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Chapter 32

The Reaper's Game: Day 2 Pt 1

Ray awoke in a daze in the scramble crossing again. He slowly sat up and noticed Neku not far from him on his right, still asleep. "How'd I just fall asleep in front of a mall? And how did I get here?" Ray asked himself as he brushed some dirt off himself. "Usually it happens when the Game Master wants to end the day, but you kind of passed out from scanning. Wonder what happened." Neku explained as he sat up from his spot on the ground.

"You sound like you've been through this before. How many times have you played this game?" Ray inquired as he stared at the orange-haired psychomancer. "This makes my fourth time. The composer wanted me to play again for some reason. That dick..." He replied as he pulled out his own IPhone and started typing away on it. "Who are you texting?" Ray inquired as he walked over to him, but stayed out of range from his cellphone to respect his privacy. "I'm calling in a favor to a friend of mine." He replied as his phone beeped in response.

"Great! He's open today. Come on." Neku stated as he walked west towards the Shibuya Department Store. "Shouldn't we wait for the mission or is that a Day 1 only thing?" Ray inquired as he followed Neku through the streets as they passed the store and reached Cadoi City. "The Game Master usually gives out one mission a day, but we haven't gotten it yet." Neku explained as they left Cadoi City and reached Towa Records. "So we pass the mission and we don't die?" Ray inquired as they reached the Miyashita Park Underpass. "You mean cease to exist... We're already dead..." Neku spoke as he stopped at the entrance to the underpass. Ray was silent as he took in the information that confirmed what the reaper yesterday pointed out. "So I am dead... I don't even remember dying..." Ray spoke to himself as he pulled out his gauntlet from his back pocket. "When did this thing get back there?" He thought to himself as he put it on and a single memory flooded into him.

Flashback

"Ray..." Codemaster X stated as he sat back in his chair. "This sequence is to remind you of why you're in The Reaper's Game. The Conductor took your memories of everything that's happened in the last 9 months. I can't tell you everything because that'd violate the contract of the game, but I can tell you that you have to defeat the Game Master and the Conductor while you're in the game." He stated as he put a card inside of the gauntlet in a secret compartment. "When the time comes, you'll use this." He spoke as the dreamscape faded.

End Flashback

"Ray! Ray!" Neku barked as he shook Ray from his trance. "Huh? Sorry... I just..." Ray blubbered as he pulled the card from the space on his gauntlet. "What's the card for? And where'd you get the metal glove?" Neku inquired as they kept walking through Miyashita Park. "I'm a codemaster and this glove unlocks my hidden power. It's kind of like a psych." Ray explained as they reached Cat Street. "I've seen skateboard, cellphone and rag doll psyches, but this one takes the cake." Neku replied as he searched for his destination. Meanwhile Ray was playing with his gauntlet and opened a hologram screensaver of him kissing Ralph at Prom. "Whoa! When'd this get here?!" Ray commented as Neku stood there speechless. "I saw nothing." Neku commented as he walked into a cafe off the side of the road with Ray not far behind.

"Aren't we dead? How can anyone see us if we walk in here?" Ray inquired as he sat down at a table in the corner. "Certain shops have the reaper's decals on the side so we can shop and eat and stuff like that." Neku explained as he pointed to a black skull sticker by the door. "Why would dead people need to eat?" Ray asked Neku as his stomach started growling. "Does that answer your question?" Neku inquired as he sat back in his chair. The cafe only had about 3 people other than them on the inside, but Ray was too focused on who Neku texted to think about why it was soo deserted.

