A/N: Am I still remembered? To people still remember who this author is?
Probably not, and I have yet again no excuse for not updating throughout summer vacation other than having no motivation to update, and the fact that I didn't have my computer with me over to my cousins.
BUT! To celebrate the new season for Utapri, I decided to sit down and write a chapter! This story is written after season 2, so there's that! Though I do hope everyone will enjoy this new chapter and I'll try to write another one soon!
Disclaimer: Shun-kun does not own the characters of Utapri.
"We will be landing shortly, all passengers please be seated until further announcements," Amber orbs blinked open just as the voice faded away, and all she could hear was the small murmurs of the passengers, and the faint cry of a baby that was further back. Rubbing her eyes to drive off the sleep, she pushed up the only shield that blocked the sunlight. Looking through the slight foggy window, she ignored the constant calling of her name as she looked down on the land beneath her.
"Hey, hey, hey… Manager," the whining from Leon that sat behind her made her turn her attention towards the boy, "Yeah?" she finally asked, looking at the green orbs of the first member who smiled cheekily, "Where are we going when we land? Are we perhaps going sight-seeing?" he asked excitedly, to which the female only sighed to.
"You've been to Tokyo before, Leon. And no, we're going to the branch agency that I've settled there before we left for America," she told him, ignoring the growing pout that was forming on his pale cheek.
"I don't remember anything about Tokyo at all! I was born here, but I was only here until I was 4 before we moved to America," he whined, in which she only rolled her eyes at, "I'm perfectly aware of that, Leon."
"Did you contact the agency beforehand?" a voice spoke from beside her, and when she turned around she saw Etsuya smile kindly down at her, "Yeah, contacted the day we left. Hopefully they have everything set up."
"I'm pretty sure they have," Date Daisuke said from the seat in front of her, unplugging the headphones he had on the whole trip just as the plane landed on solid ground.
The coral haired female bowed down her head as the shooting came to an end, "Thank you for cooperating with me on such a short notice," she said calmly, hands intertwined by her mid waist. The person next to her jolted by her sudden voice, "Oh, no, no! It's all our pleasure! Having you on here is enough to get the fans up and going, miss Asakura!" he said nervously, and she just smiled sweetly.
"The pleasure is all mine, but I do want to thank you, thanks to you I could safely tell the news about DELTA's return to the entertainment world without any problems," she said, bowing once more before heading towards the door, "I do expect to see some news soon, am I right?" she asked with the same sweet smile and all the interviewer could do was give the teenage girl a firm nod of approval, which she smiled at before heading out the door.
"She is one scary manager, isn't she?" one of the cast asked, the interviewer only shook his head, "I won't deny that, but she's the very definition of an ambitious person, she won't hesitate to get DELTA on top again, no matter who her opponent is. I guess that's why there's so many entertainment companies that's been shaking in their boots upon her return…" he said, before clenching his fists and looking towards the door.
"Despite being so young."
"Say, are we going to a collaboration with the new rising stars of Japan?" The coral haired female raised an eyebrow at Takeo's question, setting down the schedule she was working with on the coffee table before directing her attention towards him, "You mean Starish? The one who defeated Heavens at the Utapri awards?" she asked him, and he nodded, still not looking over her direction and kept playing a shooting game he had turned on the television.
"Maybe. It will be quite interesting how some newbies will handle the work of a pro, but unless their company sends a request to us, I won't do anything else," she said calmly, picking up her work again as the marigold haired member scoffed at her, "How predictable."
"Do you know how many companies have sent in requests to do some sort of collaboration with us?" she asked the boy, who only hummed, "A lot, but you rejected at least more than 80% of the, the 20% was either lucky or you haven't answered them left."
"They weren't good enough to reach your standards, that's all there was to it."
"Charmed by your decisions, manager, you sure know what's best for us, don't you," Takeo mocked, glancing back at her with a smirk while she only raised an eyebrow, crossing one leg over the other as sighed, "I certainly know more than you, Takeo, so be quiet."
As the boy scoffed and turned to focus on his game again, the coral haired female's phone rang, picking it up, she vaguely remembered the number to a certain company. Sighing, she answered it, "You're talking to DELTA's manager, what can I help you with?"
