THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU [welcome to shibuya]

[Sora_Rox_My_Sox]

OOC: Isnt Zakuku my partner, we just formed a pact. And where did Sora come from? Wherent you just being confronted by Sleif, not Takeshii. W/E, roll with it i suppose

As Akira balanced her defensive moves with physical attacks, another player flew into the vincinity. The lazy reaper disappeared, after sending a herd of bear noise their way. She continued to throw bolts of lighting down the ally towards the approaching noise. The constant ticking of her clock made it impossible to concentrate, second after second was wasting away.

She shot another bolt of lightning down the narrow way, clearing out some noise. As she hustled down to where the other players where, her phone vibrated. "Another task?" She said to herself as she sprinted down with her phone open. This time, the text was from some one she knew, her former friend Kenshi.

Hey Moshi, wats up? Want 2 hang this friday? I want 2 go shopping, but evr since Akira went missing...i been 2 afraid to go near Shibuya. Her 'rents called the police and evrything, but nobody knws where she is. The police think she is dead...Srry to bring up bad news, we were her besties. TTYL

"What the hell...I'm here! I'm not dead! I'm not dead...am I?" She cried to herself, hoping to persuade her own thoughts. Kenshi must have accidently sent the text to her instead of Moshi, but when Akira tried to reply to the text, her phone wouldnt let her. "There's no way I'm dead! This is all so real..." She heard the roar of the noise behind her, its hot breath right on her neck. She spun and kicked it hard, sending it flying into another noise. Her anger was overwhelming now. She was going to beat the reapers game. Her anger powered her attacks, and the ally was quickly devoid of noise, for the moment. She then approached Zakuku and the other player.

[-Arcana-X-]

'We're getting desperate.' Haine observed as she stood idle, looking over the battles.
'But it seems that the Reapers are desperate as well. They collected all of us into 1 single area while they grouped together to...massacre. Hmph, guess they found out that when we stand together, we never fall.'

'Separated, we fall.'

Haine's cell buzzed again. She ran into a dark corner of an alley and opened the flap of the cell.
She sighed as she read the message:
P.S. No abilities allowed here! Unless there's shadows involved... even though shadows can't harm shadows! You better get used to using pins and psychs...

'I wonder who makes the rules...but the word 'psychs' sounds familiar.'
She looked back at her original black pin with the skull face.
'Let's see what this thing can do...again.'

Her first attack, Exquisite Amethyst, only appeared in her mind. It was like her brain knew what to do even though she never was here, in this type of place for Shibuya.

'I wonder...' but she couldn't finish her thought as a Wolf Noise found her. As it tried to scratch her, she ran over to where there were less Noise.

'...if we are here.'

68:00

[Takushi Rena]

Kusari gave a choke. The damn thing had rammed into her side, much like the tiger was tempting to do to Riku. The tomboy was forced to stumble backwards across the concrete, one hand in her pocket. She had tried to pull out her player pin just before the dark panther slammed into her and, when she was now flat on the ground, she begun to quickly rummage through it. Now clutched in her fist, Kusari pulled her hand out of her pocket, quickly closed it and jumped out of the way as the panther tried to once again attack her, this time using its tail.

The pin, though, wasn't black with a skull on it. This one was completely different, actually. It had a graffiti-esque red and orange flame printed on it, the background behind it being just a plain blue. What good was this thing going to do? Well, what good was any pin going to do? It was just an object! Objects couldn't have strange powers that could attack--

"Whoa!"

Apparently, that was completely wrong. As Kusari stared down and concentrated on the pin in her grasp, a spark of blue flame appeared beneath the black panther, eventually engulfing the creature in flames for just a second or two. The fire quickly dissipated, however, and the panther looked quite ticked off now. Rather innocently, Kusari couldn't help but give a nervous laugh, motioning backwards just a bit before the panther came charging in once again.

It slammed into her once more, headbutting her stomach and sending the tomboy flying backwards; however, she refused to unclench her fist that grasped that fire-y pin!

This time, however, she went stumbling into a different place. It contained a gigantic shop with a giant sign that read 'AMX' in blue on it. More people seemed to be crowding around in this place, if that was even possible. Unfortunately, nobody else that looked the least bit familiar was hanging around here.

Looking rather confused, Kusari blinked and glanced around.

"Riku...?"

She could see him up ahead, still trying to deal with that tiger; fortunately, he was now fighting with a pin of his own, launching a rocket right at the black tiger that was pursuing him. Unfortunately, a person wearing a red hoodie was walking nearby, heading straight towards the exit to Central Street Entrance. Something about them told Kusari that she had better run, right that second.

67:39

[Jet]

OOC: Yeah. Zakuku( me ) and Akira are partners...

"Great job, Partner. Im Zakuku." he said to Akira, as another person came running up to Zakuku yelling, "Be my partner!"

"Sorry, man. I already have a partner. There are a few running around still without partners for the Reaper's Game, but yeah...sorry" said Zakuku, looking over at Akira. "Well. As the newest Text said, we better start running to wherever." said Zakuku, as he grabbed Akira, dragging her down an the street. This time, he pulled instead of Akira.

