*BACKSTAGE - DIVER CITY PLAZA - ODAIBA - TOKYO*
*P.O.V SWITCH - KATSUO*
Come on, what's the hold-up? It's pissing me off. Time is money, and I'm not paid by the hour.
Oh, and believe me, I make a lot of it. Since the K-Man took me under his wing, I have made more money from one show than any of those miserable office workers on the subway will ever see in a lifetime.
KAMIJOU: "The Disciplinary Committee and Security Detail have not reported back to us.
That can only mean that they have either been incapacitated, which is impossible. Or they have no issues to report.
Katsuo!"
KATSUO: "What is it?"
KAMIJOU: "Tonight, I am placing a lot of faith in you. If you fail, there will be no second chance. You will leave the idol industry, and I will ensure you are blocked from every venue across the country."
KATSUO: "You say that like you're expecting it to happen. Come on, Kamijou. I've taken down every wannabe pretty boy in my path, so I'll have no trouble dealing with a furry. A has-been one at that."
KAMIJOU: "Okami's record speaks for itself. Don't forget that you are not the only one who has yet to taste defeat."
KATSUO: "Pfft. Yeah, before he broke his face. He's got nothing left."
KAMIJOU: "The facts don't lie, and I will not allow you to get complacent. This isn't an opportunity for you to take it easy; this is the biggest battle of your life!
Don't you dare hold back out there. I want you to decimate and take everything from him utterly!
Show me killer instinct!"
KATSUO: "They don't call me 'The King' for nothing, lest you forget it's because of my impressive shogi record. I am a master tactician."
KAMIJOU: "Had you not proven yourself proficient enough as a strategist, I would have rejected your offer.
School idol battles are not the only field you are undefeated within."
KATSUO: "I don't need killer instinct to embarrass Wolfie. All I have to do is exploit his weaknesses."
KAMIJOU: *Chuckle* "That's the School Idol King I wanted to see. I commend you for not falling for my 'killer instinct' bluff.
You can pick apart the enemy, but the killer instinct I will leave to Liella!"
KATSUO: "Yeah, whatever. They can do what they want. As long as it pisses Akihiko Suzuki off, I'm all for it."
KAMIJOU: "Excellent."
NISHIYAMA: "Sir."
KAMIJOU: "What is it, Dog?"
NISHIYAMA: "The fans who won your sweepstake have arrived."
KAMIJOU: "Ah, yes. The sweepstake's winner shall present the winners of tonight's battles with their trophies."
NISHIYAMA: "Introduce yourselves."
MIYU: "Miyu Toda, first-year at Yuigaoka High School. Thank you for giving us an investment, sir!"
KAMIJOU: "I do what is necessary."
AKIRA: "Akira Suzaku. Second-year at Shujin Academy. Pretty cool to meet our school's idol."
KATSUO: "Heh, of course, it is. Step aside." *PUSH*
AKIRA: "Huh? H-Hey!"
KATSUO: "My, my, you're a pretty thing, aren't you?"
MIYU: "K-Katsuo..."
KATSUO: "Please, call me king."
*KISS*
MIYU: "?!"
AKIRA: "Gah?!"
KATSUO: "I always enjoy a good luck kiss here and there from my adoring fangirls. Though, I wouldn't mind a little more action after the show."
MIYU: "A-After...?"
KATSUO: "Meet me after you've handed me MY trophy. I've got an old mongrel to put out of his misery first."
MIYU: "Oh, Katsuo... My King..."
Works like a charm. One of the many benefits of being an idol is having a flock of countless girls around you.
Show each of them some individual attention, and they'll fall head over heels for you.
'Oh, you're so special to me! You're the only one for me!' Pfft, screw that. If they buy into that bullshit, they deserve to be treated like toys.
Because that's all, they are to me. Toys. Playthings.
Man! Let me tell you, I've got so many girls falling for me that it's frustrating. I don't know what to do with this much attention!
I could call up any of my fangirls, and they'd let me do as I please whenever I want. It's great because they know that I'm the best idol on the planet, hands down.
This one time, this girl was so crazy about me that she was willing to sell her engagement ring to see me!
So, she did. We got our kissing game on pretty heavily! Oh boy, you should have seen the look on her boyfriend's face!
She was willing to leave her childhood friend to be with me! Ha!
Of course, I declined after kissing her. Used toys aren't my thing. Pigs aren't either; ugh, she was gross.
