Love Live!: CIVIL WAR [PART4]

INTERVIEWS - KASUMI AND KARIN:

AYUMU: "Welcome to Day 3 of the Rainbow Hearts Tourney Interviews with Ayumu Uehara! Joining us today are School Idol Club member Kasumi Nakasu and School Idol Clique member Karin Asaka.
First let's, wel-"

KASUMI: "Hello, everyone! It's your adorable school idol Princess Kasumin! Did you miss me? I know you did! But don't worry, Kasumin is here to give the cutest interview ever and put a smile on your face!"

AYUMU: "Um... Welcome, Kasumi. First I would like to ask-"

KASUMI: "Oooh, I see. You want to get a scoop into the daily life of super cute school idol Kasumin, right?"

AYUMU: "Uh..."

KASUMI: "Let's see, my favorite food is-"

AYUMU: "We won't be needing any of that stuff."

KASUMI: "Wha?!"

AYUMU: "Now, everyone knows that you chose to face Karin in this tournament. But why?"

KASUMI: "Because Karin betrayed the School Idol Club! She and her fellow traitor Ai left us to burn while my Senpai was away! They didn't even call him to consult him... Sure, she had her reasons, but that doesn't excuse what she did.
Besides, Karin prances around here thinking that sexiness is the best thing about school idols. Well, I'm going to prove her wrong!
Cute beats sexy any day! All of my Kasuminions out there agree, right? Teehee!"

AYUMU: "Anyway... Do you hold any animosity towards the School Idol Clique?"

KASUMI: "You betcha! I could never go to an environment like that, worshiping and being bossed around by some fake princess. Sure, her performances are amazing, but I've seen the true Lanzhu Zhong for myself!
She's mean to my Senpai, always saying degrading things to him, saying that the Clique is better...
Well, I didn't stay behind guarding our clubroom for the School Idol Club to reform ONLY for some selfish princess to destroy everything we built!
Lanzhu Zhong, I'm coming for you and I will knock you out of the tournament! Not for me, but for my Senpai... For the School Idol Club! The perfect wonderland where cool and cute people can be themselves!"

AYUMU: "Kasumi, your opponent is Karin, remember?"

KASUMI: "Eh? Oh, and Karin too! Grrrr..."

AYUMU: "What can we expect to see from you in the tournament this Sunday?"

KASUMI: "All of my Kasuminions out there can expect the cutest performance ever from their Princess Kasumin!"

AYUMU: "I see... Thank you for joining us, Kasumi."

KASUMI: "Be sure to watch on Sunday! You don't want to make cute little Kasumin cry do you?"

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AYUMU: "Geez... Oh? Um, next please welcome School Idol Clique member, Karin Asaka!"

KARIN: *Chuckle* "Thank you for the introduction, Ayumu."

AYUMU: "I've just finished interviewing Kasumi and she had some heated words to say as to why she picked you. Do you have any similar thoughts going into your musical battle against her?"

KARIN: "Let me guess, Kasumi is still calling me a traitor, isn't she?"

AYUMU: "Well, yes..."

KARIN: *Sigh* "Even after I told her exactly why I joined the Clique. Kasumi can tarnish my name all she wants, but at the end of the night, she's just going to be crying in bed again, just like when her Boss left for America."

AYUMU: "Um, clearly there is some tension between you two. Do you hold any distain towards the Club?"

KARIN: "I don't hold any distain towards anyone. I don't hate Kasumi, in fact I consider her a close friend. But that's all we are, friends. In the school idol world, we're friends but we're also rivals.
You remember the day Akihiko recruited me, right?"

AYUMU: "I think so..."

KARIN: "Remember what I said?"

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KARIN: "Sure, I'll be a school idol, BUT I have one condition."

AKI: "Sure that's fine. Let's hear it."

KARIN: "I want to become my own type of school idol. Is that all right?"

AKI: "Own...type? What do you mean by that, exactly?"

KARIN: "I'll join the club, but I guess you could say that I don't work too well in groups."

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KARIN: "I wanted to become my own type of school idol. Kasumi's treating the whole situation like the Club was a school idol group. We never were, and even when we came together it was solo idols performing simultaneously."

AYUMU: "Isn't the School Idol Clique a group? What about how you're now a backup dancer?"

KARIN: "..."

AYUMU: "Sorry... Um, what can we expect from you in this tournament?"

KARIN: "You shouldn't expect some backup dancer to show up. Because I'm going to take the spotlight, just like I'm going to take the Rainbow Heart Trophy. Kasumi will soon learn that Cute loses, Sexy wins."