"Congrats guys!"

"You guys finally got your Charms, and have your Idol Types, too!" Kazue came to hug Maiko and me as we were walking down the halls.

"Thanks. Now we can finally set up a formal rivalry with Charlotte, right, Iris?" Maiko asked me.

"Hah. Charlotte will NOT lose to you. Count on that, even if you guys end up on the same team!" Kazue exclaimed.

"I'm assuming that Erika's Team will be one of the strongest. Because of her very high social skills and talent, she's got her ace." I said. "That's why I'm aiming to get on her team." I said.

"But an idol can join one or more teams, as long as they're not leaders. And there should only be 5 members per team." Maiko explained.

"So, Erika's basically a leader. Counts as one member." Kazue said. "Sorry if I'm butting in or something, just trying to figure stuff out with you guys." Kazue said.

*Kazue's Thoughts: When in fact I'm not OP at all... 😑*

But suddenly...

Weirdness was about to begin.

"Ow!"

"Hey, watch where you're going, kid!" I exclaimed.

"S-Sorry!" She bowed repeatedly.

"Wait a minute..."

"Brown, curly twin tails..."
"Average elementary height..."

"Aren't you associated with Louisa?!" Kazue shouted.

"Y-Yes! Yes I am!" The girl said.

She started shaking our hands one by one.

"I'm Hikari! Hikari Nomikara! 6th Grade, Class D! Nice to meet you guys!" She said cheerily.

"She seems cheerful, but she looks like a mess..." I whispered to Kazue.

"Agree. Does she even go to sleep? She looks like she stays up ALL NIGHT." He replied.

"Okay... Back to my question, Hikari. How do you know Louisa?" Kazue asked again.

"I don't have many friends, but I'm known here 'cause I'm weird and I eat paper, but people tell me not to. But paper tastes like nothing! Hahahahahaha...." Hikari said.

"Disgusting, she eats paper..." I said.

"It's unhuman." Kazue sweat-dropped.

"I don't know if she's an alien or whatever." Maiko sweat-dropped as well.

"Okay, kid. Answer my question already!" Kazue said, losing his temper.

"I have a question..." Hikari said.

"Are you three a love triangle?" She tilted her head.

*Silence*

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

"ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT! SHE IS OFFICIALLY A BLOCKHEAD!" Kazue stomped off, not taking Hikari's extreme stupidity.

"Kaz, where are you going?" I said.

"Away. I QUIT, I'M OUTTA HERE!" Kazue was frustrated.

"I'm sorry! I know I'm really useless!" Hikari said as we left.

(Back to the three of us)

"Man, I couldn't take that kid! She's beyond the mind of a possessed person!" He said.

"It was... very unhuman alright." I said.

"Imagine if she got recruited in a Dream Team..." Maiko said.

"The question would be, 'Would she be of good use?' Kazue said.

"But still, don't be TOO harsh." I said.

(PriPara)

"Check this out, guys!"

"She was actually featured in PriPara Magazine!" Maiko said.

"Woah, she must be good after all." I said.

"Kazue and I couldn't really tell... She looked like a ghost." Charlotte said, clearly lying.

"Hmm, I wonder when I'd get to know that girl better..." I said.

"You actually wanna meet her?" Charlotte asked.

"Yes. She could be... different." I said.

(The Next Day after School)

"It's her again..." Kazue said.

"Hmm, she seems like she's ready to talk for real this time." Maiko said.

"Let ME handle her." I said.

"What, you gonna try to sweet-talk her?" Kazue said.

"You're the sweet talker, Kazue. I only talk MORE GENTLY." I emphasized my words.

"Yeah, yeah, sure whatever." He rolled his eyes.

I went near Hikari.

"Heya, Hikari. You came looking for something?" I asked.

"I was just wanting to talk to you three. I wanted to explain my behavior yesterday." She said.

"Come here. Tell us all about it." I said, patting the empty space on the bench, signalling her to sit next to me.

