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May 13th.
Junes food court...
"You know, this is great! This steak is grilled to perfection! I can eat this all day!" Link said cutting up another piece.
"Well, you can't, my wallet's not that deep..." Yosuke sighed opening it counting the money.
"I didn't say you had to pay for it! I've got money to spare! Does anyone want anything?" Link said finishing his bite.
"I've had my fill before, but I'm not one to take advantage of someone." Yosuke sighed putting his wallet away.
"I'll just have a bowl of ramen." Said Yukiko.
"Ok, but I gotta ask, where's your friend?"
"Oh, she's testing out your matresses, you may want to check on the ones after, she has a tendancy of leaving behind chunks of ice everywhere." Link finished his steak and got ordered the rest of the food for everyone else, they finished by the end of the hour and went to go see Cirno.
"Why...? You don't seem so different to us."
"Oh, she's an ice fairy and I'm kokiri, a kind of elf if you would."
"Oh...I get it now..." Yukiko said.
"Hey! Wake up!" Link pouring water on Cirno.
"What?! I was sleeping! Don't do that!" Cirno yelled jumping off the matress and the group laughed.
"You know, you two really seem to make a good couple!" Yosuke started laughing and then Link threw the empty water bottle at him.
"You and Chie do too." Link laughed and Chie and Yosuke glared at him.
"We're not a couple!" They both screamed and Link sceased laughing.
"Now I see it!" Cirno chuckled and fell onto the matress and stood back up.
"On another note, wouldn't it be better if we had everyone's phone numbers? It's in case of an emergency." Link said.
"Good idea." Yosuke whipped out his phone.
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"Now I have to check you into the Amagi inn..." Link sighed and they went to the front desk, and he checked Cirno in.
"Now don't think of this as a date or anything."
"I know it's not."
"I'm going to school tomorrow, though it's too complex for you probably..."
"Ok, so what? Do I hide in here?"
"Yeah, don't make too much noise though."
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May 14th
-After school-
"Whoa, it started raining. Guess the weather report was right." Chie said looking out the window.
"The show's going to be on tonight..." Yosuke said.
"I wonder if we'll see anyone." Said Link.
"Well let's hope not." Yukiko said.
"That'd be best, maybe it'll point to some clue about the killer." Yosuke looked outside the window too.
"Let's not forget to check our Tv's tonight...got it?" Chie asked and everyone nodded.
-Evening-
"Almost midnight..." Link said looking at the clock.
"Well, let's turn it on!" Cirno said reaching for the remote, and the Tv flicked on.
"Hey, someone's there." Link said pointing at it.
"I can hardly see a thing...what's the point of that?" Cirno groaned and fell to the bed.
"We'll have to wait until tomorrow, good night." Link turned off the light and rolled over to sleep in his bed.
May 15th
-Junes food court, Afternoon-
"Ahem, we will now hold a meeting of our investigation of the murder-kidnap crimes in Inaba." Yosuke said trying to sound sophisticated.
"Dude, take a breath." Chie said with a bored look.
"Oh, does that make this place our secret headquarters?" Yukiko asked.
"Not really that secret..." Cirno interrupted.
"Anyways, on the topic of what was on last night,"
"Who was that?" Asked Souji.
"Well, we couldn't see the person's face, but wasn't it a guy?" Chie asked, and Souji nodded.
"It looked like a highschooler, too." He added.
"In our cases, the image on the Midnight Channel changed after we were kidnapped, right?" Yukiko asked.
"Yeah, the screen got clearer every time we watched, instead of looking so low budget. You know Teddie was right, maybe we were seeing the other Yukiko." Yosuke explained.
"But last night, we couldn't clearly see who it was, does that mean he's not in the Tv yet? If so then..."
"He isn't already kidnapped." Souji added.
"I assume that. If we find out who it is before he's kidnapped, couldn't we protect him?" Yukiko asked.
"But, to do that we need to know who the latest star is...I hate to say it, but I think we'll need to wait until another night that it's on." Yosuke sighed.
