5 Days Left

Neku and the others found themselves in the Scramble Crossing

Neku: Huh? The scramble!?

Dex-Starr: Aw man, Again?

Beat: But we was just at A-East, yo! She dumped us back at the starting point? C'mon, man. We gotta head back!

Streaky: Come on!

Neku: Wait!

Streaky: What for!? We know where she's at!

Neku: We know where she WAS. But we couldn't find her.

Streaky: Yeah, we did look pretty hard, but-

Dex-Starr: We don't really have any proof she was really there.

Beat: You heard her laughin' at us!

Dex-Starr: It's possible that was all just a setup. Let's check some other places today. We've got 777's keypin, right? We just have to be thorough.

Beat: Aight. Fine. But it's Day 3, yo. I don't got much more time. This sucks, man…I am so boned! Why can't there be some easy way outta this?

Uzuki: (Voice) Well, there is!

Beat: Yo, who'zat?

They saw Uzuki

Uzuki: Like, take it down a notch, Freshmeat and Thundercat. Or should I call you Rottenmeat and Lightning Cat?

Streaky: Whatchu want, Pinky?

Uzuki: Hey, leave my hair out of this.

Beat: You here to take us out? If you gonna bring it, then bring it! We're in a hurry, yo.

Uzuki: Oh yeah? You don't want THIS?

She show them two pin and they recognized it

Beat: That pin!

Uzuki: The GM passed it on to me. She made me substitute GM for the day!

Beat: Yo, gimme that back!

Uzuki: Hooold on. These are your entry fee. You can't have it back unless you win the Game.

Streaky: Bwaaah! Tha's right… Dammit!

Uzuki: But how about we have a little bonus round? If you finish my mission, I'll give you back the pins.

Beat: Yo, fo' real?

Streaky: No trick, right?

Uzuki: Like, totally. I'm subbing for the GM. It's my call.

Dex-Starr: And of course you'd never try to trick us.

Uzuki: What? Oh, come on. You think this is all a ruse? Fine, I'll just destroy these pins, then-

Beat: Wh-whoa! Don't!

Uzuki: Ahh, now you believe me. So! Here's your mission.

They are prepared for the next mission

Uzuki: We are going to play Reaper Sport 4:

B: ACHOO! ACHOO!

Neku's Though: Huh? What'd she say?

Uzuki: You have 60 minutes. Fail, and-Well, I'm not an official proxy, so I can't erase you.

Beat: Then why you think we gonna listen to you?

Uzuki: I can't erases you…but I CAN erase these pins.

Streaky: What! You sneaky-

Uzuki: Oh, get over it. Now… Ready, set… GO!

She left

Beat: Dammit! Get back here, Pinky!

Dex-Starr: Hey, this could be our lucky break. It beats hunting after the real GM.

Beat: Yeah… I guess. We don't need Ironface if we get the pin back. Yo, le's chase after Pinky and clear this mission!

They went 104

Neku: Hey, so, um…what's the goal for today's mission?

Beat: Huh? Yo, weren't you listenin'?

Dex-Starr: … No. I couldn't hear 'cause you sneeze like a freakin' elephant.

Streaky: Man… Get wid it. Today's mission is-…

Dex-Starr: … You don't know.

Streaky: I-I got it, Tiger Cat! Just gimme a sec. Reaper Spurt 4, right?

Neku: Sport.

Streaky: Right, Sport. Umm… Well RS 1 is "Russian Roulette." RS 2 is "Hide-and-Seek." so RS 4 must be, uhmmm-

Then they saw a Business Man

Business Guy: Sigh… What should I do? Maybe it's time to break out Reaper Creeper…

Beat: Oh yeah! "Reaper Creeper"! That's what RS 4 is!

Neku: … You just pulled that out of thin air.

Beat: Did not! Hey, I used to be a Reaper, yo! We cool.

Dex-Starr: OK, so…how does RS 4: Reaper Creeper work?

Streaky: Well, you gotta act like the Reaper…and creep into people's heads and stuff.

Neku: …Are you sure?

Beat: Hey, we used to be a Reaper, yo! We cool.

Streaky: Aight, Phones and Tigercat. Le's find us some peeps to Creep.

Neku: How 'bout the guy who just walked by?

Business Guy: Hmm… Ever since discovering Reaper Creeper, I've let it make decisions for me… Too many. Not that I can complain. I owe much of my success to it. But still…it doesn't feel right.

Beat: What? He ain't gonna do it?

Neki: Weird, for him.

