UNITY FORCE STORIES
CHAPTER 11: Misunderstanding
DISCLAIMER: All characters in the story are not owned by me, save for my OCs.
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[Haneoka Girls' High School, Normal Earth]
A few days later on Friday, in Normal Earth, we see Usopp and Brook going in and out of Haneoka's school grounds, as they later realise that one of their companions Hina Hikawa, as well as Yukina Minato, Ako Udagawa, and Lisa Imai, go to this very school, not just them going to the Unity Force Academy, when Sayo Hikawa revealed to them. Additionally, the long-haired Hikawa twin reveals to the two that she goes in Hanasakigawa Girls' High School with Rinko Shirokane. However, that might be stretching a little for the two, when they later proceed to cause some unintentional trouble just to look for the trio.
Their appearance, as well as their strange behaviour, are only causing a multitude of strange looks coming from them, ranging from passersby to the students of the said academy. Not to mention, even the police had no idea what they are looking at.
"Sayo said that Hina goes here." Usopp added.
"Oh wow!" Brook said. "I can't believe this, but it's full of girls! It's a fulfilled dream!" He added.
"What are you talking about?" Usopp asked. "Of course, this is a .girls' school!" He continued.
Then, all of a sudden, Yukina, in her own Haneoka school uniform, shows up from out of nowhere within Haneoka school grounds, who is utterly displeased, when they see Brook and Usopp sitting at a bench. She is so displeased to the point she started regretting hanging out with the two in the first place. The medley of the students who have just arrived in Haneoka only makes the situation even more awkward.
"Usopp? Brook? What are you two doing here in Haneoka?" Yukina questioned.
"Hanging out, that's why." Brook exclaimed in sarcasm.
"Seriously?" Yukina questioned.
"We're here to ask you a favour." Brook said.
"You can't just hang out in here." Yukina silently added.
"But still..." Usopp added. "I'm looking for you, since I have to give something important." He added.
"Are you..." Yukina said. "You came all the way to cause trouble and ask me where I am?!" She uttered, as she grabs Usopp's straps from his overalls.
"Jesus! Would you calm it, Yukina? There are people around here!" Usopp exclaimed, as several people look at him and Yukina, as murmurs spread like wildfire.
"Is the erstwhile Lone-Wolf Songstress having a lovers' quarrel?"
"Beats me, but I've never expect this to happen."
"Could you knock those rumours out, please?!" Yukina exclaimed in front of the murmurers, who is profusely blushing.
"Aw, for Christ's sake!" Usopp added. "Now look at what you have done!" He furiously exclaimed.
"Excuse me? You started this!" Yukina argued.
Suddenly, a group of five students from Haneoka arrive, who are all dressed in their Haneoka school uniforms, while they are only watching the situation slowly escalating into a full-blown verbal altercation between Yukina and Usopp. Not to mention, Lisa, Ako, and Hina have also seen this rather awkward and bizarre exchange, before Brook attempts to defuse this situation in front of the Roselia duo, as well as the five girls beside them, but it all ends in a failure.
The first girl has short black hair with her short bangs partially tucked beneath her forelocks, one of which is dyed red. She has partially sharp dark red eyes. This is Ran Mitake, who is the vocalist of the band known as Afterglow.
The second girl has short, croppy ivory blonde hair which is slightly longer at the front than at the back. Her messy bangs are separated into sections. She has big, sleepy-looking, blue-grey eyes. This is Moca Aoba, who is the guitarist of the afterglow.
The third girl has medium-length, pale pink hair worn in low pigtails with a tuft of straightened bangs while the remainder is layered. She has fair skin and green eyes with sharp corners. This is Himari Uehara, who is the bassist and the leader of Afterglow.
The fourth girl, meanwhile, has the appearance of a young adult, despite being second year. She has slanted turquoise eyes and long, sleek maroon hair. This is Tomoe Udagawa, the drummer of Afterglow and the older sister of Ako.
