"Naoto-kun!" Naoto suddenly heard an echo-y voice from somewhere within her mind. What was that...? Her eyes refused to open and her body refused to move as she tried to clear her foggy senses. She jumped as a loud metallic screech erupted through her head the second she tried to respond to who she assumed to be her friend.

"What the...?" Struggling awake she observed the scene before her. A shadowy figure stood before her with the fuzziness in her gaze not helping to recognise them much. Who she suspected to be the culprit of this whole mess stood a few feet away from the shadowy person in front of her but he was just as blurry as the words the words they spoke. The shadowy figure suddenly turned round and knelt in front of her before taking the necklace from before out of her pocket and adding something to the gauntlets she still wore.

"Hush. Use these well." The voice was such a mish-mash of everything that had know idea if its tone, its gender or its owner as he gently looped the necklace round her neck. Its silver sun and moon pendant glittered in the unnatural light as she gazed at the figure. "Do not share this experience with anyone or I will cease to exist." It's voice was still unreadable but at least her senses could detect it better now. "Now, leave her be."

"Why should I? I –" The figure turned to the other before snarling an icy cold reply completely cutting the culprit of.

"Because I said so. You know the rules. You loose you fulfil the wish of the winner. Now go!" With that a blinding light filled her still recovering vision, rendering them completely useless. Once the light faded and she could see again she noticed the two of them had gone and her entire body began to move almost mechanically without her even realising it.

The pendant glowed an eerie silver as she concentrated on it on instinctive knowledge that she should be able to use it like this.

"Nao...to...kun? Argh!" No... That was Rise's communication link! She had to help them! She swiftly stood before sprinting in a seemingly random direction, somehow knowing that her friends were this way.

"I'm coming..."

"Argh!" Rise was suddenly batted aside by a shadow whilst trying once again to communicate with Naoto. The waves had subsided slightly but were continuing aimlessly towards them! Only Rise, Minato and Kanji stood whilst the rest of the defeated team remained behind them! They couldn't keep this up much longer! "It's weakness is fire!" She called right before another strike threatened to completely wipe her out of the game!

"I'm coming..." That voice... She recognised it but it sounded morphed and filled with static.

"Did you guys hear that?!" Kanji yelled in panic as he avoided a Garudyne spell.

"What was that?!" Minato called in annoyance at the fact that they were pretty much doomed anyway without a boss of some sorts. Suddenly a shadow cast Maragidyne and Maziodyne knocking Rise out cold along with Kanji leaving Minato to be the only one still struggling to stand against the still severe mass of shadows with his mind set solely on Naoto. "Naoto... Where... are you..."

'Boom!' Glancing up his eyes widened at the sight before him...

"Move!" Naoto smashed through shadow after shadow with power flowing through every vein in her body! Finally the team was in sight, well what was left of it that is. This pendant had literally given her enough strength to take on an army! The gauntlets really helped as well! Her gun had been dropped when she had been flung inside the TV world but now that didn't really matter with these bullet firing gauntlets! She suddenly noticed that she was smiling no grinning at her new temporary powers. No. Her body was still moving on its own without her even trying to do anything. This was too easy!

'Bang!' Boom! Double headshot!

"Naoto?" Her cousins week voice came as a shock to her as she'd completely forgotten the reason she'd come her for a minute there. Sprinting forwards she dived past him and slammed head first into a lion like shadow sending it hurtling away before dissolving into thin air! Suddenly a Ziodyne threatened to take her out again! Nope! Bam! Dead! She'd just punched that shadow into next week without even trying!

"Don't worry! I'm still here!" She called as she launched herself high above an incoming shadows head forcing it into the ground as she landed skilfully on its back! "Look out!" In less then a moment the young detective had blocked a powerful Agidyne spell just before it hit her cousin! Sprinting forwards she slid under the shadow firing a bullet into its chest as she passed it before springing to her feet and opening fire upon every single shadow within her extensive range!

"Just die already!" Wait, what? That voice wasn't hers! It's that voice from before!

"N-naoto?" She didn't even turn to her cousin as she spun on her heels, lunching forwards into one on one combat with a 'nice guy' shadow.

"What?" The shadow crumbled like a crisp in her hand as she once again opened fire upon the shadows in front of her!

"Are you okay?" He asked once the waves of shadows subsided completely.

"Yup. Never been better!" Her eyes flashed silver as she slowly approached Minato with a strange grin on her face. What's going on...? Why can't she do anything?!

"Are you sure about that? Where did you get those powers?" He seemed nervous as he probably just noticed the Kirijo group branding on the side of the gauntlets.

