Chapter 2: The 'special' noise.
Okay, guys;
This is mostly a chapter to test out my ability to write a fight scene, but I think the twist to this battle will satisfy your inner ecchi. I'm going to try and make this as good as possible without having to change it to M (making it one of the first NekuxShiki fics to this date. Come on, people! You can't just rely on a 13-year-old perv for lemons!!!)
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4 imprints, 2 barriers, and 5 Reaper Creepers later, Shiki and I had managed to get to the top of 104, clothes not included.
"20 minutes on the clock," Shiki remarked. "I wonder when the Noise will app-"
"Look out!!!" I grabbed Shiki and pushed her away, just in time to get hit by a glob of goop. I tried to shake the sickly, transparent gloop of my arm, but it just stick there and began melting off my sleeve. I was glad that I was happening to wear some Mus Rattus gear, but it still pissed me off. Then I realized, with a blush, why we were assigned to kill this noise.
We should have gotten the extra clothes.
"Don't let it hit you, Shiki!" I was blushing. If Shiki gets hit…
Shiki had already whipped out Mr. Mew and it was attacking the noise, something that seemed like a BigBanFrog but was about 3x as huge. She was doing pretty well in dodging the beast's 'attacks', and I decided to join in. I ran towards the beast, whipping out several of my close range pins into a combo mastered in the past three weeks. I lunged at the frog with a yell, rapidly slashing at it with my Shockwave. Almost immediately, I followed up with two rapid ice pillars , knocking it into the air, and before it got too far, I jumped up and hit it with two Vulcan Uppercuts, knocking it almost 30 feet above the ground. Now for the fun part…
"Think fast, Shiki!" Shiki knew what to do, we had mastered this combo a long time ago.
I used my Lightning anger, my vortex saber, to send the frog flying towards Shiki. Shiki sent Mr. Mew up into the air, keeping it airborne where it couldn't bother us. I floated back to the ground, preparing our finisher, grinning with anticipation. Life-threatening or not, Noise-battling has got to be the world's greatest rush.
Mr. Mew knocked the frog out of the air with an insane kick, sending it flying to the ground at a speed that made it seem a blur. Right after it got hit, though, It spurted one more projectile, but I couldn't worry about that. I waited for the perfect height and launched one more ice pillar, impaling the frog as it literally smashed through the ice pillar, skewered at super-sonic speeds. It never stood a chance.
I turned to Shiki, smiling. "And with 5 minutes to…" My voice trailed off as I realized that the frog's last attack had nailed her in the chest, melting her shirt and shorts, leaving her with… there was only one thing brighter than my blush: Shiki's. I closed my eyes. "Sorry, Shiki."
"I-It's okay. J-Just don't look, okay?"
"Here." Still with my eyes shut, I took off my shirt and handed it to Shiki. Use this.
"Thanks." Shiki hastily pulled my shirt over her… undergarments and told me to open my eyes. "Well, at least no one can see us, right?"
I nodded. My blush had no intention of leaving.
Shiki stopped talking and began to notice something more interesting, my barely concealed chest. Luckily, I was wearing an undershirt, but some of it had burned off in the battle. I cleared my throat, and she jumped, blushing. "Erm, sorry. I w-was just-"
I stopped her and walked away, trying to rid my face of the blush and my hormones to stop going crazy over seeing a girl… like that.
"Let's go get some clothes."
Shiki's Point of View…
Battling the Noise with Neku seemed the same as usual, taking me back to old times. Though Neku would never admit it, he always looked a lot more free and happy while he was battling Noise. It was like fighting was the only was to let loose for him. The pins must be pretty fun for him, too.
But after the fight, he was kind enough to not force me to walk the streets of Shibuya, invisible or no, nearly naked. Neku could actually be a bit of a gentleman at times. And that chest! I shook my head, my blush rising up again. That Neku was pretty ripped, who would've guessed? The frog had burned off enough of his undershirt for his rock-solid abs to show, though he frequently turned away from me out of embarrassment.
Neku… I wish I could get into his orange head, find out his feelings. I was intrigued when I first met him, he seemed like a loner, but he eventually opened up, after I spilled everything to him. There's still so much I don't know about him…
If there's one thing about Neku that I can't figure out, it's why I actually found myself liking him more than a friend. He was the first guy that actually found Me interesting, not just because I was friends with Eri.
Did he like me back? I was his entry fee, I guess that meant I was his most important thing, but after we got back… nothing. He didn't ask me out, I tried to ask him, but I couldn't. I was getting really frustrated, ever Eri noticed. But Neku… I think he wanted to be with me as much as I wanted to be with him.
The end of the day, Neku's POV…
I looked over at Shiki, who was licking a cone of Sunshine's soft serve. I really wasn't feeling myself. This entire day felt like a dream, like nothing that happened here mattered because it wasn't real. I seemed far removed from my common sense, and thus felt really, stupidly brave. A small smile graced my countenance as I inched a bit closer to her, putting caution aside. Shiki scooted right next to me, apparently feeling the same way as I was, and snuggled against me. I wrapped my arm around her shoulder and opened my mouth.
"Shiki?"
"Yeah?"
"I really like you…"
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Peace out, Y'All!!!