Ok so in this chapter, a new kind of fusion skill appears. It's somewhat like the fusion pin from the reaper's game but with a few differences. Also, everytime you see a sentence or phrase with Big, Bold letters from here on out, that means that there's a partner communication going on. You'll see what I mean later on in this chapter.

Btw, I've noticed that I maybe used Hanekoma's 'boss' line too much. Thanks to Konankt for the reminder. And just so you don't get confused, VP or valued possessions are the things that give Neku and the rest their unique abilities. Neku's headphones and Mr. Mew are examples of VPs. You'll also be seeing this abbreviation later on.

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The World Begins With You

Chapter 13: Training

It's been two days since the battle in Akihabara and everyone seemed to have settled down now. The blast that had occurred in Akihabara was reported to be an earthquake during a news broadcast the other day. All the players knew that it was just some cover-up story because they didn't even know the true cause of that blast. Then again, you couldn't blame them because they were oblivious to everything that Neku and the rest were going through.

It was now Neku's first day from being released from the hospital, but unfortunately for him, he still had to go to school. It was still winter break but much to the students' disappointment, there was a three-day set of SAT tests that everyone had to take. "Tch…this is student abuse…" Neku thought aloud as he moved his pen in a circular motion, shading the answer of his choice. Luckily, he wasn't one to quickly forget past lessons so the test wasn't all that hard.

When he finally finished, he set his pen down and swayed his eyes around the classroom. Looking at his fellow classmates, he noticed a few things, such as Beat who was already panicking due to the limitless number of questions he hadn't even begun to answer yet, Eri who'd probably finished a little earlier than Neku since she was just looking out the window, Shiki who had just finished her test and was now stretching her arms, and finally a couple of students who were just "Shot-gunning" the test, seeing that they were smiling as they shaded at an incredibly fast pace.

"Lazy-asses" Neku thought as he watched the students answer without even looking at the questions. After a few more minutes of waiting which entailed looking out the window and listening to music (Which led to a ruler being smacked right on his head), the bell finally rang which meant that it was time for everyone to head on home or wherever their supposed to be at.

"So, how'd you guys do on the test?" Shiki asked as the group walked though the hallway. Neku and Eri shrugged with a smile, telling Shiki that they did pretty well. Beat, on the other hand, drooped his body as low as it could go with a face that looked like his spirit had just left this world. "That bad, huh?" Shiki said and Beat nodded slowly with tears flowing from his dead looking eyes. As the group exited the building, they caught sight of Beat's little sister who was staring curiously at a person in the distance.

"Whatcha lookin' at, Rhyme?" Beat asked before staring in the same direction to see the mysterious, otaku-like, violet haired, (limitless descriptions…) sword wielder, Ryou, once again snooping around with a blank look on his face. Beat swayed his pupils a little to the right to see a few girls in hiding who were feasting their eyes on the mysterious boy. "They've been at it for awhile now" Rhyme muttered, recalling all the other days that she'd seen them spying on the boy.

"Well" Eri said "For one thing, he doesn't even study here and he's not exactly average-looking either. And I guess that ever-lasting day-dreamer look on his face is a major plus too" The teen said before seeing one of the girls finally leave her hiding spot and actually approach the spaced out boy.

"U-Umm…" The girl mumbled, gaining Ryou's attention "M-My name's…Rena…uhh…w-what's yours?" At the moment, her face was blushing furiously and the blue eyed angel hadn't the slightest clue why. "It's Ryou. Nice to meet you" He replied with a silent, yet slightly friendly tone which made the girl's face turn a deeper red than before. "O-Oh, I see…t-that's a nice name…well I…umm…I-I gotta go now, Bye!" And at the speed of light, the girl was gone.

