COMPOSED → composer's writings

Title: Little Games
Fandom: The World Ends With You.
Genre: Humor.
Rating: PG.
Summary: Kariya and Uzuki decide to play a game, but the terms are a bit different this time around...

I guess this is set before Neku's first Game or something. I dunno.


It was yet another boring day at Headquarters.

Kariya was lounging on the couch, Uzuki was doing anything to keep herself busy, Konishi was in a corner scrawling down notes, and who knows where Higashizawa and Minamimoto were.

"Hey, Uzuki."

"Yeah?"

"I'm bored... Wanna play a game?"

"Maybe. Depends what kind of game you're thinking of."

"Oh, just a little race."

"Sounds good to me. But instead of something lame like 'loser buys ramen', how about we make the conditions a bit more interesting this time around?"

Konishi briefly looked up from what she was writing.

"Hm? This isn't like you at all, Uzuki."

"Well, I'm just up for a change of pace, y'know? And for once I'm not in the mood for ramen..."

"Heh. Fair enough. So what did you have in mind?"

"If I win..." The mauve-haired Harrier walked over to him and whispered the rest in his ear. Kariya's expression turned to a mixture of curiosity and terror.

Uzuki giggled. "So, where should our starting point be?"

"How about the statue of Hachiko?"

"Sounds good to me! And our destination?"

"Udagawa?"

"All right. Let's go! This is going to be so much fun!" Another giggle from Uzuki.

The two Reapers were at the starting point for their little game in seconds.

"On three. Ready?"

"Ready!"

"One..."

"Two..."

"Three!"

The pink-haired Reaper wasted no time, quickly weaving her way through the crowds near the statue, the sea of people at the scramble, the narrow Center Street Entrance, and so on until she reached Udagawa. Kariya, however, took his time. He saw no point in expending too much energy for this game. After all, Uzuki WAS the fastest of all the Reapers. Only Minamimoto even came close.

Uzuki had been waiting about half an hour- most of that spent admiring CAT's mural- when Kariya finally showed up.

"Where have you been? Were you even trying?"

Kariya simply took a sip of the soda he'd gotten on a detour he'd taken to Spain Hill. Meanwhile, a grin spread across Uzuki's features.

"... Oh. I get it. You let me win because you wanted--"

"That's not it at all!"

The pink-haired Reaper laughed. "It's written all over your face! You're a terrible liar, Kariya. Now come on. We're going back to headquarters."

"Whoa, what are we going back there for?"

"Well, it's not like I have any place to store handcuffs in this outfit."

Back at headquarters, Konishi idly wondered how Uzuki and Kariya's "game" was going.