Hello all. I'm glad to know that some of you enjoyed the prologue so far despite the lackluster start he he. I am also happy that you seem to enjoy Miran's character as well! She's a fun and quirky miss, don't you agree?
Note: Some dialogue is taken from the subtitles of the episodes with some modifications to incorporate the actual story. I own nothing except for my story and OC's! Credits to those translators and the Utapri Franchise! I am experimenting with how I'd like my dialogue, as it won't be long before there are at least 3-person to more than 10-person conversations which is new to me. Name notifiers will be used once they are officially introduced/known by our heroine. At most times, an unidentified voice is usually the heroine ^^ POVs may possibly change as well, but I will notify you and make it as clear as possible! I'm sorry if this reading isn't as fun as it can be and or it's confusing. I'm not much of a writer, and I've also gotten rusty so I'm getting the kinks worked out... AGAIN he he. This is a MUCH longer reader, and so will the future episodes. (Hopefully) Enjoy~
*Some dialogue is taken from the subtitles of the episodes with some modifications to incorporate the actual story. I own nothing except for my story and OC's! Credits to those translators and the Utapri Franchise!
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Episode 1: The First Day
The day had finally arrived, the day where I am an official student of Saotome Gakuen! Today was the school's Entrance Ceremony for us newcomers, and we were all getting ready, seating ourselves before the grand stage that was situated within the main courtyard. Even the clear blue skies seemed to approve of our acceptance! Looking around, the dramatized splendor was definitely according to Uncle Shining's taste.
No matter how many times I have visited this place, I was still proud and admired the elaboration into the whole academy. "You really have come a long way, Uncle."
Uncle was once a great super idol, and with his 20 million CD-selling mega hit, "Because of Love," this school is able to exist and aid in aspiring idols and composers to hone their skills and possibly make a debut!
More students were rolling in by the minute, with exclamations of "Look at the stage!" "I'm going to do my best," and "I'm so excited" fluttering all around me. It was nice to see all kinds of young people. I had never gone to school like this before, and it was even rarer for me to be out on my own like this as well (1)... Though, that wasn't actually true even now. Looking around me, I still did have protective eyes on me.
There are a few guards scattered on the stage as staff, around me as students, and elsewhere as teachers... Three of them look familiar too. *sighs* I don't mind since this is to be expected, considering my position (2)... But, I'll have fun nonetheless! Yes! Ah-it's those two!
"******chan! Especially since we'll be living together from now on"
It's that Social Butterfly and Exam Girl! So they're roommates, how nice! The Social Butterfly and Exam Girl were a couple of rows ahead my to my left, and it was nice to see them interact with each other. Exam Girl seems rather soft spoken, so Social Butterfly and her would complement and balance each other out. I'm glad that Exam Girl passed. She'll do well. And I must do my best too!
All eventually became quiet as a professor on stage welcomed us, paving way for the Headmaster's address. There was some silence... and then some more.
Students: "Where's the Headmaster?"
"What's going on?"
"Where is he?"
Professor: "Not again..."
Whispers began to spread around the crowd, with both students and staff wondering where their Headmaster was. Ah~ I should've known that he would do this! Now, where is Uncle~?
He's most likely not where the general public would think he is... I knew that he wouldn't have been on the ground, as Uncle always liked to be unpredictable. Instead, I looked up, looking for said missing person until I heard that familiar laugh of his that led me to him. "Aha, found you~!"
Uncle: "Ha ha ha ha, anyone who doesn't know love, don't even think to speak of songs. Just leave at once!"
Student: "S-someone's over there!"
On one of the school towers stood Uncle who wore an interesting garb and mask with some kind of staff in his hand. "Ha ha ha ha ha, the beating of a heart is the first source of music!"
Ah~ Where does he get those clothes? How does he coordinate what to wear, I wonder?
"OHHHHH~!" Instantly, to the surprise of many, Uncle dived down towards the stage with wires attached. "Yes, my friends. The Headmaster is me, Shining Saotome! Welcome to Saotome Gakuen, or rather, to this shining world!"
