Chapter 23: Guitar Villain vs. Guitar Hero

(Author's notes: In this chapter, Steel Butterfly will be discreetly foreshadowing his plan to have Bob Roth stuck in deep doo-doo for some of his most atrocious actions. But what will the signs be? We'll find out.

Also, in preparation for what's supposed to be the Silencer chapter, Bob Roth in my story will be portrayed as an antagonistic nice guy at first, only to revert back to what he was in the Silencer episode.)

(Quantic Universe Earth 139, Paris, France, May 1st, 2015, Steel Butterfly's voiceover POV as he writes in his Rorschach-inspired journal...)

Steel Butterfly's journal.

May 1st, 2015.

Today's the day of the Guitar Villain incident.

Oh, I've always hated XY and his stupid excuse of a father, Bob Roth.

But all the same, I will have to prepare for the Silencer incident so that way, if Scarlet Moth is defeated and arrested long after Heroes' Day, I can easily hack into Bob's personal devices and stream onto the internet and onto the news all of Bob's crimes and I will program the devices to electrocute anyone who attempts to interrupt the incrimination process. Including attempting to destroy the devices, data storages, and hard drives in question.

But in essence, even though I would've killed him myself, Bob would still find some way to have me branded a murderous fugitive, because even in death, he might find some way to bounce back.

So, as a result of that, I'm gonna have to be extremely careful with my next moves, and by the time I'm through, Bob is gonna wish he never threatened my youngest protégé in front of one of the boys who loved her so much.

And by the time I'm finished, nobody with a few exceptions will remember that there was a Bob Roth.

As for what I mean, well, that's for me to know and you readers to find out in the next year or so.

But I'll give you only one hint: it's going to be something that should've happened to Bob Roth before he saved himself from being arrested at the end of the Silencer episode after he confessed his crimes on TV despite the fact that Ladybug was too much of a goody-two-shoes to exact her revenge, all thanks to the Miraculous Shanghai Special Episode making Marinette aware of the differences and consequences of justice and revenge. Thanks a lot, Mei Shi.

Some of you readers might be smart enough to find out what my hinting riddle means.

But whatever the case may be, I know for a fact that even with copious amounts of evidence and even with the correct judge for the trial, Bob Roth is sleazy enough to avoid standing trial and to have a corrupt lawyer attempting to help him commit perjury.

And even if none of that happened, prison is not going to be enough to keep Bob imprisoned and to keep him outside of the world and have him stripped of his dirty wealth for long.

Which is why, when the first opportunity comes during the Troublemaker incident in season 2, I'm going to have a Tenshi champion kill Bob as discreetly and as quietly as possible without leaving any traces of evidence.

Granted, I might end up in Hell for committing murder, but I don't regret killing any criminal or normal supervillain who has previously killed innocent people, or are about to kill innocent people, or otherwise keep escaping from prison time and time again with no signs of reforming and with no remorse for their crimes whatsoever.

And granted, it's God's duty to take vengeance on the wrongdoings of every kind of sinner in existence, but where's the harm in exacting one's own vengeance on a wrongdoer just because police officers and even the Presidents of France and the United States wouldn't allow the death penalty to be used on the most dangerous prison inmates anymore?

Besides, I'm pretty sure that even if Grandmaster Su-Han and the rest of the Guardians adjusted to modern life and modern law, they would still uphold traditional law on punishing and executing Miraculous-wielding supervillains of different types who commit murder among other serious atrocities.

But I'm not holding my breath.

And now, I gotta get going; I gotta get ready for when Jagged Stone becomes Akumatized into Guitar Villain.

(Third person POV...)

At the Grand Paris Hotel, Jagged Stone is performing a song on his guitar for Bob Roth and Penny Rolling to see who's gonna win the musical contest hosted by Bob himself.

Of course, Bob is planning on getting Jagged to do a duet with his son, XY.

An incognito Steel Butterfly clone was in the shadows, scowling as he remembers what the real Steel Butterfly told him about Bob Roth's behavior both in the original timeline and in the current one in the near-future. And if the clone was to be honest, being informed about Bob Roth's crimes in the original timeline and in the future was sort of unnecessary because the clone possesses the same memories that the real Steel Butterfly has in his godlike brain.

Jagged Stone finishes the final lyrics as he sings, "#Mah Miraculous!#"

Penny applauds her boss while Bob Roth watches with crossed arms and an indifferent expression on his face.

Jagged asks Bob, "So, what do you think of the first single of my new album? Can you feel it, Bob? Isn't it killer?"

Bob replies, "Not bad, Jagged, not bad at all. But if you really want to be making something killer, let's talk about this duet with Mr. XY."

Jagged replies back, "No way. He's not a rock star, he's a baby! I bet he doesn't even shave yet."