The fifth and final girl has soft brown eyes and chin-length chestnut brown hair in a bob. She has a small side-swept fringe. Her casual attire is feminine with natural colours. This is Tsugumi Hazawa, the keyboardist of Afterglow, and is considered to be the most normal girl of the band.
"What the?" Ako asked.
"Usopp-san? Brook-san? What are you two doing here?" Lisa inquired.
"You know them?" Tsugumi asked.
"It's a long story." Lisa added.
"A literal skeleton and a Pinocchio..." Moca sarcastically asked. "Just when you thought Haneoka couldn't get any stranger." She added.
"Not to mention, Yukina-senpai and whoever that guy is are almost bound to kill each other." Tsugumi warily commented.
"Are they always like this?" Ran asked.
"Usopp-san and sometimes Brook-san usually do not get along with Onee-chan and Yukina-chan, and it was much more predominant when it comes to the former." Hina said in pure annoyance, remembering Sayo's hostility towards the Straw Hat Pirates sniper, before she turns her eyes towards Brook.
"I can explain this." Brook said. "Yes, I can!" He added.
"You better have to!" Hina exclaimed. "To think that you two ingrates show up in Haneoka is probably the dumbest thing you can ever imagine!" She added.
"OI, HINA!" Usopp yelled. "Don't you dare bandwagon me into this bullshit that Yukina started!" He added.
"Did Hina-san's personality completely change?" Ran asked.
"Probably." Moca shrugged.
While that happens...
"Do you know who these people are, Ako?" Tomoe asked.
"I... I... I can explain this in more detail, Onee-chan!" Ako responded hesitantly, although Tomoe bore no grudge or even traces of fury and disappointment hinted within her eyes.
"Please, let me allow explain for just a few minutes!" Brook added, before he loses it.
Brook then proceeds to take the initiative of unleashing his bony fists towards Yukina and Usopp's heads, as he has finally had enough of their bombastic argument, following with the "I HAVE HAD FUCKING ENOUGH" phrase, before both of them hit the nearest concrete wall, causing a lump to grow within their heads.
While Brook was satisfied with the results of finally mellowing down the rather awkward situation, the rest of the students aren't, as they only look at him with confusion. Himari, who is seen eating a doughnut, suddenly drops it, as she could not believe what she had just witnessed in front of her two eyes. Not to mention, the crowds of people around them are looking at the commotion with baffled looks in their eyes.
"Have you lost it, Brook-san?" Ako suddenly questioned. "What the fuck have you just done?!" She added.
"Ako-chan has completely lost it!" Himari exclaimed.
"AKO!" Tomoe exclaimed reluctantly. "Watch what you're saying!"
"Seriously..." Usopp said. "Yukina started all of this." He argued, as he shifted the blame into the songstress.
"ENOUGH!" Ran completely snapped, before she panted. "I don't know what goes on, but can you please leave us out over whatever you are arguing, Minato-san?" She added, before looking at Yukina.
"Blame it on this person." Yukina pointed at Usopp.
"You're seriously that short-sighted, do you?" Usopp remarked with venom. "I'm here to ask you where Hanasakigawa is, as well, since I have to give something important to Sayo and to you, as well." He added, before he takes out what seems to be an envelope containing two letters that was from the respective principals of Haneoka and Hanasakigawa. The situation later tensed down, before Usopp later hands in one of the letters to Yukina, much to her confusion.
"What is this?" Yukina asked.
"These are letters from what seems to be the principals of both Haneoka and Hanasakigawa." Usopp said.
"Letters?" Lisa asked. "But why would the principal of our school and Hanasakigawa send us a letter?" She inquired further.
"Maybe we should discuss this somewhere else." Tsugumi said.
"Where?" Usopp asked.
"At CiRCLE live house." Tsugumi added.
"But why there?" Moca asked.
"Figures." Tsugumi said.
