Day 6

Dex-Starr and Neku has awaken

Neku: at the scramble again…

Dex-Starr: Yes. We one more day down. Hey, where's…

They saw them over there, Joshua is talking on the phone and Francis is reading his tomb

Joshua: Yeah, we found it. We just can't get in.

Neku's Though: On the phone… Mr. H again? Why would he help this kid? Does he know Joshua killed me?

Joshua: All right. I'll call you. Morning, sunshines.

Dex-Starr: Har har. You're killing me and him, Josh. Oh, wait…

Francis: Again, say it was us. What are you going to do?

Neku: That's easy! We'll-

Joshua: Erase us?

Francis: You know that will be Animal Abuse for me.

Dex-Starr: Who cares!

Neku: Don't tempt me.

Joshua: Oh, please. We're partners and Companion, you and I. If I go, you're dead in the water.

Neku: Rrgh!

Dex-Starr's Though: You smug little piece of snots! You knew that going into all this! You knew you'd be safe if you made a pact with me and the boy! But why kill me in the first place? You could have picked anybody! Why me!? You don't care about the Game or the missions… Just pushing along your little agenda.

Then something beeping

Dex-Starr: Gah! Mail? A mission!? "Game VI: Beat the bosses of 2.2360679's 0+5. t= 60 min. Incompletes will be destroyed."

Then they flinch and have an impact on their Hands andaArm

Dex-Starr: Ow! There's the timer…

Francis: The bosses of 0+5... Meaning two fights?

Neku: Is 2.23 whatever code for something?

Joshua: Let's leave that for now. First let's see where we have access to.

Dex-Starr: You're sure into this today. What do you care about missions?

Joshua: Francis and I care plenty, Dex-Starr. We are a Player.

Neku: You're both alive.

Joshua: Maybe so, but we're still a Player. If we're erased here in the UG, the RG me and Francis Die. Our stakes are just as high as yours.

Neku: Then why put yourself in danger?

Francis: Beats staying in the RG. Now let's go.

Neku: Wait. Don't think for a minute we've forgiven you. I'll put up with you to clear the mission. That's all.

Joshua: Hee hee. Yes, sir.

They went to Central Street

Joshua: Neku, Dex-Starr, look out!

Neku: Wha-

They are fighting a Noise

Neku: Why'd that Noise attack?

Joshua: Just like yesterday. They attack without any provocation. Some new kind of Noise?

Dex-Starr: Francis, Behind you!

Francis: Hmm!?

Then a Noise disappeared

Neku: Wh-what just happened?

Joshua: … It seems we owe someone for saving us.

Dex-Starr: Who?

Dex-Starr's Though: …Beat and Streaky?

Francis: Either way, we were lucky. I shouldn't' have been so careless. Stay sharp today, Neku. The Noise are on the march. Now-let's see what roads are open.

They went to the Central Street Entrance

Dex-Starr: What's up with the Noise today? They're acting so strange…

Joshua: There are generally two types of Noise. Strays that emerge from negative emotions in RG people, and the ones Reapers make to erase Players. Strays won't attack Players, so…

Dex-Starr: The Grim Heaper's out for blood?

Joshua: Most likely.

Neku: Ugh.

Neku's Though: Well, he can bring it on.

Neku: Let's go!

They went off and then they heard

Tenho: (Voice) Gyaaah!

Neku: Look!

They saw Tenho attack by the Noise

Tenho: The hell is up with this Noise!?

Neku: A Reaper. He's being attacked by Noise!

Joshua: Well, Neku and Dex-Starr?

Dex-Starr: We've gotta help him!

Francis: If you say so.

And then More Noise are coming

Neku: More!?

Joshua: These'll have to come first. He'll have to tough it out till then.

Dex-Starr: Rrgh! Hurry!

They are fighting all the Noise

Neku: That Reaper! Where'd he…

They look around for him

Francis: Gone, I'm afraid.

Neku: We left him to die…

Joshua: We did what we had to, Neku and Dex-Starr.

Neku and Dex-Starr look sad about Tenho

Francis: Still… Why was that Noise attacking a Reaper?

Dex-Starr: Do Noise made by Reapers not attack them?

Francis: That's what I'd heard, anyway… …

Neku: What the hell are these, then?

They went to Tipsy Rose Hall

Neku: Look!

They saw Sota, Nao, Ace and Buddy and they look exhausted because they fight the Noise

Sota: Nngh! More of 'em?

Nao: Sota, sorry… I can't…

Buddy: I think... I can't...

Sota Nao! Stay with me! We're finishing this thing together!