Business Guy: Should I keep relying on this? … Of course! I'll just ask it! Wouldn't that be a fitting end! …

Beat: Yeah, pops! 'Atta boy…

They are listening to him

Business Guy: Reaper… Creeperrraaargh! What am I doing? I have to quit cold turkey.

Beat: Aw, quit jerkin' us around, pops! Hurry up and Creep!

Neku: …Are you SURE this is what we have to do?

Beat: Y-yeah! Reaper Spurt 4: "Reaper Creeper". I used to be a Reaper, yo!

Neku look silent

Beat: Trust me, Phones. Now let's get that guy to-Huh? Where'd he go?

Business Guy: (Sigh)

He's leaving

Beat: Oh, crap! We gonna lose him! Book it, Phones and Tigercat! Come on, Streaky!

Streaky: Okay.

Dex-Starr's Though: Must…trust…partner…believe...your...companion...

They went to Center Street

Beat: Hey! There he is!

Business Guy: (Sigh)

He still leaving, me Uzuki is looking at Neku and the others

Uzuki: Tee hee!

And she left

Beat: Huh? You see Pinky jus' go by?

Neku: Yeah. She was giggling. What's up with that?

They went AMX and saw no sign of him

Beat: Dammit, where'd he go now?

Uzuki is looking at Neku and the others

Uzuki: Tee hee!

And she lef

Neku: Hey. There goes the Reaper again.

Beat: What, Pinky?

Dex-Starr: Yeah. She just took off. You didn't see her?

Beat: Yo, are we lookin' for the guy or not?

Neku: … I dunno. I think she's acting weird. Like she's teasing us.

Streaky: Whatever, man.

Neku: You sure today's mission is-

Beat: ACHOO! ACHOO!

Dex-Starr: Again with your Sneezing

Beat: Ahhh. Got the sniffles. Aight, le's go, Phones and Tiger Cat! We gotta track down that guy an' finish the mission!

They went to Tipsy Tose Hall and found him

Business Guy: (Sigh)

BBat: Yo, Phones, Tiger Cat! There he is!

And they saw Makoto look sad

Makoto: (Sigh)

Neku: Huh? What's he doing here?

Makoto: (Sigh)

Business Guy: M…Makoto!

Makoto: Oh! Boss… Boss, how have you been?

Business Guy: Fit as a fiddle, thanks.

Makoto: Sorry you had to see me like this.

Business Guy: Is that new business not panning out?

Makoto: I just don't have the knack for it. I made this big show about leaving the company. I thought I was sooo smart. But you know, Boss-I didn't know a damn thing. Shibuya ate me alive, heh heh…

Business Guy look so Silent

Makoto: Boss, tell me. What am I supposed to do now?

Business Guy: Oh, Makoto…

Makoto: Heh, I'm sorry. That's not a very fair question after what I did to you.

Business Guy: Now just hold on, Makoto.

Business Guy's Though: Reaper Creeper always yields the right answer. Makoto needs solid advice, and with this…I can give it to him!

Beat: Damn right, pops! He's gonna do it, Phones! Now's our turn to Creep, yo!

Neku: Hmm…

Neku's Though: I dunno… This seems too important to leave up to some game.

Beat: Do it, Phones!

Neku: All right. Let's see where this takes us.

Business Guy: Reaper… Creeper…

Streaky: Get ready to answer his question. An' remember: White is YES, black is NO.

Business Guy: What should Makoto do with his future?

Dex-Starr: Huh!? That's not a yes-or-no question!

Business Guy: Please, Reaper! Show me the way!

Beat: Yo, just wing it, Phones and Tiger Cat!

Neku move it to Black

Business Guy: Black! An answer, clear as day! Nothing beats Reaper Creeper when you need answers. All right, Black means… Aha! That clear things right up.

Neku look suprised

Neku: … It…it does!?

Business Guy: All right, Makoto. I think I have your answer.

Makoto: Um, Boss, who were you talking to?

Business Guy: I know you think your luck's dried up.

Makoto: Yeah… Nothing's going my way.

Business Guy: Well, that's because… you need more BLACK in your life!

Makoto: What?

Business Guy: You heard me. Black! More darkness! More mystery!

Makoto: Uh…uhmm…

Business Guy: And I have just the product for you.

Makoto: But… Boss, I-

Business Guy: I had to pull a few strings to get these, so-

Makoto: Boss, I… I have to run. Take care…

Business Guy: W-wait, Makoto! You forgot your BLACK!

They left

Beat: You see that? Mission cleared, yo!

Streaky: Game over, Pinky! Come on out!

