START: DASH! Again- A µ's Fanfiction

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---Akari's POV---
Yuna, Rio, and I walked into the school and to our class.

"So I was thinking," Yuna shouted. "Maybe the three of us can start our own school idol group and enter Love Live!"

"You know how our president feels." Rio said.

"'Whoever was student council president back in the time of µ's made a big mistake.'" I mocked.

"Akari?" Yuna asked. "Do you think your sobo will allow us to enter Love Live! if we asked?"

"Maybe." I replied. "Sobo doesn't say no to me often." Yuna smiled.

"We have another problem." Rio stated. "My mother is way too over protective of me. She will never let me be a school idol, even though she was one."

"True." Yuna stated. "Aunt Umi may be hard to convince. What about your mother Akari?"

"She wouldn't mind." I stated. "My father on the other hand may have a problem."

"Right." Yuna grumbled. "Your dad is strict."

"There is another person to consider." Rio reminded us. "Uncle Odalis. He may not want you to be an idol considering you remind him too much about Aunt Honoka already."

"Right." Yuna sighed. "Dad gets emotional about mom."

"How about we ask our parents at dinner tonight?" I suggested. My two best friends looked at me.

"Good idea." Rio said. "I think mom would be comfortable knowing Aunt Katori is willing to let you compete."

"So would dad." Yuna said. She reached into her bag and pulled out some bread. Rio huffed.

"Yuna." Rio grumbled. "What do I keep saying about the bread?"

"Sorry." Yuna said. "I just love bread." Rio shook her head. That was when our teacher walked in. It was Alisa Ayase-Kosaka

"Good morning everyone." The teacher said. "Please take your seats. I am Ayase-Kosaka San. I will be teaching you English this term." I guess living in an English speaking country for 13 years gives you first hand experience.

After school, we began walking to Yuna's sweet shop. We passed Nico and Hanayo's Idol shop. I looked at Yuna and Rio.

"Can we go in?" I asked.

"Sure." Rio said. "Are you coming in Yuna? I know it's painful for you today, so you don't have to go in."

"I don't mind." Yuna said. We stepped into the shop. Nico was staring at the µ's poster behind the counter. She always said it was never going to be for sale.

"Hey Nico," I said. "Is everything okay?" Nico jumped.

"Hey kids!" Nico shouted. She attempted to hide the poster.

"It's okay Nico." Yuna said. "I'm okay." Nico lowered her arms.

"Good." Nico said. "By the way, I have something for you. I found it and thought it would be the perfect fit for you Yuna." Nico ran to the back.

"I wonder what it is." Yuna said.

"I know Nico buys anything that belonged to A-RISE." Rio said. "Maybe she found a picture of your mom and Tsubasa." Yuna smiled sadly. Nico came back out with a box.

"A collector sold me this about a year ago." Nico said. "I think you'll like it." Nico handed Yuna the box. Yuna took the box and examined it.

"Thanks Nico." Yuna said. "I'll open it later."

"No problem." Nico said. We walked to the sweet shop.

---Katori's POV---
~Super Time~
"Thank you for this meal." All of us said in unison. We picked up our chop sticks and dug in. Every year since Honoka's passing, everybody in µ's and their partners would gather for dinner on the anniversary with Odalis and the kids. Akari and Rio would join us since the girls are close.

"This is delious Odalis." Nozomi's wife, Tamiko, said.

"Thanks." Odalis said. "Sobo's recipe." He took a bite of his udon.

"I love this udon." Eli's husband, Abram, stated.

"Better than the resturaunts in Manhattan." Maki's fiance, Dawson, said.

"I hope so," Nico's husband, Yu, said. "Americans don't really know how to make udon."

"True." Dawson said.

"More please." Rin's husband, Akio, said.

"Same here!" Hanayo's common law, Natsuo, shouted.

"I'm stuffed." My husband, Riichi, stated. I looked over at Umi. She never really moved on from Tatsuo. She can't trust her heart with anybody else. It isn't that she's afraid of men, she's just afraid to be in a relationship again.

"Umi?" I asked. "Are you okay?"

"Honoka would of been on her fifths." Umi giggled.

"That's true." Eli stated.

"She would of also laughed at the jokes." Rin said.

"And tell some bad ones." Maki added.

"She definitely would of been late." Nozomi giggled.

"It's dinner." Nico giggled. "She's never been late for a meal."

"We would of laughed and cried." Hanayo said. We all giggled. Riichi looked up from his plate.

"Girls?" Riichi asked. "Did you want to say something?" My daughter and her friends looked at each other and nodded. Yuna stood up.

"We do." Yuna said. "Akari, Rio, and I want to become school idols just like our mothers. We want your blessing Aunt Katori, you too Aunt Umi." The other girls stood up.

"Please let us be idols!" The three girls begged. They bowed down to us. Umi and I looked at each other.

"Not my place." Riichi said. "You can answer Katori." Umi raised her eyebrow at me.

"What do you say Umi?" I asked. "Should we grant them permission?"

"It will be hard." Umi said. "But Rio, you have my permission." Everybody gasped.

"It's a plot twist! Nya!" Rin shouted. I looked at Riichi. I didn't think Akari would want to do this. I don't know what to say.

~Flashback. May 2, 2024~
"She's beautiful Katori!" Honoka gushed. Honoka was a month away from giving birth to a baby girl and Umi's daughter, Rio, was 4 months old.

"She definitely looks like you." Umi said. The baby opened her eyes. They were amber like mine. Riichi busted through the door out of breath.

"Katori," Riichi said. "Don't worry, I'm here."

"Kind of late there Riichi." Maki said. "Congratulations, it's a girl." Riichi looked over at our daughter and began to cry.

"Katori." Riichi sobbed. "It's our beautiful baby girl." Riichi walked over and kissed my forehead.

"Should we pick a name?" I asked.

"Can we name her Akari?" Riichi asked. Riichi knows that after my dad died, I was close to my paternal grandmother, Akari.

"Of course." I said.

"We'll let you two be." Maki said. My friends walked out of the room. Akari snuggled up close to me and fell asleep.

"She's beautiful." Riichi said. "She has your eyes."

"And she has your black hair." I said.

"She will be an idol like you were." Riichi said.

"I don't want her to be an idol," I said. "Unless it is with her friends. And not by force. I want it to be her choice."

~Present Day~
"Are you being forced into this?" I asked.

"No mom." Akari said. "I want to be an idol with Rio and Yuna. I want to do this with my friends." I looked at Rio and Yuna. The three of them reminded me of when Honoka, Umi, and I started µ's. I looked at the others. All six of them nodded. I took a deep breath.

"Okay." I said. "But I must warn you, it will be stressful."

"Agree." Eli replied. "It takes hours of practice."

"Good luck." All of us in µ's said. The three girls in front of me smiled and bowed to us. This was the start of something amazing. I know it.