Well, time for a new story. In my time of solitude that I went into while I wasn't writing, I was doing heap of gaming, reading manga and books and watching anime. So I present to you a TWEWY story! I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I do not own any The World Ends With You material in any way or form.
The afternoon sun was shining down brightly in The Scramble as Neku ran his way to where he and his friends met every day after school: The Statue of Hachiko. He accidentally bumped into someone.
"Sorry!" Neku called back as he continued running. He actually didn't mind bumping into people these days. It was a sign that he was still alive.
It had been four years since he and the rest of his friends had been in The Reaper's Game. Since then, Neku and Shiki had entered their last year as seniors, as well as started dating. Rhyme had entered High School and quickly became popular. Beat had gone on to work two jobs: he helped make skateboards for Wild Boar and he worked as an assistant in the Dogenzaka Ramen shop. As for Joshua, none of them had seen him since he and Neku had their final confrontation. They presumed that he was still Composer for the game.
Once he reached Hachiko, Shiki, Rhyme, Beat, Eri, Ai and Mina were all there as expected. Neku was usually always the last one there. Other than Beat, they were all in school uniform. White button-up shirts and green pants/skirts. Once he arrived, Shiki ran over and gave him a big hug, which he returned affectionately. The others giggled cutely at them.
"You two are so cute together." Rhyme said.
"Aren't they just?" Eri added, smiling.
"You know it!" Beat joined. Neku and Shiki blushed. They parted, but Neku still had an arm around Shiki's shoulder.
"So what do you guys want to do today?" Ai asked.
"We could go to Sunshine Burger like we usually do." Shiki replied.
"Nah." Said Rhyme. "We've gone there the past three days straight. Why don't we go somewhere else?" She suggested. Everyone thought for a while, then Neku spoke up.
"I know. We could go to 104. I heard they're holding a Tin Pin competition." Everyone nodded at the idea. None of them had played Tin Pin in ages, even though they all always took pins wherever they went. No matter what, pins were always going to be popular in Shibuya. As they began walking, Neku thought that his idea could have been an imprint from a player. He smiled at the possibility, which led to another idea that he would save until after their tournament.
On the other side of the city, in Cat Street, Mr. H shook his head.
"This is bad." He said to no one in particular as he stared at the letter he held below the counter.
"What is!" An elderly woman was standing on the other side of the counter, glaring at him for being so slow to acknowledge her presence.
"Oh! Please excuse my tardiness. What'll it be today, ma'am?" He apologised, trying to redeem himself. He looked straight into the woman's eyes and used an imprinting technique to get her to forgive him. The woman smiled.
"That's ok. Now, I'll have one House Coffee to go thank you." Mr. H smiled as his imprint had worked, and out of common courtesy.
"Coming right up." He sang. The moment he turned around, his trustworthy smile vanished, replaced with anxiety. I have to get in touch with Neku Sakuraba…
"We won!" Mina squealed.
"I won." Neku corrected, holding the winner's pin.
"It's alright Neku." Shiki said, planting a kiss on his cheek. "You did great."
"Thanks." He replied.
"It was fun." Rhyme said.
"Sure was." Beat added. Neku looked at the pin he'd one. It was a large pin, about the size of Neku's hand, that could be split into 8 equal parts. The design had different gemstones in each segment of the pin, as well as a large rainbow one in the middle.
"Hey guys." Neku called everyone's attention. "Hold out your hands." All of them obeyed, placing out their hands. Neku split the pin into the separate pieces and put one into each person's hand. Neku got a blue gem, Beat orange, Rhyme yellow, Shiki pink, Eri red, Ai purple and Mina Green. "To remember this good time, all the other good times and to symbolise our friendship." He said. Everyone smiled, pinning their little part of the pin onto their shirts.
"What about the leftover piece?" Ai asked, looking at the final piece which bore a white gem on it.
"I'll hold onto it for now." Neku said, placing it into his trouser pocket.
"Well, we've got to go." Mina said sadly, looking at Ai.
"Yep. Let's go. See you guys tomorrow." She smiled. They waved goodbye, going on their way to their apartment on Spain Hill. Eri turned back to the group.
"I have to go too. I'm working on that new design for textiles class." She said mainly to Shiki.
"Alright, have fun Eri." Shiki said, giving her best friend a hug goodbye. Once she had left, Neku turned to the remaining party. The four that had been in the game.
