The sun was shining, there were no clouds, and wind was blowing softly. People walked in different directions, all of them with their own thoughts. All of them with their own business and things that needed to be done. Cars passing, crowded streets, shops and restaurants full of people... The same buildings, the same people, the same noise. However, it wasn't bad. Not now.

He started to appreciate a bit more all that stuff. Without his headphones, he could hear the sounds, and, in a kind of way, enjoy more that sensation of being open to the world. He was going to meet his friends, his old partners from "The Reapers' Game". Two weeks ago, they were able to meet for the first time, but, for him, the current day was always like that one. He had dealt with so many problems in just four weeks during that game... He knew his friends didn't want to remember the time they passed during the sick game, and he respected that. Although, it was something really hard to forget and deny, and not commenting something related to that, or a detail that drove them to those memories, was really hard.

He facepalmed and shook his head. He noticed he had a sad face, and they could ask him about his mood; he sighed and smiled. He had nothing to fear: that insane Game was over, and think about those horrible weeks was worthless; he had to chill and enjoy the second chance they gave him. However, there was just one thing that came to his mind almost every day...

Joshua. The plan he managed, how he used him and his friends for a bet... It was really difficult to assimilate. He tried to pull those thoughts out of his head, but they always came back again. He was angry, he didn't like what he did, but he still wonderer how he would be, where he was or what he was doing at that moment. He had a kind of interest on him, even after the events occurred in those three weeks.

Neku Sakuraba looked at the big clock displayed on the screen of the 104 building. He had a few minutes to arrive, but he didn't have to worry about it, as he was really near of the meeting point. He was having a relaxing walking in that crowded pedestrian crossing, the place he used to pass across running with his partners and completing the missions while fighting all those Noise. It was a nasty sensation, but also made him smile. He put his hands inside of his pockets, and felt strange when he noticed it was empty. He was still used to touch the Player Pin and the rest of his Psychs Pins, even knowing they were no longer there. The Game was hard and dangerous, but he could do things that he would never imagine, such as create fire, shields or make rocks fall from the sky. Not everything about the UG was bad after all.

He raised his sight of the ground, and looked at the Hachiko Statue. It looked like he was going to be the second one to arrive: Shiki was waiting for the others with Mr. Mew among her arms while smiling. He was still getting used to her real form; her black and short hair and her round glasses, as her green jacket, her blue skirt with white details and the clair shoes, were a bit shocking to him; anyway, he didn't care about that: Shiki would always be Shiki, no matter the appearance she had. When Shiki saw him, she raised her hand and waved to him. He approached to her and said hello with a little grin.

"Where are the others?", she asked.

"I don't know. They should be about to arrive", Neku answered, scratching the back of his head.

"Heeey, yo!", a voice behind them shouted. "Man, my parents were pesterin' me!"

Both turned and saw Beat running and Rhyme next to him. Some seconds later, the group was complete. They were going to go to a concert that would begin in an hour, and they had to buy drink and stuff, so they hadn't to waste time during the songs and deal with the fans to get a bottle of water.

"I'm so excited! I love 'Alone at Marz'! Their songs are full of energy and force! They are just great!", Shiki said, while keeping a happy shout.

"Yeah, me too. Now we've got time to do whatever we want...", Neku added. Suddenly, he knew he said something he promised he wouldn't say, but it was too late.

The others looked a bit sad. All of them hadn't forgotten the Game yet. Beat looked away with an angry face, Rhyme looked at her feet and Shiki smiled sadly. 'Dammit!', thought the orange-haired teen.

"That's part of the past... Now we're free, and we can enjoy things together!", Neku tried to cheer his friends, even knowing he wasn't really good at that kind of things. "We're going to go to that concert, so don't be sad! We'll have a got time, won't be?"

"Umm... Yes, you're right!", Shiki looked at him and smiled. "C'mon guys, we'll have 'Alone at Marz' in front of us! It'll be awesome!"

"I'm dying for living that moment!", Rhyme chuckled.

"Yea yo, I wanna see 'em!", Beat looked to be a bit better too.

"Ok then, let's buy the stuff before it's late", Neku suggested, and the group agreed.

They walked towards the 104 building. They talked about the songs they wanted the group to play, their seats and how they imagined the concert would be. It was just an amazing event they weren't going to...

"Wait, what is that?", Rhyme pointed at the sky, and the other three teens looked up.

There was a person floating. They couldn't see who he or she was, because of the sun, but they could distinguish a gesture...

All at once, the sky turned black, the buildings, from the top to the bottom, changed their aspect and became just columns of huge empty squares with one-colored edges, and the ground was just formed by green lines and black squares. Some parts of it were grey, objects like mailboxes, cars or others were red perfect prisms made of solid cubes, all made just one piece. All had a neon-like light, but it didn't shine so brightly.

"What the hell's going on?", asked a confused Neku.

"Yo, where's Rhyme? 'N' Shiki?", Beat asked very nervous and looking around him.

"What?", Neku was surprised: it was true. Rhyme and Shiki just... disappeared.