It's our Game now

Chapter 1: Repetition

"So, let me get this straight. Players have 7 days to complete missions. If they fail a mission, they get erased. And the players are dead people."

"Yes."

"And the players are hunted down by reapers?"

"Reapers also create walls and issue conditions to pass the walls."

"Yeah… So…"

"So?"

"So you want me to hack into this thing?"

"Yes."

"…. You want me to hack into a game filled with dead people, murderous tattoo animals, and assassins with black wings."

"Can you?"

"What do you mean, Can I?! Of course I can…."

"Will you?"

"Have I ever said no to a challenge?"

"There was that time with the jello shots…"

"Shut up."

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Neku Sakuraba was walking silently down the street, happily listening to his music. He was on his way to meet Shiki, Beat, and Rhyme again. For the past few months, since they were brought back to life, the group had met together every day after school. Sometimes it was in front of the statue of Hachiko, sometimes it was at 104 (much to Shiki's joy) and sometimes, it was at the WildKat. This was one of those days. Neku was always a little nervous when going to the WildKat, but then he always felt so at ease around Mr. Hanekoma. CAT. Neku still loved his art. Still loved pretty much everything CAT made. The only thing that made going to the WildKat bearable was the fact that it was so easy to talk to Mr. Hanekoma.

It's just, the memories… The game. Neku accepted the game as just another part of his life, something he had gone through that was over now. But sometimes he remembered all the crap he had endured, the battle he had to fight, without the choice of whether he wanted to fight it or not. But the game had taught him important things about other people. Accepting them, for better or for worse. It was a valuable lesson. It was the only thing, besides his new found friends, that the game had given him. His friends. He could see them now, sitting at a table outside the WildKat. It was Shiki who saw him first, standing up and eagerly waving to get his attention. Rhyme and Beat followed the direction she was looking, and joined her in waving. Beat was shouting greetings at the top of his lungs. Neku smiled, and waved back.

"Hi guys." Neku said, smiling lightly. Rhyme beamed, Shiki jumped up and hugged Neku, and Beat continued shouting greetings.

"Beat, not so loud." Rhyme said, smiling gently. Beat grinned and sat down. It was a happy reunion, just like it always was. Neku's eyes went up, gazing into the café. And he caught sight of Hanekoma's face. The man, who normally seemed in a state of eternal zen, had an expression of serious concern on his face. Something was up… "Hey… Guys. What's wrong with Mr. H?" Neku whispered, glancing at him.

"We don't know, he's been like that all morning." Rhyme answered quietly.

"It might have something to do with.. you know… with the…" Shiki rubbed the back of her head, not really wanting to bring it up herself.

"With the UG. And it probably is, giving the expression that he has. I doubt Mr. H would be troubled by anything except a problem with The Game." Neku said quietly. The group was silent for a few minutes, but luckily for everyone, Beat broke the silence.

"Yo, what are we doing moping about that shit? We be over that! We're alive now, and we is gonna stay that way, ya know?!" Beat announced. The others looked at him, then smiled, and began laughing. During their spell of laughter, Mr. Hanekoma had walked towards them, leaning against the doorway. He looked up, and watched a familiar face approach. The figure raised their arm halfway to give a lazy, dainty wave. Mr. Hanekoma smiled. He knew that they were not going to like what was coming next, but they would have to get over it.

The UG needed them.

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" Everything is going perfectly. Not a single mistake anywhere. These pins are performing exactly as expected. Even better, actually. The game isn't even registering them as foreign objects. They're invisible."

"Perfect."

"No, not perfect. They're invisible to the game's controls, not to the people in the game. They've been sighted."

"Will the sightings interfere with, our mission?"

"No. Not only are they faster than the game's enforcers, but they can jump out of the UG and into the RG faster than any Reaper could."

"Beautiful."

"Isn't it? I just love a good hacking."

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Neku and the others slowly stopped laughing. They sat there for a few minutes, grinning at each other, and just enjoying the peaceful aura the area held. Just as Neku was about to start a conversation with his friends, a familiar voice sounded behind them, causing all 4 to freeze.

"Hello, Ne-ku. It's been a while, hasn't it?"

Neku slowly turned around to face the speaker. Joshua stood, hands on hips, smiling in that annoying way that had always made Neku want to punch him in the face. Neku didn't really know how to react. On one hand, Joshua had been Neku's trusted partner. But on the other hand, Joshua had played Neku, and SHOT. HIM. Neku decided to go for an approach in the middle.

"Joshua? Why are you here?" He asked, sounding, looking confused. Beat went to shout something, but Rhyme lifted her hand and held him back by tugging on his shirt. Joshua smirked again, reigniting Neku's urge to punch him. But it's what Joshua said that held Neku back.

"I need your help."

"What, are you going to shoot me again?" The words left Neku's mouth before Neku had the chance to think about it. Mr. Hanekoma frowned disapprovingly, but said nothing. That Joshua wanted to bring Neku into it, just proved to him that there still existed a bond between those two. And by the slightly ashamed look on Neku's face, the ex-player knew about the bond too.

"I was thinking about it." Joshua said slowly, smirking still. "But then, I got ahold of a couple of pretty little pins that I think will do the trick instead… No loss of life this way."

"Why do you need to bring Neku back into the game, yo? Someone knock you off yer game?!" Beat growled. Joshua slowly shook his head.

"Not just Neku. You all stood out, even if it was in a really, insignificant way." Joshua smirked, staring at Beat. Beat gave his normal shout and started towards Joshua. It took Neku and Rhyme to keep him back. Shiki finally spoke. "Then… Why do you need… us?" She asked. In her heart, Shiki was terrified. She didn't want back in the game, didn't want to die again.

"Well… Mr. H, you want to take this one?" Attention shifted towards CAT. He sighed and rubbed the back of his head.

"Someone hacked into the game."

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I think a few of them might be a little OOC, but I've never been perfect at writing in character anyway. Besides, this is for fun!

Anyhoo, yes. This is about someone, or really, a group of someones, hacking into the game.

I don't own TWEWY, or any of it's characters. I do own the two that speak in nothing but quotes.

"There was that time with the jello shots…"

"Shut up."

If you ask reaaaallllll nicely, I may write the jello shot story.

Mysterious Person B: If you do, I will kill you.

Psh, yeah right.

Mysterious Person A: I'll help!

O.o WHAT, WHY?!

Mysterious Person A: *dark expression* I know the plot.

Oh dear me. REVIEW? Pwease?