Welcome to Closer to Our Graves. This is a crossover between Skip Beat and World Ends With You. Just to make sure everyone is on the same page, I will explain the main plot of both (which will be boring). May contain spoilers from TWEWY.

*Skip Beat is about a girl named Kyoko Mogami who went to Tokyo with her childhood friend, Sho Fuwa. He left her after becoming a popular music artist and she vowed her revenge on him. She entered the entertainment field as an actress at the LME company. Ren Tsuruga is a famous actor at that company and Sho's main competition for the attention of fans. Ren and Kyoko came to have a close relationship (Ren likes Kyoko). Ren is also a friend of Kyoko's from her childhood, but she knew him as the fairy prince Corn (she misunderstood his name, Kuon).

*World Ends With You is a video game. It is about the Reapers Game that takes place in Shibuya. The object of the Reapers Game is to survive the week and to get points in order to come back to life. To achieve this, players must form a pact to fight the noise,then at the end of the week beat the game master. The main character, Neku Sakuraba, went through the game three times. His partners were Shiki, Joshua, and Beat. To enter the Reapers Game, the player must give up something of importance to them. Neku gave up his memories the first week, then Shiki for the following two weeks. The Reapers Game is created by the Composer, Joshua, run by the Conductor, and overseen by an Angel acting as Producer, Mr. H. The Reapers Game takes place in the UG, where no one who isn't dead can't see them except in stores with special decals. Non-dead people reside in the RG.

If you still don't get it, look it up. And now for the beginning of the story.


Kyoko was riding in the back of Ren's car to an interview in Shibuya when it happened. A slightly intoxicated driver slammed on the brakes two seconds too late, and ran straight into the driver side of Ren's car. The car was slammed into the nearby wall. Ren was dead on impact and Kyoko soon followed from severe blood loss and damage to her internal organs. The driver of the other vehicle was almost completely unharmed, but would go to jail for their deaths.

Joshua looked down on the scene as it unfolded. The two people who died were good people, but that didn't matter to him. The girl's large spiritual energy, her Soul, was fascinating. Even more interesting was her ability to use it to some degree when she was alive. She would be an interesting addition to the game. Joshua stood to leave, but something about her bothered him. There was a connection between her and someone living that was extremely strong. So strong, Joshua feared both of them would fall into madness if separated for a long period of time and from the looks of things, she had been trying to sever that connection. Joshua looked at the tie sadly. There was nothing he could do to it directly, but he wasn't the Composer for nothing. He jumped across the roofs of the buildings as he headed to the next death thinking of a plan to erase the link between the girl and this other person.

Ren woke up in a solid white room. Looking around, he panicked. Where was Kyoko? He remembered her being in the car with him, they were heading for the 104 building for an interview about their new movie, and then there was an explosion of noise, sudden pain, then nothing. Just blank darkness. He didn't know where he was now. It wasn't a hospital bed and the pain was gone. He finally put two and two together. Am I in heaven? "No, you aren't in heaven," a voice behind him said. Ren swung around and came face to face with a man with fluffy, black hair. "Who are you? Where am I? Wait, did you just read my thoughts?" The black haired man rolled his eyes. "I'm Kiba Nakura. This is sort of the waiting room for newly dead people before they enter the Reapers Game. No, I didn't read your thoughts. Most people ask that when they get here." Ren nodded hesitantly then looked confused. "Reapers Game?" Kiba nodded. "Yeah, the Reapers Game. One week to prove you're worth bringing back." "Back where," Ren asked. "To life, of course" "Of course," Ren replied weakly. "So to win the Game, you have to get a partner, survive the week and get a certain amount of 'points' for you to be considered for bringing back." "Ok," Ren said, nodding, "I'll do it." "One more thing, before you decide. To enter the game, you have to give up something you treasure." "Ah," Ren said, thinking it over. "Can you tell me what it would be?" Kiba shrugged. "Sure. The thing that you most value is your friend, Kyoko's, memories of you." "Oh," Ren said blushing, "What happens if I fail? Will Kyoko's memories be restored?" "Nope," Kiba said shaking his head, "Sorry, bud." "Ok," Ren said, sighing, "I'll do it." Kiba handed him a pin with a skull on it and waved. The world went dark around Ren.

Kyoko woke up in the white room confused. How had she gotten here? She wasn't even sure what she had been doing for the last few months. She knew she was an actress and that she was working to get revenge on Sho, but something was missing. Some part of her heart was taken. She sighed, looking around. Where was she, anyway? "She faintly remembered the crash and the pain. Was she dead? "This doesn't look like Hell to me." "That's an odd assumption to come to. Should I be worried, since you believe you need to be there? You aren't going to try to kill me, are you?" Kyoko spun around to face the source of the voice. "No, since you aren't Sho, I won't try to kill you. What's going on?" "First, you are dead," Kiba said. "No duh," Kyoko responded. "Second, this is sort of the waiting room for those who are eligible to participate in the Reapers Game." "Ok, so what is that," Kyoko asked. "The Reapers Game is a chance for those who are dead to compete for the chance to come back to life." "Ok," Kyoko said, nodding, "What sort of competition?" "Players form pacts with their partners and fight the Noise for a week. During that week, you will be scored. The one with the most 'points' at the end of the week, gets another chance at life." Kyoko thought this over. "So, what if you make it to the end, but don't have the most points?" "You can play again, you can become a reaper, or if your lucky, the Angels may accept you into their ranks." "Ok," Kyoko said, "Are there any other terms?" "To enter the Game, you have to give something up. In your case, your hatred and memories of Sho Fuwa." Kyoko stared at Kiba in surprise. "Seriously?" Kiba nodded. "That is what you value most, right now." "Fine, I'll do it." Kiba smiled at her, and handed her a pin with a skull on it. Kyoko nodded her thanks at him before the darkness claimed her.


Hoped you liked it. Special thanks to my brother, dnangelhpil, for Beta reading for me. Ask any questions that come to you. I like having my sanity questioned. I also want to make sure no one is too confused.