Mizono: magasaurus-chan, you're absolutely correct!
Lie: Don't get too happy...
Lie, loosen up. Anyway, there's still three more anagrams in Chapter 14!
Nico: That's right! So post your answers as reviews at Enya's Facebook page and stand to win a chance to get groped by Nozomi-chan!
Uh... Nico, that's not what you're supposed to say...
Maki: Post your answers as a review here and no, Nozomi won't be groping anyone.
Maki should also lighten up... Anyway, I don't own Love Live and have no idea why are the two mothers still here.
Lie and Mizono: Hey!
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The cheers coming from the crowd boomed throughout the field as they waited for the chairwoman to deliver her speech.
"Let's see... To all those people participating the events, do your best!" The crowd went while after hearing the short speech. Nico was sitting in a corner with Nozomi and Kotori beside her.
"Wah... Today's sports festival seems exciting!" Kotori beamed, waiting for Honoka to come back from the vending machine.
"I couldn't care less. Rather, at least we get to skip school legally!" Nico said, clearly uninterested in the festival.
"Nicocchi, if you keep that attitude up I'll have to give you my breast rub~" Nozomi sang, her hands moving in a groping fashion. Nico clamped her mouth shut, turning her attention to Umi, who was walking over to them.
"Kotori, happy birthday. Sorry that we could only celebrate it afterwards." Umi apologised.
"It's fine! Besides, I've Honoka-chan, Nico-chan and Nozomi-chan here with me!" Kotori replied, hugging Nico in the process.
"I see, well then have a nice day." Umi said before heading over to the stands where Rin was. "By the way, release Nico already!" She shouted, jealousy starting to consume her. Kotori immediately released Nico from her grasp, allowing the girl to breathe.
"Haa... Haa... Damn it, stop doing that!"
"Sorry Nico-chan, but I just can't help it..."
"Whatever... Ah, Honoka-chan's back with our drinks!"
"Sorry! Here, green tea for Nozomi-chan, fruit juice for me and Kotori..." Honoka trailed off, making the person not mentioned to grow suspicious.
"Hey, what did you get for me?"
"Uh... Milk?" This caused a few of Nico's veins to burst. She attempted to hurl her fist at Honoka before getting groped by Nozomi.
"N-Nozomi! Get off me!"
"Not until you calm down! Anyway, I wanted to read a book while waiting for the festival too be over..." Nozomi took out a book and showed it to the other three.
"What the hell...? You better ensure that no one from that book comes after us!"
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"Hmm... Wonder what's Nozomi doing..." Eli sighed to herself as she prepared for her event.
"Ah, Eli-chan nya! Ready to show the other classes how fast you are nya?" Rin asked Eli, who did not noticed the cat-like woman's presence.
"Rin... Yeah, just wondering what Nozomi's reading..." Eli replied, tucking back one of her golden locks behind her ear. "Well, I got to go." She said before walking towards the track.
"Book huh? I wanna know what's Nozomi reading nya!" Rin said to herself before sprinting off in Nozomi's direction.
"Oh, Hoshizora-sensei. Nice to see you so energetic early in the morning..."
"Principal Minami! Y-Yes, nice to see you too nya!" Rin stuttered, not looking at the chairwoman directly.
"I suppose that you are also curious about the book Tojo-san's holding?" The chairwoman asked, glancing towards Nozomi's direction.
"Y-You too nya? I've a bad feeling though nya..." Rin asked, shocked to know that her employer would also engage in a little snooping.
"Doesn't it add to the excitement? Let's go, we're near them anyway..." The chairwoman concluded before walking up to the four women gathered at a corner. Rin silently followed, praying to herself that Nozomi wasn't reading anything scary.
"... And then, Toriko watched as Miu performed her dance, dazzling everyone including the judges and Toriko..." Nozomi read out before noticing Rin and the chairwoman beside her.
"Mom! What are you doing here?"
"Discovering an idiot writer's book being read out by her daughter it seems." This sentence, though confusing the three adults, made perfect sense to Nico.