"Waaaa~ He changes so quickly, cool~!"
Landing onto the stage, Uncle Shining changed back to his usual look, shouting, "Music is love!"
Taking a microphone out of nowhere, and swinging it around with adept skill, Uncle continued with his "address."
Uncle: "Come now soul! Enshrine it!"
Wa wa wa~ Look at that technique in the spinning!
Uncle: "Put your whole soul into the songs! Make your life bloom! Shine even brighter, people! TAOHHHHHH"
Students: "Woah!"
Flying off the stage and over us, Uncle was making his grand exit.
Uncle: "Congratulations on your acceptance here. Thank you!"
As he was slowly disappearing off into the distance, Uncle made one last gesture to sign off, pointing his fingers to me.
"Thank you Uncle," I mouthed, saluting him off.
It was officially the first day in class, and due to my scores on the entrance exam and background, I was sorted into Class S. Students were scattered about, chatting and laughing while some were lounging around. Luckily, some familiar faces were in my class!
The HAYATO Twin, Fashionisto, and the Strawberry Blonde were also in Class S! Because of the class size, we were all sitting relatively close to each other, though it still felt that we were distant. HAYATO Twin sat in the back left seat, looking solemn and annoyed like he didn't want to speak to anyone, kept to himself with his eyes closed and arms crossed. Fashionisto sat in the center front, chatting away with some other peers about the latest episode in a show that his idol was the star in. And then there was Strawberry Blonde who sat in the back row with HAYATO Twin to his left, and me on his left, apparently ever so popular with the female peers who surrounded him.
Ah... There's a large crowd around him that I can barely see... But, now that I'm closer, I can tell that he has really nice hair! Just as nice as theirs' (3)
Suddenly, the curtains shut one by one with the sound of students gasping around the room. A great, driven voice rang out. "Go to your seats now students!"
Walking in was a familiar, stern face. It's Ryuuya-nii! I mean, it's Hyuuga-sensei! It's nice to have a familiar face as my teacher, though Ringo-nii is the more... pleasant one.
Many of my peers were astounded by him, half-shouting "It's Hyuuga Ryuuya!" and "The Prince of Fighting!" Fashionisto was especially so excited that I saw stars sprouting from him, as though he were a huge fan. Hyuuga-sensei must be his idol that he was talking about then... Prince of Fighting is a TV drama that he's the star of I see. It must be that show that I saw on accident while flipping through channels on TV before. I should've realized!
Hyuuga-sensei: "Welcome to your first day of class students. I am Hyuuya Ryuuya, and I will in charge of Class S here at Saotome Gakuen. I look forward to getting to know you all and watching over your progress during your time here."
I wonder if special training or a degree was gained to be a teacherr and idol at the same time, huh.
Hyuuga-sensei: "In this academy, you have scored and earned your way into Class S, meaning that you are the best of the best here! As you already know, Saotome Gakuen is a performing arts boarding school dedicated to growing potential great idols as well as the composers who write their songs. The school serves as your training foundation as well as a resource to practice and better your skills. Like myself, all staff here are active idols, composers and first-rate poets. If you are not serious enough, you will not make it here. If you work hard and improve, you may possibly earn a major debut, do you understand?!"
Students: "Yes!"
Me: *nods* "Yes sir!"
Hyuuga-sensei: "And for you select few, and yes, you know who YOU are: Just because you are special does not mean you can breeze by so easily and expect to graduate! You are just like everyone else here, so you must learn like the rest of your class despite your circumstances! Your special situation doesn't guarantee you automatic graduation. You have to make progress like everyone else, and from there, we'll see if you're ready or not! So, you better make sure to remember that and not have a big head! I highly doubt that I will ever have that problem with you of course, so DON'T prove me WRONG."
The students looked around wondering what Hyuugaa-sensei meant and who he targeted his last lecture to. And while they were looking around, only I saw that our professor's sharp eyes were locked onto mine. I knew very well that he was talking to me, so I smiled and lightly bowed my head.
