#5: We Are Friends, Aren't We?
Persona series © ATLUS
Digimon Adventure © Toei Animation
A jolt from underneath had abruptly wakened up Tai. He held his head, groaning, and looked towards the front of him. There were two people in front of him, and he recognizes this place the day that they entered Inaba. This was the Velvet Room. The long-nosed man, Igor and the woman wearing blue, Margaret was looking like they were waiting for him.
"Huh? Wait, it's you…" Tai said, rubbing his eyes. "How do you keep pulling me into this crazy limo?"
"It would seem that you and your sister are starting to awaken your powers." Margaret said.
"Awaken our powers?" Tai then hears moaning next to him, and he turns his head to look beside him. To his surprise, he sees Kari next to him, and she was slowly waking up. "Wha? Kari? You got pulled into this place too?" His little sister's eyes fluttered open, as she looks at him.
"Mmm…Tai?" Once her vision became clear, she sees that they were in unfamiliar territory. She looked at their surroundings and sees that they were in a limousine. "W-Where are we? Did mom and dad got us a Limo to ride?"
"I'm not entirely sure myself, sis…"
"Welcome to the Velvet Room…" Igor said.
"The Velvet Room?" Kari said. "That's a funny name for a limo."
"I see that the events of the catastrophe are now unfolding. The coming days will be challenging, and it is our duty to guide you two on your journey."
"Guide us?"
"What do you mean, guide?" Tai said.
"All will be revealed in due time." Igor said.
"Um, Tai? Do you know these guys?" Kari asked. "It looks like you do."
"Barely." Tai said. "They're Igor and Margaret and…" As Tai was naming the two people in the room, he realizes that there is a third. It was a younger-looking girl; most likely a teen, with a blue hat, and what looks like a weird version of a school uniform. She had a white shirt, with a black-tie, a plaid skirt, and a blue shoulder bag; black and white striped socks, and black boots. "Huh? Who's that?"
"I was about to introduce her." Margaret said. "She is a new resident of the Velvet Room, who will also be helping you on your journey." Expecting a greeting, Margaret went silent, but all that the girl did was stare at them. "…Marie?"
"Yeah, I can hear. Nice to meet you." The girl, named Marie said.
"Uh…nice to meet you too." Kari said, awkwardly, not knowing exactly what to say to this unfriendly looking girl.
"Excuse her." Margaret said. "This is Marie. Her soul is still very young and-"
"Shut up." Marie said abruptly. "Don't tell them any more about me than you need to."
"As you can see, she may be brusque at times, but please only understand that she is only an apprentice. And please forgive her for her impoliteness."
"Yyeah, sure." Tai said, not really looking forward to working with a girl who will be unfriendly to them most of the time.
"I will now give you this." Igor said, as two brass skeleton keys materialized onto the table. "This is the Contractor's Key."
"From this night on, you will now be considered our guests of the Velvet Room." Margaret said.
"Us?" Tai said.
"But, what's so special about us?" Kari said. "Shouldn't the other Digidestined be in here as well?"
"There is a special power deep within the trait of Courage and Light that you two possess."
"Really?" Tai said.
"It is called the power of the Wild Card."
"The Wild Card?"
"What's that?" Kari said.
"A power that is like no other. Mainly found to those who possess the Fool arcana."
"The Fool, what?" Tai said.
"Arcana. It is the representation of one's personality." The Tarot Cards that Tai and Kari smash in order to summon their Persona floats down towards eye level.
"Personality?"
"Oh, I get it." Kari said. "Personality. Persona. It makes more sense now!"
"It is?"
"Uh, I think."
"You two indeed have the power of the Wild Card, however, unlike previous users, yours is unique." Margaret said. "Your fool arcana is split between the two of you and is a combination of your other arcanum. The Strength and the Fool, and the Justice and the Fool. Thus, your Wild Card abilities are split between you two."
"Um, what are they, really?" Tai said.
"That is something you will find out soon. For now, your base Persona abilities are starting to awaken."
"The next we meet, it will be when you truly awaken your powers as a Digidestined Persona user." Igor said.
"A Digidestined Persona user?" Kari said.
"Until then, it is time for you to return."
