AN: this take place in the same universe as in the AKB0048 Saga, except this time it will be concentrating on Leona 'Diamante' Silvi', her adventurers and investigations in the Kingdom of Nova Dimension, and Elodie's ascension to Queen. This story takes place after (AKB0048 Saga) Love Live: Muse - The Voices of Balance
AN 4: I do not own anything from Sunsoft and, Love Live, or anything from Hanaoko Games!
AN4: R&R! Some feedback will be nice too :) This will be my first attempt at doing a action-adventure/spectacle fighting scenes during the later chapters with several Muse Members, so appreciate a few warm suggestions ^^
Long Live the Queen x Love Live: Fidelia's Requiem
(Arc 1: Lucille and the Spirited Rivalry!)
Chapter 1: A-Muse-ment
Two years has passed since Chris, Alito, and Leona helped in producing Team Muse.
In the beginning, the world still had a disdainful view about the idol industry despite reaching a virtually peaceful state; it ain't hard to see why.
Contractual purity, accusations about the idols being talentless, only used as sex symbols to titillate male and geek fantasies, and the general lyrical meaning being complete, utter nonsense in the ears and eyes of the musically trained.
Famous Adventurers Chris 'Quattro' Fuschia and Alito 'Ventus' Gnade, and Guild Adenturer President Leona 'Diamante' Silvi, however, stepped in. Along with nine girls - Eli, Nozomi, Honoka, Umi, Kotori, Nico, Maki, Hanayo, and Rin - they formed the basis of Team Muse, a school idol project commissioned by the Adventurer Guild Agency to address the misconception and the unnecessary hatred of the idol/entertainment industry.
Challenges they have faced...but overcome it they did; Team Muse finally succeeded in achieving the Love Live title despite slipping up the first year due to Honoka overworking herself to the point of exhaustion.
The misconception of idol culture have been virtually eliminated; people and the detractors of idol culture had stood up and took notice at how Team Muse, who at first was deemed hateable like any other idol groups, brought about a breath of fresh air and maturity that no other idol groups have procurred in the last decade. Not even A.R.I.S.E, Team Muse's rival, could reach this close.
Despite some minor infractions here and there, the world's J-Pop idol industry, which was much maligned, was free of prejudice...
Problem was, for Leona...what now in line for her?
"Awwwwts..." Leona sighed as the usually sassy woman slumped on the resting sofa located on the Adventurers Guild Backyard - a large, empty, grassy terrain where adventurers usually tested their adventuring powers.
"Oh, Leona, you sound super deflated...Ya don't have anything to do?" Mimi, Leona's sister and personal secretary, pouted.
"Whaddya think? It's close to May, and June's coming soon; everyone will be getting ready for their annual Summer Vacation man! Unless there is anything major that we have to attend, the Guild's gonna operate half-days...what a bummer...*yawn!*" Leona lazily replied as she let out a huge yawn and huffed.
"Huh, you have been running around, kicking the Manifestation of Hatred up the ass and all those whom it infected with during those two years managing Team Muse. Don't ya think you should deserve a break or something?" Mimi wondered.
Leona sighed, "My Tachi's skills will get rusty if this continues! Sure, rest is important, but ya don't expect me to go all cold turkey in drawing out my sword and defending myself against a group of baddies, right?"
"Gee, you always love getting yourself into loads of trouble just by looking for adventurers, huh? You got yourself into such an adventure when you help out Team Heptagram three years ago in the Hanairo Heptagram incident!" Mimi chuckled sarcastically.
"Is my word on your mouth, eh?" Leona sat up and pouted. "Sides, look at how me helping both Izuki and Hisaya went!"
Leona grinned as she materialised diamonds from both of her hands and morphed them into her signature Tachi - the Diamante de Torrentia. The hilts glowed with clarity of a hundred diamonds amalgamated; its blade body was long, sharp, and glowing white-hot with energy produced from the beautifully crafted diamond blade. Her chest also glowed as she revealed her Arcane Core Reactor - the Project Diamante.
"Heh...well, gotta give ya credit - you sure have gone quite a long way since being blessed by the Heptagram onsen. Now with that Project Programme created from Chris's group of scientists, your control of that power sure rose up by leaps and bounds!" Mimi smiled.
"However...I doubt that your laziness will carry you up for long..." Mimi smirked.
Leona perked and sat up properly once more.
"Did I just sense a challenge issued?" the sassy Adventurers Guild President grinned.
"Well, if you are gonna laze around, god knows that it will be a matter of time before I catch up to you in terms of adventuring and fighting skills!" Leona's younger sister grinned.
"Oh yea, it's on!" Leona grinned as her eyes flared up from the taunt.
"HEEEEYAAAAAAA!" Both Leona and Mimi clashed their hot-blooded fists together as a huge energy burst through the entire backyard several meters behind the office.
A few minutes later...
