Reaper Neku:

Chapter One: The Game

Day 6, 11:00 AM, 104 Building

Neku sat crouched on the edge of the building, ten stories up, his headphones blasting the latest rap songs from Towa Records. He observed the many people that walked in and out of the stores. He was waiting for his Players to arrive. He had been bored with recent Players, most of them gone by Day 4, but there were two Players that were particularly tough that the Game Master wanted him to take care of personally. He had sent these two the mission about an hour ago so they only had about fifteen minutes before they were going to be erased.

Suddenly, he saw two people run in front of the building, seemly unnoticed by the crowd. The Players. One was a tall, dark boy maybe seventeen with a tough look and the other a female Goth who seemed exceptionally pale.

"Very good," Neku said as he checked his cell phone. "But the last challenge arrives in three… two… one!"

Suddenly, the two Players were surrounded by Noise. They stood back to back and started to fight them off. Neku could see why they were so tough, the dark boy had exceptional skills with energy attacks, keeping the Noise at bay but if any of them got too close, the Goth girl pounded them into the ground. They quickly finished the group of Noise and took a moment and checked their hands, their timer's were still running. Neku turned off his headphones and listened to what they were saying.

"Why is the timer still here?!" The dark boy yelled. They had ten minutes left.

"I don't know!" The Goth girl yelled as she checked her phone. "The mission said, "Get to the 104 building". I don't understand!"

Neku smiled and opened his wings and jumped off the edge of the building. He soared down and landed right in front of the two Players. They were startled.

"What the hell do you want Reaper?" The Goth girl said. "And why hasn't the timer stopped? We got here!"

Neku laughed. "The mission stated that you had to get here to the 104 building. But I see two Players with a few minutes who are just standing in front of the building."

The two took a moment before the dark boy realized, "We have to touch the building!" And he ran forward.

Within a moment, a few feet from the building, the jaws of a large Noise engulfed him and disappeared under the pavement. The Goth girl was stunned as Neku took out his phone and opened a new message and wrote: Player 1204 erased on Day 6. Erased by Reaper Neku. And sent the message to the Reaper Headquarters.

"You killed him!" The Goth girl yelled at Neku. "Why?"

"That's the game kid," He answered as he looked at the time. "You have six minutes to live your life before you're erased so enjoy it." And he turned away from her.

As he turned, she charged him in fury, raising her right fist as it gathered power. She was about to strike him when Neku turned right back around and caught her fist in his hand. The energy disappeared as she tried to get away from Neku but he lifted her off of her feet by her first and threw her across the street with a simple flick of the wrist. She landed hard onto the pavement but got right back up and launched several fireballs at Neku as she charged back at him. The fireballs disappeared a few feet in front of him as he sighed.

Some just don't know when to quit fighting, He thought as she tried to kick him with all of her might in his stomach but she flung back as he released a simple energy attack.

She sat up on the pavement and started to cry, her makeup running down her cheeks. "Why?" She said to Neku as he towered over her. "Why do you think you have… have the right to not give us Players second chance at life?"

"Because not all of you are worthy," Neku said as she disappeared in a flash of light.

Neku sighed and took out his cell phone and opened another message: Player 1205 is erased on Day 6. Erased by Reaper Neku. And he sent the message. The Game was over. No one else was left to play so he crouched his knees and took off into the air.

He had to go report to Headquarters.