I forgot to mention in the beginning of the story, but this will have Subaru x Yume and Kanata x Ako, mainly. There will be sibling love between Yozora, Asahi, and Mahiru, and maybe some hints of Laura x Nozomu? I'm not sure how I feel about those two yet!
Also... now the longest chapter! Yay!
I do not own Aikatsu Stars! or its characters!
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"The next challenge for you all is the knowledge quiz." Headmaster Morohoshi explained. "Choose your participant for an all subject quiz!"
The girls looked to Ako again, but this time with smiles.
Ako smirked and held up her hand. "Looks like it's my time to shine, huh?"
"You can do it Ako!" Yume cheered.
Ako jumped up to stand. "Yea!"
"Good luck!" Laura and Mahiru called to her as she walked to the stage down on the field.
As Ako walked down the hallway, she suddenly stopped at the urge to use the restroom. She gasped, then looked around for the closest one to go to.
After using the bathroom, she rounded a corner and brushed her uniform dress straight. As she did, she bumped into someone in the hall.
"Oh! My apologies!" Ako said quickly.
"It's okay."
Ako looked up at the familiar voice and gasped. "You!"
Kanata straightened his glasses on his face and smirked. "Yes?"
Ako gaped. "What are you doing here?" She exclaimed.
Kanata shrugged nonchalantly. "They invited me here."
Ako frowned. They who? Before she could ask, a chime interrupted her. She pulled out her phone to check. It was a message from Mahiru.
"Where r u? They r about 2 begin"
Ako yelped and ran off, leaving Kanata by himself.
He raised an eyebrow, then chuckled at her. "Good luck..." He said to no one, and continued on his way.
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Ako stood at her station panting lightly, glad she made it in time. A button sat in front of her on the top of the table, for her to press if she knew the answer.
Headmaster Morohoshi stood in front of all the girls participating, holding a stack of cards in his hands.
"Press the button when you know the answer. Correct answers get you a point, incorrect answers get you none." He stated. "You may buzz in after I finish asking the question. Answers must be given in question form." He paused and received nods from the girls. "Good. Question number one! Japanese history. Who was the American Commodore who came to Japan in 1853 to make a trade deal?"
Ako's eyes lit up and her hand slammed into the button.
"Star Squad, Ako Saotome." Morohoshi called, letting her answer.
"Who is Commodore Matthew C. Perry?" Ako replied.
Morohoshi nodded. "That is correct. One point to Star Squad." A point formed under their team in the challenge. "Next question. Science. Name the phases of mitosis in order."
Ako hit the button first again.
"Star Squad, Ako Saotome."
"What is interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase?" Ako answered.
"Correct." Morohoshi said. "Next question. In algebra, what is the formula for the Pythagorean theorem?"
A buzz filled the air.
"Star Squad, Ako Saotome."
"What is a squared plus b squared equals c squared?"
"Correct. Next question. Performing arts history. Dancer Kaminari Mutashi specialized in which type of dance?"
Ako slammed the button before she could process it.
"Star Squad, Ako Saotome." Morohoshi called.
Ako gulped, she didn't remember this one. She raked her mind for the answer. Morohoshi was waiting for her answer, so she had to say something. "W-what is Kabuki?"
"Co- oh, no," Morohoshi stumbled, "incorrect."
Another buzz filled the air.
Morohoshi turned to the girl with orange hair in a bun that had a braid coming out of it. "Feather Friends, Maiha Kotoha."
She smiled. "What is Nihon Buyo?"
"Correct. One point to Feather Friends." Morohoshi said.
Ako grumbled slightly under her breath.
Morohoshi continued on. "Next question, Literature. What is dramatic irony?"
This time, Ako knew it.
"Star Squad, Ako Saotome." Morohoshi called.
"What is when the audience figures out the problem and the characters do not?" Ako answered.
Morohoshi nodded. "Correct."
The questions continued, and Ako was the one to get most of them correct. The ones she didn't, was because she didn't press the buzzer soon enough. However, she still won the challenge by a landslide, her at 24 points, and everyone else at zero or a few.
Yet that didn't matter in the end because Star Squad was only rewarded ten points for first place.
Ako went back to the stands where Yume, Mahiru, and Laura were.
