THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU [welcome to shibuya]

[Rhapsody Flows]

Kage - he was right. It wasn't Cam's choice to become a Reaper. She really didn't like being a Reaper. She would rather be in the Real Ground of Shibuya again . . . with her friend. Some of the other Reapers might like being who they are right now, but Cam hated it. Oh well. Just one of the many reasons to why life sucks sometimes. Pushing the thoughts aside, she notice Sleif arrive.

Sleif definitely looked to be upset about something when he arrived in the room. But for her own good, Cam decided not to ask what the problem was. "They haven't exactly healed all the way yet." Cam responded when the Conductor mentioned that Cam was healing.

But as soon as Sleif arrived, Gendou's behavior changed. The way he acted was obviously out of character for him. He seemed more. . . proper and polite when talking and interacting with Sleif. He was so conceited; too proud of himself sometimes. But that was Gendou. Butt. Kisser. All he ever does is try to win the higher ups favor.

Cam rolled her eyes, trying to pay no attention to him. She hated taking orders or being bossed around, so she never really cared if she got any praise from people higher in authority than her. That was the least on her mind and it always will be. At least, as long as Cam was still alive.

[OmniChaos]

"We were all Players and we all got stuck doin' this damn job or else we wouldn't even be sitting here having this li'l 'chat'! You don't have a freakin' right to take a vacation!"

Sleif's sudden arrival had made Gendou completely forget about Kage's little comment until now. Gendou narrowed his eyes. "'We all got stuck doin' this job'?" Gendou said, a small grin on his face. "Says you. Fire years back, I could have returned to the RG. I beat the game, with flying colors as well. But, I asked Sleify here to make me a Reaper instead. This is my second chance." Gendou's attitude grew serious. "There's nothing there for me."

Gendou's character shifted back to normal as he took another sip of rum. "So," Gendou said, placing a cork into the bottle and tossing it to Kage. "Sleify, what's up? You seem to be in a pissy mood. Are the players this time around so good, that they actually piss you off?"

[Sora_Rox_My_Sox]

"The name is Akira, and sure, tag along!" She shouted back to him with a smile. "You're Sora, huh?" She asked as he caught up to her. People were filtering through the streets, but they were still a ways off. Maybe this was gonna be fine afterall?

Just as she thought this, a reaper jumped from the shadows, knife in hand.
"You should be careful... there might be dangerous Reapers around. You wouldn't want to meet one of them..."

"Damn!" She whipsered, her hand shooting towards her pockets for her pins. He slowly approached them, and she stpped in front of Sora. "You guys just dont quit, do ya?" She asked in a mocking tone, although he had the upper hand. She clasped the shadow pin onto her sash. Just before she attacked, Kusari launched from the dakrness, towards the reaper, her hand engulfed in darkness.

She shouted at him, and Akira grabbed Sora and pulled him out of the way. "Kusari!" She shouted happily, glad to see her friend again.

[sephiroth2]

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"Sleify, what's up? You seem to be in a pissy mood. Are the players this time around so good, that they actually piss you off?" Gendou said to Sleif, as he threw the bottle to Kage.
Turning slight towards Gendou, Sleifs rage reached to the point that it could actually almost be seen around him, like an aura.

"What makes you even think that any one of the players are good at this early stage!" replied Sleif, the aura around him slowly seeping onto the ground around him.
From it, a few eyes could be seen appearing, followed by long snake like tails reaching in and out of the aura.

[Sora the warrior]

Sora was dragged around after what had unfolded, he didn't even have time to get his pins.
"K-kusari? Who's that?" He asked after ctching his breath.

[OmniChaos]

Gendou chuckled. "Well, either the players are good or Cam here must be pathetic to loose to them on the first day." He glanced over to Cam. "No offinse, of course." Gendou cleared his voice, turning back to Sleif. "But, I doubt they are nothing the great Sleif can't hadle."

Gendou streched his arms with a short yawn that followed. "So," Gendou said, placing his hands around the back of his neck. "What was today's mission, Kage? Something exciting? Something thrilling? What?" Gendou softly chuckled. "Just please don't tell me it was another of your boring little games."

[Takushi Rena]

Kage gave a bit of a groan as he leaned just to the side. The bottle had landed right next to him before slumping down, making it seem just as lazy as Kage believed Gendou was. He folded his arms and kept his gaze on the floor, a grin forming alongside his sarcastic tone, "Gee, how would I know? I'm not the Gamemaster for this week... I don't believe we even have one for this week..."

The Gamemaster finally looked Gendou right in the eye, a very strange thing for him, and gave a smile. For a second, he actually seemed rather nice.

"Say... why don't you be the Gamemaster this time around?"

His concerns, however, seemed to instantly flip over to Sleif. He was severely ticked off, so much that a pretty creepy aura was surrounding him, and that had to mean he was about to go off at any minute. Not something he wanted to be sitting around for...

Kage stood up straight and quickly stepped towards Cam, taking a set right next to her. He did a strange thing, however, by grabbing her wrist, his golden orbs seeming to glow as he stared off into space; his brow furrowed as the shadows seemed to spark up for a moment in the corner.

