Captain Twins R - To the Brilliant Stage/Story

* Part 1
* Part 2
* Part 3
* Part 4
* Part 5
* Final Part

Anchors Aweigh!

 **Aruru:**...Hwuh? Where am I?

 **Aruru:**The sprawling sky. The boundless ocean. And these clothes—

 **Mary:**"Hey, Captain! Get it together!"

 **Mary:**"Where's the treasure map? What direction are we heading? You have to tell me these things, or we can't weigh anchor!"

 **Aruru:**Mary Bow! So I really am in Captain Twins!?

 **Ma'am:**"Ha! You're splashing around awfully loud for small fry."

 **Mary:**"H-Hey, would you give me some respect already!? You took me aboard the Frontier Gold for my skills, didn't you?"

 **Ma'am:**"Well, you know, I couldn't just leave you to fend for yourself..."

 **Ma'am:**"Not when I heard you had your eyes on the treasure of the sea, the Gold Welle."

***\*whoosh\*... \*boom\*!***

 **Aruru:**Whoa, what was that!?

 **Ma'am:**"That mighty hammer blow. It can't be—"

 **Rabbit:**"Oh, but it is!"

 **Rabbit:**"Rabbit Steel, the bodyguard of justice, is on the scene! You won't be touching the Gold Welle if I have anything to say about it!"

 **Aruru:**Whoa, whoa! Ma'am just got here, and we're already doing a Rabbit action scene♪

 **Aruru:**Wait a minute, what about Shizuha-chan...? Where's Leona?

 **Rabbit:**"Gadzooks! How dare you invoke our boss's name in vain!?"

 **Ma'am:**"The Pirate Queen, the Ice Witch... She goes by every terrifying moniker you can think of."

 **Mary:**"Her whole crew is made of no-good ruffians working for coin. On paper, the Ice Realm has a crew of one!"

 **Ma'am:**"......"

 **Mary:**"What's the matter, Ma'am? Why the long face...?"

 **Ma'am:**"I-It's nothing!"

 **Ma'am:**"(I can't say it... I can't tell them I'm an Ice Realm spy...)"

 **Ma'am:**"(If they find out I've been sending their sea routes to Leona by seabird... I'll lose the home I worked so hard to find!)"

 **Aruru:**Hmm, hmm, I see! If Ma'am's past hasn't come to light yet, we must still be in late Act 2!

 **Mary:**"Act 2? What are you talking about, Dorothy?"

 **Aruru:**Oops, my bad... Okay, on to Act 3! Let's go bring Shizuha-chan into the family!

 **Dorothy:**"'Twas the Age of Discovery, when many a youth dreamt of becoming a corsair!"

 **Dorothy:**"Those who chose the life of a pirate set out on a small ship into the vast ocean!"

 **????:**...ruru-chan? Aruru-chan?

 **Aruru:**Mmh, ahoy, mateys...

 **????:**Ahoy? Oh, boy...

 **????:**"—Wake up, Dorothy Ann."

 **Aruru:**Yowza! Captain Leona!?

 **Shizuha:**Hee hee, rise and shine, Aruru-chan. You're a bad girl, nodding off in the courtyard.

 **Aruru:**Oogh, I went ham at practice and at a big lunch, so I got all sleepy!

 **Shizuha:**Mhmm... That must have been Misora-chan's towel draped over your shoulders. Is she not around?

 **Aruru:**Huh? I could've sworn she was just eating katsudon and chicken steak and pad krapow...

***\*chatter\****

 **Aruru:**Hrm, what's all the hubbub? Is Misora wowing people with her legendary infinite stomach!?

 **Shizuha:**No, it's―

 **Misora:**A-Aruru! Big news!

 **Aruru:**Holy moly! Breathe, girl!

 **Tsukasa:**They announced a new contest! "The whole year's been leading up to this! Ride the cutting edge!" It's called...

