Previously on Akb0048: New stage.
"Tomorrow you guys will get a day off!!!" he also announced. "YAY!!!!" we all celebrate. Akira and Mami ran all over the building unrolling toilet paper!!! "TOILET PAPER POWER ACTIVATE!!!!" they both said. "Noa, you remind us of Nagisa Motomiya." Yuko said. "Oops sorry!" the person said. Noa looked up and saw a boy. He had dark blue hair, light blue eyes, he looked like he was the same age as Noa, and looked kind of bishounen. He offered a hand to me. "No it's fine." I took his and a he pulled her up. "Are you all right?" he asked. "Yeah I fine." she said. "Where are we going?" Noa asked. "Back to the AKB headquarters of course!" he said. "You know where it is?" I asked. "Yeah of course!" he said. "After all, I have a family member who works for Akb0048!" he went on. "Ichirou-kun?" Acchan was surprised by his presence. "HUH?!" the rest of them asked. "Acchan." he said. "HUH?!" the same people asked again. Matsumoto-sensei came out. "Hey guys! Hey son!" he said to Ichirou. "SON?!" they all asked besides Acchan, Ichirou, and Matsumoto-sensei.
~ Yuma's Pov ~
"Guerrilla......Space Live...." Sensei-sensei said. "I'll inform Matsumoto-sensei about this." I said.
~ Noa's Pov ~
"SON?!" we all asked besides Acchan, Ichirou, and Matsumoto-sensei. "Well of course! He's my son, Ichirou Matsumoto!" he said. "We never knew you had a son!" we all said. "Hahaha! Yeah...sorry I didn't tell earlier Noa." Ichirou apologized to me. "No it's fine. You don't have to apologize to me." I said. "Ichirou-kun..." Acchan ran up to him. "You're back!" she hugged him. "HUH?!" we all asked. "HUH?! I thought there was a dating ban!" I said.
Acchan stopped hugging Ichirou. "We're not dating. We're just friends." he said. "We knew each other since we were kids." she said. "Amazing! Then you must know Matsumoto-sensei for a long time too." Michiyo said. "Yep that's right!" he said. "There's just one thing that I still don't understand." Michiyo said. "What?" Ichirou asked. "You guys don't look anything a like except for your eyes." she said. "Michiyo's right." Takako aggreed with her along with some of the girls. "Well that's because he mostly looks like his mommy!" Matsumoto-sensei explained. "Oh!" we all said. "WE DID IT!!!!" Akira and Mami said. Everybody starred at them. "What did you do?" Takako asked. "You'll see! Hehe." they both walked away slowly. "Well I'm going to go do some boring stuff now! So long my little unicorns!!!!" he said. "BYE!!!" we all said."Wow! I see you guys did the toilet paper power! Nice job!" he said. "Huh?" we were confused but then we noticed the toilet paper in the hallways. "AKIRA, MAMI!!!!" we all said. "Well Ichirou-kun I haven't seen you since forever! How's life?" Acchan asked him. "Good." he said. "Well you and I have a lot to catch up on! Wanna hang out?" Acchan asked. "Sorry but I need to help Noa-chan with something. How about later?" he asked. "Oh....sure, I don't mind at all." she said. "Ok let's go Noa-chan!" he started carried some of my bags. "Oh you don't have to do that for me I'll be fine!" I said. "No I insist." he said. "Ok fine." I said. We got to my room and we settled the bags in the room. "Why did you make an excuse to not hang out with Acchan?" I asked. "I wanted to hang out with you." he said. "What?" I asked. "You look really interesting to me. I remeber when Acchan and I were little she would talk to you all the time! And when I saw you guys perform, you were glowing. " he said. I thought about my current relationship with Acchan. "Thank you! Did Acchan say anything about me to you?" I asked. "She said that you were funny, kawaii, and a really good friend. But that was a long time ago before we seperated." he said. I had a sad expression on my face. "Really...she really said those things about me?" I had a couple tears dropping