; unfortunately Diarmuid was quick enough to destroy each one as they came.

"GET LOST!" The shadow screamed and flung Yu into the air using the arm that he was running along.

In the few seconds that he was in the air Yu realized that that the shadow was still vulnerable in its panic to regain its composure.

"I will assist you." Diarmuid said leaping up to save Yu from his fall.

"No, throw me towards it." Yu ordered much to the Heroic Spirit's shock. "If you throw your spear at the same time to destroy anything it sends at me as well as hit it directly, then I can finish it off while it's off balance."

Diarmuid considered the plan and realizing that they had no time assented to the plan and with all the force he could muster grabbed onto Yu's shirt and tossed him towards the shadow.

"I have you now!" the shadow yelled sending a pair of fists at the boy with the intent of crushing him from both sides.

"No, we have you." The shadow was surprised as Diarmuid threw Gae Dearg with all of his strength. The red spear flew and destroyed the left arm which was in the way of its flight path, it kept going and impacted straight where the abomination's heart should have been, cracking its armor.

Yu meanwhile surfed along the remaining arm and as he closed in drove Galatine into the shadow's head and pulled it downwards with his momentum, finishing it off once and for all.

As it fell apart Chie's Shadow returned to her original for as a doppelganger of the girl whom she represented.

"It's true." Chie admitted looking at her shadow. "You're me and I'm you."

The shadow smiled and nodded before bursting into a wave of blue flames that surrounded Chie, the girl gasped in surprised and flinched as she felt something connecting itself to her very soul.

A summoning circle formed itself around her and a new form rose. In it appeared a man with long tied back red hair. He also wore traditional Chinese clothing that looked like flames.

"Girl, I am Li Shuwen, the demon fist master" The Persona declared giving off an intimidating aura. "Under the Arcana of the Chariot and the Assassin Class, I now am your Persona. My fists shall crush any who dare stand in your way."

With that declaration, Li Shuwen vanished and in his place appeared a card, on it was a black robed figured wielding a pair of daggers, the figure of an assassin, with the roman numerals for the number seven shining just next to the word ASSASSIN.

"What's this?" The girl asked as the card floated down to Chie's palms and rotated just above them.

"It's a Persona." Yu informed her as Galatine vanished from his hands.

"So this is my..."

"That's right." Yosuke said as Diarmuid propped him up.

"I have….a persona." The card then disappeared into a gentle light, which settled inside of her.

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A little later the group had retreated to the exit near the stack of TVs that lead to the real world. The Personas all stood nearby in spirit form watching over their masters along with Teddie.

"I…..I'm feeling even worse than the last time I came in here." Chie complained, rubbing her eyes and squinting. "My head feels like it's gonna split open... are you guys okay?"

"It's thanks to these." Yu motioned to his glasses.

"That's right, you're not wearing the glasses." Yosuke realized.

"Oh yeah... what's with those glasses? Did your eyesight go bad?"

"Man, you didn't notice until now? How panicked were you?"

"Tum de dummm! I got a pair ready for Chie too. Here you go!" Teddie handed the kung-fu girl a pair of yellow glasses which she took and put on.

"Whoa! What the-!? This is awesome, it's like the fog doesn't exist!"

"Why didn't you whip those out earlier if you had them?"

"I made them right now! You didn't tell me she was coming! It was all so sadden! I mean, sudden!"

"Huh...so that's the trick. I was wondering how you guys could see where you were going. Hey, is it alright if I keep these?"

"Fo' sho!" Teddie confirmed with a grin.

"We'll have to stop here today. But I'll be back with these puppies!" Chie grinned. "You guys better not come here without me, got it?"

"Yeah, let's all promise each other: Nobody goes in alone. It's way too dangerous." Yosuke suggested. "If we don't work together, we won't be able to solve the case or save Yukiko, right?"

"You're right." Yu agreed with a nod.

"Yeah, I agree. I promise too."

"Alright, so from tomorrow on, we'll try and come here as much as we can after school, and that includes days off. Hey... would you mind being our leader? You were the first to get this power, and you're way better in a fight than either of us. I think it's best for all of us if you set the pace of the investigation, and we follow your lead. I'm cool playing second banana."

"Sure, no problem."

"I had a feeling you'd say that. I mean, I'm more the advisor type, you know? An idea man, not an executive."

