Author's note: Hello :) sorry i take so long... :( Thanks Jetzelda, for being there and being square ;) ommg, this took me forever to type XP Thanks to those who read this and to Diet Coke!

A small girl skipped across the UG. She had long pink hair in two wavy pony tails that went to her waist. She had cold black eyes and was wearing a white lacy dress that went to her knees. Her eyes danced across the Scramble Crossing till she saw a girl lying in the center of the street. The girl, who looked about 9, skipped to Gracie's body. Suddenly, her pink phone rang and she answered it.
"Hello~?" Her melodious voice asked.

"Jane. Have you located Gracie?"

"Yes sir~"

"And you know what to do with the memory?" He asked sternly

"Yes Sanae~" Jane said sing-songy.

"Good" He hung up quickly so Jane could get to her job. Jane put her phone away and her arm became ghostlike and slipped into Gracie's head taking a small silver sphere.
"Mission Complete~"

/\/\1st day/\/\

Neku sighed. Stupid Joshua. He hated him.. Maybe he could find a way to kill Joshua while waiting for one of his friends to show up. Erase him? Too simple.. Decapitation? hm.. Push him off a cliff? No cliffs in Shibuya... Puncture his lungs and watch him drown in his blood? Gruesome, but perfect.
Where were they? Maybe they weren't coming.... Maybe they were his entry fee. Damn it! Neku punched the base of the statue behind him. The statue of Hachiko.

"Neku!" A small girlish voice yelled. Neku looked around and saw Rhyme running over to him.

"Rhyme! Where's Be-" Neku stopped as he saw Wolf Noise following her.

"Make a pact with me!" She yelled, out of breath and she sounded scared.

"I accept!!" A blinding light surrounded them and the Wolf Noise disappeared. Both of their phones beeped at the same time.

Reach 104. You have 30 minutes. Fail, and face erasure.

~ THE REAPERS

The message was the standard one for the first day. A way to sort out the good Players from the bad ones. A stabbing pain went through their left hands and into their left arms. They didn't need to look at their hands to see the time ticking away.
"Can't they think of something more original?" Neku said, grumbling.

"Neku? Have you seen my brother? I can't find him or Shiki... Maybe they were our entry..." She said sadly.

"Let's look for them. They must be somewhere" Neku said, trying to cheer the young girl up.

"Alright" Rhyme smiled sweetly.

Gracie's eyes flickered open. Why was she in the middle of the street? Why were people stepping over her like she wasn't there? Gracie stood up and looked at the pin in her hand. It was black with a white skull. She flipped it into the air and the moment her hand caught it noise flooded her head. She dropped the pin like it had burned her hand and stumbled backwards. What was that? People's...thoughts? She bent down, picked up the pin and stuffed it into her pocket.
Gracie looked around. The Scramble Crossing. Why was she here? Last she remembered she was in Sunshine and- He shot her!!!

"That bastard!" She swore loudly. Her favorite shirt was ruined!!!! Suddenly blue frogs surrounded her. "What the-?" Her phone beeped and Gracie looked at it.

Reach 104. You have 30 minutes. Fail, and face erasure.

~ THE REAPERS

Pain shot through her arm. "Ouch!" Gracie looked at her hand and the time was counting down from 30 minutes. One of the frogs scratched her leg. "Crap!" She yelled and started to run away. Once she reached the statue of Hachiko she stopped to catch her breath but more frogs were following her now.

"Form a pact with me. Say you accept and they will stop." A cocky voice said.

"I-i accept!" She screamed as the Noise escalated around her. A light surrounded her and all of the frogs dissapeared. Gracie fell to the ground, finally catching her breath. Two black shoes came into her sight.

"Thank-" She looked up and saw Joshua standing there. "Y-y-y-y-y-y-you!!!" She yelled and pointed at him.

"Hello, partner." He said, a grin plastered on his face. Gracie stood up and grabbed the collar of his shirt. She started dragging him to 104.

