Junes

"What took you guys so long?" I was standing at the usual table in the food court, "Why are all three of you in your school uniforms?"

"To hide our weapons," Yosuke stated as a matter of fact, god this was even worse than bringing the weapons in the first time! "What did you bring?"

"You'll see!" I sighed loudly as all three of them stood there. "Ya know, why didn't you just hide them in your normal clothes, after all, they still would have fit? Chie what is your weapon?"

Chie smiled a little as she just nodded at her feet, go figure right? I just sighed and Yosuke finally spoke up again after a few minutes. "We really stick out… Guess it doesn't help that we're in our school uniforms on a Sunday."

"Again!" I threw my hand and slapped my forehead. "Hide them under CASUAL CLOTHES! Chie you didn't even need to hide yours."

They knew I was right, about still they sighed looking at the ground for a moment. "Well everyone ready?"

"The sale should end soon, that'll get rid of some of the people wandering around here. Hey, Chie?" Yosuke grabbed her attention; I already knew where this was going. DUDE you LOST(really why does this like he cares) leave it alone! "You know it's not too late to-"

Chie again beat him to the punch line, god Yosuke, you are an idiot. No matter what would have happened that day, all four of us were going in. Nothing was gonna change that fact. "I'm going!"

"Fine," You could physically see the irritation on Yosuke's face. "But don't push yourself, got it!?"

"Okay people!" I shot my hand into the air pointing a finger straight up into the air. "We got an unscheduled guest appearance on a very shitey budget TV program. So let's get the show on the road!"

Entrance of the Shadow World

The fall through the TV hurt all! l landed right on my back Fuck that hurts Chie only stumbled a bit and then managed to catch herself before falling flat on her face. Yosuke and Yu just kinda landed on their feet like all they did was jump up three inches. "Show offset"

I looked around for a moment, I was surprised by this world inside the tv. Chie noticed a form in the corner by some lights, how she could even see was beyond me. "Whoa, it really is that bear from last time…"

"H-hey guys!?" Yu turned to look at me, I noticed that he now had glasses on, so did Yosuke… what the hell, as far as I could tell they hadn't needed them in our world. "You guys can see in this fog"

Yu just pointed at his glasses, I looked at him for a moment before looking at the shades the bear gave me . I could see that the world was still covered in the thick fog, so the lenses that were in the shade wear what helped me see through the fog. "That's kinda cool!"

Yosuke was focusing most of his efforts to getting Teddie's attention to even notice me; I was now flipping my glasses up and down over my eyes to see if they worked that way. I was having so much fun with it! "What're you doing?"

"Can't you tell?" Teddie sound kinda down for some reason or another. Hell, I could only guess, hmmm IM Up you were sleep yes oh you're in the shadow world i'll tell you how to summon it when we get to where that girl is at. "I'm thinking about stuff. I've been dli-bear-ating over it for a long time now."

That joke was ass haahhhaa you really thought that was funny.

"Uugh," Yosuke groaned at Teddie

for a moment. "You know it might be useless for you to think too much about it. I've seen the inside of your skull, and it was empty."

WHAT DID HE SAY Yo keep your distance from him. like how does he know "HEY HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW!"

"Will you guys shut up!?" Chie was very clearly pissed, I know she was worried but no need to rip off everyone's nads for it god! "Now's not the time for stupid jokes! Listen… Someone came here yesterday, right?"

Teddie seemed surprised for a moment. "Wow! There's a girl with a better nose than me!? What's your name Miss?"

That crazy gang and all way in one " You remind me of someone Teddie"my brother you two just a like

"Oh" Chie look at Teddie with a sigh " I'm Chie"

"Cadence but you can call me Rex" I smiled at him. "Where can we find that person"

"I think it happened a little after I talked with you guys. After that, it felt like someone was here."

Yosuke suddenly seemed surprised by the new information, even though we already freaking knew that Yukiko HAD been kidnapped! "Is it Yukiko-san!?"

"I don't know. I haven't looked…" Teddie seemed content with that statement. "The presence is over that way. That's probably where they are."

"Well," I smiled as I started to walk in the direction Teddie pointed. "Times a wastin', let's get moving ladies and gentlemen"

Everyone just looked at each other for a moment before Chie ran up to my side. "Don't worry Yukiko, I'm coming to get you!"

Yukiko's Castle

"Um," my eyes widened as they fell upon the castle that had appeared on the Midnight Channel. This is the place.

