Love Live! Great Shine!
ラブライブ! 素晴らしい輝き！
(Rabu Raibu! Gurēto Shain!)
Chapter 38:- Continued challenge
Opening:- 想いよひとつになれ - Aqours
-A few months had passed as there was a concert that was being held in the city of Kyoto as the members of Soul-2-Cry, Dark Rose, Aqours and Team Symphogear got together as the four groups participated in the competition to see who will win in being the best but a night before the concert, Maki and Saburo were walking together around the streets of Kyoto city-
Maki: Kyoto is so nice~
Saburo: Indeed it is.
Maki: Hey~ -She did a little twirl as she turned to Saburo as she had worn a red scarf with a light white overcoat around her arms and had worn a black outdoor dress within. Saburo took a picture of her as soon as she turned to him as she was wondering what he was doing- W-What did you just do?
Saburo: I took a picture of you, since we never took pictures of each other.
Maki: Ah..Now that you mentioned it..Let's take one together right now!
Saburo: The two of us?
Maki: Y-You don't want to..?
Saburo: N-No! That's not it! I'm just surprised that you'd suggest that idea because you're such a tsundere..
Maki: I am not a tsundere!
Saburo: Every tsundere says that~
Maki: Hmph! Dummy! L-Let's just take the picture already!
Saburo: Okay~
-The two would get close to each other and hug each other as Saburo held Maki's phone up high as he took a picture of the two hugging each other as they both smiled and blushed in front of the camera as they took a picture of each other for the first time. The next following day in the concert hall in Kyoto, over a few dozen popular groups had gathered up together to prepare themselves for the crowd of millions. Many of the bands were singing with all of their might as 3 judges were listening and were watching to their performance intently as the crowd was being noisy as usual. Team Symphogear was next to perform but only Tachibana Hibiki went up to the stage as Saburo was confident in her performance. As Hibiki prepared, she then sang the song "Los! Los! Los!"-
"Fire! Rain Hell! Fire! Go!
Attention! Take cover! Get down! Halt!
To the battlefield! The front lines! Then the edge of death!
Show this commitment born from casting your life away!
Fire! Rain Hell! Fire! Go!
Attention! Take cover! Get down! Halt!
I'm sure you can hear the sounds of their guns—
The voices of maggots trying to resist.
Stomp them out! Stomp them out!
Men, what is our mission?
Extermination!
Not a single enemy spared!
There's only one thing to do:
Create a living Hell!
Why do we... advance deeper into the flames?
... charge head on into a rain of bullets?
What a ridiculous question! It's for the sake of the empire!
To the battlefield! The front lines! Then the edge of death!
Show this commitment born from casting your life away!
Offer your loyalty! Your obedience! Then your very soul!
Offer every fiber of your being, raising a triumphant shout!
Go forth! Prove that we can build
A pile of bodies that can reach the heavens!
Fire! Rain Hell! Fire! Go!
Attention! Take cover! Get down! Halt!
Where's your fear now?
Look at all the blood and flesh: It's like fireworks!
It splatters and splatters!
I haven't forgotten my thousands of scars.
The flame's heat... spilling organs...
Final cries... clouded eyes...
Ahh, those are the things I truly seek!
Peace and tranquility, let alone reconciliation,
Are the acts of domestic dogs who've forsaken their fangs!
Sheer madness, brought on by despair and disturbance,
Sounds more like Paradise than it does Hell!
Those four limbs are made for dancing.
They're made for dancing madly!
Humans are worthless!
Everyone fighting here is worthless,
So show them that your fruitless lives can still bloom!
Law and order... are constructed by madmen.
Nothing but a farce. Utterly absurd from the beginning to the end!
To the battlefield! The front lines! Then the edge of death!
Show this commitment born from casting your life away!
Offer your loyalty! Your obedience! Then your very soul!
Offer every fiber of your being, raising a triumphant shout!
Go forth! Prove that we can build
A pile of bodies that can reach the heavens,
And an explosive sound,
That can even drown out their lingering hatred!