I'll do my best, Hyuuga-sensei!
Dining Hall
Homeroom soon finished, and lunch now started. The dining hall was massive, and now that I had a better look of it inside, I realized how the quality of the food was just as amazing as the design of the school itself.
Social Butterfly: "So what are you gonna eat? I'm going to get a hamburger."
It's them again! Just in front of me were Social Butterfly and Exam Girl. Like everyone else, they were scoping around on what to eat. Should I introduce myself? I wonder...
Exam Girl: "Ah, you have to pay with this card. Tomo-chan, wait-Ah!"
Oh no, her card is dropping! Exam Girl somehow tripped and loss grip of her meal card, and just when I was about to help, Fashionisto appeared out of nowhere, catching the card mid-air.
Fashionisto: "Safe! He he!"
Ah~ So dramatic, ne. Soon enough, Strawberry Blonde came along, calling Fashionisto "Munchkin," and that he had an "eye on the lady first." Correcting the much taller man, Fashionisto stated that his name was "Kurusu Syo." Oh, so that's his name...
More peers were looking around, and as this increasingly became a scene, I thought that it was a good time to walk awa-
"Oooh~ Spicy Pasta? Yes, please (4)~" Catching my eye, I changed directions and began walking towards the pasta line, just as Crying Mole was passing by with a rather irritated face. Hm? What's wrong with him?
Coming back from getting my lovely pasta, I met the two girls again. Something must have been happening, as Crying Mole and Strawberry Blonde were having some kind of stand-off. Social Butterfly must have known who they were, as she called Strawberry Blonde "Jinguji Ren," "Lifesaver B," and that he was "famous." Hm, maybe now is a good time to make conversation!
Walking towards the two, I finally made an approach. "Excuse me, but I am curious on who this Jinguji Ren person is as well. Do you know him? Do you mind telling me who he is also?"
Social Butterfly: "Well, I don't know him personally... But he's famous!"
Me: "Famous?"
Social Butterfly: "Yea! He's a scion of the Jinguji Financial Group!"
Exam Girl: "Ehhh?!"
Me: "Ah..."
Social Butterfly: "And Hirijikawa Masato is a scion of the Hirijikawa Financial Group!"
So that's Crying Mole's name.
Exam Girl: "Ehh...!"
Me: "Oh..."
The Jinguji and Hirijikawa Financial Group... Where have I heard that before? The two look familiar too, but how? I feel like I've met those faces before... Or maybe I'm just imagining things...
Me: "They don't seem to be on friendly terms though..."
Social Butterfly: "Yea, you see: when two scions meet, it's like the claws come out... And on top of that one of them is in S Class, which is only for the highest-achieving students."
Sitting down with them, we continued our conversation.
Social Butterfly: "Even so... That is as might be expected of a gathering of idol hopefuls, the level of the males here are off the charts!"
Exam Girl: "Level?"
Social Butterfly: "Yea! Ah, it's tough being a girl when there are so many hot princes around. I guess you could say they're 'princes of song.'"
Exam Girl: "Princes of song...?"
Me: "Hot... Hot?"
Social Butterfly: "Ehhh? What do you mean, "Hot?" like it's a question?! You don't think so?"
Me: "Oh ha ha! It's not that, it's just that I didn't notice them that way, but I have a tendency to not notice stuff like that anyways."
Social Butterfly: "Whaaaaat?! You're so pure!"
Me: "Oh no no! I think it's more of the fact that my family is predominantly male (3), so I'm so used to seeing guys that it's not much of a big deal for me, he he."
Social Butterfly: "Your brothers?"
Me: "Well, friends actually. We're not blood related, but we are very close companions that we are just as good as family! They're my Knights, he he."
Social Butterfly: "Oh, so your parents-"
Me: "They're around! My mother is far away right now, and my father is currently busy working (5). I also grew up and still am close to and am taken care of by women whom I call my sisters and aunts, but now that I'm here and that they have various locations of where they work and live, I don't see them as often like before. I mainly stay with my Knights since we both live here, and I have a lot of other people that I look up to here too, so I have a very big and happy extended family that loves and takes care of me well (6)! A bit too well really... He he."