Ryou blinked his eyes in confusion as he wondered if he'd said something wrong. Seeing that their angel friend was all but aware of the situation, Neku and co, sighed as they simeoultaneously thought the same thing "This guy's...just unbelievable…"

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After meeting up with Ryou, the group proceeded back home to the new dorm that was just put up in Yokkasune (where Neku and Shiki had their first date). Luckily, the district was only put up two weeks ago and there were a ton of vacant spots there so it wasn't hard for Hanekoma to find the perfect place. The reason that the building was put up in just one day? Well, it had something to do with a particular function of the Seraph's phone which Beat called "Da' copy/paste".

When they entered the dorm, they were immediately greeted by the blue-haired Nana and the spiky haired sniper, Kyo. "Hey there. You guys are just in time for the training. Just wait for Sanae and Sho to finish up" Kyo said, suddenly giving Neku a serious look. This was the time that Neku was anxiously waiting for, even when he was answering his load of tests. He desperately wanted to get stronger; for himself and for everyone he cared about. He couldn't possibly forgive himself if he were to run amok and probably hurt another one of his friends again.

Finally, the shaded angel came through a wide door at the back of the lobby with the grim heaper following behind with a loud yawn "You zetta sons of digits better be thankful to me for preping all this stuff. This damn room kept me up for like forever. The only way I actually friggin' stayed awake was by thinking of good ol' 3.14159265358979323846264338327950-"

"Okay, okay we get it" Neku interrupted "geez, I don't even know HOW that could keep you awake. It'd do the exact opposite for me. Anyway…thanks a lot. I'll make sure this doesn't go to waste" During that last sentence, the boy's expression clearly changed which Sho quickly took note of "Someone's feelin' pretty determined today. Well…do whatcha have to do. I'm gonna go take a nap so call me when you're done with the first part of this inverse matrix of a training montage"

On that sleepy note, Sho let out one last big yawn as he headed up the stairs to get some afternoon shut-eye. Hanekoma on the other hand, didn't look tired at all and seemed to be his everyday self. When Neku thought about clarifying that, he quickly threw that thought in the garbage when his eyes caught sight of a jumbo-sized coffee mug that the Seraph was holding "I knew coffee could keep you awake, but for THAT long?!"

Hanekoma took one last sip from the brown liquid before leading the group to the room that he and the genius had prepared. Once inside, everyone looked around to see an extremely wide room that was filled with obstacles ranging from large floating balls, to unorthodox styles of bridges.

Seeing the wide obstacle course in front of them, Neku wondered if they really were going to train or just exercise "Hey, Mr. H. Tell me again how this is supposed to train us?" He said with a confused look on his face. The middle-aged man let out a laugh, having predicted what their reaction would be ever since he and Sho started building the place. "This place, is gonna test how well you can coordinate with your partner and build up that coordination. There are two ways to obtain 'Soul Unison'. The first, like how Kariya and Uzuki got it, is by having a near-death experience that pushes you and your companion's 'Soul' to the limit. The second is by training your minds in coordination. The first is obviously the fastest but tell me, would u really wanna try that?"

The first reason managed to catch Shiki's interest, especially because there was actually a pair that managed to obtain 'Soul Unison' because of it. "Kariya and Uzuki had a near-death experience? When did that happen?" The brunette asked, making Hanekoma frown and rub the back of his neck "That's…not important right now. Anyway, for this obstacle course to work, we need to kick things up a notch. You see, this was specifically designed for you to communicate with your partner and without any of that, you're bound to mess up. The added rule for this test is: You can't talk to your partner at anytime during the course. If you do, you have to start over"

Hearing that impossible and mind-piercing request, Beat dropped his jaw just as fast as he drops his attention span. "Whaauuaaa?! You gotta be playin' us, Mr. H. Ain't no way in hell we'd get through with no comminicitation!' The skateboarder said in surprise, once again making Sanae laugh at how shocked his reaction was. "First of all Beat, it's communication and not comminicitation. Secondly, there is a way to get through this. If you sync up enough with your partner's 'Soul', you'll be able to read each other's thoughts for a limited time. During that time, get through whatever obstacle before that time runs out"

Before letting them choose their partners, Hanekoma told them that for some reason, having the opposite gender as your partner was usually two times more efficient than having a partner of the same gender. Another efficient way was if the two partners had a special bond like being siblings or family members. Hanekoma theorized that maybe it had something to do with how well two 'Souls' can connect, but it was just a mere theory and nothing else.