"Probably the pendant." As she spoke her voice appeared to glitch from this strange combination of sounds to her regular voice as if she was simply animatronic!

"Can I see that?" Stupid question. He knew it was but if he could just get it away from her then maybe she'd stop creeping towards him as if she were a tiger hunting her prey. This was bad! Stop! Naoto begged her limbs to respond but with no success.

"No." She suddenly pounced forwards only to freeze completely in mid air somehow not falling back towards the ground but just remained frozen. This was weird... After a few moments the eerie glow subsided from her eyes as the pendant suddenly shattered into a million pieces and the gauntlets exploded round her hands before the young detective collapsed to the ground! Every wound she had previously had from the battle from her scarred leg to her blood summered eye stoked a fire of pain as she caught a glimpse of what had prevented her from attacking her cousin.

"You..." She mumbled as the shadowy figure from before turned and left through the shadows in which it stood inches in front of.

"Naoto! Are you okay? What happened?" Naoto scrambled to her feet at her cousins worried tone before looking up at him calmly.

"I'm fine. I can explain later." She wiped the blood from her eye again with slight agitation as she did so. "How are we going to help the others?"

"I don't think I have any Persona's with Recarm. What about you?"

"No. I don't either." Her gaze slowly passed over the rest of the team thoughtfully before it returned to her cousin. "Perhaps we should just remain here and rest until we can continue. It would be safer then travelling to the Velvet room now just to fuse a Persona, whilst leaving the team unprotected."

"Agreed. So what exactly happened? How did you end up here?" He questioned as he motioned for her to take a seat on the damaged stone floor duplicate of Magatsu Inaba.

"W-well the phone call I received about the incident was only delivered because..." Naoto explained her side of the story in as much detail as possible whilst she swiftly took the empty space beside her cousin to rest her wounded leg. His eyes widened as she spoke about the culprit having a Persona and where the now destroyed pendant and gauntlets came from. "So whilst I was unconscious a..." She hastily cut herself of as she realised what she was about to say. "Ugh... I'm not really sure what happened after I woke. I just heard a screech and somehow knew where you all were."

"Hmm..." His eyes narrowed at the almost complete lie she had just spoke. Yes she heard a screech and somehow knew where everyone was but she still had the fuzzy memory of her most likely saviour and that cruel hearted murderer. "That's interesting..." She blink as more blood flooded her eye again. When was this bleeding going to stop?! It was slightly picking up again in her leg as well as her shoulder. His gaze grew worried as she cringed in sudden pain from her wounds. "Aren't you going to heal those?"

"No. I can't. I obtained them outside of this world so I won't be able to." Her hand instinctively wrapped around her leg to try and prevent the crimson liquid from leaving her body. However since she only had two hands she was forced to leave her forehead cut unattended.

"Ah. We'll get them seen to when we can get out of here. Er..." Minato fumbled around in his pockets for something before taking out a packet of tissues. "Here." He then proceeded to gently dab her face where the blood had drizzled to before passing her a few to clean her shoulder with.

"Thank you." Taking a few more she swiftly cleaned her leg as well. She flinched as he touched the wound directly sending strikes of pain through her entire body.

"Uh... Sorry."

"Ugh..." Naoto's gaze swiftly shifted to Yukiko who appeared to be waking up at long last. "Naoto-kun?" She mumbled as their eyes met.

"Hello Senpai. Are you feeling okay?" Stupid question really but it had to be asked.

"Um... Not really." Well that's a good sign she hasn't lost her senses...

"Here." Minato instantly rushed to help her into a sitting position before gently helping her over towards where they were seated so she could lean on the rubble.

"Thanks. Um... What happened?" The raven haired teen rubbed her head as her gaze slowly passed over the others before her eyes widened as she noticed the deep wounds on Naoto. "Are you okay?" She looked genuinely concerned as Minato gently took another tissue and gently padded me head with it again.

"Yes. I'm fine. Once everyone wakes up and we leave here I'm going to get the cuts looked at. Don't worry. I'll explain later." The young detective responded calmly but it wasn't so easy to keep herself from flinching at her cousin's actions.

"A-Are you sure? They look pretty deep..."

"Yes. I am fine Yukiko-senpai." Naoto's gaze turned thoughtful for a moment as she gazed at her friend. "Do you know how to wake up unconscious people without hurting them?" She knew that if you did something wrong to an unconscious person then you could end up seriously hurting them, if not physically then mentally instead.

"Hmm... I think so. Who should I try it on?"

"How about Kanji-kun? With another Persona user awake then me and Minato can try and awaken another Persona with the spell Recarm." Yukiko nodded in understanding before shuffling over to Kanji who laid nearby.

