===[Nebula Productions Office]===

Himegami: "Hello, sorry for the short notice."

Ibuki: "Oh, no worries there. Is there an emergency?"

Himegami: "Not as such. I just thought that this would be a good time to tell you about what comes after your show at Yoba Academy."

Ibuki: "Oh the show that decides whether or not we get an appearance at Sunset Stage?" Saki went quiet remembering what happened.

===[Yoba Academy, Performance Area]===
Flashback

Presenter: "It was close, but Photon Maiden doesn't advance!" When they heard they were shock about it.

Towa: "What...?" She said with a complete shock expression on her face.

Noa: "No... It didn't work out..." She was shock and was about to cry as the whole Photon Maiden was emotional about the announcement.

===[Nebula Productions Office]===
Flashback End

Himegami: "It's nothing to worry about. Yes, some people in our company have misgivings about the fact that you lost to a non-professional unit..."

Himegami: "But my view is the same as I said before. I expect you to use this loss as a learning experience and strive harder, moving forward. And you've taken the music you were given and remixed it to fit your own unique style, showing a formal different from the Photon Maiden we've seen."

Himegami: "That said - it's one thing to say you'll change and another thing entirely to actually do it. I deemed that you needed time to think."

Himegami: "A new Photon Maiden. Can you all create that? SHOULD you create that? You needed time to think that through."

Ibuki: "Thinking for ourselves, huh..."

Himegami: "And now, you've had that time. So I'd like to hear your thoughts."

Ibuki: "I... I... I was lost at first, it's time. The music, arrangements, and choreography you had done for us were all exhaustively calculated. And I thought maybe it would be wrong to spoil that Photon Maiden image."

Ibuk: "But when we did that remix... it was fun. I felt like maybe this was the music that we wanted to play all along..."

Towa: "Yeah! I didn't have anything against the music and choreography you had done for us, but... I'm not sure how to put it, but it was like... like we'd finally done music that was OURS. You know?"

Noa: "The audience seemed to enjoy it, too. Even if it wasn't the same Photon Maiden that the label wanted us to be..."

===[Yoba Academy, Performance Area]===
Flashback

Saki: ("It still burns me that we lost, But... Happy Around!'s show was a whole new color, something totally different from their old one...")

Saki: ("Maybe there's a new color out there for us as well.)

===[Nebula Productions Office]===
Flashback End

Saki: "I sensed new colors at that show. Brand-new colors suggestive of future possibilities, both for Happy Around!, and for Photon Maiden... I was able to see those colors at that show. To me, it was an important and unforgettable show. And... I want to see what lies ahead. The world of vivid colors that Photon Maiden will evoke by playing freely..."

Himegami: "I see. So all of you share the same opinion. Then I think, we will have a special guest at our next performances at Yoba Academy."

Noa: "A special guest? Who's going to be coming?"

Himegami: "It's five students at a school called St. Tamagawa. They band name is the World of Empires." The girls didn't know the school name but Saki was surprise that the KP/E was coming to Yoba Academy to performance at their school.

Saki: ("I can't believe that they're coming to performance at Yoba Academy, this is a dream come true!")

===[St. Tamagawa Academy, Music Club]===

Mieko: "So, can we finally come to an agreement?" Mieko, the music teacher ask them as they nodded their heads.

Fuji: "So, when is this D4FES anyway? Having a performance at a all girl school is kinda awkward."

Mieko: "The three of you boys don't have to worry about that, I could trust you guys that you wouldn't anything "unprofessional".

Mitsuki: "I could confirm that statement from Mr. Mieko, BUT the five of you will be challenge against three group called "Happy Around!", "Peaky P-Key", "Photon Maiden" and Photon Maiden just lost against a non-professional. It's wouldn't hurt to make them lose a second time but show them your respect including the school itself."

Mieko and Mitsuki continue on to speak to them but Estuko was on her phone as she was spoiling through a social media and she came across "Shano Himegami" tagging Mitsuki.

Estuko: "It seems that this Shano Himegami agreed to challenge us at the DJFES."

Mitsuki: "Ms. Himegami is a producer of Photon Maiden and a member of Lynx Eyes-"

Kieru: "Wait! THE Shano Himegami, the member of Lynx Eyes is a producer of Photon Maiden? Photon Maiden's lucky and I'm a fan of her too..."