He leaned towards her ear and whispered, "C'mon, we gotta get out of here, fast... Our Great Conductor's 'bout to burst..."

[Rhapsody Flows]

Gendou had to say something. He had to ask why Sleif was looking pissed( so pissed in fact that he was ready to turn into his noise form, which was not a pretty thing) and couldn't just keep his mouth shut. One day, that mouth of his was going to get himself in a little mess. A mess that Cam wouldn't even try to bail him out of.

And Gendou had to add an insult in - an insult that was directed at Cam. Ha, he called her pathetic. Pathetic? Wow, Gendou was full of it. The teen let out a small laugh to herself before coolly calling back, "Hey, Gendou? How would you like it if I shoved up lance down your throat? Think that would shut you up?"

Once again, Gendou left one last suck up comment to the Conductor. After that, he asked Kage about a mission. The heck with that. Cam wasn't going on any mission with that Reaper. But, Kage asked if he, Gendou, the butt kisser, if he could be the Gamematser for this week!

Camaruka couldn't even believe it for a second. She followed Kage's face as he stepped next to her. "Are you crazy?" she began to say, but the girl froze when he grabbed her wrist out of the blue. His eyes began to glow, which made Cam take a step back. She looked puzzled at Kage. "What the are you-"

"C'mon, we gotta get out of here, fast... Our Great Conductor's 'bout to burst..." Kage whispered. Cam gave off a grin. Unlike her usual sadistic grins, however, this grin was an amusing one. "Oh, I gotcha." She nodded and whispered back, "Ok, let's go."

[OmniChaos]

"Gamemaster?" Gendou asked, cleaning his right ear with his right pinky. He softly chuckled. "Na, I'd rather watch you fail at gamemaster before I get to have my fun. Makes it all more the enjoyable." Gendou flicked something off his pinky. "And Cam, save your empty threats for the players. Unlike me, they actually scare."

Gendou calmly walked by Sleif, appearing to be unshooken by his threats. "Well, I think I'll go meet this week's players. It'll be a 'hello' and a 'goodbye' at the same time." He walked past Kage and Cam, stopping just behind them. "Oh, and Sleify, why don't you ask Mr. Hitsuji and Mrs. Camaruka about all the pretty things they said about you before you arrived. Very flattering." Gendou let out a laugh before disappearing.

[EnigmaticAngel]

Byakuran woke up on top of a skyscraper... Man... the streets are always so noisy... He rubbed his eyes and yawned. He looked up into the sky... The sky is sure vast.... Byakuran jumped down the skyscraper, I love falling like this... He smiled slowly as the wind flowed through his hair and closed his eyes. As he was nearing the ground, he slowly had his feet towards the ground and landly softly. He looked around and saw the busy streets of Shibuya...

Byakuran walked down the streets wondering where the players were... Hmmm... where could the players be... damn... i need to get my points!!! He put his hands in his pockets and walked casually, ignoring everything in his way. He finally made it to his favorite cafe, and ordered a slice of cheesecake and a cup of Mango-Peace Tea...

"Hmmm... i wonder when the higher up game masters will allow me to erase the players!" he said to himself.

[Akans]

Kyoroj heard Kusari coming a mile off. Whenever he was fighting, he always kept an ear out for approaching dangers.
So really, it wasn't that hard to predict Kusari's move. Especially with her reckless battlecry.
He sidestepped Kusari's clumsy stab, giving her a friendly push as she flew by. He laughed. Players were so predictable.

"Nice try newbie, but you have no chance against me. Unless your completely silent, I can hear every move you make. And where did you come from anyways? You were running off randomly into the city last time I saw you... Did you stick around and eavesdrop?"

Kyoroj shook his head. "Whatever, either way, since you announced your attentions with that stab, that allows me to do this." He casually held up his small knife, examined the point for a second, before flicking it straight at Kusari.

[Sora_Rox_My_Sox]

"Kusari is a friend of mine." Akira whispered back to Sora, glaring at Kyoroj, the reaper. Kusari flew through the air, with a helpful shove from Kyoroj, and crash landed beside her.

"Whatever, either way, since you announced your attentions with that stab, that allows me to do this." He said in a mocking tone, before effortlessly throwing his knife straight for Kusari. "Kusari!" She shouted out, even though she was near her. At that moment, it was almost as if time had slowed down. The knife moved slower, her scream was slurred, but her thinking was still sharp. She focused energy into her shadow pin, splitting her thoughts.

In reality, time hadnt slowed down, it was merely Akira's perception of it. Just as the knife was about to strike Kusari, Akira's shadow clone had appeared in front of her. The knife buried itself deep into the non existant replica, and it disintegrated into nothing with a soft puff. The knife fell out of the air, landing with a clatter upon the ground.

Akira quickly replaced her pins, swapping for her lightning one. Then, she stood up and faced the reaper. "Dont you guys ever get tired of babysitting us?" She said in a mocking tone while she stepped in front of Kusari and Sora.

[Takushi Rena]

'Crap!' Kusari found herself stumbling horribly after the Reaper made a simple sidestep to dodge the player along with a nice shove, the tomboy tumbling so much that she actually flipped upside down once. She sat down on the ground, rubbing the side of her head and grumbling; boy, she felt stupid for that one...