from my eyes. "What's wrong Noa-chan?" he asked concernedly. "Uhh, nothing let's go." I wiped the tears off. We both began to walk back. "So Ichirou-san, what do you want to do?" I asked. "Can we walk around the buildings?" he asked. "Sure." I said. We both walked out of the dormitory. "So what it is it like being the son of the CEO of Akb0048?" I asked. "Great I guess. I talk to a lot of members. I'm not really famous but I'm excited to be next in line for chairman here." Ichirou said. "Really? Wow! You're going to be the next chairman? Amazing!" I said. "Thank you." he said. Takamina, Yuko, Mariko, and Mayuyu where walking together towards us. "HEY! BISHOUNEN BOY IS BACK!!!!" Takamina said. "Hey Bishounen boy!" Yuko said in a cheery tone. "Hey Bishounen boy!" Mariko and Mayuyu greeted him while Mayuyu was eating a red bean paste bun (they taste good by the way). "Hey! I told guys not to call me that anymore!" Ichrou said. "Bishounen boy?" I asked. "Hey Noa!" Takamina and Yuko said to me. "Hey guys!" I said. "Noa, it's been a while! How are you doing?" Mariko asked me. "Good." I said. "Good evening Noa. Here." Mayuyu gave me a piece of her bun. I started to tear up a bit. "THANK YOU SO MUCH!" I said. Everybody started to laugh. "So I see you've meet Noa already." Takamina said to Ichirou. "Yes." he said. "And Noa I see you've met Ichirou aka Bishounen boy!" Yuko said. "Hey!" he said. "Why do you guys call him bisounen boy?" I asked. "Please don't tell her!" Ichirou said. "Why? It's a really cute story!" Mariko said. "But-" Mayuyu took out a red bean paste bun from her bag and sutffed it into Ichirou's mouth. "Shhh..." she shushed him. "Thank you Mayuyu! Now here's how the story goes! It was a sunny spring..." Takamina began
< Flashback<
~ Takamina's Pov ~
We all just succecced as successors. "Takamina!" Yuko called me. "What?" I asked. "Matsumoto-sensei's son is here c'mon!" Yuriko took my wrist and dragged me to where her was. As we got there there was a group full and members trying to steal one glance of the kid. "Slow down you two!" our new manager Suzuko Kanzaki said. "Sorry Suzuko-san." we both said. after trying to make our way throught the crowd we finally see a really cute toddler. He had fully blue hair and pretty blue eyes. He looked really shy. "AWWWW!!! KAWAIII!!!!! Let's call him bishounen boy!" Takamina said. "Yes!" all of the members said.
> Back the present >
~ Noa's Pov ~
We all started started laughing excpet for Ichirou. "H-hey! Don't laugh!" he started blushing a little bit. "Awwww! Looks like someone's getting shy." Yuko said. "H-hey!" he said.
> Moments later >
"Well Noa, it was nice hanging out with you and getting to know you!" he said. "Yep you too!" I said. "Well, I better get going! See ya!" he started walking away. "Bye." I said.
> Next day >
"Yes! Back to school and theater performances only!" I said. "That's right." Takako said. "We went to our classroom and found the rest if IRIS here. "Good morning Noa and Takako." Tomiko said to us. "Good morning Tomiko." we both said. "HOW MANY TIME DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU!!!!!!!!!!" Michiyo said. "I-I'M SORRY!!!!!!" Sakura said. "If you divide x you will get 3 as your answer!" Michiyo showed her. "Oh!!! I get it now! Sorry!" Sakura said. "It's fine. Next time don't do your homework last minute." Michiyo adjusted her glasses. The bell rang and everybody went to their seats. "Ok! Let's start class!" the teacher said after entering.
> Later >
"Ok! Let's start rehearsing! You guys don't want to perform badly in today's show!" Hana said cheerfully. The door suddenly opened. "Yuma, what's wrong?" Hana asked. "I need to talk to Takako for a second." Yuma said. Everybody was surprised. "Huh?" Why me?" Takako asked. "You'll see. Come with me." Yuma said and Takako started to leave the practice room.