"I see." Moca relented, before eating a puff pastry.
"But before that, what are both of you?" Ran asked Usopp and Brook.
"A Pinocchio and a skeleton do not certainly make any sense to exist here in this world." Moca added.
"I can explain that! Boppin'!" Hina said, as she goes back to her usual self.
Hina later begins explaining to the Afterglow members about the Unity Force and the existence of several worlds, as well as the multiverse. She goes into additionally explaining about the goals of the organisation, including saving the world from any threat it comes into.
"Heroes?" Tomoe questioned. "You mean Ako and the rest of you are heroes?!" She added in glee.
"Yes, and why, Tomoe-san?" Sayo asked.
"There's nothing wrong about it." Tomoe said.
"Well that's a first." Usopp said.
"But regardless, we should head now." Usopp said. "I think Sayo is waiting there." He added.
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[CiRCLE, Normal Earth]
A few moments later, after the entirely maddening situation between Yukina and Usopp was finally put to rest in Haneoka, we see Usopp, Brook, Yukina, Lisa, Ako, Ran, Moca, Himari, Tomoe, and Tsugumi visiting the said live house. As expected, at one of the tables inside the café of the live house, we see Sayo and Rinko on one table. In that moment, Sayo was just confused when Brook told her about the misunderstanding between Yukina and Usopp in Haneoka, before the latter gives one of the letters to her.
"What is this?" Sayo asked.
"It's a letter from the the principal of your school." Usopp said.
"A letter?" Rinko asked.
"About what?" Sayo questioned, before she goes straight to the point. "First of all, why on Earth would the principal of Hanasakigawa send me a letter?" She added.
"I have no idea, but I found both of them from the mailbox." Usopp added.
"Second of all, how do they know about the Unity Force?!" Sayo shot back. "I thought the Grand Headmaster kept this as a secret, until for the time being!" She added.
"Don't know, so you should read it." Usopp shrugged.
"All for a stupid letter..." Yukina remarked, before she opens it, as it reads the following, as she quickly looks in horror over the contents of the said letter. "Oh no..." She uttered.
"From: Mr. Satoshi Tomokaze, Principal of Haneoka Girls' High School
To: Ms. Yukina Minato
After talking to Mr. Tennyson on the phone about this rather unusual situation that you, Ms. Udagawa, Ms. Imai, and Ms. Hikawa experienced from this "other world", as well as saving it from destruction, we found it hard to believe this story at first, until he presented hard, collaborative proof of this mission that you did. Never in the entire history of Haneoka have known that real-life heroes like you exist! We hope that the entire student body and staff of Haneoka will look forward for your acts of heroism.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. Tomokaze"
"What the...?" Yukina looks at the letter. "Is he for real?" She added.
"I've never expected the principal to be open to this idea!" Hina exclaimed.
Sayo then proceeds to open the other letter, where she is much more confused. The news of them being heroes are already causing such an internal strife.
"From: Mrs. Kyoko Yumehara, Principal of Hanasakigawa Girls' High School
To: Ms. Sayo Hikawa
We received a message earlier from Mr. Tennyson of this Unity Force about you and Ms. Shirokane's acts of heroism from saving a world from a catastrophic extinction, which we didn't believe it first until he told us about this Unity Force. Because of this, we congratulate you and Ms. Shirokane, and the rest of the student and staff body will look for your heroics.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Yumehara"
"What is with the Grand Headmaster, who is acting like a complete lunatic, trying to expose our secret identities as multiversal heroes?" Sayo asked.
"Aren't you happy, Onee-chan?" Hina asked. "We are now known within this world!" She added.
"This is ridiculous!" Sayo heatedly responded.
"Is that really a bad thing, Sayo-senpai?" Tomoe asked, who reassures the older Hikawa twin.
"Of course it is, Tomoe." Sayo replied.
"At least they can understand what you guys went through, including you, Sayo-senpai." Tsugumi said.