Bob points out, "Well, this "'baby"' just pushed you out of the number one sales spot."

Jagged replies, "And so what? That doesn't even make him a true musician like me. Penny thinks everything I'm doing is rock star material. She thinks I'm killer with my music."

Bob points out again, "Penny might be your agent, Jagged, but I'm your real boss. Listen, the bottom line is that Bob Roth Records cannot afford to be number two in music album copy sales! Or represent a number two rock star! Get real, Jagged! You're going to have to modernize your music. Change the way you look. Get a whole new style!"

Jagged retorts, "You want to talk about real, Bob? I'm a genuine rock 'n' roller, not some pop star in diapers. I'm a real artist. With real talent! Even my hair is real. And that's what people love about me. (turns to Fang) Isn't that right, Fang? (Fang briefly nods) Yeah. (Turns back to Bob) And the artwork you came up with for my album is a waste of my time! Seriously, Bob, what is this trash? It looks like a perfume ad!"

Bob points a finger at Jagged's chest and replies, "And that's what people want these days!"

Jagged retorts, "Well, I don't. My album covers are raw to the bone, exuding the smell of sweat and leather!"

Bob advises in a warning tone, "You do know, do you not, that if your next album doesn't get rated #1 on the charts, it'll literally be the last one you ever do with Bob Roth Records?"

Jagged retorts again, "In that case, I'd rather put out nothing at all rather than sing some pathetic duet with a baby-faced nobody."

The real Steel Butterfly adds as he decloaks, "Jagged's got a point, Roth! And besides, changing Jagged's style to look like a perfume ad is not something people want these days! It's what you want so you can make a lot of money."

Bob replies in a superiority tone, "Do not presume that you're correcting me, Butterfly Man!"

Angered, Steel Butterfly pins Bob to the ground and breaks four fingers on one hand, making Bob yell and cry in pain.

Steel Butterfly snarls, "Don't f*** with me!"

Bob is released and he snaps his fingers back into position to relieve him of the pain.

But by the time he finishes, Steel Butterfly is gone.

Penny interjects, "Bob, Jagged and I had an idea. Its concept is modern, but it also respects Jagged's own... rugged style."

Jagged takes his Eiffel Tower glasses off and explains, "The schoolgirl who made me these Eiffel Tower glasses has some real talent. She totally gets my style. She's going to design the cover of my new album."

Bob analyzes the glasses and asks, "A schoolgirl? Really?"

Penny replies, "Yes. You see? That's just it. She's the same age as the desired target audience." She holds out a piece of paper and finishes, "Here's her address."

Bob folds his arms and growls, only for Fang to dangerously growl in response.

Bob jumps away in alarm, takes the paper and begins leaving the room as he replies, "Okay! But just think about that duet with XY!"

Jagged replies, "I will! Find that girl, Bob!"

Nobody notices the Steel Butterfly clone leaving the room without being seen or heard by anyone, including Fang.

Meanwhile, at the Dupain-Cheng bakery, Bob Roth is talking with Marinette in front of her parents.

Bob asks, "So... are you interested?"

Marinette replies, "Wait, wait, wait. Let me get this straight. You want me to design the album cover for Jagged Stone? My all-time favorite singer?!"

Bob replies a little cheerfully, "That's right! Requested by Jagged Stone himself." He pulls out an XY album and continues, "I brought a few visuals so that way, you can get a sense of what we're going for."

Marinette looks at the album design and states, "This doesn't seem like Jagged Stone material. It's more like... a perfume ad!"

Bob replies, "I know, but this is the direction of his new image. More modern, current!"

Marinette replies back, "...really? Wow. Well, I'll see what I can do in the limited time we have respectively."

Bob replies, "Great! And one last thing, Marinette. We're in a bit of a hurry! We need your proposal at the end of the day. You think you're up to it?"

Marinette looks at her parents as they nod reassuringly.

Marinette replies, "Yeah! Okay!"

Bob leaves the bakery and states, "Splendid! See you later, then!"

As Bob leaves, Tom says to Marinette, "Wow! My daughter, famous album cover designer. You're going to kill it! Marinette style. Boo-yah!"

Tom and Marinette high five, and the three Dupain-Chengs share a group hug.

In Marinette's room, Marinette is drawing an album cover design on her tablet while listening to XY's music, as Tikki watches.

Marinette groans, covers her ears, and turns off the music.

Marinette bemoans, "Oh, why does Jagged Stone want to change his style? XY's music is so cold, lifeless, repetitive and mundane! The total opposite of Jagged himself. And what I've just done here is... ugh... so not my style either. I can't believe Bob lied to me!"

Plagg interjects, "To be fair, you don't have the supernatural ability to detect lies and you don't know about Bob Roth's true colors as much as Jagged Stone and Steel Butterfly do."