4/16 Saturday
Early Morning
Rainy
After taking that limo ride in dreamland, Tai wakes up in his bunk bed, with his head spinning a little. Groaning, he sits up and looks at the palm of his hand.
"A Digidestined, Persona user?" Tai said.
"Hey Tai." Kari said, peaking over her bed. "Did you have the same dream?"
"With that man with the long nose, and those two other girls? Yeah."
"Uh, what exactly did you two dream last night?" Koromon said, nudging Tai.
"Something about being a Digidestined Persona user, and something about the power of the Wild Card."
"Sounds like a whacky dream." Salamon said.
"Yeah…" Kari said, petting Salamon.
"Well, hope nothing goes wrong today…" Tai said, as he jumped off of his bed and went for the closet.
Morning
They were entering their school, when they saw Matt arrive as well.
"Oh, Matt." Tai said.
"Hey." Matt greeted them.
"Are you doing alright?" Kari said. "Y'know, after yesterday?"
"I'm fine, but geez, am I exhausted."
"That's good to hear." Tai said.
"Morning!" Sora then walked up to them, and they said morning back. "Say, did you guys watch the Midnight Channel last night?"
"Huh? Oh, didn't have the chance to."
"Well, I could have sworn I saw another girl on there."
"Another girl?"
"Yeah. I couldn't see it much though. It was too blurry."
"Yeah. I watched it too." Matt said. "It was blurry on my end too."
"So, do you think somebody got pushed into the TV World?" Kari said.
"Maybe."
"Alright." Tai said. "Let's head on over to Junes after school, and see if we can talk to Teddie."
Everyone nods, and they went into the school.
After School
The Digidestined kids were about to walk out of the school, when Tai stops by, and sees the fliers hung up on the board.
"Hmm? What's up, Tai?" Koromon said, peaking out of Tai's bag.
"Are these the school clubs?" Tai said to himself.
"What's up?" Sora said as she and the others walked back to him. They then looked at what Tai was looking at. There are fliers advertising school clubs on the corkboard.
"Oh right, school clubs open up on Tuesday." Joe said.
"Wow, they sound fun." T.K. said, reading some of them.
"Hey." Someone has just walked up to them. He was wearing a soccer uniform from the looks, and he looks to be a little older than Tai. "Aren't you the new guys in the school?"
"Uh, yeah, that's us." Tai said.
"Who're you?" Sora said.
"I play in this school's soccer club if you haven't noticed." The boy in the soccer uniform said.
"Oh yeah!" Tai said. "I meant to ask about that."
"Heh, you're a big soccer enthusiast, huh?"
"Enthusiast? I play soccer! I'm a pretty good player."
"Yeah, I'm a good player too." Sora said.
"Heh good. We've been itching to get some new players." The player said. "Anyway, you signing up?"
"Yeah, of course!" Tai said. "When are we meeting?"
"We'll start meeting next Tuesday. Hope to see you there."
"Yeah, see you!" The player then walks away.
"Wow, these school clubs sound interesting, Tai." Koromon said, peaking out of Tai's bag.
"They sure do." Kari said. She then gazed at the billboard and spotted a flyer that made her beam. "Ooh, look! Here's one for a dancing club! I think I wanna join that."
"Really?" Salamon said, peaking out of Kari's bag. "Can you dance?"
"Mmm, only a little, but it seems really fun."
"The band club sounds neat too." Matt said. "I might end up joining them."
"Oh, and there's a flyer for a cooking club." Mimi said.
"Okay, well, we can worry about all of that later." Tai said. "We should find out from Teddie if there's someone in the TV. You know, because of the midnight channel."
At the Junes Department store.
The Digidestined kids were looking at the same TV that they use to get into the TV world. There was a crowd however in the electronics department.
"Sheesh, it looks crowded today." Sora said.
"Ugh, there's no way that we can go into the TV like this." Tai said. "We'll cause a panic."
"Should we go in tomorrow?" Kari said.
"No, we need some answers now."
"Well, maybe we can get Teddie's attention, and talk to him through here."
"You think that will work?" Matt said.
"It's worth a shot." Tai said.
"Right but..." Joe said, as he's looking around them. "How are we supposed to do that without anybody looking?"
