After the Muse finished getting settled in their room, the group decided to do some sight-seeing in Herowood with Umi Kousaka guiding them. We then see another bus stopping in front of the RosterTeeth Hotel, the bus' door then opens as seven girls steps out of the transportation.
The first girl has a long, straight, dark prune hair with two parts slightly sticking out. Her bangs are also straight with one piece sweeping down across her face. Her eyes are also a reddish-brown color. The girl has bandages on her neck, chest, head, and upper leg with a loose black dress tied with a white rope. She also supports grey over-the-knee socks with black flats. She also sports a rather... disturbing blank look on her face. This is Tae Yamada.
Tae Yamada
The second girl has a straight, dark rose-pink hair with a section of it brought up with a blue and pink bow and some hanging over her shoulders. Her bangs are brushed to the left side, and she has blue eyes. She wears a navy-blue and white dress, white socks, and brown school-shoes. This is Sakura Minamoto.
Sakura Minamoto
The third girl has a long blonde hair with orange and green highlights pulled into a high ponytail. Her bangs are mostly swept to the left with a single orange highlight and has yellow eyes. She wears a a maroon and white jacket over a white top and a navy blue knee-length skirt. She also wears her shirt with a red tie, white socks and brown loafers. This is Saki Nikaidou.
Saki Nikaidou
The fourth girl has a short, dark, slate blue hair with two yellow flower clips. Her bangs are bunched together, and she has light red eyes. She wears a navy-blue jacket over a pale yellow top with a blue plaid skirt and bow. She also wears dark grey socks and light brown school-shoes. This is Ai Mizuno.
Ai Mizuno
The fifth girl has a short white hair that curls in near the bottom. Her bangs are bunched together in the middle, and she has icy-blue eyes. She wears a navy blue sailor's dress with white accent lines and a white tie. She also sports white socks and black shoes. This is Junko Konno.
Junko Konno
The sixth girl has a light auburn hair with most of it being brought up into a bow-like shape on-top of her head and two long strands hanging over her shoulders. Her bangs are mostly center-parted with one-bit curling to the right and has light rust eyes. She wears a kimono-like outfit; with the top a white and orange checkered pattern, a purple collar, and a forest-green skirt. She also sports dark purple leggings and dark grey boots. This is Yuugiri.
Yuugiri
The seventh girl or what she is now, she has two bright blue pigtails with dark blue bows. She also has one large orange star and other stars in the middle part of her head. She has orange-yellow eyes and pale skin. She wears a green school uniform with a dark blue bow and a white skirt. She is very short and wears brown shoes with white socks. This is Lily Hoshikawa.
Lily Hoshikawa
These girls are an idol group called Franchouchou. But they are not just some ordinary girls... they are actually zombies!
Franchouchou is an idol group founded by Kōutarō Tatsumi, consisting of zombies of legendary girls resurrected by Koutaro. Their objective is to save Saga and resurrect the local idol trend in the process. The idol group's tentative name was Death Musume, which was later changed to Green Face by Kotaro. The idol members of the group, however, found the names not satisfactory, eventually deciding to rename it to Franchouchou based on the sound Tae made when she sneezed.
Saki looks around, "Well... this is it! Herowood!" she announced, "First time I've stepped into this city, so I'm quite excited." she admitted.
Sakura nodded, "Yeah! Me too." she replied in agreement, "As expected of the celebrity capital of this country, it's amazing!" she said in awe.
"Lily has been here before!" Lily chirped, "Lily performed here once!" she claimed.
"Wow! That's nice, Lily." Ai said, "I've always wanted to go in this city once.'' she said.
"Well... you get to do it now." Junko said, "And so do we and I'm really excited.'' she said with a smile.
Yuugiri then spoke, "I'm all the enthusiasm but... what are we actually going to do here?'' she asked.
Her question caught everyone's attention, Yuugiri is right... what are they doing here? Their producer, Koutaro, only told them that they're going to Herowood but of what are they doing here remains unknown... unless it has something to do with their profession.