"Since we cannot see the image at the time, we have to wait until it's on again, to see what happens." Chie restated.
"That's exactly what we just said!" Yosuke glared at Chie.
"Shut up!" Yukiko laughed after Chie yelled.
"Starting another laughing fit I see..." Link rolled his eyes.
"You're so funny Chie! My funny bone!"
"That's not even a real bone, it's just a bunch of nerves." Link hit his forehead.
"Ugh...not again..."
"This is how she is? Huh, who would've thought..." Yosuke said.
"By the way, about that guy we saw, I have the feeling we've seen him before...And recently too."
"You too? Yeah, I've had that feeling since last night. Well let's check the Tv again tonight and see what happens tomorrow." The group nodded.
"I don't get it...what's so funny?" Asked Cirno.
"When are you going to stop that you crazy hyena!"
"Ha, animal jokes." Link chuckled to himself.
-Evening-
"Almost midnight again...hey wake up!" Link said hitting Cirno on the stomach.
"Ow! You really shouldn't wake me up like that!"
"Well I did, it's starting!" Link said as they watched the Tv.
"Why is he trying to punch the air?" Cirno asked.
"I don't know, but we can see better now...ok, let's see...bleached hair, black clothing, and he does look angry." Link wrote all of the details on a notepad.
"Wait, wasn't he on that one news report?" Link asked.
"What?"
"Everyone's talking about it, he was yelling at the camera to 'Get bent' now we have some improtant details about him, we'll see everyone tomorrow."
May 16th
Daytime, Yasogami High School.
"The one who was on last night, it was THAT guy right?" Chie asked.
"It's obvious who it was, Kanji Tatsumi, he was on the news report, and he hated it by the looks of it." Link stated.
"He didn't look like a social type." Yosuke added.
"That I can believe..." Link sighed.
"That special on biker gangs? Yeah i saw it. He wasn't like that when he was younger though." Yukiko said.
"You know him?!" Chie was astonished at the fact.
"Yes, but we haven't talked in a while though, his family owns a textile shop that's been around for many years. So I speak with his mother time-to-time. Why don't we go there now? We may be able to talk to him!"
"Sounds good, at least we can ask if anything's been strange lately. I wouldn't want to run into him in a dark alley, but in the shop I think it'll be fine."
"Alright, let's get going." Yosuke nodded.
-After school-
"Hello." Yukiko greeted as the group came through the door.
"Ah, hello, it's so nice to see you again." The shop keeper answered.
"Well then, if you'll excuse me ma'am..."
"I'm sorry if I couldn't help you more."
"It's alright: You've given me plenty to think about." The person left the store.
"I know I've seen that guy somewhere before..." Link notted.
"Meh, he's a weirdo..." Yosuke replied.
"How can I help you today? Are you shopping with friends?" The shopkeeper asked.
"Well actually..." Souji, Yukiko and Chie walked over to the shopkeeper and started a conversation while Yosuke and Link looked at some fabrics and Cirno watched the fan run.
"Hey, I've seen this scarf before..." Chie said out of the open, and everyone walked over.
"Huh? Oh yeah...where was that again?" Yosuke asked.
"Oh! That place inside the Tv!" Chie said and Link turned to the shopkeeper.
"That's right! That room with all the faceless posters-" Yosuke was cut off in mid-sentence.
"What she ment was that we saw it on Tv." Link sighed and whispered to the two.
"That was close you idiots! Cirno's even being careful of what she says of the other world."
"Are you friends of Ms. Yamano?" The shopkeeper asked.
"Well, kinda. Did Miss Yamano have a scarf like this?" Yosuke asked looking at the pattern again.
"Yes, it was a special order she placed, she actually wanted a pair but only wanted the women's scarf, We had no choice but to sell it seperatly."
"Oh man, there's another connection with the first case! What are we going to do?" Chie questioned.
"Well bye, we'll come by again if we need anything else." Link said abruptly.
