Prolog 1 [Betrayer]

"For every smile you see, someone else is crying."

—Chieri explaining the hardships of being in AKB0048.

SenkuradoStar

For once, D.E.S obtained big success. Flying Get has shot down. The fans have caught and more will come once the hunt finished. The Town has burned down. Stone wall that surrounding the town give their attack big success. The only thing that will complete their job is if they caught 0048 member, Dead or Alive.

Walking toward one of the burned building, Shirohane Kyouya feel his heart aching. He is supposed to be –like his father said- a Hero who eradicated an evil bring by AKB0048. But what they just do is more like evil itself. Annihilating entire town because they opposed Entertainment ban is too over-reactive.

The 17 years old soldier suddenly stops his step. Picking a sound from his sharp ear, his brain began to make an imaginary map by processing any sound he picks. There is 'Sacred Cat' behind bakery ruin. Walking toward it, Kyouya pull his weapon.

Strawberry red haired girls pointed a micsaber to him while his AK-47 pointed at Kyouya. But kyouya doesn't move. The girl also doesn't move either. Behind her are three girls –maybe six or seven year's old- tremble in fear.

Meanwhile, his visual began to show him data about strawberry red haired girl in front of him.

Maeda Atsuko the 14th.

Formerly, Motomiya Nagisa.

Dead or Alive target.

Bring her to D.G.T.O will give you high promotion.

It was tempting, but instead catches her, Kyouya put down his weapon. He won't kill innocent children. Even D.G.T.O punish him, cut his salary or even fire him, He won't kill innocent children. So he turns away.

But his ear caught something. A bullet shouted towards Atsuko the14th, Kyouya quickly pull down Atsuko the14th and then aimed his gun. Left side, two D.E.S Trooper. Pull the trigger, eliminated.

"You help us," Atsuko the14th said, "Thank you, but why?"

"I won't kill innocent children," He answered, even his own comrade, he just disabled their weapon, shoot the bullet in either the trigger or the muzzle, "Hell! I won't even kill anyone again! Not like I ever kill, thought." He added.

"You protect us," Bright smile from Atsuko the14th.

"Well, True..." Kyouya found he can't talk clearly as usual, "Sh...Shouldn't you run from here?"

"We wait Takamina-san," She answered, "And then we will drive away D.E.S."

"And save the survivor from Entertainment ban, great idea!" Kyouya praised wholeheartedly, "But How?"

"We are AKB0048, Of course we sing," The girl answered cheerfully.

His visual show another warning. [Betrayal Detected, This suit will explode in...]

Kyouya wouldn't wait the countdown. And who put the countdown on Betrayal Mecha-suit? Kyouya quickly take of his helm; show his dark hair and young face under it. Pull every part of his suit and reveal black long pants and plain white shirt. After kick the mecha suit away, it explode in massive fire.

"Glad you are not inside it," Atsuko the14th said while three girls behind them nod in agreement.

"But that reveal our position," Kyouya answered.

Enemy approaching. Surrounding their location in perfect circle complete with manned LAS.

"Don't worry, they already come," Atsuko the14th said happily while tapping her earphone, "Takamina-san, Kibou No Tsuite, please!"

"Right away~" The voice from the earphone can be heard.

Music can be heard while a new star craft in Cyan and Magenta color hovering on the sky, slowly turn into big stage.

"Girls, Follow me!" Atsuko turn of the saber and then sing with the music.

Sono te nobashitemo

(Ima wa) todokanai yo

"She is crazy," Kyouya murmured while follow them, pick his AK-47 and aimed at every direction who tries to shot them. Protect the girls, is this what Hero do?

Bokutachi no yume wa motto (Motto) tooku ni arunda

A blonde girl in pony tail followed by several civilian appeared and gathers under the star craft.

An AKB0048 LAS mecha landed in front of the blonde and a pale blue haired girl and pink haired girl jump from it shoulder and make a formation in front of civilians.

Yozora no hoshidatte
Nanokukounen no Kanata

D.E.S revealing themselves. Three Unmanned LAS Mecha and five armed people in mecha suit. The AKB0048 LAS Mecha open it cockpit and reveal a redhead and an orange haired little girl jumping from inside followed by green haired girl with glasses landing from her LAS and join the girls.

Kurayami no saki ni
Kagayaku mono

They are dancing, followed by civilian who sing with them. For once, Kyouya enjoy the entertainment. But this is not the good timing. He thought. The dance pretty much dodges any attack that coming from D.E.S, but when they engage Close Quarter Combat, thing will get messy.