Exam Girl: "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."
Me: "It's ok! I'm not sad at all. I don't have that need to find out who my parents were, actually. After all, I am complete as is with the family that I love right now. I can feel that my parents did love me and are out there somewhere, and I'm sure that there was a specific reason for why I am not with them and was found by my father instead. It's... Fate you can say!"
Social Butterfly: "Well, that's great that you're happy! But, by the way, you seem foreign, just saying! Not that you look weird. You have this cute and quirky look going on (8), but I realized that you seem a bit different... Are your tinted glasses just for fun or for vision? Or both? They're really interesting! Not many people can pull off that look."
Me: "Oh yes, excuse me for never introducing myself! I am Miran Vaishnava, and as you can already tell, I am in fact a foreigner. I have been living in Japan for some years already, especially since my little family has some projects that they are working hard on (3). And thank you! My glasses are for my vision, but I picked this design because it's fun he he. I'm blind as a bat you see, and my glasses can transition into sunglasses too! I can see all colors just fine, it's just the outside that's tinted to viewers! I personally like them permanently tinted because... I'm a little shy when I feel that I'm being looked at in the eye (7)."
Social Butterfly: "Waaaaah, that's cool! But it'd be nice to see your eyes one day when you don't feel so shy. I'm sure they're beautiful! By the way, I'm Shibuya Tomochika, but you can call me Tomo-chan! Nice to meet you!"
Exam Girl: "And I'm Nanami Haruka, it's nice to meet you too Miran-chan! I-it's ok to call you that right? You seem nice so..."
Me: *beaming* "Of course you can! Can I call you Haruka-chan then?"
Haruka: "He he, of course!"
Tomo: "All right then, we are a trio of friends now!"
All: "Yay!"
Tomo: "Oh, but by the way Miran-chan. Are you taking the Idol or Musical Composition Course? I'm aiming to be an idol!"
Haruka: "And I am taking the Musical Composition Course!"
Me: "I'm also taking the Musical Composition Course!"
Tomo: "Awesome! And which class are you in? We're in A."
Me: "I'm in S."
TomoHaru: "EHHHH?!"
Evening Time: Girls' Dormitory
Students: "Whose room is that?"
"Why do they have 11 movers for their room?"
"Is one of them rich?"
"Must be super rich!"
"I heard it's only one girl in that room!"
"No way! Really?! How lucky! The movers look hot!"
"They're too good-looking to be movers though. They should be idols (3)!"
"They're so tall!"
"Ne ne... Doesn't one of them seem familiar to you (3)?"
Ending the first day, all students were unpacking their things and settling into their new homes during their stay here at the school. Well, in my case, I didn't have to do that. I had unexpected help by 11 "movers."
Mover 1 & 2: "Miss, where would you like your desk to be?"
Me: "Towards the left window please."
Mover 3: "Are these pillows for the bed or sofas miss?"
Me: "For the sofas, thank you."
Mover 4 & 5: "How about... the mirror?"
Me: "To the right corner over here please."
Mover 6: "And these pillows?"
Me: "The bed please."
Mover 7 & 8: "Coffee table in between the sofas miss?"
Me: "Yes please."
Mover 9: "And this carpet?"
Me: "That goes to the right with the dressers and mirror."
Mover 10 &11: "And these boxes Miss?"
Me: "Just leave them by the dressers, Léon... and Alak."
Mover 10 & 11: "Ok!... AH."
All Movers: "... You knew?"
Me: "I knew from the moment all 11 of you came knocking on my door with my things. Sillies, what are you doing here?! You're lucky no one has recognized you yet! We could get in trouble!"
Closing my door before onlookers became too curious, I looked at these "movers." My family is here (3). Alak, my best friend, plopped onto one of the two sofas, scruffling his dark, golden blonde hair as the rest of my family settled into my room.
Alak: "Awww this sucks! I for sure thought we fooled you!"
