Sorry for not having updated really in a while...
I was sick,
still am,
but well enough to write a bit now.
After that bit of back-tracking,
it's back to the main drag.
:D
Please enjoy!
Back to Neku's POV
:Noise Levels:
Chapter 11
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I was glad when Beat shooed everyone out of the room.
I didn't know he could be so...
Motherly.
Heh, I guess there's a lot about him I just never took the time to notice before.
Why did I feel like I didn't have much time left to notice such things?
...It would be just like me to get all Emo again.
'Enough of that..', I told myself.
I didn't need to be thinking about such things any way.
Beat stayed behind a while,
he covered me back up nice,
and stayed at my bed side.
We talked a little,
but only in soft tones....
and not that much really.
Just little things.
He told me about what I did as a Lion Noise.
How I had come to him..
even freaked the living shit out of him.
...not that any part of him was living at the moment.
He also told me how cute I was.
For the hundredth time.
"Ya know..."
Beat said, smirking.
"If you had stayed that way, I migh' 'ave taken you home for a pet, yo."
He chuckled a little as he ran a hand through my hair.
I stuck out my tongue at him,
sliding further under the covers.
"I'd rather be human, thanks."
I let my eyes drift closed.
I heard someone,
ever so softly...
was that a...
humming?
It was like a soft melody that came from the back of my mind.
Something was strange about it.
I had never heard it before...
but it sounded like I had heard it a million times before.
Weird, huh?
Maybe it was just the Deja-vu feeling you every now and again,
for seemingly no reason.
What ever the strange tune was,
it wasn't long before I was asleep.
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"Sweet.....such a tiny cub......"
It was the sing-song voice, with a slight...purr to it?...that had hummed that melody.
It made my eyes snap open.
Sitting up in the bed,
the room was dark.
I could hardly see for the shadows every where.
Beat was gone.
I wanted to call out to him,
but my throat was tight.
...It was a little difficult to breathe even.
The things in the room seemed...
I don't know,
Backwards.
The colors were off,
though I couldn't place it really.
Something was wrong.
My body felt strangely light as I through off the covers.
The almost floated down back onto the bed as I stood up.
'...Beat?....Josh?'
I tried to call out,
but though my mouth wouldn't open,
I could hear the words echo around me.
"Don't worry about them, cub.....Yoshiya has sent you here."
The voice giggled.
Who ever it was,
knew Joshua's real name.
I turned around,
and suddenly Mr. H's room was gone.
I was in Udagawa.
But once again,
things were backwards.
'....Who are you?'
I asked, looking around carefully.
'What do you mean, he sent me away?'
I could feel it's laughter rumble through me.
"He's sent you to the lowest of plains...."
It said, purring.
I tensed up.
'The lowest...?'
Again it laughed.
"Dear little Cub....."
It sneered.
"Welcome to Hell."
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(3rd person POV)
When Joshua told Beat his plan for training Neku,
The Skater was a little more the upset.
...Try, totally pissed.
"I can't let you do tha', yo!"
Beat growled, thumping his fist on the table top.
The crew had gathered down stairs,
in the main part of the Cafe.
Joshua sighed, shaking his head.
"Sorry, dear, but the choice was not yours to make."
Beat stood,
glaring at Josh.
"Oh, righ'..and that makes it all up ta you, huh?"
He spat before heading up stairs.
Rhyme held Shiki's hand tightly,
already knowing what her brother would find.
Josh glanced the girls's way,
"No worries."
He said with a shrug.
"Neku cannot be harmed there, and once he masters the pin....he may come back."
Shiki looked thoughtful,
"Is it true that...there are no limits on his imagination there?"
Josh nodded,
"His only limits are the ones he makes for himself."
Rhyme didn't jump like Shiki did when Beat cried out loudly,
bounding back down the stairs.
His eyes were wide with disbelief as he clenched his fists.
"...You....Bastard."
He growled through his teeth.