~ Takako's Pov ~
Yuma-san closes the door after I went out. "Let's go to my office." Yuma says. I follow her to her office. As we reached there we went inside. The office was big and fancy was like Matsumoto-sensei's office, except she didn't have does weird mini statues on the wall like he does. "Please sit down." Yuma said politely after she went to her desk. I sat in of the pink chairs that was in front of her desk. "Now let's get down to business." Yuma seriously said .
~ Noa's Pov ~
"Ok let's take a quick break before Takako comes back!" Hana said. We all spread out and went to different locations. I decided to get a drink from the vending machine in the hallway. I went out of the practice room and went to hallway. As I walked up to the vending machine I saw Acchan there. See sat on the bench that was beside the machine drinking a bottle of water. I inserted my money into the machine waiting for my bottle of water to arrived. "Noa." Acchan called me. "What?" I asked. "Did Ichirou say anything to you yesterday?" she asked.
< Flashback <
"You look really interesting to me. I remeber when Acchan and I were little she would talk to you all the time! And when I saw you guys perform, you were glowing. " he said. I thought about my current relationship with Acchan. "Thank you! Did Acchan say anything about me to you?" I asked. "Of course! She said that you were funny, kawaii, and a really good friend." he said. I had a sad expression on my face. "Really...she really said those things about me?" I had a couple tears dropping from my eyes. "What's wrong Noa-chan?" he asked concernedly. "Uhh, nothing let's go." I wiped the tears off. We both began to walk back.
> Back to present >
"No. I have to go back now." I said. I began to walk back. Without noticing, Miyu was watching from afar. She began to walk away also.
~ Takako's Pov ~
"Since Matsumoto-sensei isn't currently present at this moment I wanted to tell you personally why you're here." Yuma said. "Ok. Please explain to me." Takako said. Yuma began her quick monologue. "For 9 years we have been searching for a generation that has a capability of carrying the name of NO NAME. Since the day you and the other 100th generation kenkyuusei members joined Akb0048, we have been observing you guys. When we first met you, we thought that we guys have the potential to carry on the name. We were correct when you guys debuted. IRIS, is required many elements like Akb0048 has. The elements are radiance, reaching to hearts of people, dedication, believe, a dream for everybody, a song that links everybody together, a soul, and leadership. IRIS has all the elements except for one. Can you guess what it is?" Yuma asked. "Leadership." I answered. "Correct. In leadership we need someone to lead on every element. Just like Takamina is in Akb0048. Takako, from what we observed you seem to have a very leader like personality." Yuma said. "Really? Thank you!" I said. "You always want to protect and care for everybody right?" Yuma asked. "Yes." I said. "Good. Now the reason why I want to talk to you personally is that we need a leader for IRIS and I choose you to be it!" Yuma said. "What?!" I was shocked. "Well Matsumoto-sensei and I choose you." Yuma said. "What?! Really?! Are you sure about this?" I asked. "Yes." Yuma said. "But-" I got interupted. "Before you say anything I want to tell you a little story." Yuma said. "Ok." I said. "You remind me of a girl who inspired me. She used to be a member of Akb0048. Her name was Kanata Shinonome. She was a great leader to all and was the leader of NO NAME; she cares about every member and protected everybody. When I continued to hold the title of 7th generation Yuki Kashwagi, Kanata held the name 6th generation Takahashi Minami. She inspired me so much to care and protect for everybody not only in Akb0048 and the fans but in the entire galaxy. So after graduating, I decided to become manager after Suzuko Kanzaki retired from being manager." Yuma said. "But, I'm not like Kanta at all." I said. "To me you do. Takako, are you ready to become the leader of IRIS?" Yuma asked. "Yes." I answered. "Awesome! Now, in today's theater show you have make an announement and a quick speech saying that you're the official leader of Akb0048! Are you ready to do that?" Yuma asked. "Yes." Takako said.