Mitsuki: "Oh my... You'll get to her sometime at the DJFES... Look like it's almost time for us to leave. How about we go to Café to continue our conversation?"

Hiroshi: "Which Café are we going?"

Mitsuki: "It's a place called "Café Vinyl", it's a very interesting quiet place but at least their coffee are good."

Mieko: "Oh? Not inviting me?" Mieko smiled to his girlfriend who smirked before she could say anything the students begin to pick their bags and walk to the door.

Kenji: "We're still at school by the way, let's head out." The students left the room as Mieko and Mitsuki looked at each other and laugh before Mitsuki gave her boyfriend a quick kiss and the two of them left the room.

===[Café Vinyl]===

Kieru: "You were right Ms. Mitsuki, their coffee are very good. It hit the spot!" Kieru said with a sweet tone as Mitsuki giggling.

Mitsuki: "I give you five permission to just call me Mitsuki outside of the academy."

Estuko: "Alright Mitsuki! Hehe... this is weird all right." They continue having our conversation until Estuko spotted Rinku talking to the three of her friends but Muni spotted her staring and waved her hand and smiled which the three of them turn to where Muni was looking at as Rinku excitedly ran over to them.

Rinku: "Hello, you guys! It's nice to meet you again!" Rinku said with a sweet smile on her face as Estuko got up and hugged her as she happily hugged her back.

Muni: "Jeez, should have walk over to them! Uh! H-Hi you guys..."

Mitsuki: "Hello miss and celebration on you girls success yesterday at Yoba Academy." The four of them were shock to get a compliment from Mitsuki and had a smile on their face.

Maho: "Ah! T-Thank you, Ms. Mitsuki. So, if it's alright with me asking what are you guys doing here?"

Mieko: "We got here after their music practice for you guys challenge at the DJFES." Mieko said and Happy Around was shock to hear that.

Rei: "C-Challenge against us? So you guys are the KP/E, there's no way we'll win against you guys but if we could try our best then we'll win."

Muni: "Of course we will win! We won yesterday so we could do it again!"

Kenji: "That's what I like to hear but not only we challenge groups to win, we challenge to have fun."

Rinku: "Me too! I like to have fun on stage! I just want to be just as good as Peaky P-Key!"

Maho: "Hmm... Peaky P-Key evolves their style every day. If we don't change things up, we'll just be following the trends they set forever."

Fuji: "I heard some of there music and it's very good but if you girls want to become to best, you girls must practice." Maho smiled at Fuji and nodded their head as they continue talking.

===[Rehearsal Studio]===

Peaky P-Key was finished practice for the DJFES and Shinobu was looking at her phone with a mad expression on her face which Kyoko immediately noticed.

Kyoko: "Hey Shinobu, are you alright?" Shinobu looked and saw Kyoko sat down next to her and Shinobu also saw Yuka and Esora walking towards them and she looked back at her phone.

Shinobu: "A group of students at St. Tamagawa challenged us in the DJFES and they are called World of Empires."

Esora: "KP/E? Who are they?" Shinobu explains who are the World of Empires were and Yuka had remember something.

Yuka: "Wait, I remember my childhood friend said that he does music that might be him. So he challenge us at DJFES Huh?"

Kyoko: "Shinobu, do you know anything about them?" Shinobu shook her head but still had a mad expression on her face.

Shinobu: "No... well, a little, I know that their popular for their music and not famous, well it's not like they better than us." Shinobu whispered the last part to herself and Yuka looked at her and begin to type something on it.

Esora: "Yuka, are you texting Kenji?" Shinobu looked at her with a confused look on her face now.

Shinobu: "Kenji? Who this Kenji, Yuka?"

Yuka: "He's my childhood friend that I talk to you guys about when they came to visit. He also came with my house with Esora to train."

Esora: "Yeah! He very nice to become a very good friend of yours Yuka, I'm jealous~!" Yuka blushed and Kyoko just smiled and looked at Yuka.

Kyoko: "If Kenji is actually a member of World of Empires, I guess we better bring our a-game at DJFES and meet your friend, Yuka."

Yuka: "Yeah, I try today but it seem that he's been busy with something, I'll let talk to him when I get home."

Shinobu: ("If he's actually apart of the member, he's going to lose badly...")

To be continue...