"I don't think it's gonna be that easy…" Yosuke sighed as he looked at one of the statues outside of the castle. "Hey Ted, you're positive that no one's behind a camera for that bizarre midnight program?"

"Program…?" Oh my god the way he said the program made me realize he had no freaking clue what that world meant!

"Maybe people on your side can see stuff in this world." Teddie just over shot my question, maybe he didn't hear me. Oh, well there was no way in hell I was gonna repeat myself. "It might be that. And I told you before! There's only me and Shadows here! There's no 'camera stuff going on. This world has been like this from the beginning."

Hey death what does he mean by beginning. When I was born my father told me I was a reject so we stayed below the world here with all my brothers and sisters " Teddie do you mean your beginning or our beginning"

"I dunno…" Teddie just looked at me with his huge ass eyes. "Can you guys explain everything about your world?"

"Well," I really don't know when our world began "all explain later"

I really did not know when the world began Though Teddie's explanation did pose a really good question that Chie voiced. "Well… is that really what's happening? Are we really looking into this world? Because the first time Yukiko showed up on that channel was before she disappeared. Doesn't that seem off?"

Hey death was that Yukiko on the screen or her shadow I… I don't know actually I don't come up here all."maybe that's wasn't her at all"

Chie nodded. "You're right; I mean Yukiko was also saying things like 'score myself a hot stud?' That's not like her at all!"

Teddie seemed confused when Chie finished her sentence. "'Score?' 'Stud…?'"this Baer says everything he hears

"Yeah," Yosuke spoke up with us as well; it seemed for how retarded he was earlier, he was actually on the same page as us, so he was smarter than I was giving him credit for. "I couldn't believe it either… Yukiko-san would never say anything like that. I wonder… is this kinda like happened to me last time…?"

"What did it say!?"

"You still don't need to know!"

"There's a lot of stuff I still don't get." Teddie sounded like he had some confidence in himself suddenly! "But after hearing your story… I think that 'program' happens because of the person who appears on it. Or something like that…"

Hmmm STOP DOING THAT stop doing what you're wasting time let's go ok Mr boss pants

Chie suddenly got worried for a moment. "Hey do you feel Yukiko's presence from inside?"

"I'm pretty sure." Teddie smiled a little as thought about his next words. "So, um what's this 'scoring with a hot stud' thing…?"

"Yukiko's here…" Chie stated that like it was the plain truth and nothing but the truth, which was actually right, but still… "I'm going on ahead!"

The moment those words left her mouth we all started to freak out, I even went into a coughing fit so hard I had to wait a moment to regain my breath. Yosuke tried to grab her attention, which it clearly failed because she just ran ahead anyway. "Hey, wait! Don't go alone!"

"Goddamnit Chie!" I started to run ahead as well, they guys tried to grab my attention, but I just ignored them, Chie was my main objective at the moment. Time to fight.

I could kinda see her ahead of me and that's also when I saw them for the first time. Shadows, some of them looked like giant mouths, others like tables with mask, hell I even saw a glove. Some of them where lying on the ground as though Chie had kicked them. How do I... open your head and say persona ok

"Per" I open my head

"Son"

"Na"Time for the real funny

A long black creature appeared with sharp teeth and claws and white eyes which I think is Death I see moves on the appear I see one say Die for me look like a have to say it "DIE FOR ME" Death he sends out a.. I'm going be real I don't know what the fuck he sent but in kill the shadow death go back in to me wasn't that badass.

Yu and Yosuke walk up to me "you have a person" Yosuke says with a shock face "yes" I say with a smile on my face

"Good job" Yu said with a good job team ahh face

"Ok guys let's get through these shadows" We ready our weapons I pulled out my gun Yu and Yosuke just looked at me "Hey I'm Rex sloped the gun is for I can stay safe"

Some shadows try to stop us, but our personas make quick work of them. The shadows are ignoring Chie and are focusing on us and our personas. After defeating a whole swarm of shadows, obtaining new personas, and our personas learning new moves we arrive at a door and Chie is right behind it. Yu opens the door and we walk up to Chie. I then ran over to her.

"Chie! Are you all right!?" She didn't say anything.

"Chie…?" I said again only to get no response again The the fuck is wrong with her.

'She said that red looks good on me…' Was… that…Yukiko

"Yukiko-sun!?" Yosuke spoke up looking around.