"Nozomi-chan... How many people did your mother know...?" Nico asked, fully aware of the writer's source of inspiration.
"Nicocchi sure is perspective... I'm guessing probably all of us?" Nozomi suggested, an innocent smile plastered on her face. Before Nico could even continue, she was interrupted by someone she knew.
"Nozomi! I won first place and beaten my own record!" Eli's voice sounded out from the distance. Nozomi instantly directed her attention to the quarter-Russian and hugged her.
"Elichi, good job! Let's watch Hanayo run the bread eating event!" Nozomi exclaimed before leading Eli away. The last thing they saw from Nozomi was a smirk on her face, giving the chairwoman and Nico a 'keep on guessing, I won't tell you' expression.
"I seriously want to bash that girl..."
"Yazawa-san, you're extremely right for once."
Rin, Honoka and Kotori simply sat there confused about the random conversation they just heard.
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"Hey Nico, I got some soda for you."
"Umi-chan actually getting Nico something she hates? Umi-chan..." Nico's eyes soon welled up with tears, touched by her lover's kind gesture.
"Is your mother still grieving over your father's loss?" The chairwoman asked, knowing that Umi may be either angry or confused when the topic was raised.
"Nope, she kind of got it over as soon the funeral ended... Actually, I doubt she ever cared about my father's death. Why do you ask?" Umi responded, slightly taken aback by the question.
"No, it's nothing... Just wondering if she had gotten over it after 15 years..." The chairwoman sighed. Nico and Umi detected a mixture of loneliness and relief but decided to ignore it.
"Nico-chan, the item finding event is going to start soon! You better go!" Kotori said, looking at her watch while informing Nico. Nico heard this and immediately went to the gathering area, leaving Umi, Kotori and the chairwoman seated at the corner. Honoka had left to tend to her sweet shop and Rin went back to congratulate Hanayo for getting her rice bread.
"Mom, explain to the two of us why you asked about Umi-chan's mother."
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"Gahh! What the heck is this?! I've to find a person whose affection is unrequited? I swear, Nozomi must be the one who created these questions!" Nico cursed as she saw many other participants scratching their heads. "Wait a minute... There is someone, thank you Nozomi!" She thanked Nozomi, who was sitting at the sidelines with Maki and Eli, and ran towards a certain woman.
"Kotori, I've no idea what you are trying to imply. Sonoda-san's my high school classmate and as a classmate, I'm concerned about her..." The chairwoman tried to dodge her daughter's question to no avail.
"Hey chairwoman! You're that bloody Toriko in the book Nozomi read just now right? Come with me!" Nico rudely shouted before grabbing the chairwoman's hand, stunning the chairwoman completely. Umi seemed to figure out something and immediately grabbed the book that Nico implied. What she saw after reading a few random pages confirmed her hypothesis.
"No wonder... I swear, Mizono Tojo is clearly a mysterious individual..."
"Umi-chan? Who is Mizono Tojo?"
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"Yay, you won. Can you tell me what you needed me for?" Toriko dryly asked, wanting to escape from the school as soon as possible.
"Oh, I need someone whose love is not returned. You loved Umi-chan's mother but she didn't love you back right?" Nico replied casually, using her tone as bait to capture the older woman. Unfotunately for Toriko, like a bird that got shot by a hunter, she fell into Nico's trap.
"I never confessed to Miu... I saw her with her husband and simply assumed that she will never return my feelings..." Toriko said, clearly regretting her decision in the past.
"Well then, never fear, Tojo-chan's tarot reading is available 24/7!" Nozomi said, appearing out of the blue.
"No, I'm SO not going to use that service of yours like what I did with Mizono!" Toriko exclaimed, wary of the purple-haired girl's intention.
"Yep yep but are you sure you won't gamble your chance one more time?" Nozomi asked, her hand turning over to reveal an upright Empress card. Nico didn't understand what the card meant but she knew what she could do to help the chairwoman.
