Chapter 16 ~ Chie's 'Great' Attack Strategy

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I think Nanako was a little miffed that I left her alone after getting my guitar. However, it was the only thing I could get, and I didn't have to afford a weapon of some sort. I had changed into my school uniform (even more things to create suspicion), and Kana was wearing what looked like an ancient sort of dress that she had been wearing before. She really did look like an alter-ego of me. I kept asking myself if she was my Shadow or not, but that then brought up the question..

"O-Oi, Kana.. Why did you pull me out of the crowd?"

"Oh, that?" She sighed, placing her hands in front and walking alongside me, "You had just entered the Velvet Room, and you usually space out when doing so. I don't think you're used to it yet, though.. So, that explains why you were passed out on the ground."

"How do you know what it is?" Another question, but even as a Shadow, that seems kind of weird. "A-And don't give me that I'm part of you bullcrap! I want to know."

"Well, Konagi-sama.. What else am I supposed to do?" She shook her head, "I couldn't leave you on the floor like that, and I can't reveal everything about myself just yet.. All I know is, I'm your Shadow. However, I do not wish to fight you like Yosuke's did."

"Weird..." I felt my eyes narrow; It's not like I didn't want to believe her, but something smelt fishy about all of this. Though, all my thoughts cleared away for a few seconds when I saw Yosuke talking to Chie in Junes. We walked up to them, and the first thing Chie noticed about us was the little girl.

"Hey. Who's this supposed to be?" She pointed to Kana, who then bowed with manners.

"My name is Kana. I am Konagi-sama's Shadow."

"I-I told you to call me Remi!" Was all I could think of saying.

"Shadow..?" Chie tilted her head.

"We'll explain it to you later." Yosuke blew it off, giving Chie a look for some reason before nodding to me. "Okay. Let's get going, then."

…

I wasn't surprised when I saw Teddie standing in the "TV World." In fact, I was more relieved. That just showed that I wasn't hallucinating from before.

"It really is that bear from before.." I'm surprised Chie could even see without those glasses on. Then again, Kana's in here, too. I wonder if Kana can see stuff as well?

"What's up?" Yosuke walked closer to him, "Is something wrong?"

"Can't you tell I'm thinking..?" Teddie's voice didn't sound as cheery as it did before. He was just shaking his head around in frustration, and I couldn't help but feel sorry for the blue guy. "I've been deli-bear-ating about it for some time now; It's really hurting my head.." A pause, "..That wasn't a bad joke after all!"

Yep. He'd be fine after all.

"So.. did you find out anything? It's kind of useless to think about it so much; Your head is empty, you know." Yosuke. Wasn't that a bad thing to say? True, but bad?

"How rude!" Teddie stomped his foot against the floor, "You are right, though. No matter how hard I try, I get nothing as a result."

"P-Poor bear..." Kana walked up to him and pat the top of his head, "It must be hard not to recollect anything from before.."

I.. Felt a bit of pity towards Kana as well. She may be my Shadow, but she must not have much clue about the world itself except from me. I just watched them, smiling a bit because of how she was acting towards Teddie. Teddie at some point stuttered.

"W-Who's this?" He blinked, still feeling her nuzzle his cheek with her own.

"This is Kana; My apparent Shadow," I muttered, "She wants to assist us when it comes to fighting the Shadows as well."

"Well, now's not the time for introductions!" Chie screeched, "Listen: Someone came here yesterday, right?"

"Whoa! She has a better nose than I do?" Teddie blinked, his eyes widened. "What's your name?"

"Miss..?" She groaned, pinching the bridge of her nose before continuing, "It's Chie. Never mind that, though. Tell me about that someone!"

"I think it happened right after you guys left," Teddie explained, "It was then that it felt like someone was in here."

"Is it Yukiko-san?" Was all Yosuke could ask him, wanting to make sure.

"I haven't looked, so I wouldn't know..." Teddie then turned to his right and pointed, "The presence came from over there, so that's probably where it's at."

"Over there, huh..?" Chie looked down before looking back to us with a clearly angered face. "Is everyone

"Y-Yeah!" Said Yosuke.

"No problem." I reassured, but it was mostly for myself. I had a bad feeling that something was going to happen between all of us; That for sure would suck...

And right when I told myself that, I noticed Chie run off in the direction Teddie was pointing that. Was she stupid? No matter, it was up to Yosuke, Teddie, and I to follow her and track her down.

…

Jeez, why is it that whenever I walk towards some sort of place in here, it's always surrounded by Red and Black? It reminds me of that weird dream I had, but... It's just so weird seeing it all around us. The castle itself was huge; Kind of like something you'd see in those fantasy books. Though, that red was totally messing with my eyes right now.

"Y'think this is the place they showed on the TV last time?" Chie asked us both, and I had to agree. This looked so similar to what we saw on TV...

"Are you sure there's no, like, Camera or anything of the sort here?" Yosuke was antagonizing Teddie. I highly doubt we'd have working Cameras here if we didn't have much luck the first time we came in here.

"'Program..?' I dunno." Teddie was already including some logic here, "Maybe people on your side of the world can see what's happening in here. It could be that possibility. Not to mention, I told you that it's only me and Shadows here!"

"Konagi-sama," Ugh. Here we ago again, "I sense something coming from that castle, but I don't sense anything that is similar to a "camera" in this world. The bear must be telling the truth."

"I see..." I bit my lip, before walking a few more steps forward to look at what was inside the castle.

"Teddie mentioned something about it being like this 'From the Beginning...'" Yosuke pointed out, "What I don't get is; What beginning?"

"I wouldn't know; It would be like explaining things in your world." Teddie sighed, "I've never seen anything about this 'Program' thing, so I would not know at all."

"Is that really what's happening, though? Are we really looking through this world?" At least Chie started to speak again. She went awfully quiet for a minute there. "Think about when Yukiko first showed up on that Channel; Wasn't she acting a little off?"

"When you think about it, she was." About time I finally started talking, "She doesn't seem like the type to be acting like that in front of a camera. In fact, she was trying to get away from the Cameras when interviewed."

"Yeah. Saying stuff like 'score myself a hot stud' doesn't sound like her at all!"

"'Score..?' 'Stud..?'" Teddie blinked.

"Same here, I couldn't believe a word of what she said." Yosuke. "... I wonder if this is what happened like last time?"

"I don't understand much from what you have told me, but..." Teddie was looking directly at me now, "Whatever 'program' is playing right now might be playing due to the person that appears on it."

"So.. Yukiko is doing this herself?" Chie asked yet another question that none of us got.

"This is so confusing.. Even for me!" Kana held her head, wincing. "I don't know who Yukiko is... But I feel someone inside of here."

"I see..."

"By the way, what's this 'scoring with a hot stud' thing?" Teddie deserved to be ignored. I didn't want to explain this whole thing to him right now.

"If Yukiko's here, then I'm going on ahead!" Was all Chie said before she dashed off away from us. I couldn't grab her, Kana couldn't grab her, but we saw her warp inside the castle before we could catch her. Dammit! This wasn't good at all!

"Aagh!" I grit my teeth, "Why did this have to happen now? Let's start following after her!"

"Hurry!" Teddie spoke out, "There's tons of Shadows around!"

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