"Lets beat the Noise if they encounter us again, okay?" he said.

[Sora the warrior]

He saw Zukaku and Akira run off. And stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked down.

"So just like that I"m alone huh? Again...." He said with a huff. Bear Noise began coming to him again.
"Damn it...." He said as he tokk his new pin in the air and he was swatted away. As he was falling he threw another pin at the Bear and snapped his fingers. The pin exploded on the bear. Sora hit the ground as the bears began to surround him and the leapords feet coukd be heard. Sora looked at his palm.

67:28

[Sora_Rox_My_Sox]

"Hey, you didnt do too bad yourself Zakuku." Akira told him as he dragged her down the darkened street. "And yes, we will totally own the next group of noise that tries to mess with us!" She exclaimed with a wink. She felt a little bad for Sora, left alone back there, but this was the Reapers Game. Not everyone can win. As her and Zakuku sprinted down the ally, the clock in the back of her mind was ticking louder then ever.

66:30

I've only got a little over an hour to run...but there's so many places to run to! She thought. Her and Zakuku emerged from the dark ally to a bustling city street. The sign said "Central Street", and crowds of people flooded everwhere that could be walked on. They moved with the flow of people, Akira constantly looking over her shoulder for reapers or noise. They came to a cross walk, the other side of the street held a small busy park, lit only by the dim street lamps. Akira garbbed Zakuku's hand and ran into the shrubby park. As they ran, the growl of noise signaled behind them, but nobody seemed to notice them at all.

[GuardianOfHearts]

With all the chaos around them, Ryuu saw no other choice than the girl who offered up her hand. Her own pin sparking with energy, she accepted.

"All right then. I'll watch your back, and you watch mine, yeah?"

The redhead grinned a little haphazardly, and she once again took the iridescent black pin from her sleeve, with its tribal design of white wings, or maybe a twisting helix.

Not quite knowing what else to do, she said, "Help me again!"

The desperation and fear she had felt when the butterfly-winged panther had circled her were no longer thrumming in her veins, but now she had sheer will and determination to back it up instead. Her voice was filled with authority now, and the pin obliged with that same glow.

Ryuu hadn't been sure what to expect, if what had happened last time had been a fluke or a one-shot deal. Apparently, though, the weird little pin knew what it was doing, and she felt the tripod on her back change again. Instead of being photography equipment, it was now a black-and-white longbow.

Grey eyes a little wild in surprise, Ryuu slung the bow off her back and held it before her. It was the perfect size, her exact height, a recurve just like she was used to. Besides photography, archery was the one thing Ryuu thought she was really good at. She belonged to a club that had an indoor range, and when her parents could have those rare vacations from their fashion careers, she could shoot in the country. This was something she could do.

Ryuu felt a slow, rougish grin come across her lips.

She turned to her new partner and took her hand, and on both their palms was: 66:29

"Nice to meet you, partner, my name's Avalon Ryuu. Now, I definitely say we RUN!"

[-Arcana-X-]

Seeing her partner finally active, she took her new partner's hand. She twinkled her eyes as she saw the same timer ticking down to their deaths if they don't get out of here.

'No time,' she thought, 'Unless...'

Knowing Shibuya, Haine pointing to the right where she noticed Akira and Zakuku were going, Central Street Entrance.

"We'll need to go shopping. Shall we?" she asked Ryuu softly as they began to run.

65:98

[Sora_Rox_My_Sox]

"DUCK!" Shouted Akira to Zakuku. Another bear noise had launched itself into the air and tried to attack them from behind. They stopped short, and the noise flew right past them. They continued running again, dodging this way and that, desperatley trying to avoid the hostile noise. Out of the corner of her eye she thought she saw the small tomboyish figure of Kusari, but in the blink of an eye, she was gone. The pair quickly spun around to face their attackers. Across from them, near the entrance, she saw another pair of players. They were both girls, and they were pointing at them. Akira gave a quick wave before unleashing her lighting powers, instantly disintegrating the noise into a fine black mist.

"Whew, close call." She said with a sigh of relief. She checked her palm again, her smile quickly fading away.

63:45

"Damn, time flies when your running for your life" She said to Zakuku.

[Takushi Rena]

Just missed it!

Kusari was definitely right about that guy; he looked pretty eerie, maybe even creepy. Like he was bad, or at least negative. Kind of like those Reaper guys... With haste, the tomboy had sped past him, feeling a chill when the guy turned their head to glance over at the player. She just narrowly missed what he had put up after that: a wall? An invisible wall, though... Like they were blocking you from getting through to Central Street Entrance. Kusari jumped back into that area, landing right behind Riku. Well, she thought it was Riku. He, however, didn't have black hair or headphones.

