DISCLAIMER
Yah Yah…you know me by now…I write it dark, violent and all the good stuff
This is no diff.
So you thinking romance? Yah maybe….a little….for the most part though…have fun. I am currently in a massive writer's block for the book when I got this game and well I like it and hopefully this will give me back my creative spark.
Day 1 Part A
The cold Shibuya air…the gentle caress of her lips…the soft glow of the shifting lights in the department stores, how amazing the atmosphere of the night was. Her glasses brushed softly against his thigh whilst her leg moved to a comfortable spot.
The noise of the scramble echoed an almost enchanted melody around them, Hachiko staring at them with bronze eyes. Finally they could actually enjoy Noise. His headphones where lying as nothing more than an accessory around his neck. Her stuffed cat was pressed against both of their bodies.
Her hands where placed symmetrically around his back. His hands where placed at the very edge of her cheeks, holding place the fine lines of her jaw.
After such longing…
Such empty feelings he felt finally the wall he placed since his parents death…the death of Ryu…he could be at peace. In the warm embrace of a girl he first called 'stalker'.
All Neku could think of at the moment, was how perfect this moment was, Shiki in his arms, finally feeling the one emotion he never knew much of…
….Love.
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The day started like any other. Got up, put clothes on that where now handpicked by Shiki by the way. Then he got out of his single little loft, putting a new frequency on his radio headphones…and walked to Udegawa for inspiration. Thing was that an arm caught him in Scramble.
Many nightmares included Pi-Face or Shades grabbing it with the look of death on them…with some scary reaper cry like
"You're time has come Sakuraba"
Some it was Joshua…or Mr. H…CAT…who mysteriously disappeared with the café. But this one was more in the dream aspect…
Shiki stood under him pulling his arm, her dark brown hair flying over her frames. She was completely covered to her heels in a dark grey over coat, most likely out of nothing left dry. Eri, in the look of the Shiki he knew back then, stood by her with a smile and wave.
"Neku!" she called out as she pulled him to the side.
"Hey Shiki" Neku barely coughed out as she began walking.
"Hey…come on we are going over to the stores so…"
"Shiki are we going or?" Eri interjected. Shiki only gave a meek nod.
"Eri I told you…this is that guy…"
Eri gave a small chuckle… "your dream…"
Neku smiled softly… "I guess I don't mind…"
Shiki gave a condescending title and did not let go of his arm as she basically dragged him over to the 104 building. Cold memories overcame him as he remembered the first time
Her rampant stares at the Prince which filled his stomach with a growl of anger…Rhyme getting erased…
…her command to drop his pants…
Soon other memories came…the last fight…how warm it felt watching her go…
…the want to grab her hand and depart from her…
…with a kiss?
Why where these memories coming back? Was it because of her clutch on his arm through the store?
Or the fact that Eri and Her where asking probing questions on their look at the D+B retailer…Ever since that moment…
She was his Entry Fee…
She was going to wait every day for him…she did too…
Where they?
Was it?
The world was slowly conflicting in his head. What did this all mean now? At this point the sensation was that of taking one large, painful suppository. The thoughts circling in his head couldn't be cluttered by the noise of his headphones.
Amidst shoving piles of clothing into Neku's arms, Eri got a call.
"I will be back later…Be careful with her Sakuraba" Eri said with a soft sigh walking out, she was not going to pull any shortcuts now…last time it happened she almost lost her.
Shiki gave an exasperated sigh. "Ever since the accident she hasn't let me leave her sight…"
"She just cares I suppose" Neku interjected
"You haven't ever told me how…"
"Well did you find out why you did Neku?"
Neku sighed and felt the cold jab of memories he didn't want to remember.
/I still haven't forgiven you…you ass…/
"Better not…"
"Talk about it…my thoughts exactly…"
Neku took a deep breath letting the awkward silence engulf the space between the both of them. These moments of pure nothing came to them a lot in the last few months since…their little encounter with angels, reapers, and erasure. Since the moments he told her that she was his Entry Fee
To the fact that he could feel momentary lapses in time where his heart would skip a beat around her…or others where his mind simply left and all he could hear was her, even with the noise of J-Rock in his ears.
Those last ones where the more frequent ones.
/It kind of makes me want to ripe the asshole…well a new asshole…then hug him…strange…/
Neku shook the thought of even touching the man who killed him just to be his Proxy and smiled at Shiki. Lost in thought herself she located the safe Earth and smiled back.
Then a smirk that of the sly variety fell across her lips. "I just had an idea…"
"What?"
Dying once had made her a little more brave in that sense, "Lets go…I keep getting weird stares…"
"Same" Neku responded, looking at the normal crowds of 104. Grabbing her hand he took her from the carpeted floor of D+B to the lower floors of the mall and a conveniently placed Sunshine Burger.
/I am starting to remember these places…I think she's getting to my head slowly…/
Shiki took another deep breath, pushing her head back for the benefit of her glasses. "That was a rush…"
"Come on lets get something" he spoke softly walking forward, not actually letting go of her hand.
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"Are you sure? The food was kind of pricey" Shiki questioned biting the edge of her straw.
"Like I said…I'm paying…" Neku responded sipping his own cola. Laying the yen on the counter, he picked up their food and walked out with her.
