Rock and stone brothers!
From this chapters onwards, I decided to not put author's notes in the middle of the chapter. You'll find the important notes in the end of the chapter. If you don't like it, write some comments about it and I'll revert back to how it was.
Anyway, good reading everyone!
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"Ah… um… I-I also have a stage fright."
Now that Nene said that, I remember that the wikis also talked about that.
"I see, can you tell me more about that?"
She hesitated a bit and looked at Rui. Noticing her gaze, he knew she was too shy to talk so he decided to talk in her stead but I stopped him.
"Rui, let her speak by herself."
He looked at me for a moment before nodding.
Nene, who became the center of the attention became nervous. She took a few breaths to calm herself. When she managed to calm down a bit, she opened her mouth but nothing came out. She seemed surprised then started to panic.
"Nene." She jolted when I called her name and looked at me nervously.
"Did everything go blank suddenly?" I asked her she nodded.
"When did it start?"
"Uh… um… i-in middle school, d-during the show of our t-theatre group w-when I got selected a-as the main lead." She managed to speak even though she was stuttering. Rui was pleasantly surprised by that.
"Rui, can you tell me more about it?" After getting a satisfying response from Nene, I decided to give her some respite and ask Rui instead. He also seemed to see through my intention and gave a satisfied nood before answering.
"Well, when she was a child, Nene always wanted to be an actress ever since she saw Kazamatsuri Yuuka's acting during the Pokemusical adaptation of the little mermaid by the superstar unit 'Ajisai' ten years ago.¹
"During our final year of elementary school school, the two of us entered a theater group. For the sake of her dream, she trained very hard and managed to get the lead role for a show a few months after joining.
"She practiced eagerly for the show but on the day of the performance, she forgot her lines and couldn't say anything.
"Ever since, she was unable to stand in front of people even she didn't stop her acting lessons and become very shy, she was already a shy girl before but it became worse after that incident."
"I see. From my understanding, solving her problem isn't that complicated, but it isn't that simple either. It's a gradual process and depends entirely on her efforts. You'll need to get her used to people's gaze little by little. And more than anything, she would need people's support so, as her fellow members of Wonderland x Showtime, can I count on you guys to support her?"
"Of course you can, Yuu-sama! Nene-chan is our friend. How can we not support her?"
"That's right, Emu! We're an unit! For us, it's one for all and all for one! We never abandon a friend in distress! Together, we'll reach the STARDOM!! Hahahaha!"
"Count me in too! There's no reason I won't help my childhood friend."
"Guys…" Hearing what Emu, Tsukasa and Rui said, tears fell from Nene's eyes in happiness.
"Uwaaah! What a wonderful friendship!" Exclaimed Minori.
"Isn't it?" Said Shizuku.
Everyone seems happy for them except Mafuyu who is as emotionless as usual.
"Okay, let's go back to Kiritani's problem." As I said that everyone calmed down and put on a more serious expression. I turned to look at Kiritani.
"Before doing anything, I'd like to ask you, do you really want to be an idol again?"
"Yes, I do! I really love being an idol so if possible, I want to do it again. Though, I don't have much expectations anymore." She answered.
"Haruka-chan, I see you soon want to be an idol. In that case, why don't you our idol unit? I'd really love to be in the same group as you." Suggested Minori.
"But Minori, I don't want to burden you. It may take a long time for me to resolve my problem or it may not be possible at all."
"Even so, I still want you to join us. I don't care how much time it would take us to be able to participate in the Pokemon musicals. You're my role model, my idol and my friend. I don't mind waiting for you if that means we can perform on the same stage together!"
"Minori…" I could feel she was happy but she was still a bit reluctant so she turned to Airi and Shizuku. "What about you two? You don't want a burden like my slowing you down, right?"
"While I don't really want a burden, if that burden is you then I don't mind. I'll just need to carry you out until you're not a burden anymore. Or more like, now that I know how you feel, I'll have you to join our unit and I won't accept any refusal!"
