The Mission

A/N: Yeah. So, this was spawned from a post on the GameFAQ’s boards, things the characters would never say. A mission that would never be given. So this forced its way into my head, and refused to leave, even when I half-hated myself for it.

I half-hate myself for writing this because Neku doesn’t deserve to go through this. He really doesn’t. Poor Neku. D: ((Okay, I admit that I originally wrote this as a protest spawned from that topic, protesting this pairing, because I disliked it. I have, of course, come to see the errors of my thinking, and do highly enjoy pairing Neku and Joshua together now.))

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Neku stared in horror at the mission mail on his phone. No missions for a few days, and now this? What gives? No. This has to be some sick joke. He shuddered, deleting the mail, only to have it refuse to be deleted. He shuddered again.

‘No. Fucking. Way. I don’t fucking care what that creep of a GM says the mission is. There is NO FUCKING WAY I AM DOING THIS.’

He re-read the message, disgusted by the mission.

“Add yourself to your partner. t=180min
Incompletes will be destroyed
~The Reapers”

No. Just. No. Not happening. No fucking way. That was not going to happen. No fucking way. Hell. No.

Neku shoved his phone angrily into his pocket, shuddering again, wondering how the hell he would get outta this mess. Then things got a million times worse.

The timer. Damn that timer. Damn it and the fucking Game Master. Fucking Pi-Face. He was NOT going to do anything of the sort with that snotty brat he had to call a partner. Not happening.

A giggle behind him, and chill down his spine.

“Oh Neku…~ We seem to have an… Interesting mission, don’t we?”

Damn that voice.

“Forget it, Josh. There’s gotta be a way around this damned mission, and I’ll find it!”

“Now that won’t do, Nekuuu.~ I rather like this mission.”

Neku froze, turning to look at Joshua in disbelief. Sure, Joshua’d acted like he was flirting with him, but Neku’d always thought he was just doing it to piss him off, which he did a good job of. He never actually thought Joshua would every try anything like that.

“No. Josh, forget it. That’s just… NO.”

Joshua just smiled. A smile that sent icy chills down Neku’s spine. It was not a nice smile; it was creepier than his normal smirk. That smile scared Neku, terrified him. He turned, and bolted.

“Tsk tsk, we can’t have that, Neku.~ We can’t have you running off on me, dear.”

How the hell did Josh catch up to him? Neku tried to shake Joshua’s grip off, but the silver-haired boy had a death-grip on his shoulder. Neku paled, turning slowly to face Joshua, fear clearly written on his face.

“Josh… Let me go, Josh. Please…”

Joshua raised an eyebrow, was that fear in his partner’s voice? Oh, how he would enjoy this mission… He paused for a moment, looking at Neku.

Neku’s face was drained of all color, save for a slightly greenish tint. He looked quite terrified, and decidedly ill. ‘Such an adorable face!~’

Joshua’s smile widened, and Neku whimpered.

“Please… Josh… Please let me go… You’re scaring me, Josh…”

Joshua’d never heard that note of fear in Neku’s voice before. It was so cute! He quite enjoyed the fear in his partner’s eyes when he looked at him. He leaned closer, whispering in his dear partner’s ear.

“We can’t have you getting us erased, Neku dear. I really don’t think you have a choice in the matter.”

Neku tried to wrench himself free from Joshua’s grip, but it was too strong. ‘Since when is Josh that strong?’ Neku tried to punch Joshua, but the blow was blocked, Joshua merely smiling all the more at his poor, trapped partner.

“I think we should continue this… Elsewhere, don’t you, Neku dear?”

“NO, I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE THIS AT ALL, YOU ASSHOLE. LET ME GO, YOU JERK!”

Joshua merely grinned, and proceeded to drag Neku out of the middle of the Scramble Crossing.

Neku wasn’t aware of where they were headed, he was more focused on breaking Joshua’s death-grip, which had shifted to his wrist, instead. He tried to stand his ground, to keep from being dragged, but Joshua was demonstrating far more physical strength than Neku had thought possible, keeping a firm and painful grip on his wrist, dragging him along, nearly off his feet. Neku tried to avoid going along, only to find himself on the ground, being dragged by a strangely determined Joshua.

Neku glanced up at Joshua, still trying to twist free of his hold, and shuddered, that look on his face… It scared, no, it terrified him. Neku had a feeling that he wouldn’t be able to get out of this, he didn’t want anything to do with this! He HATED the kid! He renewed his efforts to break free.

Joshua merely grinned even more nastily, his grip tightening, and he proceeded to continue dragging Neku to their destination. Thanks to Neku’s struggles, it took them a good 40 minutes to reach their destination, and another minute before Neku realized he wasn’t being dragged anymore.

