"What are you three doing here?" Dojima asked walking up to the three of them.

"Wait, you know him?" Chie asked in shock.

"Yeah, he's my uncle." Yu said. "Is everything alright?"

"Actually no, but you three shouldn't worry about that." Dojima said as a younger detective ran past them with his hand over his mouth. "Damn it Adachi, how long are you going to act like a rookie?"

"Sorry sir." Adachi said vomiting.

"Just clean your face, we need to talk with the witnesses." Dojima said in annoyance. "As for you three you should get home."

"Right." Yu said. 'See you two tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow Yu." Chie said with a grin.

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"Oh, welcome back." Nanako said quietly.

"Hi Nanako, is everything alright?" Yu asked.

"Yeah." Nanako said quietly.

"If you're sure, I guess I'll head up in that case. Good night." Yu said calmly.

"Night." Nanako said turning back to the TV.

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"Welcome to the Velvet Room." Igor said calmly. "It seems your recent actions have caused your destiny to change course."

"Change course, what are you talking about?" Yu asked.

"By showing the others the Velvet Key in your possession that allows you to enter the Velvet Room, you've given them the opportunity to enter as well." Margaret said calmly.

"The influence they may have on your future actions very well could be the difference between solving the coming mystery, and forever losing your future." Igor said.

"Thank you for telling me." Yu said calmly.

"Of course, until we meet again." Igor said politely.

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"Good morning Nanako." Yu said. "Is your dad home?"

"No, he's already at work." Nanako said quietly.

"Oh, he is?" Yu asked. "Are you going to be ok?"

"I'll be ok." Nanako said. "Dad's working."

"Will you be alright?" Yu asked.

"I'll be ok." Nanako said quietly.

"Well, alright then." Yu said. "I'll see you tonight Nanako."

"Ok." Nanako said as Yu walked out of the house.

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"Whoa, look out." said a familiar voice just before the brown haired boy from the previous day raced past Yu and crashed into a trash can.

Ouch, that sounded painful, Yu thought walking over and helping take the trash can off the brown haired boy's head. "You alright?"

"Yeah, thanks for the help. Oh yeah, you're the transfer student right?" the brown haired boy asked.

"Yeah, I'm Yu Narukami." Yu said.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Yosuke Hanamura. Oh crap we're running late, do you want a ride?" the brown haired boy asked.

"I think I'm good, I'll see you in class Yosuke." Yu said.

"Alright, see you Yu." Yosuke said.

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"Hey Yu, did you find out anything about that key?" Chie asked.

"Sort of, it goes to a blue door but I don't know where to find it." Yu said.

"What are you guys talking about?" Yosuke asked walking up to Yu and Chie.

"He can show you while you treat us to steaks." Chie said. "Consider it payment for breaking my DVD Yosuke."

"Seriously, come on I can't afford that." Yosuke said defensively.

"You should have thought of that before, right Yukiko?" Chie asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry I need to go help out at the inn today." Yukiko said picking up her bag.

"Help at the inn, does she have a part time job?" Yu asked.

"Oh yeah, you don't know." Chie said. "Yukiko's family owns a hot spring inn."

"Really, that's pretty cool." Yu said.

"It's really not that big a deal." Yukiko said. "Well I'll see you all tomorrow."

"Alright, see you Yukiko." Chie said as Yukiko walked out of the classroom. "Now then how exactly are you going to pay me back for my Trial of the Dragon DVD?"

"Alright already, I get the message how about I treat you two to lunch." Yosuke said. "Will that be enough?"

"We'll see, come on Yu." Chie said.

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"It's not exactly steak, but will this do Chie?" Yosuke asked.

"Yeah, sure." Chie said. "I guess it's better than nothing."

"Yeah, well anyway what were you guys talking about before?" Yosuke asked.

"This." Yu said taking the Velvet Key out of his pocket. "Do you know where it goes?"

"Where it goes, I've never seen anything like that before." Yosuke said in shock before glancing at a different table. "I'll be right back, but we should try to find out where that key goes."

With those words Yosuke walked over to a girl sitting on her own.

"Oh yeah, who's that?" Yu asked. "Is she Yosuke's friend?"

"No, that's Saki Konishi." Chie said. "She's our senpai and Yosuke really likes her."

"Are they dating, or is it more like a crush?" Yu asked.

"Oh it's definitely a crush." Chie said with a smirk.

The moment Chie said that, Saki walked up to the table.

"You must be the new transfer student, Hana-chan was just telling me about you." Saki said politely.

"It's nice to meet you, Chie told me you were our sempai." Yu said calmly.

"Yeah, I'm actually a year older than you but hopefully we can get along this year." Saki said with a smile.

"That sounds good, well I'll see you at school sempai." Yu said before Saki walked back to her table. "She seems nice."

"Yeah, Saki-sempai is really great. She actually works part-time here at Junes." Yosuke said. "Still, I wish she didn't treat me like a younger brother all the time."

"She treats you like a younger brother, so I'm guessing your relationship isn't going the way you want?" Yu asked.

"Chie told you didn't she?" Yosuke asked. "I guess you could say that."

"Don't worry, I'm sure things will work out for you." Yu said.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me." Chie said. "Have either of you heard of the midnight channel?"

"Midnight channel?" Yosuke asked. "What are you talking about?"

"They say if you stare into your TV at midnight on a rainy night, your soul mate will appear on the screen." Chie said.

"You've got to be joking, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." Yosuke said.

"I don't know, it might be worth a try." Yu said.

"He's right, let's all try it tonight." Chie said.

"Fine, it might be good for a laugh." Yosuke said calmly.

(Chie has told Yu and Yosuke about the midnight channel and the three of them are preparing to try it out. Next chapter Yu will try out the midnight channel. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)