Aikatsu Stars! Rise Of The Stars!

Chapter 3! My Dreams To The Sky!

"Tsukina h-here! I'm going to-to...be the no. 1 Aikatsu & PriPara idol! I-I'm going to A-Aikatsu and P-PriPara hard! L-let's begin-niji...!"

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"The foundation of singing lies in voice projection. Everyone try to hold this note as long as you can. Ready... Start!" Anna-sensei said to the class.

And with that, everybody was projecting, well... Except...

"Ah..... *Cough* *cough* *sneeze* *cough*" Tsukina poorly projected. As she was situated between Laura and Yume, though later she was followed by Yume.

"Ah....*lets out deep breath*" Yume stopped projecting, too.

Tsukina looked at Yume, and Yume looked at her as they smiled at each other in return. They looked at their classmates who were still continuing to project magnificently.

"Okay, good job." Anna-sensei said as she signaled the other students to stop projecting. "I'm still hearing some discord. Seems we'll need to stretch those bodies first. Let's start!" Anna-sensei said energetically.

Laura was helping Yume stretch, as Yume was helping Tsukina stretch. "You were g-great earlier Laura-chan-niji!" Tsukina said to her other best friend with a smile. "Yeah! You really are awesome." Yume inserted.

"It sounded like you could keep going." Yume continued. "W-With your voice and idol power, it's no wonder w-why you're a Sakuraba-niji." Tsukina ended.

"It's because I've been taking lessons since I was a kid." Laura informed them. "For that long?/ For th-that long-niji?" Both Yume and Tsukina said together.

"What about you Tsukina? Surely you learned something useful. How about you Yume?" Laura asked them as she faced them entirely. And as the cool type girl put her hands on her hips.
The two cute type idols stood up and smiled about, "Ah! I was in the volleyball club in elementary school! We would run every single day and shout a whole bunch too! I was the loudest one there. So my stamina and loudness are top notch." Yume said with a bragging smile.

Tsukina sweat-dropped at this. 'Yume-chan-niji...' Tsukina thought. "Projecting your voice is different from just being loud." Laura clarified to her. "I figured..." Yume said with a gloomy expression.

Laura faced Tsukina, and asked her best friend, "What about you Tsukina? Ever been in any events in elementary school?" Tsukina thought about this and an anime light bulb appeared on top of her head. "Ah! I was in the kendo club when I was in elementary school!" Tsukina said to them with a smile.

"Kendo?" Yume asked to her, and remembered something. "Isn't that a sport with wooden swords where you fight using those things?" Yume said. "Yeah! W-We would fight each other, carry really h-heavy things to improve our arm strength, and run through t-the neighborhood-niji!" Tsukina said. "T-That means... My stamina and str-strength are no. 1-niji!" Tsukina continued with a proud smile plastered on her face.

Yume clapped at her with an admiring expression. "Tsukina... Strength isn't needed for being an idol. Stamina, yes, but strength? No!" Laura confirmed. Tsukina slumped over at Yume's side. "I thought so..." Tsukina replied.

Tsukina suddenly recovered her energy and looked at her classmates, who were all stretching and projecting. 'Am I already failing as an idol?' Tsukina thought sadly.

"You two! Fix your postures!" Anna-sensei said as she straightened Tsukina and Yume up. "Huwahh!/ H-Huwahh-niji!" The two of them said.

"Feet shoulder width apart. Open up your chests. Pull in your chins, and relax your throat and shoulders. Sing from your stomachs. Let's give it one more try!" Anna-sensei advised the two.