"I'm with Yosuke. If you're the one calling the shots, I'd feel a lot more comfortable about this."

"I'm with Yosuke too. If you're the one calling the shots, my pillow will be a lot more comfortable at night."

"Teddie, would you please stop talking? I'm really on edge right now..."

At the back of his mind Yu felt something connect to him, while Gawain felt a bit of his power return to him, it wasn't much but it was certainly better than nothing.

"Ok, let's get some rest for today so we're ready for tomorrow." Yosuke suggested. "And don't forget to check the weather forecast. It gets foggy after a lot of rain, so let's keep an eye out."

"Hold on." Yu interrupted. "Before we leave there's one more thing we need to take care of."

"Uh, sure. What is it?" The summoner of Lancer asked.

"You remember what I did in the fight with Chie's shadow, how I borrowed Gawain's sword?" Yu asked the two.

"Yeah what did you call it? Include?"

"That's it; I'm going to teach the both of you how to do it." Yu stated "It's riskier because we can't take as much damage as our Personas can but it saves our energy for the bigger fights. We might have had an easier time if we'd saved our energy for Chie's shadow. If we keep our Personas out too long we get a headache and eventually they'll vanish and we'll be in a tight spot."

"I get it, so if we fight by borrowing our Personas weapons we can save the big guns for major fights. Like Yukiko's shadow, something tells me that we'll be fighting it whether we want to or not." Yosuke commented.

"Alright, first things first, summon your Arcana but don't crush them." Yu instructed the boy and girl who did so. The Cards appeared above their hands, awaiting command. "Now focus on your Personas, then say 'Include' and their name."

"Ok, here goes" Chie took a deep breath "Include... Li Shuwen."

The card in her hand dissolved into blue sparkles which enveloped her body.

"Whoa, I can feel it." Chie gasped, looking at her hands. "It's like I've been doing this all my life!"

"Alright, my turn. Include: Diarmuid!" In Yosuke's hands appeared not one but two spears, one red and the other yellow.

"Fascinating, it seems Gae Buidhe answered my master's call when it would not for me." Diarmuid noted. "I wonder why…"

"I find myself unable to use my technique 'No Second Strike'." Li Shuwen commented. "That girl can't either, she has my knowledge of martial arts but my more powerful techniques are sealed. Perhaps it is different in your case because neither of your spears require invocation for their abilities to be used?"

"You could be right about that." Diarmuid conceded. "But that does not explain why I could not even summon the spear."

"Well, I get the feeling that we'll find out on this journey one way or another." Li Shuwen smirked. "Either way I sense many strong opponents await us, personally I find myself excited at the prospect of being able to fight again."

"I believe that this Grail War will reveal all in time." Gawain put in. "There is much we do not know, something else besides this war is afoot."

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After teaching Chie and Yosuke the Include ability the trio left the TV World and decided to rest at the food court.

Yu stared at Chie as she slumped in her seat; they both sat in silence in the food court. The Saber summoner glanced over to where Yosuke was standing. The boy was currently busy with customers after his father had spotted him and asked him to start helping out.

"He looks kinda busy right now..." Yu said as he tried to start a conversation with Chie.

The short-haired girl didn't say anything for a moment; Yu was about to try and say something else until Chie spoke up.

"I'm so pathetic..." Yu gave Chie a confused look. "The next time it gets foggy over here...it's possible Yukiko will die..." Chie held her drink tightly in her hands, fingers pressing against the thick paper container with enough strength to make dents form. "And... and I won't be able to do anything... useless..."

"You're far from useless, Chie." Yu said, reaching out to the girl.

"When we go back to save Yukiko... we need your help to do it. You're not useless at all." Chie stared at him, her eyes wide; the glassy look in them began to fade as she weakly smiled.

"Thanks." She chuckled and Yu watched as the girl put her hand into her pocket. "You know... in exchange for that, I gotta show you something..."

"What is it?"

"My dog." Chie giggled a bit as she opened her phone and showed it to the boy. "He's a real porker, huh? He stinks like nobody's business too." The picture Chie showed him was of herself and a large dog. The dog's fur was brown and white, and his tongue was hanging out from his mouth as he gave a goofy grin towards the camera. "But if it wasn't for this guy... I may have never met Yukiko. He's the one who made our friendship possible."