TWEWY: The World Ends With You: 2: part 1:

This story alternates through two protagonists; Neku Sakuraba and Yukiko Kitaoka. This story may have parts from the game TWEWY in it so it will have spoilers: TWEWY is made by Square Enix. This is a FAN FICTION so don't get your hopes up to think this is the sequel. Enjoy. I hate writer's block!

Week 2, day 2:

Chapter 25: Do a little song:

The air escaped Yukiko's lungs quickly, she had a choice: give the Keypin back or be erased. The choice seemed simple.

Yuki opened her mouth only a bit as she let out a slow gasp, "Fine." her hand seemed to go quickly into her pockets before she flung out the Keypin. The 'Reaper caught it with one hand before he let go of her vest collar, Yuki lay sprawled out a bit as the 'Reaper looked down at her with rage.

"Next time, don't mess with me." growled the 'Reaper before he walked away while Yuki felt the ground pound a bit, she watched him until he was out of sight before she let out a sigh. That was horrible.

Suddenly on the corner of her eye she saw Ayumu extend his hand out to her, slowly she grabbed it as he pulled her up. Yuki stood there a moment to register what happened, as Ayumu seemed to gaze at her.

Her partner spoke first "Nice going there. Clearly you wanted to stare at him until you were erased." Yuki did not respond as Ayumu continued "You stole it from him on the day you erased Darlene,"

Yukiko crossed her arms as she growled, "How else were we going to get our missions done?" she closed her eyes tightly before she snapped "And don't even mention Darla! You know what she did."

Ayumu looked at her before he spoke "Ok, but was it right to erase her?" Yuki looked at the ground with annoyance since her partner already asked her this. This time Yuki thought a bit more before she spoke "Why do you need to know?"

'Why doesn't he just read my mind?!' thought Yukiko with frustration. She looked at him as his blond and golden tipped hair seemed to ruffle in the wind. His pale grey eyes seemed blank.

Ayumu looked up before he spoke "Never mind. But have you always lived on the streets?" Yuki cringed as he said that. She blinked a bit before she sighed "Yeah..."

A tinge of pain flashed through her head, she slightly touched her head where it hurt.

Yuki ignored it as she retorted, "Let's stop talking so we can finish the mission.", Ayumu nodded as Yuki asked, "But what is the mission exactly? Faded song gone for long-"

"Partners exist among the refrain-" continued Ayumu on cue like they practiced it almost, Yuki continued it while her mind was filled with questions "Recollect the newfangled-"

"And stop the stage for time." said Yukiko and Ayumu in union. Yuki hung her head before her very dark brown eyes darkened "I don't get it." Ayumu looked at her strangely as she asked, "Can you find out what it means Ayumu?"

Ayumu shook his head "How can you read the mind of a phone or text message?"

Yuki face-palmed herself before she heard a little humming nearby, it sounded like someone was humming a tune.

The air seemed to make it be heard clearly and it had a certain lovely taste to it. Yuki looked in the direction of where it came from; her ears almost seemed to prick (even though they didn't really).

Ayumu seemed to look in the direction of the tune as well before he enquired, "Shall we go?" Yuki made a sigh as she nodded.

"Sir." said The Conductor as he leaned on the same spot as always, the Composer this time was out of the darkness from the doorway as he listened to him "Was it wise to let that girl stay in the game?" Joshua giggled a bit before he replied "Why not? The game is more amusing now."

The Conductor sighed when he looked at the Composer directly; something about him changed after he disappeared after a while back almost a month ago. Back when one of the current players was in the game, the Composer seemed to change after the results of that game. Brayson knew that the Composer made him his proxy.

It was like the Composer lost a part of himself afterwards.

"Bray." began Joshua, as he created a little void that he used to watch the game, he had a little smirk on his face "We cannot allow anything to happen about that player."

Brayson cringed with shock; he soon got back his stern expression before he asked with curiosity "What do you mean sir? That player is plain as the rest of them."

Joshua did not reply for a few moments before he replied teasingly, "Plain like you?" Brayson clutched his fists from irritation.

He only flicked his hand in a half circle before he showed an image of Neku Sakuraba, "Not all players are plain. Some have vivid imaginations, while some are dull and plain, just like you've said." Joshua studied the image of his former proxy and pact partner "I was a player once. So were you."

Brayson's white eyes narrowed a bit as Joshua's lavender eyes looked dull as he used his remaining powers, for some reason Brayson was told that the Composer lost his true form because he wanted to erase Shibuya, "I know. I have you to thank since we were partners."

Joshua tirelessly kept looking at the image before it shifted to where Neku was at the moment.