All of a sudden, we see another woman arriving, who is in a state of panic.
"Something just came up with!" A woman suddenly appears. "It's a strange news." She added.
"Marina-san?" Sayo asked.
The person known as Marina Tsukishima has black hair with her fringe neatly sorted to her right. with a bob cut all the way to her shoulder. She has fair skin and somewhat pink-red eyes. Her outfit consists of low-cut jeans with a white-blue horizontal lines shirt with a black cardigan.
"What do you mean by strange news, Marina-san?" Ran asked.
Marina never hesitates to turn the TV on, before she quickly turns it into a news channel that reads as "The Daily Bugle", where a middle-aged reporter is to be seen, and his looks of slandering are a definite sign already.
The man on the TV is a bald, middle-aged man with a moustache, who is seen sitting in front of a microphone at a table. He is seen wearing a buttoned long-sleeved shirt, black suit, black pants, and black shoes. This is J. Jonah Jameson, who is known to be a master reporter of a news outlet known as The Daily Bugle, where he has a rather questionable track record.
As the rest watch, they cannot help but to feel irritated over his smug gloating.
The first part of the lower third reads the following:
"J. Jonah Jameson
Host of The Daily Bugle"
And the second part of the lower third then reads the main headline, as well as the logo of the Unity Force:
"EXCLUSIVE!
The Rumoured Unity Force? Evil Disguised As Heroes!"
That alone furiously ticked Yukina, Ako, Usopp, Rinko, Hina, Sayo, Lisa, and Brook. Afterwards, Jameson then begins uttering within the live television in a rather malicious form of slandering.
"We have a breaking news today, so sit down and buckle up for this blockbuster news. It's been proven time and time again that Spider-Man is nothing more than a menace to our society, due to his so-called 'heroics' that only meant nothing more than trouble in New York City. But you know what's more menacing? The so-called Unity Force. Spider-Man is already a menace to society, and he's no hero. But these 'Unity Force' menaces under the guise of being a so-called 'hero'? They have managed to top themselves off. These so-called heroes only bring more harm through their quote-unquote acts of heroism. This is why God has strayed from this world, because of this childish nonsense about forcing people to be 'heroes'. For anyone who listens to this breaking news, these Unity Force miscreants are just the worst kind of evil hiding within a sheep's clothing, who are nothing more than a bunch of complete menaces to our society! This is J. Jonah Jameson from The Daily Bugle, we report news and stories that superheroes don't want to tell you." Jameson said, before the coverage ends.
"Are you kidding?!" Sayo exclaimed.
"Why on Earth did that freak slander us?" Usopp questioned.
"See, this is why we simply want to just be off the radar!" Sayo exclaimed, as if she becomes completely annoyed of what her life has become after becoming a fully-fledged Unity Force hero.
"I highly doubt that guy even speaks a bit of a truth." Moca said.
"Hold the phone! Were you not even listening?" Usopp questioned, who is just completely lost of Moca's stupidity. "He has just slandered the Unity Force, and you're still doubting it as if it is not even true?" He added. "Of course it is not true!" He exclaimed in front of Moca about her rather questionable logic.
"I don't like to think about this." Sayo said.
"It will be fine, Sayo-san." Lisa reassured.
"I can't believe that this is what my life has become after becoming a hero." Yukina gestured. "Being a target of some ridiculous slander." She added.
"I hope everything will be settled out for all of you." Ran said. "Since this is a little too difficult for us to solve." She added.
"Sorry for the wait, but it's time for us to leave!" Tsugumi said.
"It's the same as always." Ran said.
"Be on the best of your behaviour, Ako." Tomoe said.
"I'm working on it!" Ako exclaimed.
"Hey, Yukina." Usopp called out.
"What?" Yukina questioned.
"Nothing, but I'm sure the Grand Headmaster will sort this shit out." Usopp added.