"Are you cra---"

"Shh, Kaz, trust me." I said.

"Why do you even behave like that?" I asked.

"Well..."

"At this age I understand that I'm a late bloomer, that's why I act like a kid even when I'm about to enter Middle School. Mom says I kinda have ADHD." She said.

"Oh, that makes MORE SENSE." Kazue nodded.

"What is that anyway?" Hikari asked me.

"It's short for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder." I said. "It's when you have a short attention span and you're super hyper, like a little kid. That's why people call you weird." I said.

"And I can't get rid of that habit of eating stuff that isn't supposed to be eating, like paper and leaves and chalk..." She said.

"O...kay." Maiko sweat-dropped.

"We may call you weird because of that, but we'll also make it a point to understand. And I say that I'll treat you like a normal person. Because you have a big heart inside. And you have more to express, more to unleash. Got that?" I gave a closed-eyed smile.

"Iris-chan..."

"Thank you!" She hugged me.

"Wow.... Her skills when it comes to kids is... amazing!" Kazue smiled as he looked at the scene.

"You took the words right out of my mouth, Kazue-kun." Maiko laughed.

"She finally added -kun to my name..."

"Makes me so happy...."

Yes folks, Kazue created another scene.

He fainted.

"Yo, Kazue! You okay?!" I started to panic.

"Wake up!" Maiko said.

"Oi! Kazue-san!" Hikari shook him.

"Do something, guys!" I said.

"I know!" Hikari said, and took out a sample tube and a dropper.

"What the..." I said.

"Trust me. Hehehehehe...." Hikari laughed.

She squeezed the dropper to sap the orange, weird looking concoction.

"Open his mouth!" She instructed.

Once his mouth was open, she squeezed the dropper, and a drop of the liquid reached Kazue's mouth.

"WHAT THE HELL GUYS?!"

"See, told you he would wake up~!" Hikari gave a closed-eyed smile.

"What was in that thing anyway?" Maiko asked.

"Dried leaves, sandsoil, water, leaf dew and a dash of..."

"Dum dum dum!"

"Rotten eggs!" She smiled. "I'm a genius!"

"WHAT THE HELL?! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME, HUH?!" Kazue said, grabbing Hikari by the collar.

"Woah, woah, woah. At least she brought you back to consciousness." I said.

"SHE WOULD'VE JUST DONE A CPR, I WOULD'VE BEEN PERFECTLY FINE WITH IT, BUT ALL SHE DID WAS FEED ME WITH THAT STUPID EXPERIMENT?!" He said.

"I'm sorry!" Hikari bowed.

"It's okay, Hikari. He just lost his temper." I said.

Oh, and about yesterday as well, you guys were asking me about Louisa? I'll tell you guys, back at my lab!" She said.

"Your... lab?"

I wish she wasn't kidding. Because if she wasn't it was a dream come true.

"AWESOME!"

🌐💡🌐💡🌐💡🌐💡🌐💡🌐💡🌐💡

"Woah, you actually have a lab..." Kazue said.

"Let's go there then!" I said.

"Sounds exciting." Maiko said.

"As heck! NOWWW WE GO THERE NOW!" I said, starting to lose my own state of mind at the moment.

"SNAP OUT OF IT, IRIS!" Kazue and Maiko said together.

"Ooh, a jynx!" Hikari teased them.

Kazue blushed.

Anyway, we got to Hikari's house.

The spare room was the 'lab', given to her by her father to use.

"Amazing! Do you make good stuff here?" I asked.

"I don't actually do concoctions. I study my collection." She said.

"Of what?" Kazue asked.

"Of Rocks!" She opened a door.

There were hundreds of rocks in a shelf, a computer and a microscope.

"I want to study Geology and specialize in Petrology when I grow older. Because studying rocks is my dream!" She said.

"Wow." We said.

"And, about Louisa. Here's how it all started."

(Flashback)

I was new to PriPara then, about 3rd Grade. I was looking for someone to at least show me the basics. But then, a guy and a girl approached me...

