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C h a p t e r 3 : T h e W o r l d o f F o g

The next day, at class

"Hello everyone. My name is Kimiko Sofue, and I don't know how much you know about world history, but I'm an expert." First period was filled by a very wierd looking teacher, even wierder than Morooka, she was wearing an ancient egyptian themed clothes. "First, a little about me. I love to use my dowser to look for lost items, and there's nothing quite like a romance. In fact, world history a magnificent romance. History is like a river; it was born in the past and flows ever forward. I hope we can all enjoy the profundity of history together. Hohoho." She finished her boring introductions.

"And since this is my first lecture, I'll start with an easy question. Our transferee, Mr. Seta, please stand up." And with this, Souji stood up with an uneasy look on his face.

"When did A.D. –in other words, Anno Domini—begin?" Sofue asked.

"A.D., isn't that the same as A.C.E.?" Souji thought, "When Jesus was born."

"Ah, you seem to understand this well. And does anyone knows what B.C. stands for? Oh, I'll just tell you. It's Before Christ, or the year before Christ was born." Sofue explained. "This is, of course, the way we count our years today, but it wasn't adopted in Western Europe until the 15th century."

"Hohoho, it was around that time that there were many religious wars and power shifts occurring. Anyhow, the world's beliefs have been in an ever-flowing tide since humanity began to emphasize religion." She continued "Most holidays are related to religion, you know. If you do some research, you may find interesting facts." She goes on and on without any sign of stopping.

After school

Souji overheard his classmates talking about the murder and about a rumor that Saki Konishi was the one who found the announcer's body.

Suddenly, Yosuke and Minoru walked up to him, Yosuke was very nervous.

"Y-Yo. Um…" He greeted. Souji looked at him with a questioning look. "It's, uh, it's not really that important, but…"

"Spill it, pal." Minoru said.

"Well, yesterday on TV, I…" Yosuke paused. "Oh, uhh…Never mind. Look, I'll tell you later. Ahaha…"

Chie walked up to them. "Yosuke, did you hear the rumor?" She asked. "Saki-senpai was supposedly the one who discovered the body."

"Yeah, I know."Minoru said."There was an interview with her last night, even though her voice and face was blurred. I can tell it was her, it's pretty easy."

"I wonder why she looked so down…. She doesn't seem to be at school today either." Yosuke said.

Then, they all notice that Yukiko is about to leave.

"Huh? Yukiko, are you helping out at the inn today too?" Chie asked.

"Things are really out of hand right now. I'm sorry." Then she walked away. Souji was pretty disappointed. After all, he secretly hoped that they could hang out together today.

"Is it just me, or does Yukiko-san seems way stressed out today?" Yosuke asked.

"I have no idea, but she seemed very tired." Minoru said.

"I guess they're running her ragged." Chie said, suddenly, she blinked. "By the way, did you …. See it…. Last night?" She asked.

"Huh?" Yosuke's nervousness kicked back in."Uh, well….What about you?" He asked back.

"I did, I SERIOUSLY saw a girl."She said with her eyes wide. "But… My soul mate's a girl…. What's that supposed to mean?"

"Congratulations, Chie. You just asked a question that no one can answer." Minoru muttered.

"HEY!" She yelled. "Well, I couldn't tell who it was, but it was a girl for sure."

"Let me guess…. Her hair was shoulder length, brown, and she is wearing our school uniform." Minoru rolled his eyes.

"You know!?" She gasped.

"Hey…. I think it's the same person I saw." Yosuke said. "I couldn't make out that much detail, though. The image I saw was much blurrier."

"Well, I already talked to the people who I know watched the channel….. They all saw the same person."

"What does this means? How come we all have the same soul mate?" Chie asked. "How about you?" She gestured to Souji, he nodded. And then, he started to blabber about him hearing weird noises and getting stuck into TV. The other three sweat dropped

"It sounds like we all saw the same person." Yosuke muttered. "But, weird voices aside, what was that about getting sucked into your TV? Were you that tired last night? You must've had fallen asleep in front of your TV."

