*Disclaimer- I do not own any of the following anime, characters, or setting*

**Author's note- Good day, "Light Music and Classic Literature" readers! Sorry I've been gone for a long time; it's almost been a moth since I've last posted. I was really busy for a while and didn't have time to think of a new chapter. Not to mention, I also just learned that one of my favorite anime was going to discontinue by the end of March! And one of the worst part about it is that the main character's birthday s the day right after it ends. The second worst part is that to replace that anime, the company created a new version of it, that is almost identical to the characters from the first season with the same voice. And since I couldn't stop thinking about it, I decided to dedicate a chapter to it. But anyways, even if I could write a whole chapter about this, it's time to start, "Light Music and Classic Literature: chapter 10!"**

***P.S. I forgot to add this, but if you're wondering what anime this is, it's an idol anime called, "Aikatsu!"***

"This is big! Huge news!" Mayaka said breathlessly as she slammed open the door to the classics clubroom, to find Oreki, Satoshi, Chitanda, Yui, Mio, Ritsu, Mugi, and Azusa inside.

"What is it, Ibara-sempai?" Azusa asked, shocked by the normally collected girl's expression.

"St..." Mayaka panted from exhaustion.

"Stroke?" Chitanda asked, worried.

"Strawberry cake?" Yui guessed hopefully.

"Sticker?" Mugi asked cheerfully.

"Sting?" Ritsu predicted.

"Stab?" guessed Satoshi, shocked.

Oreki said nothing, obviously because it wasted energy.

Mayaka shook her head and tried to say, "Star...li..."

Suddenly Mio looked surprised.

"Are you talking about the Starlight Queen's cup?" she asked curiously.

"Mayaka nodded quickly. "The starlight queen's cup!" she exclaimed happily. "It's coming again!"

Suddenly, it seemed like the whole room got energized (except for Oreki).

"What?!"

"You can't be serious!"

"Seriously?!"

"That is huge news!"

A surprising different voice suddenly overpowered the rest.

"What are you talking about?" asked Oreki, confused. "What's a Starlight Queen's Cup?"

Everyone stared at him. He glared back, feeling awkard.

"What?" he muttered.

"Oreki-kun, how is it that you don't know what the Starlight Queen's cup is?" Ritsu asked, shocked.

Satoshi laughed. "You shouldn't be so shocked," he teased. "If he doesn't need to know about it, he won't."

Mayaka crossed her arms and frowned. "Honestly, Oreki. Even a sloth like you should know about the latest news," she scolded.

"Oh no, it isn't his fault," said Chitanda the peace-maker. "I didn't learn about it until recently, myself."

"Is anyone going to explain to me what the Starlight Queen's Cup thing is?" Oreki sighed.

Mugi turned to explain to him.

"The Starlight Queen's Cup is a competition for idols," she explained cheerfully.

"In a different region in Japan, there are two popular schools where students, particularly girls, go to train to be an idol and do idol activities, or Aikatsu! All the idols use Aikatsu! cards which are each specific brands for clothes. They all compete against each other in singing, acting, or modeling. The schools' names are Starlight Academy and Dream Academy. Starlight Academy is where the top idol is, who is Hoshimiya Ichigo. "

Then, Satoshi took over.

"At the Starlight Academy, there is a yearly competition where the students perform a song and battle against each other to be the Starlight Queen, who is the top idol in the school. The last couple queens were: Kanzaki Mizuki-san, Arisugawa Otome-san, and Kitajou Sakura-san. Now, they are having it again, but this year, the competition is getting "Hot!" in the words of Kurebayashi Juri-san."

"And apparently, this year also have alot of likely canidates, from all the rumors I've heard," Mayaka added.

"Who are they?"

Mio started listing names.

"There's Shirakaba Risa and Daichi Nono who are the new coming idols, Amahane Madoka who is the brand "Angely Sugar's" designer's granddaughter, Kurosawa Rin the Dancing Bolt, Kurebayashi Juri the Spanish "hot" idol, Shinjo Hinaki who is the brand "Vivid Kiss'" model AKA muse, Hikami Sumire the "ice flower of the stage," and Oozora Akari who was chosen especially by Hoshimiya Ichigo and the weather forcaster for Oozora Weather."

"Wow, you sure know you idols, Mio-chan," Yui commented, amazed.

"Still, I can't stop wondering who the new Starlight Queen will be," Azusa sighed. Suddenly, what she said gave Mayaka an idea.

"Hey," she said slyly. "How about we play a game?"

That got everyone's attention. "What game?" Mio asked curiously.

"A game to see if Oreki can predict who the Starlight Queen will be!" she said, smirking at the shocked victim.

