Happy New Year, everyone! May the year of 2024 be another wonderful year with all that we live by and moving forward in life with no regrets. And to kick things off for my crossover stories ready to be back in action, I like to do a one-shot celebrating the start of 2024; Ensemble Stars! Music style with the central characters of their upcoming crossovers.
Welcome to a New Year
Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
It was close to 12 AM (around 11:30 PM), and the countdown was coming. Lots of people gathered at the Tokyo Dome idol concert venue for a special event to celebrate the new year.
Appearing on the big stage were Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto, Pegasus Kouga from Saint Seiya Omega, Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece, Alear from Fire Emblem Engage, Aether from Genshin Impact, Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail, Korra from Avatar: The Legend of Korra, Shoyo Hinata from Haikyū!, Soma Yukihira from Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Sōma, Yoh Asakura from Shaman King, Izuku Midoriya from My Hero Academia, Ruby Rose from RWBY, Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach, Tetsuya Kuroko from Kuroko's Basketball, Nagisa Shiota from Assassination Classroom, Alphen from Tales of Arise, Kasel from King's Raid: Successors of the Will, and Bella Eisner from Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, all dressed in New Year Rise outfits with each hero wearing their own variation with some small accessories like Luffy's prized Straw Hat, Natsu's scaly scarf, and Soma's cooking headband. The whole crowd was going crazy, waving colorful light sticks.
(A/N: Based off the Ensemble Stars! Music 2022-2023 New Year Rise outfit.)
Naruto: It's almost time for the new year to kick off! Is everyone having fun?!
Kouga: We have all been through so much together, and hope to come together when the world needs all of us.
Luffy: Shishishi! I'm having a total blast! Can't wait for new adventures by the new year!
Alear: Looking back, it only felt like yesterday we were all still young and learning. It's an honor to come from Azeroth to be here.
Aether: It's been a real honor to me, being to this strange event. But I'll gladly honor it with all my heart.
Natsu: I'm all fired up just thinking about the things I wanna do for the new year!
Korra: Every new year starts another long journey - setting new goals that will improve our lifestyle.
Hinata: I'm exciting for Japan getting new freshmen in every school starting in the coming Spring. I wanna be a proud senpai to them!
Soma: I even look forward to making a couple of New Year's Hot Pot dishes that we can enjoy to celebrate tomorrow with the flavors satisfactory to your tastes.
Yoh: Things will always work out as long as we don't give up. So let's make the New Year fun!
Izuku: I still plan to be a great hero! And I wanna keep learning about all kinds of people that need help!
Ruby: Let's make the new year filled with love and hope! That nothing can stop us when we work together for the greater good!
Ichigo: Don't forget to spend the New Year with all your relatives too! Family is important to being part of your lives!
Kuroko: May we continue to play sports with new members and having fun like always!
Nagisa: It is fun celebrating the coming New Year with more knowledge to gain for the new school term!
Alphen: I am glad to celebrate a fresh new start with no ill feelings and everyone coming together for this occasion.
Kasel: To be coming to this event is a great honor that I want to celebrate with all of you here.
Bella: Thank you all for coming and giving us the opportunity to congratulate the coming New Year.
Each of our heroes' respective speeches got the crowd wild and cheering their names with love. Mostly the female audience. It is now 11:59 with 12 seconds counting down.
Naruto: Well then… it's almost time with 10 seconds left, everyone!
Alear: Let's countdown together!
The audience: 10!
Alear, Alphen, Kasel, Aether & Bella: 9!
Luffy, Ichigo, Kuroko & Nagisa: 8!
Kouga, Yoh, Izuku & Ruby: 7!
Naruto, Natsu, Korra, Hinata & Soma: 6!
Hinata, Soma, Kuroko & Nagisa: 5!
Korra, Ruby & Bella: 4!
Yoh, Izuku, Alphen & Kasel: 3!
Kouga, Alear & Aether: 2!
Naruto, Luffy, Natsu & Ichigo: 1!
Everyone: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The audience went completely wild, welcoming the New Year with open arms and joyous voices. The 18 heroes also celebrated like crazy as they all did their own way reaching to an upper platform at the center of the dome with a large space big enough to fit 20 people to dance on with good space.
Aether: Happy New Year, everyone!
Kouga: By all means, keep on cheering for all of us this year!
Alear: And may we work together for a better world!
Luffy: Follow us, everyone!
Naruto: Let us kick off this new year with:
Naruto, Kouga, Luffy, Alear, Aether, Natsu, Korra, Hinata, Soma, Yoh, Izuku, Ruby, Ichigo, Kuroko, Nagisa, Alphen, Kasel & Bella: Ensemble Stars! GO!
BRAND NEW STARS
The 18 heroes all took off the top part of their outfits, throwing them into the air as they got into different separate dance positions and started to go with the flow. A few seconds later after the intermission, the dance-off begins!
(Yeah!)
hitori hitori ga kagayakeru basho
mitsuketa iro wa onrii wan
(Shine On The Stage)
hikari to hikari ga deatte
kasoku suru mabushisa e
(tsugi no mabushisa e)
yume ga kasanaru uta ga umareru
hibikasetai ne Brand-New Beat
(So Wonder Beat)
mirai wo sagashi ni ikunda
atarashii suteeji e!
hibike ansanburu
deau hikari
mita koto nai azayaka na iro de
todoke ansanburu
tsudzuite iku
unmei no fureezu
As the song and dance ended, all 18 heroes got together and posed with waving, causing the crowd to go even wilder as the New Year with many new challenges begins now!
That wraps up this one-shot! And it was really fun. I wanted to do this on likely New Year's Eve, but got really tired and went to bed. I tried on New Year's Day, but only got halfway done. And adding BRAND NEW STARS as a finishing touch was really fun! It is the all-star song of the series since 2020 and will be likely the all-star song for mostly the War Chronicles main stories. Now, I'm finally back and ready to post new chapters starting in April.
For those wondering about "Bella" Eisner, she's actually the female version of Byleth in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, because I rather get this out of the way anyway, will be using the male Byleth for Fire Emblem Engage, and to avoid using the same name, I went with a different name for the female version. Anyway, Happy New Year of 2024 to you all!