"I wonder how Mr. H can keep this place open when barely anyone comes here." Neku stated as he typed some stuff into his phone. "You know your phone can stash pins you're not using and helps you organize them. It'll also have other capabilities the farther into The Reaper's Game we get." He elaborated as he placed his pins on the table and swapped them with 4 new pins. "This game is full of weird surprises." Ray commented as a man who looked like he was in his late 20's with a white long-sleeved button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a black vest, black shades, short hair that pointed upward in the middle, black pants and sandals walked up to their table. "Phones! Long time no see! Got sent back into the Game again?" The man inquired as he leaned on the counter. "Never a dull moment with you Mr. H. Yeah. Joshua sent me back in." Neku replied as he pulled out some yellow pins. "Can you cash these in for me? I need some money and I doubt Ray has any yen." Neku inquired as he leaned back in his chair. "No prob, Phones." Mr. H replied as he turned the pins into bills in the palm of his hand. "How do pins equal money?" Ray inquired not really worried that the man just transformed pieces of metal into cash. "Those pins were worth 10,000 yen each." Neku explained as he pulled out another one. "Ok... oh." Ray replied as his phone beeped the catchy tone again signaling the mission.

Free the beast of Hachiko. You have 200 minutes. Fail and face erasure.

Signed,
The Reapers

As he finished reading the message, the timer was etched into his hand. "Let's move." Ray commented as he exited WildKat. "Wait! I still need to get our phones upgraded. Do you think you could do that Mr. H?" Neku inquired as he handed him his phone. "Sure thing Phones. Be right back." He replied as he grabbed Ray's phone and walked to the back. "How do you know this guy?" Ray queried as he leaned on the counter. "He's helped me through this game at least 3 times before seeing as this is my fourth run-through." Neku replied as he adjusted the headphones around his neck. "And why did I enter the game with my headphones on? I don't think I died in these." Ray inquired as he walked over to a glass display case with muffins on the inside. "We didn't come here for food. We can get that by the Statue of Hachiko." Neku explained as he pulled Ray away from the sweet-smelling muffins.

"All done, Phones. And... I never got your name." "Ray. Ray Hagane." "OK. Sneakers it is." Mr. H replied as he went back behind the counter to help another customer. "Ok. Let's go." Neku stated as he grabbed both phones off the counter and ran outside. Ray wasn't far behind. "Take your phone. It's time to see if this upgrade does what it's supposed to do." He switched to the map and pressed the location for the statue of Hachiko. All of a sudden, a beam of energy zapped them right in front of the statue. "That was why we walked all the way to WildKat?! To get a teleporter that would take us one yard away from the mission?!" Ray barked as he collapsed on his butt. "This thing will take us anywhere in town once a day per phone. We can use it to get past courrier reaper's barriers." Neku explained as they stood in front of the statue. "Sorry. Just really hungry all of a sudden." Ray explained as he rubbed his stomach. "How about we get some Sunshine Burger. My treat." Neku offered as they entered the shop by Hachiko.

Meanwhile...

"You sure we're in the right place?" inquired Ralph in his smaller more compact form. "Yeah. This is the place. Ray's around here somewhere." Lan replied as he surveyed the area. "He did say to wait here for him here, but I'm hungry." Sarah whined as she looked to her left and saw Sunshine Burger. "Let's grab a bite really quick." Justin suggested as him, Sarah, Ralph, Felix, Big, Death, and a now humanoid Bowser walked into Sunshine Burger.

Back with Neku and Ray...

They sat to the side of the place and ate their food in comfortable silence until Neku broke it. "So what was your entrance fee? Do you know?" "My memory of the last 9 months." Ray answered as he took another bite of his triple cheeseburger. "That was mine the first time. This time I didn't have to give anything up. I'm a special case." Neku replied as he put down his soda.

As they continued to eat, the gang walked in and spotted Ray sitting with Neku. "Ray!" Sarah barked as she ran over and hugged the air out of his lungs, if he actually needed air that is. "Umm... Who are you?" Ray inquired as he tapped her back. "You really don't know?" Ray inquired as he stared Ray dead in the eye. "I wish I could say I did, but you seem familiar." Ray replied as he pointed at Ralph. "They must be in the piece of your memory the Conductor took." Neku intervened as he took another swig of Sun Drop. "Oh my gami kai..." Justin gushed as sat down next to Ray. "Today's gonna be a long day..." Ray groaned as he faceplanted on the table.

(A/N) Looks like things are getting complicated. Sorry for taking soo long. The first week without reviews threw me off, then I got sick. Next Chapter on Tuesday no exceptions!

Preview is the same as the last minus the stuff that already happened.