Bram, my dark-pink, mauve haired ponytail friend came over laughing, petting my head adoringly.
Bram: "Yes, we just wanted to help Miran. I personally thought our disguises were spot on, don't you agree, Kaius?" Kaius, the giant of the group, standing at 196.21 cm or 6 ft 5.24 in, looked over and smiled.
Kaius: "I thought so too."
Me: "It worked for the girls in the dorm, but I know you all, so of course what you think is a disguise is not even close to me... Just all of you here has already made such a commotion, you know? What if they found out the obvious fact that you aren't movers? Even worse, what if they found out about Yuli? (3)"
Luca, my lollipop-sucking friend looked over with sad eyes.
Luca: "... We just wanted to see you Miran. Besides, they didn't recognize us."
Me: "And if they did, it could've made chaos for us! Besides, I'm still coming back every evening, and I'm returning every weekend as well (8). Couldn't you have just waited? I just saw you this morning when you all dropped me off! And Luca, is that the organic nutritional lollipop that I told you to switch to instead? You need to get your vegetable intake somehow even if you hate eating them."
Luca: "It is... It doesn't taste like vegetables, so it tastes good."
Leon, the youngest of the family besides myself, plopped onto the bed and pouted.
Léon: "Miraaaan~ We haven't seen you all day! I thought you'd miss us! Not even a little bit? Hmph!"
Alak: "Says the one who disguised himself as one of the students who followed her the whole day on our day off because he missed her."
Léon: *blushes* "H-hey! Finn was there with me too!"
Finn, my water-obsessed family member who was busy drinking his beloved water across from Alak, choked, while Felix, my energetic companion started laughing at him while patting his back to help.
Finn: "I did no such thing! I have better things to do unlike YOU"
Alak: "Yes you did, your eyes were like a hawk on her the whole day today!"
Finn: "W-well then it sounds like you were there too!"
Alak: "Tch! At least I don't deny it! I'm just looking out for my best friend!"
Felix: "Ha ha, you guys are all stalkers! It's not like Miran's leaving us, sheesh ha ha!"
AlakFinnLéon: "SHADDUP!"
Pira, the cheeky one, and Quon, my chill Knight just watched in nonchalance before chiming in.
Pira: "So, how was your first day Miraraaaa~?"
Quon: "Yes... How... was it?
Me: "It was fun! I met all kinds of interesting people, and I got to make 2 female friends!"
Thinking about Tomo-chan and Haruka-chan made me smile and sigh. "I'm happy to have made friends with them."
Felix: *comes over and wraps his arm around my shoulder* "Yo Miran! Is this how you're going to look like as a student? Your hair, and your glasses... You look different (9). Isn't it going to be a hassle to do this everyday?"
Me: "No, it's not. You know how easy it is for me to do this. And besides, having some kind of change is nice, and I always wanted to try something fun! Doing this is so refreshing since I haven't gotten the chance to before, you know? He he."
"That's wonderful Miran-chan," said Yuli, the oldest of the group whose baby face makes him look like the youngest. "Don't you think so, Anders?"
"Yes, though, I do prefer her natural self. It's almost a sin to hide your true self away from the world, after all~" said Anders, my more... sensual-looking friend. "But nonetheless, our darling Miran has always wanted to make friends and experience school life like a normal teenager. She has been given this exciting opportunity, so I'm very happy for her!"
All: "Yea! We're all happy for you!"
"Aww... Everyone!" Even if they sneaked their way onto school grounds, it touched my heart that my family still wanted to come and see how I was doing... Even if they just saw me this morning and would still see me every evening and weekend he he.
Yuli: "Group hug, group hug!"
Me: "Ah~ Ok-oomph!"
Being hugged by my massive family felt so nice, making my heart feel warm and fuzzy. I'm so blessed that Fate brought us together! "Aha ha ha~ I think it's time to go now my good Knights! I will see you tomorrow, ok!"
All: "Have a goodnight, Miran."