Saki then stomp her foot in irritation, "Damn that guy!" she exclaimed, "Always telling us something without giving into details!" she complained, "I'm soooo gonna strangle that guy the moment I see him!" she growled.
"Speaking of which..." Ai spoke, "... where is our producer?'' she asked.
"He told us that he'll be here before us." Junko replied while looking around, "But I don't see him anywhere." she pointed out.
Lily looks around and saw something, "Hey! Isn't that him over there?!" she pointed out.
The girls turns to see a young man talking to Kenji Harima just a few distance from. The young man is tall with brown hair in a tidy combed hairstyle and wears sunglasses. He wears a white collared shirt with a black bow-tie underneath maroon buttoned vest, black trousers and brown leather shoes. He has dried squid in his vest pocket. This is Koutarou Tatsumi.
Franchouchou Producer
Koutarou Tatsumi
"Ah! There's that bastard!" Saki growled, "When I get my hands oh him..." she muttered as she was about to march towards him but Yuugiri grabs her shoulder, stopping her on the process.
"Wait! It looks like he's in a middle of a conversation." Yuugiri pointed out.
"I wonder who's that guy?'' Lily asked.
"He looks like a Japanese." Junko replied, "A Japanese delinquent to be precise.'' she added.
"Are you sure that we're actually in Herowood?'' Sakura asked in worry.
The girls watches Koutarou talks to Kenji, they couldn't hear their conversation very much but they can tell that Kenji is yelling angrily at Koutarou as if the former is berating the latter. When Koutarou didn't respond, Kenji grabs his shirt and quickly pulled him close, Kenji then raised his fist up and is ready to slug Koutarou.
Sakura gasped, "Oh no! He's gonna punch him!" she exclaimed in worry.
Fortunately for Koutarou and the girls, Dash Baxter, Scott Wallis and Takeo Kurata arrives, and stopped Kenji from hurting Koutarou. As Scott and Takeo pushes Kenji back while calming him down, Dash turns to Koutarou and apologized to him. Kenji then pointed a finger at Koutarou and yelled something at him before walking off with Dash, Scott and Takeo following him.
The girls sighed in relief as Koutarou adjusted his collar, he turns and saw the girls. He then approaches them, "I see that you've all arrived." he pointed out with a slightly high tone.
"Tatsumi-san, are you okay?'' Sakura asked in concern.
"Why do you ask?!" Koutarou replied in question.
"Well... you were almost slugged in the face by a guy moments ago." Ai replied, "What happened back there?" she asked.
"That's not of your concern!" Koutarou yelled, "What you girls should be concerning right now is your upcoming performances!" he exclaimed.
"What performance? You never told us anything! In fact... we don't have any idea what were doing here?!" Saki exclaimed.
Koutarou stood there in silence, staring at the girls for a few minutes before speaking, "You girls are here since you're invited to perform at the Royal Musical Gala!" he revealed.
"EEEEEHHHH?!" the girls screamed in shock and surprise.
Bzzzttt...
After that, we see girls inside the hotel walking through the corridors en route to their designated rooms.
"Ugh! I can't believe that guy!" Saki growled, "He should have told that we're going to perform at the Royal Musical Gala before coming here!" she complained, "Now I'm nervous just thinking about it!" she admitted.
Junko nodded, "Yeah... performing at such grandiose event is really nerve-wracking..." she muttered in worry.
"We'll just have to do our best then." Sakura said, "I mean... if we perform well in this event, the more people would discover our talents." she pointed out.
"And more opportunities to perform outside our country!" Lily chirped.
Ai then spoke, "And the more opportunities to perform outside our country, the more opportunities to promote Saga!" she pointed out.
"Saga's tourism will bloom and we'll get even more famous!" Sakura said, "It's a win-win for everyone.'' she exclaimed with a smile.
Yuugiri chuckled, "I whole-heartly agree with that." she said.
Saki rubs the back of her head, "Sounds like an idea Tatsumi would come up with but I like it." she admitted.