"Wait a minute! I did not-" Oreki got cut off when he noticed everyone staring at him intensely. Finally after squirming under the pressure he muttered,

"Fine."

Everyone cheered while Mayaka looked at him and snickered.

"But first, show me their performances," he added.

Satoshi got out a laptop and opened it.

"How about we start with Shirakaba and Daichi?" he suggested. They all agreed. Then, Satoshi put up a video of the two idols dancing and singing to "Happy Train" while Satoshi gave some background information.

"Shirakaba Risa and Daichi Nono had just started to become an idol. They used to be potato farmers but when Luminas, an idol unit came by on their national Japan tour, they got inspired to be an idol and left to go to Starlight Academy. Also, their brand is 'Dolly Devil.'"

As Oreki watched the video, he felt a shiver. What a waste of energy, he thought. But even he knew better to not say it out loud or everyone would be scolding him.

"Do Kurosawa Rin next!" Ritsu requested. As Satoshi put up a video of Kurosawa Rin doing "My ShowTime," Ritsu starting explaining.

"Kurosawa Rin is a underclassman in Starlight. She actually had experience doing street performances and break dancing before transfering over. Kurosawa is also know as the 'Dancing Bolt' for her incredibly talented and fast dancing. One of the things that made her popular is her being in two units; one is Dancing Divas and the other is Vanilla Chili Pepper. Her brand is 'Dance Fusion.'"

During the video, Oreki felt dizzy after seeing all the fast and speedy moves. He wondered how they put up their powers to dance and sing at the same time. He couldn't even do his homework and listen to Satoshi talk at once.

"How about we do Amahane Madoka next?" Chitanda asked.

While they all watched Amahane Madoka's performance of "Hello New World," Chitanda took her turn of explaining.

"Amahane Madoka is also an underclassman. Her grandmother is Amahane Asuka, who is the designer of top idol Hoshimiya Ichigo and Amahane Madoka's brand, 'Angely Sugar.' Although Amahane-san never had any beforehand experience of being an idol, she is still a likely canidate because of her experience in the units, Skips and Vanilla Chili Pepper."

The only thing Oreki could think of was, How...pink.

Next, it was Mugi's turn to give the background information as Satoshi put on Kurebayashi Juri's "Passion Flower."

"Kurebayashi-san is the daughter of the actress from 'Carmen Saw it!' show and the daughter of the owner and chef of a famous Spanish Cuisine. Just like her mother, Kurebayashi-san is an actress of a famous show, 'Aikatsu Sensei!' and also an idol. She is in the units, Vanilla Chili Pepper and Passionate Jalapeno. Her brand is 'Sangria Rosa.'"

Quite a burning idol, Oreki thought.

Once Satoshi put on Shinjo Hinaki's "Hello Hello," Mayaka started explaining about her.

"Shinjo Hinaki is one of the most famous models at Starlight, the first being Shibuki Ran. She is known for being the muse of her brand, 'Vivid Kiss' and being in Passionate Jalapeno and Luminas. Right now, she has two solo songs, one which is 'Good Morning my Dream' and 'Hello Hello.'"

As Oreki watched the video, he winced at her brightnesss.

Next, it was Mio's turn to talk about Hikami Sumire as Satoshi played, "Emerald Magic."

"Hikami Sumire is a famous idol with the nickname, 'Ice Flower of the Stage' for her beauty, coolness, and amazing singing. She currently has sang four solo songs, which are 'Tarte Tatin,' 'Tutu Ballerina,' 'Emerald Magic,' and 'Queen of Roses.' Hikami-san is also known for her being in the units Dancing Diva and Luminas. Her brand is 'Loli Gothic.'"

This one seems like the most calmest out of all of them, Oreki commented in his head.

"The last one is Oozora Akari," Azusa said as she started giving the information while Satoshi played, "Start Dash Sensation."

"Before she enrolled in Starlight Academy, Oozora Akari-san admired Homshimiya Ichigo-san to the maximum. When she went to the auditions while Homshimiya-san was judging, Oozora-san was even dressed like Homshimiya-san and accidently indroduced herself by using her idol's name! But when she did her stage audition, although she got many mistakes unlike Hoshimiya-san's first performance, she got approved. Later, during an interview, Hoshimiya-san had said that she picked Oozora-san because she saw an idol in her. As time went by, Oozora started dressing more like herself more and became the weather reporter in 'Oozora Weather.' She got into the unit Skips and the unoffical leader of Luminas which boosted up her popularity. So far, Oozora-san has about five solo songs, which are 'Melody of Heart,' 'Shining Line,' 'Du-du-wa-do it,' 'Blooming Blooming,' and 'Start Dash Sensation.' Her brand is 'Dreamy Crown.'"