Neku watched as Tenho staggered out of the concert stage entrance, it took awhile for him to come over since the sunlight was blinding him. When he got to them he seemed to scowl at the sun as it brightly shined above.

"First time I've been outside for a long time." chuckled Tenho before his tone became dead sounding, "You're from the last game, Neku Sakuraba?"

Neku nodded curtly, it was strange how he'd bring it up now.

For some reason Neku had a feeling Tenho wanted something from them, because Tenho kept staring at him and Mayu. Tenho waited a bit until he murmured "I need you two to do a favor for us."

Neku let out a sigh; it felt like déjà vu to him.

Mayu looked at Tenho with her eyes shining "What is it?"

"I know it's really not a good time to ask you this but..." began Tenho as he seemed to slowly glance his eyes from the sun, "We need help finding a singer."

Neku winced when Tenho finished while he yelped in disgust "A singer!?" Neku had no interest with this at all. He loathed it the idea.

Mayu held her chin as she echoed "A singer?" Tenho blinked at them when he had continued "I know it's not the sort of thing to ask a player, but we need help."

Neku crossed his arms and retorted in disbelief "We don't know anyone who can sing. Plus we have a mission to complete." Tenho sighed as he looked around, a short while later he whispered "I'll make it worth your while."

Mayu raised one of her eyebrows "What do you mean?" her voice sounded curious as Neku looked at her "We just need to find a singer?"

Tenho rubbed his hood before he explained, "We have something that might interest you." the offer seemed like more work to Neku. Neku sighed as he spoke "I hope you're not lying. We'll do it."

Tenho seemed satisfied with his answer, even though Neku felt like he had no choice; it might bring him nearer to what the mission wanted them to do.

The humming became louder as Ayumu and Yukiko neared it, they were tired from all of the random Noise battles they barely got out of.

Ayumu seemed to be more drawn to the music than Yukiko, she hated music. Ayumu was ahead of her while she slunk behind.

"Shh." murmured Ayumu as he stopped suddenly, Yukiko stopped as well when she noticed he was looking around a corner. The humming was the gaudiest here, it sounded like a boy was singing it.

"The Noise gash and slip," the voice sang brightly as Yukiko started to look around the corner beside Ayumu, a ivory hooded teenage boy with bat wings sang louder "To fall and fade by the players' hand."

Yuki crossed her arms and muttered, "Even though he's a Reaper, he sings good." only a moment later she noticed what she had said when she let out a groan.

"You mean Noboru?" asked Ayumu quietly as Yukiko looked at him, Ayumu's grey eyes kept looking at 'Noboru' as Ayumu mused, "He seems to be a new Reaper, but I bet the other Reapers will soon impede him from singing."

Yuki cocked her head to one side in annoyance, "They want to have a no singing game, suits them."

"They won't stop me from singing," abruptly said 'Noboru as he seemed to appear in front of them when they were bantering, Yuki flinched as the 'Reaper lowered his hood "I like to see them try."

'Noboru' had towheaded hair that slowly darkened at the bottom to a darker blond. He also had light brown eyes.

Yuki narrowed her eyes and spat "You're sure of yourself, why don't you tell that to your Reaper friends." 'Noboru' rolled his eyes as he replied, "Don't have any. Why were you watching me?"

Ayumu blinked bit, "Mission."

"And it has to do with me?" asked the Reaper sounding annoyed, his brown eyes darkened as Yuki glared at him. Yuki took a few steps away from him, as she asked "No, but why do you sing?"

Noboru sighed and replied quietly "I love doing it. That's the only thing I have now."

Yuki cocked her head to one side 'Love?' she puffed a bit before she replied, "You 'love' doing it?"

Ayumu looked at her for a moment with a frown when Noboru replied, "Yeah. It keeps me calm and really happy." Noboru had a gleam in his eye as he spoke "Not only that, I like singing to everyone to lift broken spirits."

"We need to be going." stated Ayumu flatly as he started to pull Yukiko away, Yuki gasped feeling confused to why Ayumu wanted to leave.

Noboru watched as they kept moving away "Yeah. I don't want to be seen with you guys if another Reaper comes."

Yuki felt her feet drag on the road as Ayumu picked up his pace; it was strange seeing Ayumu act like that. Something felt wrong how Ayumu acted.

Soon they got out of sight of Noboru when Ayumu sighed sounding relieved, Yuki felt Ayumu's firm grip disappear when they stopped. Yuki's very dark brown eyes gazed at Ayumu as he blinked; he seemed spaced out a bit.