Kibou ni tsuite
Boku wa katarou

Na mo naki shijin no you ni (You ni)
Atsuku (Atsuku)

"Namonaki shinjin no you ni atsuku!"

D.E.S mecha suddenly shot several rocket at once, each one of them explode on the ground but one rocket remain, approaching the center of the dance formation. Kyouya know what would happen, so He rushed to the AKB0048 formation.

Kimi ga namida ni
Kureteiru nara

Kyouya shielding Atsuko the14th, receive a full blow of the rocket. Alter it trajectory with his right hand and move it muzzle to above his position, hopefully, direct blow to the sky.

Nagusame yori mo
Yagate (Yagate) shiramu (Shiramu)
Sora wo katarou ka?

Kyouya satisfied when he looks at 0048 member save and unhurt. Although his own hand has been broken. He finally becomes hero. With that in mind, Kyouya lose his consciousness.

Prolog 2 [Pale Moon]

"But we can move past that together. We have friends now, who will share our joy and sadness"

—Kanata, to Chieri in Episode 7.

The girl has pale skin and silver hair. Wearing a blank face, a bunch of emotion surface from her chest. She never feels it before or remembers something similar. She doesn't understand what happen to herself.

The pale moon in the sky gives her a smile as if it knows what she thinks.

The girl looks at the crowd. A star craft with cyan and magenta in color, a bunch of older girls dance and sing, a bunch of soldier and civilian. It's a war, and yet it feels different. The girls doesn't use weapon to counter attack the soldier.

She doesn't understand, she doesn't remember. What she supposed to do, to think, to feel when the condition like this happen? Her Logarithm, her Artificial Mind, Her brain or more specifically, Her heart –not the one who deliver a blood, she corrected her mind- for some reason resonance with the song.

Kibou ni tsuite
Boku wa katarou

Na mo naki shijin no you ni (You ni)
Atsuku (Atsuku)

Unknown for her, the pale girl follow the song. Unknown for herself, her body move and followed the dance. It's fun, she thought. She never remember, never known, never think that there is something fun.

What she thinks, feels, remembered before?

Nothingness...

And yet, when the song began, when the music can be heard, when the girls move their body. The nothingness filled. A gap in her heart, mind, artificial logarithm and memory now filled with happiness.

Kimi ga namida ni
Kureteiru nara

Nagusame yori mo
Yagate (Yagate) shiramu (Shiramu)
Sora wo katarou ka?

But the song doesn't last long. It stopped when a rocket explode in the sky.

"Soldier-san!" A cried.

All of them stopped dancing, stop singing. Please don't! Please don't stop! Please continue sing! The girl tremble in fear, despair filled again in her heart. Darkness, coldness, despair surface from her heart. Please don't!

The girl squatting, cover her ear and cry. Please don't stop, she begged. Why the song stopped? Why the music stopped? Why the warm feeling disappeared?

The girls stand again, the girls now surrounded by the soldiers. She knows what to do, so she runs towards them. Bare foot, white summer dress with lab coat over it. She runs towards them. How dare you stop them! She cried. A light burst from her right hand and a sword appeared.

"Dieeeeee!" She shouted.

"ai o sagashite mo,"

The sword of light stopped in one of the soldier neck. The soldier back away and tremble in fear. But the girls have no intention to continue her attack. Instead, she looks at the source of voice. A girl with sky blue walks toward her with wound all over her body. A glowed creature hovering above her head.

"sugu ni (sugu ni) mitsukaranai yo,"

The song continue, the girls stand again while one of them still hugging a wounded boy. The girls give a smile to the pale skin girl. Now, the hope is back, the warm feeling, the happiness.

jibun no hou kara
dareka (dareka) ai shitemiru nda

The sword of light disappeared. Another voice, music, a civilian's join the song and more glowing creatures appeared. The solider back away. Without realizing it, The pale girl follows the song, follow the dance.

konna hiroi sekai
unmei ni michibikarete
tatta hitotsu dake no
hikari o mita

Ah...Its happiness, The pale girl thought. The glowing creature in white appeared in her shoulder, follow her dance and follow the music. The star craft hover above them illuminates the entire town ruin.

kibou ni tsuite
boku wa katarou
toshioita suifu no you ni (you ni)
fukaku (fukaku)

A sky blue haired girl pats pale girl heads and then gives a smile. She never knows how to smile before, but the lips make a curve and smile brightly. Keep singing, keep dancing, followed by civilian who have a glowing stick in their hand.

kimi ga nanika ni
kizutsuita nara
teate suru yori
noboru (noboru) asahi (asahi)
boku wa yubisasou

A party, The soldier has drifted away and leaves the planet. The girls don't care about them. The girls keep follow the song and dance while the sky blue haired grab her hand and bring her join another girls.

