More writing nonstop with no real goal in mind.
Warning: Stuff that doesn't really make sense; Caps Lock; Character Deaths
Disclaimer: Don't own Love Live.
"Ah!" Rin's gasp stopped them in their tracks just as they were about to enter through the shadowy portal. "I almost forgot nya!"
"Forgot what, Rin-chan?" Hanayo asked, grateful for the distraction from the darkness of the swirling portal. The other members turned to look at the orange-haired girl as well, each with varying degrees of confusion on their faces.
"I turned into a fish!" She said proudly, grinning broadly. Only Eri and Nozomi understood what she meant by that, and the other girls just continued to stare blankly at Rin.
"What she means is that this place lets us use our imagination to our advantage." Eri explained, though the confused stares remained.
"If you can focus on something like this…" A sword appeared in Nozomi's hand, causing Honoka and Umi, who were the closest to her, to back away in surprise. "Well, something like that I guess?" She let go of the weapon and it vanished as soon as it left contact with her hand.
"And we can only change what we're touching or parts of ourselves…right?" Honoka mumbled, slowly absorbing this new information. "Okay. I think we can use this power to save Maki-chan!"
"But how did we get this ability anyway? We're still normal...probably…" Umi muttered, deep in thought.
"It started happening when Maki dumped me into 'paradise'. I was so scared of hitting the ground that I imagined it as a giant trampoline. I bounced right off because of it." Eri recalled, also thinking on the subject.
"No, I don't think so." The blonde looked at her best friend in surprise. "You couldn't have affected the ground since you were so high in the air. But I tripped on my way to save you, and I bounced off the ground too. That must have been the moment it turned into a bouncy platform."
"Standing around trying to figure out when we got this power isn't going to help anyone. Maki-chan's waiting inside the portal for us! We can use it to save her!" Kotori said, reminding the others of what their real task was. More confident now that they had knowledge of something they could do to save Maki, the eight of them stepped through the portal.
Honoka charged towards the shadowy creature; it had to pay for hitting 'Maki' the way it did! She had never used the power Rin, Eri, and Nozomi talked about before coming through the portal but she placed her faith in their words and concentrated. Her imagination went through several possible attacks before settling on electricity. The human body is controlled by tiny electric currents traveling between neurons to the other cells, and she magnified the charge until she could see the sparks flying from her skin. She just had to make contact with the thing…
"Honoka, look out!" She didn't register the incoming attack until it was too late, and she was sent flying the same way it had hit 'Maki' earlier. To make matters worse, she landed on her bad arm and the pain nearly blinded her.
YOUR RESISTANCE IS POINTLESS. ONCE I CONSUME THE GIRL, IT WILL BE YOUR TURN TO BE EATEN. EVEN THE STRENGTH SHE GAVE YOU WILL BE FOR NAUGHT. As if to show off its power, it summoned a cage from the ground. The ghostly shape of Maki grabbed at the bars from within, then released them as a flash threw her backwards into the opposing wall. She spoke, but no words formed even though they could see her mouth moving.
"Break free! We have to save them!" 'Maki' stood up, staring right at the transparent half of herself. Honoka couldn't let Maki be eaten by such a disgusting and dark monster, and her friends were still fighting against it. Her arm was the only thing preventing her from focusing fully on the fight, but she could feel the effects of adrenaline kicking in. The sharp pain faded to a throbbing ache. She blocked out what remained of the pain and concentrated on amplifying the power within her to attack.
