Good…well, whenever you read this, I guess. While trying to think up some good twists for my other WEWY story, and an ending for my Fire Emblem story, as well as attempting to gather enough motivation to continue my .hack Survivor fic, I came across a certain quiz. Because I'm bound to get rusty if I don't write something every now and then, I thought I'd write a story inspired by the questions on it. Yeah, it'll add to the 'to-do list' of stories, but at least you guys won't get bored! I hope you enjoy the start, and please review if you do!

DISCLAIMER: 'The World Ends With You' is owned by Square Enix and Jupiter. I have no idea who first came up with the OC quiz this story is focused around, but whoever he/she is probably wouldn't like it if I didn't mention him/her at all.

It was a bright and sunny day in Shibuya. Businesses were booming, streets were crowded, and there wasn't a single moment where you could hear complete silence. That's why Neku, currently seated in front of his computer, was so glad that he had decided to stay home today. It had been quite a while since he had finally escaped from the Reaper's Game, and though he had discovered how happy he could be when hanging with his friends, everybody needed some time to themselves once in a while. Currently, Neku was using his time to check his e-mail account, which had received at least ten messages since he had last checked it.

"Junk…spam…trash…lame advertisements…wait; what's this one?"

Neku decided to take a closer look at the one message of the bunch that had been sent from somebody familiar. He was a bit surprised that it came from Rhyme, of all people; even if he had helped to save her, they didn't really know each other all that well. Still, curiosity had gotten the better of him, and Neku checked it out. Apparently, Rhyme was starting to develop an interest in writing, and had found that some online test helped her to develop the characters from a story she was planning to write. Whatever made her think that Neku would be interested in this was beyond his reasoning, but he checked it out nonetheless.

Choose 10 of your OC's. Or, ten of your favorite people (like friends, family, celebrities. Anyone you think is cool.) But, you can't choose yourself.

Neku had to pause for a few moments. Not only was Neku a bit lacking on imagination right now when it came to creating characters out of thin air, but he didn't even have ten people that he could consider himself close to. After a few minutes of pondering how to get through this step, he came to the conclusion to just jot down the first ten names he could think of.

1. Shiki
2. Uzuki
3. Kitaniji
4. Joshua
5. Rhyme
6. Konishi
7. Kariya
8. Mr. H
9. Beat
10. Minamimoto

Neku looked over at his list, and wondered why he had written what he had. He obviously included his friends, but why hadn't Rhyme and Beat been placed higher on the list? How come he had included the names of so many Reapers? And why was Joshua in there, period?! Neku eventually realized that he was acting quite stupid, worrying over something like that, and proceeded to continue the test. For each question, instead of writing down a simple summary of the events, Neku decided to take the advice Rhyme had sent him and wrote out a few details as well. Needless to say, hilarity ensued.

1) 4 invites 3 and 8 to dinner at their house. What happens?

"Welcome, gentlemen," Joshua greeted, as the Conductor and Producer of The Reaper's Game stood before him. "I'm so glad you could make it…heh heh…"

"Well, you ARE the boss man," Hanekoma replied, instinctively heading straight for Joshua's kitchen; specifically, the coffee machine. "If we didn't, you'd probably try to toast us for being disloyal. Hey, have you got anything from Spain? They grow the best coffee beans in the world. I should know; after all, I've tried them all."

"Well, regardless of what I would've done otherwise, it's good to see that you could both attend," Joshua told the two, intentionally ignoring Hanekoma's rants about coffee, as he also entered the kitchen. "Now, shall we get to business?"

"I knew that you called us up here for some important reason," Kitaniji uttered, one hand absentmindedly playing with his own hair while he followed Mr. Hanekoma and Joshua's path to the kitchen. "After all, it's not everyday you demand our presence. Certainly, something bad must be happening in Shibuya, the town I love so dear."

"Precisely," Joshua answered. "You see, there's a ramen place owned by a man that goes by the name Ken Doi. Now, although he doesn't usually have many customers, it seems that his popularity has increased by a thousand times just overnight."

"So, you want us to investigate why he's gone from a total nothing to the king of the noodles?" Mr. H asked, while checking to see if the coffee machine's filter had been cleaned recently.

"Actually, I had something different in mind," Joshua replied. "You see, trends come and go through Shibuya like papers in the breeze, so it's not so unusual for everyone to get his or her chance in the spotlight eventually. However, I used to be one of Ken Doi's customers, and it's such a hassle to get through the crowds and pick up my daily supper. Then, I remembered that you two both took a Home Economics course at one point in life before you started working for me…"

"Woah, boss man! Hold up!" Mr. H burst, an angry expression on his face. "I can see where this is going! You invite us for dinner, just so we can MAKE dinner for you?!"

"Don't think of it as doing a chore I could easily have done myself," Joshua told his guests. "Think of it as…a mission. Cook a decent bowl of sido ramen for your boss. You have 60 minutes. Fail, and face erasure. Yes; that sounds about right. I'll see you both in an hour."

And so, Joshua left the room, leaving a bemused Hanekoma and a puzzled Kitaniji in the kitchen. "…If I didn't love Shibuya so much, I might've just knocked our boss out for the count a few seconds ago," the Conductor remarked as he grabbed a nearby bowl to cook the ramen in.

"Tell me about it," Mr. Hanekoma replied. "By the way, how much coffee do we need to make ramen? I'm thinking two cups, tops."

To Be Continued...