"Hey, did you guys see that last night?" Chie asked.
"You mean the midnight channel?" Yosuke asked. "Yeah, but who was that? I mean last time I could make out some details but this time I couldn't tell who it was at all."
"Neither could I." Yu said. "Still, if what we learned is any hint someone's in danger."
"Wait, you mean people who show up on the midnight channel do die?" Chie asked nervously.
"Well sort of, it's way too complicated to explain, though I guess the short answer is yeah." Yosuke said.
"Well all we can do is wait and see what happens tomorrow on the midnight channel." Yu said. "Hopefully we'll get a better picture this time."
"Right, that sounds like a good idea." Chie said.
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"Welcome back." Nanako said quietly.
"Thanks Nanako, is your dad working late again?" Yu asked.
"Yeah." Nanako said.
"Oh, well good night Nanako." Yu said.
"Good night." Nanako said before Yu walked up to his room.
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Hopefully I'll be able to tell who it is this time, Yu thought as the midnight channel began depicting Yukiko in a pink princess dress standing in front of a castle.
"Hello out there, welcome to not a dream not a hoax, princess Yukiko's hunt for her prince charming." Yukiko said into a microphone.
Well that's oddly convenient, Yu thought. Still, what does she mean hunt for her prince charming?
"I've got my lacy unmentionables, stacked from top to bottom." Yukiko said. "I'm going to catch myself a whole harem and keep the best one. Well wish me luck."
With those words Yukiko turned around and ran into the castle.
"What in the world?" Yu asked in shock just before his phone started to ring.
"Did you see that?" Yosuke asked in shock. "I mean that was Yukiko-chan right?"
"Yeah, I have a bad feeling about this." Yu said. "Yukiko's probably in danger."
"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Let's meet up tomorrow at Junes." Yosuke said. "I have an idea."
"Wait Yosuke what are you…" Yu started to say before Yosuke hang up the phone. "I have a bad feeling about this."
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"Morning Nanako." Yu said.
"Good morning." Nanako said quietly.
"Are you alright?" Yu asked.
"I'm ok." Nanako said.
"Well, it you say so." Yu said walking out of the house.
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"Hey there you are, I've been thinking about what happened and I don't think we should go in unprepared this time." Yosuke said walking up to Yu.
"I agree." Yu said.
"Yeah, that's why I thought we should have these." Yosuke said revealing a katana and a dagger. "Which one do you prefer?"
"Neither, why are you waving around weapons?" Yu asked nervously.
"Don't worry, the blades are fake. Though if we're going in we should have a way to defend ourselves." Yosuke said just as a police officer walked up to them.
"Freeze, drop your weapons now." the officer said.
"Huh, no wait just let me explain." Yosuke said nervously.
"Threatening an officer, you two are under arrest." the police officer said.
Good work Yosuke, Yu thought.
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"You two are lucky I was here, you're getting off with a warning." Dojima said. "I still can't believe you'd be stupid enough to pull something like this."
"We're really sorry, it won't happen again." Yosuke said before Dojima walked away. "I guess that was a pretty dumb idea."
"Yeah." Yu said calmly.
"There you guys are." Chie said suddenly.
"Chie, what are you doing here?" Yu asked in confusion.
"I'm here so we can go and rescue Yukiko obviously." Chie said.
"Yeah, that makes sense she is your friend and… Wait what?" Yosuke asked in shock. "No way, it's way too dangerous Chie."
"Look, if it's that dangerous I have to go. I can't just stand around doing nothing while I know she's in danger." Chie said. "You understand right Yu?"
"I get why you want to come with us, but Yosuke's right it's really dangerous." Yu said.
"Besides, we can barely defend ourselves let alone protect you." Yosuke said.
"Yeah, it's too risky. Just leave it to us, we'll rescue Yukiko for you." Yu said calmly.
"No way, I'm going end of discussion." Chie said. "Though why were you guys arrested anyway?"
"That would be my fault, I thought we would need weapons so I brought some fake ones to Junes." Yosuke said.
"Weapons, well in that case I have the perfect place in mind." Chie said. "Come on, you guys."
The moment Chie said that, she walked out of the police station.
"She's not going to let this go is she?" Yu asked.
"I doubt it." Yosuke said. "We should catch up with her."
"Yeah, I agree." Yu said before the two of them ran to catch up with Chie.
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"Ok, how exactly do you know about this place Chie?" Yosuke asked.
"I watch a lot of kung fu movies, and this place has everything from them." Chie said. "I'm sure it has what we'll need."
"Why am I not surprised, well as long as we're here let's look around." Yosuke said before looking at a few weapons. "Hey, what do you think Yu?"
"I don't know." Yu said. "Wait what about these?"
As he said that, Yu picked up a pair of kunai.
"Let me take a look." Yosuke said taking the kunai. "Yeah, not bad. I think these should work out perfectly. So what about you?"
"I think I see something." Yu said grabbing a katana. "This should work."
"Yeah, I think so too." Yosuke said calmly. "Let's meet up at Junes soon, I just have to take care of one thing first."
"Right." Yu said before the three of them walked out of Daidara's Metalworks.
As Yosuke and Chie walked off a blue glow suddenly appeared next to Yu as a door appeared in the wall, and the Velvet Key in Yu's pocket began to glow just before he walked into the door.
(Yukiko has been thrown into the TV world, and Yu, Yosuke, and Chie are preparing to rescue her. Next chapter Igor and Margaret will reveal the nature of their assistance. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)