Me: "You too!" *sweat drop* "... Just let me go and actually leave, please. The girls may think something suspicious is happening if you stay any longer."
"Off you go now, bye bye~"
Making my way to open my door, I saw my family off. And with one last embrace, Alak bid me one more goodbye.
Tipping his hat to me, he said, "Take care of yourself, you hear Miran?! We won't always be there to look after you now that things are getting busy for us, and now that you're here for more than half of the day too!"
Me: "Yes yes Alak, I will~"
Alak: "Good! Oh, and just to let you know that if one of us has time, we'll come get you during the evenings when someone's free. Otherwise, one of our usual drivers will come for you. Well, catch ya later! Night!"
Me: "Goodnight Alak."
Finally sending all of my 11 Knights off, I was able to breathe as I closed my door and leaned on it.
"Ah~ That was close..."
Looking at my room that my family helped set up, I could tell that a lot of these were not what I brought along, and that they were new gifts. All of the furniture is new... Even some of the clothes. A little mountain of items was standing next to my bed, all being my favorite snacks. Picking up one of them, my favorite Chocolate Banana Bread (10), I laughed. "They're too sweet and accommodating, I swear~ ... Hm?"
Something flickered by my balcony, and walking towards it, I opened the balcony doors to peek out.
"... Was that a black a cat? (11)"
Side Info/Teasers:
1) Turns out that Miran has never gone to school before, as in going to school with other people! She doesn't get to go out on her own a lot it seems. Do you wonder why? I do too~
2) Who is Miran that she has guards in disguise watching over her? All we know for now is that she is certainly important. Will I divulge things more clearly sooner? Probably! ... In the end or sequel to this series, oh ho~
3) This is the main family that Miran has grown up with. From oldest to youngest, they are: Yuli, Anders, Kaius, Bram, Felix, Quon, Pira, Finn, Alak, Luca, and Leon. Miran is the only girl in her family of 12 including herself. Supposedly, they are very attractive like idols. They're not actual movers, and apparently, they moved to Japan to work on projects. Yuli appears to be the first to be active in the projects. Just what are said projects, hm? And why the nickname Knights? Well, one reason is that they think it sounds cool ha ha! As for the rest, you'll find out much, much, MUCH later, as Miran's Knight's will take a much larger role in the sequel series! I have already worked on 5 of the 11 guys' concept designs, though I will re-modify them again. You can try to find them online if you'd like, and if you do, you're going to get a great amount of spoilers. Search at your own risk!
4) Miran LOVES food. Food is Life for her. 'Nough said.
5) Miran's explanation of her parents is a little vague... Is there a reason for that?
6) It's now known that Miran knows and is loved by many people in her life. Her family all consists of people who have watched over her, have grown with her, or are basically friends. We have Shining Saotome, some of the professors, and apparently Reiji Kotobuki too! Who else does Miran know?
7) Miran does in fact stand out a bit because of her fashion sense. I have already sketched her character concept and will make a final and share it with you ASAP! I am going to draw out her room too, so that you have a better idea of what our heroine is like ^^ As for the tints on her glasses... Miran isn't actually shy about eye contact. So then why the tint?
8) Miran has a particular schedule, where after her classes, she has other activities to do in the evening elsewhere. This is a place that she and her family are involved with, and the staff and administration are aware about it as well. Just what could Miran be doing?
9) Apparently, what Miran looks like at school is not what she usually looks like. It's a "change," but aren't you curious of what she usually looks like too? Like Felix says, she looks "different."
10) Miran is OBSESSED with the chocolate banana flavor. She doesn't get sick of it at all. It's her favorite dessert flavor besides lime, though if we're being honest, Miran just loves and eat anything she finds delicious.
11) Do you know/remember who said cat is?
And that's Episode 1: The First Day! That was super long since I section everything off, but I hoped you like it so far! I hope that you all had fun learning new things and getting refreshed with some past things. Please continue to give this story and our awesome heroine Miran, MiMi, or Mirara, some love~
Thank you, and goodnight (It's almost 10pm where I live)! Sweet dreams~