"If only we were tall enough...Then maybe you guys could cover me while I try to signal Teddie."
As they were thinking to themselves, they then saw Yu, Yosuke, and Chie walking down the aisle towards them.
"Oh, guys! Perfect timing!"
"Huh? What are you guys doing here?" Chie said.
The kids told them what they were here for, and what the problem was.
"Ah, I see." Yosuke said. "Yeah, there is a sale here in the electronics department today. That's why it's so crowded."
"You work here, right Yosuke?" Tai said. "Can't you drive these people away or something?"
"And lose customers too? I can't do that."
"Well, maybe we can cover you guys." Yu said.
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking." Tai nods. The teens then created a wall with the kids, and covered the sight of Tai sticking his hand into the TV.
"Okay, we'll cover Tai." Matt said. "Tai, try grabbing Teddie's attention."
Tai then puts his hand into the TV and tried signaling Teddie. A few seconds later, he jerked his hand out of the TV in pain.
"OW!" He yelped in pain.
"Dude, what just happened?" Yosuke said.
"Something bit me…" Tai said, looking at his hand. There were red bite marks on his hand.
"Whoa, and it left teeth marks too!" Chie said. "Are you okay?"
"…I think I'm gonna cry…"
"No, you're not…" Sora groaned.
"Is that Sora I hear?" Teddie's voice came from the TV. "What's up? Is this some sort of new game?"
"Hey, Teddie." Matt whispered into the TV. "Does it seem like anyone's in there?"
"Who's anyone? No, it's just me. I'm all by my bearsome. You could say I'm a beary lonely boy!"
"Beary? Don't you mean very?" T.K. said, not getting the pun.
"Are you sure no one is in there with you?" Izzy said.
"No, of course not! I'm not telling tales." Teddie said. "My bear snout is working bearifically today."
"Okay, so no one's in the TV today, but I definitely think I saw someone's face last night on the Midnight Channel." Sora said.
"What should we do?" Matt said.
"The rain's going to stay until tonight." Tai said.
"We should check the Midnight Channel out again." Yu said.
"Alright." Sora said. "Thanks, Teddie. We'll see you again."
They then were walking out of the department store.
"So, we're checking out the Midnight Channel tonight?" Sora said.
"Looks to be the case." Yosuke said. "Oh, right, we should exchange numbers with each other. We need to be on top of this at all times."
"Right." Tai said. "So, once the channel stops showing, we should call each other."
"So, we're gonna be up until Midnight tonight?" A voice came from Matt's bag. "I hope I don't fall asleep and miss it."
"Huh? What was that?"
"It's me, Tai!" Something then stuck out of Matt's bag that shocked everyone, but especially the teens.
"Whoa, what!? Tsunomon?"
"How's it going, guys?"
"H-Huh!? Another one of those things!?" Yosuke shouted.
"What the heck is this thing?" Chie said, haven't seen one for herself.
"You said they're Digimon, right?" Yu said.
"Yup. That's right." Kari said.
"Yeah, he just fell out of my TV last night." Matt said. "Weird, huh?"
"It looks like our Digimon are starting to find a way to get back with us." Sora said.
"But how are they traveling from the Digital World to our world?" Tai said. "I thought Gennai said the portal closed."
"That was the case..." Izzy said, thinking to himself. "But, maybe something happened?"
"Honestly, I don't remember myself." Tsunomon said. "All I remember is a flash of light, and bam, here I am. I also had this crazy nightmare where I thought I was attacking you, Kari and Matt."
"Hm, just like Koromon and Salamon."
"Hey, are you gettin' any of this?" Yosuke whispered to the other two teens. "This is weird as hell."
"Tell me about it." Chie said.
"Does this mean anything, Tai?" Sora said.
"I don't know, but if any of the rest of the Digimon are here in the real world, we should keep an eye out for them." Tai said. "We don't want people to think they're balls, or get freaked out when they see them." Tai then looked at the teens. "Like these guys did, just now." Yosuke and Chie groaned when he said that.
"Okay. Sounds like a plan…"
"Can you guys keep an eye out too?" Kari said, looking at the teens.