'I hated my name… Yukiko… "Snow" '

'Snow is cold and it melts quickly… It's transient… worthless…'

'But it's perfect for me… Apart from inheriting the inn worthless…'

'Still… Chie told me that red looks good on me'

"I know what's happening" it's her inner thoughts everyone has them. Really yes I have them Yosuke had them and Yu probably had them it looks like Yosuke had the same idea might as well ask him

" Hey Are these Yukiko-san's inner thoughts?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Yes," Yosuke nodded his head. "I remember hearing Saki-senpai's too…"

Teddie decided to drop a pretty important piece of information on us all of a sudden… "Yeah. This castle is probably here because of this Yukiko person."

What could this castle mean to her?

Yukiko voice spoke again "Chie was the only one who gave my life meaning… She's bright and strong, and she can do anything… She has everything that I don't… Compared to Chie, I'm… I'm…"

God Damm yapping Queen of yapping yes

"Chie protects me…" Yukiko was getting into some pretty personal stuff now, I thought about plugging my ears, but I thought about it and the more stuff I heard the easier it would be to tell what I wanted, besides you just couldn't stop listening. "She looks after my worthless life… And I… I don't deserve any of it… Chie is so kind…"

With that the random thoughts of Yukiko segment of the show came to a close, yet it led into my least favorite memory of my life, seeing what a shadow could become… Chie was still absorbed in the thoughts of her best friend that she had heard. "Yukiko, I-I…"

"Hey Chie," Placed my hand on her shoulder to try and comfort her. "You oka-"

"'Chie is so kind,' huh? What a joke." I jumped when I heard the next voice, it was distorted but you could clearly tell whose it was. I thought I was hearing things until a figure appeared out of the shadows. Chie was more surprised than anyone else as another version of her came out of the shade, it looked just like her, only it had a dark aura and last I checked, Chie's eyes were brown, not demonic yellow, a shadow just like Yosuke.

"Wh-what…!?

The guys must have known what it was because they were the least surprised by the second Chie's appearance, "Oh man… Is that…!?"

"It's just like Yosuke!" Yu just nodded in agreement with Teddie still waiting for a moment to attack. "She lost control over her suppressed self! Now it's a shadow!"

Okay my theory of the Midnight Channel was closer to being proven hmmm the shadow is looking at Chie. So if the shadow her so she laughed at Yukiko's pain that one fuck up friend. "Are we talking about THAT Yukiko!? She says I'm protecting her!? She says she's worthless!" It laughed at its own joke. It was a little funny. that not funny! That's how it should be, right?"

( I'm not going to lie you how you can skip the cutscene I'm going to skip where she gets her persona why I have stuff to do tomorrow)

What happened…?" Chie asked as she looked up and noticed her shadow. "What's the matter…? Got nothing to say anymore?"

"Chie," Yu shook his head at her. "Don't, if you continue to deny it…"

"B-but…"

I smiled and patted her on the shoulder. "It's fine, if these three don't get it but I do I had a friend I was envious of at least once." Me too It was my brother the Fool no one asked.

"Cadence is right" Yosuke sighed and looked at the ground. "I went through the same thing."

"Shut up she didn't ask" you too I was trying help Bitch!

"Chie," I looked back at her. "It doesn't matter what other people think about you, and you know that I know this one more than anyone here. Yet, you just need to think about the things that make you, you!"

Yosuke sighed. "Everyone has a side like this."

Chie suddenly looked sad, yet she turned to her shadow with determination. "Yeah… I kinda get it now. You are me… A side of me I couldn't forgive… That I tried to ignore… But you still exist. You're a part of me…"

Chie's shadow and just nodded at her, before being enveloped in a beautiful blue light, it changed form again, only this time it had a long white helmet that you could see two eyes in. She wore a yellow jump suit and an armored skirt. Instead of a whip it had a double sided ninjinta, I was in awe. This was one of the most amazing things I had ever seen. I heard Chie whisper her new persona's name. "Tomoe…"

"I… Um," Chie seemed flustered over something, and I think I knew what it was. "It's true that part of me feels that way… But I wasn't lying about being friends with Yukiko…!"

Yosuke chuckled slightly. "Like we didn't know that already."

The moment Yosuke finished his sentence, Chie fell to her knees, scaring the crap out of me, yet when I went to help her,pain shot through my shoulder. When I got pulled up into the sky ( the part I didn't write) "Ow! That still hurts!"

