Love Live!: Perfect Dream Project [PART 1]

STAYING STRONG:

AYUMU: "What a day huh, Aki? You did it... You got enough members."

AKI: "Thanks Ayu, but we couldn't have done it without you."

AYUMU: *Giggle* "I really didn't do anything though."

AKI: "Are you kidding? You helped us find our new members and recruit them. You're going to be an amazing school idol, and I'm going to manage you all the way."

AYUMU: "I think you're going to be an amazing manager Aki, I'll be ready to give you something to cheer for."

AKI: "No matter what Ayu, I will cheer for you."

AYUMU: "Oh no! I forgot my purse, I must have left it in the clubroom..."

AKI: "I have the keys now, so I can unlock it for you if you'd like?"

AYUMU: "That's okay, could I borrow them? It won't take long."

AKI: "Sure, I'll be waiting right here."

AYUMU: "Thanks Aki!"

We hadn't left the school building yet, which is a relief. Her commuters pass is in her purse, she wouldn't be able to ride the train...

It's rather empty after school here at Nijigasaki. Or... so I thought.

RYU: "Well, well, well. Look at who we've got here."

AKI: *Sigh* "What is it now Ryu?"

RYU: "Word on the street is that you've been running around with a group of girls."

AKI: "So what?"

RYU: "Look at you, it's because you're way too girly. You can't run with the boys in this place."

AKI: "Never have, never will. The boys in this place are animals, like you."

RYU: "You talk big for someone who should know their place. Or have you forgotten that you used to run with me?"

AKI: "No..."

RYU: "ALLOW ME TO DEMONSTRATE!"

*CRASH*

He lifted me and pinned me up against the wall, looks like during my time escaping through reforming the idol club... I forgot what is actually wrong with this school.

Ryu Kuroda. A thug who calls himself 'The Dragon', a member of the boxing club. I've known him since Kindergarten, and he's still as vile as he was back then.

RYU: "You're nothing Suzuki! NOTHING! Why don't you go to your piano and write a song about how 'The Dragon' owns you?"

AKI: "N-Never...ARGH!"

He landed a body blow on me, taking the air out of me by punching my stomach.

AKI: *Cough*

RYU: "Now stay down and think about how pathetic you are."

He left me on the floor clutching my stomach and coughing. He really is a monster...

But if it wasn't for him, then I wouldn't have been able to become best friends with Ayumu.

I remember that day... The day I met Ayumu.

I didn't know better back then, I was in Kindergarten so... Anyone that talked to me and treated me like a friend was good to me.

RYU: "Yo Suzuki, you're pretty cool you know that?"

AKI: "Thanks Ryu!"

RYU: "I need a group of friends... Will you join me?"

AKI: "Sure!"

Little did I know that who I became friends with was someone rotten to the core. He was focused on a kid named Shiro Kosaka. I guess he tried to convince him to join him but he turned it down... Life wasn't so easy for Shiro after that.