"Kanji-kun?" She gently laid her fingers on the back of his neck softly massaging him as he stirred slightly. "Kanji-kun? Please wake up." When his eyes slowly opened she smiled in slight triumph as he rose into a sitting position.

"Huh? Er... Yukiko-senpai? What happened?" He murmured as he noticed Yukiko kneeling next to him and his eyes widened.

"Oh, I'm not sure, but Naoto-kun and Minato-kun are going to explain later." She stated calmly.

"Oh 'K. Whoa! What 'appened ta you?!" Damn he's shouting again. He'd only just seemed to notice the young detective as she rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"I'm fine Kanji-kun. Can you stay here and guard the team for a little while?" Naoto's slightly agitated tone was laced with pain as Minato touch her wound again.

"Yeah, sure. Ya certain ya wanna go somewhere like that?" His voice was sceptical as he watched her cousin help her stand. She smiled calmly at him before replying.

"Of course Kanji-kun. Me and Minato are going to try to gain a Persona with the Recarm spell. We will return shortly." With that she followed her cousin away towards the Velvet room with slightly uneven strides.

By the time they reached the Velvet room she was limping much worse then before and had been offered help countless times by her cousin which she had refused each and every time.

"Are you sure you don't just want some support? I mean just for a little while!"

"No thank you. We're almost there anyway." As if on cue the Velvet rooms door came into view not to far away from them. Wiping the blood away from her eye once again the two of them stepped through the door.

"Welcome, to the Velvet Room." Igor greeted them as they appeared in the blue room.

"My, my, it would seem as though our guest is in a bit of trouble. Here." Margaret suddenly passed an old deep blue scarf to Naoto who proceeded to tie it around her leg at the lady's encouraging gestures.

"Thank you." The two exchanged a smile before the assistant resumed her stoic professional appearance.

"We'd like to fuse a Persona please Igor. Do you know any that have the Recarm ability?" Minato spoke calmly towards the creepy old man.

"Why, yes I do. You can only fuse one of them though."

"We'll do it." The moment they accepted the Persona Nigi Mitama back into their hearts after fusing it back into existence the two of them left the Velvet room and headed back towards the team.

"Hello again." Naoto suddenly froze as a voice rang through her ears.

"Naoto? What's wrong?" She was staring at a space to their left for know apparent reason before she shook her head and continued after her cousin.

"Oh, um... Nothing."

"Hm? Okay."

"Right... So the whole thing with Souji-kun's family was a hoax to lure us here again?" Naoto shook her head at Yosuke's question.

"Almost. Though perhaps the culprit is aiming for us individually. That would explain why Souji-senpai was never called to the station or back home and why I was the only one requested to do anything." She corrected him calmly as the team neared the exit TV. "Wait..." If it was a trap for her then why was the entire station in darkness and where was everyone else? No...

"What?"

"It just occurred to me that I never even got a glimpse of the police whilst I was there so where are they?" She mumbled that last part thoughtfully.

"Well maybe we should go check on them before we go anywhere else!" The young detective nodded at Chie's suggestion.

"Yes. That sound like a good idea. If they need help or if Akuyaku-san has returned to the scene then they would be at risk of being murdered." Her thoughts seemed to bring a strange atmosphere to the area.

"Yeah. We should go there now." Minato snapped her out of her thoughts just in time to see Souji nod encouragingly at her before leaving the TV world through the stack of TV's. The two cousins exchanged a nervous glance as they landed in the Junes electronics department. They should hurry! "Come on!" Sensing her unease he gently took her hand and pulled her forwards into a brisk pace that Naoto could keep up with. The whole team followed closely behind as she tore her hand away from his before giving him a look to signal to him that doing that made her more uncomfortable then he'd thought. He smiled before focusing back on the task at hand...

Authors Note!

Lol! Explaining will come soon! And don't worry! It will be interesting! (I hope you think so anyway) I'm having fun with this by the way! I only broke that pendant and the gauntlets because I thought Naoto would be too OP with them and the other reasons will be explained in due time my friends! In due time... Anyway Please Read & Review because as always I absolutely LOVE hearring from you all! It makes my entire day better! Also my mind is blown at how many views this story has! Its AMAZING! OVER 4,000 VIEWS! OH MY GOD! Lol :D :D :D XD lol

PS.

Yes Teddie will be next and yes I use unconciousness a lot now and I've only just realised! LOL Also I beat night 5 in Five Nights at Freddy's! AND I have Fuuka on my team in P3P! YAY! Any tips for beating Shadow Teddie? Honestly he is like a living hell! Jk I'm stumped on how to beat him... :D :D :D :D

~DJ H lol