"H-Huh?" Yosuke said. "U-Uh, well, we don't really know what they look like."
"Oh, don't worry." Koromon said, popping out of Tai's bag. "You'll definitely know if you see them!"
"W-Well, true, but..."
"We'll keep an eye out for them." Yu simply said.
"Okay, thanks." Kari nods.
"Dude, you just head in without much second thought, don't you?" Yosuke said, sweatdropping.
Late Night
The rain has just started that night, and most of the people in the house were asleep, except for Tai and Kari, and their Digimon, who were fighting to stay awake. Tai just turned off the TV when it was getting close to Midnight.
"*Yawn* What time is it?" Koromon said, drowsy.
"Almost midnight." Tai said.
"So, are we going to see someone else on the Midnight Channel?" Kari said.
"Yeah. We should."
The clock turns to Midnight, and a second later, the TV came on.
"Wah! It's a ghost TV!" Koromon exclaimed.
"Shh! You're going to wake up mom and dad!" Tai said, covering Koromon's mouth. "Let's watch it…"
The channel was showing what seems to be a castle that's hanging out in the background. The red and black sky was present in the channel, just like in the TV World. Suddenly, someone pops onto the screen, making kissing noises, before noticing the camera.
[Oh, hello there!] She said. Tai and Kari recognize who this girl was.
"Is that...?" Kari said.
[My name is Yukiko Amagi, and today I'm going to hunt me down a STUD MUFFIN! Are you ready? Come on saddle up, and reign in your stud! It's Princess Yukiko's hunt for her prince charming!] The text, "Princess Yukiko's Hunt for Her Prince on a White Horse" appears on the screen. Yukiko on screen seems to be wearing a pretty tight dress, with detached sleeves on it, and a tiara.
The four were shocked by what they were watching.
"…Is this what humans do for entertainment…?" Salamon said, shocked.
"White horse…?" Koromon said.
[As you can see, I came prepared! My lacy unmentionables, they're ready to go! And so is my heart! See, I'm going out there to tame me the best studs there are! A whole harem of them would be a dream! Well, here I go!] Yukiko then starts running into the castle, while the camera pans upwards. The TV then turns off. Moments later, Tai's phone went off, and he picked it up. Yosuke was on the other end.
"Hey, did you just see that!?" Yosuke exclaimed.
"Uh, Yosuke, what did she mean when she said-"
"Don't ask that! Seriously, this stuff isn't something you should be learning at your age…"
"Well sorry, but-"
"Never mind that. Listen, do you think she looked like she was on some sort of low-budget TV show?"
"Kinda. If it was a show she's starring in, it's one weird one. And a bad one at that. So, do you think that you should call the others?"
"I already contacted Narukami. Sora-chan also called me, and she said that Mimi-chan called her and…Bah, you get the point. Anyway, let's meet at Junes, first thing tomorrow morning."
"Okay. Deal." Yosuke then hung up, and Tai closed his phone.
"Uh, Tai?" Kari nudged her brother. "Do all girls do that?"
"Huh?"
"You know, doing that hunt for a hot stud-"
"I don't know. I don't know all this teen stuff…And please don't ask mom and dad about that…"
"Okay." She simply said. "Hmm…You know, you think we shoulda taped that? Y'know, just in case we need it for the case? Like evidence or something?"
"Yeah, I don't know what we can gather from someone saying stuff like 'hot stud' and something about white horses."
"Maybe it's their fur?" Koromon said.
"Agh, I don't know! Look, let's just go to sleep right now…We'll talk about this more tomorrow." Everyone nods and they climbed into bed for the night.
(…A white horse? What's so special about a white horse?) Tai thought in his mind as he went to sleep.
4/17 Sunday
Early Morning
Sunny
As soon as the Kamiya twins finished eating breakfast, Tai and Kari got dressed for the day. They were carrying their Digimon, who were acting like stuffed toys, and they were putting their shoes on.
"Where are you two going in such a rush?" Yuuko said.
"Oh, we need to head on over to Junes to meet up with our friends for something." Kari said.
"Junes? You two seem to be going there a lot."
"Oh, well, we just like to visit that department store." Tai said. "It has a nice, uh, atmosphere?"