"How long before she calls the missing persons unit?" Neku asked looking at the sunset orange sky.
"Usually by the first hour" Shiki responded now with a sigh. "Neku can we go to Hachiko?"
Neku then noticed that something was stashed in her coat, a black paw…the pig…cat…Mr. Mew was there.
"Uhh Shiki mind explaining what is in the coat?" He had gotten used to saying her name now…still it made her light up…weird though he kind of liked how it brought out…
He thought at this point he was loosing it.
"Nothing it's more that…It's nothing…"
/She's hiding something/
"Well alright Hachiko it is…" Neku spoke with a light shrug as they walked to the statue and sat under it watching the people pass through.
"So why did you want to go here?" Neku asked with a standard blink.
Touching the statue she smiled.
"Last year when I rubbed the statue…I wished for something to change in my life…so I could at least feel what Eri felt every day…just for one moment…I got that…but it…"
"I know the story Shiki you…"
"You don't…I died in an accident…a really nasty one…one day Eri was talking about driving…so to see the feel I took the wheels of my parents sedan and I drove haphazardly through until I hit Miyashita park and this little blond girl came out in front…I tried braking but…" she started sniffing…he had an idea on the girl… "I couldn't stop…then her brother ran in front to take the hit and…
I careened against the windshield…my seat belt wasn't on right and I was ejected from the car…then I awoke in the…scramble and…" she finished choking back tears. Before she could finish, reacting on instinct Neku hugged her.
"They don't blame you…" he spoke In a soft whisper… "At least you didn't get shot just to play and get stuck playing for someone's life for so long"
"So I was…Neku am I…"
"Well you are the closest thing I could ever say that I had any general care for and…"
/What is the matter with me…Why am I reacting this way…ughh/
Shiki lit up slightly and looked up. "I told Shiki about it…she said I was hallucinating and I should find some guy to make me forget this all…she's making me wear anything she could get to have guys notice me. She spoke with a light laugh pulling Mr. Mew out…
"Thing is I don't want to…I told her that I made a promise…that I would wait…"
Neku stared at Mr. Mew for a second and swore that every single time he looked at it…it wanted to attack him…he wondered if it would…probably wouldn't…
Then again…he was being attacked by demented Elephants, Rhinos, and Wolves…why not a cat? Every other animal was taken.
She smiled taking off her frames "Plus…am I that pretty to begin with"
Neku looked over at her and smiled.
/Okay having friends for the last few months has been a 'breeze' so try having a girlfriend…especially one you called stalker for weeks/
"Always where…"
Shiki looked up at him and smiled with a grin now. "You mean that?! Oh Neku!" she called out with nearly the same tone as when he told her that she was his fee.
"So I was seriously…"
"Yes already…"
"Uhh Neku close your eyes…" she spoke softly…pushing the coat back she revealed a small charcoal black tank, and a pair of jean shorts.
"Eri told me to design this and…"
"It looks good"
"Think so…"
"Looks store bought…"
"Thanks…uhhh" she spoke before the awkward silence could take over. A light blush escaped her cheeks. "Neku can you close your eyes again?" She asked as Neku sighed and did.
Shiki went up and moved his pair of headphones from his head and placing them around his neck. Doing so she quietly moved her arms around his neck and kissed him softly on the lips.
/Do things really move this fast? / Neku thought, but before he could react his instincts took over by kissing her back.
"I never quite thanked you…"
"For?"
"A lot of things…" she spoke putting the coat back on…Neku smiled and moved over…
"Where you alright with that is this to…"
Before she could finish, ignoring all the voices in his head he kissed her…it seemed the new Neku was slowly taking over now.
"That's for keeping me wanting to play for so long…plus you actually did great on the pants…it was kind of…" Before his ramblings began she went and kissed him.
"We should stop talking…"
"We should"
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Now he could accept the noises around him. Shiki was now clutching him for dear life and he was returning the favor. Then a noise approached them, that was not a really pleasant one.
"I thought you two lovebirds would be here"
After a cold shower of nostalgia hit them, they broke the kiss to the on-looking Eri, tapping her new sneakers on the floor with her arms crossed.
"Umm" Shiki spoke, her face turning a bright pink.
"You could've just sai…BEHIND YOU!" Eri cried out pointing back. Neku and Shiki quickly turned their head as they saw something jump at them…then another thing…Then he saw something he wish he would never see again. There was a red graffiti stain now on the side of Hachiko.
Eri took a gasp. "What was that?"
Shiki shook her head as Neku pointed out at the mark, this prompted Shiki to shriek a high-pitched sound.
"Please not this again…"
"What is the problem?" Eri asked confused…
"Please not this…"
"Shiki…" Neku interjected backing up.
"What?"
"Behind you!"
"GAH!" Shiki cried out in a yell.
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A young man smiled from the top of Pork City with a microphone in hand, ready to deliver the good word. "This should handle those zetta slow sons of digits…"
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After running successfully to the scramble Neku flipped open his phone for any clue.
"What the Hell is going on…Shiki your…"
"Guys!" Neku spoke out assertively whilst his stomach dropped. He just received a text.
/Please not this again…Joshua you bastard…/
It was received loud and clear.
"Wanna play a game?"
/Not this…/
END OF DAY 1 PART A