Tikki asks, "So, aside from that, why are you doing it anyway?"

Marinette replies, "Because it's what I was asked to do."

Tikki points out, "Maybe you should follow your gut feeling. Do something that's really you!"

Marinette retorts matter-of-factly, "But you heard what Mr. Roth said, and I quote, (imitates Bob Roth) "'This is what's selling these days."

Tikki states in response, "Yeah, but... Jagged Stone wanted you because of your style!"

Marinette bemoans, "Augh, the pressure's too much! I can't deal with it!"

Tikki retorts, "Marinette Dupain-Cheng, superhero of France, defender of the innocent, fighter of all the rights of humankind, can't deal with the pressure?"

Steel Butterfly instantly teleports into Marinette's room.

Steel Butterfly states before any questions could be asked, "To answer your questions, Jagged Stone changing his style wasn't his own choice to make; he was being pressured because his latest album is charted at number 2. And Bob Roth said that if Jagged can't get his latest album cover by the end of the day, especially because he doesn't want to do a duet with XY, then Jagged's new album would be the last one he ever did with Bob Roth Records. Especially if Jagged's new album doesn't rank in at number one today."

Marinette and Tikki look at each other in shock before looking back at their leader.

And Steel Butterfly proceeds to explain how much of a dirty businessman and big fat liar Bob Roth really is, starting with how Bob convinced Marinette to design the album cover in the first place.

And it took Steel Butterfly's Absolute Persuasion superpower to convince Marinette and Tikki to let him handle Bob when the time is right.

Marinette turns XY's music back on and resumes drawing while Tikki watches Steel Butterfly teleport out of the room and fly off to rendezvous with his newest Tenshized champion soon to come.

Thankfully, Marinette had been given the go-ahead to draw an album cover that represents both of the artists' styles.

At the Grand Paris Hotel, Jagged is looking over the album cover meticulously.

Jagged sees the artistic style that Marinette did – even though nobody was supposed to know about Marinette traveling back and forth in time to capture the artistic styles needed.

Jagged states, "Well, this ain't anything special, but you got the job done right, Marinette. Bob, you cannot comprehend how thankful I am that Marinette managed to put my style and XY's style together to make something totally rock 'n' roll!"

Of course, nobody except for Steel Butterfly could tell that Jagged was somewhat lying.

Later on, in Jagged's hotel room, Jagged is on his stone tablet watching Nadia Chamack interviewing XY.

XY asks in the interview, "Why am I at number one? That's simple. It's not just about music; it's also about technology. This computer I have is programmed to produce music and lyrics people will like. It's a guaranteed success."

XY takes a sip from his drink.

Jagged puts his hand on his face, growls in annoyance, and glares at the tablet.

Nadia Chamack then asks, "You knocked Jagged Stone off the #1 spot. What do you think of him?"

XY gets up and puts his empty drink in the provided trash can before returning to his seat and answering, "Bleah! Jagged Stone, the hero of rock 'n' roll? Try '"Ragged Stone."' That guy's old school, a has-been. His guitar solo is so ten minutes ago."

Jagged asks in an enraged tone, "Me? Old-school? A has-been?!"

XY continues, "He's had his career, but it's all over now. He's never gonna be able to make it to number one, not while XY is here."

Jagged snarls, "Why, you little perfume ad!"

XY continues further, "My music, on the other hand, is killer."

Jagged snarls again, "He's stealing my catchphrases!"

Nadia then advises, "Tonight, Mr. XY will be giving a special one-time concert from the top of the Eiffel Tower, to celebrate his album's success, and to thank his awesome fans."

The tablet screen then shows a crowd of XY fans cheering for him. XY is then shown standing in front of his bodyguards.

XY finishes what he was saying, "Hey, Ragged, if you want to know what today's music sounds like, then come on down to my concert." Jagged claws the tablet in fury as XY finally finishes, "I'll reserve you a front-row seat for you, old man, you know... just in case your hearing is going."

Jagged finally snaps as he bellows, "He can't talk about me like that! This guy's a big, fat insult to rock 'n' roll... and to me!"

Jagged breaks the glass of the tablet in pure fury, completely destroying one of the most expensive pieces of electronic technology of the modern age. Jagged tosses the now useless tablet to Fang, and the crocodile eats it whole before going to sleep. And Jagged starts to angrily play his guitar without actually playing any one song in particular.

Meanwhile, in Hawk Moth's lair, the window opens as Hawk Moth senses Jagged's frustration and anger.

Hawk Moth remarks, "I feel a disharmonious soul, an angry discord. Ideal prey for my evil little Akumas."

Hawk Moth turns a butterfly into an Akuma and sends it on its way.

Hawk Moth states, "Go find that Jagged Stone, and rock his world!"

The Akuma makes its way to the Grand Paris Hotel.