On the other hand, Riku was fighting that tiger still. Now it was tempting to scratch at him with its claws, though it was more like stab instead. He reached into his pocket and pulled out two pins: a blue one with three fire balls printed on it and a grey pin with water stream that looked like a comet of sorts. He tightly grasped both and, as the tiger came charging at him with claws unsheathed once more, a thunderbolt suddenly slammed into the creature's back. It was stunned, but that attack didn't do as much damage as it could have, probably because he didn't even know what he was doing; plus, he wasn't very strong at all. Still, he could fight the thing while it was paralyzed.

Riku took a quick glance over the pins in his grasp and, almost immediately, a chain of two fireballs slammed into the black tiger at once. It let out a moan of pain, though it was still curled up on the ground without the ability to move. The boy gave a grin, yet something managed to catch his attention. He turned about and found a pair of yellow eyes staring at him, belonging to a very familiar figure who was looking rather smug right that second as he watched over the players.

Yet, Kage was taken aback, screaming 'Hey!!' as he found a possession of his missing.

"Aw cool!" the tomboy exclaimed, holding a pair of orange headphones in her grasp as she stared at them in awe, "I've always wanted to see a pair of these! I can't believe you got a pair..."

"GIVE 'EM BACK, YA LITTLE BRAT!" Kage instantly reached forwards, reaching out his grasp to snatch back his headphones; however, he was very careful not to lay a hand on the kid, or else... Kusari, however, instantly recoiled backwards and looked rather lost, feeling rather embarrassed for talking aloud so much.

[Sora the warrior]

Sora dug in his pocket and hoped a good pin would come to him. He saw a wild looking pin with the words:

ALIVE
He took it and felt a weird feeling. Suddenly he rose into the air and pushed out his body. A shockwave erupted through Shibuya, shocking every Noise Players were in contact with. Sora's health then dramatically decreased. Seeing the frozen Noise above him, Sora scrambled away holding his stomach. He ran, holding his side still, he summoned the energy to look at his hand.

63:37

"Damn...One more hit, and I'm erased."

[Jet]

"Yeah, your right." Zakuku said. "We need to keep running. But to where?!?!? What kinda people want you to run without telling you where to run to!!" Zakuku yelled, getting very pissed off.

[GuardianOfHearts]

Yoruhime did not immediately join the other Reapers in their task of harassing the Players as they ran around like panicked mice. She didn't even come in sight of them. Instead, she leapt from building to building in her Black Butterfly form, trailing shadows behind her. She liked knowing what was going on, and these rooftops gave her an excellent view of the chaos.

She stopped as she caught sight of Kage again, and bared her teeth in a feline's grin. Yoruhime placed her heavy, clawed paws on the ledge and lunged, landing on the nearest window and running effortlessly down the edge of the building, as if it were a straight road rather than a 90 degree slope.

She leapt off almost ten feet before she would have run into the pavement, changing so that she landed on two human feet.

Upon seeing Kusari with the other Reaper's headphones, she began to laugh.

"Did you just get shown up by a little brat, Kage-kun?" Yoru teased, crimson eyes sparking. But her attention was diverted again as a shout came from behind.

You!"

Ryuu hadn't expected to stop for any detours. She just wanted to run, and try not to die, you know? That would've been just fine.

But when she saw a familiar lanky, black-haired figure....

"You!" she shouted in recognition, grey eyes going hard. She pulled out her bow, only a little daunted by the fact that she had no arrows. The redhead placed three fingertips on the almost invisible bowstring. Sparks danced into life at the touch, and as she drew it back to the corner of her mouth, they coalesced and formed an arrow of pure energy shimmering from the ethereal fletching at her fingers to the sharp pointed head.

Ryuu came to a stop and swung her bow directly at Yoruhime, and released the arrow in the same breath.

Still with those cat-like reflexes, the Reaper dodged her attack, but only by a split second. The bolt of energy hit a tree just behind her and stopped halfway through the trunk.

Yoruhime slowly went to the tree and touched the arrow. It sparked angrily, and she quickly pulled back her hand. When she turned back to Ryuu, that Cheshire grin was back on her face.

"You must really hate me, huh little dragon? Well, I'll give you something to play with then."

The Reaper snapped her fingers, and instantly from the street there appeared several Noise. Ryuu yelped as pressure lanced through her head.

58:19

[sephiroth2]

Seeing as my last post didn't work for some people, forget I appeared in front of sora in the alley, and my character will start from here.

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"Yeah, your right. We need to keep running. But to where?!?!? What kinda people want you to run without telling you where to run to!" Zakuku said to Akira.

"Would you like some guidance!" A voice loudly echoed, but only for those two to hear. From in front of them, a large swirl of darkness appeared and disappeared leaving Sleif standing in front of Zakuku and Akira.

[Sora the warrior]

Sora's vision went blurry. His feet were now dragging across the ground, each step being taken from resolve. Resolve not to be....erased. That was what they called it. Fatigue wavered over him as he dragged himself near the rest ofthe players besides Zakkaku and Akira who went away on thier own. When he got close enough, he passed out. Hopefully the other players will protect him.