"It sounded very illogical. I mean, even a magician like Houdini never escaped through TV….Did he?" Minoru asked.

"Congratulations, Minoru. You just asked a question that no one can answer." Chie chuckled.

"Hey….That's my line." He said quietly.

"Well, I like the part where you got stuck 'cause your TV was too small. That's pretty realistic." Chie commented.

"Well, if it had been bigger, the—"She blinked."Ohhh, that reminds me. Our family's been talking about buying a bigger TV."

"Oh yeah? Well, flat-screen TVs are definitely in these days." Yosuke said.

"Wanna go check 'em out on the way back? We're beefing up our electronic department this month." Yosuke said.

"Oh, definitely! My parents don't know anything about electronics, and I've just gotta see my kung-fu movies on the big screen!" Chie said enthusiastically. "Hwa-taaa!!" She make a kicking pose after that, which gonna creeps everyone out.

"We've got some pretty big ones in stock. I bet they'd be enough for you to fit into, hehe." Yosuke joked.

Junes, electronics department

"Wow, this is huge! And …. Holy crap, it's expensive! Who buys something like this?" Chie commented on the huge, flat-screen TV in front of them.

"I dunno…..Rich folks?" Yosuke replied.

"Honestly, not many people shop for TVs here. That's why we don't have clerks around." Yosuke explained.

"Huh, not worth trying then, I guess…. Well, at least looking's free." Chie said, looking at Souji and Minoru, then a Yosuke. She and Yosuke stepped forward and touch the screen.

"What are you doing?" Minoru tilted his head.

"…Nope. Can't get in. Figures." Yosuke announced.

"Haha, this proves it. It was all just a dream." Chie said.

"Besides, these flat-screen TVs are so thin, you'd just end up on the other side." Yosuke said. "Argh, what am I saying!?"

"So, Chie. What kind of TV are you guys in the market for?" Yosuke asked.

"O-oh, they said they wanted the one that's cheap." She answered "Got any suggestions?"

They walk away to look another TV "Well, Miss, might I suggest this one over here? It's the newest model, just released this spring." Yosuke said in a voice 1 octave lower than his normal one. Making him sounding like a businessman.

"Wha—that's not cheap at all! There's way too many zeroes!" Chie protested.

"I should've asked what you meant by 'cheap' right off the bat." Yosuke replied.

"You've got connections, right? C'mon, hook me up!" Chie said slyly.

"You know I can't do that…" Yosuke protested.

"Hm…..This in boring." Minoru commented.

Souji walked and stood in front of the TV.

"Souji? What're you doing?" Minoru asked. Souji stayed silent and touched the TV, his hand actually getting sucked inside.

"Wow……Now that's cool." Minoru only smiled.

"See what I mean?" Souji said.

"I wonder, though. Why isn't he surprised?" Souji thought.

"Oh yeah, Souji, what kind of TV do you….."Yosuke trailed off "WHAT THE HECK?!"

"Huh? Something wrong Yosuke?" Chie asked.

"I-Is his arm….In the TV?" Yosuke asked.

"I think so." Minoru answered.

"Whoa….Is that some kind of new model? L-Like with a….New function?" Chie asked.

"Hell No!" Yosuke disagreed.

"But, I gotta say…. It's pretty awesome." Minoru commented.

"How can you be so damn calm about this?!" Chie shouted at him.

"Well……it's not like I did anything wrong, right?" He asked. Chie and Yosuke ran to Souji to observe him closely.

"You gotta be kidding me…. Did you really stick your hand through the screen?" Chie asked, panicking.

"Oh man….This is for real….. That's some magic trick, man!" Yosuke said, panicking even worse than Chie."So how's it worked, huh? What's the magician's secret!?"

Chie and Yosuke stared at Souji, antonished. Souji was thinking…. 'Can I put in more than my arm?' Then he tried to take a peek inside by putting his head in.

"H-Hey, Don't do that! What're you doing!?" Yosuke gawked.

"Oh my god!!!" Chie said.