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"Nico, how was it? Did you win with Kotori's mother helping you?" Umi asked, slightly drained from explaining her conclusion about the book to Kotori three times.
"Yeah, but could you call your mom over? It's time for Nico the scriptwriter to edit the ending of Anemone Heart!" Nico responded, holding up Nozomi's book. Umi immediately called her mother to come over while Kotori decided to read the book held in Nico's possession.
"Umi, I do hope you have a good reason for me to come over..." A woman with navy blue hair tied into a low ponytail asked her daughter. Umi simply nodded and pointed to the chairwoman who was up on stage once again to give the closing speech.
"Mother, please pay attention to what she says. It'll change your lives and maybe hers if you do listen." Umi's mother nodded, unaware of the scheme she was roped into.
"Mom, Umi-chan's mother is here. I don't know what Nico-chan wants you to do but I'm behind you all the way!" Kotori informed her mother, who gave her daughter a quick nod of thanks before starting her speech.
"Thank you all for attending this event, on behalf of the school I hope that all of you enjoyed today's sport festival!" She started off, receiving tired cheers from the students and some teachers. "Also, as the object Nico Yazawa of class 2-2 has used to win the item finding event I have one thing to say!" Toriko continued, her face starting to heat up.
"Uh... Umi? What am I supposed to pay attention to? Toriko-san is not saying anything important..."
"Shh... Wait for it, she'll do so provided she doesn't messes up."
"Mess what up? Umi, this better not be a trick..."
"I, Toriko Minami, love Miu Sonoda, mother of Umi Sonoda and will continue to do so!" The chairwoman shouted, completely embarrassed by her students' 'genius' idea. The crowd went silent for a moment before cheering louder than the start of the festival.
"Toriko... Umi, you brought me here to hear... this...?" Miu asked, blushing furiously. "That woman, she should have the decency to do such an important part of a young woman's life in private!" She continued. Umi wanted to tell her mother that she was no longer young but decided against it, choosing to lead her mother upstage instead.
"Accept! Accept!" The crowd chanted. Nozomi gave a smile of accomplishment before going over to where Umi and Nico was.
"What a good way to end of the festival right?"
"At least it's better than Eli's mother and yours..."
"Hmph, Nico doesn't want to get involved in your weird books again!"
"But it makes life interesting doesn't it?" The three of them watched as the two mothers shared a kiss, eliciting hoots and roars from the crowd. As the kiss ended so did the festival, leaving the students nothing but the memories of an unusual sports festival.
"Hey Miu, want to head over to Umi's house to celebrate Kotori's birthday?" Toriko asked, clasping on to her new lover's hand.
"Sure, but why her house? Ah, whatever... Let's just head over." Miu sighed, clasping Toriko's hand tightly. With that, the two women left the school, leaving the others to clear the mess caused at the school. If one noticed closely, the two of them leaving together is exactly like a scene one would see in romance movies, sunset framing them as they became dots in the distance.
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Miu: What the heck is this? Talisman-san, you seriously have no talent in writing this.
Ouch. That's painful...
Lie: Well, at least the readers would know that you love to use anagrams.
Is that supposed to be good? Anyway, Rin! I love you!
Rin: Nya?! Enya-chan, I'm dating Kayo-chin nya!
For giving me five love gems in SIF... Seriously, let me finish.
Rin: Sorry nya...
Maki: Know what, this is rubbish. If only I wasn't a Love Live character I could be spared from reading this...
Yeah yeah whatever...
Honoka: So since we're talking about this freely, that means we won't celebrate Kotori's birthday?
Yes. Can someone find a way to end this conversation? I really need to get back to doing my holiday homework. *Leaves mysterious room*
Maki: She's gone huh? Oh well, please review this fanfic negatively to hurt Talisman-san.
Kotori: Maki-chan! Don't do that, she'll probably do something bad to you and Nozomi-chan!
Eli: I'm starting to understand why Talisman-san left... Good bye readers...
All the people in here: Bye!