"Ufufu, Airi might be a bit overbearing but she's right. We don't mind having you as a burden since you're an important friend of us."
"Airi… Shizuku… *sigh* if that's what you really want then don't be surprised if you won't be able to participate in the Pokemon musicals." She said with a mix of reluctance and happiness.
"Wait, does that means…"
"Yes, I'm going to join you."
"Yatta!!! Haruka-chan is joining us!" Minori shouted in joy.
"Welcome aboard Haruka!"
"Thank you Airi, thank you, everyone!"
"You're welcome, Haruka-chan. I'm happy you're now a member of the group and the club. Speaking of the club, Yuu-kun, isn't there some club forms for Haruka to fill?"
"Here, take those." Having predicted something like this, I already prepared the papers and have them to Shizuku when she asked me.
"Two? Club application form and unit registration form?"
"That's right! Since your unit was still incomplete, I only have the three of you the application forms when you joined the club but everyone else have already filled their unit registration form. Please remember that when your unit is registered, you can't casually change or add members. If the new member's level don't match the unit's level, the unit may have their Pokemon Musical Points deduced and possibly get demoted to a lower rank."
PMP or Pokemon Musical Points is a part of the ranking system of Pokemon Musicals made by the Azure Art Association (AAA), the organization responsible of organizing and coordinating everything related to the PokeMusicals.
A unit needs to get a certain amount of PMP to be eligible for a rank advancement. Once they do, the Pokemon Musicals Ranking Committee would decide whatever a unit would be promoted or not depending on their performance.
"Well, we plan to stick with the actual members so it shouldn't be a problem. Moreover, I don't think there's anyone in this school willing to join us even with Haruka in our group since most people here plans to join the battling side." Remarked Airi.
"I know, I just had to inform you just in case but anyway."
"Alright! Now that's decided, let's choose a name for our group!" Exclaimed Airi.
"Eh? We're choosing right now?" Asked Shizuku.
"Of course, duh! We need to put it on the form. Anyway, let's dig out our excitement and passion for this kind of stuff! Now, Minori! It's there a name you want?"
"Eh? Um, um… then, what about "Working hard to give out a hope for tomorrow"?"
"That's way too literal! It's idol like in a sense but… it's way too long."
"Then, what if we use English? Tomorrow(ashita) is "TOMORROW", working hard(ganbaru) is "FIGHT", hope(kibou) is…"²
"Shizuku! "Working hard" doesn't translate to "FIGHT"!"
"Actually, I like what Minori always says, "more and more" (motto motto). I can feel an unrelenting spirit from it." Said Kiritani.
"Motto motto… ah! Then, what about this, "MORE MORE FIGHT"!"
"Why are you still using the world "FIGHT", Shizuku? Are you planing to stay a boxing team?" Retorted Airi.
"Haha, onee-chan remains being onee-chan as usual." Commented Shiho.
"Then, what about… "MORE MORE JUMP"?" Suggested Minori.
"MORE MORE JUMP…"
"Yeah, it's like we're reaching out towards the idol we want to be."
"I see, we bumped into several weeks and quit being an idol, and there's even more walls we need to overcome. But…" said Shizuku.
"Nice! This time, we're gonna jump over these walls with the four of us together!" Airi continued.
"I also like it! Then, let's go with it! Starting from today, we are "MORE MORE JUMP"." Said Kiritani.
Then, they started to fill Kiritani's club application form and the unit registration form.
"Ah! You added an exclamation mark! Nice!" Exclaimed Minori.
"Yup, I think it's cuter this way. Yuu, here's our unit registration form!" Airi gave me the form.
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Trainer Nurturing High School of Yamato
Unit Registration for the Pokemon Musicals.
Unit name: MORE MORE JUMP!
Main activity: Idol
Members:
-Momoi Airi - Class 1-B
-Hinomori Shizuku - Class 1-B
-Hanasato Minori - Class 1-B
-Kiritani Haruka - Class 1-B
This team unit have been officially approved to participate to the Pokemon Musicals representing the school by:
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"Here's mine too!" Said Kiritani as she gave me her application form.