The pairs turned out to be Beat and Rhyme, Ryou and Eri, and finally, Neku and Shiki. There were a few times when Ryou had to pair up with Eri in some situations and even more times when Neku partnered with Shiki. The reaper's game was a prime example of how well they fought together. The fact that they actually fought noise with a light puck being their only link would also prove to be a slight plus.

Each pair was to try and finish one of the three different courses throughout the large room. Hanekoma decided to observe Beat and Rhyme first because he had a hunch that they'd be the first to finish their course. The pair that he expected to finish last, even though they had the most experience, was Neku and Shiki; basically because of the noise that continued to lurk in Neku's body.

In front of the two siblings were two narrow tunnels that reached to about half of the large room. These two tunnels were absolutely sound proof so the pair wasn't able to communicate with each other. Inside, each tunnel had buttons to press that would further open the narrow area until they would ultimately reach the end point. A few steps inside, Beat bumped into a solid cement wall that prevented him from moving onward. On the wall were two buttons with drawn symbols on them. One had a moon, while the other, a sun. On Rhyme's side, the same buttons were on the wall as well.

"I wonder what goes down when I push…this one" Beat slammed his finger on the sun-labelled button and immediately, the image of a yellow sun appeared on the sturdy wall. Rhyme decided to push the button with a moon on it and likewise, the image of the blue heavenly being appeared on her wall. A second later, the images vanished, leaving both siblings waiting for something else to happen, but nothing did. Beat continued to press the buttons but Rhyme, being the more analytical one, decided to think about it a bit.

"Hmm…I wonder how this works. I'm sure these buttons are used to open the doors but…I just can't figure it out…" She thought before deciding to press the button with the engraved sun. Just as she expected, the image of a sun appeared on the wall, but she still couldn't seem to find the answer she was looking for. Neither of the two knew that the same buttons actually existed on each other's wall.

As everyone continued to ponder on how they'd be able to solve their problems, Hanekoma decided to send a helpful tip to each of their phones.

"First of all, you gotta make another 'pact' with your partner. It's different this time around though. Concentrate on your VPs. Once you've done that, focus your thoughts on your partner and your partner alone" After reading the message, Beat and Rhyme decided to give it a shot. It actually made sense because the valued possession (more commonly known as a VP), acted as a bridge to other planes as well as another person's 'Soul'. The next thing needed was to actually gain access to the other person's 'Soul' via an invisible gate. Noise usually gain access by breaking that gate (Just like how they steal other 'Soul'), but there was a way for the person to actually open up his/her soul to another.

The two blonde siblings did as they were told in the hopes that their partner did the same. As soon as they concentrated on their VPs, they immediately closed their eyes and focused all their thoughts on one another. The only image in their heads right now were each other and nothing else, just like how Hanekoma had instructed them. Just as they had hoped, the pair could now feel a strange feeling inside them. It was like there was a faint connection in their minds which made them focus even more. Beat even resorted to saying Rhyme's name over and over again just to keep him focused which was actually a pretty smart move on his part.

Finally, Beat felt his feet take off from the ground and found himself floating in an endless dark space. After a short while, his treasured little sister appeared right in front of him and seemed just as confused as he was "Beat, is that you?" She asked after rubbing her eyes just to make sure she wasn't dreaming. Sure enough, the person in front of her was definitely real. Beat took a few steps forward until he was right in front of his kid sister "It's me aight. I guess we nailed it, yo" He said before reaching his hand out to her with a warm smile present on his face "Let's get goin'…Rhyme"

With a genuine smile of her own, Rhyme took her older brother's hand and gripped it genly. "Yeah…let's" Having said that, a very familiar shining light enveloped the two and brightened their surroundings in a light blue color. It was definitely that same light whenever a pact was made in the reaper's game.