"A-And, it's a nice place to meet up with friends." Kari said. "Yosuke-san told us."
"Well, okay." Yuuko said. "But don't stay there too late, alright?"
"We won't."
"See you when we get back." Tai said. The two then leave the house, and they start rushing towards Junes.
Daytime
At the Junes department store
Tai and Kari all ran up to the entrance of the department store, where they saw Sora and Matt waiting for them.
"Hey guys." Sora said.
"Where are the others?" Kari said.
"Well, Joe said he was working on some work, so he couldn't come."
"And it was too early for me to call up T.K." Matt said. "Must have been for Mimi too. I didn't have time to call Izzy though."
"Guess it's just the four of us then." Tai said. "Okay, how about we split up? Kari and Sora should try to contact Teddie again to see if there is someone inside the TV. We'll wait up at the food court as Yosuke said."
"Okay." Kari nods. The four then split up, and went in separate directions. Kari and Sora went to the Electronics department, while Tai and Matt went up the elevators to the food court.
In the electronics department...
The two girls walked up to the same TV as before. Luckily, there weren't many people in the electronics department. Kari places her hand on the screen, and her hand flowed into the TV.
"Hey, Teddie." Kari said, trying to signal Teddie. "Teddie."
There was no response however.
"Huh? Where is he?"
"He's not answering our calls." Sora said.
"You think we should go in and see where he is?" Kari said.
"No, I think we should wait for the others first." (...Right?)
"So, what should we do now?"
"Um, maybe we should meet up back with the others."
"Okay." Kari nods, as the two start walking out of the electronics department.
Tai and Matt walk into the food court, which is on the second floor of the department store. Junes really does have everything you could want in Inaba. They look around, and they see Yu, sitting at a table, looking like he was busy with something. The two of them then walk up to him and sees what he was doing. He made a dozen origami swan birds, made out of the napkins.
"Whoa, that's impressive." Matt said.
"Heh, thanks." Yu said.
"I might want to learn from you one of these days."
"Anyway, have you heard from Chie or Yukiko yet?" Tai said.
"No, not yet." Yu said.
"Geez. Wonder if everything's alright."
"Hope she'll turn up today with some news." Matt said.
"I'm still waiting on Yosuke." Yu said. "You could wait here with me."
"Okay. Guess we'll take a table over there since you're pretty busy with something." Tai said.
The two of them then walked to a table nearby and waited for Yosuke. They waited for a while, before deciding to get something from the food court. It was only around a thousand yen. They got some fries and some burgers to help pass time. Eventually, Yosuke ran up to Yu, looking energetic.
"What kept you?" Yu said.
"I found something cool, right in my backyard!" Yosuke exclaimed. He then brought out a sword, and dual daggers out from his pack. "Check these boys out, haha!"
"Whoa, those were in his backyard?" Tai said.
"Lucky guy." Matt said.
"Yosuke, are those…?" Yu said, as a police officer was passing by, who instantly notices the weapons Yosuke was holding. It didn't help that he was also swinging them all over the place.
"Relax, I won't hurt anybody with these." Yosuke said. "Go on, pick your poison!"
"Pick my, what?"
"Mine would have to be these sweet daggers. But then again, I would look like a badass with both!" For some reason, he licked the side of the daggers, making it look like he's some psychopath.
"Sheesh, I'm not touching that, after he did that." Matt said.
"You think we should use weapons?" Tai said.
"Maybe, but we're fine with our Digimon and Personas, aren't we?"
Then they noticed the police officer pass by them, and was headed for the table Yu and Yosuke were at. He had his radio turned on, as he walked.
"I just come across two suspicious teenage boys wielding a couple of swords." He talked into his radio.
"Wait, he's headed to their table…" Matt said, sweatdropping.
"Oh no…" Tai groaned, holding his head. "Look what you just did, Yosuke…"
Sure enough, the Policeman walked up to the two teens.
"Hey, officer." Yosuke said. "What can I-" The officer then grabbed both of Yosuke's hands, and puts them behind his back.
"You're coming with me kid!" He exclaimed.
"Whoa! Wait! I-It's not what it looks like! We weren't doing anything! You see, me and my friend here are big sword enthusiasts."