~ Noa's Pov ~
"When is Takako going to came back?" Mami asked. "I'm getting bored." Akira said. The door opened. "Takako! You're back!" Hana said. "Thank you Hana!" Yuma bowed and left. "Everybody! Now let's start rehearsing!" Hana said.
> Later >
Everybody was getting ready for today's performance. I adjusted the button that was on my stage outfit. "Alright!" Takako said. "You seem very energetic today." Acchan said to her. "I agree with Acchan." Michiyo said. "Noa are you excited for today's show?" Tomiko asked. "Yep. Are you?" I asked her."Yep!" she said. There was a knock on the door. "Come in!" Acchan said. Ichirou opened the door. "Hey guys!" Ichirou said. "Hey Ichriou-san!" we all said. He came up to Acchan. "Hey Ichriou!" Acchan greeted him. "Hey Acchan! " he said. "Are you going to cheer me on?" she asked him. "Of course and the rest of IRIS too!" he said. "Really?! You're so sweet!" she said. He then went up to me. "Good luck Noa! Do your best!" he said. "Thank you....Bishounen boy." I said. "Hey! I told you not to call me that!" he said. We both started laughing. Acchan looked at our way lookig kind of jealous. "Well I have to go greet the successors see ya!" he went out. "Bye!" we all said. He closed the door after. "Ooooo! Looks like somebody has a boy friend!" Akira teased Acchan. "Don't silly Akira! We're just close friends." Acchan said. "Then how about you Noa?" Mami asked. "We just met yesterday." I said. "A knock was on the door again. "You guys need to go now!" Yuma said. "Ok!" we all left but Acchan and Miyu remained in the dressing room. "Acchan." Miyu called her. "What is it Miyu?" Acchan asked. "If you keep being like this, you'll never succeed." Miyu left after. "Miyu...." Acchan said. Everybody was back stage. "Ok so you guys are going to be the opening act and then the successors will perform got it?" Matsumoto-sensei asked. "Yep!" We all said. "Are you ready my colorful rainbows?" he asked us. "Yep!" we all went up on stage. "Hello everybody we are IRIS!" Acchan said. The crowd roared. "We will be the opening act for tonight performing ! Please enjoy!" Takako said. We got to our postions. The music starts to play.
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The shining stars in the night sky
Are millions of light years away
Even if deep despair
Gives rise to infinite blackness
The truth will live on
Entrusted to the river of time
That light's message
Who will receive it?
People are born
And people die
Our bodies perish
From the ashes
What is reborn
Is passion
For the next generation
Dreams are reincarnation
Over and over
Like déjà vu, a distant memory
Just like reincarnation
Now I'm again
Unconciously
Running off to somewhere
After how many tears will I give up?
After how many lives will my wish be granted?
Inside that endless circle
Is the road our predecessors walked
Somewhere in the vast universe
A path is left behind
If I close my eyes and try to remember
I can see nostalgic scenery
The sky that the me who is not me
Gazed up at in the end
People love
People are loved
I'll look for the lost feelings
Once more
With these hands
I want to take them back from the depths of the mud
Love is reincarnation
Someday
I will feel pain for the days I've forgotten
Surely it's reincarnation
The things that have come back to me
Are things I should be experiencing for the first time
Yet I know them all
After how many goodbyes will I turn my back?
After how many meetings will we come together?
It's my generation
Dreams are reincarnation
Over and over
Like déjà vu, a distant memory
Just like reincarnation
Now I'm again
Unconciously
Running off to somewhere
After how many tears will I give up?
After how many lives will my wish be granted?