The Akuma flies into the hotel and manages to find Jagged Stone's hotel room.

Fang tries to bite it, but it passes by and infects Jagged's guitar.

Jagged looks ahead as the light mask appears on his face.

Hawk Moth monologues, "Guitar Villain, I am Hawk Moth. I'm giving you and your vicious crocodile the power to show the whole world that you are the number one rocker! Just make sure you get me Steel Butterfly, Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses in return."

Jagged/Guitar Villain replies, "Yeah! Let's rock!"

Jagged begins to transform into Guitar Villain and his crocodile Fang begins to transform into a dragon.

Meanwhile, outside the Grand Paris Hotel, Marinette is walking outside while thinking hard about how well she did to the point where Jagged Stone AND Bob Roth praised her for her work.

Suddenly, Adrien calls out, "Hey, Marinette! Hey!"

Marinette replies, "Hi, Adrien! How are you?"

Adrien replies back, "I'm doing great, thank you very much."

Chloe marches out the hotel doors and puts her left hand on Marinette's shoulder, catching her attention.

Chloe states, "I can literally see for myself that you and Adrien love each other with a passion, Marinette."

Marinette and Adrien's jaws slacked in shock.

Chloe then adds, "But don't worry; your secret is safe with me. Treat him with the utmost respect and care, Marinette. Because you never know when you might need Adrien in your toughest days."

Chloe then hugs Marinette, taking her, Adrien and Gustavo by surprise.

Marinette awkwardly hugs Chloe back.

Chloe breaks the hug and heads over to Adrien, minding his personal space.

Chloe then says, "Adrien, I got a nice surprise for you. I know you're a fan of Jagged Stone."

Adrien replies, "Well, that's actually true; I am a fan of Jagged Stone."

Chloe then explains, "Sooo, I got you arranged for a private meeting with your favorite star. He's staying right here in Daddy's hotel! Am I one of the best friends you could ever ask for in this current timeline?"

Adrien replies awkwardly, "Kind of."

Chloe then states, "Look, I may not have been the kindest person to everyone at school, but things change if given the right circumstances. And even though people change for the better and for the worse depending on their personalities and their mental disorders, that doesn't change the fact that if you allow people to change without heckling them and while keeping a close eye on them from a distance, those people can surprise you and themselves."

Marinette remarks, "Well, there's no denying how true that is."

Chloe and Adrien head inside the hotel, and Marinette goes on her way to the bakery.

Marinette knew thanks to Steel Butterfly that even though Chloe has been successfully changed into the exact opposite of who she was in the original timeline, it's only a matter of time before she relapses.

And even if she doesn't relapse, something else might happen, and Steel Butterfly doesn't know about what that might be.

In the Grand Paris Hotel, Chloe and Adrien are waiting for the elevator.

Chloe then says, "Anyway, you and I both like the same kind of music, Adrien. Isn't it awesome that we discovered something in common?"

Adrien replies, "I thought you liked XY."

Chloe replies back, "Actually, no, I don't. Even before he trashed Jagged Stone during an interview a few minutes ago."

Off to the side, Bob Roth is doing an interview about his plans for both Jagged Stone and XY, never suspecting what really happened in Guitar Villain's room.

Bob starts to say, "A duet with Mr. XY will show everyone that Jagged Stone—"

But Bob is rudely interrupted by a roar from Fang, who has been shown to have transformed into a dragon.

Guitar Villain shows up and says, "From now on, you can call me Guitar Villain. I'll never do a duet with Mr. XY! In fact, soon enough, there won't even be a Mr. XY! Rockin' Riff, baby!"

Guitar Villain fires purple musical energy from his guitar at both Bob and the interviewer, causing them to start dancing like they were at a concert.

And an invisible Steel Butterfly remarked silently that Bob and the interviewer looked really ridiculous dancing like what he was seeing.

Guitar Villain then states, "Soon, there'll be nothing but fans of Guitar Villain, the one and only rocker on the entire planet."

In his lair, Hawk Moth remarks, "Such symphony to my ears. It won't be long before Steel Butterfly, Ladybug and Cat Noir show up to meet their doom!"

In the hotel, Chloe gets inside the elevator and watches horrified as the doors close between her and Adrien before she could pull him in.

Adrien runs towards Guitar Villain and hides behind a flowerpot.

As he leaves the hotel, Guitar Villain calls out, "Yeah! Guitar Villain! Wooh!"

Adrien calls out, "Plagg, Claws Out!"

Adrien becomes Cat Noir.

Meanwhile, Steel Butterfly sends out a Tenshi and says, "Fly away, my little Tenshi, and find me a true Guitar Hero to rock the world!"

The Tenshi finds a man by the name of Andreas Archer, and merges with his acoustic guitar.