"H-hey Chie!" Wow we really care about only care about female like I'm hurt to

I'm okay… Just a little tired…"

"Chie," I grabbed her attention and her expression turned from pained to shock to concern in less than ten seconds. "I need to go home, don't you even think of interrupting me, you look like you just ran three marathons, so you need rest. And I need a bath"

"I bet," Yosuke wrapped his hand around his chin in thought. "You can use the same we have now." Chie looked shocked at this bit of information. "Hey Yu, what should we do?"

"We should go back for the day." Yu knew what was going on and what needed to be done.

"Yeah," I nodded my head. "After all, Chie could use the rest, and I don't think I'm gonna be up for a fight any time soon."

"I-I never said I needed a break!" Chie blasted through our concerns for her and forgot that I was injured. "I… can still keep going…"

"It's not that you think you can't," Yosuke tried to talk her down from her high horse."just look at Cadence he going through it you continue on we might be alright, and we might save Yukiko, but it could very well be at the cost of someone's life."

When did he start caring about me, you're still not talking okay.

"B-but Yukiko's still here!" Chie tried to get to her feet, only to fall back to her knees. Teddie ran in front of her to try and stop her.

"Don't overdo it!"

"Chie," I put my hand on her shoulder. "Now that you have the power, you can fight with us It would be best for everyone to rest for the night and regain their strength."

"B-but," Chie was beginning to get desperate for any reason to go and save her best friend. "If those were Yukiko's true feelings, I need to tell her something. I'm not as strong as she thinks! It's because she was with me… Because we were always together, I was able to act that way. If we weren't, I'd…"

I looked up at Yosuke and he nodded at me. "Look Chie, you can tell her that tomorrow, when we save her, and my word is my bond

"But the shadows"

"I don't think Shadows attack normal people, or Personaless, unless provoked!"

"The Shadows only attack when the fog lifts here." Teddie was trying to back up my argument, so was Yosuke, I think he knew what the answer to his question was, he just wanted Chie to hear it.

"So Yukiko-san will be safe until then, right?" Teddie nodded at Yosuke's question.

"I'm positive." Me and Chie were both confused, but I thought it'd be best for her to question this logic.

"Why…? I don't get it…"

"Teddie told us that the weather here is the opposite or our own world." I was surprised that Yosuke spoke up explaining this information. "When it fogs over in our world… That's the day it lifts here, and that's when the Shadows attack their victim."

"So," I was grinning brightly. "If we leave for the night, she'll be fine. After all, that's what happened for the announcer and Saki-senpai, Might as well."

"You mean…" Chie was shocked at this shocking revelation that had been brought upon her. "They were killed by their other selves?"

"The fog usually appears after it rains." Yosuke was now just trying to console her of her fears now. "But it's been sunny lately. I don't think it's going to rain anytime soon. Don't worry so much. We'll check the weather forecast first thing when we get back."

"Or just come back tomorrow!" I pointed a finger in Yosuke face, which shot some pain through my shoulder. Wait I don't feel it anymore hmm what wrong with me

Entrance of the Shadow World

"I… I'm feeling even worse than the last time I came in here…" Chie looked even paler than when she had gotten her Persona. "My head feels like it's gonna split open… Are you guys okay?"

"Oh," I had kinda forgotten about the fog with these shades "She doesn't have a pair of glasses"

Oh yeah…" Please tell me she didn't just notice that the guys were wearing glasses… "What's with those glasses? Did your eyesight go bad?"

Oh. Dear. God, I may have friends for once, but they ain't all that bright… "Man… You didn't notice until now? How panicked were you…?"

Teddie suddenly spoke up. "Tum de dummm! I got a pair ready for Chie-chan, too." Teddie pulled the glasses out of nowhere and handed them to Chie.

"Dude," I raised an eyebrow at the colorful bear. "Where did you pull those out of!?"

"I just made them…"

"Cool."

Chie put the glasses on and was instantly amazed at the yellow framed glasses. "Whoa! What the-!? This is awesome! It's like the fog doesn't exist! Huh… so that's the trick. I was wondering how you guys could see where you were going. Hey, is it alright if I keep these?"

"Fo' sho!" Everyone groaned at Teddie's attempt to try and be shocked.

"Crap that's right!" Yosuke looked around quickly. "Really quickly! Yu would you mind being our leader?"

Yu just shrugged for a moment. "Sure" they made I didn't put my vote on him.

"Good, I'm more of the advisor type." Yosuke smirked at Yu, for a moment, and then Chie smiled softly.

"I'll feel better with you as our leader."

"Rex slode doesn't have a leader but Cadence would feel better if you were the leader" Everyone smiled at me. I may not be in the game anymore but having them is all I need.