"Interesting." Minoru commented.

"You're too damn calm about this!!" Yosuke shouted.

"Well, is it my fault?" Minoru shouted back.

"So…..What do you see inside?" Minoru asked Souji.

"Well…..there's an empty space inside." Souji answered.

"Wh-What do you mean 'Inside'?!" Yosuke asked.

"Wh-What do you mean 'empty space'?!" Chie asked.

"Hmm…..Interesting."Minoru muttered. "These things are illogical….It requires further investigation."

"It's very spacious too." Souji said.

"Wh-What do you mean 'Spacious'" Yosuke asked.

"I mean, what's going on!?" Chie asked.

Suddenly, Yosuke started to skip around like an idiot "Holy crap! I think this is all too much for my bladder."

"What the-? Are you gonna pee your pants!?" Chie asked.

"Not here, please." Minoru said.

"I've been holding it in all day! I haven't had a chance to go…" Yosuke admitted. "Aargh! Can't hold in anymore!" Yosuke ran towards the exit, but suddenly turned back.

"Shit! Customers! They're coming!" Yosuke said.

"Well, so much for an empty department…." Minoru muttered.

"What?! But we've got a guy half stuck in a TV here!" Chie shouted, panicking even more now. "Wh-What're we gonna do?"

"How should I know?" Minoru asked back. Then Chie and Yosuke started to run around like a maniac.

"What're you….Wait…..Whoa!" Minoru shouted as they accidentally went through the TV.

Somewhere, Someplace, inside the cursed TV….

The four of them collided with the hard ground.

"Argh, I landed right on my wallet." Yosuke groaned.

"Man….Where the heck are we?" Chie asked.

"I have no Idea…." Minoru answered.

"What is this place?" Chie asked again."Is it someplace inside Junes?"

"Hell no, it isn't. I mean, we fell THROUGH a TV." Yosuke said.

"Well, he got a point." Minoru said.

"Actually, uh…..What is going on here?" Yosuke asked, looking around. They were standing in the fog, there were lights everywhere. It looks like a TV studio.

"Haa…So….Uh….Were still alive, right?" Chie asked.

"Well, this doesn't look like heaven….So….Yea….I think were still alive." Minoru said.

"Are you guys okay?" Souji asked.

"I think my butt's cracked now." Yosuke said.

"Of course it is!" Chie said with an angry tone.

"Whoa!" Yosuke gasped.

"Wh-What now!? Did you wet your pants?" Chie asked.

"No, stupid! Look around!" Yosuke said.

"Yep…..It's definitely a TV studio." Minoru said.

"All this fog…..or is it smoke?" Chie muttered. "There's no place like this in Inaba….Is there?"

"Hell no…" Yosuke muttered, all of them were definitely freaked out or scared, or even worse. "But man….This place is huge."

"What're we gonna do?" Chie asked the group.

"Let's look around." Souji said. "There doesn't seem to be an exit nearby, so let's look around."

"I wonder…..How do we get home?" Minoru asked.

"Okay….Let's look around for a way out. Before we get too stressed out." Yosuke said.

"Is there really a way outta here?" Chie asked.

"We got in… so we must be able to get out somehow." Yosuke answered.

"That's true, but…." Chie said.

"If there's no exit, than were trapped. So let's….cross our fingers and look around." Yosuke said.

"It's really depressing in here." Minoru commented. "And I can't see clearly."

"Let's just hope we didn't hit a wall." Yosuke joked. "It'll hurt"

"How can you joke at a time like this?" Chie asked.

A few moments later, somewhere, sometime, still inside the cursed TV.

Apparently, they walked at a random direction. Which now get them stranded at a weird apartment corridor. Another thing that makes this world really odd is the sky; it's red with black stripes…or is it black with red stripes? Odd enough, the fog is not white, but yellow. This makes it even more depressing.

"What is this place? It feels different from where we were before…" Chie muttered.

"It looks like we were in some kinda….building, but…Damn, this fog is so thick, I can hardly see." Yosuke said.

