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"Ehhhh? Ehhhhh?!"
"Then I really can't accept the help! What if she gets mad or she gets in trouble with her manager or you get in trouble with the manager?! I'd feel so bad, I don't want to make you guys go through so much trouble for some stranger! Awawawa...."

At being offered two passes, the girl shakes her head repeatedly.
"Nononono! I couldn't! You two paid for yours and I'd feel bad if I took it from you and you guys deserve to go see the concert! I'd really feel bad if I took your tickets!"
She sighs.
"Maybe if I show them proof of receipt, I can still get in, right?"

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At Miyuki yelling up, that does get Tsubasa's attention. He groans.
"Alright, alright, kyodai, I'm coming down."
He manages to deftly jump to his feet, his feet carefully balancing on the beams like a cat's paws.
"A shame. You can almost feel the wind up here. Ah well."

He grabs onto one of the bars leading down to the ground, pulling his hoodie sleeves up to shield his hands before sliding down to ground level, completely calm as if he'd done this before. When almost to the ground, Tsubasa pirouettes off in front of Miyuki and Momiji.

"I'm guessing the Doctor sent you over to get me?"

He produces a small, green diamond-shaped gem on a necklace. Momiji and Miyuki can feel the energy from it, however faint; this must be the Mirage Fragarach.

"I'll get this to her in a bit. I'm assuming the people doing the backstage tours are coming in soon?"

A few things happen very quickly.

Firstly, the guy with the Setsuna mask does, as Seitaro planned, get distracted.

Secondly, both Seitaro and Misaki lunge for him.

Thirdly, the girl being scolded by the guard turns, seeing two people lunging right behind her out of the corner of her eye.

The laws of physics draw this to an inexorable conclusion.

"Wah!"

Misaki and Seitaro bowl into each other instead of their intended target, and then also shove the poor girl over, bowling her over to the floor. The security guard yells out "What are you doing?!" as all three fall over, the girl being knocked over towards a pillar, and Misaki and Seitaro falling a short distance away from the pass.

Before both of them can react, another person in a black hoodie manages to grab the pass off the floor, patting the blue-clad thief on the shoulder and sprinting off with the pass.

The girl rubs the back of her head as she sits up.

"Ow, ow, ow...."

The security guard doesn't seem to have noticed the girl's pass getting stolen as he turns to the girl.
"You, be careful next time!"
He stalks off without a further word.

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The sound of Setsuna Kamisato's latest single plays over the sounds of people filing into Sendo City Arena, the lyrics scarcely audible through the loud , small stalls hawking penlights, shirts, keychains and other memorabilia. Holograms of the three Queens of Music, the singers performing tonight, pranced over the incoming visitors; flames swirling behind Azusa Kumon, the Angel-Faced Demon, purple wisps trailing behind the elegantly dancing Superdimension Diva Setsuna, and sparkles trailing behind the Rebellious Empress herself, Haruka Shirokawa.

Sendo City Arena was one of the centerpieces of the city, built to advertise Sendo City as a modern city, a city of the future. It was an all-purpose arena of the future, one that could hold events of all kinds from puroresu to music to stage plays. Designed to operate in all weathers and all conditions, it was fortunate that today was a clear day, with no rain. Fortunate for the roughly nine hundred people piling into the Arena that day; the Queens of Music collaboration was a rare event, three of the finest singers of the 2020s singing together on stage for one night was an event worth paying through the nose for. The entrances to the Arena were under covered tunnels, artifices of glass and steel that let in natural light during the day but were well lit in the night.

Several different queues lined up through the gates leading into the arena proper, the largest queue consisting of regular tickets, a few smaller lines leading to the prime seats and....

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2nd Unit Prospects....
...a small queue leading to a side door, leading to the backstage area of the concert.

Through fate, money or just knowing someone, you two have lucked into rare backstage passes, letting you line up to meet the Queens of Music, along with their units; Azusa performed with the famous Galactic☆Fairy, and Haruka performed with her unit Afternoon. Of course, with Haruka being close friends with Kazuma Nago, center for the unit KNIGHTMARES, there was a good chance he and his friends were there too.

The passes would get you reasonable backstage passes, alongside prime seats for the concert itself and some rare memorabilia.

As Misaki and Seitaro line up, their passes in hand, they suddenly hear a loud crash nearby.

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KNIGHTMARES, Galactic☆Fairy and Afternoon
"Everything's in place, chief. We've mounted a few sensors here and there to pick up on Biorhythm fluctuations."
A young woman in a black dress jacket and pleated shirt types something into her laptop as she leaves it up. On the laptop, a screen resembling an ECG monitor can be seen, brief pulses flashing across the screen. An ID badge is clipped to the lapel of her jacket, the name "Minako" just about visible.