Headmaster Morohoshi went to the mic. "Now we will take a lunch break. We will resume again later."
Yume smiled at the others. "What do you guys want to eat? I can go get our food."
Laura looked at her. "Are you sure? We can come get our own."
Yume nodded, waving them to sit down. "Yes, yes, don't worry! What do you want?"
Laura hummed. "I think I'll have a turkey sandwich, please!"
"Can you bring me eggs and rice, please?" Mahiru asked.
Yume nodded.
Ako tapped her cheek. "I think I would like soy noodles, please."
"Got it!" Yume said, leaving them at the stands.
Yume walked to the food area for students, and waited in line. The line wasn't too long, but she was at the end.
Yume stood and started to wait.
"Yo, Boiled Octopus," Someone spoke to her. "Are you here to get," He paused to snicker. "octopus?"
Yume spun around and met blue eyes. "What? That's not even funny!" She cried.
Subaru shrugged, still smiling. "Hey, I thought it was funny."
Yume rolled her eyes and returned to face forward in the line.
Subaru inched forward to stand next to her. "So... what are you getting?"
Yume frowned. "What are you even doing here?"
He looked up at the line. "Getting lunch. Isn't it obvious?"
Yume turned red in anger. "That's not what I meant!"
"Well, that's what I meant." He answered.
Yume decided to ignore him. They stood in silence, which started to irritate Yume.
Soon later, it was her turn to order. She called in everything that the girls wanted and then ordered a sandwich for herself as well.
After she ordered, Subaru commented. "Well that explains why you're so heavy."
Yume turned red in embarrassment. "It's not all for me!" She shouted.
He laughed at her and she turned away, huffing.
"Um..." Yume started, cooled down now. "Why are you really here?" She paused. "I mean, at the event."
Subaru glanced at her. "Well-"
He was cut off by the worker at the counter, calling for Yume's completed order.
Yume perked up and went to the counter. She was handed four boxes stacked on top of each other and four bottles of water. They gave her a bag for the bottles. Yume grabbed the pile of boxes in her arms and looped the bag through her arm, quickly moving out of the way for those behind her. However, she realized that carrying all four containers would be harder than she initially expected, as her movement became more restricted.
Then, the weight of the boxes seemed to be gone from her arms and something pulled at the bag on her arm.
She looked up and gasped lightly. "H-hey!"
Subaru carried three of the containers and the water bottle bag.
Yume blushed. "Ah... Thanks." She mumbled.
"Well obviously all the food you eat doesn't do anything to help your strength." He said, trailing behind her.
Yume turned bright. "You don't have to help me if you're only going to insult me!" She cried.
Subaru hummed. "Sorry," he said, drawing out the vowel.
Yume rolled her eyes. "Fine, come on."
She led him and the food to the where the others were waiting. She smiled as she approached them. "I'm back!"
The three of them simultaneously turned to her.
"Welcome ba-" Ako started, but then caught sight of her companion. She squealed and ducked in front of Mahiru, away from sight. "Subaru..." She sighed dreamily.
Mahiru sweated in embarrassment at Ako. She turned to Subaru. "Hello. What are you doing here?"
Yume put down her box and let Subaru put down the ones he was carrying. "He helped me carry all of our food."
"Oh," Laura said. "Thank you."
He nodded in response. Then, turning to Yume, he patted her head. "Next time, be more realistic."
Yume frowned, confused, and tried to shake him off.
"See ya." Subaru called as he walked away.
Ako ducked down, her face turning bright red. Subaru said bye to her!
"I wonder why he was here." Laura said out loud.
Mahiru nodded. "Me too. What does he have to do here?"
Ako perked up. "Um, actually, I saw Kanata earlier."
They all looked at her surprised.
Mahiru shrugged. "I'm sure that if it's important we'll learn about it soon enough."
"Yea," Laura nodded.
Ako and Yume murmured in agreement.
"So where's our food, Yume?" Laura asked.
Yume handed out the proper boxes. "Here they are!"
They opened their food up and called out, "Thank you for the food!"
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I hope all characters weren't OOC here. Let me know how I did!
Did you notice that Ako got the dance question wrong? Haha idk just a connection to Kanata maybe? xP
Kudos to DarkBlueKoneko for guessing correctly hehe! Good job!