He glanced around. ‘The Udagawa backstreets…? Oh, just perfect. This is not good… Gotta get away… Gotta break Josh’s grip… Gotta run for it…’

“You weren’t thinking of trying to get away now, were you Neku dear?~”

Neku kept his mouth shut, continuing to try and pull his wrist from Joshua’s grip. And failing. He felt Joshua drag him to his feet, and he whimpered, looking anywhere but at Joshua.

“Oh, now don’t look like that. This could be fun. You could actually enjoy this mission, you know. It doesn’t have to be unpleasant, Neku.~”

That infuriating VOICE, he just wanted to punch that smug bastard in the face and run for his life. As if sensing this, Joshua promptly grabbed his other hand, effectively keeping Neku from hitting him. Though that didn’t stop Neku from trying to kick him.

Which failed spectacularly, leaving Neku very confused as to how the hell he could dodge that kick so effortlessly. And STILL maintain his death-grip on both his wrists.

Sighing, Joshua shook his head, making a little sound of annoyance.

“Well, I suppose we’ll need to clear this mission the hard way, now won’t we, Neku?~”

That giggle… That infuriating giggle… If he could just punch or kick him… If he could just… He opened his mouth to retort.

“Josh, back the f—“

And was promptly silenced mid-sentence by a pair of lips crashing against his own. His mind froze as Joshua kissed him forcefully. He tried to resist, but only managed a weak squeak of protest.

Joshua roughly invaded his mouth with his tongue. Neku’s eyes widened in shock, and he tried weakly to shove Joshua away, truly afraid of his partner. Up until that point, he’d held on to a desperate hope that this was all a dream, or some sick joke. That Josh wouldn’t actually do anything. Well those lovely hopes just shattered into a million little bits.

Neku wanted to scream, he wanted to be sick. He reacted the only way he could think of. He bit down.

Unfortunately, Joshua seemed to have anticipated his actions, withdrawing his tongue not a moment too soon, and breaking the kiss.

“Oh, we can’t have you doing that, Neku.~ That won’t do at all.~”

Neku’s first response would have been, under other circumstances, to say “Screw you.” But considering the position he was in, he settled for locking his jaws shut, refusing to look at Joshua.

Joshua sighed dramatically, shaking his head with a fake pout on his face. Noticing that Neku had squeezed his eyes tightly shut, Joshua smiled to himself, a decidedly wicked smile that would have turned Neku’s blood to ice, if he’d had his eyes open to see it.

It took Joshua all of three seconds to shove Neku onto the ground, sitting on him to keep him still. Neku’s eyes snapped open, and he looked at the silver-haired boy, eyes glazed with fear.

“Please… Josh… Let me up… Please…”

His voice was faint, but filled with fear. Joshua’s cold smile sent shivers down his spine, the cruel amusement in his eyes enough to make the orange-haired Player whimper in fear.

Joshua merely giggled at his reaction, and proceeded pin one of Neku’s arms beneath the boy and keep his grip on the other. He leaned down, and slammed his mouth against Neku’s again, grinding roughly against his poor, pinned partner, eliciting a strangled gasp from the boy beneath him. He used the opportunity to shove his tongue into Neku’s mouth again, enjoying the taste of his partner, while using his free hand to shamelessly grope the youth.

Despite the fact that he hated it, his body was certainly enjoying the silver-haired boy’s touch. Neku cursed himself as he moaned faintly, tears starting to gather in the corners of his eyes even as small shivers of pleasure coursed through his body.

Pulling back after a moment, Joshua smirked, looking at his breathless partner, seeing the shock register on his face as he stared at him.

‘When… When did he…’ Neku’s brain promptly shut down as he realized that Joshua was quite pantless. He simply closed his eyes and went limp, whimpering when he realized he had no way of stopping what was about to happen.

Joshua paused for a moment, watching his partner lying limply beneath him. Had he broken him so quickly? Well, that wasn’t as much fun as he’d have hoped. He glanced at his palm, the timer still showing plenty of time. Perhaps he could still have a good bit of fun with this mission. He grinned rather predatorily at the silently crying boy beneath him. He shifted his position, dragging his partner into a sitting position, and getting no response. He frowned. That wouldn’t do, not at all.

Tilting his head, the silver-haired boy considered what to do next. He smiled to himself as he made up his mind, shoving Neku roughly against the wall, so he wasn’t able to escape, leaning close and whispering in his ear.

“Oh Neku…~ I don’t think you want to just sit there. You wouldn’t want to fail that girl now, would you? Your entry fee?”

Neku shuddered, keeping his eyes closed. No, he couldn’t let Shiki down. He had to deal with this. She better be fucking grateful for what he was going to go through for her Soul… Why? Why was the mission something so messed up? He suppressed a shudder of disgust as he felt something pressing against his lips.

“I think you know what to do, partner.~”

Tears leaked from his closed eyes as he slowly took Joshua’s member into his mouth, trying not to gag.

Joshua shivered with delight, the feeling of being enveloped in such moist warmth! He barely managed to keep himself from moaning at the feeling when his lovely little partner began to suck on him, surprisingly skilled with his tongue for somebody so against this mission.

