Yay, new chapter hehe. Oh gosh why am I even posting this I didn't finish the next two chapters… im working on them both at the same time but the thing is that I have zero motivation… so sad rn for some reason and I just cant write…. Sigh. I hope ill get over this funk soon…

I do not own Aikatsu Stars!

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Director Morohoshi waved a hand as he stepped up to the microphone, silencing the chatter among the audience. "Today, Four Star Summer Camp will be having the first camper's event. This event will be… water battle!" Many gasps rang out from the campers. "The task is to use a water gun and spray the opposition teams. Whoever gets wet, will be disqualified in the game, and will be asked to leave the game arena. Each person who is disqualified is worth one point. It will take place in the camp forest. The team that has the most points will win!

"And now, teams for this game will be divided by classes! It's a showdown between song, beauty, dance, and theater class! Also, your S4 and M4 counselors will also take part in the games. They are worth fifty points if you get them!"

The campers cheered loudly.

"The games begin after lunch. You have until then to plan and prepare. May the best class win." Morohoshi fixed his glasses and smirked. "Dismissed!"

The campers all scrambled, intent on getting to their class buildings.

The song class building was as full as usual, but more energetic.

Hime and Subaru made their way to the front of the room.

Hime smiled. "Let's all work on a plan for the battlefield."

Subaru put his hands on his hips. "Our toughest competition is dance class. But theater class is also the one to look out for. And also, we have some beef with beauty class. So-"

"That's all of the classes." Someone mentioned.

Subaru nodded. "Exactly. However, theater class and dance class are the most competitive, and so they'll be looking at us and beauty class to take out first, since they think we aren't as serious."

"As such," Hime began, "we have a general plan of operation that we will go over with you all. Please follow along."

Subaru and Hime began explaining the plan. Their class would divide into many small groups, since song class had the most amount of campers. They went over the plan on how they would get as many points as they could.

Someone raised their hand. "What about you two?"

Hime smiled. "Good question." She glanced at Subaru. "We'll be roaming ourselves. Separate and unknown, so that no one knows our exact location."

A bell rang out in the distance.

Everyone looked alert.

"Well then, looks like it's lunch time." Subaru proclaimed. "After lunch, head back to the front, and we'll be taking off from there."

Hime smiled brightly. "Let's go, song class!"

"Yea!"

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Yume clasped her hands together. "I'm so excited for this!"

Laura smirked. "Me too." She scooped a spoon full of food into her mouth, and swallowed before speaking again. "You'd better eat up and get your energy up."

Yume grinned. "Of course! How could I not?"

"Hey, you two." Koharu greeted as she arrived.

"Phey Kofawu!" Yume blurted with a mouth full of food.

Laura grimaced. "At least swallow before you speak."

Yume quickly gulped. "Hey Koharu!" She repeated.

Koharu giggled. "I suppose you two have gone over your class plans?"

Yume nodded. "Yup! We're gonna-"

"Yume!" Laura hissed, covering Yume's mouth. "Don't tell her!"

Yume's eyes widened. "Oops! Sorry Koharu, I can't tell you!"

Koharu laughed. "I understand. I wonder who will win this, though."

"Song class, for sure!" Yume cheered.

Laura raised her hand, and the two high-fived with wide grins.

"What are you letting them say to you, Koharu?"

The three girls turned to see their other blonde friend.

Mahiru put her tray down and sat down beside Koharu. "Don't think beauty class will remain defeated this time."

Laura smirked. "Is that so? Guess we'll just have to-"

"What's this I hear?" Another new voice said. "Beauty class and song class thinking they'll win?" A huff of laughter. "As if! Theater class will rise as the victors!"

"Ako!" Yume greeted.

Said girl nodded once.

"That's big talk," Laura began, "considering theater class got last place last time."

Ako jumped, startled, and turned red. "W-Why you-! You'll see!"

Koharu giggled at the red head.

Mahiru spoke, "In any case, the only way to settle this is through our efforts."

Yume smiled. "Yea! Let's give it our all, everyone!"

"You don't have to worry about me!" Laura cheered.

"Okay!" Koharu agreed.

"Of course." Mahiru said.

"Indubitably." Ako proclaimed.

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"Please remember the rules as we begin the game." Morohoshi spoke to the once again gathered group of campers. "Only direct hits from water counts as a point and disqualification. Each team has different colored water, so that we can identify the team who scored. If you are disqualified, please exit the forest. Also, hold your water guns above your heads, so that anyone passing by will know that you are not still playing. Is that understood?"

"Yes!"

Morohoshi nodded. "Okay then. Teams, please get your colored headbands for identification. You have ten minutes to find your spots on the forest. Good luck to all." He paused, letting everyone hold their breaths. "Start!"

A loud buzz was heard, and the campers scrambled.

"Everyone to their stations!" Someone shouted, but all the campers took it as their own message.

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They heard another scream and a loud blare following right after.

Yume winced.

Laura glanced at her.

"Sounds like a lot of people are getting caught." Yume whispered almost silently.

Laura put her fingers on her lips to signal Yume to stop talking.

Yume jumped and covered her mouth quickly with an urgent nod. They were supposed to as stay silent as possible.

