The new generation
Miyuki bumped into a wall while dancing, and snapped out of it for a second as she looked at the wall, confused and scratching her head. “When did the wall move?“ she muttered, shaking her head, then shrugged and went back to talking with Lovetan…And back to dancing.
Miyuki giggled. “Of course I intend to! Ah well, maybe not in the first few months, but as soon as I get used to the other members and the instructors…” She winked. “A few little pranks never hurt anyone. Don’t worry, I won’t bring my…err, thing that bites.“ Miyuki waved her hand in a roundabout manner when Lovetan mentioned Sasshi. “I can’t guarantee that,” she said absentmindedly, not really noticing anything different in the way Lovetan spoke about Sasshi. It was a good thing she was a bit of an airhead, otherwise it would’ve been blindingly obvious. “I mean, sometimes people just get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, y’know? A bucket of water meant to spill on one person might go on the person who opens the door before them. As for you well…" Miyuki poked her tongue out. “Can’t guarantee anything either,“ she said, winking mischievously. “Sometimes my…uhh…’genius’ just moves by itself, regardless of the target!”
Just then, a small red kirara darted out from behind Miyuki’s back. It glanced at Lovetan, disregarded her as she wasn’t a clear threat, then landed softly on Miyuki’s shoulder…And darted out of sight just as Miyuki turned around. She frowned. “I swear there was something on my shoulder just then…" Shrugging, she dismissed it and turned back to Lovetan. Clearly, the kirara took its personality from its owner, even though the owner herself wasn’t aware of its existence.
“Ah yeah…Senpai I trust and think I can learn from…” Miyuki said thoughfully. “Well, that would pretty much cover the entire 0048!“ She looked at Lovetan, and grinned. “What about you? I want to learn from as many people as possible, and you seem like a good place to start from!”
Lovetan watched Miyuki bumping into a wall and immediately starting to dance again. She was clearly at a loss for words concerning this unconscious behaviour of her under and tried to ignore it. But she had to admit that ignoring it was pretty hard and she had to concentrate really hard to not burst out laughing at some of her actions.
If there was one good thing about the successor talking about things she didn’t really intended to talk about; it was probably that Miyuki didn’t really get the hints she accidentally gave her. That was certainly a good thing concerning the current situation but it might get her under in trouble in a different one. However, Lovetan knew that she had to watch her own mouth. If she would loosen up here there was a high probability she would do the same thing when around someone else.
But putting all that aside she didn’t intend to lose against Miyuki.
“We’ll see about that!”, she just responded in a challenging manner. “I’ll keep an eye on you concerning that matter and when you happen to do something I can’t allow I’ll….well you’ll see about that.“, she smirked. At least she didn’t say anything more about playing a prank herself. But she realized very well that the situation as it was now could really bring her in trouble someday.
She wanted to say more about the “prank-topic” and make herself less suspicious when she got distracted by a red Kirara glancing at her. “So that girl already has a Kirara following her around…and she doesn’t even notice it?”,she smiled a little when her own Kirara curiously came out and staring at Miyuki’s red one for a second before placing itself on the successor’s head. “You guys are pretty much alike as it seems!“, Lovetan than commented while chuckling a little.
"So…you want my help then?”,the small successor grinned back at her under. “Fine then. I’ll help you becoming more idol-like~ But it won’t be easy training~!“,she changed to a slightly mischievious smile.
"We’ll start right away! …or aren’t you ready yet?”, she asked in a teasingly manner.
“Don’t worry! Most of the time while we’re in the dorms, I’ll be playing pranks on the townspeople rather than actual 0048 members - after all, most of the people living around here know me, I guess. Even if they don’t know my name, I think they call me ‘that troublesome red-head’,” Miyuki said, giggling. “It’s just when we’re travelling that y'know…Well, as long as I don’t get bored, I won’t have to release my critters!” She didn’t expand on the 'critters’ that she was talking about, but judging by her previous explanation of her pranks, they were certainly animals and bugs that would send girls screaming and running.
Miyuki stared at the kirara on Lovetan’s head slightly wistfully. “I wish I had a kirara! All the successors seem to have one, and Chieri got her’s when she was very young. It’s like…Proof that you have that radiance that 0048 members need. And what do you, alike?” Miyuki asked as her kirara landed lightly on her shoulder again then darted out of view as Miyuki glanced back. “I swear someone keeps tapping my shoulder!” Her kirara peeked out from behind her skirt on the opposite side, looked up at Lovetan’s kirara, and started making faces at it.
“I’m ready!” Miyuki said, pumping her fist enthusiastically. “I was a part of a lot of sports clubs in school, and that was the only thing I was good at!” Miyuki’s kirara gave its owner a glance as though saying 'don’t say that like you’re proud of being a moron’, then went back to making faces at Lovetan’s kirara. “So I’m used to hard training!”