The laugh that came out of the other end made her sigh as she leaned back onto the couch, "Shining Saotome, isn't it? What a nice surprise," she said, waiting for his booming laughter to cease.
"Miss Asakura! It's a pleasure on having you take over your father's footsteps and come back to the entertainment world! I hope your group has been well trained?"
"That is a question I don't feel obligated to answer."
"I figured as much, Miss Asakura! Which is why, I, Shining Saotome, come to you with a suggestion!"
"Like every other company before you, Shining-san, can you hurry up? I don't have that much time to chit-chat," she told the man, who only laughed loudly.
"Well then, since someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. I'll tell you my suggestion. And it is-"
"A collaboration song with either STARISH or QUARTET NIGHT or both, am I correct?" she said, such a tedious question.
"Correct my dear! Both STARISH and QUARTET NIGHT will work together with DELTA in various collaboration songs released into one single album, what do you say?!"
"What an interesting suggestion, Shining. Almost like the others, but at the same time, not. For old times' sake, I'll agree to this."
Before the man could answer to her agreement, she spoke up with a grin on her face, "Under one condition," the line went a bit quiet, and she had to pull her phone away from her ear to see if he hadn't ended the call on her, "The album will be released under our company name, is that alright? After all, I am giving you the chance to make a song with a legendary band, this is only fair, isn't it, Shining-san?"
The girl could hear someone clicking their tongue in the distance, and afterwards a rather loud sigh before a low rumble of laughter was heard from the speaker of her phone, "You sure know how to make a deal, miss. Very well then, I'll accept your proposal."
"Pleasure doing business with you, Shining. We will be coming tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM to discuss any further plans," she said curtly before hanging up. A short minute went by before she laughed.
"Any heir to a company will do anything will they? I thought that at least Shining would put up a fight when you came said your bargain, but he was surprisingly submissive," Akiya, who had entered in the middle of her conversation said, surprised, "That's the thing, Akiya. He gave in far too easily. Either he really isn't as interesting as the time when my father was heir to this company, or he has something hidden in his sleeve."
"I see, well, it's not like you'll let him carry out his plans either, is it? And I'm sure you have way many plans to go through then this little cooperation," Akiya said with a tilt of his face as the coral haired female smiled at him, "You know me too well, Akiya."
"We all do, you dummy!" Takeo yelled from the side, which she only rolled her eyes at, "Do something productive and tell the members to be up early tomorrow!" she barked back, which he only scoffed at, but obliged anyway.
Otoya stifled a loud yawn as he looked over the clock, "Why are we up so early? It's only 6:50 and Saotome said that we had to go down to the main hall," he blinked his eyes open as he tried to rub the sleep away from his mind as Nanami Haruka came into the room, followed by Shining Saotome who was, for once, not dangling off the ceiling like they had expected him to.
"Everyone is here, right?" Saotome asked, looking around to confirm before nodding his head, "Our guests should arrive soon."
"Are these guests so important to have every single one of us up to greet them?" Reiji questioned the president, who only laughed, "You'll see soon enough."
When the clock was finally 7, the group of artists could hear the door open, and in came a petite young lady with dark coral hair that was tied into a low ponytail, wearing a simple white dress with a beige cardigan over and some flat shoes. Behind her a group of people that Otoya knew all to well, "Ahh! It's DELTA!"
"DELTA, here…?"
The female ignored their surprised voices, heading towards Shining with a smile on her face, stretching her hand towards the man, "Welcome, Miss Asakura," he said, giving her hand a firm shake as she smiled back, tightening the grip they had, "The pleasure is all mine, I'm glad that you still have some manners," she said sweetly, before she looked to the person next to him.
Haruka stiffened under he gaze, giving her a sheepish smile as the girl looked at her, before a light chuckle came from her mouth before she turned her body towards Haruka, clearing her throat and stretching out her hand to Haruka.
"You must be STARISH's composer, Nanami Haruka, right? It's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Asakura Hikari, DELTA's manager. I hope we can have a great work experience together."