Disclaimer: I do not own The World Ends With You, but I do own a copy of the wonderful game. If you want to see what the characters look like, you'll have to go look on twewy122220's page, which holds another story that I am writing about the characters from the game.

Misaki's Point of View

"What the hell were those? I've never seen black Noise." Neku questioned. I hope he didn't expect me to answer. "Likewise." Joshua answered. I had started to give up thinking that we would receive any answers as to what was going on here, so I was just going with the flow.

"Bastards were tough, huh?" Neku asked. "Not only that . . . I couldn't really hurt them unless I had the light puck. Don't tell me you didn't notice, Neku. That doesn't inspire much confidence, partner." Joshua said with a smirk. I think he liked getting on Neku's nerves.

"I have a question," Suki asked calmly, "Why did it attack us!" she shouted the last part. We all shrugged. It seemed no one knew the answer to that. We left Cadoi City and finally made it to Molco.

"So this is Tin Pin Slammer . . . All I need to do is figure out some way to win this." Neku stated. "Good luck with that. At least there's a Reaper decal here. You won't have any problems entering." Joshua said.

"What's the point of Reaper decals?" I asked. "Every shop licensed to sell to Players has one. It makes us visible there." Joshua replied.

"I'm not complaining, but . . . why let us shop at all?" Neku asked. "The Reapers wan us erased, don't they? Why help us?"

"Hmm . . . Does it really matter? Shopping is fun." Joshua replied. "The Game's better this way. If you don't hurry, you'll miss registration, Neku." I stifled my laugh, Joshua was weird but he was also funny.

"Hey, don't forget me." Suki said, "The more people that enters, the better chance we have of clearing this mission."

"You do that sis, but I'm not entering and losing in the first round." I said. "I don't know how to play so I'm not entering either." Joshua simply stated. Neku looked at Joshua.

"I thought you were going to clear this mission, Neku?" Joshua stated smugly. Both Neku and Suki glared at Joshua, he was a little to laid back for my tastes regarding this game but I guess he thought we had little to lose. After that Neku and Suki walked off for the competition.

"Joshua, can you tell me what you know about the Game?" He sat on a bench that we had found, before gesturing at me to sit. "Well, you know it's the Reaper's Game, meaning that you're dead. Reapers are the ones in the hoodies or the Game Master's. You have seven days to complete missions and stay alive. On the seventh day, you go against the Game Master. If you win, you're reborn; if you lose, you're erased. At least that's the Composer's rule. The Composer is the one that writes the Game."

"Like a composer writes a song." I interrupted. Joshua nodded, before continuing, "The UG is the Underground where we play; the RG is the Real Ground which is where everyone else is. That's why they cannot see or hear us; shops have decals to make us visible in the RG, as I've stated before. The pacts with partner's we make help keep the Noise from attacking us. I have a pact with Neku and you have a pact with your sister." I stopped him before he could continue. "So that's what the light show was about." He laughed at my statement.

"Yes that would signify that two Players have made a pact. The pins that we use are psychs that help us defeat the Noise. If a player can us any pin that they're given, then that means they are really good at psychs. That's all there really is to say about the Game."

"Okay, I understand now. Will any of us know what we had to sacrifice to enter the Game besides death?" Joshua just shrugged him shoulders. After that, we heard the announcer come on. He was announcing who had made it and who hadn't, Suki unfortunately got knocked out after the second round. She didn't come looking for me, which I thought was strange, she had stayed near Neku. "The air is electric here in the slam mall! Next up, the main event! In the blue corner, Neku Sakuraba! In the red corner, the top seed and Slammurai legend . . . Shuto Dan!" The announcer stated.

Tsukiko's Point of View

Neku looked shock, but he wasn't the only one. Shuto Dan, also known as Shooter, was the one who gave us a quick play on how to play Tin Pin. It didn't take long for Shooter to beat Neku. "And just like that, the match is over! Shooter does it again! The top seed moves on to the finals!" The announcer stated. When I reached Neku, he was mumbling an apology. I finally saw my sister and Joshua making their way over to us. "Aww, what a shame. Not that I'm shocked. You're a Tin Pin virgin. What could you do?" Joshua asked in a mocking voice. That boy was really grating on my nerves. Saki didn't seem to be paying anyone any mind, because she was watching the next match.

"Uh-oh! Looks like trouble for our champ!" The announcer stated. "What happened?" I heard Neku ask.