Ace: Stretch! Pull yourself together!

Nao: I'd…love to…but it…doesn't look like I can. Sorry…Sota…

Buddy: Sorry Ace... I think I'm gone...

Then the Noise destroyed the shackles on Nao and Buddy and they disappeared

S: Nao! Nao! Dammit… DAMMIT!

Ace: Not him! Not him!

Neku & Dex-Starr: No!

Francis: Without a partner and her companion…they won't be far behind. Well, Neku? Do we help them anyway?

Neku: … You have to ask!? Let's go!

Sota: Nngh! Nao… Looks like you and I won't be far behind ya.

Then Neku and the others appeared to help them

Ace: Huh? Aren't you-

Neki: We'll handle this! C'mon, Joshua!

Dex-Starr: Francis! Let's go!

Joshua: I'm ready.

Francis: So am I.

They are fighting them and they defeated them

Neku: You OK?

Sota: Yeah… You saved our asses. Heh, for now, anyway. I lost Nao… I don't have much longer. Nngh…

Ace: Thank you for saving my life, Cat. But for... I think I'm running Luthor time.

Neku: If…if we'd gotten here sooner-

Sota: Ain't your fault, dawg. I wasn't strong enough. End of story. Neku, Dex-Starr, Francis and Joshua, right?

Neku: Yeah.

Sota: You two survive. Get your old partner back. I hope all three of ya get back safe.

Dex-Starr: Ace, I noticed that you're a good friend to Krypto, but-

Ace: Don't feel bad about what happen, you need to be strong, okay. You have get home safe. I'm coming on you.

He and Sota disappeared after the Shackles has been destroyed

Neku: Augh! We were too late! They were right there, but…we couldn't do a thing.

Dex-Starr: Am I weak? Am I too weak as a Red Lantern?

Joshua: We may be the last pair. Let's stay sharp.

Neku: Friggin' Reapers!

Dex-Starr: I'll kill you for this!

Francis: Rage?

Joshua: Angry?

Neku: Hell yes, I'm angry!

Dex-Starr: Yeah! I am in Rage after what they done to them!

Joshua: At least you're still in the Game.

Dex-Starr: Yeah? What about the people who aren't? Screw the Game! These are people and poor animals, not toys!

Joshua: Why the sudden interest? I didn't think you cared about other Players and their Animal Companions.

Neku: No…

Joshua: No what?

Neku: Sure, other Players are strangers. Not just Players. Everyone. I don't know who they are, where they're from, what they care about. But…since I came to the UG, I…I've talked with them a little. Got to know them a little. Felt them a little… Felt my world grow. Just a tiny, tiny bit. It's different now. They're not just some strangers. I can't shut them out like that.

Dex-Starr: Me too. Everyone from their planets cares about each other. I don't know why and how they became friends... But since I arrived at the UG, I... I've began to grow on them after I become a Red Lantern and met Atrocities. I began to believe in them, and how much they cared for... I just became jealous after they have one, and I don't. I'm just a Normal Housecat. And I don't want more People to get killed by Thugs and Villains.

Francis: My, my. This isn't like you at all. Well, just don't get your hopes up. You'll never really understand the people around you.

Dex-Starr: Enjoy the moment.

Joshua: Hmm?

Neku: Enjoying your world means making it bigger. I finally get that. The world as one person sees it is tiny. You've gotta…gotta reach out to other people.

Joshua: … Hee hee. Maybe so. Only by allowing strangers in can we find new ways to be ourselves. It's possible. Now, are you ready? It looks like this mission's up to us.

Joshua: The only way to be friends with Strangers is to make a Bonds with them, that's true meanings of Friendship. It might be possible. Now, we have to go.

They head Shibu-Q Heads

Joshua: Looks like Route 5's the only one open.

Neku: Route 5?

Francis: From the crossing out to Udagawa.

Dex-Starr: So that 2.2 number…

Joshua: 2.2360679. It's the square root of 5.

Dex-Starr: Ugh, Pi-Face and his lame jokes. So what's the 0 + 5?

Francis: Route 5 spans a total of six areas. The scramble, Center Street, AMX, Tipsy Tose Hall, Shibu-Q Heads and Udagawa. Assuming the scramble is 0...

Neku: Udagawa would be 5.

Joshua: Precisely. Problem solved. Our targets are the bosses of the scramble and Udagawa.

Neku: All right. Let's get this mission done. Next stop, Udagawa!

Precisely. Problem solved. Our targets are the bosses of the scramble and Udagawa.