 **Lalafin:**The Master Frontier Contest! No limit on group size, and you can perform an original script!

 **Aruru:**Whoa, whoa whoooaaa! Am I a prophet, or something!?

 **Misora:**What do you mean?

 **Aruru:**Heh heh! When I was napping just now, I had a dream about Captain Twins!

 **Aruru:**It must've been a sign, like, "Thou shalteth performe Captain Twins againne!"

 **Lalafin:**What god talks like that!?

 **Tsukasa:**Heh heh, I do like the idea, though.

 **Misora:**Yeah! It was the first play all five of us did together... I want lots more people to see it!

 **Tsukasa:**Then step one is gonna be reworking the script. As it is, the story's just something we had to cram into fifteen minutes for S-Con.

 **Tsukasa:**Hey, Shizuha, I just kinda left it all up to you last time, but I'll help this—

 **Shizuha:**...

 **Misora:**Shizuha-senpai?

 **Shizuha:**...I'm sorry.

 **Aruru:**Huh?

 **Shizuha:**I can't enter the Master Contest with you...

**Aruru & Misora & Tsukasa & Lalafin:**Whaaaaaat!?

INSECT PINS

 **Aruru:**Sh-Shizuha-chan! You can't enter the Master Contest? Why!?

 **Shizuha:**Oh, I should have put it better... I can enter the contest, it's just—

 **Shizuha:**Some third-years have already invited me to join their team.

**Tsukasa & Lalafin:**Huh...?

 **Shizuha:**So can you handle this one without me?

 **Misora:**Y-You don't say! Wow... I should've known you'd have people fighting over you.

 **Aruru:**Ahhh, I know you wanna pitch a fit, Misora, but you gotta control yourself!

 **Misora:**Yeah... Wait, you're the one getting all pouty. Take this!

 **Aruru:**Pfff...! It's kind of a bummer, but it's not like this is our last chance to perform with her, right?

 **Misora:**Yeah. Time to shift gears and give the Master Contest everything we've got!

 **Shizuha:**Uh... Um...

 **Shizuha:**I promise I'll help you as much as I can! I can even rewrite the script so the story works without—

 **Aruru:**Nah, it's okay! We'll go with a different script!

 **Shizuha:**Huh...?

 **Aruru:**It wouldn't be Captain Twins without all five of us!

 **Shizuha:**Yeah... You're right...

 **Aruru:**Right! So let's find a different play to do♪

 **Aruru:**Let's see, what were the rules again...? If we can perform anything we want, does that mean we can go raid the Resource Room?

 **Misora:**Looks like it! Let's see, what else... All it says is "The whole year's been leading up to this! Ride the cutting edge!"

 **Aruru:**Wh-What does that even mean!?

 **Misora:**Our school loves stuff like this... They probably want us to use brand-new equipment or something.

 **Aruru:**Mmm, even if we studied up on that stuff now, would we even make it in time? I'd rather just practice the play...

 **Misora:**Well, how about we just rely on our acting and call the machinery a last resort?

 **Misora:**We'll be fine! Push comes to shove, you can get any gizmo going with a little percussive maintenance!

 **Aruru:**Yeah! That's my Misora♪

 **Aruru:**Anyway, Shizuha-chan, let's totally have us a party no matter who wins the contest!

 **Misora:**We're gonna practice our butts off and root for you all the way!

 **Shizuha:**Yeah... Thanks.

 **Shizuha:**Well, I have practice with my team soon, so I'd better be going.

**Tsukasa & Lalafin:**...

 **Shizuha:**One, two, three, one, two, three...

 **Shizuha:**...This isn't working. We're falling out of sync partway through.

 **Shizuha:**This is the big climax that pulls the audience in, so we need to get it right. Let's take it from the top and—

**Third Year Student A:**What? From the top!?

**Third Year Student A:**Gimme a break... My legs are killing me!

**Third Year Student B:**Yeah... Well, we don't have to go full tryhard. We've still got time before the contest!

 **Shizuha:**N-Now, that's not true.

 **Shizuha:**Practice may not make perfect, but it's still important work towards your ideals...

**Third Year Student A:**Ahaha, loosen up a little, Shizuha-chan!

**Third Year Student A:**We'll be fine. I know a girl who's good with machines, and she's gonna do some, uh, projection mapping? Whatever it's called!

