Hello! Welcome to the second chapter! BTW, has everyone seen the preview for the Christmas special? It seriously hAS ME FrEaKiNg OUT! Seriously, Ako was talking to Subaru! What!? I hope this won't mess with my ships TnT
Anyways... I do not own Aikatsu Stars!
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The girls stared wide eyed. The school field had turned into a large event arena. With tables and stations scattered everywhere, the stage stood strong in the center.
The four of them went forward and found a seat next to each other among their other classmates.
Soon after that, headmaster Morohoshi stepped up at the mic on stage.
"Good morning everyone. Welcome to the Team Up event!" The crowd cheered. "I will first go over the rules. There are many events that we will have today. In each event, up to two members of your team can participate. Some challenges require two and some of them can only be done by one member. The same member may not do two events in a row, unless the next one is with a partner.
"The points are given out by first to last. First place gets ten points, second place gets nine points, third place gets eight points, and so on until zero points. Your judges are your four teachers here at Four Star Academy and a different guest judge for each challenge. Our first event starts in half an hour. Teams, Choose your participant for... Track!"
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Yume, Laura, Ako, and Mahiru looked at each other.
"So who will go first?" Yume asked.
Mahiru raised her hand. "I'll do it."
Yume and Laura shared a glance.
Laura nodded. "Okay."
Yume smiled. "I agree!"
The girls looked to Ako, who was staring blankly.
Then, her eyes shut and her fingers raised to the air and started tapping a non-existent keyboard.
"Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick..." Ako mumbled. "Ahah!" Her eyes shot open again. "After scanning my mental database," She pointed her finger at Yume. "Yume should do this round."
"M-me!?" Yume stuttered.
"I have... An intuition that Mahiru will need to do the next challenge." Ako explained.
Laura and Mahiru shared a look, then nodded.
"Okay, we agree." Mahiru said.
Laura patted Yume on the shoulder. "Do your best Yume!"
"O-oh..." Yume gulped, then squeezed her fist in confidence. "Yea, I'll put my best into it!"
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A half hour later, Yume was on the track field lines up with several other girls. She had changed into her jogging outfit, and was stretching while she waited for the race to begin.
Just then, Headmaster Morohoshi came to the stage. "This race will be two laps around the track. The winner is the first to cross the finish line, and points will be given out based on that. Get ready. Get set. Go!"
Yume took off from her position on the starting line. She ran, steadily yet as fast as she could. She didn't stare, but she was aware of the presence of the other girls around her. It was going to be a close race.
Before she knew it, one lap had been done, and then she finished the next half. Yume gulped. Last chance to pull through, since she was about fifth or sixth place currently. She pumped everything into her legs, but she knew she wouldn't make it first.
"Yume!"
"You can do it, Yume!"
"Go Yume!"
Yume gasped. Her friends! Her friends was counting on her!
She steeled herself and pushed off. The finish line was right there. She couldn't watch the results. She closed her eyes and pulsed forward.
The sound of a horn blowing filled her ears. She stopped her feet and leaned on her knees, breathing heavy.
"Yume!"
She finally opened her eyes and saw her friends. "G-guys."
Laura, Ako, and Mahiru smiled at her.
"You did great Yume!" Laura cheered.
Ako nodded. "Yea. You came from sixth place to fourth place within the last half of the lap."
Yume's eyes widened. "Fourth place?!" She gasped in amazement.
Mahiru patted her. "Yes. Great job, Yume."
Yume smiled up at her friends. "Thanks everyone. I couldn't have done it without you all!"
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I realized that Morohoshi is Moroboshi in the anime, but I got hoshi off of the wiki page... so I'm going with that.
This is another... short chapter ^^" The next chapter has a little more interesting things happen though, don't worry~
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