"You're buying me a new shirt!!" Joshua folded his arms.

"And why would I do that?" He asked. Gracie stopped and turned to him.

"A: I need a new shirt. B: You shot me. C: -"

"Your bra is showing." He finished smugly. Her face turned red and she covered it up.

"Take your pick!" She spat.

"I think I'll take the 'shot' one with a side of fries"

"Through the heart!!" She screamed angrily.

"And a chocolate shake while you're at it. Besides it seemed....romantic" He grinned.

"Ahhh!" She yelled, not knowing what to say "You're still buying me a shirt!" She glared at him. The hole in her shirt was two inches across, stretched out from moving and dragging Joshua.

"Don't you want to know why you were in the middle of the street? Why I shot you?" Joshua asked, following Gracie to 104.

"Not till I get a new shirt" She said stubbornly.

"How shallow of you.." he muttered

"Says the girly guy who doesn't have his bra showing!"

"Ouch. My heart!" He said dramatically.

"At least yours didn't have a bullet go through yours!" She grumbled.

"Touche" He said grinning. As soon as they near 104 their timers disappeared. Gracie shrugged, clearly not interested. She stopped in front of the tall building.

"Hey, can they see us in there?" She asked

"See that?" Joshua pointed to a red symbol painted on the side of the building. "That means yes" Gracie started to walk in but Joshua grabbed her arm.

"What now?" She groaned and turned to him. The shirt he was wearing was in his other hand as he stood there with his black undershirt , which showed off his body.. He pulled his shirt over Gracie's arms for her.
"W-what are you doing?" She stuttered, blushing lightly as he started buttoning it.

"Do you want guys to see your bra?" Joshua said, finishing buttoning the shirt, which Gracie's small body seemed to drown in.

"I..um.." She said, trying to think, but a loud voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Joshua, you stuck up prissy little prick!" A voice yelled.

"Oh, dear. Seems like I've been found.." He said smugly.

"Shouldn't you be worried?" Gracie asked. Joshua grabbed her arm and started pulling her into 104.

"Now, how about that shirt?" He said, completely ignoring her question.

"Wait.. I thought you didn't want to buy me a shirt.."

"I thought you wanted one." Joshua said, dragging Gracie into the elevator.

"Good point" She said as the bell rang to let them out. The store was Lapin Angelique, her absolute favorite shop. Quickly, Gracie started piling cute tops into her arms. Joshua crossed his arms and frowned.

"I said I would buy you a shirt. Not the entire store."

"You obviously have never been shopping with a girl before." Gracie responded, like it was common knowledge. "We are required to try on every cute top we find until we find one that is the absolute cutest or fits to our liking."

"Females are truley a dizzying part of the species." Joshua said, eyeing the towering pile.

"Why do you think boys don't like going shopping with their girlfriends?" Gracie said, stepping into a changing room. She looked at Joshua's shirt in the mirror. For some reason she didn't want to take it off... She slipped her arms into the shirt and slipped her ruined shirt off.. Joshua's shirt was warm and light. She started to pull it over her head... till it got caught on her hair. She tugged a few times and determined that the button was not going to let go. Gracie kicked the wall in frustration.

"Graceful Grace? You alright in there?" Joshua asked.

"Sure, Juliet" Gracie said mockingly. Joshua looked both ways and went through the opening under the door into her dressing room.

"Ah!" Gracie yelled blushing. She was covering her bra with her arms and his shirt was stuck on her hair and covering half of her face.

"Ah. Lookie what I found. A blushing Romeo." He said smugly. Gracie couldn't turn in the dressing room because it was so small. Joshua's body was close to hers. It made her slightly uncomfortable. "Now, let me-"

"No!!" She yelled and backed into the mirror right behind her.

"And why not?" He asked, stepping forward and crossing his arms. "It's not like you can do it with your arms like that."