**Third Year Student B:**Yeah! Even if we don't get any better than this, she's gonna make it the flashiest performance ever.

 **Shizuha:**But it takes incredible technique to move in time with video. That's all the more reason we need to work on our—

**Third Year Student A:**Oh yeah, wanna come shopping with us? We were talking about getting some weekday-only sweets at this one cafe.

 **Shizuha:**...No, I'd like to practice a little longer.

**Third Year Student A:**Oh... Okay, but don't get too far ahead! I'd feel bad for the vice principal who recommended you.

**Third Year Students:**See you!

 **Shizuha:**...

 **Shizuha:**...One, two, three, one, two, three...

 **Lalafin:**H-Hold it right there!

 **Shizuha:**Huh!? Lalafin? Tsukasa...?

Hide and No Seek

 **Lalafin:**H-Hold it right there!

 **Lalafin:**You're going out on the town!? Why's Shizuha practicing all alone!?

 **Lalafin:**Lalafin Kick! Lalafin Punch! Lalafin Elbooow!

 **Tsukasa:**L-Lalafin, stop... They're already gone!

 **Lalafin:**Aww, I was so bamboozled by everything that I came out too late!

 **Shizuha:**Lalafin, Tsukasa... Why...?

 **Lalafin:**We followed you 'cause you were acting funny!

 **Tsukasa:**We didn't mean to eavesdrop, but like... What's going on here, Shizuha?

 **Tsukasa:**I knew something was up ever since you said you already had a team.

 **Lalafin:**Yeah. They only just announced the Master Contest today!

 **Lalafin:**That's way too fast... And what was that about a recommendation from the vice principal!?

 **Shizuha:**...Hee hee, you worry too much.

 **Shizuha:**This was nobody's decision but my own... I promise. I'm always relying on all of you, so I thought I'd try honing my skills with some other people for a change.

 **Tsukasa:**Shizuha...!

 **Shizuha:**That's really all it is. Please...

 **Shizuha:**Just focus on working with Aruru-chan and Misora-chan to put on the best—

 **Lalafin:**Nnngh, you big, stupid blockhead!

***\*dash\****

 **Tsukasa:**Lalafin!

 **Tsukasa:**—And there she goes. I'm telling Aruru and Misora about this, got it?

 **Shizuha:**I know. I don't have the right to stop you.

 **Shizuha:**But nothing's going to change my mind... I've made my decision, and that's final.

 **Tsukasa:**Oh, please... You know you can talk to me about anything!

 **Shizuha:**This is for the best... This way...I can protect them.

 **Aruru:**They're taking advantage of Shizuha-chan!?

 **Misora:**A-Aruru! Not so loud!

 **Aruru:**Y-You're shouting, too... Wanna cover each other's mouths!?

 **Lalafin:**I'll give you two a good old-fashioned Lalafin Arm and do it myself!

 **Tsukasa:**Okay, quit horsing around! This is serious business, in case you forgot.

 **Aruru:**Y-Yeah. By "taking advantage," do you mean—

 **Lalafin:**Some even made some nasty remarks like, "Got to have Shizuha on the team if I want to win next year."

 **Aruru:**—And that's why they asked her to join their team?

 **Tsukasa:**Probably.

 **Misora:**I can't...!

 **Aruru:**That's messed up... You don't act to win. You just act, and then you win!

 **Misora:**But something doesn't make sense. Sure, back in the day, she might not have been able to say no, but...

 **Lalafin:**Yeah, I thought so, too!

 **Lalafin:**She used to hold herself back and keep her distance 'cause she was afraid of hurting someone, but that's all in the past now.

 **Lalafin:**After the Performance Festival and everything else we've been through, Shizuha does what she wants, and she gives it everything she's got!