When the light vanished, Beat and Rhyme found themselves once again inside their respective tunnels in the same part where they'd left off. Before pressing a button, Beat decided to experiment with his new pact so he again, focused all his thoughts on Rhyme and she did the same to her brother.

"Rhyme…yo…testing, one two three testing. Miiiiiiiike teeeest" The elder of the siblings called out through his thoughts, making the younger respond to confirm the formed 'connection' "We have lift off. Over and out…hee hee" She happily replied which made Beat laugh as well.

Now that they could communicate through their minds, it was time to actually solve the problem in front of them. Since there were only two buttons, they thought that maybe the same button has to be pressed "Okay, let's go fo' sun this time, yo" Beat mentally transfered to Rhyme. Once both of them hit the same button, the impeding wall suddenly crumbled down and revealed a path that continued a little further on. After a momentary celebration, the Bito siblings continued down the path for a few seconds until they finally reached another wall, this time with 5 buttons laid out on the piece of marble.

Beat looked to his right to see a lever that was nailed on the side of the wall. Without even a second of suspicion, he quickly pulled the lever as fast as a professional slot machine player in a casino. Soon after, the buttons that were spread out on the wall began to light up randomly one after another. From right to left, there was a red, orange, yellow, blue, and green button. Due to the buttons lighting up from nowhere, Beat was caught off-guard and he soon lost track of the blinking lights.

"Hey Rhyme, whaddya think a' this one. There's a lever and five blinking buttons right here" The part about the lever surprised Rhyme because none of the sort existed on her side. The only things present were the five colored buttons. "Beat, what does the lever do?"

"Well, once I give it a pull, these colored buttons start flashin' like fireworks" That statement once again confused the blonde girl. When Beat had pulled the lever, nothing so much as blinked on Rhyme's side, but before the 13-year old could even think of an idea, one had already surprisingly come up in Beat's head "Oh, I got it! Since I'ma here with the lever, maybe I gotta mezmorize which buttons start flashin' first" That actually didn't sound like a bad idea, much to his sister's surprise although he'd once again pronounced something wrong which was usually expected of him.

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Meanwhile, Neku and Shiki were having some trouble on their part. They were already in the black space like where Beat and Rhyme had made their pact, but there was someone stopping the two from confirming the pact. It was a certain red-eyed Neku noise that sat on the black ground with a bored look on his face. The real Neku on the other hand, was about to explode in irritation "What the hell will it take for you to accept the friggin' pact!" the spiky haired teen loudly complained. Unfortunately, Neku had a human half and a seriously stubborn noise half that both controlled the overall 'Soul'. If either Neku or noise Neku would disapprove, then the pact would be denied. Neku obviously agreed to form a pact, but the other one wasn't as giving…

"Please…" Shiki began "We really need you to accept the pact. We really seriously absolutely need it" Even though both her words and her face expression were sincere and genuine, noise Neku still wasn't about to give in. Neku actually found her begging face a little cute, but his other half just found it irritating.

"If this kid's gonna be your partner, then forget it. I ain't making a pact with some puny little girl that can't even hold her own in a fight. But…if you're really THAT serious, then maybe you'll do this one little request" He said with a suspicious grin on his face.

"If it'll make you agree to form a pact, then I'll do it. Just tell me what to do" Shiki asked, making a childish smile appear on the noise's face as he pointed to his human half "Give him a kiss then" At hearing that odd request, both teens' faces immediately turned as red as a tomato which was even amplified when they shot looks at each other for a short moment. "Umm…well i-uh…" Shiki mumbled as her pupils danced around her eyes. Neku, who was also affected the same way, was also speechless.

