It would astound Neku to realize that Shibuya's Composer considered Shiki to be a vital contributer to his proxy's wellbeing. It was therefore in Joshua's best interest to keep her from entering the UG accidently before Neku.

The fact that she now designed for his favorite brand, and thus was considered essential to Shibuya as a whole helped that descision along as well

It would also be surprising considering the seamstress/designer was absolutely terrified of him.

So when the girl decided to pay the Shibuya River a visit, Joshua was curious and stayed in the UG frequency to see why exactly his Proxy's muse was snooping around the entrance to the Dead God's pad.

The girl was pacing, and the Gate Reapers followed her every movement with their glowing eyes. Once in a while, their wings would raise in an attack warning position, before settling back down. The Composer took it to mean that the girl's hostility towards him fluxuated, but never actually lingered. It was well that it didn't.

His Gate Reapers had a 'no tolerance' policy for souls, living or in the UG, that approached the walls to his inner sanctum with any hint of hostility against him. The only exceptions to this were Souls of the UG who had a legitimate Challenge for his seat in mind...and Neku. This last was because his Proxy only ever came to the Dead God's Pad when he had a bone to pick with his former Partner. Joshua had given strict instructions that no matter how pissed the orange-haired teen was at him, the Gate Reapers were to let him pass unhindered. His Proxy was not a threat to his existence.

Apparently he needed to apply the same rule to Shiki.

Without warning, three of the Gate Reapers attacked the girl, phasing into the RG and knocking her to the ground. Terrified, she tried to punch one, but he snarled and slashed her shirt open with his claws. The poor girl closed her eyes, expecting to be stabbed by another Reaper's knife that hovered above her throat.

Suddenly, her eyelids were greeted by a bright light source. She opened them, to find a glowing hand gripping the wrist of the Reaper with the knife. She panned her gaze upwards, and began to shake in unrelenting terror, and relief. Her rescuer was the Composer himself, donned in his true form, Imagination, Soul, and power on full display as he slowly lowered the arm iof the dark, hissing Reaper.

"This one poses no threat. Leave her be."

She trembled again. The voice was airy, otherworldly and cold, dripping with power and authority The Reaper nodded slowly, and gestured at the others, and they retreated back to their posts, watching with glowing eyes and folded wings.

Without another word, the tall, glowing ruler of Shibuya gestured the girl to follow him, and headed into the Dead God's Pad.

Shiki shakingly accepted the invitation, and clutched Mister Mew tightly as she scampered inside after him, disappearing into the darkness behind the glowing light that had been swallowed by the tunnel before her.