The rest of Afterglow later leave. Then, all of a sudden, we see two females arriving inside CiRCLE. One has a boisterous-looking face, and the other having a serene expression on her face. However, much to Sayo's complete shock, she has known who these people are. Hina, on the other hand, is shown to have a smile embedded on her face upon seeing these people that Usopp and Brook know nothing about.
The first female is a young girl with big red eyes and long, curly light blonde hair partially worn down to frame her shoulder. The rest of her hair is worn in a thick side-tail that splits into two separate curls, with two curled strands of hair sticking out from the top. Her fluffy bangs are eyebrow length an she has a loose strand on each side of her head. She normally wears a small sunhat with a flower and green band to match her attire. This is Alice Kagayaki.
The second female resembles Alice, wearing her hair in the exact same curled style but on the left of her head and colored midnight blue. Her sharp red eyes appear to be wincing. She wears a small dark blue cap on the right of her head with a band of white and bow around the bottom. She is normally seen wearing a moon earring on her right ear. This is Eve Kagayaki.
Altogether, both Alice and Eve are twin sisters, who are the presidents of a huge family company known as the Kagayaki Corporation, who are behind the creation of an amusement park known as the PriChan Land in Kirajuku, as well as the Princess Cup. They happen to be the younger cousins of Sayo and Hina. They also happen to be the members of a PriChannel known as ALIVE. Their history as to what happened one year ago, on the other hand, was much more complicated.
But for now...
"Hello, CiRCLE!" Alice greeted. "Oh, it's Sayo-nee-chan and Hina-nee-chan!" She added, before looking at the said people. "Hello there, Marina-san and Roselia!" She greeted further, causing confused looks from Usopp and Brook, as well as the rest of Roselia.
Hina suddenly prepares for an embrace, as she jumps towards Alice.
"Alice-chan!" Hina greeted.
"Hina-nee-chan!" Alice greeted back with joy.
"You know them?" Brook asked.
"Zappin' right!" Hina replied. "They are my cousins!" She answered sprightly.
"Eh?!" The rest sans Marina, Sayo, and Hina questioned.
"First, we were slandered by some hysterical reporter on live television, and now these cousins of mine have to show up at such a time...?" Sayo questioned in thought.
"Do you know who these people are, Marina-san?" Yukina asked.
"It's the famous ALIVE members from Kirajuku!" Marina greeted. "Of course I know them!" She added.
"Hello there, Marina-san." Eve greeted. "And you too, Sayo-onee-sama and Hina-onee-sama." She said, before turning her head towards Sayo and Hina.
"What brings you two here?" Sayo asked.
"Hold the fucking phone right there!" Usopp exclaimed. "You didn't tell us that you have a cousin, let alone a twin cousin?!" He added.
"Because you never asked, duh!" Hina exclaimed happily.
"I guess we hide too much of secrets from you!" Alice added.
"At least it's not just Udagawa-san, Ako, Sayo, or Hina having had a family." Yukina remarked.
"But seriously, both of you came here on CiRCLE just for us?" Sayo questioned.
"There's no harm in doing so." Eve said. "Until we just saw that news earlier about this J. Jonah Jameson slandering them." She added. "Is it true that the rest of you are members of this Unity Force?" She questioned.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa..." Yukina uttered. "Where did this conversation come from, Eve-san?" She added.
"I think you're referring to the wrong people, Eve." Sayo lied, but Eve's rather suspicious eyes tell a completely diffferent story.
"She's telling the truth." Usopp simply said in front of Eve, but of course, given his track record as a liar, the ALIVE idol simply shuts his lies down.
"Do you really have to lie this time, Onee-sama?" Eve said, with her rather cold eyes boring towards Sayo.
"What the?! She's too scary for a calm person!" Sayo thought. "I-I don't lie!" She continued.
"You're still the same mischievous liar as in the past, don't you?" Eve asked in a snarky manner.