The music slowly stopped, but this time, Despair, nothingness, coldness doesn't back. The pale girl keeps smiling to the sky blue haired girl.

"What is your name?" The sky blue haired girl asked.

"Rei-Na..."

"Reina-chan, is it?" A blonde girl with bunny hat said happily, "Do you have parents here?"

The pale girls shake her head. Parents? She doesn't remember much about herself. Only name and what just happen here.

"I don't remember anything," The pale girl said.

"How about I bring you home?" The sky blue haired girl asked, "Is that okay, Kimishima-san?"

"If you bring her home, she becomes your responsibility" A voice faintly can be heard, "The same goes to you to, A-chan!"

"We must recover him first, thought," A pale blue haired girl said, "Takamina-san, your order?"

"Let's aboard to 'Pioneer' first and recover, we need all hand to help senkurado-star recover" The red haired girl nodded, "Senkurado-star civilian!" the girl shouted, "We will leave you a few people here to help recover the town, So please take care of them."

A man with 'WOTA' words in his back approaching the redhead and then bowed, "We gladly accept your help."

Happiness, The pale girls thought, the warm feeling she felt now, this is happiness right?

Prolog 3 [3rd Stage]

"I wanted my family and Mamoru to see our concert."

—Yuka in Episode 13.

When the news reaches her cell phone, Kamisaka Haruka shouted in joy. Never in her life has that she received something like this. News that AKB0048, her idol, receive understudies. Never mind that they never reach Umitsuki-Star for concert. The fact that Haruka has chance to join them is great enough.

Then, she remembers that Entertainment ban is active in this planet. Shut her mouth, hide her cell phone, Haruka walk towards a sector 16A where she lives with several children. Try to find her parent in crowd and quietly regret her decision to find them, They never care about her anyway.

So, She directed her little feet to another direction. Sector 12C, not far for sector 16A where she live, A boy with same age as her stand in tower with a big gun in his hand. The boy has white hair and pale skin.

"Reichi!" Haruka called.

The boy look at her and without hesitation, jump down from 7 meters tall tower and landed with wing behind her back, a pair of huge white-dragon-like wing. Haruka giggled, whenever he does that, he can feel a cold breeze.

"Yo, Hime-sama!" The boy gives her military-like salute and make his wing disappeared in light, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"This is great news!" Haruka said, pull out her cell phone and then show a message from AKB0048 deciphered web, "They receive an understudies," she whispered.

"One step closer to Kojiharu the9th, then," The boy smirked. He is the only one who knows about Haruka obsession toward AKB0048 and glad fully receive any babbling about the idol from Haruka, so He is know Haruka the most.

"Yups! Yups!" Haruka nodded cheerfully, "When your role ended?" She asked.

"Meet me in usual place two hour from now," Reichi answered, "I feel I must check something," He said.

"Your siblings?" Haruka asked.

Reichi nodded. The boy is not local people in Umitsuki-star. She fall from the sky and saved by Haruka. After that, adult take care of him and give him a job to guard the lookout. Haruka is the only one knows about his siblings, A seven children brought together and locked in some sort of laboratories, have strong connection to each other and obtained a power.

In Reichi case, A pair of Dragon-like-wings. Like how Reichi know the most about Haruka, Haruka know the most about Reichi.

"Okay then," Haruka agreed, "See you," and the girl leave the look out.

One step closer to Kojiharu the9th, then?

Reichi sentence repeated in her head.

Author Corner

the girl in white shirt -No! Its not Reina!- sit in the Flying Get bridge. A broken star craft now feel like a ghost ship. The girl smiled to no one and then said, "Yo! Welcome to Author-chan 0048 fanfiction," She stand and then bowed, "Although Author-chan still work on Honya-chan the caster of the light, Author-chan cant stop her hand to write this. So Author-chan hope three of Author-chan fanfiction progressing smoothly."

"On the side note," She continued, "I want to say many thing, like how Senkurado-star is word play from Senkrad who if you read from the end will be 'Darkness'. How the 'White' theme is found all over the place. But no, I will not reveal too much. Only...Reina name is originally Rei-Nana (zero-seven in Japan) but cutted by Kojiharu the9th formerly Sonata. give a pieve of mind about this rule of naming because they will appear as Chekov Gunman."

The girl in white shirt then bowed again.

"well, that enough, I will back to Honya-chan and See you in another chapter!"

With that, The girl dissapeared.