Steel Butterfly says, "Guitar Hero, I am Steel Butterfly. I'm granting you the power to compete with Hawk Moth's champion to see who's gonna face the music. Shall we get on with the show?"

Andreas/Guitar Hero replies, "You got it! Rock And Roll!"

Andreas transforms into Guitar Hero, an armored opposite of Guitar Villain in opposite colors.

Guitar Hero takes flight thanks to his guitar-themed wings and flies off to the Grand Paris Hotel.

Meanwhile, Fang flies out of the hotel past the doorman and Guitar Villain follows behind him.

Guitar Villain says again, "Rockin' Riff, baby!"

Guitar Villain's guitar fires purple energy at the doorman, causing him to start dancing.

Eventually, Guitar Villain continues to do the same to several cars, pigeons and people, including Xaiver Ramier.

Guitar Villain calls out again, "Rockin' Riff, baby!"

Guitar Villain shoots more purple energy at a toddler and his mother, causing them to start dancing.

Steel Butterfly shows up on the Fontaine du Palmier and bursts out laughing hysterically.

Turning around to face the butterfly hero, Guitar Villain demands, "What's so funny, Butterfly Man?!"

Steel Butterfly composes himself for a bit before answering, "All those people, cars and pigeons look ABSOLUTELY ridiculous dancing like that! IT'S SO HYSTERICAL! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Cat Noir shows up and calls out, "Hey, Jagged! C'mon! Why don't you try to rock my world?"

Guitar Villain replies, "The name's Guitar Villain, pussycat! Awesome Solo!"

Guitar Villain fires orange energy from his guitar at the two heroes, only for them to jump off the fountain as the energy knocks it down.

Steel Butterfly whistles loudly and Guitar Hero shows up with his own sonic guitar in hand.

Upon seeing his heroic opposite, Guitar Villain calls out, "So un-rock 'n' roll of you to impersonate me in the wrong colors!"

Guitar Hero replies, "Guitar Hero's the name, and I'm gonna rock your world with a little trick from one of my favorite cartoons."

Guitar Hero plays his sonic guitar and it emits the same sounds as a hypnotic keytar from a popular kids' cartoon.

(Quick author's note: Yes, I'm referencing the Human Error episodes from Transformers Animated. Sue me.)

But just as the hypnotic effect was going to take hold on Guitar Villain, Fang flies overhead and breathes a cloud of green fire, only for Steel Butterfly to block it with his shield.

Steel Butterfly calls out, "Steel Butterfly, power up! Dragon Butterfly mode!"

Steel Butterfly becomes Dragon Butterfly and takes flight.

Dragon Butterfly opens his hands and fires balls of ice at Fang.

The ice balls make impact, but Fang remains unfrozen.

Dragon Butterfly puts his hands together and fires a freeze ray from his palms, slowly freezing Fang.

Fang breathes a hot enough cloud of fire to thaw himself.

Dragon Butterfly loudly and angrily growls and shouts, "DRAGON BUTTERFLY, DRAGON MODE!"

With the same transformation noise from the Animan incident resounding and coming from the shifting electronics and mechanics of Dragon Butterfly's armored battle suit, and with the noise being loud enough for everyone to hear without going deaf or getting a headache, Dragon Butterfly transforms into his gigantic armored dragon mode and unleashes a sonic roar to assimilate his dominance.

Unfortunately, Fang finds out the hard way that he's on the receiving end of Dragon Butterfly's sonic roar and howls in pain, having nearly become deaf.

Downstairs, everyone covered their ears when they heard Dragon Butterfly's sonic roar.

Fang lands to recover and Guitar Villain calls out, "Totally un-rock 'n' roll of you! You nearly took away Fang's ability to hear things really well! You're a sorry, pathetic excuse for a dragon if I ever saw one!"

In response to what Guitar Villain had to say, Dragon Butterfly snarls in warning while baring his saber-fanged teeth in a threatening manner. And his mouth started puffing up black smoke to signify he was getting ready to use his extremely potent red, orange and yellow fire breath.

Gulping in fear, Guitar Villain fires his Awesome Solo attack at Dragon Butterfly, only for Dragon Butterfly to not be affected due to his godlike invulnerability in his heavily-armored dragon mode.

Guitar Villain shouts in shock, "You're invulnerable?! That's impossible!"

Dragon Butterfly roars again, and this time, the dancing victims are freed from Guitar Villain's control.

Everyone flees from the battle site.

In Hawk Moth's lair, Hawk Moth sneers, "I can't believe that Dragon Butterfly would resort to transforming into his dragon mode at the cost of his intelligence and his ability to speak." Hawk Moth communicates with Guitar Villain and advises, "Guitar Villain, take down Dragon Butterfly NOW, or else I'll remove your powers permanently!"

Meanwhile, Marinette is walking and she overhears the fight from a block behind her.

