Strawberry Panic! Fan Season II

Author's note: Welcome to Strawberry Panic! Fan Season II. As said in the description this my vision of the continuation of the Anime series. It will include strong influences from the Manga series, to be more specific: the Étoile competition. In the Anime this was truly more of a selection and/ or popularity contest but I love the rivalry and strategy a competition brings and love competitive people so you can expect a real competition this time around. It also allows for a bigger story. I feel like the whole Tamao rejection thing is being over-dramatized. Don't worry, I'm not going to pass it up like nothing happened but don't expect me to write full chapters about Tamao's pain. The Manga is way more light-hearted about the whole situation and shows a more fun side of Tamao's love/ adoration for Nagisa in which she actually irritates the somewhat possessive Shizuma a bit which I'll definitely use. I'm a sucker for humour so I'll try to add a bit of humour into this series as well. I hope you all enjoy the read! (please help me improve my writing/ this story by giving as much as critique as you'd like!)

1. Graduation

Nagisa ran through the forest of Astraea Hills. Nagisa had clutched Tamao's hand in hers who was barely able to keep up with Nagisa's running. Both girls were panting heavily. "Nagisa-chan please, slow down a bit!" Tamao begged. "I cannot be late at Shizuma's graduation" Nagisa thought.

"Finally!" Tamao said relieved. Both girls were smiling upon seeing the large crowd of people. Graduates, parents and current students of St. Miator, Spica and Lulim were all assembled together on the grounds of Astraea Hills. "Can you see them, Tamao-chan?" Nagisa asked enthusiastically as she was searching the crowd for the former Étoile and the former Miator Student Council President. Tamao shook her head. "I wonder where they are..." Nagisa mumbled with a concerned look on her face.

"Nagisa-san, Tamao-san" a familiar voice called. The two girls turned around to see who had just called them. "Rokujo-san!" they both squealed out. "Shizuma-sama!" Nagisa said with a delighted look on her face. "Good morning, Nagisa-chan, Tamao-san" Shizuma said with the same delighted look on her face. The two lovers gazed smilingly upon each other for a while. Miyuki started blushing out of happiness for the two and even Tamao couldn't help but to feel happy for the couple. "Shizuma-sama, aren't you and Miyuki-san supposed to be at the graduation right now? You can't miss it!" Nagisa expressed with great concern. "It's all right, Nagisa-chan" Shizuma replied as she slightly stroked the side of Nagisa's head. "Huh?" Nagisa brought out with a confused expression on her face.

Shizuma and Miyuki turned around and stared together at the graduation. Soft smiles appeared on their faces. "Only three years huh? Thank you, Shizuma..." Miyuki thought while she turned her head to look at Shizuma. "But.. I don't understand.." Nagisa said in a confused, soft tone. As neither Shizuma nor Miyuki seemed to pay attention to her, Nagisa turned her face to Tamao who seemed to be deep in thought with her chin between her thumb and index finger. "You're graduates, you should be at the ceremony right now" Nagisa said carefully. Tamao gasped. Nagisa immediately turned her head again. "What? Tamao-chan?" she asked. "We didn't graduate" Shizuma calmly exclaimed. Both Nagisa and Tamao froze upon hearing what the former Étoile just said.

"Well we both have a speech to give and of course it would be rude not the congratulate the graduates" Miyuki said. "Please excuse us". After that Shizuma and Miyuki went off towards the graduation. Nagisa sank to her knees. "Didn't.. graduate?". Suddenly Nagisa's heart started beating faster. The words finally sank into her head and she started to understand what they meant. Neither Shizuma nor Miyuki graduated meaning they would both be students for another year at St. Miator. "Nagisa.." Tamao softly whispered as a tear rolled down from Nagisa's cheek. Nagisa turned to her best friend. "Tamao.." she whispered back. "Yes?" Tamao replied carefully. Nagisa wiped away the single tear on her face and turned to face Tamao. "I guess this year is going to be an adventure too, huh?" Nagisa said as she smiled faintly. Tamao nodded and smiled back at Nagisa. She knelt down to meet Nagisa's face with hers. "I'm happy for you" Tamao softly whispered in Nagisa's ear as she closed her eyes and embraced her dear friend. Nagisa suddenly grabbed her hand. "Let's embark on this one together too!" she brought out in a very convinced way. Tamao laughed a bit at the sudden change of Nagisa's mood.

It was going to be one adventurous year indeed...