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Warning: Reposted and renamed. Previous title: "Strange encounters."

A/N: Almost 2 years after I first started writing this I decided to make some serious editing and repost it. Now I am a more experienced writer and I hope that it will show. Many alterations have occurred in the plot, which is why I decided to repost the entire story.

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Beta read by Aliarcy

The day had started quite ordinarily for Bad Luck's crew. Shuichi was, as always, late and had to be dragged in by K under the threat of his magnum, after which the recording had gone smoothly, with K carefully watching out for anyone slacking (mainly Suichi). Despite his measures Shuichi, somehow, still managed to find the opportunity to whine to Hiro about Yuki. That day's issue was how cold how irrationally (according to Shuichi) angry Yuki got when Shuichi, accidentally, almost burned down the apartment while trying to cook.

It was late in the afternoon (the sun had already set), when K finally gave them permission to go home. But just as they were preparing to leave the studio they received word from Thoma's secretary that the president wanted to see them all, in his office as soon as possible.

Unable to disobey the president, they hurried to his office where, much to their surprise, they found the members of Nittle Grasper, minus Seguchi Thoma. Apparently both groups had been summoned there but no one knew why. Shuichi was very nervous at the thought of the terribly intimidating president while Sakano sat in agony of what the president wanted to tell them, horrific scenarios developing inside his head. Everyone else was calmly waiting, except perhaps K, who was polishing his gun with a crazy gleam in his eye or Ryuichi who was talking to Kumagoro, seeming barely able to restrain himself from going all hyper.

After less than five minutes of, in some cases, tense anticipation, the door opened and in came the ever smiling president of NG Corporation followed by a man they had never seen before.

That man was quite handsome. No more than 25 years of age, short brown hair, brown eyes, normal height and weight. His posture was aristocratic and the dark blue costume he wore complemented his athletic figure, while his glasses gave him a more sophisticated look.

"Sorry everyone, sorry for being late but I had a meeting," Thoma said while glancing around at the group. "Please take a seat Mr. Wilson."

With a cat-like grace the newcomer took a seat by Ryuichi while Thoma took his rightful place on the presidential chair.

"I'm sure you are wondering why I summoned you here so unexpectedly today so I will be brief and to the point. I have an announcement to make…Starting today NG will become part of the Witch. As most of you already know, Witch is the largest music company in both the US and Europe."

The room was filled with silence and utter shock. No one had seen this coming; Thoma hadn't spoken about this to anyone, not even his band-mates.

"NG will not be taken over completely, think of it more as an alliance. Witch wants to gain a foothold on Japan and NG will be able to go international. However, some changes will occur. The most important one is that I will step down, temporarily, from president and Mr. Wilson will take over while I fully devote myself to Nittle Grasper."

The thought that passed through everyone's head was No! That is not possible, is Thoma really relinquishing control of the company?!

"Mr. Wilson, do you wish to say something before we take our leave?" Thoma suggested.

"Yes thank you Seguchi-san," Darien said. "I would just like to add that this is not a permanent change. It is a required adjustment that will last only for the first period of the merger, while we will try to promote the two leading bands in the US and Europe. I do not want this to preoccupy you, what I want is for both bands to focus solely on making music. Nittle Grasper and Bad Luck can become international in less than 6 months if everything goes as planned. That is my promise. So, let's work hard towards that goal."

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