"No, I'm not." Sayo said, but Eve seems to pierce through Sayo's attempt to act cold. "Fine..." She said in a rather defeated manner.
"That was quick." Yukina remarked.
"Imouto knows how to read Sayo-nee-chan that quick!" Alice remarked.
"About that. Since you guys were from this Unity Force-" Eve said.
"Except for Marina-san." Lisa interupted.
"-Right." Eve added. "Again, since the rest of you were from this Unity Force, it's better if we discuss this at the corporation's building itself, if you're trying to maintain some secrecy." She added calmly.
"Listen, you complete doofus!" Usopp burst out in complete irritation. "Just what nonsense are you uttering in front of us? We are already in a pickle trying to hide who we are in public, and now you're telling us this bullcrap?" He added.
"Except you caused a commotion earlier in Haneoka." Sayo said.
"Uh... Guys, calm down." Ako called.
"Besides..." Eve uttered. "The truth is... We also want to see Sayo-nee-sama and Hina-nee-sama, after the rest of the PriChan idols stopped the incident regarding the PriChan Land that happened a year ago." She added, as if the environment turned completely serious. "But, that's not the one, however..." She ended.
"What is it?" Lisa asked.
"It's a long story." Eve added.
"Huh?" The rest sans Sayo, Hina, Alice, and Eve questioned.
"I don't like where this is going." Brook commented.
"Change of plans." Eve said. "Sayo-nee-sama and Hina-nee-sama, you should be going with us." She added. "Mom and dad has been wanting to see you." She added in worry.
"Not to mention, they missed both of you! It's nothing wrong with that!" Alice added in lightheartedness.
[PLAY MUSIC: The Pet Girl of Sakurasou OST - 私の中から出ていって (Get Out of my Mind)]
All of a sudden, Sayo completely flips out, as if the presidents of Kagayaki Corporation have mistakenly pressed the wrong kind of button that would trigger such a positive feedback loop to throw the older Hikawa twin into an immeasurable level of fury. She later drops her bag, as she stands up, before she bellows in front of the Kagayaki twins.
"Absolutely not going to happen, Alice and Eve!" Sayo said, as she furrowed her brows in anger, much to the shock of the rest including Usopp. "You two came from Kirajuku all the way here, only for one of you to bring up that complete scumbag of my aunt into this conversation!" She exclaimed, before an argument ensue over Sayo and Eve.
"Sayo...?" Lisa questioned.
"Wait, what's going on, Hina?" Yukina asked.
"The truth is... Onee-chan does not get along with our aunt Kaguya." Hina revealed. "It's rather complicated to explain, so yes." She added.
"I've never seen Hikawa-san this angry before..." Rinko said.
"This is rather unexpected." Usopp said in utter confusion.
Yukina asked in front of Sayo. "Sayo, what is going on?" She asked the Hikawa twin.
But Sayo ignores Yukina, and instead sets her sights on Eve.
"Please, you have to understand!" Eve begged. "We came here to pick both of you up, under mom's request!" She added.
"I'd rather not." Sayo said. "First, my entire life is a screwed-up mess, because of me being part of Unity Force, then you two decide to break into our quiet lives again." She added. "I have more things to do than this screwed-up visitation." She added, before Sayo leaves abruptly. "I'm getting out of here." She ended.
"But, but-" Hina uttered.
"No buts." Sayo replied coldly. "I want to get out of this place, end of story." She ended, before the older Hikawa twin leaves CiRCLE, not wanting to be part of this painful dilemma anymore.
"Sayo!" Yukina called out, but she is no longer there.
"What the hell just happened?!" Usopp uttered.
"It's best if we can explain!" Alice said.
[PLAY MUSIC: The Pet Girl of Sakurasou - ねえ、空太 (Hey, Sorata)]
Brook took out his violin and played a sad song, albeit grating, but Yukina stops him.
"Can you take this seriously for just one second?" Yukina questioned.