N: All right. Let's get this mission done. Next stop, Udagawa!

They went off and saw Uzuki and Kariya fighting the Noise

Neku: Them, too!?

Uzuki: Huff…huff…

Kariya: Still with me?

Uzuki: Where the hell did these Taboo Noise come from?

Kariya: Game Master musta cooked 'em up.

Uzuki: And sent them out after us Reapers? What is he, crazy!?

Kairya: Incoming, Uzuki!

They are dodging the Noise

Joshua: They're having a rough time of it.

Neku and Dex-Starr look silent

Joshua: Well, Neku and Dex-Starr? Do we send in the cavalry?

Neku: Let's do it. They'll hate it.

Joshua: You're so vindictive.

They are fighting the Noise and they did it

Dex-Starr: (Sigh) You guys OK?

Uzuki: You four… Why'd you help us? Are you, like, stupid? We're your enemies. Hello? Seriously. We can take care of ourselves!

Kariya: Whew! You guys saved our butts. We were eight kinds of boned.

Uzuki: What? Kariya!

Kariya: Enemy or not, if somebody helps you, you say thanks.

Uzuki: Ugh, whatever. I didn't ask for your help! Just thinking about it makes me want to barf. A Reaper needing a Player to save them? Seriously, gag! We're leaving, Kariya!

Kariya: Two simple words. Is it that hard?

They left

Neku: She'd rather have been Noise food?

Francis: Maybe "barf" is her version of "thank you." Let's get moving.

They made it to Udagawa

Neku: We're here. What's the time?

Joshua: Thirty minutes left.

Dex-Starr: Piece of cake. Let's wreck this thing!

They are fighting it with a Fusion Pin

Joshua: Work for you?

Neku: What do you think?

Francis: Shall we team-up?

Dex-Starr: Meh, I Guess.

They use the Fusion Pin and they finish they all the Noise, and they saw the timer gone

N: Mission cleared.

Dex-Starr's Though: Hang in there, Shiki and Badger. One more day…

Minamimoto: (Voice) Heh heh heh… Zetta fun times.

Neku: Zetta…

Then Neku and Dex-Starr feel the pain on their Head

Dex-Starr & Neku: Nrrgh! My head…again…

Francis: Hee hee. Why, hello there. Bored again? Or maybe just lonely.

They saw Minamimoto

Minamimoto: Can't have you 2 dying on me. My calculations'd go haywire. I'd lose all motivation to create. Glad you pulled through.

Neku's Though: Glad? Why would he be glad?

Joshua: Ahh! So you were the mystery helper in the first fight. Thanks for that.

Minamimoto: Anyone too weak to beat a 000 like that is garbage.

He crunch his knuckles

Dex-Starr's Though: He…helped us?

Minamimoto: Remember what tomorrow is? Day 7! That magical day when I get to go hands-on. Time for a little quiz. How fast will I erase you?

Francis: Not too fast, I hope.

Minamimoto: 299, 792, 458 m/s!

Dex-Starr: What?

Joshua: The speed of light?

Minamimoto: I'll correct the deviation that saved you last time we met here. This time, you're a dead man.

He left, and then Neku and Dex-Starr feel better

Neku's Though: The pain's fading… Are he, Dex-Starr and I connected or something?

Joshua: Tomorrow won't be fun. I can only imagine what he'll try.

Then Neku and Dex-Starr began to Whisper to each other

Neku: "Last time"? What did he mean by that? Was he talking to Joshua and Francis?

Dex-Starr: He does seem to be Pi-Face and Green Detective Cat's target. So the three of them faced each other here before…

Neku: When? We can't blame anybody for wanting to whack this kid and the cay… But he'll have to get in line. Once tomorrow's done…

Dex-Starr: Okay, I'm sure we can win this game. And I know we will...

Meanwhile

Konishi: That concludes Yashiro's report.

Megumi: So the Taboo Noise were Minamimoto's doing.

Konishi: This is grave treason, sir. Allow me to handle Minamimoto.

Megumi: No need. I'll discuss his punishment with the Composer. Your input is not required.

Konishi: …Understood. However, this is a matter of urgency. I hope you'll reach a conclusion swiftly. Next, the matter of the illegal Player. May I take action there? Or would you prefer to discuss-

Megumi: You may. The rules are very clear.

Konishi: Yes, sir. One closing remark-A certain Player has exhibited great resilience. Neku Sakuraba and his Animal Companion, Dex-Starr. What do you make of them?

Megumi: …Heh. Sakuraba and his Animal Companion, of course! Just when I thought I had them figured out!

Day End

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