Title: Logical Requiem
Characters: Reincarnated!Sho/Reincarnated!Neku (Father/Son relationship—not pairings!)
Rating: M-Mild Violence
Warnings: Spoilers for end of the game. Takes place 300 years after the official game.
Summary: Sho tries his life anew as a math teacher aged 22, after completing his course in Uni. With the present and past holding a missing link, it is soon evident that his life so far, had been hurdles that even he can't recall. One day, he finds Pi-Face's cap beyond the Shibuya River, only then does his life as an unwilling trouble magnet begins, the first signs being that a familiar student with headphones and a sketchy past enters his first session...
Notes: Co-written with Houkai-Amplifier. (DeviantART)
Known Characters involved in this Chapter: Neku, Sho.

-Day 3 -

Find out what's wrong with your partner.
No time limit. Fail, and Face Erasure.
Note: The green timer (2h) show how long
you have to find a clue. When that expires
so does the hint. Ignore if you must...
But you'll endanger your partner if
that is the case, and s/he will suffer
Erasure and take you with him/her.

~The Reapers

Shibuya hazily came into sight once more as Neku had woken up to the sound of his phone. He climbed to his feet and yawned. He checked the mission for today, bracing himself for the piercing of the timer that accompanies the brief. No pain. He looked at his hand. A green timer... He looked over at Sho, who was still sleeping. What's wrong with this guy..? This won't be hard...
Neku walked over to Sho and nudged him with his foot. "Mission time," he said in an unsympathetic voice.

Wha--! A frog kicked me!
I sprang to my feet. Bad move. I'm out of my vector! I feel so zetta dizzy! I almost collapsed onto the ground again. I can see the sky is blood red, all unbalanced and as such. I have a pounding headache.
What's-his-name stared at me as if I lost my mind. Zetta duh! I don't have any grip on my reality. When's the mission? No timer?! It's a trap!! We won't make it!!
I could see myself buckling again and weeping like a woman! Not a good image!
While Sho stood there, his golden eyes were dull, and even while Neku stood directly in front of him, the gaze went right through the teen as if he wasn't there, not focusing on anything.

"Helloo?" Neku waved a hand in front of Sho's face. No response. He scratched his head. He looks off it...
Neku shook his head. "You get the mission? It says we have to 'find out what's wrong with our partner'..."

Wha!! What the factor's he doing?!
I took a step back. Aww... I don't feel so good... and a mission...? I tried asking him what it was in full, but all that came from my voice box was....
Sho's only response was a blind's stare and a moan, almost like a zombie with a thumping hangover...
Today, the pair were starting at 104. Beyond the wall to Shibuki Main Store, the braindead zombie Sho could see another junk heap.

...Finding out what's wrong might not be as easy as he thought...
Out of curiosity, Neku turned around to see what Sho was staring at. Of course... The junk heap might have something.
He took a better look, only to find a mess of Reaper's walls with no attending Reapers to block their path. Neku had to lead the way, often waiting for Sho to catch up as they scouted for a clear path.
They encountered a group of unavoidable Noise on the way. In the state Sho was in, Neku was left to watch both his and his own back, barely making it through 2 consecutive rounds. "The hell's wrong with you?" Neku almost yelled after the battle.

He's taking off on me! No choice; zetta whacked out neurons or not, I'm coming!
Sho kept tottering behind Neku, almost catching himself in time should he topple over and fall. The teen wasn't being fair, wasn't his fault something managed to hijack his brain. The battle came as unwanted attention.
When Neku almost yelled, little did he know that the noise reaching Sho's eardrums had been greatly amplified. His only reaction was to flinch violently, blocking his ears and gritting teeth.

Neku stood back a little. "It's like you're freakin' stoned."
He shrugged. "C'mon, we aren't too far now..." Neku had grown concerned, but at the moment there wasn't much that could be done about it, either than completing the mission. And this mission is one that he'd like to solve quickly. Braindead Sho won't last another day in this place.
After another long battle, they sluggishly made their way to the junk heap, with only a few minutes remaining on the green counter.

Sho looked up at the heap, seeing nothing but neatly stacked refrigerators. On them were countless sticky notes, and on the very top sat a pad with no writing and a pen. He looked at Neku, still dazed, and grunted as if trying to say, 'You better start climbing...'

Neku looked over at Sho. "What?"
He then looked to where he was looking at, getting the general idea of Sho's intention. "No way, have you seen the trash in that thing?" he complained as he pointed to the pile of fish heads and discarded banana peels.

The only response Neku got was an irked look. Growling, Sho began climbing. Null brained or not, writing was the only way to communicate.

Neku scratched his neck and reluctantly stopped Sho, "Fine, I'll climb. You just wait here..."
He started climbing, taking care not to grab any rotten or suspicious things. The quicker I get this thing... But why does it have to be on top of the damn pile?
Neku made his way to the top and took the seemingly untainted notepad and pen. He stopped to take a good look at the urban landscape from the pile. There was a surprisingly decent view. Another look on Shibuya.
He stopped wasting time and started to climb down, taking shortcuts by jumping down on stable fridges.
He landed on solid ground and dusted the junk off. Not doing that again for a while...

Stupid kid. Wants to commit suicide or bear without a bath?
Sho stood for a while, then took the notepad and pen. And wrote this:

The frogs are dancing
in my head with glee...
That's right... I'm possessed.
Please... help me...

(That's right, he also added the ellipse.)

Neku took the note and scanned through it quickly. He looked up at Sho with a half weird out look. "Frogs? ...And they're in your head?"
Neku crossed his arms. Actually, I'm not surprised...
"..So how we get the thing out?"

Grumbling, Sho also wrote:

Possessed, as in, negative feeling output. Happens to living all the time.
fn x 4
Take Player Pin first to remove blockage.