It took all of his self-control not to thrust himself as deeply into his partner’s throat as possible, but that wouldn’t do, he had other plans to be acted upon very shortly.

Neku nearly sobbed with relief when the thing was pulled from his mouth, his face screwed up in disgust. He nearly snapped his eyes open as he found himself shoved roughly to the ground once more, flipped onto his back. He knew what would happen next, and he wasn’t able to keep back a chocked sob.

Joshua grinned in cruel delight as he forced the boy’s legs apart, putting his painfully hardened member at his partner’s entrance, his voice sending shivers of fear down Neku’s spine.

“I do believe this will hurt, Neku dear.~”

Neku cried out as his partner (no, he wasn’t a partner, he was a monster, no partner would do something like this, would take so much pleasure in doing something like this) rammed his full length into his tight entrance, tears pouring out from his closed eyes, sobbing openly with shame, pain, and disgust.

Joshua shivered at the sensation, it was so tight! His little Neku was so wonderful, he would enjoy this to no end. He waited for a moment before beginning to move, earning himself more sobs from the boy beneath him.

After several painful thrusts, Neku wanted to curse his body, curse the fact that he was feeling pleasure from this! How could he like it?! He was being raped! He should hate it! But it his body seemed to have a different idea on what to feel…

Joshua grinned as he heard Neku moan beneath him, picking up his pace, ignoring the fact that the moan was half pain, ignoring the blood, as he slammed himself into his partner’s ass over and over again.

Neku summoned up Shiki’s face in his mind, telling himself it was all for his former partner, because it was his fault she wasn’t alive again, that he had to deal with this. He thought it would never end. Belatedly he wondered briefly if they had even interpreted the Pi-Face’s mission mail the right way.

He squeezed his eyes shut even tighter as he hear Joshua moan his name as he released, and he sobbed brokenly as the silver-haired boy collapsed panting on top of him. He managed to crack one eye open and glance blearily at his palm, and watched the timer vanish. Everything went dark around him...

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“Josh… Please… Let me go…”

The silver-haired boy sighed, watching his partner sleep, waiting for him to awaken or the mission mail to arrive. This was the final day. They needed to work together now more than ever, needed to survive this day. But after the day before…

The illegal Player sighed again, regretting his inability to control his lust the day before, wondering if he should attempt to wake Neku up. How does one attempt to apologize for such behavior? Simply saying “sorry” would not do, most certainly not, but he WAS sorry. He regretted his inability to control himself the day before, but his partner was so damned tempting he had jumped on the mission all too eagerly.

He watched the youth twitching in his sleep, his face contorted in fear, and he really wasn’t able to understand how he had enjoyed that same look the previous day. He was… Afraid of himself.

“Josh… P-please! S-stop! No! J-Josh… Nnngghh! D-don’t…”

He shuddered slightly, reaching out a hand to wake his partner, but pausing for a moment. After a brief hesitation, he grabbed the orange-haired teenager’s shoulder, shaking him roughly, calling his name.

“Neku! Wake up, Neku!”

Neku’s eyes snapped open, and he yanked himself from Joshua’s grip, shuddering violently, crying.

“Neku…”

The boy cringed, as thought expecting Joshua to try something again. Joshua reached a hand out, but paused, realizing that physical contact probably wasn’t the best idea right about now.

“Neku… We need to talk. About yesterday.”

His partner cringed, whimpering, not looking at Joshua.

“Neku… I realize that this can never even begin to cover what happened, but I am sorry for yesterday. I… Lost control of myself. I know that it’s a pathetic reason, and that a simple ‘sorry’ is never going to be enough. But I want you to know that I do regret my actions. And we need to focus on the mission for today, today is the last day. I know it will be impossible to pretend nothing happened, but if you want to save that girl, you need to try.”

He hated himself, hated what he was telling his partner. He knew he sounded cold, like he didn’t actually care.

Neku shuddered, not turning to look at Joshua.

“P-please… Don’t… Just stay away… Please…”

Joshua sighed sadly, knowing there was nothing he could do to try and ease his partner’s suffering, and knowing he was the cause of it. He just hoped that Neku would be able to hold himself together for a little while…

Neku shuddered, telling himself he needed to work with this monster for Shiki’s sake. If he didn’t win, it would all be for nothing, meaningless, he would have gone through all that for nothing. He was going to have to have a LOT of therapy after this was all over… He forced back his thoughts on the day before, forced himself to repress his memories of it, forced himself to stop sobbing, shaking, wanting to be sick.

‘One more day. Just one more day. It’s all over, everything is over… I just need to win, or it will have all been for nothing! I… I can’t think about that now! I have to do this! I have to…’

He shuddered as the mission mail came. He forced himself to read it, to glance at his partner. He forced himself to nod at Joshua’s words. Forced himself to go along with it. One way or the other, it would all end today. He just hoped it wasn’t all for nothing…