 **Misora:**Exactly. So the question is why she couldn't say no to those people...

 **Tsukasa:**Um... She said something about "the vice principal's recommendation." Isn't the vice principal the CEO of a big talent agency?

 **Misora:**Wait, she is!? Was Shizuha-senpai scared of what would happen if she said no...!?

 **Tsukasa:**I mean, I'm just guessing. I don't actually know...

 **Tsukasa:**I don't know what's going on exactly, but I do know she's gotten mixed up in something bad.

 **Lalafin:**Then what do we do!? Go beat up the bad guys!?

 **Tsukasa:**Yeeeah, if only things were that simple...

 **Tsukasa:**As long as she doesn't tell her team she's quitting, it's not gonna be easy to stop this.

 **Aruru:**...ether.

 **Misora:**Aruru?

 **Aruru:**Let's put our play together.

 **Aruru:**We'll make a new Captain Twins, and we'll get Shizuha-chan back!

Rough Seas

**Vice-President:**—Thank you for coming on such short notice, Shizuha-san.

 **Shizuha:**It's fine... May I ask what you need from me?

**Vice-President:**Oh, not one for small talk? Fine, I can take a hint...

**Vice-President:**Pretty soon here, we're going to put on a new school-wide event called the Master Frontier Contest.

 **Shizuha:**Okay...

**Vice-President:**It'll be a bit of a big one, where the students get to show the culmination of their efforts this year!

**Vice-President:**Would you...be so kind as to enter it with some third-years?

 **Shizuha:**...May I ask why?

**Vice-President:**I want them to win. That's all.

**Vice-President:**You know them, right? These girls...are the daughters of some big names in the world of talent agencies.

 **Shizuha:**I see... I refuse.

**Vice-President:**Wha...!?

**Vice-President:**W-Wait! It's not a bad deal...!

**Vice-President:**I know. You have to start thinking about your future soon, right? I can pull some strings at Frontier MEC and—

 **Shizuha:**Are we done here? I'll be leaving now.

**Vice-President:**...Lalafin Nonomiya!

 **Shizuha:**...!!

**Vice-President:**Heh, heh heh heh... And Tsukasa Ebisu, was it?

**Vice-President:**Those two friends of yours are in your grade... They'll have to start thinking of their futures, too.

 **Shizuha:**...What are you trying to say?

**Vice-President:**Oh, and here I thought you were quicker on the uptake.

**Vice-President:**I'm sure they'll want their choice of career path... Don't you think?

 **Shizuha:**...

**Vice-President:**Heh heh! Now, Shizuha-san, let's hear your answer.

 **Shizuha:**...Fine.

 **Shizuha:**I'll join your Master Contest team.

Several days later...

 **Shizuha:**(...Oh, oops. The song's over.)

 **Shizuha:**One, two, three... Up, down, and tap, tap, tap...

 **Shizuha:**(...I wonder what they're going to perform. Aruru-chan's gotten noticeably better at expressing her emotions lately, so I hope she gets a cheerful role that lets her take advantage of that.)

 **Shizuha:**(And Misora-chan will shine as long as there's a flashy, prominent fight scene... She's just so athletic. There's no way they won't put that on display.)

 **Shizuha:**(Lalafin can handle any action you throw at her, but she does tend to go overboard. I'm a little worried that Tsukasa's the only one there to bring everyone togeth—)

 **Dorothy:**"We won't get hurt! Because we're the Captain Twins family, you know!?"

 **Dorothy:**"Even if we can't keep up with your efforts... We'll clench our teeth and keep up somehow!"

 **Dorothy:**"Even if we get hurt, in return, we'll get stronger and become closer! Isn't that what a family is!?"

 **Shizuha:**(—They changed me for the better.)

 **Shizuha:**(They said they don't care how much I hurt them with my merciless acting, since they'll just get all the more close to me.)

