When Emiko arrived at the food court the next afternoon, Teddie was the only one waiting. "Oh, there you are, Emi-chan! I have something for you!" He handed her a pair of purple glasses.

"Oh, thank you Teddie. What are these for? I noticed everyone else was wearing them but I forgot to ask."

"They're special Teddie made glasses! They help you see through the fog in my world."

"Y-Your world?" Emiko asked.

"Oh, I guess you don't know yet. Teddie was born in the TV world!" he exclaimed happily.

"Hmm. I guess that would explain some things," Emiko said, waving as she saw Nanako and the others approaching their table.

"Oh, good, you got your glasses!" Nanako said to Emiko. "Is everyone ready?" The others nodded. "Good. So our plan for today is just to make it through a few of the bottom floors. The enemies get stronger as you climb higher. If we can get about 3 floors done today that would be great, but we'll ultimately come back when we get tired."

Emiko took a deep breath and followed the others to the electronics department. Nanako grabbed her hand, and one of Teddie's, and they all jumped together this time. It's not as bad if you close your eyes, Emiko thought. She did as she told, staying close to Nanako as they walked the halls, and hanging back for each fight with a shadow. Takeyoshi's part of the TV world looked like the inside of Yasogami High. Emiko had no idea why it would be that, it wasn't like he was that involved with school. She had started feeling pretty strange, then realized that she was standing beside her own classroom. She swore she heard someone whisper her name.

"W-Who's there?" she asked softly, touching her hand to the door. She knew that the others had continued on, but she felt drawn to the room.

Nanako realized she wasn't beside her and turned around. "Emi-chan?" she called out.

Emiko looked towards her friend, then back at the door. Her hand was still pressed against it. "I… I need to go in," she said, suddenly feeling very vulnerable.

The others came running back down the hall towards her, arriving right when she pushed the door open. Her mouth dropped. Inside was... herself. Or at least it really looked like her. Whoever the girl was, she was slumped over a desk crying. She crouched down in front of the desk, and touched the girl's arm with her hand. "Are you alright?" she asked.

The girl lifted her head. She looked exactly like Emiko! "He's gone and I don't know where he is!" she wailed at the real Emiko.

Emiko shook as she spoke. "Where who is?" she asked softly.

"Takeyoshi-kun! He's missing! I have to find him!" she shrieked.

Emiko nodded. "I know. That's why we're here. We're going to find him."

"It doesn't even matter!" The girl snapped. "It's not like he likes me, anyway. All these years of pining for him and he still doesn't like me enough to ask me out, at all!"

"No… he does. He's just not… ready…"

Emiko's shadow laughed. "The foolish things you tell yourself to keep going on. He doesn't want you; he's never wanted you!"

Emiko flinched, moving back from the shadow. "No, that's not true... "

"And you're such a naive little girl that you fall for it every time. 'Of course we're friends, Emi-chan, yes, I like spending time with you.' Not a word of it is true!"

"And how would you know that?" Emiko asked, getting to her feet. She was starting to feel angry.

The shadow laughed again. "Because you are me, and I am you."

"No," Emiko replied softly. Then she felt rage boil up inside of her. "You are not me!" she screamed.

Nanako jumped in, pushing Emiko back. "Let's go guys, this is it!"

Emiko shook and rocked herself in the corner as she watched the others fight her shadow. While the glasses Teddie had given her prevented her from getting so tired, the downside was that she saw everything. Watching your best friend try to kill you is pretty weird, she thought. Her shadow seemed to have some sort of scanning ability. It was able to predict and reflect any of the magic attacks the team threw at it. "Guys! It won't work! Try physical attacks!" Emiko exclaimed loudly. Her friends were almost out of health, and running low on items.

"We'll try it, Emi-chan!" Teddie exclaimed, tearing at the shadow with his claws. The attack got through! Emiko breathed a sigh of relief.

"Looks like she's right, guys!" Nanako shouted. "Use all physical for now!" It took a bit more time, but they were able to take the shadow out. It slumped to the floor and Emiko approached it once again.

"It's ok," she told her shadow. "We're going to find him. Even if he doesn't feel the same way about us, he's still one of our best friends." The shadows smiled, then faded out into a blue light, a card coming to land in Emiko's palm. "Rhiannon," she whispered. "The… Lovers?"

"Wow," Teddie said quietly. "Emi-chan's persona is pretty special. A little like mine, but more like Rise-chan's. I think she can navigate and heal. I don't think she can fight."

Nanako nodded. "That's good, though. We needed someone to lead the way."

Emiko looked at her and smiled. "I told you I should come along," she said with a wink.

"Do you feel alright?" Nanako asked. "We can go back if we need to."

"I feel pretty great, actually," Emiko answered. "I think I'll be alright for now."

"Great, let's keep moving then, guys."

Emiko took a deep breath and summoned her persona, a beautiful goddess with long, red hair in a beautiful white dress. The persona rode a white horse ahead of the others, leading the way to Takeyoshi. They ended up finishing 3 floors as originally planned. Emiko felt pretty drained afterwards, but everyone else seemed tired, too.

"How come you're not completely wasted after getting your persona like the rest of us were?" Miusagi asked.

"Oh. I have no idea. Is that bad?" Emiko asked.

"I think it may be because she had her glasses the whole time. Being in the fog without them is draining for humans," Teddie mentioned.

"That's true," Nanako said. "She's also really stubborn and tends to get what she wants." Emiko flashed her a smile before she hit the floor.

"I guess everyone runs out of energy eventually," Miusagi commented as he and Teddie picked her up and carried her out of Junes.