"Welcome to the Velvet Room." Igor said calmly. "Well this is certainly quite unexpected, it seems you've managed to bring along some of your friends."

"Whoa, dude where are we?" Yosuke asked in shock.

"Is this some kind of limousine?" Chie asked.

"Please allow me to explain." Margaret said calmly. "We are residents of the room you currently reside in. It is known as the Velvet Room, a place that exists between dream and reality, between mind and matter. Our job is to aid our guest in achieving his destiny."

"So you can help us fight is that if?" Chie asked.

"No, we provide different types of assistance for our guest." Margaret said calmly.

"My job is to fuse your personas and create new ones." Igor said calmly. "Although I may be able to assist your friends as well, they may not possess the power of the wildcard, but there is one thing I can do for them."

The moment Igor said that, a blue glow appeared around Yosuke and Chie.

"Master, what are you doing?" Margaret asked curiously.

"I'm merely giving them more of a fair chance in the coming year. If they made the effort to come to the Velvet Room they deserve something for their trouble." Igor said as the glow around Yosuke and Chie faded.

"Wow, I feel awesome." Chie said enthusiastically.

"She's right, whatever he did I'm sure glad he did it." Yosuke said.

"What exactly did you do to them?" Yu asked.

"They possess the Magician and Chariot Arcana respectively, so I merely unlocked its power for them." Igor said calmly. (1) "Until we meet again."

With those words a second blue flash enveloped the three persona users.

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"Sensei, what happened?" Teddie asked. "You just started staring into space. Are you alright?"

"Yeah, we're alright." Yu said. "We should head home, but we'll be back to make Yukiko is safe."

"Right, there's no way we're letting Yukiko get hurt." Chie said. "We'll be back tomorrow to save her."

"Well we'll work on saving her, but we shouldn't overdo it. We have time, and I know we'll save her." Yu said calmly.

"Yeah, right." Chie said.

Thou art I… And I art thou… Thou hast established a new bond… It brings thee closer to the truth… Thou shalt be blessed when creating Personas of the Fool Arcana…

Thou art I… And I art thou… Thou hast established a new bond… It brings thee closer to the truth… Thou shalt be blessed when creating Personas of the Chariot Arcana…

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"Hey I don't know about you guys but I'm heading home for today." Chie said. "This was a lot to take in."

"That makes sense, see you Chie." Yosuke said before Chie walked out of the store. "Oh yeah, mind if I ask you something Yu?"

"Sure, what's on your mind Yosuke?" Yu asked.

"Well that room, there was a lot of craziness but what do you think about those two?" Yosuke asked.

"Do you mean Igor and Margaret?" Yu asked.

"Yeah, those two. The old guy kind of freaked me out but that Margaret lady was gorgeous." Yosuke said. "Do you think she'd let me treat her to some steak some time?"

"I don't know Yosuke, I don't know if she can leave the Velvet Room in all honesty." Yu said.

"Well I guess we'll have to ask the next time we see them." Yosuke said thoughtfully. "Anyway, we should get some rest for tomorrow."

"Right, I'll see you tomorrow Yosuke." Yu said calmly.

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"Welcome back." Nanako said politely.

"Thanks Nanako." Yu said. "Is your dad home?"

"No, he isn't coming home tonight." Nanako said. "He's really busy at work."

"That makes sense, well good night Nanako." Yu said calmly.

"Good night." Nanako said quietly.

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"Oh morning Yu." Chie said. "Hey was that some kind of weird dream?"

"I doubt it, ever since Igor gave us that power I've felt different." Yosuke said.

"You too Yosuke?" Chie asked. "You don't think what he did is dangerous do you?"

"I doubt it, Margaret said their job was to help me achieve my destiny." Yu said thoughtfully. "Hurting you guys would be the opposite of that."

"That's a good point, well the only way to find out is to go back and make sure we rescue Yukiko." Yosuke said.

"Right, let's go." Chie said enthusiastically.

"Right." Yu said calmly.

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"Sensei, are we going to look for that Yukiko girl now?" Teddie asked.

"Yeah, can you take us back to the castle?" Yu asked.

"I think so, I still smell someone there and the shadows haven't gotten dangerous yet." Teddie said.

"Right, this time we're definitely rescuing Yukiko." Chie said.

"We're right behind you Chie." Yosuke said calmly.

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"Izanagi." Yu said quickly. "Zio."

The moment the lightning bolt struck the shadow, the image of an angel appeared in Yu's mind only for a second shadow to crash into him.

"Yu, come persona." Yosuke said as just before a small winged creature appeared and healed Yu. "What the, where's Jiraiya?"

"How should I know, come Tomoe." Chie said quickly as her persona appeared and froze a shadow. "Come on, we need to find the stairs quick."

"She's right, let's keep moving." Yu said before slicing a shadow in half with his katana. "Teddie, do you have any idea where Yukiko is?"

"I think there's someone where you guys fought Chie-chan's shadow, but I don't know who it is." Teddie said.

"It has to be her, come on let's go." Chie said.

"Right." Yosuke said calmly.

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"There she is, Yukiko." Chie said quickly.

"Wait, there's something different about her. It has to be the other Yukiko." Yosuke said.

"Oh my, princes are already coming to save me?" Yukiko asked with a smile. "Well I'll only accept the best one."

"The best one, what is she talking about?" Chie asked.

"Just be patient, I promise it will be worth the wait." Yukiko said before disappearing.

"What the, where did she go?" Yosuke asked.

"She has to be on a higher floor, let's keep going." Yu said.

"Right, we're saving her no matter what." Chie said enthusiastically.

(The Investigation team has returned to the TV world in an attempt to rescue Yukiko. Next chapter they will encounter a powerful shadow. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)

(1) (Igor granted Yosuke the power of the Magician Arcana, and Chie the power of the Chariot Arcana, they can use any persona they want as long as it belongs to their own Arcana.)