 **Shizuha:**(But—)

**Vice-President:**Those two friends of yours are in your grade... They'll have to start thinking of their futures, too.

 **Shizuha:**(I will not let anyone else cause them needless pain.)

 **Shizuha:**(This is for the best. Being alone...)

 **Shizuha:**(Performing alone is nothing new for me...)

 **????:**Shizuha-chan!

 **Shizuha:**Wh-What are you all doing here...?

 **Shizuha:**Oh, are you here to practice for the Master Contest? Have you settled on a script?

 **Misora:**Yes. We have, and we want to tell you about it!

 **Aruru:**It's called Captain Twins: Revolution...

 **Aruru:**It's a brand-new Captain Twins!

Take a Chance

 **Shizuha:**Captain Twins: Revolution...?

 **Misora:**Yup! CTR for short!

 **Shizuha:**O-Oh... So you decided to do Captain Twins after all.

 **Shizuha:**That's great...! Everyone in Frontier knows about it, and it's the play where the four of you can be at your—

 **Aruru:**Nope, we're doing it with five!

 **Shizuha:**Huh!? B-But I'll be performing with a different group that day...

 **Aruru:**We know. But still...

 **Misora:**It's not a family with just four of us!

 **Tsukasa:**Yeah! We can't accept it, and more importantly, neither will the audience.

 **Lalafin:**Come on, Shizuha... We'll be waiting!

 **Shizuha:**I-I can't do that... I can't perform with you...

 **Aruru:**Heh heh, then just take the script for now!

 **Shizuha:**I can't...!

 **Aruru:**The big day's right around the corner... You can do it, Shizuha-chan!

The Day of the Master Frontier Contest

**Staff A:**Hey, everything good with that projector?

**Staff B:**Yup! Now we just have to check the sensors...

 **Shizuha:**...

**Third Year Student B:**I-I'm getting a little nervous... Are we gonna be okay?

**Third Year Student A:**Oh, please. Of course we're gonna be okay! We have cutting-edge technology, and we've even got Shizuha-chan. Right?

 **Shizuha:**...I wouldn't be so sure. The stage is a fickle thing.

**Third Year Student A:**Come on, don't you be getting scared, too!

**Third Year Student A:**We've got this in the bag, and I can prove it... See, look at the entrant list.

**Third Year Student B:**Huh!? Shizuha-chan's friends aren't on there.

 **Shizuha:**What...!?

**Third Year Student A:**Yeah! No idea why the favorites to win didn't sign up, but this means you-know-who threw us a bone, right?

 **Shizuha:**No... Why would they—

***Yeaaaaaahh!!!***

**Third Year Student B:**H-Huh!? Are people cheering in the courtyard...?

 **Shizuha:**Sorry, gotta go!

**Third Year Student A:**Ah, hey, Shizuha-chan!?

**Teacher:**Hey! What do you think you're doing!?

 **Aruru:**Whoa, the teachers are coming!

 **Misora:**S-Sorry! We're about to do a surprise performance!

 **Tsukasa:**Always the honest one...

 **Lalafin:**Relaaax, everyone☆ We'll be done before the contest, promise!

 **Shizuha:**Wh-What in the...

 **Aruru:**Here we go, Shizuha-chan...

 **Dorothy:**"—'Twas the Age of Discovery, when many a youth dreamt of becoming a corsair!"

 **Dorothy:**"Swimming with the tides of the times, those who chose the life of a pirate set out on a small ship into the vast ocean!"

 **Mary:**"D-Dorothy, your ring's glowing!"

 **Mary:**"Could this light be pointing the way to the treasure of the sea, the Gold Welle!?"

 **Shizuha:**(Act 1 opens with Aruru-chan's boisterous narration, and then she and her best friend boldly set sail on the great blue sea—)

 **Rabbit:**"Small fry like you are looking for the Gold Welle!?"

 **Mary:**"We can talk later... Right now, we have bad guys to beat up!"

 **Rabbit:**"Whoops, forgot! Get behind me, villagers!"

 **Shizuha:**(...They stop by a village, where they back up an outnumbered bodyguard and add her to their crew.)

 **Shizuha:**(She was once employed as a bodyguard for the famous pirate ship known as the Ice Realm—)

 **Rabbit:**"What!? You've never heard of Captain Leona the Pirate Queen!? The Ice Witch!?

 **Rabbit:**"If you're looking for the treasure of the sea, steer clear of the Ice Realm... They'll do whatever it takes to steal your booty!"