She manages to spot Dragon Butterfly's dragon mode hovering in the sky by his somewhat massive flapping dragon wings.

Somehow still remembering that her established leader and most-trusted confidant has the ability to transform into a dragon like the one she saw during the Animan incident, Marinette asks, "Do you see what I see, Tikki?!"

Tikki answers, "If you see a multi-colored giant armored dragon, then yes I do. I always wondered what kind of dragon that was."

Marinette asks again, "Have you already forgotten that Dragon Butterfly can transform into THAT kind of giant armored dragon as his name implies?"

Eyes widened in realization, Tikki face palms as she bemoans, "Ooouuuggghhh. I can't believe I forgot."

Marinette hides behind a tree and calls out, "Never mind that; I've got to transform! Tikki, Spots On!"

Marinette becomes Ladybug.

Cat Noir is hit by a car thrown by one of Guitar Villain's blasts, and Guitar Hero blasts Guitar Villain with a sonic blast.

Slightly stumbling because of the effects of the blast, Guitar Villain shouts while strumming his guitar, "Awesome Solo!"

Guitar Villain fires his Awesome Solo energy at Guitar Hero and the two sonic guitars overlap against each other, causing the sound waves to make a loud warbling feedback sound as the two instruments try to overpower each other.

Eventually, Guitar Hero fires a concussion blast at Guitar Villain while saying, "Time to change your tune, Guitar Villain. Time for Operation: Face The Music."

Guitar Hero runs over to his villain counterpart and jumps high into the air, swinging his guitar at Guitar Villain's face, stunning him.

Guitar Hero continues to hit Guitar Villain in the face with his guitar, only managing to stun him long enough to do what Dragon Butterfly told him to.

Guitar Hero tries the old hypnotic keytar trick.

Imitating a specific version of Soundwave from Transformers for the occasion, Guitar Hero partially quotes, "Akuma villains, obey. Guitar Hero is your master. Akuma villains, obey."

Guitar Villain quickly recovers, and he manages to cover his ears in time and shout, "BLAH BLAH BLAH! CAN'T HEAR YOU! BLAH BLAH BLADITTY BLAH BLAH!"

Guitar Hero amplifies the volume, but Dragon Fang spits a fireball at Guitar Hero, who manages to get out of the way in time at the cost of failing to hypnotize Guitar Villain.

Dragon Butterfly slams into Fang at full speed, causing Fang to careen and crash very loudly into an old, derelict abandoned building from the 1960s.

Fang roars in pain before getting back up to roar at Dragon Butterfly in anger.

Dragon Butterfly roars even angrier out loud, nearly activating his sonic roar again.

Fang flies towards Dragon Butterfly and slams his tail into the dragon hero's face, only for a loud BANG sound to be heard, signifying that even Dragon Butterfly's armored face was one hundred percent invulnerable in the same style as DC Comics Kryptonian superheroes and supervillains like Superman, Supergirl, General Dru-Zod and Doomsday respectively being invulnerable.

Fang howled in pain and everyone watches in astonishment as Ladybug uses her heavily-armored wings to fly next to Dragon Butterfly.

Dragon Butterfly takes note of his apprentice and purrs slightly as he softly licks her face without getting any saliva on her face, just like how a cat licks themselves and others without spreading any saliva.

Not knowing that there actually wasn't any saliva on her face, Ladybug covers her face in her hands and she exclaims while wiping her face, "EW! Dragon Butterfly! That's just disgusting!"

Even Cat Noir, Guitar Villain and Guitar Hero looked a bit disgusted as well.

Dragon Butterfly looked a little sheepish, and before he can do anything, Ladybug started petting his heavy armor plated skin, causing him to start purring.

Ladybug states, "DB, I'm not mad; I'm just disgusted that you licked me like a dog. I could've easily gotten a virus from you."

Dragon Butterfly softly growls in response, clearly not able to talk in his dragon mode unless he uses his telepathy to speak.

Dragon Butterfly activates his Eragon-style dragon telepathy and he replies, "Actually, Ladybug, when I licked you, I did not get any saliva on you whatsoever, just like how domesticated cats lick themselves or anyone else without getting any saliva anywhere. But I'm sorry for not taking your response into consideration; in my dragon mode, I'm a bit like a hot-tempered domesticated dragon, like the Monstrous Nightmare dragons from How To Train Your Dragon."

Smiling softly in response to the explanation, Ladybug flies up to Dragon Butterfly's cheek and she kisses it.

Dragon Butterfly smiles toothily and starts purring again, slightly intimidating Ladybug by the rows of razor-sharp saber-shaped dragon teeth in her leader's mouth before Fang resumed his attack.

Dragon Butterfly caught Fang's fist and the two dragons are caught in a power-hand lock, attempting to overpower one another.

