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Disclaimer: I do not own any characters of Love Live! School Idol Project. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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Nico steps out of the car and stretches her arms over her head. 'What a long ride.' She blinks and looks at the plain building in front of her. 'Where are we?'

Thump

The idol turns around to see everyone else getting out of the car. She walks over to Eli, "Hey Eli where are we?"

The blonde turns around, "This is our office for the time being." She walks to the back of the car and opens the trunk. The rest of the guards followed after Eli and took their luggage.

Nico raises her eyebrow, "...Seriously?"

Nozomi walks by the idol and pats her shoulder, "Don't worry Nicocchi we're here first so we can drop some things off and meet up with John and his buddies."

Nico's eyes droop and she covers her mouth as she yawns, "Oh yeah?"

Nozomi giggled, "We can go to the hotel after the meeting. After that little event I'm sure jet lag is catching up to you."

Nico waves her hand, "Nah. I don't wanna mess up my beauty sleep schedule."

Eli chuckles she stops beside Nico; both of her hands are occupied with Hanayo's stuff, "Do you want to check inside while we wait for our liaisons?"

Nico takes a look to her right; there are some plain buildings. She takes a look to her left; more plain buildings. The idol shrugs as takes a small box from Eli's hand and starts walking toward the building, "Eh might as well. Not I like I know anywhere fun around here." She stops to look back, "But you two better show me somewhere nice after this."

Nozomi smiles while Eli shakes her head, "Of course Nico."

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10 minutes later...

Inside

"Wow it looks really similar to your office back at home." Nico sits down on a couch and enjoys the moment as she sinks into the cushion. 'Oh that feels so nice.'

Nozomi breaks her trance as she takes a seat next to the idol, "One of the perks of having powerful backers like Maki."

After dropping off Hanayo's stuff Nozomi and Eli gave a tour of the office; it was more of walking in a similar building than exploring. 'It felt like deja vu.' Nico looks at the front to see Eli talking with Honoka, Rin, and Umi about something. She then looks at Nozomi, "So how's LA?"

"It's very interesting." Nozomi turns her torso toward Nico, "They have a lot of different things."

"Like?"

Nozomi leans in and covers a side of her mouth, "The way they make their food is absolutely delicious."

Nico playfully pushes Nozomi on her shoulder and scoff, "Of course you would think about food."

"But Nicocchi you have to try it. One of my new favorites is ribs. I like how they glaze the meat with barbecue sauce. How your teeth sinks into the warm tender flesh." Nozomi starts to have a dreamy look as she reminisce her experience.

Nico realizes she was drooling and quickly wipes it off. 'Holy crap. That does sound good.'

Luckily Nico was saved from the hunger torment when Eli walks over them, "What's going on?"

Nico tries to act nonchalant and shrugs, "Not much. Just Nozi being a glutton."

"Hey!"

Nico ignores her, "So what were you talking about with the others?"

"Oh they wanted to know more about the seminars and the certificate programs."

"Ohhh."

"Ahhh," Nozomi sighs, "That was a lot of work." Nozomi then smiles, "But worth it since we get to be with you Nicocchi."

Nico's face heats up a bit, "O-Of course. No one can resist the Number 1 Idol."

Nozomi smiles and then looks at Eli with some kind of look. Eli looks exasperated but she takes a seat at the empty spot next to Nico.

"What's up?"

Eli and Nozomi then hug Nico.

"What the—" Nico jumps but instinctively wraps around Nozomi and Eli's waist. 'Did they pick this up here? I expected Nozi to do this, but Eli?'

"We're sorry that you had to go through that on the first day." Eli murmurs near Nico's ear.

The idol tries not to shiver and gulps, "What? The crowd?"

"Mhm."

Nico tries to laugh it off, "It wasn't too bad. Nothing to worry about."

"It's our job to protect and worry about you Nicocchi." This time Nozomi talks, "I think we were too used to how thing go over in Japan."

"But you two did protect me." They pull back and Nico sees their faces, "You got us out of that mess."

Eli raises a finger, "But it shouldn't have happened in the first place."

"I trust you," Nico was quick to say that. She looks at Nozomi, "I trust you. I trust all of you because I'm confident that you can protect me." Nico gets up and turns around to look at them, "After all," Nico smiles, "Only the best can be with me."

A moment of silence and Eli sighs into her hand, "Why do I even worry."

Nico points a thumb at herself, "'Cause I'm here."

"Oh look."

Nico turns around to see Rin pointing at the front door; it's John and his buddies. She waves at them, "Yo. Looks like you guys made it out alive."

