I tried making a long chapter but later realized that it is beyond my power, I think. Anyways I'd like to thank all my readers. I'd like to thank Rosalinda Lancaster Leonhart and Barajou29 for following/favoriting. I hope to you guys like this and that you'd tell me what you think.

Yu wandered around Paulownia Mall with nothing to do. Everyone he knew was busy. Yosuke and Chie went back home to Inaba to deal some things with their own other work and wouldn't be back till the following day. Kanji and Yukiko, despite their coming graduation, were still very busy with their studies on their chosen field. Rise had an interview. Everyone else was busy either with their own lives or with their investigation on the 'mysterious girl.'

Yu could have gone off to visit Nanako but his own curiosity on his fellow wild card won over his brotherly love for his cousin. There was something about her that bothered him greatly, but he wasn't sure what it was.

He would always wonder how a normal girl like her be such an issue to his older friends (aka his seniors) - how they always kept an eye on her to the point of watching her 24/7 on monitor. Yu tried to ask why not do the same for the other two - their friends who were supposedly either dead or not n earth - but they simply ignored his question as if they didn't hear him.

He felt sorry for the girl for not having her privacy. Whenever he would watch her, he would sometimes see her cry till she falls asleep. Sometimes she would ball into a corner and mutter something that no one can hear. But on rare occasions he would see her with a soft smile on her face. Her eyes looked like it was brimming in hope whenever she looked at the contents of the box she hides under her bed. Yu always wondered what was inside it.

"Welcome to the Velvet Room, Master Yu." The three gorgeous siblings smiled at him. He gave them his own greeting before taking his seat. After spending a few years in Port Island, he had grown accustomed to the younger siblings. Their child-like innocence to the outside world always amused him.

"Igor," Yu started, "would it be okay if I asked you about the other guests of this room?"

The long-nosed man stared at him for a moment. "I'm afraid I cannot do that, Master. It is against our policies to disclose any personal information concerning our other guests." Yu sighed. I thought so... "Also they insisted that they would be the ones to disclose any relevant information."

"Excuse me," Elizabeth stepped forward. She looked at Igor for confirmation before continuing. "One of our guests wanted us to warn you, Yu, about the coming danger." This caught Yu's attention. "The fragments of the dark entities fused together to create a being so powerful that it will destroy all universes."

"What would happen if we don't deal with them?" Yu asked. Theodore looked deeply troubled. Though it was not rare to see the male like this, Yu could tell that something was different.

"They would feed on the memories of people," the male clad I blue said. "Though at first it may seem harmless, unnoticeable even, it can cause something far more dreadful. Aside from feasting on memories, it can also expunge one's very existence once every memory of him is effaced from everyone's minds."

The room was silent. Yu stared at the youngest of the siblings absently.

"It can wipe out everything to nothing," Margaret said calmly. "I'm afraid that even we do not know a way to prevent this. The fate of everything, even ours-" she gestured to her younger siblings and Igor, "-rest in the hands of this one guest."

"No way..." Yu clenched his cold, shaking hand into a fist. After what we heard, saying he was scared was an understatement. Yu was terrified. He imagined how it would feel like being forgotten by everyone he knew, and then disappearing all alone without anyone shedding a single tear for you because they didn't remember who you are. Yu wouldn't be able to bear it. He didn't want to be forgotten at the same time he did not want to forget his family and friends.

"Do not worry Master Yu," Igor said as he read the cards on his table; Yu didn't realize that the long-nosed man was performing his divination. "Circumstances will let our other guest to reveal to you information part by part. For now, please beware of venturing the other world, especially the tower of memories on a full moon."

"Tower of memories?" Yu was confused. He pondered about it. "What is that..." he muttered. Then it hit him. The siblings smiled when they saw the realization on his face. "I'm afraid this is where we end our conversation for today." Igor looked up to Yu with his usual smile. "Until next time, Master Yu."

When Yu opened his eyes he saw crimson pools staring back at him. He recognized her immediately when he came back to his senses. "Minako Arisato, right?" he knew her name but he wanted to make sure that it was her.

"Yes!" she said oozing with energy as he beamed at him. "You're that guy with Mitsuru-senpai. The one who can change personas too."

"Yu Narukami."

Yu offered his hand and the girl shook it curtly. "It's nice meeting you Narukami-san. I have to go to work now. See you next time!" The girl waved and disappeared into the cafe. Not long after she went out with an umbrella in hand.

"Are you going home?" Yu nodded. "Do you have an umbrella?" Yu shook his head. The girl gave him the umbrella she has holding. Yu looked at her, puzzled. "It's raining outside. Since I have two with me now, I'll lend you this one." He smiled at her kindness. He said "thank you" to her before leaving which she returned with a "have a safe trip back".

Did she just call Mitsuru-san "Mitsuru-senpai"? He opened the umbrella and walked back to his apartment.

It was less than an hour before midnight by the time Yu got home. The rain showed him no mercy and soaked him through the bone. He took a quick, warm bath and cursed the rain for what it did to him. Good thing I survived.

When he was finally done, he decided to flop down the sofa. He turned on the TV and watched the late night news. He tried to understand what the news was all about but realized that he can't - he just learned something really horrifying earlier, that day.

He turned off the TV and decided to go to bed. What happened next shocked him. Yu stared at the TV wide-eyed. A blurry figure appeared. He couldn't tell whether it was a girl or a boy. Before the image could become clear enough for him to distinguish, it disappeared.

His phone suddenly rang. He knew it was Yosuke. "Dude, you won't believe this but-"

"The Midnight channel is back again."

"It's nationwide this time now, isn't it?"

"Well, I'm still in Port Island."

"The world must be ending," Yosuke groaned. If only he knew how true that was, was what Yu thought. "But we're on the case, right partner?"

Yu was silent for a while. "I don't know what to do," he said. His grip on his phone tightened. "But no matter what, we're on the case." Yu was dripping with determination. We will stop this.

"I knew you'd say that, or maybe something close to that."

Yu smiled. As long as I have everyone, I'm sure we can do this.