 **Shizuha:**(And then in Act 3, they rescue a lifeboat in the middle of a storm—)

 **Ma'am:**"Oh, thank goodness, I'm saved! My friends and I got split up... Mind if I crash with you for a while!?"

 **Ma'am:**"I'm a helmsman, but I can handle maintenance, too. I'm better with my hands than I look!"

 **Rabbit:**"Hmmm, are you really, really sure you got shipwrecked?"

 **Rabbit:**"I don't believe a helmsman this good could get shipwrecked. Something smells fishy!"

 **Dorothy:**"She's not fishy!"

 **Mary:**"Why're you the one answering that?"

 **Dorothy:**"Oh, that's easy..."

 **Dorothy:**"She's a new member of the Frontier Gold's crew!"

 **Shizuha:**(—Ahh, they're so dazzling, I can't take my eyes off them...)

 **Shizuha:**(Aruru-chan's smile never fails to draw you in, and Misora-chan's steps are so light, it's like she has wings.)

 **Shizuha:**(Lalafin flies higher than anyone, and Tsukasa's impeccable timing takes the breath away...)

 **Shizuha:**(Hey... When did you all grow so much?)

 **Shizuha:**And then there's me...

 **Shizuha:**What am I doing outside the...

 **Mary:**"That's the cave... That's where the Gold Welle is hidden!"

 **Dorothy:**"We did it! Nothing can stand in our—"

 **Shizuha:**Wait...

 **Leona:**"Hold it right there!"

**Third Year Student A:**Huh...?

**Third Year Student A:**W-Wait a second, Shizuha-chan!

**Third Year Student B:**You're not gonna crash their party, are you...? You haven't forgotten about us, right!?

 **Shizuha:**I'm sorry, everyone...

 **Shizuha:**But the stage is calling me!

**Third Year Students:**...!!

The Story Begins

 **Leona:**"Hold it right there!"

 **Dorothy:**"You're..."

 **Mary:**"Captain Leona the Pirate Queen!"

 **Rabbit:**"H-How did you find us...!?"

 **Leona:**"You didn't know? All your routes got leaked."

 **Leona:**"My little friend there... Straw Ma'am gave me all the intel."

 **Mary:**"No... She's lying, right, Ma'am!?"

 **Ma'am:**"It's all true..."

 **Ma'am:**"But it doesn't make sense! My last message to you was bogus!"

 **Leona:**"I knew you were too kind to last very long as a spy. I read you like a book... That's all there is to it."

 **Ma'am:**"Ngh..."

 **Leona:**"You're far too soft. That's why everyone throws you away... Like this!"

 **Ma'am:**"...!!"

***\*clang\*...!***

**Aruru & Misora & Lalafin:**"Don't you dare hurt my friend!"

 **Leona:**"...You're all as brainless as baby seabirds. What are you even going to do once you get your hands on the treasure?"

 **Leona:**"All that awaits you after the end of a dream is reality... What can the likes of you hope to accomplish?"

 **Dorothy:**"...You're right. I never thought about what comes after we get the treasure."

 **Mary:**"But the search... Pursuing the treasure together was just so much fun..."

 **Leona:**"I can imagine. In that case, you don't really need the treasure at—"

 **Mary:**"But!"

 **Ma'am:**"But I just know all our effort is gonna lead to... To an even brighter future!"

 **Rabbit:**"I don't know what that might be, but we're still gonna reach for it!"

 **Leona:**"...How foolish. This is the naivete that dares obstruct my aspirations?"

 **Dorothy:**"Aspirations...?"

 **Leona:**"...The kingdom of the landlubbers is going to attack the sea. They want to claim territory here, and they're going to eradicate all the denizens of the sea to do it."