"Okay, I'll give them to Kirisu-sensei later."
"Thank you, Himekawa-kun. I'm be in your car from now on, everyone!"
"Now that you're in this club, you have to drop the formalities with other members, Haruka. You'll have to call everyone here by their first name or a nickname. It's a rule of the club."
"Hold on Yuu, when did this become a rule?" Interjected Shiho. The others also seemed to have a questioning look on their face.
"After Emu proposed it that time, I talked with Kirisu-sensei if it was possible to make it an official rule of the club and she gave an ok." Due to the school's policies on the students' autonomy, the students have the right to decide on their club's rules as long as it doesn't contrast those of the school itself.
"And you didn't inform us?" Asked Airi.
"Well, since we were already dropped the formalities, I didn't think I needed to."
"Of course you need to! You need to inform us about anything concerning the club."
"Even minor things look this?"
"Yeah, no matter how small the matter may be, be sure to inform us, okay?"
"Okay."
Afterwards, everyone introduced themselves to Haruka.
"By the way, why does everyone call Hoshino Ichika as Hoshi or Hoshi-chan instead of Ichika?" Asked Haruka.
"You can call her Ichika if you want. It's just that one of my wives is also called Ichika so my band members and I decided to use Hoshi instead, other than Saki who's calling her Icchan. The others just went along with us." I told her.
"W-wait a minute, waives ? You're married? And how comes it's "waives" in plural?"
I then told her about my waives and my clan's rules and traditions which left her speechless with a surprised Pikachu face. The other also had the same reaction when they learned about it before.
"Wait, but is that even allowed? By the law, I mean."
"Technically no, the law only allow someone to marry one person but that doesn't stop people to have more partners. If you didn't know, Tsukasa and Saki, Shiho and Shizuku, and also Ena, their fathers all have two wives."
"Really!?" Haruka turned to Airi and Shizuku for confirmation.
"Well yeah, it's true. I was also surprised when I went to Ena's house the first time and found that her father have two wives. Then later, I also found that it was also the same for Shizuku's father. As for Saki and Tsukasa's, I only knew about it from Shizuku after I joined this school."
"That's right! Shi-chan and I are half sisters. Though they doesn't mean we aren't real sisters."
Again, Haruka was astounded as she learned about that. Though it's pretty normal. Polygamy mostly happens among rich people it high ranked ones.
Most of the guys would be disgusted by being part of a reverse harem, it's also the same for girls. People mostly want to monopolize their partner. But there are some who are willing to compromise when it comes to rich and important people. There are also some who are willing to share so that they won't lose their loved one.
There's also the fact that polygamy was always a part of Yamato's culture monogamy have been imposed by other countries after losing the last war.³
"Anyway, let's get back to our conversation, we got derailed. You were planning to help Haruka, right, Yuu?"
As Mizuki said that, everyone focused their attention back on me.
"That's right. Haruka, since you could stand on the stage without problem before that incident, the best way to solve your problem would be to have you standing on the stage again."
"But, Yuu-san, isn't that contradictory? How can I stand on the stage when can't even get on it?"
"I know, but if you can't get on by yourself, what if someone give you a little push? Even then, I know it wouldn't be easy. That's why, Airi, Shizuku and Minori, in order to stimulate Haruka's desire, do you want to perform on a stage as an idol?"
"""Eh?"""
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Bonus images of the club members!
Notes:
1: Ajisai (紫陽花) is the Japanese name of hydrangea. The unit named Ajisai didn't exist in the original game. I just made it up to fit the story more. Though the character named Kazamatsuri Yuuka is an OG support character from the game.
2: Please remember they're talking in Japanese most the time so I decided to put the Japanese words in "( )".
3: Their country, Yamato, is the counterpart of Japan. The two may have a lot of similarities but even then, they aren't the same country and some parts of their culture differs greatly.
Don't forget the power stones guys!