Ladybug manages to get out of the way, knowing she could easily get crushed alongside the Ladybug Miraculous if either of the two dragons fell on top of her during the fight.

Dragon Butterfly and Fang growled at each other as they strained themselves to overpower their opponent.

Eventually, Dragon Butterfly overpowered Fang and threw him into the Notre Dame, completely demolishing it.

Guitar Villain roars as he exclaims, "ULTIMATE SOLO!"

Guitar Villain fires his Ultimate Solo everywhere all at once, making everyone on the ground stumble and fall to the ground as the ground starts shaking like the ground would shake in an earthquake.

And of course, part of Guitar Villain's Ultimate Solo at full power was also aimed at Dragon Butterfly in an attempt to diminish the dragon hero's invulnerability and in an attempt to make the other heroes stumble before they can attack. At first, the Ultimate Solo attack seems to be working as Dragon Butterfly looks like he's about to shake violently, but then, his sonic roar overpowers the Akumatized guitar, shorting it out as it was an Akumatized electric guitar.

Seizing his opportunity, Guitar Hero uses his sonic keytar attack on the Akumatized Jagged Stone, and then, after about five to eight seconds, Guitar Villain immediately lowers his hands from his ears, and his eyes turn bright red to signify he's been successfully hypnotized.

Guitar Hero then states in his normal voice, "Surrender your guitar."

Guitar Villain surrenders his guitar and Dragon Butterfly stomps on it.

Ladybug slides open her yoyo and remarks, "Music show's over, little Akuma. Time to deakumatize!" She purifies the Akuma and continues, "Rock 'n' Roll! Bye-bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!"

The Miraculous Ladybug fixes the damage done by Guitar Villain, as well as the damages done by Dragon Butterfly's fight against Fang, and Guitar Villain is transformed back into Jagged Stone while Dragon Fang transforms back into Fang the crocodile, completely reunited with his owner.

Ladybug and Cat Noir do their fist-bump, and Dragon Butterfly growls softly as he transforms back into his human form and back into his normal Steel Butterfly form, the reverse transformation noise resounding from the returning mechanics and electronics of Steel Butterfly's armored battle suit.

Steel Butterfly takes off in flight without saying a single word.

Ladybug and Cat Noir look at each other in confusion.

In Hawk Moth's lair, Hawk Moth gets to his knees in anger and growls, "Dahhh! Don't do your victory dances just yet, because one day, I'll play you my favorite music: the anthem of your defeat, Steel Butterfly, Ladybug and Cat Noir!"

The window closes.

Meanwhile, Marinette and Miguel are listening to Jagged Stone's new solo.

Marinette then asks, "Hey, how come you left the battle without even saying goodbye?"

Miguel sighs in response as he answers, "Hhhaaa. Because I felt like you guys needed to handle this on your own."

Marinette then inquires, "And the part about you licking me while you were in your dragon mode: were you actually losing control of yourself?"

Miguel answers truthfully, "If I'm being honest, I think I'm starting to lose control of some of my inhibitions when I'm in my dragon mode."

Marinette then quizzes teasingly, "Are you sure you don't have a crush on me, Draco?"

Miguel growls in a threatening manner before answering, "If I did have a crush on you, it would've been in my teenage years, but as you know, I'm over thirty thousand years old, you're still in high school, you don't like cats as much as I'm starting to, you don't like being tickled just like I don't like being tickled by anyone, you don't take antihero risks like me, and even though I don't approve of the idea of men dating women older than them, I also still don't approve of the idea of men dating young girls at your current age."

Marinette hugs Miguel in response, causing him to hug her back.

Marinette states in response, "I understand how you feel. But please don't be afraid to come to me if you need relationship advice for your current relationship with Ryoka."

Just as Miguel was going to say something, the news suddenly turned on and the TVi news shows up on Marinette's computer as Nadia states, "In today's headlines, Jagged Stone's new album hit the charts at number one, hitting XY off his throne. Welcome back, king of rock 'n' roll!"

Marinette and Miguel dance in victory while listening to The Twist.

Of course, Marinette was impressed that Miguel was dancing like he was an immortal grandmaster.

At Francoise Dupont the next day, Marinette eventually autographs Adrien's copy of Jagged's new album cover.

And soon, Marinette and Adrien's relationship allowed them to bond even more, partially thanks to their respective love for Jagged Stone's music.

(Steel Butterfly's voice-over POV as he writes in his Rorschach-inspired journal...)

Steel Butterfly's journal.

May 2nd, 2015.

First and only journal entry today.

Guitar Villain was defeated.

Of course, I had to enter my dragon mode in order to combat Fang on equal grounds.

In any case, the first phase of me bringing down Bob Roth is complete, and all I have to do is wait for what's supposed to be the Silencer incident to begin the final phase.

