"Alright, listen up!" Daikoku Shuuji starts off, his long haired pulled up halfway under his hat. Sitting around a large conference table are fourteen young idols, their two producers and their A . The idols ready to soak in any information they can. "The fourteen of you have a new member of B-PROJECT starting today."
As expected, the news erupts the table and their other producer, Daikoku Atsushi, holds up a hand, "let us finish. She will be writing your songs from here on out."
"Hold on, what about our team? Is she going to be working with them?"
"We brought that up to her but she insisted that she'll handle it, said she doesn't work well with other people," Atsushi explains.
"And you, what, just let go our entire writing team?" Exclaimed Kaneshiro, looking like his temper's about to blow. "What's so special about this girl that you fired all of those people?"
"First of all, no one was fired, just relocated. And second," Shuuji pauses before pinching the bridge of his nose in exasperation, "we worked really hard for her to agree to this so if you drive her out, there will be consequences."
Atsushi looks to his brother, turning back to the idols he starts attempting to explain the situation a bit better. "Her name is Emilie Taylors, she's American and is extremely experienced in the industry. You may know her as EMMA-" ignoring the startled murmurs, he continues, "-we begged this woman to accept this job and you would all be smart to not disrespect her."
"Wait wait wait, EMMA, as in the woman that topped the charts for years after her Japan debut? That EMMA?" Onzai lets out.
"Didn't take you for a fanboy, Onzai-kun," Sekimura teases, happy to know that he's not the only one to ever get obsessive.
"Shut up," he flushes bright red and sits back down in embarrassment.
Atsushi chuckles lightly before clapping his hands, "alright! Now that that's addressed, your first lesson with your new song is tomorrow at five am, don't be late. Unfortunately this is the only time that worked with you schedules."
"You mean to tell me that we will actually be meeting EMMA?" Onzai jumps up again, his pink hair bouncing with him. The other idols laugh at his uncharacteristic enthusiasm.
"That's right, tomorrow you will be meeting one of the most famous performers of your time."
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The Gandara Music building looms dangerously tall, looking up at it in slight annoyance is a twenty-nine year old with short brown hair and hazel eyes. This whole job has been one nuisance after another, how did those two men even find where I lived, she wonders.
Sighing, she continues until she's in the actual building when her phone goes off. Pulling it out, none other than her fiancé is on the other end.
"Yuki, I literately left the house not even half an hour ago, what do you want?" She decides to take the stairs instead of the elevator, not wanting to be cut off.
"That's no way to greet the love of your life."
"Who? You?" Emilie exhales a small laugh, trying to catch her breath a little before continuing up the steps.
"Yes, me," the idol on the other end sighs dramatically. "Anyway, aren't you forgetting something, Em-chan?"
"No? I have my bag with me, had all the music and my folders and-"
"Your inhaler?" Her fiancé cuts her off.
"I didn't," she exclaims around a gasp.
"You did, I'm looking at it right now," he pauses before continuing, "it'll be fine, it'll be alright. You just need to not stress, stay calm, and don't do any strenuous activity, right?"
"You don't sound so sure."
"Well you do tend to overdo it a bit," Yuki points out.
"I don't-" she has to cut herself off as she enters the lesson room to find a group of fifteen waiting for her. "Wholly shit, they're on time! Hold up, is it even five yet?" As she suspected, it's five til. "Um, I have to go, Yu, I'll be fine. Love you!"
She hangs up without waiting for a response and looks to the boys, "I meant to get here before you, you must be ready to get started then, yeah?"
She gets a few nods and a couple boys look about ready to bust out of their skin. Nonetheless, Emilio hands each of them a packet with the song she finished just last night, kind of last minute. Although, she did remember to get Yuki to proof it.
"Go ahead and have a seat," she gestures to the chairs in the middle of the room. They all sit and only their A is left standing, "have a seat Sumisora-chan, I made sure we'd have enough."
"Oh! Thank you, Emilie-sama," she bows slightly and takes the offered chair.
"Let's get started then shall we? First, introductions! My name is Emilie Taylors, I've been in the industry since I was fifteen so, almost fifteen years now, although I did leave three years ago due to issues with my health," she makes sure to make the intro brief but still give enough information to those that she'll be working with in the future. "Now your turn, we can go around the circle starting with… you!"
The person she pointed to was none other than Kaneshiro, who clicks his tongue in contempt. "You're never going to remember all of our names.
"Try me."
"… Kaneshiro Goushi with THRIVE," he says after a minute.
"Ooh, the bad boy of the group, nice. Alright, next," Emilie keeps the ball rolling.
"Ashuu Yuuta with THRIVE!" Exclaims the pink-ette next to the brooding boy, with a lot more enthusiasm too.
"Aizome Kento with THRIVE. Might I say that you are absolutely stunning in person," he proceeds to kiss the back of Emilie's hand, his blue hair falling into his eyes slightly.
"Why, thank you. I have something to tell you though," she then leans in towards his ear with all the others waiting in anticipation. "I'm too old for you."
"That's alright I like older women," the boy winks at her and the surrounding idols all ro their eyes collectively.
"I'm also engaged, idiot," she has to hold back a laugh at the look of pure shock on the boy's face. "Let's continue," she exclaims, clapping her hands together.
"Kitakado Tomohisa in KITAKORE," the next boy states which, in turn, excites their songwriter.
"Ahh! I love KITAKORE! You two are so adorable, I'll listen to your songs on repeat! One of my favorites is Shall We Unmei, it's so good!" Emilie needs to take a breath after that and reminds herself not to exhaust her oxygen so much.
"Really?" The boy next to Kitakado whispers to which Emilie nods with a smile before gesturing him to introduce himself even though she already knows who he is. "I'm Korekuni Ryuuji but you can just call me Ryuu if you want."
"Absolutely! Okay, who's next?"
"I'm Teramitsu Yuduki," mutters a boy with long black hair.
"And I'm Teramitsu Haruhi! We're in KILLER KINGS together!" The blond beside him speaks up.
"Brothers?" Emilie asks with a small smile.
"Twins!" Haruhi confirms.
"Amazing, and you?" She points to the next one in line, the red head.
"My name is Fudo Akane, I'm sort of the leader on KILLER KINGS."
"And I'm Shingari Miroku, the fourth member of KILLER KINGS," a boy with short-ish black hair states.
"I'm Sekimura Mikado! In MOONs," the only member in glasses speaks up next.
"Nome Tatsuhiro," the purple haired boy feels no need to disclose his group, considering they're the last ones.
"And I'm this idiots best friend," the boy with long green hair states, "Osari Hikaru!"
"I'm Onzai Momotaro, it's an honor to meet you, Emilie-sama," the pink haired boy mutters, kind of reserved. "I loved when you were in And I Was Yours a few years ago, it's my favorite movie."
"Wait a minute, I was- huh? In a movie?" Emilie mumbles before smacking her forehead, "ah, fuck, now I remember! That was a favor, I am by no means an actress."
"A favor?"
"Yeah, my fiancé refused to let anyone else play the lead's love interest, he said that he would outright quit if I didn't do it with him -the jerk- and he's a professional for crying out loud!"
"Wait a minute, fiancé? Lead? You- your fiancé is Yuki? As in, Yuki from Re:vale?" Onzai exclaims.
"The one and only! Last one, come on," Emilie continues with the introductions, pointing at the last blond.
"My name is Masunaga Kazuna and-"
"He's our leader," Osari cuts him off to which he flushes and nods slightly.
"Awesome! Now that we all know each other, let's get started, shall we?"