"He's...He's....gone."
Tears began to spill slightly as he looked to the ceiling.
Josh stood up,
heading for the door.
"Not really, Beat dear. After all...Sanae will be there to look after him."
Rhyme and Shiki helped Beat calm down as Josh left.
The skater swore to himself,
if anything happened to Neku...
He would personally string Joshua up from the top of 104.
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(Neku's POV)
'Fuck!'
I cursed,
clutching the pin in my hand.
The thing that I had been sent to train with....
was the Lion I had transformed into in the RG.
How?
If I knew, I wouldn't still be asking that question, now would I?
Point is,
I couldn't morph into that Lion,
when the Lion wasn't in the pin.
At least,
That's what I thought anyway.
When I put on the pin,
it didn't work.
I didn't have the time to sit around and think about it either...
The Damn thing was chasing me!
I could feel it giggle with glee.
"I haven't had this much fun in AGES!"
It roared as it cut me off from the corner I was about to turn down.
My feet still felt like they were running on air,
but I knew I would get tired sooner or later....
Funny thing was,
right when I thought that,
My legs gave out.
I looked up with wide eyes as the Lion came at me.
I raised my arms to shield myself,
telling myself it wouldn't hurt me.
Then I heard it laugh.
I looked up,
lowering my arms slightly.
'Have you already caught on?'
it asked, looking playful as it's tail twitched.
Caught on?
I wanted to laugh.
Caught onto what?
It hummed in my mind,
"Hm, perhaps not."
I gave a groan.
Wait.
What was that note I had found in my pocket?
I took it out,
holding up my hands to say time-out.
I could almost feel the Lion role it's eyes.
I unfolded the note.
Use your imagination
it read.
Use my imagination....
What was that supposed to mean?
I sighed stuffing it back into my pocket.
I folded my arms as I thought.
Joshua always told me that I look at things to hard.
Maybe...
Naw, that was crazy.
But then again,
it was the only lead I had.
So.
I used my imagination.
I closed my eyes and tried to imagine the Lion smaller.
When I opened them,
I looked around.
The Lion was gone!
"....Guess again."
It said in my mind.
I stopped myself before I could begin to feel glad.
"I see now, you really DO have it."
I looked down,
and grinned.
There it was, at my feet.
A whole 3 feet tall.
So, this was how it work huh?
...I had a feeling I could get used to this.
A few moments later,
The Lion, back to it's normal size, and I were sitting side by side.
well, it was laying down.
I was curious about a lot of things.
Like why this hell was only in Udagawa.
Or why my imagination controled everything.
The Lion wasn't the one for straight answers either.
''You have a strong imagination."
It told me, licking it's paw and whiping at it's ear.
"Yoshiya was right in chosing you."
"By now, I'm sure, you know that it was I that had taken over you during that battle."
It seemed a bit to smug about all this....
"If I had not, you would have died."
I kicked my feet slightly,
'How is it, that your outside of the pin?'
I asked, unable to help myself.
It chuckled slightly.
"No pin can hold me...."
With the look in it's eyes,
I was sure of that.
It explained more when I prodded.
"Yoshiya had failed in keeping his imagination week enough for a pin when he created that one you now hold.
He was forced to break off a bit of it,
and form an imagination all it's own.
In other words, Me.
when the pin is used,
it is mearly calling me from this hell he keeps me in."
'...Poor you, here all alone...'
I mumbled, reaching over to rub it's chin.
It purred slightly.
"This is what I'm used to.....mmmm, though it is nice to have someone to play with."It layed it's head down,
streching it's paws.
"Best rest, Cub. More and harder training resumes when you wake."
Quite interesting, no?
I thought so.
Sometimes I think Joshua likes to screw around with peoples lives to much.
XD
For those of you that might not remember,
Yoshiya Kiryu
is Joshua's real name.
...and if you already knew,
good.
lol
Please stay tuned for another update soon!
R&R
-Sora
