Mr. Monday: And so it begins. Oh yeah, for the sake of shit just happening, there will be a lot of OOC in the story.
Chapter 2, The Meeting:
"Absolutely not." Was Neku's response when Joshua asked him to play the Game again, while also singing.
"But I thought that you loved me?" Joshua jokingly tried to convince his friend.
"I'll do it." Rhyme said.
"I'm gonna agree with Phones yo." Beat said.
"I can't do it Joshua, I get stage fright." Shiki said.
Earlier Joshua had appeared in front of them and took them back to the Dead God's Pad to ask them, although the Composer thought that for some reason they would all agree to it without needing to be convinced.
"Well, at least Rhyme actually cares about me." Joshua walked over to put his arm around Rhyme's shoulders.
Hanekoma had been watching them in the back of the room, expecting Neku and Beat to say no and hoping that the others would too. He sighed, got up, and walked over to Joshua.
"Joshua, why don't you just take a seat right over there?" Hanekoma pointed to a nearby seat.
Joshua chuckled, then sat down.
"They had to go through the Game for three weeks, you can't ask them to do it again with that much pressure while also having to constantly sing with that Reaper band." Hanekoma explained to th Composer, who wasn't entirely listening.
"The band wouldn't have to follow them. Joshua has complete control over the city, he can change the appearance and laws of the UG if he wants to." Ketsueki said, apparently he had also been listening to the conversation.
"Since when?" Hanekoma asked.
"Observe." Ketsueki snapped his fingers, with no visible results.
"That did absolutely nothing." Hanekoma stated flatly.
"Oh really Mr. Hanekoma? Why don't you just tell me how you feel about me then?" Ketsueki asked, faking shock.
"Well, I think you're an untrustworthy creep." Hanekoma said rather bluntly.
"And what do you want me to do?" Ketsueki smiled wickedly.
"Well I want you to hit the road Jack, and don't you come back no more. What the hell? Did I just hear music?" Hanekoma realized that in midsentence he began singing along to a beat with seemingly no source.
"Indeed." Ketsueki replied smugly.
"That was pretty freaky yo." Beat said.
"So are you children willing to cooperate, I guarantee the singing will come naturally." Ketsueki explained.
"Still no." Neku once again shot down the idea without even considering it.
"Listen you little brats, if you don't join the fucking Game and sing some fucking songs then the Angels will erase you and everyone you know." Lisa, who was also apparently listening secretly to the conversation warned them angrily.
"Then get someone else to do it." Neku suggested.
"You're the best Player we have Neku. And besides, you wouldn't actually need to kill the Game Master, you just need to sing a big finale-type song with him, bow, and then leave." There was a hint of desperation in Joshua's voice as he explained the ridiculous concept to Neku.
Shiki meanwhile, had become convinced once she realized the seriousness of the situation.
"Come on Neku, would you do it for me?" Shiki attempted to help Joshua.
"Fine." Neku finally caved in. "But just make the Objectives easy and try to limit the amount of singing I have to do." Neku demanded.
"Of course dear." Joshua said, regaining his typical smirk.
"Tomorrow is rehearsal, I expect you all to be here at eight in the morning." Ketsueki announced in a slightly commanding voice.
The group of four had gone home, and currently Neku was laying down in bed, trying to get some sleep, although he found it hard to knowing that starting tomorrow he would have to begin all the crap that he was hoping to never do again.
"Tomorrow I should tell Shiki how I feel, just in case." Neku thought to himself.
He had been meaning to tell Shiki that he loved her, or at least he thought he did, but he was never able to before. He always convinced himself that he would have all the time in the world but now he wasn't so sure.
"So Joshua, do you think you're ready to put on a show next week?" Ketsueki asked a young man.
Ketsueki and the young man were sitting at the table in the Dead God's Pad, both drinking whiskey.
"Oh definitely. I'm gonna steal the show and steal his girl." The young man replied.
The boy looked similar to Neku, although he had darker hair, a green beanie with the word Chocolate on it, and he had a black goatee, which was visible because he dressed nothing like Neku.
"Then the Players will be defeated and the Angels will erase the city." Ketsueki laughed, which confused the Neku look-alike, although he liked fitting in, so he started laughing too.
Mr. Monday: I lied, it turns out the action does not start in this chapter. Next chapter will be the first full length song instead of a segment from a blues song. Oh yeah, even if you think this story sucks (and you do) at least tell me that in a review. Or if you actually like it also tell me that in a review.