"Tell me about it…" Minoru agreed.

"Are you sure were not wondering farther away?" Chie asked.

"I can't be positive, but we've got to trust our instinct a little." Yosuke answered.

"I know, but…." Chie trailed off as the guys walked further in, Chie followed closely from behind.

They went inside an unlocked door, just to find a room…. Which apparently, a dead end.

"Hey, is it me or the fog lighter here?" Yosuke wondered, and then looked at his cell phone. "No signal. Figures."

"Can't you guys slow down a little? It's hard enough to see where you're going…" Chie said from behind them, it seems that she's having a hard time catching up. When they turned around, it was a very unpleasant view. A lot of posters with the face cut off and blood all over the wall.

When Chie turned around….."Huh, What the?!" She gasped. "It's a dead end, there's no exit."

"It keeps getting creepier and creepier the further we go." Yosuke said.

"And I keep having a feeling that we're being watched." Minoru said.

"Yep, same here. But I wonder who is watching us?" Souji asked.

"There's no sign of living things, though. Not even a single movement…"Minoru answered.

"Argh! I can't hold it any longer." Yosuke started to skip around again. "My bladder's gonna explode"

"Warning, Yosuke is going to burst." Minoru rolled his eyes.

Yosuke ran into a corner and unzip his pants.

"Yosuke!? What're you doing!?" Chie gasped.

"I gotta let it out before I piss my pants!" Yosuke shouted to the group behind him.

"You're going here!? Oh, you have got to be kidding…." Chie said.

"T-Turn around, I can't go if everyone's watching." Yosuke protested.

"Sadly, I don't care about you, or your bladder." Minoru said.

"Argh….. I can't do it! It's all your fault if my bladder bursts!"

"Like we said before, we don't care." Chie said. "Anyways, what with this room? Check out these posters….. Their faces are all cut out."

"Kinda creepy, but what's even creepier is this." Minoru walked to the chair and rope arrangements.

"Chair and rope……this kind of arrangement is never good." Yosuke said. "It's tied in a noose…..Is this a scarf?"

"C'mon, let's go back to where we came from, and look somewhere else for an exit." Chie suggested.

"Hey, I think I've seen that poster before." Yosuke said after he got a close look at one of the posters.

"Who CARES! Let's go, I 'm sick of this place." Chie said. "And….I is not feeling so good."

"Me neither." Minoru agreed.

"Now that you mention it…. Me too." Yosuke agreed.

"Yeah, me too." Souji nodded.

"Alright, let's go back. I'm seriously starting to feel sick." Yosuke looked pale as he said that. Minoru starting to cough heavily.

"Let's…..Go already." Minoru said. The four of them leave the room and walked back to the plaza.

The plaza, sometime, still in the cursed TV

"Whew…. We finally made it back here." Chie said.

"If I were to spend time there a bit longer…..I would've throw up." Minoru said.

"Wait….What's that?" Chie asked, gesturing to the thing in front of them, in a distance. It looked so…….big?

"There's something over there!" Yosuke gasped.

It walked over to the small group, with a squeaking sound in every step.

"What is this thing? …A monkey? …A bear?" Chie asked.

"What in the world…?" Yosuke gawked.

The bear-human-thingy was wearing a red shirt….and it has blue fur…..I guess?

"Th-that's what I wanna know…. Who are you guys?" It spoke….In a surprisingly high pitched voice.

"It talked!" Chie gasped.

"Uh… What're you!? Y-You wanna fight!?" Chie foolishly challenged the bear-human.

"Do-Don't yell at me like that!?" It seems to be scared.

"What the heck is this place?" Souji asked the bear.

"This place is what it is….It doesn't have a name." The bear explained. "It's where I live."

"You….live here?" Yosuke asked.

"If I was you guys…I'd hurry back to the other side." The bear told them. "Someone's been throwing people in here. It's a big headache."

"Huh? Throwing people in? What're you talking about?" Yosuke asked.

"I dunno who's doing it! I just want them to think before doing things like that!" the bear started to yell.

