*FESTIVAL GROUNDS - EDOGAWA - TOKYO*
She's been training hard for this day, but I have no doubt in my mind that she can pull this off.
Kasumi is about to become Edogawa's Hometown Idol!
The moment she told me about this contest, I knew that she would be the ideal girl for it.
AKI: "The contest is starting soon. Are you ready, Kasumi?"
KASUMI: *Inhale* *Exhale* "Yeah! Bring it on! I've been practicing my butt off for today. It was tough at times, but even then, you were always by my side.
And that meant I could always give it my all!"
AKI: "It wasn't anything big on my part, it was all due to your hard work. And now, it's all about to pay off!"
KASUMI: *Giggle* "That trophy is going to look so good in my room."
AKI: "So there are multiple contests happening today, right?"
KASUMI: "Yeah, all kinds of stuff. But there's only one performance contest, and I intend to win it!"
AKI: "It's a tournament, so you're going to have to watch your stamina.
Remember how you burned out against Lanzhu in the Rainbow Hearts Tourney?"
KASUMI: "Grrrr, that was rigged! And I'm not the same Kasumin I was back then.
Now I'm an improved super duper cutie Kasumin!"
AKI: "I'm sure you are, but you're still going to have to watch that stamina."
KASUMI: *Giggle* "Just watch me!"
Suddenly, we could hear an ominous figure chuckling behind us.
???: *Chuckle* "Why don't you take a look who you're up against?"
AKI, KASUMI: "Huh?"
We checked the schedule and we were shocked to see who Kasumi's first opponent was...
NATSUMI: "Oninattsu! I've waited a long time to meet you, Kasumi..."
KASUMI: "... And who are you?"
NATSUMI: "ACK! You're kidding me! I had this whole thing planned out and now you've RUINED it! RUINED!
What a waste of time... Time is money! MONEY!"
AKI: "Kasumi, meet Natsumi Onitsuka. Member of Liella! and Golden Calf's School Idol Division."
KASUMI: "L-Liella!?!"
NATSUMI: "Yes, I'm the girl whose live show you crashed! What a cheap trick, putting laxatives in those bread rolls... Kami-P had a field day roasting the security!"
AKI: "Shouldn't you be focused on training for our showdown next month?
What are you even doing here? You're not even from Edogawa!"
NATSUMI: "Anyone living in Edogawa can enter. My Mom may live in Shibuya, but my Daddy lives in Edogawa.
And I stay with him on weekends!"
AKI: *Sigh* "Loopholes."
KASUMI: "I don't get it. What do you mean you've waited a long time to meet me?
What, do you want my autograph or something?"
NATSUMI: "No, instead you should be begging for mine. And I don't give them away for free, y'know?"
KASUMI: "Then what's your deal with me?"
NATSUMI: *Chuckle* "Isn't it obvious? People like you have had everything handed to them."
KASUMI: "Excuse me?"
NATSUMI: "Just another rich girl flaunting about how cute she is, when she didn't do anything to earn it."
KASUMI: "What are you talking about? Senpai, she's making no sense at all..."
NATSUMI: "Both of us were born cute, Kasumi. I bet your Mommy and Daddy gave you a lot of nice things...calling you cute and all that stuff."
AKI: "Hey, that's-"
NATSUMI: "Let me finish, you're lucky I'm giving you this for free."
KASUMI: "Don't talk to him like that!"
AKI: "Ugh... Fine, let her finish."
NATSUMI: "Meanwhile, my parents divorced. I've had to scratch and claw to earn everything I've ever owned. From this selfie stick to this dress.
But people don't find a girl who works 7 jobs in the same day cute. Oh, but they'll fawn over some brat who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth!"
KASUMI: "Hey! Who are you calling 'brat'?! My Mommy and Daddy may have money, but I've had to work harder than anyone to be a school idol!
Harder than you and the rest of your backstabbing group!"
NATSUMI: "Backstabbing? We betrayed who? Some Nepotistic Chairman who plays favorites to you, Aqours, and μ's?!
Once again, you and the other students of your snooty school have had everything handed to you, while people like me had to earn everything!
I've heard all about how you cling onto him, but why is that?"
KASUMI: "...Eh?"
NATSUMI: "Because you think it'll get you special treatment. You think he'll give you a center spot, well NEWSFLASH with Oninattsu!
He's already playing favorites with his childhood friend!"
KASUMI: "..."
AKI: "That's not true! I love all of the Nijigasaki school idols equally. I would never choose favorites!"
NATSUMI: "That's what every Producer says until he's caught in a scandal.
I bet it's only a matter of time before you let your guard down, and you give in.
You're not a true Producer like Kami-P, you're just another wannabe in a suit.
And you're not even wearing one! Haha! You don't even have that!
Pathetic! What a loser!
I've learned all my life that there's no room in this world for losers!
And you're one of them!"
AKI: "..."
KASUMI: "Take that back..."
NATSUMI: "Natsuuu? Did I strike a nerve?"
KASUMI: "Don't you dare talk about my Senpai that way!"
NATSUMI: *Giggle* "Oh, 'your' Senpai? That's rich, why don't you ask all your other Club members, or the μ's and Aqours girls he spends time with, just how much he's your Senpai."
KASUMI: "..."
NATSUMI: "Wait, hold that pose!"
*CLICK*
NATSUMI: "Nattsu! This is going to go viral!"
KASUMI: "You little-!"
AKI: "Kasumi!"
*GRAB*
KASUMI: "Don't hold me back, I'm going to teach her a lesson! Grrrrr!"
AKI: "Don't do it, it's what she wants!"
NATSUMI: "Incredible! KRAZY KASUMI at the Edogawa Spring Festival! This is going VIRAL!"
KASUMI: "ARRRRGGGHHH!!!"
NATSUMI: "If you really wanna get back at me, then why don't you show it on that stage?
You are my opponent, after all." *Chuckle*
KASUMI: "Y-Yeah, that's right! I'm going to send you crying back to your Mommy in Shibuya.
No, I'm going to beat you so bad that she'll disown you and you'll have to go running to Daddy!"
NATSUMI: "ACK! You... You're gonna pay for that!"
KASUMI: "Then get your butt on that stage and I'll teach you a lesson!"
NATSUMI: "You wanna call yourself the cutest? Then EARN IT!
I'm gonna prove just how dried out KasuKasu really is!"
KASUMI: "Don't call me KasuKasu! It's Kasumin! NatsuNatsu!"
NATSUMI: "That's Oninattsu! Do yourself a favor, why don't you quit? Just like your friend Ayu-pyon did when she couldn't cut it as a VTuber!"
AKI: "Neither could you! You used that as a stepping stone to get into your LTube schtick!
That's it, I've heard enough... KASUMI!"
KASUMI: "Yeah, Senpai?!"
AKI: "Get on that stage and kick her ass!"
KASUMI: "You don't have to tell me twice! I'm gonna win this whole tournament!"