The wind whirled them suddenly when Yuki looked at her timer, she noticed how much time had passed since they had gotten the mission. It had been 35 minutes.

"Looks like we need to finish the mission soon." said Yukiko aloud to Ayumu, he did not say anything except "Mmm..." Yuki felt a tinge of frustration 'He's ignoring me, even with a mission.'

Yuki closed her eyes a second before she shook Ayumu a bit; he winced a bit before he hissed angrily "Hey! Stop that!"

This caused Yukiko to leap back in surprise; this was the first time Ayumu ever showed anger to her.

Ayumu suddenly went rigid as he displayed his awe.

Yuki stared at him a bit frightened; she had no idea what to say.

Ayumu looked at her and spoke emotionless "Sorry." Yuki did not reply because she was still startled by his outburst.

"How are we going to find a singer Mayu?" exclaimed Neku in anger, Mayu looked at him shyly as she replied softly "Walk around until we find one?"

Neku sighed. His blue grey eyes squinted as the sun started to be directly in his sight, he disliked how long they've been walking. He even checked the timer due to it being so boring; he saw they had 25 minutes left.

Mayu looked at Neku sadly as he hid half of his face in his funnel-shaped collar "I think we need to rethink a bit." Neku slowly looked at her as she continued, "If Tenho said we need one who is in the UG, then we should start to search for players who can sing."

"I don't think players are the type Tenho wanted to have," mumbled Neku seriously as his MP3 player swayed in the wind, he could feel it continuously thump on his chest. Neku raised his head up a bit to level it with Mayu's a bit "He must've wanted Reapers, that's harder than I could stand with."

"Oh," replied Mayu as she sadly stood there, she looked at Neku as she spoke "Okay, I'll search for Reapers while you stay here."

Neku groaned before he growled, "Let's go."

They started to walk again when Neku hit something; he let out a annoyed growl "Not another wall,"

"Yeah so," harshly growled the Reaper nearby them; Neku winced as he remembered him from last week's game on day 5 "And you need to erase some Noise for me player. I'm not in a good mood so do it!"

Neku crossed his arms wondering how he got this pissed. Mayu seemed to tremble a bit, her blue green eyes looked wild and scared.

The Reaper kept watching Neku through narrowed amber eyes; Neku noticed he was holding a Keypin identical to the one Yukiko stole from him. The Reaper seemed to also notice what Neku was looking at before he snapped, "Want this? Your friend gave it up to me."

Neku knew he did not really mean that he could have it, he sighed and whispered to Mayu "Let's finish this quickly." Mayu nodded as she followed him a little way from the pissed off Reaper.

Neku scanned the area for Noise until he found a double chain; he made sure to it that he wanted a fight. Neku got out of the scan and crouched "Get ready." Mayu nodded before taking out her rods.

They got sent to an area to fight, it sort of looked like the area they were in. Soon they finished the Noise before they returned to the Reaper.

"Grr." said the Reaper before he opened the wall, Neku felt like he had gotten stronger since the last week. Entering the area, Neku heard a soft humming in the distance.

Beside him Mayu started to hum along a bit, she cheerfully chirped "I know that song, Def Märch played it many times at concerts." Neku looked at her oddly as she hummed a bit more.

Neku decided to follow the humming from the song Mayu had mentioned, he felt calm from hearing it. Mayu followed like a shadow except she was had a big grin on her face as she hummed what seemed to be the accompaniment part of the song.

It did not take long until they found a boy with an ivory hoodie; his hood was down revealing his towheaded hair that slowly darkened at the bottom to a darker blond and brown eyes.

He stopped humming with a sigh before he growled "Can't I get some peace around here?"

"Sorry!" suddenly blurted Mayu while blushing; she looked away from the boy as she shuddered "We only came because of the song," The boy sighed again before he asked "And you know it?"

"Yes," explained Mayu happily as she beamed, she smiled as her eyes glowed brightly "I've loved hearing that song so many times, it's my favorite." The Reaper nodded and remarked with a smirk "Mine too,"

Neku almost smirked accidently, he paused a second before he stated, "You sing?"

The Reaper nodded "Lifts my spirit, almost everyday I hum. It's-" Neku rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Good enough, the Def Märch band needs you." The Reaper expressed a 'what do you mean' expression on his face.

Mayu tapped her foot a bit and angrily stated "Hmpt! You could be nicer about it Neku." She spun around to the Reaper and explained since Neku was worried how much time they had left "They don't have a singer since 777 disappeared."

Neku knew 777 was erased, but Mayu seemed to not want to accept that yet.