Finally, Oreki said aloud, "That's some history." Azusa nodded enthusiastically.

"Anyways," Mayaka interrupted. "Who do you think will win, Oreki? Or at least give us your opinion."

Oreki sat back, sighed, and began to think.

What do they think I'm suppose to say? It's not like I can predict the future. And besides, I'm pretty sureit's kinda impossible to pick one out of the eight idols to be the "Starlight Queen." If they asked for my opinion, I'll probably have the same result. Some are too fast, too slow, too perky, too dark, too upbeat. But still...

He sighed again and started to say one single sentence.

"I can't."

All of them sat still for moment and then gasped.

"What do you mean you can't?!" Ritsu demanded. Mio hit her head.

"Ritsu! Don't be rude!"
"Is this the one mystery Houtarou Oreki can't solve?!" Satoshi exclaimed dramatically.

"Hey! Wait a minute!" Oreki interrupted scowling. "First of all, I'm not even a detective! I just get lucky." Despite what Irisu-sempai says, he added silently. "Second of all, didn't you realize that this isn't a mystery but a prediction?"

Chitanda stared at him wide-eyed. Oh no, he thought fearfully. That only means one thing...

"Oreki-san, why do you say you can't solve it? Why do you say that this isn't a mystery but a prediction?" It's coming... "I'm curious!"

Oreki sighed for what was the third time.

"The only reason I say this is a prediction is because who I might say will win will have a fifty-fifty chance of being right. Nobody knows the true winner until it's over."

"I understand!" a voiced popped up. Everyone turned to stare at Yui, who has been strangely quiet the whole time but not strangely eating the macarons that Mugi brought it.

"You do?" Ritsu asked incredelously.

Yui nodded cheerfully. "After watching all the idols perform, it would be impossible to choose only one of them. After all, all of them as cute and amazing!"

Evryone sighed at Yui's comment, but not from annoyance.

"Yeah, I understand what Yui is saying," Mio said sheepishly.

"I agree with Akiyama-san," Chitanda added.

"Same here," Ritsu admitted.

"They are all really cute," Mugi piped up cheerfully.

"That's quite knowledgable, Hirasawa-san," Satoshi commented.

"You're right," Mayaka said grudgingly. Then she turned to glare at Oreki. "But don't think you're going to get away next time!"

"Whatever. I'm going to leave now," Oreki replied with his normal dull tone.

As he was leaving, he thought to himself, Those idols certainly shine brightly.

*And that's all, readers! If anyone finds this chapter a bit disappointing (which I hope you don't), I can promise you the next chapter will be better, but will take a long amount of time to finsh it, so please be patient and wait! If anyone is interested about the anime Aikatsu!, I'll give you the short summary and some songs that I mentioned. As always, please R&R and see you soon!*

Anime: Aikatsu!

Summary: Season 1-Hoshimiya Ichigo used to be the ordinary daughter of a bento shop owner until she saw top idol Kanzaki Mizuki. After that encounter, she, along with best friend Kiriya Aoi auditioned for Starlight Academy, where the top idol stayed. Once they get into Starlight Academy, they meet many idols, like Shibuki Ran, and learn the power of idols.

Season 2-Hoshimiya Ichigo has just arrived back from America to find a new rival school, Dream Academy, and a new rival idol and friend, Otoshiro Seira. Making friends while competing with the Dream Academy idols, they all encounter a strange surprise as top idol Kanzaki Mizuki returns and give everyone an exciting surprise while new idol Oozora Akari goes through struggles of her own.

Season 3-Oozora Akari meets many idols, one which is Hikami Sumire, the other being Shinjo Hinaki, and others as she is experiencing her own Aikatsu! life. From getting premium rare Aikatsu! cards, and helping out with the Great Starmiya Ichigo Festival, to creating new units, to getting new underclassmen and transfer idols, Oozora Akari and her friends are continuously doing their idol activities!

Season 4-As Luminas head out on their Japan Tour, they meet all kinds of idols while inspiring new ones. Once they come back, once again, the Starlight Queen's cup is happening again, with more and more passionate idols.

(Last episode- 178)

Songs mentioned:

-Lucky Train

-My Showtime

-Hello New World

-Passion Flower

-Hello Hello

-Tarte Tatin

-Tutu Ballerina

-Emerald Magic

-Queen of Roses

-Melody of Heart

-Shining Line

-Blooming Blooming

-Du-du-wa-do-it!

-Start Dash Sensation

P.S. I would recommend all the songs, and the anime for those interested in idol animes.