John nods at them, "Yes." He looks at Honoka, "Is everyone here?"

The CEO nods, "Yup."

"Then we can talk about the concert."

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Meeting Room

With everyone settled down, Nico claps her hands, "So. What's the game plan?"

John takes out a piece of paper, "I have been talking to your manager and we've come with some promotional events for your concert."

Nico accepts the paper and takes a look; both of her eyebrows shoot up, "That's a lot." Nico points at something on the paper, "I'm going to the dance studio and having an interview tomorrow?"

Ryu steps toward Nico, "Your concert is in a month and we want to get as much publicity as possible. The schedule is going to be condensed but with their help I believe you can do it."

John nods, "We are willing spend the resources and help you Nico." He gestures to the paper, "The media outlet gave us a general list of questions they are going to ask you. We'll send it to your hotel later."

Nico looks over to Honoka who nods back, "We'll help anyway we can Nico."

Nico nods at Honoka and looks around, "Alright. Any other plans?"

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3 hours later...

"Holy crap that was a lot." Nico feels some popping as she stretches her body. She looks back at the group, "How are y'all feeling?"

"We're good." Eli and Nozomi seem fine, but it seems the others are starting to nod off.

Nico feels like boulders are weighing her down. 'So sleepy.' Then her stomach rumbled and her cheeks flushed.

Nozomi chuckles, "How about we get dinner? I know a great place."

It seems to set off a chain reaction as there rumbles echo throughout the room.

Nico sighs, "Lead the way Nozi."

Sam n' Tam Tea n' Grill

"Ohh this place got a nice atmosphere here." Nico looks around at the wooden interior. "Feels homey."

"It's great." Nozomi ushers the rest of the group in.

"Oh hey Nozomi you're back again." Nico looks at the front counter to see two uniformed teen standing behind it.

"Hey Linda." Nozomi leads the party to the front and points to the side of the wall. "Here's the menu." She turns to the teen and smiles, "I'll have the usual."

"Alright." Linda nods and pushes some buttons on the cashier. "So what brings you back so early?"

"Oh I just wanted to show my friends this place..."

Nico raises her eyebrow, 'So Nozi is a regular here huh?'

"...der?"

"Huh?" Nico looks to see the other teen, "Yes?"

"Are you ready to order miss?"

"Oh right," Nico quickly looks at the menu. "I'll have the... B.L.T."

"Okay."

"Here." Nico looks to side to see Nozomi holding out a credit card.

"Thanks." Nico accepts the card and gives it to the worker. As the crew walks to a nearby table to wait for their order, Nico sits down and can feel her exhaustion catching up to her. 'Uggh.'

Nozomi takes a seat next to Nico, "Maybe we should have gone to the hotel and ate there."

Nico shakes her head, "It's okay. And besides, you're having a lot of fun."

Nozomi looks confused but Rin called out to her, "Hey Nozomi how was your first week here?"

"Well..."

Nico leans back and enjoys the scene in front of her.

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Hotel

Knock knock

Nico blearily opens her eyes and rubs them with her hand. She throws the cover to stand up and yawn, "Who iz it?"

"Can we come in Nico?"

'Oh it's Eli.' "Hold on," Nico walks over the door to see Eli, Nozomi, Rin, and Umi. "Whoa what's up?"

The blunette answers her, "Rin and I will going to seminar soon."

Rin waves her hand, "We just want to say goodbye since we'll be gone for most of the time."

"Oh." Nico's mind is finally waking up. "Then let the Number 1 Idol bless you with some luck." She holds her fist out, "Both of you are going to past the test."

Rin fist bumps the idol, "You got it nya~"

Umi stares at Rin but doesn't say anything.

Nico brings her fist in front of Umi; the guard just stares at the limb. "C'mon fist me."

Umi raises her eyebrow at the wording as she stares at Nico. After a while she sighs and lightly bumps fists together.

'Yes!'

Umi looks at her watch and turns to Rin, "We should be going." She looks back at the idol, "We will see you at a later time." Both of them start walking away.

Rin waves her hand, "See you later."

Nico and the other guards wave back, "See ya soon." After they disappear at the corner of the hallway, she turns back to them, "Wanna come in?"

"Sure Nicocchi." They walk and stop in front of the plasma screen.

Eli holds up some paper, "We got the questions."

"Ohh nice." Nico yawns again, "Lemme take a shower real quick so can you call for some breakfast?"

Eli places the paper down and picks up the phone, "Sure."

Nico walks in the bathroom and turns on the shower.

Twenty minutes later...