"Hahahaha...now that's more like my sister!" Mimi grinned as both of them slumped on the ground, exhausted and with no clear winner.
"Heh! I was taking it easy on ya! I still can do even more, ya want some?" Leona grinned as she puffed.
"Good lord in all that is holy! What the christ happened in the Testing Field?"
Both Mimi and Leona sat up as their set their sight upon Clarte, one of the Adventurers Guild's Receptionists. The brunette had two ponytails, a brown-hair bobbed style, brown eyes, and wore a monocle on her left eye. She also wore a brown jacket with black over the knee socks.
"Geez, and it just so happen to be the both of you, huh? Ya all were bored out of your mind, I suppose?" Clarte shook her head once more.
"What ya expect us to do now that May is upon us? It's gonna be May Day if that happens!" Leona pouted.
Silence...than a crow cawed as Clarte facepalmed.
"Boo...so much for your puns!"
"I will be here all week!" Leona boasted.
"I digress, you feisty twins; I have some important news that may make Leona up and running again after all the boredom she 'suffered'." Clarte chuckled.
"Now that's an opportunity; something to pull off all those boredom while Chris and Alito were away at the AKB0048 dimension!" Leona grinned.
Briefing room
"What? A Queen from other dimension has a possibility of being murdered?" Leona's expression turned grave upon hearing the briefing's topic.
Clarte nodded her expression calm.
"Apparently, the Queen was originally hailed from Nova - goes by the name of Queen Fidelia." she replied as a data reading detailing the late Queen showed up on the holographic monitor.
"So...for whatever reason, she was killed? Was it due to someone lusting for power? Or was she assaulted by some big bad wolf or beast on the way back?"
"Not much info has been known with just the Dimensional Satellite Navigation doing the scouts on their own, which is why we need you to be at the scene itself to identify the cause of it all. Even so...it's not gonna be easy." Clarte explained.
"Not easy how?" Leona wondered.
"The incident is a few days old, nearly a week even, and traces of evidence may have been eliminated due to weather and atmospheric condition. All we know is that whatever the reason, it's definitely not the work of nature that caused Fidelia's death." Clarte took a deep breath, and continued.
"That, and Fidelia's only daughter, Elodie, will arrive back soon to take her mother's place as the Queen of Nova."
"Whoever killed the late Queen of Nova must definitely wanted Elodie's head as well, seeing that she could be the next Queen of Nova. Someone must really have a huge vendetta against the Queen in general...Interesting." Leona eyes widened slightly in interest - earnest to see what was going on.
"Who is the sender for this request, by the by?" Leona continued.
"You wouldn't believe it if I were to tell you." Clarte smiled.
"Huh?" Leona wondered.
Clarte simpered, "Honoka, Kotori, Umi, and the lot of you, about time to show yourselves!"
"Leona-sensei," the members of Team Muse, idol-adventurers and just recently signed on a contract by Studio 765, shot out, "Happy 25th Birthday!"
"Woah, woah, woah...so you mean...so you mean that I got this mission for my 25th Birthday assignment?" Leona asked in amusement.
"We figured you will be bored after the prejudices of idol culture and the Hatred Blobs hoo-hah has been done and over with, so the Honoka and co decided to repay you by finding a mission request that will mostly keep you interested while bringing out your serious side if you have to." Clarte replied with a smile.
"Besides, Adventurers Day is starting tomorrow, so we will have a week off in helping you with the analysis and communication department; our parents allowed us to assist you!" Honoka chirped.
"We have the Time Dilation Chamber of Analysis ready whenever we are, where it will be adjusted according to the Time Dilation Belt so that we will be in sync with the information we received back and forth." Clarte followed.
Leona smiled softly and then frowned slightly. "Nevertheless, it could be classified as a murder case. You all may have your adventurers license and have seen through loads of shit pulled off by the misguided hatred against idol culture, but a murder case against royalty something else altogether."
"We are aware of the stakes at hand, Leona-sempai, that's why we will give in our very best to repay you with whatever we can!" Umi nodded.
"Chris-sempai, Alito-sempai, and you have helped me improve my confidence a lot! We have repaid Chris-sempai and Alito-sempai, now we will help you too, Leona-sempai!" Hanayo nodded and smiled.
"Nya! Rin agrees with Hanayo too!" the cat-girl, who loved to speak herself in the third person, cheered.
"Well, you have heard their support, I ain't gonna lose out either!" Maki simpered.
Eli and Nozomi nodded along and gave their simper of support.
Kotori shot out, "Let us get the preparation's ready! We have a long week ahead of and we will need as much resources as we can!"
"What are we waiting for sis? We are gonna assist you, and damn right we will!" Mimi grinned.
"Team Muse...Sis...Clarte..." Leona simpered just as the team members met their gaze upon the Diamond Maiden.
"Thank you!" Leona flashed a grin as she gave a thumb up.