Alice and Eve later approach the rest of the Unity Force group to explain more about the reasoning behind the sudden heated exchange between them and Sayo. All for the while, the CiRCLE live house was riddled with a completely different atmosphere that was in contrary to its usual atmosphere, because of what just happened. Deciding not to dig further into the more personal side of Sayo's antagonism towards her own aunt, for now, they decide not to ask Alice and Eve about it, until the time is right.
"I never knew that something happened to Sayo before." Yukina said. "In the past, she used to feel an amount of inferiority complex and even guilt towards Hina, who even once cast her out of her life..." She added. "Until they finally reconciled, a year ago." She ended, with Hina nodding.
"But I've never imagined that it would come to this." Lisa remarked.
"The thing is... Sayo-nee-sama's personality used to be like Hina-nee-sama's. Outgoing and boisterous. She is also a hardworking person, despite her not as gifted as Hina-nee-sama." Eve revealed, while Alice is stumped, since she largely knew nothing about what transpired in the past, due to her being separated from her family for 15 years. "Hina-nee-sama, on the other hand, was like the opposite in the past, where she felt insecure of her genius." She added.
"That seems like someone flipped the switch when we saw them for the first time in Unity Force Academy." Usopp remarked.
"So you're saying that Sayo was a completely different person in the past?" Lisa asked.
"Her hardworking personality remains to this day, which is a yes." Eve said. "But her outgoing and boisterous personality, not so much." She added.
"Like how?" Rinko asked.
"13 years ago, Sayo-nee-sama was once an idol in the past who was popular in all of Kirajuku and even around Japan, according to my mother." Eve added.
"No way... She didn't even tell us anything about her past as an idol!" Ako exclaimed.
"In fact, Onee-chan lifted my spirits out and become the person that I am currently today!" Hina exclaimed.
"That is until something broke her completely, which was our family, that forced her to quit being an idol, which happened days after she and Hina-nee-sama graduated from elementary, and focus on being a guitarist from other bands like what she and Hina-nee-sama do in the present." Eve added.
"So this is why she doesn't want to tell anything about her past...?" Yukina questioned.
"I remembered Sayo mentioning that before." Lisa said.
"The thing is, Minato-san and Imai-san, I used to be an idol, before I came here in Tokyo. I was much more popular back in the day, and I was responsible for helping Hina out of her insecurity, becoming the person that she is today. That is, until a personal fallout happened, and I became a complete inversion of my former self, except for my hardworking personality... That's why I decided that I wanted to be a guitarist using what remaining talent I possessed." Sayo's words echoed towards Yukina and Lisa.
"I felt bad for Hikawa-san." Rinko said.
"Just give her some time for now." Yukina said. "She must have been going through a lot of pain that we just unintentionally dug out from her past." She added.
"Anyways! With this conversation out of the way..." Alice said, before veering into another topic. "What is this Unity Force you speak of?" She questioned.
After that rather difficult discussion about Sayo's past life that not even Roselia knew, with Alice and Eve wanting to know more about the Unity Force, Hina later begins explaining to them about the Unity Force and the existence of several worlds, as well as the multiverse. She goes into complete detail by additionally explaining the important goals of the organisation, including saving the world from any threat it comes into.
"So that's why you don't want to tell us about Unity Force." Alice said. "Except we already know what this organisation is truly all about!" She added further with a smile to her face.
"Like who are the 'we' people you are talking about?" Usopp asked.
"Of course, that would be Eve and me!" Alice said.
"Not to mention, it's us!" A voice called out.
"The fuck?!" Usopp burst out.
"Solulu!"/"Luluna!" Alice and Eve called out altogether.
The first person named Solulu is a being known as a Mascot, who is in her idol mascot form. She has slanted, pale orange eyes and light blue lashes, as well as long straight hair that reaches below her waist. Her bangs are evenly spread to the sides with a loose strand at the center. She has a tented layer above the bangs and it extends to her shoulders. A loose strand of hair sticks out on her right side.