"I'm just kidding. Man, you shoulda seen the looks on your faces. That was priceless!" noise Neku blurted out before letting out a loud laugh, turning their former embarrassment into new-born anger "THAT"S NOT FUNNY, YOU JERK!" The brunette yelled before giving the noise a full-powered punch that sent him flying from his former location, making Neku's eyes widen in shock at seeing how strong a punch she can actually throw. "Remind me…not to ever piss you off…"

After getting up and shaking his head to recover his blurry vision, the noise half grinned as he placed his hand on the deep red mark on his face that resembled Neku and Shiki's faces not too long ago. "Wow, you sure know how to inflict pain. I'll tell you what, as a 'sorry' for making that joke, I'll allow the pact to happen" For some reason, it looked like he really was gonna allow the pact from the very start, but decided to play around a bit.

"But" The noise began, a playful grin once again on his face "You DO know that a pact's confirmed once you hold your partner's hand, right? Well then, go on" In his mind, Neku cursed himself for having such an annoying other half. He already knew that he had to hold Shiki's hand but having someone blab that out from nowhere just made the situation even more awkward "Well…give me your hand…" Neku said as he positioned his eyes in another direction.

With a quick nod, Shiki softly held the boy's hand, causing him to look at her for a moment until that same blue light once again surrounded them and finally confirmed their pact.

Just like what had happened with Beat and Rhyme, Neku and Shiki soon found themselves back in their own separate courses. Currently, they were in separate mazes with directions occasionally planted on a wall. Those directions were meant for the partner and not exactly for the person reading the instructions. Using their new telekinetic communication, the two transferred the directions to each other until they came across longer and more difficult directions.

The problem about the new technique was that it only lasted a short while which wasn't enough for them to instruct their partner through the much longer parts of the mazes. Neku and Shiki decided that it was best to put more concentration in it so the connection would hopefully become stronger. It probably needed more training and experience to lengthen the connection, so they thought.

Through the minutes, everyone felt their connections grow stronger as they continued to train their minds by repeatedly focusing on their tasks. Little by little, they were able to solve the longer problems and when they came across a more difficult one, they focused even more than before until they finished that part as well. Finally, after a half-hour of mental training, they eventually bumped into each other at the end of the long and hassling maze, making them sigh in relief as they looked back at the path where they had just been.

"We're…finally…done" Shiki tiredly mumbled as she tried to catch her breath. Beside her, the blue eyed boy was doing the same "Worst…30 minutes…of my life" Even if there wasn't much physical movement, just the mental strain on their heads was enough to wipe them out.

Just as Hanekoma had expected, Neku and Shiki were the last ones to finish. Beat and Rhyme were the first ones, followed by Ryou and Eri. Things went pretty well on this pair's end with only minor difficulties. They actually would've finished first if it wasn't for Eri who had sprained her ankle. Because of that, things went slower than originally planned and Ryou had to give her a piggy-bank ride back to where Hanekoma was.

When everyone was finally gathered, Sanae proceeded with the tutorial "Ok guys, now that we've pumped up our minds a bit, it's time for the fun part of this lesson. Hey Einstein, it's your turn" He said to a sleepy looking math wiz. It seemed that he never did get enough sleep which made him extra cranky as well.

"Alright already…friggin' slave driver. Okay you stupid hectopascals, it's time to test what you've just learned. Firstly…" Sho took a spray can from his pocket and quickly drew a noise sigil with it. Soon after, he placed one hand on it and created a few black taboo noise "I'm gonna put you up against these guys as training dummies. Just like coffee man said awhile ago, you're gonna 'craft' your very own kind of 'soul fusion'. To do that, ya gotta focus on your partner and try to fully connect. Once you get that down, picture the attack on your mind and make sure your partner's doin' the same"

On that note, Sho ordered his pets to attack. He also ordered the fellow players to not use their pins and to only concentrate on creating a 'soul unison'. The only problem was that it was hard to concentrate while continuously stepping away from incoming attacks, but if they couldn't do that then they wouldn't last in an 'actual' situation. "Hey Shiki, can you hear me?" Neku sent over to his partner who took a quick look at him before leaping away from a black frog.

