"Oh, morning Yu." Chie said calmly walking up to him.

"Good morning Chie." Yu said. "Are you feeling any better after what we talked about yesterday?"

"Not exactly, I mean I guess a little bit but it's still freaking me out." Chie said nervously before shaking her head. "Actually, Yukiko and I were talking and we thought it might be a good idea to pick up some ingredients for some curry."

"Curry, oh you mean for the trip. Sure I can head over with you two." Yu said calmly.

"Thanks Yu." Chie said with a smile. "We can talk to Yosuke and head over after school."

"That sounds like a plan." Yu said as the two of them walked into the school

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"Huh, curry ingredients?" Yosuke asked in surprise. "That sounds amazing, but I'm going to have to trust you guys to handle that."

"You don't want to come with us Yosuke?" Yu asked. "Why not?"

"I have something to take care of for the trip." Yosuke said.

"Well alright, are you ready to head to Junes Yu?" Yukiko asked as Yosuke walked out of the classroom.

"Yeah, so we're getting curry ingredients?" Yu asked curiously. "What kind of curry did you two have in mind?"

"We didn't have anything specific planned, but curry shouldn't that hard right." Chie said thoughtfully.

"Chie's right, I'm sure something will come to us when we see the ingredients." Yukiko said in agreement before walking out of the classroom with Chie as Yu just stood at his desk.

"Yosuke, we're likely in grave danger." Yu said quietly.

"Huh, is something wrong?" Chie asked popping her head back into the room.

"Oh, it's nothing, just thinking to myself, so shall we go pick up the ingredients?" Yu asked calmly.

"That sounds good to me." Chie smiled.

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"Kanji, just the man I was looking for." Yosuke said walking up to him. "Are you free for a while after school?"

"Huh, I guess but what's up Yosuke-sempai?" Kanji asked curiously.

"Well, the trips coming up and I needed to get a few last-minute things." Yosuke said calmly. "I was wondering if you had some time to head to Junes with me."

"If you want but what do you need? I thought Yukiko-sempai said they were getting the ingredients for the food." Kanji said thoughtfully.

"I know, and I trust them to take care of that." Yosuke said calmly. "I have a few other things to take care of before we get going."

"If you say so, we heading over now?" Kanji asked.

"Yeah." Yosuke said before the two of them walked out of the school.

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"Oh, welcome home big bro." Nanako smiled.

"Hi Nanako, how was your day?" Yu asked while walking to sit next to her with a nervous smile.

"Huh, what's wrong?" Nanako asked. "Are you not feeling well big bro?"

"I'm ok." Yu said reassuring her. "Just a little nervous for the trip."

"Oh, well it should be fine. You're going with your friends right big bro?" Nanako asked. "Dad says it's good for you too."

"Yeah, you're right Nanako." Yu said with a smile. "Who knows, maybe this trip will be just the thing I need."

"Nanako, I'm home." Dojima said suddenly. "Oh, this is a surprise. Usually I'm home before you when I get the chance to head home for the night."

"My friends finished picking up… curry ingredients quicker than I thought they would." Yu said quietly.

"You don't sound too happy about that, not a fan of curry?" Dojima asked.

"No, I like curry." Yu said calmly. "It's just… well Yukiko and Chie had some interesting ideas for ingredients. Squid for one, along with coffee and chocolate."

"I see, well it certainly sounds like you'll have a unique taste to the curry." Dojima said. "Still, I'd recommend not calling them out on their cooking."

"Yeah, I know." Yu said before taking a deep breath. "Well hopefully the fresh air will do me some good."

"Yeah, it probably should." Dojima said in agreement.

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"Morning partner, you all set for the trip tomorrow?" Yosuke asked with a grin.

"As ready as I can be, what about you?" Yu asked.

"I'm looking forward to it, something tells me it'll be a trip we remember for a long time." Yosuke said calmly before lowering his voice. "Have you seen anything about that though?"

"Not yet, if the culprit is going to try something though it would probably be soon. We've stopped them twice already." Yu said thoughtfully. "We'll have to keep our eyes open and on the Midnight Channel."

"Yeah, you're right." Yosuke said in agreement. "That aside though, there's something else that's been bugging me ever since Chie mentioned that. If the culprit knows about the Midnight Channel they should have known what we were doing when we saved Yukiko."

"That's true, but they haven't done anything yet even though we saved Kanji too." Yu said calmly. "Actually they might be planning on slowing us down the next time we go into the TV."

"Huh, now that you mention that would make sense." Yosuke said thoughtfully. "They should be watching the midnight channel so when the next victim gets thrown into the TV they could just wait for us to figure out who it is and then intercept us before we can save them."

"Exactly, and if we were to die in the TV world that would be four more bodies. We need to be even more careful than before." Yu said. "Still, it isn't supposed to rain for a few days so what we need to do is just keep our eyes open in case something unusual happens."

"You have a good point, anyway we should be in a great mood. The trip's tomorrow right?" Yosuke asked with another grin. "So are you looking forward to it."

"It should be interesting." Yu said as the two of them walked into the school.

(The preparations for the school trip are complete but the threat of the culprit is still hanging over the heads of the Investigation Team. Next chapter Chie and Yukiko will reveal what the trip really is, and it will begin. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)