AN:/ (11/27/2018) I've edited a few errors on this. Just as a little quality of life update, I recommend reading all fan-fiction with the 1/2 page option and expanded text. It makes it a lot easier on the eyes.

The whole day had gone by the way it had before. His uncle and cousin had come to get him, both of them not seeming to recognize or remember him. This was both a blessing and a curse for Yu, as they didn't have to worry about Nanako being healthy. Hell, it took him everything he had to not sprint towards her and hug her to make sure she was okay. All the progress he did, bringing them closer together as a family, Nanako not having to worry about her father loving her, and Ryotaro not having to worry about raising Nanako properly was all... gone.

Not everything was the same as it was almost a year ago, however, as there was that girl at the train station. She looked like one of those standoff-ish types that you often see in anime. She wasn't there last time, nor through the entire time of Yu being at Inaba. And something else too, or specifically someone else. That woman, Claire. She wasn't on the train last time. She did have a good storytelling voice though. Nice and soothing. Almost like an older sibling. Is this what Nanako thought of him?

He shook his head softly to try and shake his thoughts away. He needed to focus on his situation right now and the new people this time could wait. What about Yosuke? Chie and Yukiko? Kanji and Rise? Teddie and Naoto? Do they all have their memories? Was it just him? Maybe it had to do with him being a Wild Card, or the ability to use multiple Personas? Wait a second...

"Igor!" Yu exclaimed surprisingly. Ryotaro looked over from the driver seat slightly with a questioning look on his face. "Sorry, I just had something stuck in my throat." A look of understanding reached his uncle's face.

"Well we're almost home, so once we get there, you can set up the futon and go take a nap. Hopefully, you feel better tomorrow." Strangely enough, his head started killing him like it did the last time around, just when everyone got back to the car at the gas station. Yu nodded and began his thought process again. The Velvet room was his only hope for any kind of answers at this point. Why was he sent back? The date was the same and everything. Why did this happen? Don't get Yu wrong, he was grateful for a second chance to save his friends. His practical family besides his actual one. Why was it so confusing?

After Yu had finally gotten home and set up the futon, he laid down and closed his eyes. Maybe the next day would be a better day for him.

His dreams, on the other hand, didn't have the same idea. His dream self was on a path of televisions, all of them with the screen red and the whole area surrounded in fog. "All I can do is move forward," Yu said to himself as he began walking along the path. There was an eventual turn in the path that he wasn't prepared for and almost fell off the path. "I should probably pay more attention to the ground I'm walking on..." As Yu reached another turning path, he heard an echoing voice call out to him.

"Do you seek the truth...?"

Yu paused for a second. Was he supposed to answer that? He took a deep breath and began walking again, however, didn't make it very far before the voice spoke to him again.

"If it's Truth you desire, come and find me..."

Well since this whole situation just brought up more questions than answers, I might as well try and find this entity.

Yu continued on the path until he reached what seemed to be a wall with a black and red pattern on it. "Something has to be behind this wall." With a hand now on the wall, he pushed as hard as he could, causing the door to slowly rotate and open up a new path. As Yu entered the area, a Katana appeared in his hand, and a presence appeared before him.

"So... You are the one pursuing me...Hmhmhm... Try all you like..." The presence called to Yu.

"Is that a challenge? I could take out my confusion and frustration on you!" And with that, Yu swung his katana with all his might, cleaving through the presence in front of him.

"Hmm... It seems that you can see a little, despite the fog..." But before the presence could continue, Yu continued his assault, swinging and attacking to the best of his abilities. After his final vertical swing, a small card appeared in front of him. Without hesitation, Yu crushed the card and with confidence called out.

"IZANAGI! ZIO!" As soon as the words left his mouth, lightning surrounded the presence striking it with a thunderous roar.

"I see... Indeed... That is very interesting information... But you will not catch me so easily."

With determination rising in his eyes, Yu swung once more at the presence, only for the katana to pass through.

"If what you seek is 'Truth', then the search will be even harder..." and at those words, the fog around Yu began to grow even thicker. Yu swung again, once more missing his target.

"Everyone sees what they want to... and the fog only deepens." and the voice wasn't wrong. It was getting even harder to see, Yu couldn't even see his katana any more.

"...Will we meet again?... At a place other than here... Hmhm... I look forward to it..." Before Yu could understand exactly what the presence was saying, he was in his room in the Dojima household, with the smell of sunny-side-up eggs and Nanako was calling for him to get up.

It was April 12th, 2011, his first day of school in Inaba.

...Why did he feel today wasn't going to end well?