"Yeah, loud and clear. So, now we just need to picture an attack right? What do you think?" Before giving that some thought, Neku quickly pulled his partner away from a leaping frog and used his elbow to smash it to the ground. Unfortunately, physical attacks like that were more or less like garbage against noise. "Damn, we need to do something quick or things won't turn out nicely. Okay Shiki, think of something powerful and just keep thinking of it!"

The cap wearing girl nodded before thinking up the strongest thing that could come up in her mind. As soon as she did, Neku tried to completely sync up with her so his thoughts would be the same. For a 'soul unison' to work, both partners need to be thinking of the exact same attack "Okay…I can feel it. But wait…Shiki what the hell?! I thought you were supposed to think of something powerful, NOT CUTE!"

"W-We don't have enough time! Just trust me!" Shiki thought back, making Neku finally give up and accept the attack. As soon as he did, a blue light once again surrounded the two which signalled that everything was ready. With one deep breath, the two yelled out in emphasis "Soul Unison!"

As a reaction, both Neku's headphones and Shiki's Mr. Mew suddenly disappeared into one single blinding flash which revealed a figure that was the exact opposite of their original attack. A black demon-like being with spikes all over it appeared before them. It had red eyes just like Neku's noise form and had some identical features to Mr. Mew such as the pointy ears and black body. For some reason, it also had a red aura that was similar to when Shiki controlled Mr. Mew during the reaper's game.

With one loud scream, the transformed stuffed animal lifted one hand and summoned a large violet ball which floated just inches away from its hand. After aiming at the helpless frog in front of him, the creature threw the large ball with great force and upon impact, created a vertical explosion which blew an abnormally large hole through the dorm's roof and revealed the orange sunset sky.

"Holy zetta shit…" Sho mumbled with a feeling of fear as he stared at the newly-made damage on the building's top. He actually wasn't the only one that was freaked. Everyone, including the usually calm Hanekoma, was staring in awe at the product of Neku and Shiki's fusion. Even those two didn't expect it to look and seem as deadly as it looked right now. "Umm Neku, I…don't think this is what I had in mind…literally"

"Yeah" Neku began "I think I noticed that ever since this thing came out" After looking at its two 'masters' the once known piggy turned back into its former material state. Neku once again had his headphones back on his head while the stuffed animal was back in Shiki's arms, a groggy feeling coming over the black cat. "Heya, big sis. I had a really weird dream…"

Near-by, the other players had also achieved their own 'Soul unison' basing from the fact that their enemies were no longer in the area. Seeing that everyone had succeeded with flying colors, Hanekoma decided to elaborate on Neku and Shiki's unusual combo "That was really something. You had me on the edge of my seat, you know boss?" In truth, Neku was on the edge of his seat as well even though he was on his feet the whole time.

"So what the hell was that…thing?" The orange haired teen asked. The café owner adjusted his black shades before proceeding with his explanation "That thing was obviously your soul unison. I kinda have a hunch that it turned out that way because of Neku's little friend living deep inside him. I'm sure he's to put the blame on for making it look like that" His point did make sense in a way. The noise Neku was a different person all on his own so there was a good chance that the phenomena at hand was his doing.

Now that Neku's 'soul' training was done, he anxiously waited for the next part of his training which involved compressing his noise power and manipulating it to work far better than it did before. Unfortunately though, his training had to wait because there was another matter that needed urgent attention.

"Neku, we're gonna have to put this on hold for now. You see…I just got new info…on a new entrance to the noise plane. You know what that means, don't you?" Everyone knew exactly what that statement could mean: Another chance to save the composer and get him out before something screwed can happen.

