"Yosuke!" Yukiko shouts out as she sees her friend and his shadow clash. Her eyes are wide, but there's anger there, not fear. A fight she can handle, this is just another fight...that's all. Her hand rises again, palm up as more sunlight gathers at her fingertips. Beside her, Cassandra steps up, hissing and drawing on reserves of power to go after Yosuke's double.

"You should be more concerned about yourself!" comes Yukiko's double's voice from within the steadily falling dustcloud. A blast of flame rips through the air, a burst of heat that forces her to drop her attack and duck out of the way.

"Both of you are just so predictable! Ahahahaha!" she cackles, raising a ring of flame around the whole arena. There wouldn't be anywhere to run now, unfortunately.

"Well, we're going to have to show you how it's done," Yukiko snaps back. "Yosuke, we have to work together. That's what they don't want."

Her fingers snap together, working in concert to perform a move and direct a friend. The first is aimed at Yosuke's shadow. A Forest's Curse, giving him an extra typing that she knows her friend is strong against: Grass. The second is to give Cassandra a nonverbal instruction. The feline Dark Type darts forward at the order, hitting Shadow Yukiko with a Sucker Punch.