"That's fine, say hello to your mother Yukiko." The shopkeeper got up and left the room.
"We only got information about a scarf and none about Kanji...dammit what's going on?" Yosuke asked as they left the store.
"Huh? It's Kanji!" Yukiko looked down the street.
"What? Hide!" Yosuke screamed as they went down an alley.
"You're not fooling anyone you know?" Chie whispered.
"I can't hear what they're saying! Pipe down."
"Well I can't see with all of you in the way, I'm climbing up the wall." Link said about to jump up until Souji stopped him.
"Tomorrows fine with me...School? Yeah I go to school." They eavesdropped on Kanji and the boy.
"Then I'll meet you tomorrow at the gate after school tomorrow." The boy walked away.
"D-Did he say he was interested...?" Kanji scratched his head and turned around facing the group.
"Huh? What the hell are you lookin' at?" Kanji ran towards them.
"Flee!" Link announced and they all went down hill.
"Woo...that was scary! He's even worse in person then on Tv!" Chie weased in exhaustion.
"That was defenitly Kanji on last night..." Yukiko said and they started speculating on the recent happenings.
"Alright, let's try staking out both the textile shop and Kanji. We definetly don't want the killer to be a step ahead of us!" Yosuke said and the group nodded.
"Oh that reminds me...I need to buy tofu on my way home."
"Okay then, the stakeout is set for tomorrow! Hmm...stakeouts, tailing people! I'm getting goosebumps!" Chie smiled to the group.
May 17th
-After School-
"Has the target arrived at school?" Chie whispered as the group was hiding at the gate.
"Yes ma'am! Visual ID confirmed! Target arrived in-zone in the mess break, with mother-issued rations in hand. Current status: In bathroom fixing his hair. The target was acting nervous, I left in time before he had a chance to pick on me!" Yosuke said.
"Nice job Yosuke." Link chuckled and went back in the bush.
"I still don't see why we have to talk like this." Cirno rolled her eyes from behind the stone fence.
"Oh he's here!" Chie notted as Kanji left the gates.
"I didn't keep you waiting I hope." The boy they saw yesterday came up the hill.
"No, I just got here too..." Kanji stuttered and they walked away.
"Wh-What in the world was that?!" Yosuke asked in shock.
"A-Anyways! We gotta hurry after them or we'll loose them!" Chie said quickly.
"Ok, we'll split into groups, one team to follow Kanji, one to stake out the shop, and another in case of backup."
"Roger that! How will we split the teams?"
"Let's go, Yosuke." Souji said.
"I dunno, what if we're the only ones there and what if something happens?" Chie said looking downhill.
"Come on Yosuke! They're almost out of sight!"
"So I'm with Chie? Eh, ok. We'll need to be on a date to make it look natural." Yosuke said.
"Of course you two lovebirds would be together, I'm not surprised at that." Link said falling out of the tree.
"Serves you right! Let's hurry up and go!" Chie exclaimed and they ran down hill.
"Oh um...I guess that leaves us in charge of the textile shop!" Yukiko said to Souji.
"Wait, I'm with Link?" Cirno asked jumping over the fence.
"Yes, we'll see you guys later." They walked down hill and went to the shopping disterict.
"Ugh...of course we're backup...oh well, at least it's not all bad." Link groaned as they walked out of the school zone as well.
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"Hey! Why are Yosuke and Chie across the street?" Cirno groaned as Kanji and the boy were pausing in the street.
"Wow...they are almost right next to each other's hiding places...wow using their phones too to talk to each other...we're better spies then them for sure." Link said drinking a bottle of water.
"Oh now they're fighting about something...and Kanji's looking right at them...hey that guy's leaving!"
"Let's just watch this..." Cirno said looking across the street.
"Now he looks angry...why did Yosuke run away?!" Link noticed.
"We should too! He's looking at us too!" Cirno said grabbing his hand and they ran the same way as the other two.
"Sorry! But we brought trouble!" Yosuke shouted as they sprinted.
"Just run! Now!" Link said.
