(WE'RE GOIN IN THE TV, GUYS!)

An hour after class, you found Yuni's mansion again. When you approached the door, you were greeted by a purple cat maid that vaguely looked like Devil Zukin... only with a sweet pink apron and gentle blue eyes.

"Welcome," she said, "you must be Souji. My sister told me you were coming. Follow me."

She had a sister? You asked her to elaborate.

"Oh, no I don't think we're related," the cat girl replied. "But we're similar yet different from everyone else. You can call me Maid Zukin."

You bowed and learned her name. You removed your shoes but Maid Zukin stopped you from leaving them behind.

"Take those with you," she said, "at least that's what I was told."

It made sense. You didn't want to run in the TV world in your socks. You carried your shoes by your side as Maid Zukin led you back to the room with the large TV screen. Devil Zukin was waiting on the couch, arms and legs crossed impatiently. She saw the cat girl and her face softened.

"Thank you for bringing him here," she said. "I would advise you to let us be alone. Please make sure no one comes in this room until we leave."

"Okay," she agreed. "But... one of these days, I hope you tell me what's going on."

"I will tell you when I'm sure myself," she said.

The purple maid left and locked the door. You saw that it could easily be unlocked from the inside when you were finished exploring.

"Take me in, Souji," the remaining Zukin ordered.

You put on your shoes and then grabbed her bandaged wrist. Then you slowly dove into the television...

You were unused to the feeling of going through the television. The static around you made you feel like you were submerged in a sea of harmless dust-like electrocutions and your ears rang for a second. After you made it through the screen, you went straight into free-fall mode. You fell quickly toward the ground for a little while until Zukin pulled you into her arms and used her wings to slow you down. The two of you landed on your feet at the same time.

You were back on a TV set, as with the TV at Junes, but it was a little different. The lights were primarily set up from the top; there weren't many standing lights. There were a few lights on the floor that, instead of showing plain light, showed changing colors, almost like the lighting you would see in a club. You thought you could hear a song in the distance, but it was very faint. The sound of static was around as well.

You remembered that you were missing your glasses. Without Teddie, you weren't sure how you were going to make it very far, let alone how Zukin was going to survive without any help. The static clouded your vision and blurred your surroundings as you looked for the bat girl.

She seemed to be doing all right. She was exploring the small area; she flew from light to light and around the infinitely distant walls for a minute or two.

Zukin remembered your presence and flew to your side. "Are you all right?" she asked, more curious than concerned. You must have looked as uncomfortable as you felt. You told her it was hard to see.

"Really?" she said. "I can see perfectly fine... perhaps I'm not human after all..." she became distracted and daydreamed for a brief moment. "If I knew how to lend my power, I would. All I know is Konsento obtains my powers instinctively... the first time it happened was when..." her eyebrows jumped as if she gained an idea. "Try keeping your eyes open for a moment."

You did, and she brought your face toward hers. Her soft ruby eyes stared into yours, almost seductively. You could see the glow of her eyes intensify... a surge of energy flowed through you and a noise began to vibrate in your head. Slowly, the vibration became louder and louder until it made a rumbling sound that you thought would render you deaf.

At the same time, you two separated and yelled from brief pain. You rolled onto the ground and your eyes snapped shut until the vibration stopped. When you opened them, you discovered that you could see clearly. You checked on her a distance away; she was all right, and she picked herself up from the ground.

She looked at you and blinked surprisingly. "That's strange," she said, concerned now. "Your eyes are red."

You were scared for a second as you closed your eyes and tapped your eyelids. They felt no different to you, or at least there was no pain. You wanted to see your reflection, but there was no mirror around.

"I don't mean your entire eye," she said, "but your irises are red."

You hoped it was temporary...

Zukins eyes shifted to a blank distance. "I can't explain it but," she said before closing her eyes to focus on something, "I can feel Rage-sama's presence. But perhaps you know this world better than I..."

You told her that you had to rely on someone who knew the victim well. Only when the searching person understood that victim would you find them. You told her to rely on her knowledge of Rage.

She nodded. "I assure you I will find him, then."

You couldn't tell what was going on, but she stretched out her arms. You thought the faint music had a piano in it... it was random but noticeable.

She rotated her body and lowered her left arm. Her right arm was pointing in a direction. "He's there," she said.

You smiled eagerly, now with a lead. Perhaps the fact that she forced you to include her proved to be useful after all.

-.

She led you to a city that coincidentally resembled your home city in Japan. While you were walking, you asked her what the Midnight Channel showed.

"Oh, that's right... you're unable to see it," she said. "Well you see..." She began to describe it to you as vividly as she could remember...

Rage had closed down his takoyaki stand early due to the impending rain making business slow. Zukin also headed home early to avoid the impending storm. It rained heavily as she went in the mansion, motivating her to watch out for the Midnight Channel.

She stared into the large television and saw a broadcast. Rage was in a martial arts gi with a black belt. He had a set of nunchucks and showed off his moves.

"Yo!" he said in between motions. He stopped fighting and took a step closer to the screen. "You wanna know what I think when I look at you? Lazy. You Americans are a bunch of lazy slobs. I'd bet none of you guys could stand up to a strong Japanese fighter such as myself." He revealed his muscles and flexed them. "I challenge anyone and everyone to take me down." He walked into a dojo that seemed to be located in the middle of nowhere.

"Then the channel shut off," she concluded. "I believe we should be looking for that dojo. And there it is."

She and you stopped when you saw a traditional Japanese building in the middle of this unpopulated city. It was bigger than the buildings that surrounded it; you predicted you were about to navigate another long dungeon.

"I can feel him here," Zukin said. "He is up at the top... shall we go in?"

Her once hostile tone had slowly progressed to a neutral one. You wondered if you would be friends with her in time.

She was still physically the leader as she ran in front of you to go inside. You realized then you weren't armed with any weapons. You would have to rely on your spirit power and the Personas; you hoped that they were still with you.

Inside, the rooms were empty hallways and athletic classrooms. You trampled over the thin mats, guilty that your shoes were dirtying the clean floors. You had no time to think about it, as it was hard to keep up with Zukin's incredibly fast pace. You took large steps and swung your arms, yet despite the wind resistance that probably affected her wings, she ran with ease.

"We will find him today," she said quickly, "and get him out of this prison!"

The sound of her voice wasn't normal. You could sense a bit of obsession in her voice. You split up to find all the doors, and then you heard her shout from a distance.

"Come here, this leads to the next level!" she commanded. You followed the sound of her voice and ran down a hallway. You saw the stairs, but noticed she had already gone up without you. You were afraid of how far ahead of you she was and you wondered if she cared where you were. You went up the stairs and looked through the two doors that were open. One led to a dead end and another led to a hallway. While going down the hallway, you heard Rage's voice...

"A challenger, huh? Two challengers! Yes! I've been waiting for you!"

You found Zukin shortly after that. She had stopped to stare at the ceiling.

"I just heard him," she said anxiously, "but I don't see him anywhere."

"We have to hurry."

Zukin covered her mouth. She said it, but a nearly identical voice had spoken at the same time. Your heads circled as you both scanned the room for its source. In the corner, you saw a bat's wings open up, revealing what you believed to be a Shadow, and it looked exactly like Devil Zukin.

You were in trouble.

(Initially, I was gonna have PiX replace Teddie, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get a PiX in the TV.
I should note that, while it is canon that the Konsento in 4th mix inherits power from Devil Zukin, Konami never wrote exactly how it's transferred. I wrote a fanfic that's rotting on my computer somewhere where Zukin gives it to him by staring into his eyes and recycled that idea here.)