"No kidding!" exclaimed the Reaper in horror, he looked at Mayu with compassion as he spoke "I always wondered why the Def Märch band never played anymore, and 777 is gone?"

"Yeah," replied Neku as he turned to leave, he took a few steps before looking behind his shoulder to add "We can tell you more if you come to their hangout with us."

The ivory hooded Reaper stared at him dumbfounded, he looked unsure.

"C'mon," cooed Mayu as she put her hand on his shoulder, "I think you have a gift for singing. The Def Märch band would love to have you sing for them, err..." The Reaper responded "Noboru."

Mayu clapped her hands before chirping "Noboru, you need to share your gift with everyone in the UG and RG. I can see real talent in you."

Noboru looked at her as a tear rolled down his cheek, he wiped it away before nodding.

Soon they returned to the Def Märch band concert hall.

Of course the band looked a bit awestruck when they had returned with Noboru, Noboru looked shy as each of the members introduced themselves.

Mayu and Neku were standing on the sides; after they had found some lights to brighten up the place. They watched as Futoshi talked to Noboru "It's great you came here, I didn't even know there was another Reaper who could sing." Noboru blushed a bit "I have a feeling you have potential."

BJ looked at Noboru and snorted "We should at least practice a bit with him first incase he is as good as you say."

It took awhile until the Def Märch band set up. They even cleaned themselves up a bit before they got the stage in order, Neku and Mayu stayed where they were as Tenho winked at them.

Neku felt it was hard to believe that they found Noboru so quickly.

They watched as Futoshi sat down stationed at the special effects; he was making sure their megaphone (same one in week 2 that they got) was working. He gave thumbs up to the rest of the band and Noboru, before they started.

"Calling," began Noboru as he sang Calling (from TWEWY, I do not own the song: Square Enix does), the rest of the band played along as the young singer continued, "You hear the, Calling"

Mayu laughed a bit as Neku looked at her "What's so funny, Mayu?" she looked at him with a smile as she replied, "They sound great together."

Suddenly Neku widened his eyes when the lights went out.

Bright light surrounded them; once again they were in the area for battle.

Neku looked around wide-eyed until he saw the same bat Noise as before. Neku scowled as he shouted "You again?" he glared at it as he growled, "Prepare to be erased."

The bat Noise started to attack, it kept swooping around the area making it hard for Neku to attack. Neku groaned as he dodged an attack from the side, he spun around to face the bat Noise as it came straight to him.

Quickly he used his Sword Lash Pin as it nearly hit him, Neku rolled away as the bat Noise had no time to dodge.

It shrieked in agony as it collided with the beam of light, Neku saw it did not get erased. It veered again to Neku with fangs ready to bite him.

Instead of it getting that close a ring could be heard next to Neku, the bat Noise suddenly stopped dead flapping irritably. Suddenly another offbeat ring could be heard as Mayu hit it with the rod hanging bells.

Neku sidestepped straight into a run, this time he used his Volts Force Pin. A huge surge of materialized electricity appeared as it rapidly hit the bat Noise. The bat Noise swung one of its wings at something, Neku guessed it was Mayu.

Suddenly Neku Noticed the bat Noise was trying to escape again.

"No you don't!" yelled Neku as he again used the Sword Lash Pin, the beam of light went for the bat Noise. The bat Noise was hit directly from the back. Instead of falling to the ground it stopped moving.

Slowly light surrounded it as it turned into particles, Neku watched as it slowly erased. Neku guessed it was still weak from their last fight.

Soon light engulfed them, they returned back to the stage.

Neku was in darkness; he couldn't see anything in the room. Neku started to walk around until he tripped on a electricity cord.

"I've found it," said Futoshi with his voice ringing in the darkness, a second later the lights came back on. Neku was still sprawled out where he had tripped; he slowly got up while noticing nothing was broken.

"That was surprising," said Tenho as he looked around the stage, BJ grunted in agreement while Noboru, who was standing exactly where he was before looked around also. The Reaper blinked dumbfounded "Does that usually happen?" Tenho chuckled before he replied, "Yeah, happens all the time."

BJ snorted as he growled, "We should make sure this place is a anti-Noise environment."

The band members laughed with amusement.

Neku watched quietly with Mayu, soon Tenho came over holding something. Neku looked at him as Tenho opened his grasp to reveal a pin.

"Thank you," said Tenho as Neku picked up the pin; it was a black pin with many music notes emblems on it "This used to be my pin; Rock Waltz Pin. Take it, it served me well when I was in a pickle."

Neku nodded as he put on his pin, it gleamed in the flashing lights. Unknown to Neku at the time; the timer on his right palm was gone.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter... To be continued...