"Guys, I had an idea before. You know, for old time's sake." He said, getting his bag and ripping a piece of paper out of his Math book. He got a white, red and black marker and began drawing. When he was done, he held up the thin sheet to show everyone. "Reaper Creeper anyone?" He asked, receiving smiles from the other three. They found a table back down at the Statue of Hachiko to sit at. Beat pulled out a ¥10 coin and placed it in the centre of the board. "Reaper… Creeper…" said Neku. "Before we get in much deeper…" Everyone tensed. "If you're here all right, go to white." Neku almost felt ridiculous saying this, but he knew that Reapers and Players existed, so he felt a bit better knowing that. For a while, nothing happened. Just when Neku was about to give up, the coin began to move. Everyone jumped at the movement. Now they knew how people they tricked in the RG felt. The coin slowly moved its way over to the white symbol.
"Good to know they still exist, at least." Shiki smiled.
"Yeah, but dat means they're still goin' 'round erasin' people, yeah?" Beat said sadly.
"Let's not think about that." Rhyme said with a tone of melancholy. Neku nodded and placed the yen piece back into the centre of the paper.
"Reaper. Creeper. Is the game still happening? If I'm right, go to white." Again, nothing for a moment, but then it began to move slowly. Eventually, the coin stopped on white again. Everyone stared at the coin. A yes, as clear as day.
"Damn." The blonde skater boy cursed. Neku put the coin in the middle again.
"Reaper. Creeper. One last question. You're a player, right? If so, go to white." The coin shuffled over to the red one, which meant yes and no.
"Nice to see you all again." A familiar voice said from behind them. Neku turned to see Mr. H standing there. "How's it going, boss?"
"Mr. H!" Shiki squealed excitedly.
"How'ya going Shiki?" He replied with a smile. "Lookin' good, girl."
"I feel good." She blushed.
"You were the one playin' Reaper Creeper with us, weren't ya?" Beat asked. Mr. H put his arms up.
"You got me." He surrendered.
"So what do you need?" Rhyme asked.
"Well…" he began grimly. "Do you remember Minamimoto?"
"The Grim Heaper?" Neku replied. "Sure do." Hanekoma looked away with a sad look on his face, then held up the letter. On it, in the centre, was a very familiar trash heap. A wave of shock spread over everyone's faces.
"I need you guys back in the game."
"Hang on…" The orange haired boy said hastily. "I can't go back in. The last game was meant to be my last."
"Don't worry." CAT said, getting up. "The rules have changed."
Mr. H took them down to the Station Underpass. Luckily, there was no one around. Hanekoma turned to the group.
"Are you ready?" He asked them.
"Well, we already died once." Neku said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Well said." CAT said as he pulled out a gun. "Who's first?" No one stepped forward straight away.
"I'll go, yo. Le's do this." Beat closed his eyes, waiting for the inevitable shot to pierce his chest.
BANG!
Beat's body fell to the ground. Mr. H looked at the other three with a serious expression on his face.
"Next." Rhyme took a step forward. She closed her eyes and put her arms out to the sides.
BANG!
She fell backwards. Blood soaked her white school blouse.
"Next." Neku came forward. Shiki grabbed his arm.
"It'll be fine." He promised her. She nodded. "See you on the other side." He closed his eyes.
BANG!
Neku fell down, dying the moment the bullet hit him. Shiki shakily came forward. She closed her eyes. Just before Hanekoma pulled the trigger, a timid voice came from the entrance.
"Shiki?" It said. Shiki looked to the source to see Eri standing there, a piece of paper in her shaking hand. Shiki knew it was the design she went home to work on. She obviously must have finished early.
"Friend of yours?" Mr. H asked, the gun still pointed at Shiki's chest.
"Yes." She said.
"I'm sorry." Said Hanekoma, "but she's in too deep. She'll have to join the game." Shiki looked down sadly. Eri just looked at her best friend, shocked, confused and above all, scared.
"Alright." Shiki's voice quivered. She closed her eyes and waited for her taste of death.
BANG!
The noise went, but nothing happened. She opened them to see Eri's body falling in front of her. Dread rushed through her entire body as she watched her hit the ground with a lifeless thud.
"Close your eyes!" Hanekoma demanded. Shiki did what she was told, and knew what was coming.
BANG!
I hope you guy liked that first chapter. Please review. I'm open for suggestions. I promise that the next chapter won't take too long to come out.