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The crowed cheered for us. "Thank you so much!" we all said. "Wait!" Takako said almost immediately everything became silent. "What are you doing Takako?" Acchan asked. "I have an important announcement to make!" Takako held the microphone tightly. "I know this wasn't what you guys were expecting on today's show but this is really important. This might affect you guys and most importantly to IRIS." she said. She took a deep breath. "Ever since I was I little girl, I was inspired to become a member of Akb0048. But not just any member, but a leader to protect and care for everybody. Today, the manager told me what the elements of IRIS are. One of them was leadership. A leader to lead everybody and to protect. She told me a story of how the former Takamina the 6th also known as Kanata Shinonome from NO NAME inspired her to protect and care while she held the title of Yukrin the 7th. " she said. "What's going on Yuma-san?" Takamina asked. "You'll see." she said. "Yuma-san said the I was like Kanata to her." she went on. "Takako..." I said quietly. She paused for a bit. "That's why from this day and onwards, I offcially become the leader of IRIS!" she said. Then a orange star Kirara glowed so brightly. Everybody was stunned. "Good job Takako." Yuma smiled. "No way...." Yuko and Takamina said. I felt a powerful presents coming from Takako. Her radiance and Kirara bloomed strongly. "So powerful!" I said. The Kirara stopped glowing the theater went silent. Then the crowed roared. "YEAH!!!! TAKAKO-SAN!!!!!" a fan shouted. "Thank you so much!" she cired of tears of joy. "I will work hard as leader and try not to let Akb0048 down and you guys also!!!!" she bowed to the audience. "NOW IT'S FOR THE SUCCESSORS OF AKB0048!!!!!" Acchan said. We all went back stage. "You're going to be leader?" I asked. "Yep! Matsumoto-sensei and Yuma-san choose me to be leader!" she said. "Well done Takako-san!" she a hand was on her right shoulder. "Takamina?! Thank you so much! I won't let you down!" she bowed to her. She smiled at me. "Takamina we have to go on stage now!" Mariko said. "Ok." Takamina said. "See ya!" she said to us before she left. We watch them get ready.
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1! 2! 3! 4!
I want you!
I need you!
I love you!
Inside my head
Music keeps playing
Heavy rotation
Like pop corn popping
The words "I love you" are dancing
Just by thinking of your face or voice
I just can't sit still
I am so lucky
To be able to feel like this
I want you!
I need you!
I love you!
Since I met you
The distance between us is getting shorter and shorter
And this puts me in the best mood!
I want you!
I need you!
I love you!
Inside my heart
My affection is overflowing non-stop
Heavy rotation
I wonder how many times
Can people fall in love in the span of a lifetime?
If I could have just one unforgettable love story
I'd be satisfied
Maybe flowers start to bloom
When they feel such an emotion as this
I feel you!
I touch you!
I hold you!
Inside my dreams
My imagination
Gets bigger and bigger
I feel you!
I touch you!
I hold you!
I strongly want
To tell you my feelings
Heavy rotation
Just like that song,
My favourite song
That I used to listen all the time,
In non-stop repeat mode
24 hours a day
I'm only requesting you
I want you!
I need you!
I love you!
Since I met you
The distance between us is getting shorter and shorter
And this puts me in the best mood!
I want you!
I need you!
I love you!
Inside my heart
My affection is overflowing non-stop
Heavy rotation
Heavy rotation
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The crowd cheered for thier performance.
> Later >
"Everybody! Thank you so much for coming!" Takamina said. They finished their encore performance. Then suddenly on the large screen an announcement appeared.
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On the screen:
"SPACE LIVE COMING SOON! IRIS AKB0048 SUCCESSORS AND IRIS!!!!"
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The crowd got excited. "Huh? A space live?" the successors asked. "HUH?!" we were all surprised. "No,way....this will be our first!" I said.
* End of Episode *
- Preview -
Noa: Space live?
Yuma: You guys need to get to training first!
Saki: WAHHHH!!!!
Michiyo: Apple carts?
Akira: YAY!!!! Flying apple carts!!!
Ayako: Ya gotta have the muscles to do it!
Aoi: Next time on Akb0048: New Stage! Training Time!!!! Let's do this!!!!!
A/N
Warning! This episode might be shorter than this epsiode! Anyways... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING!!!! I'M ALMOST UP TO 400 READS AND 20 VOTES!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING, COMMENTING, AND VOTING FOR MY STORY!!!!!!!