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"Now for the fourth event of Team Up the challenge is cooking and baking!" Headmaster Morohoshi announced. "Each team will have to cook a dish and bake a dessert. This event can only have two members of each group. Select your members and come down to compete!"

Ako smiled and stood up. "I think this is the challenge for Yume and me."

Mahiru smiled at Ako. "I agree."

Laura nudged Yume encouragingly. "Me too."

Yume stood up beside Ako. "Yea! Don't worry guys, this time Ako and I will get first place!"

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"You have two hours to concoct your dish and dessert! Begin!"

Ako inspected Yume. "What do you plan on making for dessert?"

Yume blinked. "Well, I was thinking about doing a chocolate cake..."

Ako nodded. "I'll make something to go with it. Let me scan my brain database for the perfect match." She closed her eyes and lifted her hands into the air. "Tick tick tick tick tick tick... Ding ding!" Hey eyes shot open and she looked and Yume. "I'll make a cheese ravioli in a cream sauce, so it'll be a sweet and savory fondue like pair!"

Yume smiled. "That's great! Let's go!"

Ako began her work at the counter and Yume began her cake from her side of the station. All of the kitchens were set up on the field where the audience could watch them work.

Ako mixed her dough, while Yume blended her cake batter. Ako rolled out her dough while Yume poured the batter into trays. Ako stuffed and closed the cheese inside the small ravioli squares, while Yume inserted the cake trays into the oven. Ako boiled the pasta, while Yume designed her toppings. Ako created the sauce, while Yume cooled the cake. Ako finished first, plating the pasta and pouring the cream sauce over it, sprinkling herbs as garnish. She then turned to help Yume, who was putting the base frosting all around the cake layers. It was a chocolate cream and a circle shaped cake.

Suddenly, Headmaster Morohoshi approached the stage. "Five minutes are left for the competition! Finish up!"

Yume moved away from the cake. "I'm done frosting, now we have to cut it into slices and then decorate!"

Ako nodded and grabbed a knife. She cut the cake in half, then quarters, then again until there were 8 slices total.

They separated the slices into their own plates, and Yume came with a pipe with frosting in it. She designed the sides of the cake with a lighter brown frosting and Ako added white chocolate shaving sprinkles on them.

"Times up!" Morohoshi announced. "Leave everything the way it is!"

Yume and Ako smiled at each other in pride.

"We did it." Yume said, and high fived Ako with each of their dirty hands. Yume scooped some extra frosting a licked it. "Yum!"

Ako giggled at her antics, while she went to wash her hands.

Some assistants came up to take all of their dishes and Ako and Yume were instructed to wait. The judging for this round would happen like on a show on TV. The judges would taste the food and score it.

Ako and Yume were called up sixth. Ako's ravioli dish sat in front of the four teachers and a guest judge chair held Toyo Seika, a well renowned chef.

Ako smiled at them. "I created a savory cheese ravioli with a cream sauce and herbs." She explained as they tasted each.

They didn't say anything, and then changed dishes to Yume's cake.

"This is a double chocolate cake with chocolate whipped frosting and white chocolate shavings. Enjoy!" Yume said.

As the teachers ate the cake, Ako observed that they seemed to enjoy it.

Morohoshi nodded to the girls. "Thank you, you may go."

Ako and Yume thanked them and went back to wait.

A while later, after tasting the other dishes and coming up with the scores, Headmaster Morohoshi went to the mic and began announcing the scores.

"Second place, earning nine points, is Feather Friends! And taking first place is Star Squad!"

Yume cheered loudly with Ako in happiness, and hugged her. They ran back to Mahiru and Laura and they were all proud.

"I told you so." Ako told Yume.

Yume stuck out her tongue in mockery.

Ako stuck her tongue out in response as well.

Yume laughed at her reaction. "Hey, Mahiru," she called.

Mahiru turned to her. "Yes?"

"I saved some of the cake that we made," Yume said and showed it. "Do you guys want some?"

Mahiru sparkled in joy. "Yes!"

Laura smiled and came closer. "Me too!"

Ako turned her nose up. "Of course I do."

Yume passed the cake slices that she decorate to them and took one for herself too.

They began eating the cake, and Mahiru commented, "Oh! This is delicious! You definitely deserved to win!"

Laura let out a pleased moan and nodded her head in agreement with Mahiru.

As they finished their cake, headmaster Morohoshi went to the stage to announce the next challenge.

"Next is a game of soccer! Only one player from each team in this challenge!" Morohoshi said.

The girls looked at Ako.

Ako frowned. "What?"

"Who do you think should do it?" Mahiru asked.

Ako shrugged. "I don't know." She paused. "Laura, do you want to do it?"

"Me?" She questioned.

Ako nodded. "You are more competitive than the rest of us."

Laura thought over it, before nodding. "Yea. I'll do it." She turned to Mahiru and Yume. "Is that okay?"

Yume patted her shoulder. "Yes! You can do it!"

"Alright!" Laura left them and went to the field, where they had cleared up all the things that were there for the girls to play.

After getting to change into their gym clothes, the class teachers explained the rules of the game.

"Each of you will be playing for yourselves, babies," Ms. Ana began, "whoever kicks a goal will get the point for it, yea!"

"However," Ms. Momoko said, "Scores will be given out based on the ten points scale depending on your rank after the game."

Morohoshi stepped forward. "You have thirty minutes to gain as many points as possible. Now, we will begin."

From the stands, Yume, Ako, and Mahiru watched Laura play. They cheered for her as she lost the ball, grabbed the ball, and all the times she attempted a score. She scored 6 times.

However it wasn't enough. Team Feather Friends earned 7 points, team Sparkle Hearts scored 9 points, and team Gold Shot earned 11 points.

After the scores were announced, Laura went back to the girls.

She gazed at them. "Sorry guys..."

"What for?" Yume asked, confused.

"Yea, you did great!" Mahiru said.

Laura frowned. "But I got fourth place."

"Better than fifth." Ako remarked, laughing.

Laura smiled.

Yume giggled. "That's right! Plus, you did get full points in the last challenge you did. So that's sixteen points for both events, so basically eight points for both!"

Laura raised her eyebrows at Yume, then laughed. "Okay Yume. Thanks."

Yume smiled brightly. "Of course! You did great! And we'll win this! Go Star Squad!"

They piled their hands together, "Star squad!"

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Hope you enjoy this chapter! Leave a review if you did! Stay tuned for the next chapter, where some M4 members make an appearance!

Special thanks to DarkBlueKoneko, Miharu11, and Leona Fullbuster