And in a flash of white, Yu shot up from his futon in his uncle's house. He started to hyperventilate, pulling out his phone and checking the date. April 15th, 2011. It was a nightmare. A more grotesque vision of that fateful night, with more blood, more pain, but with the same amount of heartbreak and death. It wasn't going to happen again, not this time around at least. He wouldn't let it. As Yu looked up to the sky on his way to school, he saw a few birds fly towards the sun, resembling the letters: 'm' 'm' 'U' 'T' 'n' and 'Y' with the sun seeming to make the letter 'O'.

"I won't let that mistake happen again. I'm also not going to let that mistake drag me down any more. I have to keep moving forward." Yu picked up his pace to the school. "If I remember correctly, this should be the day they find Saki-senpai dead. Some things were different this time around though, so I'll have to try not to change too much, otherwise my memories won't be of use to me. Hopefully this battle today will go by easily. It's kind of weird that even though I heard Izanagi's voice on Wednesday when I put my hand in the TV, I still haven't heard anything from my other self since then. Fortunately, the TV didn't try to eat me this time." He sighed in relief. How am I supposed to get them to come inside the TV world with me this time? Does Chie's family still need a TV? That could work. Should this play around correctly like the previous time, I get Izanagi to finally come forth just before Yosuke and I enter Saki's liquor store.

*AFTERNOON: April 15th, 2011*

"Still, of all the things you could've gotten me for a weapon, why a golf club? I mean, a bat would of been much more sturdy and have a greater area to deal damage instead of his small driver at the end and not to mentio-"

"OKAY I GET IT, I COULD'VE PICKED SOMETHING BETTER. DROP IT. Jeez, I can't even catch a break on my day off." Yu laughed at Yosuke's expense. The fight against Yosuke's Shadow had been a breeze, with Izanagi showing up just in the nick of time again. However, something was different about Izanagi. Not in a bad way, he still sounded the same like he did the last go around, but he had more abilities. Instead of just Cleave, Zio, and Rakukaja, Izanagi also held the ability Raikouzan, which allowed him to charge both Yu's golf club and Izanagi's Naginata with electric powers. To say that Shadow Yosuke put up a fight was a huge overstatement. Before Yu could think about it further, he and Yosuke were in front of Teddie's TV sets to return to Junes.

"Oh no…" The Fool gulped, vaguely remembering what happened next in his memories.

"What's up? Not feeling well? Don't worry we're almost out of here." Yosuke tried to reassure.

"It's not that." Yu shook his head slowly before looking his friend dead in the eye. "Satonaka." was all he said and all he had to say as Yosuke's face paled significantly, before he turned to Teddie.

"Teddie get us out of here, now!" Suddenly worried about his new friends sudden change in demeanor, he did his best to push them through the TV's. Before Yu was all the way through to the other side, he spoke up to the friendly shadow.

"Don't worry Ted, we will be back soon okay?" And then he was gone from the Shadow World, and on the floor of the Junes Electric Department. Chie was sitting there on her knees, looking confused, scared, and worried.

"Oh! You guys are back already? When the rope snapped just now, I didn't know what to do, but then you guys are already back and I'm so relieved-" Yosuke stopped her rambling with a question that was soaring through Yu's mind at a million miles a second.

"Wait wait, slow down a second there Chie, we were in there for maybe half-an-hour, what do you mean the rope snapped, 'just now'?" The kung-fu fan seemed just as confused as them.

"Just a few seconds ago, you both walked inside the TV, the rope snapped, then you guys are already back and I'm so reliev- Oh God, are you okay?! Narukami!?" Okay so some things are different this time around. There was the woman, I think her name was Claire or something? She wasn't on the train last time. And that girl that handed me that paper… she wasn't there the first time either. And now instead of real-time translating over to the Shadow world, time seems to almost stop all together. Yu was shaken by his thoughts from Chie grabbing his left arm. "Narukami?!"

"What is it Satonaka-san? And could you let go of my arm? You're kind of hurting me…" She quickly let go, her hand stained a deep crimson red. "Are you bleeding?" Shit, this was NOT supposed to happen. And now I probably sound like an asshole for ignoring her before hand. Yu went to grab her forearm but as he did he winced in pain. "Ouch, what in the-" His eyes widened as he stared at his arm. There was a large slash along it, from just below his shoulder to above his elbow and blood was slowly dripping down his arm. "How did that happen?"

*Flashback*

"FOOOOORE!" Yu cried as he pulled back his golf club and launched it forward, flinging Shadow Yosuke into the air.

"Oh no you don't! Take this!" Shadow Yosuke flipped around in the air and swiped one of his massive arms at Yu, sending a razor sharp gust of wind directly towards him planning to cut him vertically in half. I don't have anything to block this, and Izanagi is weak to wind! This could actually injure me pretty bad… think quickly Narukami, come on… But he was out of time to think as he quickly turned his body and took most of the damage to his arm causing the aforementioned cut to happen.

Before the Shadow had time to react or send another razor wind to finish the job, Yu quickly swapped the golf club into his right hand, twirling it around and launching it like a javelin at Shadow Yosuke with a roar. "Izanagi! Raikouzan!" And just before the club reached the Shadow, Yu crushed the Tarot card holding Izanagi, covering the club in lightning stabbing into the frog monster thing as Izanagi appeared behind it and pierced the Shadow's neck with his own electrified Naginata.

*End Flashback*

"Oh. I remember what happened now. I should really consider a shield or something…." Yu looked up to see Chie, who looked like she was about to cry, and Yosuke who came back from behind the counter holding a first aid kit. "Here, let me take this from you." Yu grabbed the first aid kit, and opened it up, looking through the contents. After digging for a while, he finally grabbed a small rope of Beads "I'm using this." Yu handed back the first aid kit back to Yosuke. "Thanks Hanamura."

"But that's not-" Here he was interrupted by a quick command from Yu.

"Cover me." And the Fool stuck his left arm and head through the TV, entering those parts into the Shadow World. He took one of the Beads off the rope and quickly crushed it against his wound, causing it to heal instantly, even stitching the muscle and skin back together. Yu gently pressed against the now healed wound to see how sore it would be. He nodded his head with a small smile now gracing his face. Perfect.

Once he was back outside, he showed his arm to the both of them. "See? I'm fine. Sorry about the mess though Hanamura." Both of their eyes widened, Chie's in shock, Yosuke's in amusement.

"I shouldn't really be shocked by this. I mean, considering what you did in there." Chie got that look in her eye that he knew she got when she was interested in something. Yu smiled and shook his head.

"You make sure to tell her everything, Hanamura. Satonaka, I would tell you myself, however I'm exhausted. I'll see you both tomorrow okay?" And with a wave to them both, he left Junes to go take a nap. Later that night, it began to rain shortly after 11:30.

Just in time for the Midnight Channel. He thought, finishing sewing up his uniform's sleeve to avoid questions about it tomorrow. After a quick shower, Yu sat on his little two-seater couch and waited patiently for midnight to strike. Just like last time, the faded image was wearing a kimono. Once again, Yukiko was wearing a kimono just the other night, sitting by the Samegawa. That means the order as of now seems to be the same. That's a comfort to know, I think.

With a loud and long yawn, Yu stood up from the couch and moved over to his futon. All of his energy spent since his body and mind wasn't used to expending this kind of energy yet. His eyes closed for a moment, then opened slowly once again. Except this time he wasn't in his room, laying on his futon. He hasn't been to this room in a while, and hadn't seen the inhabitants in a long time.

"Welcome back, to the Velvet Room my dear young man."