Hey readers! It's been a while, but I've had a bit of Writer's Block lately, and I'm now back in school. Great… That might make it a bit harder for me to update. Sorry… Now I'm going to be doing this chapter in paragraph form, so there is more detail and later I'll go back and change the others to paragraph form. That's basically all I have to say for now so let's start the chapter.
Chapter 14: Change
"Hey! I'm still here!" the reaper shouted, interrupting the reunion. We all turned around. "We know." I said. Then I used the pyrokinesis pin to burn the noise until they vanished. "Done. That was too easy." I yawned. He laughed. "Just wait. Won't be 'too easy' soon." he said with a smirk. He removed the wall and left.
What does he mean by that? I wondered. "Well, what are we waitin' for? We got a mission to do!" Beat shouted. He started running to get to 104. "Wait, Beat!" Rhyme shouted, running after him. I was going to run after them when Joshua stopped me. "You know this is probably a trap." He said. "Well, if it is we have to help them."
"Chloe's right! We can't leave Beat and Rhyme to be erased, and if we don't go we'll be erased for not completing the mission." Shiki said. She looked at Neku, and he nodded. Then they both went to catch up to Beat and Rhyme. "I'm going too." I said. "Not without your partner. Or do you WANT to be erased?" He smirked, thinking that that would end the argument.
I started laughing. "Is the Composer scared?" I asked with a smirk. He glared at me. "What are you talking about?" "The trap. Are you scared of the trap, if there is one?" He didn't say anything. He looked like he was lost in thought. He sighed. I think now is the time to explain. "You're not ready." he said.
"What?" I was confused. "I said 'You're not ready.'." "Ready for what?" I asked curiously. "To face him." He looked really angry, but not at me. "Who and WHAT are you talking about?" I yelled. I shook my head. "Never mind. You're coming with me to 104! We're running out of time!" I grabbed his hand and started running. He almost tripped, and then started running too.
We arrived right on time. There weren't that many Players, maybe about 20. "I can't believe you're in the Game too, Eri! What happened? Who's your partner?" I turned to see Shiki talking to pink-haired girl. Neku, Beat, and Rhyme were next to her. "Um, do I know you?" Eri asked. Tears filled Shiki's eyes. "What do you mean? Of course you do! I'm Shiki! Remember?" "No. I'm sorry, I don't." She said apologetically.
Then they all noticed us as we walked over to them. Shiki ran over to Joshua, glaring at him. "Give her memory back to her! Now!" "I can't. Not now." he said. "Why not!" she shouted at him. "One, calm down. Two, say please. Three, she has to survive the Game like everyone else. And four, like I was trying to explain to Chloe earlier, I'm not really the Composer anymore." "What!" everyone yelled. "Just let me explain- "No, I think I'll do the explaining, stupid radian." Someone said from somewhere high up.
We all looked around. Then we saw a guy holding a megaphone on top of the 104 building. He jumped off, landing gracefully on the ground. "What the heck! How is HE here?" Neku said, shocked. He turned to Joshua. "I thought you erased him!" "I thought so as well." he replied.
"Shows what YOU know! You zeros are so zetta slow. Yes, I survived. I'M the Composer now!" "WHAT!" everyone repeated. "Not for long. I'm going to regain my position as Composer soon." Joshua said. "Yeah? When?" Joshua didn't reply. The guy looked at me and the others. "Still need to find people to help you? Are you still THAT weak?" Joshua glared at him. "Well, anyways I should be giving you all your real mission- "You know the rules Sho. One mission per day, and you told us to come here." Joshua corrected. "You forget that I'M the Composer now. I make the rules. Things are going to be VERY different." Sho said with an evil grin.
The villain has been introduced now. How he became the Composer will be explained later. What will happen next? Keep reading to find out, and please review!