But I'm not quite sure if I actually want to wait for the Silencer episode to make Bob Roth's empire burn to the ground.

Never mind that; I'll have the answer to that soon.

Anyway, the next Akumatization to avert is Juleka Couffaine, also known as Reflekta, a supervillain who can use her Akumatized mirror to transform people into physical replicas of herself with her own transformation laser beams.

And in the original timeline, she was known as Purple Tigress with the Tiger Miraculous. It's actually kind of fitting because the Tiger Miraculous' paw print is purple in charged mode, and the suit that comes with the users of the Tiger Miraculous is always in different shades of purple.

But all the same, I hate the way the Tiger Miraculous was designed, especially when someone is using it as a tiger superhero and especially because the Tiger Miraculous doesn't even have a sonic roar.

For crying out loud, the Tiger Miraculous is only one Panjas bracelet and whenever Purple Tigress becomes herself, she only has one clawed glove with the Panjas bracelet attached to it. And the same applies to Monarch, depending on who is using the Tiger Miraculous on which hand. But I digress because that no longer applied to Monarch once he melted down the Chinese Zodiac Miraculouses and forged them into his Alliance Rings.

Anyway, Juleka is NOT gonna become Purple Tigress in MY timeline. No siree.

I'm gonna have one of my contacts become Purple Tigress, but instead of being called Purple Tigress, she's going to be called by her original French name: Tigresse Pourpre.

And if Master Fu and Ladybug should try to resist my idea... well, I wouldn't exactly be nice about it.

Mwa ha ha.

At any rate, I just found out that the Miraculous Adventures comic book series is in the same universal stream that I am. Specifically, in this reality.

Anyway, I also happen to have in mind plans of my own that revolve around the time that Replay and Silurus come out to play and when the United Heroez request our help in defeating the Trash Krakken and returning him to normal.

It truly was unexpected, but nevertheless, this is even better.

Somehow, I gotta find a way to make sure that my teammates manage to meet my United Heroez allies.

And besides, this is even better than the United Heroez and Ladybug and Cat Noir being revealed as knowing each other right off the bat from out of nowhere with no previous interactions being shown onscreen whatsoever before the New York Special episode was released.

But anyway, hopefully, my foreknowledge of the Miraculous Adventures comic books will prove fruitful for us when the time is right.

But in any case, I happen to have in mind the perfect plan to make sure that Marinette and Adrien get rid of Lila for good.

And that plan is to basically secretly broadcast Volpina's crimes and have them displayed all for the city and the world to see.

True, it may cause a riot, but all the same, the world deserves to know about an Italian immigrant working for a French magical terrorist just to settle a petty grudge against two powerful superheroes and who also wouldn't hesitate to steal the original Butterfly Miraculous in the future after Gabriel Agreste's defeat and death/imprisonment just to become his unofficial successor as Hawk Moth.

And while I don't have to worry about someone like Dr. Manhattan trying to stop me just because he or she got cold feet, that doesn't change the fact that the moment Lila is allowed to get off scot-free, she'll easily go into hiding while plotting a way to steal either Hawk Moth's Butterfly Miraculous or mine just so she can become the new Hawk Moth.

And like Rorschach, even in the face of the Battle of Armageddon, I will never compromise in any of this. NEVER.

But in any case, I intend to make sure that Juleka's Akumatization doesn't happen whatsoever.

And as much as I hate to admit it on some level, she doesn't deserve to be Akumatized just because she was trapped in the girls' bathroom on Picture Day and while remaining an outcast until the Reflekta episode came out.

Anyway, as you know because you were watching me from your TV screens, I have recruited 289 more Miraculous users to assist us in any humongous battle such as the Heroes' Day battle, the Cat Blanc timeline happening, the Moolak battle, the Miracle Queen battle, and so forth.

And as you all also know, these new recruits used to be Sentibeings I invented thanks to my Composization superpower brought on by the Amokization superpower used by a heroic user of the Peacock Miraculous like Emilie Agreste in some timelines.

My Sentibeings even had the gusto to call me their father.

I haven't been a father to anyone in thousands of years ever since my first son in my first marriage back in 1552.

But nevertheless, I have new Miraculous users in my army just in case Scarlet Moth makes his own army bigger than canon.

Anyway, I gotta get ready for when Francoise Dupont High School starts their Picture Day. So, until we meet again.

The End.

(Author's notes: There you have it, folks. A showdown between Guitar Villain and Guitar Hero.

In the next chapter, we shall see precisely how Juleka Couffaine's Akumatization into Reflekta will be averted. But since all of you already know about Ms. Bustier and Chloe Bourgeois turning over a new leaf in the Origins chapter, I believe that it's all too obvious how Juleka's Akumatization will be averted.

See you all in chapter 20: Reflekta Averted.)