Gracie's face turned redder. "Alright" she whispered softly. She had never been so close to a guy like this before. Joshua took a step closer. Their bodies almost touching. He tried to undo her hair from the button but Gracie's arms were in the way. The frustrated look on Joshua's face told her so. "N-no way. I'm not moving my arms!" She yelled stubbornly.

"Romeo, I won't look. Scout's honor."

"Were you even a scout?!" She yelled.

"No...but.. I promise, okay?" He said the last part softly, hands up to show he didn't have his fingers crossed. Gracie put her arms down relunticly and stared at the floor. Joshua quickly undid the knot and took the shirt into his arms. "Done" He said.

"Thank you, Juliet.." She said putting her arms back over her chest.

"No prob, Romeo." He turned to the door, about to climb back under it.

"Wait!" She said, holding her hand out to stop him. Joshua turned to her "Yes?"

"w-will...you help me pick a shirt" She asked softly. A smug smile graced his face.

"As you wish"

After a half an hour, 20 shirts, 11 smacks to the back of the head (all aimed at Joshua) and 2 more times her hair got caught, Gracie decided on a black tight fitting tee that had a white skull on it. The skull had a heart shaped hole in it with neon blue 'blood' coming out of it. The shirt said: "I need you like a bullet to the head". As they got out of 104 everything turned black.

"Alright. Everyone sit down and shut up. My name's Sanae Hanekoma. And for you who don't know: I'm your Game Master this time round so shut up and sit back, it's gonna be a bumpy Reaper's game." Mr. H said. He had black hair that spiked up, black glasses and a 5 o'clock shadow. He wore a wrinkled white oxford, black vest and black slacks. Mr. H stood at the head of a long table. Reapers lined the table on either side. All except for five people were wearing the standard red hoodie, black hat under it and jeans. The five out of dress code were: a girl about 19 with short bubble gum pinnk hair, black eyes and a skimpy outfit consisting of a black trimmed blue shirt that showed off her belly button and a black leg-reveling skirt. Next was a guy the same age wearing a black sleeveless hoddie with a white rib cage painted on it, jeans and a lollypop in his mouth. He had the same eyes and orange hair. These two were Yashiro and Kariya. They were Reapers who had been around since before Neku's first round of the Reaper's Game. Jane was sitting near Mr. H, a soft grin on her face and was playing with a stuffed bunny.

The last two were brand-spaking-new Reapers. The first was about 22 and had red ringlets past her sholders. She had blue eyes and was dressed in a short orange and yellow tie dye dress that went a couple inches above her knees. On all the hems fuzzy purple stuff bordered it. The dress hung low on her sholders. The second was a guy about 18 and cocky as hell. He had black spikey hair with red coloring on the spikes making it look like blood spilling down. He had sadistic green eyes. The teen was wearing a tight fitting black shirt with "If you can't beat them, don't try" on it and black pants.

"Alright. I don't give a crap about any of you to-" Mr. H began.

"Sanae~?" Jane asked, tugging on his sleeve "Do you care about me~?"

"Of course, Jane" He said, smiling nicely. "As I was saying, I don't care about you people so I'm gonna put this painfully blunt. If you, any of you, screw this up I'll erase you before you can say my name-"

"Which one? Mr. H or Sanae Hanekoma?" The cocky brat asked.

"The latter. Now, Sho Minamimoto is back. This, obviously, is not a good thing. We need to erase him and the new Chaos noise before they destroy the UG and the RG."
While Mr. H was talking, Jane was holding the silver sphere that held Gracie's memories. "Got it?" Mr. H asked. Nods and mutters of approval could be heard. One Reaper got up and stood near Jane. He snatched the sphere and smashed it into the wall behind him.

"Too Zetta Slow!" He yelled and pulled his hood down to revel Sho. He laughed "You hectopascals will never get me now!" And with that he disappeared.

"Aww crap. This is not good" Mr. H moaned.

Author's ending note: hehe, like it? Yes, Gracie's hair can actually get caught like that. I should know because mine is that lenght and it did a couple of days ago. :P And green eyes are always sadistic *cough* Axel *cough*