Fire! Rain Hell! Fire! Go!
Attention! Take cover! Get down! Halt!"
-After Hibiki finished her song, she got a full score from the judges as it was Aqours' turn to head out, and as soon as they headed out to the stage, they had worn dark blue train uniforms as part of their performance costumes as they then sang the song "HAPPY PARTY TRAIN"-
"Is this the fragrance of an open flower? I've received this next dream
Now, where should we go?
Should we go as if we were leaping ahead?
Repeating (the farewells) and the beginnings
What I want to meet is a new kind of excitement, a newborn wish's warmth
I want to embrace it
I want to lightly go towards it with my memories stuffed inside my pocket
Let's go on a wonderful journey
After all, life connects us to so many places
It's nothing but thrilling!
Carrying along these feelings, we'll go to the HAPPY HAPPY TRAIN!
Tomorrow is calling
If our eyes are shining with hopes, we can see it
In this distant train station, something is waiting for us
What I want to know is wonderful daybreak, a sunset that would house my pain
That's why I have to go now
Alone if I have to, singing to myself my memories
I won't worry about the small things
I want to always be smiling
Let's go on a never ending journey
Life just makes us sigh sometimes
As thrilling as it can be
When I rode with no hesitation on the PARTY PARTY TRAIN
There were surprising people by my side
How far does the rail go? I still don't know
I want this PARTY TRAIN to run forever
Carrying along these feelings, we'll go to the HAPPY HAPPY TRAIN!
Tomorrow is calling us
When I rode with no hesitation on the PARTY PARTY TRAIN
There were surprising people by my side
If our eyes are shining with hopes, we can see it
In this distant train station, something is waiting for us
Ah, the Happy Train goes anywhere, doesn't it?"
-After Aqours finished their song and went back to the back of the stage as Dark Rose was next, but before Rin and Arata went out, Arata and Rin would look at Jun and the other members of Soul-2-Cry-
Arata: Let's see if you can beat us this time.
Jun: Oh? Is that a challenge?
Rin: That's right, nya!
Maki: Ha! We'll accept!
Shinji: N-Nee-chan..
Nico: We'll kick your asses this time!
Ren: Oh god..
Arata: Heh, I'll catch you all later then. -Rin and Arata then went to the front of the stage and prepared to sing their song "SILHOUETTE"-
"Altogether now, make a break for the goal line
We don't know anything, anything yet
We passed the point of no return, but looking back
We don't know anything, anything yet
Fired up, fired up, get fired up
Bursting with glistening sweat
There are probably a lot of things we don't remember
Everyone, even him, becoming mere silhouettes
We've pretended to forget the things we held dear,
So we can just laugh and say it's nothing.
As we count together, we all remember:
We wanted to have it all.
I know… ahh, I've noticed…
The hands on the clock… these days… can't be stopped.
Fighting, fighting, fighting for ownership,
Time and memories flow,
Getting further, further, further away…
There are probably a lot of things we don't remember
Everyone, even him, becoming mere silhouettes
Everything we've worried about, we've tried to sweep under the carpet,
So we can just laugh and say it's nothing.
Lightly, nimbly, they dance…
Just like those leaves, having a singular purpose, I want to proceed without impatience.
There are probably a lot of things we don't remember
But there are also things that will never change, and you,
Who taught me this, are a fading, fading silhouette.
Clutching the things we wish to hold dear,
We'll become more mature, never letting them wander…
Protecting them at all times.
Then someday… we'll be able to laugh about it all.
Lightly, nimbly, they dance…
Those leaves fly into the distance."
-After Dark Rose finished their song and they left the stage as Rin held Arata's hand tightly and smiled at him happily as she cling onto his arm. As Soul-2-Cry was being called out by the judges and the crowds, Jun would look at everyone as he smiled and nodded as they all smiled back at him as the group walked out from the back of the stage and went to the stage as a bright white light shined upon them-
Jun: The music doesn't end here!
-THE END-