"Actually, there are two new entrances and I suggest that we head over to both of em' as soon as we can. I want all of you to hit the sack early today coz' those gates are gonna bust open pretty soon; Early morning to be exact so I want all of you in the best condition. Right now, one gate exists in Shibuya and the other, in Akihabara. I've already called the players over at Akihabara and told them the same thing that I'm tellin' you now"

That excited feeling had now returned to Neku and everyone else for that matter. Finally, this was the chance to get Joshua back and they weren't gonna let anything stop them because aside from being a high-ranking angel, he was also their friend and they had no plans of losing anyone close to them.

"Okay then" Neku started, turning towards his companions "You heard the man. I dunno bout' you guys, but I really don't intend to let that bastard slip away from us…again. I think I'd rather eat Eri's cooking than let that hap-" His not-so-heroic speech was interrupted by a quick yet painful blow to his orange head.

"If I hear you say A-NY-THING about my cooking ever again, I'll make sure you'll be having your last supper" Even though she was smiling right now, Eri's intentions were all but friendly. "But Eri…your cooking really is a bit b-" Before Shiki could finish what she was planning to say, a lethal death stare zipped her mouth shut like a bank vault.

Thankfully, the dark atmosphere was lifted when another grumbling sound was heard. Mr. Mew was most suspected one, but it turns out that it came from the blonde acrobat this time "Man, I'm starved to death! Think Imma go grab a bite" After hearing that comment, everyone else (except Sho who was now sleeping on a couch) decided to go out for some dinner as well.

Before exiting though, Shiki thought she'd express her new idea with her partner "Neku, Neku. Don't you think it'd be cool if we had a name for the fusion? I mean we could yell it out and make it sound so cool during a fight" It wasn't a bad idea though…if you weren't in the middle of a fight with abnormal creatures that wanted you as their next meal.

"You've gotta be kidding me. Why would we wanna do that?" He replied with a frown, making Shiki try even harder to convince him "Okay…I get it. It was a stupid idea made by some stupid girl. I'm so, so stupid…" She was actually pretty good in making up an act. Her 'sad' eyes managed to hit Neku like an arrow through his chest which finally made him give in to her request.

"A-Alright, fine. How does 'Death Piggy' or 'Porkchop' sound?"

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Well that about wraps it up for this chapter. I still can't figure out a good title for the next chap but what I can tell you is that there's gonna be a lot of action scenes in this one; one of them actually pitting Neku up against the composer himself *insert scary noise here* I'm sure you're wondering "Why the hell's this guy making Neku fight Joshua?!" Well, there's obviously gonna be a reason. The bad part is that it's gonna be revealed in the next chapter and not now.

Btw, I know I didn't put the other two fusion attacks in this chap but surely, I'll reveal them in the next chapter as well. So to all the readers, I'll see you soon.

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*Neku gets a remote and sits on a couch*

Neku: I wonder what's on

*TV opens*

Sho: Hey you hectopascals! I'm Sho Minamimoto and this is the ever popular "MATH BUSTERS!" Today we'll see if pi really is true or if it's just another m-

*Channel switch*

Beat: Watch me crank dat Bito Boy den superman dat (yooo) Now watch me yoooooo (crank dat Bito Boy) Now watch me yooooo (Crank dat Bito Boy) Now watch me yooo-

*Channel switch*

Shiki: Today we'll be sewing stuffed toys like this one right here. Say hi, Mr. Mew

Mr. Mew: (Huge blue laser comes out of mouth) BLAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGHH!!!!!!!!!!!

*Channel switch*

Sho: I'm here right now in an ancient pyramid where Pi was said to have been created. Hey wait, I think I see something *Looks at stone tablet*
IT'S OVER 3.14159265358979323846264338327950-

*Channel switch*

Kariya: *Holds a lollipop* Chupa Chupas! The pleasure of s-

*TV closes*

Neku: *Gets a phone and starts dialing* Hello? Yeah, I'm calling to change my cable…