"Hey, what's your problem? What gives you the right to yell at us like that!" Chie shouted.

"Chie, I think that it would be best if you didn't pick a fight with Mr. Bear." Minoru suggested.

"What are you!? Where are we!?" Chie continued, ignoring Minoru. "What the heck is going on here!?"

It ran behind them, hiding behind Souji. Souji himself sweat dropped at this.

"I already told you…" The bear was once again, cowering in fear." Anyways, you should hurry back."

"What is comes down to is, you want us to get out of here, right? Well so do we! We just don't know how, dammit!" Yosuke shouted.

"Urgghhh! That's why I'm saying I'll let you out." He shouted back.

"Like I keep saying, we don't know where the frickin' exit—" Yosuke trailed off. "Wait….What?"

The bear tapped the ground twice, then 3 large sized TV showed up in the middle of the plaza.

"What the hell!?" Yosuke muttered.

"Where did these TVs come from?" Chie asked, but no one answered. They all walk to see the TV from the front, but suddenly, they were pushed by the stupid bear.

"Now, go go, get outta here! I'm a busy bear!"

A view moment later, a familiar, boring music rang in their ears.

"Huh? Is this?" Chie gasped.

"Did we? Make it back?" Yosuke asked.

"Yep, this is Junes alright…" Minoru answered.

Suddenly, the Intercom rang out "ATTENTION, SHOPPERS. OUR DAILY LIMITED-TIME SALE WILL NOW BEGIN AT THE SIDE DISH AREA ON THE FIRST FLOOR. WHY NOT TRY THE DELICIOUS, FRESH PRODUCE JUNES PICKED FOR YOU THIS MORNING AS YOUR SIDE DISH FOR DINNER TONIGHT?"

"Whoa! It's this late?!" Minoru groaned.

"Looks like we were in there for quite awhile." Chie shrugged.

"That's right!" Yosuke blinked "Now I remember where I saw that poster before! Look over there! That's the poster we saw!"

"Hey, you're right, they're the same. I couldn't tell before without the face, but it's Misuzu Hiiragi." Chie said. "She'd been all over the news lately. Something about her husband having an affair with that announcer lady who died the other day."

"Wait…..Does that room has a connection with the announcer's death?" Minoru asked.

"Yeah….Now that I think about it….There was that creepy noose hanging from the ceiling." Yosuke said. "Yaargh, stop! No more! We gotta stop talking about this. I'm gonna wipe what happened today from my brain. I don't think my poor heart can take anymore."

"I'm feeling a chill too…" Chie shrugged again. "Let's go home. I wanna lie down and rest."

Minoru coughed again. "I agreed to that 99% + 1"

In the Evening, at the Dojima residence.

"Hey, welcome home.." Dojima greeted Souji. Souji sat down. As usual, the Dojimas are having dinner with TV on.

"Uh—Hmm…Well, I doubt you know…" Dojima nervously asked him "But have you heard anything about a student named Saki Konishi?"

"Well….She wasn't at school today." Souji answered truthfully.

"Oh, I see…" Dojima nodded. "To be honest, we got a call from her family. She's disappeared. We've got people looking for her. But she hasn't been found yet."

"Work just keeps piling up." Dojima sighed.

The news was the same as always. It looks like the police haven't made any improvements about the announcer lady's case. But it seems that she was staying at the Amagi Inn, Yukiko's family runs it.

"Is the ramen ready now?" Nanako asked her dad.

"Give it some more time.." Dojima answered.

Suddenly, Souji sneezed. "Sorry, must've catch cold while I was out."

"Don't worry, you're probably still adjusting to the new environment." Dojima said. "Nanako, could you get him some cold medicine?" Nanako ran to the cabinet where they keep their medicines.

"You should get to bed after you take it." Dojima suggested. Souji nodded.

Same time, at the Kirijo residence.

Minoru was coughing in the bathroom.

"Is this…..blood?" Minoru muttered. "Haha....Looks like my time is near...."

Author's note : .......Nothing more to say.......Review please.......please.........please?