She growled at his words, the fact that he could try and erase them all still keeping her on her toes, but felt rather guilty once more as he said something about eavesdropping. Kusari looked nervously down at the ground, her back pushing backwards just a bit, and she bit her lip.

"Etto..." she mumbled, not even daring to set her eyes on him, "I-I wasn't... I just felt kinda bad for..." But she couldn't help but look up.

There it was. Plain as day. Licking its lips. It was huge, dark, and terrifying. Kusari stared up at the thing, freezing up just like she had many times already, and watched at this thing unsheathed its claws, its yellow eyes staring down at its prey: Kyoroj. Was that a shadow...? Yeah, it had to be; it connected down to the bottom of her shoes!

She was too busy staring up at that thing to realize that Akira had taken the hit of the knife, yet she disappeared as quickly as she came. Kusari spotted the real Akira and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah... rigatou..." the tomboy grinned as she jumped to her feet. However, she couldn't take her eyes off of that strange shadow. It seemed to swoop down, as if swimming two-dimensionally like the ground was some sort of swimming pool. It came closer and closer, black teeth unsheathed. It wanted to swallow him right up...

Kusari gulped. "...H-Hey!" she exclaimed, taking a glance over to Kyoroj, "Watch out...!"

What that guy said earlier had made her guilty for running off. He could've been lying, but the fact that he said if he didn't follow her, he would be erased. She felt so guilty for running off that she charged straight towards the Reaper and pushed him right out of the way with as much force as she could muster, just as that shadow was about to come crashing down on him.

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He was ready to take off, get out of that place before something went crazy. He had grabbed onto Cam's wrist, standing up to his feet, and was about to take off with the Reaper.

But, Gendou just had to say 'Mr. Hitsuji'.

Kage's eyes flickered with a fire too fierce to describe. He was furious! He wanted nothing more than to much that suck-up right in the face. How dare he use that name! His grasp on Cam's wrist was suddenly relinquished. He was about to stomp right over to the smartass and slam a fist into his face. However, he knew he had to refrain. He couldn't stop his words, though.

"DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT NAME!" the Reaper screamed, his golden eyes flickering with a ferocious anger. But, he bit his lip and grabbed onto Cam's wrist once more. The shadow gave another flicker, stretched out to meet their feet.

They were both gone in an instant.

And out into a strange place: Miyashita Park Underpass. Somewhere far out, somewhere dark. This was the perfect spot to disappear to. And, nobody was there to hear Kage rant, except Cam, of course.

"How dare he use that freakin' stupid name!" Kage wanted to punch a wall or something. Watching it crack, make it crumble; just something... He got ticked off over a stupid name? Well, he had a good reason to... It was a pretty stupid name...

[OmniChaos]

"Kyoroj!" Gendou called out, appearing behind the three players. "Come on, think." Gendou pointed to his head. "You don't want to end up like Cam did." He let out a sigh, placing his index and middle fingers on his forehead. "But, don't get me wrong, I'm not here to join the fight. I merely want a good show."

He turned his attention to the girl that Kyoroj had just pushed. "And dear, please don't feel bad. He's a reaper. He wouldn't feel any sorrow for you if he were to kill you. To him, and most other reapers, you are nothing but fodder." Gendou's eyes caught ahold of the shadow beast that was connected to the girl's shadow. "Interesting... That looks a lot like Kagy's little pets. I wonder what he's up to."

"Regardless," Gendou said, folding his arms. A small grin grew on his face, followed by a soft chuckle. "I'm rottin' for ya, so don't let me down! And, if you win, I might even buy you a nice hot bowl of ramen." Finally! Now, I want to see a great show. One that I have been waiting to see for a very long time.

[Akans]

Kyoroj's eyebrow raised as Akira's shadow blocked his knife. Interesting... these kids were becoming stronger.
And he lost his best knife. That sucks.

"Dont you guys ever get tired of babysitting us?"
He turned. "Really, is that what you think I am doing? Pshh, if I had a choice, I'd be eating hamburgers in a McDonalds, not chasing after you kids trying to fulfill a retarded quota --- oof"!! Kusari tackled him before Akira's shadow could hit him while his back was turned.

Kyoroj fell ungracefully on his butt. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Gendou.
"Kyoroj! Come on, think. You don't want to end up like Cam did...And dear, please don't feel bad. He's a reaper. He wouldn't feel any sorrow for you if he were to kill you. To him, and most other reapers, you are nothing but fodder."
"How would you know?" Kyoroj growled, standing up. Another Reaper. Great. "I'm never going to get enough Players this way, with other Reapers butting in left and right.
...Whatever. It's not like my life's on the line." He said sarcastically.

He spun on his heels and walked away. He wanted to teach the Players some respect, but he didn't want to be a show-dog for Gendou either. What happened to the good old days when Players bowed to the might of the Reapers?
Though... these Players were different. They actually helped each other. It was like they were "friends" or something. But that wouldn't make sense... you don't survive the Reapers Game by making "friends"...