"Yukiko I'm sorry!" Chie exclaimed as they walked past the others.
"He's chasing them!" Yukiko said.
"Let's run..."
"Wait up! I said wait up! You're dead! So dead!" Kanji shouted still chasing them.
"Crap! He'll catch us all at this rate! Chie you'll be the decoy!" Yosuke said.
"Why me?!"
"You know that line! 'I'll take this! You go ahead without me!' Well it's time to use it now!"
"You do have a point..."
"I wouldn't go with what Yosuke's saying, if I were him I'd be the decoy." Link said running ahead of the group.
"So why aren't you?!"
"Well I don't want to cut someone's arm off here! The police would go insane!" Link shrugged and stopped and took a sharp turn past Kanji.
"Does he want to die?!" Yosuke asked still running and they went to an underpass.
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Link kept on running until he got sick of having to run all the time and waited for Kanji in an alley with a dead end.
"Aha! Gotcha!" Kanji said holding Link by his collar.
"Go ahead, do anything to harm me, I won't care just as long as you don't go after my friends."
"You were spying on me! What the hell man! You never do that!" Kanji was holding up a fist ready to punch Link.
"I wouldn't hit an innocent person if I were you."
"Well you aren't!"
"I wasn't even watching you!"
"Yeah right!"
"My friend was filling me in about what you were doing, didn't sound very interesting though."
"Uh..."
"I'm not trying to make this sound weird, but what's that on the ground?" Link asked pointing to a knit rabbit.
"N-Nothing! Just don't even remember seeing that ok?" Kanji scrambled to the ground to pick it up and dust off the mud and muttered something about having to clean it.
"I won't tell anyone. Did you make it yourself?"
"What made that pop into your mind?!"
"Nothing, just seeing how you don't have siblings and that your family owns a textile shop."
"How do you know all of that?"
"I spoke with your mother when I was exploring around town, I think my friend would love it...It's very detailed." Link said taking the knitted rabbit from Kanji's hands.
"Why do you want it so much!?"
"My friend, she loves stuffed animals, and I want her to have it."
"You want a stuffed toy, only to give it away as a gift?"
"I'll give it back...I didn't think that'd work." Link threw the toy back at Kanji and walked off.
"Hey get back here!" Kanji ran after him and Link used his hookshot to climb up onto the roof of a building nearby.
"I'll see ya later, bye!" Link laughed and ran across the rooves of the buildings and raced back to Junes.
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"You're alive?!" Yosuke said as Link sat at the table.
"Wait...you didn't threaten him or anything, did you?" Cirno asked.
"Nah, he actually let me go, after I he told me not to tell anyone anything about what he has as a hobby."
"Well, spill it!" Chie said.
"I'm not telling, and it wouldn't help us anyways." Link relaxed in his chair after taking a deep breath.
"Did he follow you?" Yosuke asked.
"Nope, he just went home. He was in a hurry though, some guy with five o'clock shadow and seemed really stressed out came by and looked like he knew Kanji, and he asked if he was stirring up trouble or not."
"Hmm...I wonder if it was Dojima?" Chie asked.
"Oh yeah, that's his name, he looked at me and thought I was crazy when I jumped onto the sidewalk from a roof."
"Are you crazy?! Do you know what could happen?"
"No, I do that all the time, except with trees."
"You are crazy..."
"I couldn't help myself, would you rather have someone asking how I got my weapons? Because I would have used them, but no, I decided to jump on some buildings, and everyone's mad at me."
"Dude, calm down!" Yosuke said.
"I'm already calm." Link took a deep breath and Cirno yawned rudely.
"I guess you're tired...I'm tired too."
"But I'm not ti-" Cirno yawned again.
"Haha, of course you aren't..."
"This is entertaining, but weird." Yosuke whispered.
"Alright, we're going, I don't want her to collapse from exhaustion." Link said waving to the group.
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Whew...longest chapter I ever typed! Anywys, if you like this story read my other ones! As always, read on!