Love live was over and Muse had won the whole thing. The girls got their trophy and the crowd was going wild because they were happy that they managed to win. Honoka decided to share some words with the audience.
"Everyone thank you for your support. It's because of you that we managed to win Love live. We started this idol group because our school was on the verge of closing down but we were able to save school last year. We almost didn't enter the love live this year because I thought it wasn't necessary since we already saved the school but my friends managed to convince to enter the love live and I'm glad they did because this was a lot of fun. Being a school idol gave me a lot of experience and I hope I get to use this experience in the future. Thank you everyone" Honoka said
The crowd went wild and cheered for them. The other girls were smiling. They even had tears rolling down their faces but they were tears of happiness. They were happy that managed to come this far as a group and win as a group. Honoka turned around and started to walk back over to her friends but a loud bang stopped her from going any further. Another shot was fired and hit Honoka in the chest. A third shot was fired and hit her back. Honoka stopped and started to feel pain in her stomach, chest and back. Honoka collapsed on the stage and a pool of blood started to form around her.
"HONOKA!" The other girls shouted
They ran over to their leader and saw that she holding her stomach in pain. They saw that there was a pool of blood that was surrounding her.
"Honoka hang in there!" Kotori cried
"Don't you dare die on us!" Umi cried
The other girls were trying to find out who it was that just shot their leader. Eli took over as leader and put them in a group. Eli instructed Kotori, Umi, Maki and Hanayo to stay with Honoka and try to stop the bleeding. She instructed Nico and Nozomi to take care of the crowd of people that were in a panic. Eli paired herself up with Rin to see if they could find the shooter along with the staff.
The four girls that were on charge Honoka tried to stop the bleeding as much as possible. Honoka was shivering from the pain that the gunshot gave her. Honoka was breathing heavily and unevenly. Maki was the most experienced so she was in charge of treating her while the others would provide the supplies that she need. Maki leaned in and talked to her.
"Honoka, its Maki please try to even your breathing" Maki said
Eli may have been calm on the outside but on the inside she was panicking because she was afraid that Honoka wouldn't make it. But she tried to save her no matter what.
Honoka's breathing was getting more uneven by the minute and the other girls didn't know what to do.
"What do we do Maki?" Hanayo asked
"We need to need to patch up the gunshot wound before she loses anymore blood" Maki said
"Where can we find the medical supplies or the first aid kit?" Kotori asked
"There's no time to get it we need to use something else to patch it up" Maki said
"But what can we use?" Hanayo asked
Umi tried to think of what they could use to patch up the wound. If they had a medical kit then they could use bandages. But like Maki said there was no time to go look for one because if they did than Honoka would be dead by the time they return with one. Umi looked down and saw her skirt. She got an idea.
"Let's use our clothes to patch it up" Umi suggested
"Good idea" Maki said
The other girls returned and they saw that Honoka was still in a lot of pain. Nico and Nozomi managed to lead everyone out of the area. Eli and Rin tried to track down the shooter but they couldn't find the shooter anywhere.
"Everyone I'm sorry but the only way to patch up the wound is to use part of our clothes. I'm sorry Kotori, Eli you worked so hard on these outfits for us. I'm sorry these designs are gonna go to waste especially since you're the one who designed them Nico" Maki said
"I don't care about the clothes! I'll do anything to save Honoka!" Kotori said
"Honoka is more important than the clothes" Eli said
"She's right! We can always make them again so there's nothing to worry about except for Honoka right now!" Nico said
The other girls nodded and started to rip some of their clothing off. Eli tore off part of Honoka's outfit so they could have an easier time treating the wound. Honoka coughed up some blood which made the girls even more determined to save her. Each cloth was wrapped around the wound. The bleeding was slowing down but it wasn't stopping. Yukiho and Arisa came up to see Honoka.
"Big sister!" Yukiho cried
"Honoka, please hold on! An ambulance should be here shortly!" Arisa said
Honoka managed to open her eyes and saw everyone around her. She smiled when she saw that these people cared about her so much.
"Thank you" Honoka croaked out
"Please don't talk Honoka. Save your strength" Maki said
An ambulance arrived and the paramedics put Honoka on a stretcher. Yukiho went to the hospital with Honoka because she needed to make sure that she would be okay. The other girls had no choice but to go home. Nico arrived home and went to her room immediately. She ignored her siblings which surprised them since Nico gives them the attention that they wanted. The three sibling decided to go to her room to see what was going on. They were about to go in the door but they stopped when they heard some sniffling coming from the room. That sniffling soon turned into sobbing. The three sibling realized that their beloved older sister was crying her eyes out. They entered the room and saw Nico in curled in a ball on her bed. Cocoro decided to step forward since she was the second oldest.
"Big sister? Are you okay? Why are you crying? Did something happen?" Cocoro asked
Nico looked up and saw that her younger sibling were in her room. Nico tried to stop crying but she couldn't. She was too heartbroken because her leader was shot and she didn't know if she was going to survive or not.
