Noise King
Noise King
Prologue
1 week after 'The World Ends with You'
"Yo, mom? This is Phones." Beat said.
"It's nice to meet you Ms.Bito-san." Neku said respectfully, bowing.
"Oh, hello…"
Beat's mother blushed, remembering she never actually learned Neku's name.
"Neku, ma'am. Neku Sakuraba."
"Thank you, Neku. Who are your parents?"
Neku flinched.
"What is it, Neku?"
"They… were killed when I was 10. We were walking through Udagawa… and they were killed… by a man in a black trenchcoat. He yelled something like, Yocktgraas, but It's kind of blurry… he shot me, but I didn't die." Neku started to cry.
"Then where do you live now, Neku?" Mrs. Bito asked.
"I live near the River, Mrs. Bito-san." Of course she didn't know he was looking for Joshua.
1 year later…
10:00 PM Udagawa Back Streets
"Phones!"
"Beat?"
"Over here, Neku!"
"Geez, man, what took you so long?"
"Sorry, I was busy at AMV. When's the concert starting?"
"5 minutes."
Neku sighed, and turned off his MP3, but kept his 'Phones' on. 5 minutes later, the opening notes of 'Emptiness And' blared into the air. The group looked up, and Shiki exclaimed,
"Look! It's 777!"
Neku grinned and took out his LIVE pin and connected it to his earphones. Today was his 16th birthday, and he had bought the group Dëf March tickets.
10:30
As the notes of Three Minutes Clapping quiet, Neku notices someone on the stage that wasn't there before.
"No… No! NOOOOOOOOOO-gak …"
The bullets hit their chests as Joshua grins and looks away.
"Neku's baack."