Neku heaved in the aftermath of a particularly vicious battle with Taboo Noise that were of a kind that he had never encountered. When his breathing returned to normal, Neku saw something in the Shibuya street where he had just fought this monster. "What is it, Neku?" Shiki asked.
"Nothing. Just some pin the Noise dropped," Neku answered as he tucked the pin in a pocket.
"Why is it taking so long to get our mission?" Shiki wondered out loud.
As if it was an answer by the gods, their phones began to ring that indicated that they had a text message from the Reapers.
"Eh? Apparently we have to get to the scramble crossing. There is no time limit. Fail, and face erasure," Shiki read.
A look of bewilderment enveloped Neku's face. He had gotten a text, all right, but its contents were far different than Shiki's.
Use the pin you just procured on Shiki Misaki. Fail, and face erasure.
"Erm, Shiki, nature calls, so could you give me a minute?" Neku called while trudging towards a port-a-potty.
"All right, but just hurry." Shiki called back.
Neku needed to know the effects of the pin before he was going to use it on Shiki. Making sure he was safely concealed behind the toilet, Neku equipped his pin.
Here goes nothing, he thought.
Suddenly a pile of goo appeared out of nowhere and fell to the floor with a plop. This is it, Neku thought with a sweat drop forming on his right temple.
He then proceeded to poke the ooze with a distended finger. It felt cold and slimy. He quickly drew away his finger.
"What the hell"
The goop refused to let go of his finger.
"Eergh..." Neku grunted as he pulled himself with all his strength, but to no avail. The primordial ooze began to consume his entire finger. His hand followed. His arm. His shoulder. His entire body. Darkness soon followed.
"Nothing. Just some pin the Noise dropped," Neku answered as he tucked the pin in a pocket.
"Why is it taking so long to get our mission?" Shiki wondered out loud.
As if it was an answer by the gods, their phones began to ring that indicated that they had a text message from the Reapers.
"Eh? Apparently we have to get to the scramble crossing. There is no time limit. Fail, and face erasure," Shiki read.
A look of bewilderment enveloped Neku's face. He had gotten a text, all right, but its contents were far different than Shiki's.
Use the pin you just procured on Shiki Misaki. Fail, and face erasure.
"Erm, Shiki, nature calls, so could you give me a minute?" Neku called while trudging towards a port-a-potty.
"All right, but just hurry." Shiki called back.
Neku needed to know the effects of the pin before he was going to use it on Shiki. Making sure he was safely concealed behind the toilet, Neku equipped his pin.
Here goes nothing, he thought.
Suddenly a pile of goo appeared out of nowhere and fell to the floor with a plop. This is it, Neku thought with a sweat drop forming on his right temple.
He then proceeded to poke the ooze with a distended finger. It felt cold and slimy. He quickly drew away his finger.
"What the hell"
The goop refused to let go of his finger.
"Eergh..." Neku grunted as he pulled himself with all his strength, but to no avail. The primordial ooze began to consume his entire finger. His hand followed. His arm. His shoulder. His entire body. Darkness soon followed.
When Neku regained consciousness, he felt normal. No, more than merely normal. He felt stronger, better, enhanced.
He quickly headed for the mirror in the port-a-potty. He wasn't prepared for what he saw, reflected on the mirror's surface.
The mirror showed a mass of goop coalesced into a humanoid shape. No hair or flesh was visible. Gaping orifices that led into darkness lay where his eyes, mouth, and ears should be. Most startling of all was probably the fact that he was the very image of the Taboo Noise he had defeated previously with Shiki.
"Gyuuwah?" He had lost the ability to use his voice. He also had a terrible lust that made his nether regions tighten.
He was lusting. Lusting for the pleasures only a woman could offer.