As for their broken relationship, uh, who cares?
She's the one who fell in love and broke it. It's her damn fault. I don't care if toys get broken because I've got hundreds waiting to replace them.
I'm the King.
What the King wants, the King gets.
Wolfie wanted a girl, and he got cucked by some loser!
Though if I wanted her, I'd have no problem adding her to my collection.
The results would only be the same, though.
None of these girls could ever replace her.
Ignore that.
The point is, I get girls. Wolfie doesn't. I'm the King, and he's a Dog.
...
*STAGE - DIVER CITY PLAZA - ODAIBA - TOKYO*
*P.O.V SWITCH - WOLF*
???: "Good luck out there..."
WOLF: "Luck? *Sigh* You dork, I don't need luck."
???: "..."
WOLF: "Besides, why don't you return to your boyfriend."
???: "H-He's not my-"
WOLF: "Keep telling yourself that. Goodbye."
???: "Wolfie..."
All I have to do is knock the false king off his pedestal and reclaim what is mine.
Katsuo Togo today, Amatsuyu Kisaragi tomorrow.
Even so, Katsuo is not a rival to be taken lightly. His school idol record exceeds my own.
But if I didn't get my face broken at that baseball game. There's no way that he would have stood a chance.
I was the top male school idol in the country. I paved the way for a brat like him.
Though he may be a year older than me, I'm the more mature. He runs around treating girls like toys, adding them to his collection.
Harems. The thing I despise most.
I'll reduce his castle to rubble and expose the king for the coward he truly is.
Should this be my last stand as a school idol, I'm not going down without a fight. That bastard is going down with me.
HOST: "Please welcome to the stage, Mr. Sekiro Okami!"
WOLF: *Inhale* *Exhale* "'MANIFESTO.'"
*CROWD ROARS*
...
*P.O.V SWITCH - KATSUO*
Well, well. It looks like the old dog still had it in him. I thought all those months of cowering away and hiding his face from the world would have shattered his stage confidence.
Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to do it.
But lucky for me, I get to be the one to finish him off!
Sekiro Okami is a hot-headed moron who is predictable in every way.
He can't resist thrashing himself on that stage, turning it into a one-person mosh pit. His body language stimulates the crowd, desensitizing them to physical performances.
Given my skills in rhythmic gymnastics, he will assume that I'm preparing a heavily choreographed dance to accompany my song.
He has made this crowd tired of watching the dancing using vague gestures. They would have fallen right into his trap if another opponent had existed.
Their dance would have bored this crowd half to death. Why? Because they've already seen Wolfie throw himself across that stage!
Why would they want to see another idol do that?!
A clever tactic, but it's nullified against me. My song does not require a dance routine. Instead, I will sit confidently on my throne and sing.
It'll make me look superior, how effortlessly I'm beating him. I don't even have to leave this seat. It'll make him look like a total tryhard compared to my calm and collected demeanor!
This is called studying your opponents and devising the perfect counter against them!
This industry is MY KINGDOM!
It was promised to me.
And I am...
KATSUO: "'KING.'"
...
*P.O.V SWITCH - YU*
He's about to start singing; that's the signal we've been waiting for.
If everyone has taken out security, nothing should stop us from interfering.
HARUKA: "We're ready when you are."
HIMENO: "Yes."
YU: "..."
ERENA: "Do not hesitate; we are waiting for your command."
ANJU: "Y'know, usually we'd steer away from this sort of thing. But those Liella! girls need a lesson."
TSUBASA: "Every school idol here who had their territory stolen by Liella! We're all behind you."
KEI: "Pull the trigger."
YU: "Right... NOW!!!"
This'll throw you off your game, cocky King. Try and perform when this blinds you!
...
*P.O.V SWITCH - KATSUO*
What?!
Nobody told me that the penlights would be this bright. Did Kami-P upgrade the intensity?
Is this a test?
No...
What would be the point in sabotaging his own show?
But shouldn't security have stopped these fans by now?
What's going on?!
Think, King, think...
They didn't bother Wolfie when he was out here, so these fans have it in for me.
Was the backing track always this distorted? Someone is messing with me, and heads are going to roll...
Concentrate on singing, King. If they think something as pitiful as this is enough to stop me. Then they're completely mistaken!
KATSUO: "You are King! No... I AM KING!"
*CROWD ROARS*