It had been about ten minutes since the game began and the pair had heard about twenty screams and shouts, along with the buzzes afterwards, signaling the disqualification.

Laura glanced at Yume and mouthed a message silently. "It doesn't matter who it is as long as we stay in it."

Yume nodded with a determined expression.

Suddenly the bushes ahead of them rustled. The two girls held their guns tightly, ready to shoot at whoever appeared.

A head of brown hair popped out, casually glancing at the girls. "Oh, it's you."

Laura sighed in relief. "It's only Subaru."

Subaru smirked as he glanced at Yume. "I'm surprised that you're still on the game. I would've expected you to be one of the first out."

Yume turned red. "Well excuse me!"

Subaru smirked. "You're lucky we're in the same team, or else I might've not spared you."

Yume stuck out her tongue. "Good! I wouldn't want your pity anyways!"

"Anyways," Laura cut them off, "how many members do we have left?"

Subaru shrugged. "I dunno." He smirked again. "But I did get some of them."

Laura and Yume's eyes widened.

He laughed at their reaction, then paused, glancing at them. "Don't think too much over it." He lifted a hand. "Bye then." With that, he jumped away.

Yume frowned. "We'd better get some points for the team."

Laura nodded, determinately. "Let's go!"

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Two shrieks filled the air.

Yume and Laura high fived each other. "Alright! Two points for song class!"

The two beauty class campers moaned in defeat, before heading away with their guns held above them.

Laura smirked. "Now, let's get going!"

"And earn more points!" Yume cheered.

They crept forward, walking ahead on the path.

A rustle in the bushes ahead of them caused them to stop.

The two girls raised their weapons in alert.

A loud cry followed and a crashing sound.

Laura froze. "Don't tell me… it's-"

"Mahiru!" Yume cried, as the blonde appeared behind the bushes, her broken tiles on the ground.

Mahiru nodded. "I didn't expect to run into you two. Nonetheless, I will get you."

Yume yelped. "What? But-!"

Mahiru blasted them with her purple colored water. "Points for beauty class."

Laura and Yume went sour.

"Not fair," Yume moaned. "I didn't want to shoot you."

Laura scoffed. "I wasn't ready."

Mahiru grinned victoriously. "Beauty class will prevail." She waved at the two. "See you." And she jumped away.

Yume sighed and turned around. "Let's get back."

Laura followed her with a sigh of her own. "Yea."

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Ako clutched her water gun tightly as she marched quietly through the thick forest.

She had gone off with one of the other theater class campers, and they were scavenging through together.

However, something felt off to Ako, and she kept spinning around in all directions, her eyes darting to and fro for any opponents.

Ako thought she saw a rustle and spun in the direction, her gun ready to squirt.

"Koi," Ako called to her companion. "Do you feel… watched?"

Koi glanced at her, unperturbed. "No." He replied, before turning and moving forward once again.

Ako nodded slowly and followed. "Okay." They took a few more steps, and Ako was sure she saw something move this time. "Are you sure?" She called out again.

Koi didn't glance back this time. "Yes." He replied in the same monotone.

Just as he said so, a sharp spray of green water flew past Ako and hit him square in the chest.

Koi blinked, undisturbed. "Oh. I'm out."

Ako gasped, and spun with her gun up. The green water meant it was dance class. She narrowed her eyes. "Who's there?"

"Does it matter?" A deep voice called. Then, Ako was soaked wet with a quick stream of freezing cold water before she could even see her perpetrator.

Ako shrieked sharply at the icy cold sensation. She dropped her gun to protect herself and looked up at her attacker. Her eyes widened slightly, before she hissed. "You!" She jumped at him with her claws out in anger.

Kanata smirked and side stepped with ease, as he straightened his shirt and fixed his hold on his water gun.

Ako stumbled, but regained her footing. She blinked and stared back at Kanata; it seemed like he just came out of one of the trees.

Kanata glanced up at the trees above him from the corner of his eyes. "I was up there." He said, as if he read her mind.

Ako jumped. "So you were-"

Suddenly the freezing water hit her again, causing her to scream again. This time, it wasn't a short shot like before, but an onslaught of the icy blast on her body. She couldn't believe it! How dare he blast her so much! Way to make an enemy out of Ako! She'd get him!

The blast stopped finally, and Ako shakily brought a freezing hand up to push her dripping bangs away from her eyes and wipe the water from her eyes. "Yuzu?" Ako shouted in surprise, as she had thought it was Kanata.

Yuzu posed with a grin. "Hi, hi! We got you!"

"Yuzu," Kanata said, "I already got them."

"What?" Yuzu cried. "But I wanted to do it!"

Kanata sighed. "You did."

Yuzu grinned and fist pumped. "That's right!"

Ako gaped at her. "Wh-what- why is your water freezing?" She shrieked, shivering, as she hugged herself.

Yuzu blinked and tilted her head. "Well, Yuzu did fill the dance class water guns with ice water…"

Ako jumped. "What? Why!"

Yuzu smiled and laughed. "'Cause it's hot out!"

"But you're out now," Kanata stated. "So you'd better march back or else you'll get wet again."