"Speak for yourself." Yu argued.
"There's the delinquents!" More officers then came up running to them, with Yosuke trying to get out of the officer's grip, while Yu groaned in annoyance, as resisting an officer of the law was going to be an offense too.
Later a crowd gathered, with Sora and Kari trying to push through them, trying to see what was going on.
"Excuse me." Kari said as they passed by some people. "Pardon us."
"We're just trying to get through." Sora said.
When they were able to see, they saw Yu and Yosuke being put into a Police car. The two looked at each other awkwardly. The police car then took off, with the sirens ringing.
"Wait!" Kari yelled as they ran after the car, but of course, they can't run as fast as the police car.
"Yu! Yosuke!" Sora yelled as they stopped.
"What just happened? Why did the police arrest them?"
"Nice going Yosuke…" Tai groaned as they walked up to them.
"Oh, Tai, what happened?"
"Yosuke was showing off some new weapons in the Junes food court, and got themselves in trouble with the police…" Matt said.
"Er…At least Yu's uncle is a detective. He could probably bail them out."
"Yeah, but he's gonna be one mad uncle when he finds out his nephew has been arrested for suspicious activity…"
"Well…" Kari started before Chie ran up to them.
"Guys, was that Yosuke and Narukami in that police car?" She said.
"Don't ask…" Tai said, facepalming. "Let's just meet them at the police station and hope they don't press charges."
"No, this is about Yukiko! She disappeared today!"
They were all shocked to hear that.
"She disappeared?" Kari said.
"Wait, but that would mean…" Sora said.
"I don't know…" Tai said. "I mean, we're still not sure if she was actually thrown into a TV, but…we shouldn't take any chances."
"Does that mean we're going in there today?" Kari said.
"Yeah, we should." Tai said.
"Well, if you guys are going, I'm going too." Chie said.
"Huh? But you don't have a Persona like us."
"You talking about those weird things you guys said you summoned the other day?"
"Yeah…Look, we should just go get Yosuke and Yu right now."
"Can we take the whole teleportation process a little slower today, Tai?" Koromon said, sticking from his bag. "We weren't with you when we went into the TV." Chie, still not used to seeing a Digimon, was caught off-guard when Koromon peaked out.
"Oh, right. Okay, we'll go in a little slower, and make sure you're with us when we go in. We need all the manpower we can get."
"Okay."
At the police station.
"Dammit, what were you guys thinking?" An assistant said to Yu and Yosuke, as they were walking down a hallway of the Police Station. "Don't go around stirring up trouble. If you weren't Dojima's nephew, trust me, you and your friend wouldn't be getting out of here so easily." They were headed to the entrance of the station, as Yu and Yosuke were let off the hook for this. Yosuke explained that they wanted these weapons to better protect themselves. It wasn't a total lie. They do need these to protect themselves from shadows in the TV World. Even so, they had confiscated their weapons, and now they were empty-handed.
"I'm sorry this happened." Yu said as Yosuke was looking down in shame.
"Hey, guys." Kari said as the group walked through the front door.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" Yosuke said.
"It's Yukiko." Chie said.
"What about her?"
"She's gone missing."
"What?"
"She has?" Yu said.
"She was definitely home last night." Chie said. "I checked, but since then no one's seen her at all. I've asked around everywhere all day today."
"Ah, we already know about this." The assistant said. "Yukiko's family has asked us to start looking for her. Is she, your friend?"
"Yeah."
"Can you remember something unusual happening lately? Did she seem bothered by anything?" The assistant then pulls out a small book and starts flipping through the pages.
"Huh? Like what?" Tai said.
"The murder at the Inn. That's where Miss Yamano was staying at before the incident. Seems Yamano was such a high maintenance guest that Yukiko's mom collapsed from the stress of keeping her happy. So there's that." The assistant then looks around them, to make sure no one's listening in. "See, the guys here have a theory. The rumor here is, Yukiko's hiding out after she did something to get back at Miss Yamano to avenge her mother." That instantly sets off Chie.
"Come on!" She yelled. "You think Yukiko's the murderer!?"
"Whoa, relax! It's just a theory roaming around."