But no sign of her

Beat: What, ain't she here? Wait a minute… Yo, did she trick us? Or maybe we Creeped so good she's too ashamed to admit it!

Dex-Starr: … About this "Reaper Creeper" business… I gotta ask you.

Beat: What, yo?

Neku: Is that REALLY today's mission?

Beat: Yo, I told you-

Dex-Starr: I don't think you remember.

Beat: I do! Like I said, I Reaper Spurt 4-

Dex-Starr: It's SPORT.

Beat: Hrrrm… …Sorry, Phones. It's been two days since I was a Reaper. I don't remember too much.

Neku's Though: Um…Two days isn't that long.

Dex-Starr::Look, next time just be up-front about it. We'll never work the mission out by taking shots in the dark.

Beat: Man… Why I gotta be like this? I never change.

Streaky: Me too.

Neku: …

Beat: You know Rhyme? She used to say the same stuff-like a hundred times, man.

Streaky: So does Krypto.

Flashback has started

Rhyme: Beat… I don't trust that pink-haired lady. Why she said doesn't add up. Let's take it with a grain of salt, OK?

Beat: We ain't got time for salt!

Rhyme: We don't have time for mistakes, either. Slow and steady wins the race!

Krypto: Streaky... You cannot be like this. You're so lazy and so stubborn. Let's take break for now.

Streaky: I'm not Lazy and we don't take a Break!

Krypto: You always be like this...

Next Flashback

Rhyme: I'm telling you, Beat. We need to find the golden bat.

Beat: We ain't got time for bats!

Rhyme: We don't have time for mistakes, either. Haste makes waste!

Krypto: Streaky, you have to help Beat and Rhyme to find the Golden Bat.

Streaky: I can do this on my own with his help.

Krypto: Streaky! Beat is your companion, you have to believe him.

*back to the present

Beat: She always had some saying. And she knew to think ahead! But me…I never learn. Even now, when she needs me the most.

N: …

B: I know I gotta think things through. I really do, man. But I freak out instead of findin' the answer. Some brother I make.

Streaky: And for me, Krypto always think that I'm stubborn and lazy to do it. But it turns out... He was right. I'm such a bad supercar to myself. Some neighbor friend I am.

Dex-Starr: Neighbor? Wait, you and Krypto lives next door to each other?

Streaky: Yeah, we are. Krypto lives with Kevin, his Owner. And Mine, I lived with Andrea. She's owner in Metropolis.

Dex-Starr: I see, you have a great friendship with each other. Like Rhyme and Beat.

Streaky: We do, and beside Beat is a good brother to her just like what I did for Krypto.

Neku: Brother? Wait, Rhyme's your sister?

Beat: What, didn't I mention? Yeah. We from the same family.

Neku: Whoa! I had no idea.

Beat: We came to the UG together, partnered up…and then I… I…

Neku: Hey, you didn't do anything!

Streaky: It's like we killed them, man. You don't know the half of it.

Neku: Beat…

Dex-Starr: Streaky...

Beat: Why Streaky and I gotta be so stupid? I thought he and I could bring Rhyme and Krypto back by becomin' a Reaper. That turned out great, huh?

Streaky: When Rhyme and Krypto got erased, Hanekoma gathered up her soul and Krypto's Power and store it in two pins. Beat and I made a pact with the pin to stay alive, but… I hated feelin' that trapped. Fore I knew it, we are at the Reapers' door asking 'em how to use those pin.

Dex-Starr: So that's why you took off. But wait! That means-

Beat: That Noise on my shoulder was Rhyme. Her Noise, which I called outta the pin.

Streaky: And that Noise I was riding on was Krypto. His Noise, which I called out of that pin.

Neku: Whoa…

Beat: We were lookin' for a way to turn them back to normal, but we didn't find nothin', yo. But I figure if I become the Composer and take Streaky back home and rule Shibuya… Ya know? Whoever takes out the old Composer gets the job.

Dex-Starr: Is that how it works?

Beaf: Yup. And once I'm in charge of Shibuya, I can fix Rhyme and bring Krypto for my companion. We own them a second chance, man!

Neku and Dex-Starr are listening

B: Listen up, Phones, 'cause I'm only gonna say this once.

Streaky: And you Dex-Starr, you need to listen to my words.

Neku: What?

Dex-Starr: And what would that be?

Beat: Help me… You gotta help me save her. I ain't that smart. I just crash my way through things. But that ain't enough to save Rhyme. I need help! I need… I need YOUR help.

Streaky: I need you to save him, I'm not good like him. You are the only one who can save him, so please don't refuse it. I need to bring him back. Don't make me go upset.