Nico opens the door to see both of the guards watching the TV; there is some man with a military uniform in front of camera. He points at a picture with a big red X on it. She then looks to the side to see a tray of food. "Ohh breakfast."

That brings the guards' attention. "Oh you're finished."

"Yup." Nico takes a sip of juice and then starts to spread cream cheese on a beagle. "So what's the plan for today?"

Nozomi turns off the screen, "Well you have a tour of the dance studio at 11 and then the interview will be at 6 so we should get to the news station around 5."

"Cool." Nico takes a bite and looks at the paper, "That should give me some time to prepare."

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Dance Studio

Nozomi opens the door so Nico and Eli can go inside the studio. Inside the idol sees a spacious dance floor with windows as the walls. Off to the side there is a group of men and women huddled together. She whistles, "Damn this is pretty big."

That catches the group's attention and a blonde lady walks toward Nico. After getting close, her eyes widen and she smiles, "Ah you must be Nico Yazawa. It's good to meet you." She sticks her hand out, "I'm Grace Skye and I'll be your coach temporally."

Nico smiles and shakes her hand, "It's nice to meet you Grace. I'll be in your care."

Grace turns around and waves her group over, "These are my students and they'll be your supporting dancers."

Nico waves at them, "Hi all!"

The students wave back with a chorus of greetings.

Grace claps her hands to grab their attention, "So first things first. What kind of genre do you want? It should help us create a routine to fit it."

"What kind of dancing do you do?"

"We create choreography for music videos, movies, and events."

"That sounds nice. Can I see a sample?"

"Sure," Grace turns to her students, "Everyone let's do the one from last week."

( search up: D-trix Finesse on youtube )

3 minutes later...

"...Whoa." Nico's mouth was on the floor after that spectacular dance. She turns around to see Nozomi and Eli's jaws on the floor as well.

"Well what do you think?" Nico turns around back to see Grace smiling.

"That was really amazing. But I don't think I can sing and dance that well."

"No worries we don't have to something like that." She looks thoughtful for a moment, "If you don't mind, I do have a suggestion."

"What is it?"

"After we received a contract to coach you we researched your videos to see how you dance. You had good choreography and it wasn't intense to interfere with your singing."

"Aw thanks."

"So what I had in mind is to mix both styles together so you can dance and sing."

"So some kind of..." Nico looks for the right word, "Fusion?"

"Yes."

'This sounds really interesting.' Nico grins and nods her head, "After seeing you guys dance, it sounds like a great idea."

Grace smiles, "I'm glad you like it. We can get started so we can see where it goes."

"That sounds great."

The dancer looks behind Nico, "Would you two like to join?"

Eli waves her hands, "Oh no thank you we are here just to watch."

Nico turns around to face her guards, "C'mon Eli it'll be fun."

Eli looks at Nozomi who shrugs her shoulders. She sighs, "Alright."

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News Station

Nico looks around as the staff workers busy themselves as they prepare to air the interview; she sees cameras placed in different area oh the studio. She looks at the center of the room to see a blonde woman sitting on a table looking at some papers. 'Probably the interviewer.' The idol looks over her notes and then takes a deep breath. 'Right. You got this.'

Nico feels a tap and she looks over to see Nozomi and Eli smiling, "You got this Nicocchi."

"You're going to be fine."

Nico smiles, "Thanks." With that said the idol walks over to the lady and takes a seat, "Hey..." Nico searches her mind to remember her name, "Rachel."

Rachel looks up and smiles, "Oh hello Ms. Yazawa."

"Please call me Nico."

"Of course." Rachel tides up the papers, "Are you excited?"

Nico puts up a peace sign, "Kinda excited doing this in another country."

Rachel smiles at the gesture. A man comes up to them, "We'll be airing in one minute."

Rachel nods at him, "Thank you."

Nico looks at herself to make sure nothing is out of place and she looks presentable in front of the cameras. With nothing out of place she takes a looks around and stops at her guards; they give her a thumbs-up and she returns the gesture.

The man holds up three fingers.

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Rachel looks at the camera, "Hello and welcome to New Dawn's news show. I'm you host Rachel Evergarden. Now I'm joined by a very special guest today and I'm sure some of you know who she is... Here is Nico Yazawa."

Nico poses for the cameras, "Nico-nii! Hello everyone!"

Rachel chuckles, "She is a rising idol star in Japan and she came here because she is going to hold a concert one month from now here in LA." She looks at the idol, "So Nico do you mind if I ask some questions?"

Nico grins, "I don't mind."

"Alright," The blonde briefly looks down at her paper, "So why did you become an idol?"