"Do you wanna be a great idol?"

It was Louisa-sama and Masaki-sama. They took me in their group after I agreed, but I realized both Masaki and Louisa were mean...

"But I didn't wanna leave, because I thought, maybe my presence in the group would make them change." Hikari explained. "That out of all the cruelty, good will prevail."

"Wow. You sure are strong to endure all that." I said.

"I'd be willing to wait for the day they'd change. Happiness is all I want." She said.

"Happiness..." I said.

"Yep. That's the only scientific solution to change the attitude of popular people like Louisa and Masaki!" She said.

I came near her and held her by the shoulders.

"Come and perform in PriPara, alright? Charlotte, Maiko and I will be watching." I said.

"And I--- I mean, Charlotte knows a place where only us can watch without Louisa and Masaki catching you." Kazue said.

"Okay!"

(PriPara, Changing Station)

"Please put in your necessary PriTickets. You may also scan Friend Tickets too." Meganee said.

"PriPara Change, Start!"

"For you, Hikari-chan, is the Nordic Green Bore Coord."

"Good luck out there!"

"Nordic Green Bore Coord~!"

"Go, Hikari-chan!" I said.

She took a deep breath and sang 'Konoutatomareihi."

Atarashī kyō ga kita yo
Ohayō! Reihi! Sa~a okite
Oka no ue de mori no oku de shinkokyū suhāsūhafū

Moyamoya iyana koto poitto ne (fuwa fuwa)
Sugi no ki teppen ni hoshite sayonara

Hey! Wākuwawākuwawakuwā waku yo ikiru chikara
Shīwawashīwawa shiawase fuwari hohoho~
Nanka nanka nakayosh nakayoshi koyoshi yoshi
Kono uta tomare reihi

"Making Drama, Switch On!"

In her Making Drama, she had her surfboard and helmet ready.

"Kawabungga!"

She sled down the rocky slope, and as she came down, rocks fell on her head.

"Ow!"
"Ow!"
"Ow!"
"Ow!"

"I'm okay!"

Just as she said that, a number of rocks fell on her.

Luckily she came out.

"I'm okay! Again!"

"That was Fun! Rocky Rocky Extreme!"

Anata mo min'na atsuma reihi

"Cyalume Change!"

She activated the change using her Cyalume Charm, not her PriPass.

Her clothes changed into the Coco Flower Cyalume Coord as the lights grew dim

Wākuwawākuwawakuwā waku yo ikiru chikara
Shīwawashīwawa shiawase fuwari hohoho~
Na ̄n ka na ̄n ka nakayoshi nakayoshi koyoshi yoshi
Kono uta tomare reihi
Kono uta, Kono koe, Tomare reihi
Hey!

(After the Performance, walking down the streets)

"That was fun. Sure feel bad that Kazue-san wasn't there." Hikari said.

"Yeah. Agree with you, darling. So sad." Charlotte winked at me.

"Haha. Anyway..." I paused.

"It's my birthday soon! Hope you guys come and celebrate with me!" Maiko said.

"It's..."

"My Goddess's Birthday?" Charlotte thought.

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Kazue: Omygodomygodomygooooooddd

Iris: Chill, chill. We're gonna figure out a way to surprise Maiko.

Erika: I'll help! But you'd have to pose as a Team.

Iris: So we have...

Erika: You, Maiko, Charlotte, Me and...

Louisa: Me.

Erika: Yes. Louisa.

Iris: What?!

Erika: This isn't the opening for the Spring Dream Grandprix. I'm saving the bang for Summer. But this is a preparation for all of us competing per season of the year!

Kazue: And Charlotte'll have to tell her something she should know on her birthday.

Erika: What is it?

Kazue: You'll see. You'll hear what she has to say eventually.

Iris: Next Time on PriPara: Breakthrough!

Kazue: Happy Birthday, Goddess. Love, Weirdo.

All: Till Next Time!