Ako hissed at him angrily, his cocky smirk making her mad, but ignored him and turned to her silent companion.

Koi was standing still, dripping wet. However, Ako didn't see him shivering or reacting to the fact that he was soaking wet.

Ako's eye twitched. "Uh… l-let's go…"

Koi turned around to start walking away. "Okay."

Yuzu waved at the retreating theater class members. "Bye-bye!"

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A loud buzz rang through the forest air.

"The game is now over. All remaining players return to the campsite." Director Morohoshi's voice called through, and the remaining members slowly crept out.

After a headcount to make sure everyone was back, S4 and M4 took the stage again, just like they had for Showcase.

The only ones wet from all of them were Asahi and Yozora. Both of them were colored green.

The beauty class members were complaining loudly.

"Oh dear," Yozora sighed with a smile. "Looks like we definitely lost."

Asahi laughed in embarrassment. "Kanata got us good, didn't he?"

Kanata smirked.

Morohoshi stepped forward. "We will now go over the scores!" He raised his arm towards the screen, where the bars showed up, like they had for Showcase.

Sure enough, beauty class had lost, only earning 12 points total.

The next team to stop was the blue bar at 26 points.

"No way!" Ako shouted.

Tsubasa hung her head. "Unacceptable for theater class."

"Guess we'll have to try harder." Nozomu smiled.

Hime smiled. "I think it's obvious who won."

Yuzu grinned cheekily. "Isn't it?"

And then, song class's bar stopped growing. They only achieved 43 points.

Subaru shrugged. "Not so bad."

And then, the dance class bar kept growing, until it reached 130 points.

"Dance class wins!" Morohoshi shouted.

The class members cheered happily and wildly.

Yuzu was jumping around on stage and then stopped and held her water gun up. She shared a look with Kanata, then sent a glance to the crowd, before shouting loudly. "Dance class, open fire!"

Chaos erupted, as the dance class began spraying wildly. Green water splashed everyone, and the freezing temperatures of the water called for more screams.

After making sure everyone was wet, and after they had run out of water, they finally stopped.

Surprisingly, Director Morohoshi remained untouched by the water. He cleared his throat, gaining attention from the freezing campers. "That ends this challenge. As the winners, dance class has won… a snow cone party." Many cries rang out at the irony of the situation. "All campers will get the rest of the day off to warm up." Morohoshi concluded.

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Laura stepped out of the bathroom, rubbing her hair with a clean towel. "Ah, I feel so much better now."

Koharu smiled. "I know."

"Why did dance class have such cold water, anyways?" Yume moaned as she lay in her bed.

Lara shrugged and looked at Koharu. "Did someone get you out?"

Koharu nodded. "Yes, Haruka, the top girl in the dance class, got me."

Yume sighed exaggeratedly. "Dance class… we should keep an eye on them."

Koharu giggled.

Laura grinned. "I know right."

"Hey," Yume sat up, glancing at her cabin mates. "Let's go see what Mahiru and Ako are up to!"

Koharu smiled. "Sure."

Laura nodded. "Okay."

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Yume knocked on the door. It soon opened to reveal a frowning red head.

"Hi Ako," Yume called. "How are you?"

Ako huffed. "Horrible," she replied. "That dance class… they are truly a team to beware of!"

Laura nodded. "Yea."

Ako let them inside, and they settled in as Mahiru stepped out of the bathroom.

"Oh, hello." Mahiru greeted. "Sorry for getting you two."

Laura waved her off. "No worries."

Yume giggled. "Especially since you guys got last place."

Mahiru darkened.

The girls froze, and glared at Yume, who winced.

Mahiru cried out angrily, pulling out tiles and smashing through them with her hand.

The girls jumped in shock.

"It's all because of my brother and sister's carelessness! How dare they! Beauty class could have won!" Mahiru shouted angrily.

Koharu smiled nervously, holding her hands out to calm Mahiru. "It's okay, Mahiru. I didn't get anyone and I got caught."

Mahiru softened and glanced up at Koharu. "Not you, Koharu."

"I don't think that this was the challenge for beauty class." Koharu said. "Perhaps the next one."

Mahiru nodded and smiled. "For sure."

They suddenly heard a light chirp sound, quiet, and sounding somewhat like a cat's meow.

Ako rubbed her nose as the girls glanced at her. "Excuse me… that water was so cold. If I get sick, so help me I will get dance class!"

Yume blinked. "That was a sneeze?"

Ako raised an eyebrow. "Yes?" She answered, uncertain about the question.

Koharu smiled. "It's so cute."

Laura smirked. "You're just like a little cat."

Ako blushed. "S-So what?" She rushed out. "I happen to like cats."

Koharu giggled. "So cute."

Yume smiled at Ako. "It's okay, Ako! I think cats suit you just fine!"

Ako nodded and crossed her arms. "Of course you do!"

Mahiru sighed with a light laugh.

Ako hissed at Yume. "Just because you compliment me doesn't mean we're friends, Yume Nijino!"

Yume laughed nervously. "Of course not…"

The other girls laughed at the two as they enjoyed the rest of their evening.

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