 **Leona:**"I will not let the sea be chopped into pieces and served on a platter! It has to stay free!"

 **Leona:**"I've worked for so long to—"

 **Dorothy:**"—There it is."

 **Leona:**"Huh...?"

 **Dorothy:**"We told you! All our effort led us to a brighter future."

 **Dorothy:**"You're gonna join our crew! And we're gonna protect the sea together!"

 **Leona:**"Wha...!?"

 **Dorothy:**"We're gonna beat you... And when we do, we'll make off with not just the treasure, but you, too!"

 **Leona:**"You insolent, abominable, abhorrent—"

***"HAAAAAH!"***

 **Dorothy:**"Haah, haah, hah..."

 **Leona:**"Aah, my aspirations... My frozen yearning is thawing..."

 **Leona:**"Melting, resolving into...a new sea..."

***\*thud\*...!***

***WHOOOOOOOO!***

 **Misora:**Hrrrrmm...

 **Aruru:**What're you grumbling about, Misora?

 **Misora:**I mean, this Master Contest honorable mention prize... We didn't officially enter. Can we really accept it...?

 **Lalafin:**Ahaha, you're such a goody two-shoes!

 **Shizuha:**It's just like you to worry about that.

 **Tsukasa:**I think it's fine. They probably wanted us to be the biggest news right now.

 **Tsukasa:**You know, what with the vice principal getting fired for some reason...

 **Lalafin:**Oh yeah! What the heck happened there, huh!? Was there some superhero action going on when I wasn't looking?

 **Shizuha:**Well... I'd imagine—

**Third Year Students:**Shizuha-chan!

 **Shizuha:**Oh, senpai!

 **Shizuha:**Um... I'm sorry about the Master Contest. I never expected you to withdraw your entry—

**Third Year Student A:**It's okay. After that amazing performance you put on, well...

**Third Year Student B:**Yeah, we were too ashamed of ourselves to go anywhere near the stage.

 **Shizuha:**Senpai...

**Third Year Student A:**We've decided we need to take practice a bit more seriously. I know, I know, it sure took us long enough.

 **Shizuha:**I'd never say that... It's never too late to be the person you want to be.

**Third Year Student B:**You...think so? No, you've gotta be right! You're still pretty far ahead of us...

**Third Year Student A:**But one day... One day, we're gonna catch up. You'd better be ready!

 **Shizuha:**I will...!

 **Aruru:**Pff... Heh heh!

 **Tsukasa:**What's with the laugh?

 **Aruru:**Heh heh, just feeling all warm and fuzzy!

 **Aruru:**Oh yeah, we should throw a celebration-slash-wrap party!

 **Misora:**Yeah! Let's get to...

 **Shizuha:**Oh, I'm sorry... I have to go to the faculty room, so I might not be able to help set up.

 **Aruru:**No prob, we'll be waitin'♪

 **Lalafin:**What do you need at the faculty room? Did they give us a handout I'm forgetting about?

 **Shizuha:**Hee hee, it's okay. I'm just going to tell them I've figured out where I want to work once I graduate.

 **Tsukasa:**You have!? Where?

 **Shizuha:**A voice acting agency called Todoroki.

**Lalafin & Aruru & Misora:**A voice acting agency...!

 **Aruru:**That's great! You've got the best voice ever, so that's perfect for you☆

 **Shizuha:**Hee hee, thanks!

 **Shizuha:**...When I played Leona on the day of the Master Contest, I felt like I'd done everything I could.

 **Shizuha:**So now I want to work on my voice acting. We're Frontier—We're always blazing the trail to the unknown.

 **Misora:**Shizuha-senpai... I'm loving this passion you got!

 **Lalafin:**Yeah, that's our Shizuha♪

 **Tsukasa:**Not to mention, she's going for an outside agency instead of one of Frontier's!

 **Shizuha:**Yeah. I want to keep challenging myself...

 **Shizuha:**I've got the courage to row into the great blue sea right here!