VS: Alright, I had this idea in my head for two villains, and this story came out of it.
Chapter 1, The New Conductor:
Joshua sighed, he needed a new Conductor. Currently he was sitting in Miyamoto's old room, the Dead God's Pad. He knew a new Game would be starting soon, and he needed a Conductor. What he didn't know was that he was being watched.
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Neku looked around for his friends, he had been sitting at the Statue of Hachiko for fifteen minutes, and Beat, Rhyme, and Shiki were all missing.
"Hello, you must be Neku." The voice of a young woman said, the voice came from somewhere behind Neku, and he didn't recognize the voice. Neku instantly turned to see who spoke to him, but saw no one.
"Over here." The woman said after giggling. Neku felt a hand touch his shoulder from behind, and saw that it belonged to a young woman. She looked to be eighteen, and wore a black and white Lapin Angelique dress, with black knee-high socks and black shoes. She had blonde hair that split off into two pigtail with pink streaks in them, and black eyes. In her other hand she held a pistol with a silencer on it.
"Who are you?" Neku asked.
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A man walked up to Joshua, he was wearing a Pegaso Atelier suit, with a red tie. His hair was black, slicked back with a widow's peak. He had red eyes, and he looked very relaxed.
"You're looking for a Conductor?" The man asked Joshua.
Joshua jumped out of his seat when he heard the man. "How did you get in here?" Joshua asked the man suspiciously. The man chuckled. "I have my ways…" He responded. "But my reason for coming here is to apply for the position of Conductor. My name is Ketsueki Mikoto, I used to be a Conductor, but I grew bored of y city, and I came here with a few of my trusted allies. You need a Conductor, and I need a job, so why not let me help you?" The man explained to Joshua.
Joshua considered the offer for a few seconds, he didn't trust Ketsueki, but he was in a bad position. After a little while of thinking he decided to accept the offer, but he would watch Ketsueki carefully.
"Alright," Joshua extended his hand. "I'm Yoshiya Kiryu, but you can call me Joshua." He said. Ketsueki shook Joshua's hand, he smiled, not a happy smile, but a devious one.
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Uzuki and Kariya were walking through the streets of Shibuya, under the bridge in the UG.
"A new game is starting soon, you two should be looking for new players." A voice said from behind them. The two turned around, they saw a man with puffy black hair that went down to his back, and he had a black mustache and goatee. He was wearing a black button-up shirt that was only buttoned up to the middle of his chest, dark purple pants, and black dress shoes. "After all, that's pretty much the only thing you two are good at."
Uzuki was mad now. "Who the hell do you think you are!?" She asked the man. The man chuckled.
"So quick to get angry… You may call me Albatross." The man said to Uzuki.
"What kind of stupid name is that?" Uzuki asked. She looked to Kariya for support, but saw he had already walked away. Uzuki looked back towards the man, but he was gone. Uzuki ran up to Kariya.
"Why'd you leave me behind like that?" She asked angrily. Kariya shrugged, "I just didn't feel like dealing with him." he responded. Meanwhile, Albatross was watching them from the roof of a nearby store. A mysterious figure walked up next to him, he seemed to be made entirely from black smoke, with two glowing red eyes.
"What should we do about them?" Albatross asked the other man.
"They can't turn into Noise… Just kill them." The mysterious figure replied. The smoke man walked away, disappearing as he walked.
"Well this should be interesting…" Albatross said to himself, slightly smiling.
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"I'd like to pick the new Game Master." Ketsueki said to Joshua.
"Alright, who do you have in…" Joshua was cut short by the breaking of a door. Stepping through the door was a large man, with messy black hair and green eyes. The man was wearing a dark green jacket that was completely zipped up, two handcuffs as bracelets with broken chains. He was also wearing dark camo pants and military boots.
"My name is Akihiro Yoshita." The man said, then offered his hand to Joshua. Joshua shook Akihiro's hand. "My name is Joshua." He said. "You're the new Game Master?