"Please leave" Nico said
"Big sis, please tell us what's wrong. We don't like seeing you like this" Cocoa said
"I said leave" Nico said
"Big sister, we just want to help you since you're always helping us. You're a super idol and super idols should be smiling, not crying" Cotarou said
Nico looked back at her siblings and gave them a death glare which sent a chill down their spines. Their big sister never gave them that look before. The look that she was giving them was them was scary.
"SHUT UP!" Nico yelled
The siblings were taken back by her loud voice. Their big sister had never yelled at them before. They were frozen in place because of the intense fear that they were feeling right now.
"YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING! YOUR BIG SISTER IS NOT A SUPER IDOL! I FAILED AS AN IDOL DURING MY FIRST YEAR AND I GAVE UP. I'VE BEEN LYING TO THIS WHOLE TIME! THE ONLY REASON I KEPT THE ACT UP WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN ME! " Nico shouted
The three sibling were shocked about the revelation. Their big sister had lied to them about being a super solo idol. The siblings were hurt by this truth but it didn't affect them as much as they thought it would. The siblings didn't care if Nico was an idol or not because they loved their big sister very much and they would always love her even if she wasn't an idol. Nico's outburst wasn't done yet.
"I'M NO IDOL! BEING AN IDOL ONLY PUTS ME AND MY OTHER FRIENDS IN DANGER! I'M GONNA QUIT BEING AN IDOL!" Nico yelled
The three sibling were shocked to hear that Nico had just declared that she was gonna quit being an idol.
"You can't quit being idol, everyone loves you!" Cocoro said
"Please don't give up the life an idol. We can tell that being an idol really makes you happy" Cocoa said
"Please reconsider your decision big sister" Cotarou said
Nico looked back at her sibling but her happy face was not coming back. She glared at them again.
"SHUT UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE! GET OUT OF MY ROOM RIGHT NOW!" Nico yelled
The three siblings ran out of the room and Nico slammed the door shut. They just stood there and listened to the crying that their older sister was making. They felt so powerless because they wanted to help her but they didn't know what to do or what to say. They heard the door open they looked over and saw their mother entering the room.
"Mom!" They yelled
"Hi, Cocoa, Cotarou, Cocoro" Mom said
She saw that her three kids looked very upset. She wondered what was wrong so she asked them what was wrong.
"What's wrong? Did something happen" Mom asked
Cocoro explained what had just happened. Mom frowned when she heard what had just occurred moments ago before she got home. She could tell that her three kids were sad that they couldn't do anything to cheer up her oldest daughter. She had a good guess on why Nico was acting like this.
"Follow me into the living room kids" Mom said
The sibling trio was confused but they followed her and they sat down on the couch.
"I think I know why your sister is acting like this" Mom said
"You do?" Cocoa asked
"I believe so" Mom said
"Please tell us" Cocoro said
"Our big sister is upset and we hate to see her like this" Cotarou said
"Well the first thing you should know is that Muse managed to win love live" Mom said
"Really?" Cotarou asked
"I knew she could do it!" Cocoa said
"We knew she would win!" Cocoro said
"But something happened afterwards" Mom said
The three siblings were worried about the next piece of news that their mother was about to share with them.
"You see a very bad person, shot at the leader of muse, Honoka Kousaka" Mom said
The three sibling were shocked to hear that someone tried to kill the leader of muse. They met Nico's other friends they liked them. They were already fans of them as well.
"I think Nico is feeling guilty about what happened because being an idol can also be dangerous and make people want to come after you and that happened tonight. I'm guessing all that frustration in her couldn't be contained anymore and she let out her frustrations on all of you. Please don't be mad at her. I'm sure she'll come around eventually" Mom said
"But what happened at the concert wasn't her fault!" Cocoro said
"I know but she feels like she's the one who was responsible for what happened" Mom said
"What can we do?" Cocoa said
"Just leave her alone for now" Mom said
"Is that a good idea? "Cotarou asked
"Your sister just needs some alone time right now, so please give her some space for now" Mom said
"Alright" They said
Meanwhile at another apartment Eli was in her room and was worrying about Honoka's fate.
"Why did this have to happen?" Eli asked
Maki has had a crush on Honoka for the longest time and seeing Honoka getting gunned down like that really affected her. She didn't know how she managed to keep up a strong persona but she's glad that was able to because if she didn't than Honoka would've died right there on that stage. Eli started sobbing because the worry that she was feeling for Honoka was taking over her mind. Eli wanted to be strong, but she doesn't see herself as strong person.
Eli heard the door to her room open and saw that it was Alisa. Eli saw Alisa go to the hospital with Yukiho to give her some moral support so she was surprised to see that her younger sister was back home.
"Big sister are you okay?" Alisa said
"I will be, don't worry" Eli said
"I'm glad" Alisa said
"What are you doing back at home, I thought you were at the hospital with Yukiho" Eli said
"I was but I got worried about you so I told Yukiho that I would be right back and came home to check on you" Alisa said
"That's very sweet of you Alisa, but I think you should go back to the hospital. Yukiho needs her best friend with her right now" Eli said
"Okay see you later" Alisa said
As soon Alisa closed the door and left and looked out her window and prayed. She wanted Honoka to survive this. She knew that if any of the other the girls ran into the shooter then they would show that shooter no mercy.
"Please be okay Honoka" Eli said