Neki: … Screw you.

Dex-Starr: Nah.

Beat & Streaky: What!?

N: Don't be an ass. They were our friends. And you act like the cat and I'd mind saving them. Besides, we're just crashing ouroway through this, too.

Dex-Starr: Even if we beat the GM and survive, they'll just get me and him on some technicality-probably for making a pact with you and him. But we don't get any more chances.

Neku: There's the Emergency Call, too. Let's face it. Shades wants me and the cat gone. If me, the Cat, Badger and Shiki are gonna make it back to the RG-

Beat: Don't sweat it, man! I'll bring you all back to life, soon as I'm in charge.

Streaky: And I can get him back, so we can go home together.

Neku: All right.

Beat: Yo, uh…thanks, Phones. And you too, Tiger Cat.

Dex-Starr: Hey, not necessary. Like Mr. H said: "Trust your partner and believe your companion."

Beat: Heh heh! True dat.

Dex-Starr: So what's today's REAL mission?

Streaky: … Well…first le's track Pinky down.

They went off to find her

Uzuki: (Voice) Ugh, what's with you losers!?

They saw her

Neku: Hey, is that-

Uzuki: Don't you want to win at ALL!? I oughta crush these Pins! I swear, if you take one more side trip-I mean, what's the point of tag if you don't chase me!

Beat: Huh? Tag? Wait, so Reaper Sport 4-

Uzuki: It's "Tag," you dolt! Didn't they teach you anything at all? That's like the most basic of basics! Some rising star you turned out to-

Neku: Tag.

Uzuki: Huh?

Neku: You're it.

Uzuki: What!?

Streaky: Bwa ha ha! You see how stupid she is? She just walked right up to us an'…Bwa ha ha!

Uzuki: That…that last tag doesn't count! And did you just call me stupid?

Beat: Yo, you are! I ain't never seen no one so bad at tag.

Uzuki: Shut up shut up shut up! You have no right to call anyone stupid!

Streaky: We cleared your mission, Pinky. Now hand over the pin!

Uzuki: I…I've got another mission for you! "Defeat the pissed off Reaper!"

Neku: Hey, play fair!

Uzuki: I have to win this Game. I don't care what it takes! Now bring it, you little turds!

They are fighting and they won

Beat: Look out, yo! One more punch and you gone! Hand over the pin an' we might spare you.

Streaky: If you don't, we'll finish you off.

Uzuki: AAAaaaAAAAAAaaaRRRRRRrrrRRRrrrGGGGgggGGH! Take your mercy and shove it! Next mission!

Neku: Hey! Enough is-

Uzuki: I WANT MY PROMOTION! I'm not shooting for any Miss Nice awards!

Kariya: (Voice) Aw, now girl… Face the facts. They got you whupped.

They saw Kariya

Uzuki: Oh, be quiet! You can underachieve all you want. But I want to move up!

Kariya: Up, up, up, and then what?

Uzuki: Well…I-I-I-

Kariya: Don't know? Then don't bother. Shooting for nothing sounds crazy to me.

Uzuki: Then what about you! Why'd you turn your promotion down?

Kariya look silent

Uzuki: Yeah, I know about it. They were gonna make you an officer. And you threw it in their faces. I mean, what is that!? You got a crush on me or something? Can't bear to leave me!? I don't want to be your ball and chain. It's not fair!

Kariya: … Being an officer sucks. Why join the brass and strut around doin' nothing? Sounds like a total bore. I like the field, simple as that. You can feel the pulse out here. People's ideas conflicting, changing… I like bein' in the audience. I'm a stargazer.

Uzuki look silent

Kariya: 'Sides, if I join the officers, how am I gonna sucker you into buyin' me ramen?

Uzuki: …Jerk. … Well… I guess I can stay in the audience a bit longer, too.

Kariya: Yeah, girl. Stop and smell those concrete roses. Now then. Sorry to drag on like that. Here. For your trouble.

He give him a Pin

Beat: A Lv. 3 keypin? Yo, you can keep this. Gimme Rhyme!

Kariya: No can do. I haven't had my fun yet.

Streaky: Quit screwin' with us!

Kariya: Um, villain? Screwin' with you is my job. But you have my word. Beat me at my little game, and the pin's your. No screws attached.

Dex-Starr: You swear this time?

Kariya: On my life. …Wait, that doesn't work. Anyway, I won't be pulling any punches.

Beat: Dammit, fine. What's your game?

Kariya: You'll love it, Freshmeat. All you have to do…is beat me.

Day End

The Composer