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Piece 04: Rivalry

Theme: Rivalry

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Apparently rivalries start at a young age. Joshua isn't sure whether or not to be amused or concerned.

Neku like most active children his age took a liking to nearly every stranger that he met. The fact that everyone had either Reaper or Angel wings and were certainly not normal didn't even faze Neku one bit.

Neku adores Sanae who gave Neku brand new toys and brings him home covered head to toe in paint. Neku takes like a fish to water with Koki who treats Neku to all the ramen and bean paste lollipops he can eat. 777 and his band's odd but cool piercing and clothes amused Neku. Joshua, Neku seems to think, is the best thing in the entire world.

Uzuki, however, is a completely different matter.

Upon meeting her for the first time, Neku promptly scrunched up his face and threw whatever was in his hands at her, which at the time was his juice cup. Koki had to restraint her from hurting him while Joshua gave Neku a bewildered look. Neku responded by hiding behind Joshua's leg and sticking out his tongue at Uzuki.

The second meeting resulted in teddy bear thrown at Uzuki.

Before Koki could stop her, the bear went flying back at Neku. The soft plush bear didn't hurt Neku, though the boy's shock face was something to stare at. Then something Joshua had never seen on Neku in the past two weeks he had been here appeared: a smirk.

Before Joshua could even thing that he was rubbing off on Neku, a red block went flying back at Uzuki.

Uzuki's scream could be heard five blocks away. It was start of a beautiful frien—rivalry.