Each of her friends had chosen their own methods of fighting, even as she had chosen to amplify her inner electricity. Nozomi hung at the back of the group, kneeling with her hands on the ground. Before her was a slowly enlarging pond of water, brought into existence by her concentration. But she could not take her attention off the pond or it would vanish once more. Eri stood besides her, protecting her from any attack with ice shards she created with the water from Nozomi's pond. She just had to brush her hand against the surface and draw the water up with it before freezing it into the weapon she wanted to use. Rin had enveloped herself in a giant cat avatar, which she used to swipe and slash at the thing in an attempt to distract it. Even so, her avatar was still transparent and much smaller than the demon. Hanayo was still fearful but she had somehow gotten a hold of a large rice paddle and was using it to smack the thing with her eyes shut tight. Kotori had also taken the route of an avatar, though it wasn't a small and cute bird as would have been expected. She was in the transparent shell of a hawk, with the powerful beak and talons of the majestic animal. Umi was using water, just as Nozomi was, but doing it with the force of a hurricane rather than waiting passively. She had initially used a bow, but her arrows vanished once they left her grip so she switched to following her name and hitting the thing with all of the ocean's aggressiveness. And Nico was on fire. She was literally on fire as she charged recklessly into the fray, though she didn't seem to be affected by the heat. As Honoka watched, she realized that they had no plan of action, and their attacks were clashing with each other more than they were hitting their target.
With a cracking noise akin to glass breaking, Maki broke out of her cage. It isn't over yet! They can use their abilities! We'll win! She was speaking more to her other half than any of the other eight, and 'Maki' nodded reluctantly. Honoka couldn't sit back and not do anything. Her friends needed her and she charged forward just as recklessly as Nico was, her entire body crackling with electricity. Even though their attacks were missing just as often as they were hitting, she felt as if that they were slowly wearing the thing down. Just like a boss fight, she reminded herself as she dashed away from an incoming attack. As she prepared for another run in, she saw Maki and 'Maki' joining together in the corner of her eye. Feeling re-energized with the knowledge that Maki was free from the thing's grasp, she shouted a battle cry as she ran in.
And her energy dropped all the way down to nothing a few feet away from making contact with the thing to shock it. Honoka felt tired, exhausted even, but it wasn't the contented exhaustion that came from hard work. She felt like she had been exhausting herself for days on end without proper rest. Rin and Kotori's avatars faltered and then disappeared altogether, sending both girls crashing to the ground. Nozomi slumped forward into the pond she had been so carefully creating and Eri fell into a sitting position with a thud. Hanayo's paddle vanished and she fell to the ground, her chest heaving with the sudden tiredness that had enveloped all of them. Umi fell to her hands and knees, her eyes spinning. Nico tripped as the flames died out around her, then collapsed to the ground. YES, GIVE ME ALL YOUR ENERGY. IF YOU WANT TO BLAME SOMEONE, BLAME THE GIRL WHO GOT YOU TRAPPED IN HERE.
It had Maki in its grasp. The red-head was slumped over in its fist, clearly unconscious. Honoka's throat felt dry. Was it really taking all of her energy? Her mind went blank as her vision turned on its side. Ah. She was lying down now, though she didn't know how she got to that position. She barely registered the motion of the thing throwing what was in its fist into its mouth. NINE FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. NOT A BAD DEAL. She became aware of the feeling of being lifted, or was it just her blurring vision that told her the ground was suddenly getting further away? EVEN WITH HER INTERFERENCE AND GIVING YOU PARTS OF MY ABILITIES WOULDN'T HAVE SAVED YOU. Then she was falling and all she knew was darkness.
-Several Days Later-
"Ahem. I'm sorry to announce that Otonokizaka Academy will no longer be accepting students." The chairwoman bowed her head at the sounds of dissent from the currently enrolled students. "All students are to focus on their school life and await graduation. Once the last class has graduated, this school will be shut down."
"Hey, Arisa, did you get accepted by UTX yet?" The half-Russian nodded cheerfully. Yukiho high-fived her best friend and grinned. "We'll be first-years there in the spring. Maybe we'll make our own school idol group even."
"We wouldn't be able to beat A-Rise in terms of popularity though." Arisa said thoughtfully.
"No one could! They're the best around here. It was just an idea." Yukiho's mother poked her head into the bedroom.
"Sorry to bother you, but can you mind the store for a bit?" Yukiho groaned, then got up and followed her mother.
"Wait in here, Arisa. I'll be back in a bit." She waved and followed her mother down to the store front. She sighed as she was left alone behind the store counter. "It would be so much easier on me if I had an older sister…She could watch the store instead of me." There was no point in thinking about what could have been, so she waited somewhat patiently for the next customer to arrive.
Bad End: Eternal Darkness