"Well it's LAME!" Chie then sprung forward, trying to grab onto the assistant, in which the others quickly grabbed a hold of her, and was pulling her back before Chie was able to do anything.
"Chie!" Yu exclaimed.
"Calm down!" Yosuke yelled.
"Don't start something in a Police Station of all places!" Matt said, as police officers start to take notice of the struggle.
"Hey, what's going on here?" A detective then walks on over there, as the others calmed Chie down.
"L-Let's just get going." Tai said.
"Yukiko…" Chie said, on the verge of tears. "…She wouldn't…"
"What did you tell her, Adachi?" The detective said.
"I, er…I just…Sorry, Dojima…" The assistant, known as Adachi said.
"Now you all should calm down. We're trying our best to find Yukiko, and bring her back, so you all should go home right now, and leave everything to the police."
"I hope she's okay." Sora said.
"Hey, wait." Kari walked up to the man. "Are you, Mr. Dojima?"
"Yes, I am." The man named Dojima said. "Are you my daughter's new friend?"
"Yeah! She's really nice."
"Well, I'm glad the two of you are friends but don't get yourself involved in this case. Just let the police handle this."
"I know sir…"
"Eh, don't worry." Tai said. "We'll be careful."
Everyone then walked outside of the Police Station, with Chie still distraught.
"Chie." Sora said.
"We know better, right?" Chie said. Everyone nodded sternly. "Listen, guys…We gotta go in and save her…"
"Right, but...We don't have any weapons." Kari said.
"You know, if we try to arm ourselves, we're just gonna get picked up again..." Yosuke said.
"Maybe we shouldn't use weapons." Sora said. "I mean, we're pretty used to our partners doing all the fighting."
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Okay, let's get going." Tai said.
Junes, Electronic department.
The customers around them were walking away, giving them the prime opportunity to jump into the TV without warranting any attention.
"Alright. We should go in now." Yosuke said.
"You sure you're gonna be okay, Sora?" Tai said. "You don't have a Persona like us."
"Don't worry about me." She said. "I'm more worried about Yukiko-san."
"Yeah. I'm too." Chie said. "So don't think I'm just going to sit here and wait for you guys to bring her back."
"Ugh, once her mind is set, you can't stop her…" Yosuke said.
"Okay, so, is everyone ready?" Tai said, getting his glasses out. Everyone nodded, and those who have glasses put them on. Yu then stuck his hand into the TV screen, when nobody was looking and opened the portal. They all then piled into the TV Screen and were teleporting into the TV World.
Once they got into the world, they see the big bear, Teddie in there, looking like he's thinking to himself, as he was grabbing his head, and was swaying side to side.
"Hey, that's that bear from last time." Chie said.
"What're you doing?" Yosuke said.
"Can't you tell? I'm thinking about stuff." Teddie said.
"Were you doing this the whole time?" Kari said.
"Yeah. I've been deli-bear-ating over it for a long time now…Hey, now that wasn't a bad joke. Hee hee." All of the others there sweatdropped when Teddie dropped that forced pun.
"So, what were you thinking about?"
"Ah, it's probably nothing." Yosuke said. "We've seen in that big skull of yours. Absolutely nothing."
"H-How rude!" Teddie shouted at Yosuke. "…But you're right, though. I try and try, but nothing comes out of my head."
"Will you two shut up!?" Chie exclaimed. "We got no time to be saying stupid jokes! Listen, someone came into here yesterday, right?"
"Wow! There's a girl with a better nose than me?" Teddie said. "What's your name miss?"
"M-Miss? I-I'm Chie, but never mind that! Tell me more about that someone!"
"I think it happened a little after you guys got out of here. After that, it felt like someone was here."
"Someone got into here after we left?" Tai said.
"That's pretty convenient…" Matt said.
"Is it Yukiko-san?" Kari said.
"I don't know. I haven't looked." Teddie said. "I'm pretty sure they went that way. I can smell their scent."
"Over there huh?" Chie said. "Come on!" Chie then started sprinting off towards the direction that Teddie had pointed off to.
"Hey! Wait!" Tai yelled after her, as the others start running towards where Teddie had picked up the presence of potentially Yukiko.
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