The second person named Luluna is also a Mascot, who is within her idol mascot form. She has long and thick, wavy hair mostly worn loose. At the back of her head, her hair is tied to resemble a ribbon while also resembling cat ears from a frontal perspective. Her bangs are evenly spread to the sides with a loose strand at the center and a tented layer above them that is pulled towards the back. On the left she wears clips composed of a gold crescent and two small diamonds.
"So you knew?" Brook asked.
"Well, duh." Solulu said. "We saw what that Jameson person did, and we eventually found out about this Unity Force." She added.
"It isn't that hard to track the rest of you here." Luluna uttered.
"Anyways, I have a favour for all of you." Eve declared. "Would you mind us joining this Unity Force?" She asked.
"Not going to be a jerk, but are you sure that all of you are capable of going through such a responsibility as a hero?" Usopp questioned. "The recent mission we just experienced was no fun and games, since we had to deal with a literal monstrosity, and our leader Chito-san nearly died from stopping that gargantuan freak." She added.
"Of course, we are ready!" Alice said.
"What could be more annoying than Haneoka and Hanasakigawa getting involved in this mess that we were supposed to keep a secret?" Yukina questioned. "Alright, but first." She added.
"I know that the rest of you were slandered by that Jameson..." Solulu said.
"But we try our best not to spread that news from around the world." Luluna added.
"That settles it!" Alice exclaimed. "I'll contact the rest of the former PriChan idols about joining the Unity Force, as well!" She added.
"Wait, no-" Rinko uttered, but it was too late.
Afterwards, after much conversation and bantering, Usopp and Brook later decide to let Alice, Eve, Solulu, and Luluna join in with the Unity Force. But for them, the only bigger elephant in the room that they now have to figure out and to solve is Sayo and J. Jonah Jameson's slander.
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At night, in one of the bars, we see Zoro Roronoa, Chito, Yuuri, Kanta Mizuno, and Maya Tendo drinking, with the latter drinking what seems to be apple juice, and the former four drinking a mug of beer, while having a hotpot. On the other table, we see two males conversing each other in relation to otaku culture.
The first person is a handsome young man with long, straight black hair in a loose ponytail with bangs covering his right eye with small glasses on the bridge of his nose & red eyes, which can change color and size depending on when enraged. He has a calm, collected demeanor that reflects his slightly gloomy face. He is mostly seen in his butler attire and a mail coach cravat tie. This is Fafnir, a dragon who is currently in his human form, who is also known by his pseudonym as Takeshi Ooyama.
The second person is a tall man with a slim build. He has black hair and dark blue eyes. He is seen wearing an office attire that consists of a white button-down shirt, dark slacks, a blue necktie, and brown leather shoes. This is Makoto Takiya, Fafnir's friend.
"Seriously, why are we here?" Fafnir asked in an indifferent manner.
"I've never expected this place filled with cosplayers and even people from another world!" Makoto exclaimed, as he looks at the Unity Force group.
"Bothersome..." Fafnir said, before he drinks.
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The characters that appear in this chapter (in order):
Ran Mitake, Moca Aoba, Himari Uehara, Tomoe Udagawa, Tsugumi Hazawa, and Marina Tsukishima from BanG Dream!
J. Jonah Jameson from Marvel Universe
Alice Kagayaki, Eve Kagayaki, Solulu, and Luluna from Kiratto Pri-chan
Fafnir and Makoto Takiya from Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
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A/N: This story is inspired by the ideas of someoneStupED, XP4Universe, and Tamama900.
On the next chapter of UF Stories: The Class 3 students are about to have their first appearance. Meanwhile, with news about the slander from J. Jonah Jameson, a turn of confusing events within the Unity Force Academy slowly ensue. On the other hand, Eve Wakamiya later has an unexpected encounter from her old friend from Finland, who has also known about the Unity Force.