"His pin won't eject." Saki told us when we looked at the stage. "It looks like a freak malfunction has cost the top seed the slam-off! Victory goes to dark horse slammer Sota Honjo!" The announcer was getting annoying.

"Oh, my! Looks like Shooter lost." Joshua said with his arm around Saki shoulders. Wait What!? She didn't even seem to notice though, because she was looking at her hand. "Huh? The timer's gone. Wait . . . We cleared the mission?" Neku asked stunned. I also looked at my head and the timer was gone.

"The guy that won was a Player also." Saki stated. "It doesn't matter who accomplishes the mission as long as it gets done."

"Exactly, Saki. I thought you knew though, Neku. That's why there's no reason for us to get all worked up over it." Joshua stated. "Let the other Players take care of the missions. We just need to do what it takes to stay alive . . . Whatever it takes."

"And what happens if nobody clears the mission?" I asked. "Exactly, what if that kid's toy hadn't broken when it did?" Neku said.

"Oh, I'm willing to make some minimal effort. You don't really think that was an accident, do you?" Joshua asked. "You sabotaged Shooter's toy so it wouldn't eject." My sister stated.

"No, I borrowed his pins and swapped in a few of my own. Of course mine had a few . . . adjustments made. You can have the originals." Joshua said, tossing the pins to Neku. They proceeded to get into another argument. "If you're done, it's my turn. I've got an errand to run, and you're coming along." Joshua said leading my sister towards Cadoi City, he still hadn't moved his arm and I was about to break it if he didn't.

"Wait, there's another one of them garbage piles!" Saki said, pointing near the phone booth. "What, you're just going to ignore me? You half-blind hectopascals!" We looked over to see Minamimoto walking towards us.

"Oh, look. It's a stray Reaper. You see, even grouchier than usual." Joshua told him. "Damn right! That game was zetta dull! Are you trying to bore me to death? How about a little flair!? Give it some edge! You brain-dead binomials are pathetic!" Pi-face, as I dubbed him, ranted.

"Coming from a guy that uses multiple mathematical phrases," Saki said in an annoyed voice. Obviously, she really didn't like the guy. "But, you mean to tell me that you were watching the entire time? Do you have nothing better to do, other than your garbage heaps you seem to be fond of."

"No comments from the peanut gallery. Your opinions are garbage! CRUNCH! I'll add them to the heap!" Pi-face told her, Joshua laughed at him. "I figured you weren't much for criticism. Otherwise, why keep making those senseless junk heaps as Misaki mentioned?"

"Heh," Pi-face commented, "Every inch of my work is flawlessly calculated. Look at the perfectly understated silhouette. How can you not see the beauty!? . . . Time for a little quiz. What's the probability of you Players surviving the week?"

"I don't know. Why don't you humor me?" I stated sarcastically. "ZERO, same as your taste! Attention, all tasteless tetrahedral! If you want to live, show me the limit of U as I got to infinity! Not that there's anything any of you can do. You fractals have no future! QED. Class is dismissed!" After that Pi-face and his stupid megaphone disappeared. My sister kept looking in the direction that he last was.

"Think he's got a thing for you, Neku?" Joshua asked. "What!? How the hell do you figure that?"

"He does follow him around a lot," Saki whispered to me. She had finally moved away from Joshua. "Why did he have his arm around you?" I asked gruffly. She blushed slightly.

"Oh, that's not important. What's important is that Mr. Math Fetish has some weird vide about him. I can't say one of power, because Game Masters obliviously have power but I sense determination from him. Like he's after something, but I don't know what." Saki said thoughtfully. "Tomorrow during the mission, we should go see if Uncle Sanae can see us and talk to him."

A.N.

And that the end of Day 2. I didn't get any reviews again, so sad :( Oh well, I gotta go with what I'm given. I'll again leave it up to the readers when I post it. If I recive a total of four reviews (as I said, I have one right now), I will post it later tonight. If I only recive two, I'll post it tomorrow (Monday). And if I get one, I'll post it Tuesday. If I get none, then I'll post it on Wednesday. This chapter is four pages with 8,827 charaters on Microsoft Word. Giving the story a grand total of 10 pages and 25,285 characters (at least that's what Microsoft Word says). So please read and review and let me know what you think.

~Ciabri (vAmPiRe-gIrL91)