"Then like always... we'll do our best.'' Sakura exclaimed with a smile.
"YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" a painful scream was heard all across the hall was heard which made the girls jump in surprise.
Everyone turns to see Tae already bitten Yosuke Hanamura on his right arm with his left hand holding a long sandwich, "Help! Get this crazy bitch off me!" he cried in pain while flailing his right arm trying to pry Tae off but to no avail.
Then Teddie and Mata arrives with the latter wearing a black hoodie jacket over a red turtleneck shirt, white jeans and brown boots.
"Yosuke, what's wrong?'' Mata asked.
"What did you do this time?'' Teddie asked in disbelief.
"I didn't do anything!" Yosuke exclaimed, "I was just about to eat these sandwich when this crazy bitch jumps on me and bit my arm!" he explained frantically, "Now help me, please!" he begged, "She's gonna tear my arm off!" he cried.
Before Teddie and Mata could do anything, Sakura and Saki arrives as they tries to pry Tae off Yosuke's arm.
"Tae! Stop! Leave the poor guy alone!" Sakura scolded.
"Geez... can you go on without biting anything for once?!" Saki exclaimed.
After a few minutes of struggling, Sakura and Saki managed to pry Tae off Yosuke's arm but Tae has her eyes on his sandwich and still has the intention to take a bit of it.
"I think she wants the sandwich.'' Mata pointed out.
"She should have asked!" Yosuke exclaimed as he handed the sandwich to Tae, "Here! Take it!" he offered, "But leave my arm out of it!" he added.
And without further ado, Tae began to mow down the sandwich... using only her mouth as the boys watches her in disbelief and disgust.
"Ever heard of manners?'' Teddie quipped.
Sakura chuckled nervously, "Sorry about that... Tae is just... hungry...'' she said.
"Whatever." Yosuke dismissed turning around to walk away, "I'm getting myself another sandwich...'' he said as Teddie and Mata follows him, "... and get myself injected as well." he added.
"Why? You think she had rabbies?'' Teddie asked indecorously.
"She could be... I mean, she's drooling like crazy!" Yosuke exclaimed.
Sakura and Saki watches the boys walk away as Tae continues to eat the sandwich. Both sighed in relief as the other girls joined them.
"Everything okay?'' Junko asked.
"Everything is fine." Saki replied, "The guy was pissed but didn't made a big deal out of it." she explained.
"I'm just glad that those guys didn't ask why Tae acted like that.'' Sakura stated.
Ai nodded, "That's good." she said, "We still can't let any people know that we're..." she says before looking around, checking if the coast is clear, "... zombies." she whispered.
"I think it's best that we don't worry about." Yuugiri spoke, "Our main focus right now is our upcoming performance at the Royal Musical Gala." she pointed out.
Sakura nodded, "Right." she replied.
And with that, the girls resumed their walks towards designated rooms. Unbeknownst to them, a figure overheard their conversation.
And that figure... is Jim Guardian.
Jim watches the girls walk away, "Madre de Dios.'' it spoke, "Hay zombies en este edificio, necesito advertir a todos." it said. Jim was about to do what he just said when paused for a minute, "No ... si las cosas se salieron de control, estoy seguro de que todo el mundo sabrá qué hacer." it stated, "Creo que voy a seguir con el flujo por ahora." it mused walking off to a different direction.
Bzzzttt...
A thirty minutes later, the girls are finally settled in their room. But due to the fact that one room can only host three people inside... one of the girls had to share a room with Koutarou.
And that unlucky girl is...
"So, you're sharing a room with me, huh? Sakura?!" Koutarou loudly pointed out.
Sakura can only stare at him in disbelief, "Why me?'' she asked.
After unpacking her stuffs, Sakura left the room to meet up the others, leaving Koutarou alone inside the room. Koutarou then turns to the window as Kenji's voice echoed in his head.
"Let it go! How long are you gonna do this foolishness?!"
Koutarou then took off his glass but his eyes weren't shown to the audience.
A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.