"Amanojaku activity has been quiet for the last week, so we can take the night off, but Biorhythm readings have been off in the area. So I'd keep your Relics nearby."

A taller, dark-skinned man raises a thumbs up at her, leaning against the wall. With his youthful face, his clear skin and muscular frame, the only indication of his true age are the specks of white in his otherwise jet-black hair.
"Good to hear, Shirogane. I wasn't in the mood for Amanojaku tonight."
A badge clipped around his chest pocket denotes him as Javier Luna, manager of the Fire Soul Entertainment Agency, former frontman of the Filipino band Mayon Climbing Society, and manager of the Galactic☆Fairy unit.
"Ease up, Shirogane. It's supposed to be a good night."
"Sorry chief. You know how I like to be prepared. With this many people-"

A firm hand claps itself around Minako's right shoulder, a lock of messy red hair flowing over it as the owner of the hand leans in.
"Relax, Mina. We're good. There aren't supposed to be Amanojaku attacking tonight. And if there are, I'll kick their asses back to kingdom come."
Minako sighs.
"You can't be so casual, Azusa."
"Hm. Ya know, you should be performin' with us on stage too, Mina. Your singing feels pretty good."

Minako stares back at Azusa, her eyes falling on the faint outline of a bullet wound on Azusa's shoulder hidden by Azusa's white jacket. A twinge of guilt briefly fills Minako, before she shakes it off, smiling.
"I figure I'm better backstage. Besides....they advertised the Queens of Music, right? They don't need a washed-up rock singer on there."
Azusa nods, understanding. She brushes her jacket back over her shoulder.
"Well. If ya ever change yer mind....always got room for my partner."

Suddenly, a pink-haired woman with a flower set in her hair walks in, dressed in a white sweater.
"I don't know about you, but I'm a little nervous about this. Has anyone seen Kamisato?"
Azusa props up, shaking her head.
"No clue, Shirokawa. She's still in her dressin' room doin' whatever the hell she does."
Haruka sighs, adjusting the neck on her sweater.
"We're two hours out from showtime and we still have guests to greet..."

Suddnely, a blonde woman in a labcoat steps out from a side door, carrying a laptop in one hand. Goggles are mounted on her unkempt hair, her labcoat slightly dirtied with oil and grime. Rather tall, she surveys the room, looking for someone, before frowning, her eyebrows furrowing.
"Hm. Have any of you seen Miki? I asked him to place a few sensors around the gantries. I was hoping he'd be back by now."
"No clue, Doc. He went off like ten minutes ago. He's probably still hangin' out up there like a damn spider-monkey."
"Can one of you find him? He has Fragarach on him and I need to run some tests on it. And then he needs to get back here to guide the visitors in."

Javier snorts.
"Freydis, tonight's not the night for tests. Surely you can spare a few moments outside the lab."
"A few."

The gathered members of the three units are backstage with them. Nearby, a door is slightly ajar, leading up towards the gantries.
Everyone may post.

Alright, after the mother of all busy months and quite a few delays, we are finally ready to announce who is getting into MegaMirager!

Making their debuts on Sendo City's grandest stage...

Newly debuting with the alluring, dangerous and audacious idols, Galactic☆Fairy!
SeriousConcentrate - Nagisa Fujibayashi / Mirage Skarn
Solymr - Araki Hagane / Mirage Metal

For those who haven't found their voice yet, those making their way onto the second unit of the Fire Soul Entertainment Agency!
Twinwolf - Misaki Mukawa / Mirage Strike
SirAston - Seitaro Imaeda / Mirage Accel

Newly debuting with the cool, exhilarating and princely idols, KNIGHTMARES!
LyfeldLesk - Abbie / Mirage Dominion
Chevaleresse - Miyuki Mukawa / Mirage Edge

Newly debuting with the refreshing, sweet and laid-back idols, Afternoon!
ctsun - Arisu Himedera / Mirage Siren
GreenKnight - Briar Eldran / Mirage Beat
rustytengo - Momiji Gushiken / Mirage Lion

Tune in on Monday 16th to listen to their song!

Two days later...
It is ten thirty in the morning of your fight with Class 3-A.

This fight was to be interesting.

Class 3-C was a challenge already, with the likes of Alicia and Theodora proving to be hard customers. 3-A, however, was a whole different breed. Steven was a surprisingly skilled fighter - well, not entirely surprisingly, given his diligence at training - but he'd proven himself more than a match for one of the best students in the Academy.

And then the rest of the students were pretty tough - Katarina with her instantaneous blizzard, Elma's acceleration Arte and Annika, with her unfathomably powerful flames.

If there are any last minute preparations to do, now is the time to do them.

J6