"I want to make everyone in the world to smile and I believe that being an idol I can do that."

"That's very noble Nico. What inspired you to go through this path?"

Nico smiles fondly at that, "My papa was the one who inspired me to become an idol. He was actually the one who created Nico-Nico-Nii."

"I'm sure he would be very proud to see you achieve. With all this fame did you get used to being a celebrity?"

Nico tucks a strand of her hair behind her ear, "Even after being an idol for years I'm still amazed I'm here right now."

Rachel nods, "And so why do you want to host a concert here in the US?"

"I wanted to show my fans my thanks for supporting me even though I was across the sea."

"Nico you're one of the very few to hold an international event on this scale. How does it make you feel?"

"I'm really excited and amazed that I have so many fans here." 'Alright done with the questions.'

"Alright one more questions."

'Wait what?'

"Do you have any crushes?"

Nico sees a flash of yellow and purple, "Nope. My heart belongs to all of my fans equally."

Rachel looks to the side to see a man tapping his wrist. "Unfortunately we're out of time but be sure to come to Nico's concert next month at the stadium. For more information you can call the number or look up the website on the screen. This is Rachel Evergarden and I hope you have a great evening."

Nico waves at the camera, "Bye bye and Nico-Nii out."

"And that's a wrap! Great job everyone."

Rachel whips her head around, "I'm so sorry about the last question Nico. The director put it in at the last moment."

"It's fine. You did great." Nico waves Rachel goodbye and walks over to her guards.

"Ready to go back to the hotel Nicocchi?"

"Yeah I'm exhausted."

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At the entrance

Nico looks outside to see a mob of people standing behind metal railings with security on the other side. "Wow."

Eli leans toward Nico, "I'm sorry Nico but all the other entrances are blocked off. Even Hanayo can't find a cleat exit."

Nozomi hums, "Funnily enough the front has the least amount of people."

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's meet my fans." Nico walks forward with the guards opening the door for the idol. She stops in front of the crowd with Eli and Nozomi standing by her side.

"NICO!"

Lights blink all around her as cameras and phones flash to capture pictures of the idol; she poses, "Nico-Nico-Nii"

"NICO-NICO-NII!" The crowd goes wild as they copy the pose.

"I'm sure you're all excited to see me but I have to go."

"Awww."

"I know I know. But you'll see me at the concert and I'm sure I'll make you smile again. So I'll see all of you later." Nozomi and Eli lead the way as they escort Nico to their SUV. Luckily her fans are cooperative and they made a clearing for her. They safely got in the car and drove off to the hotel.

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Hotel

After turning a corner Nico sees Rin and Umi waiting in front of her door. She keeps walking and waves at them, "Yo."

They both turn toward and met her halfway in the hall. Rin is the first to talk, "Hey Nico that was a great interview."

Nico and the crew continue their way to her room, "Thanks Rin."

Umi is quick to comment, "That was reckless of what you did at the front of the building Ms. Yazawa."

"It's fiiine," Nico unlocks the door and the party fills in. "And call me Nico. We're not in Japan anymore."

"But Ms—"

Nico turns around and points a finger at Umi, "Nope."

"Ms—"

"Nope."

"Bu—"

"Nope."

Umi sighs, "...Nico."

"See! Not so hard right?"

Eli pats Umi's shoulder, "Think of it this way. It would suspicious to be formal with Nico in public."

"...I suppose."

Nico plops down on her bed, "So how was your day?"

Rin gestures wildly, "It was crazy—"

Bzzt

Rin takes out her phone, "Hanayo and the others came back."

Nico nods at Rin, "You should get them and we can have a little get-together."

"Sounds fun." Rin jogs out of the door with Umi following after the rookie.

Nico lies down on the bed, "What a day."

Then Nozomi appeared in her vision with two bottles of water, "Here."

Nico sits back and accepts the drink, "Thanks." She opens the cap and takes a then feels the bed depress as Eli and Nozomi sit beside her. "That was tough."

Eli pats Nico's knee, "But you made it through."

Nozomi pats Nico's other knee, "We're here for you Nicocchi."

"Thanks." Nico sags into them as she lets their shoulders support her upright. "It's going to be a long month."

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And le fin.

Phew this one had more words than I expected. Anyway sorry that this chapter is more of a set up for future events; I wanna lay down the foundations first before I get more complex with the story.

Summer class takes so much of my time and concentration that it's hard to write a new chapter while making sure it's consistent with previous chapters. The next chapter will probably be in a month because of testing and all that.

Until next time.

Thanks for reading

Constructive criticisms are appreciated

Bravo Tango out.