A/N: Hello again! Thank you all for reading =3. I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone once again for the Reviews =D! And I just wanted to let you know, that whenever one of you suggests an idea in a Review, it gives me tons of ideas, so thanks so much! You might just see your ideas in upcoming chapters ^.^

So once again, thank you, and I hope you enjoy the chapter =).

--Dawn

~Chapter 12~

"GRAAAHHHH" Uzuki screamed, clutching her short, pink hair angrily.

"Whoaaa…Chill, Girl." Kariya soothed, putting a lollipop to his mouth. "Keep spazing like that, and you're going to ruin your new Promotion."

Uzuki took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. "How can you stand this!? I hatethese new Rules!"

"Actually, I kind of like 'em," Kariya admitted with a grin. "Makes my Job easier, y'know?"

"You're such an underachiever," Uzuki muttered bitterly. Kariya laughed.

"Hey, I'm just going to enjoy some down time."

"But it's so infuriating," she protested angrily. "Whose idea was it to make the Game playable for Kindergarteners?!"

"You're gunna have to ask the Higher Ups about that one," Kariya answered, half joking, half serious. "In the meantime, just focus on creating new Missions, Miss Game Master."

"But that's my point!" she yelled, loosing her temper again. "How am I supposed created good Missions with all these new Rules? With so many restrictions, they're all almost completely pointless. It's already been two days and all of two Players have been Erased! And one of those was just because their Partner was gone!"

"But I don't think that's what –"

"They way the Game used to be," she interrupted, "there were hardly ever any Reincarnations, now at least one Player makes it to the end of almost every Game! Things were better before the new Conductor."

"I don't think Players winning the Game is what you should be worried about, Girl," Kariya said, suddenly serious.

"What do you mean?"

"I think you should be worried about the fact that there are so many Game Masters losing the Game."

Uzuki paused for a second, confused. "You think I'm going to be Erased?"

"I'm just saying to keep that in mind," Kariya replied, crunching forcefully into his lollipop.

"That's insulting," she muttered angrily.

"I'm not trying to insult you, Girl," he answered quickly, holding up his hands. "In fact, let's make it a bet."

"Another Game?" Uzuki smiled.

"If everything goes well this week, I'll treat you to some ramen," he grinned, placing his usual bet.

"Umm," Uzuki frowned. "If everything doesn't go well, then I won't really be in any position to match that bet, you know."

"Then let's just hope everything goes perfectly," Kariya replied.

XXX

I sat up and rubbed my eyes against the light. Day three.

I yawned and took in my surroundings, to find myself in the middle of the street in Dogenzaka. Joshua was looking at the menu that was outside Ramen Don with great interest.

Not bothering to stand up, I leaned back on my arms to wait for the Mission, which came shortly after. I braced myself for the burning in my hand that would follow before I read the Mission.

'Proceed to Cat Street, then return to Dogenzaka. Time Limit: 30 minutes. Fail, and face Erasure.

--the Reapers'

"Seriously?" I said out loud. "Now we can't go to the WildKat again." And dang, I was in the mood for more coffee.

A/N: Sorry it's a bit on the shorter side this time, but trust me, this chapter was inportant. Thank you all again =3.