Part 2, Episode 3: Find Our Way

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Scene: The amphitheater in Muusa.

Kyaru
O-Oooh...

Uzuki
Kyaru!

Mio
Kyaru-kyaru, are you okay?

Rin
... Sorry. I didn't think a song could send someone flying like that...

Kokkoro
But thanks to you, New Generations, the miniature Little Uekis that had been growing on Kyaru and the others have been blown off.

Pecorine
Yes! That must mean...!

Kyaru
... Ah!

Yuuki
1. "Kyaru!"

Pinya Colata
Pinya!

Kyaru
... Yuuki? And also...

Kyaru
...! Ow, this headache is killing me...!

Pecorine
Kyaru! Do you recognize me? It's your best friend, Pecorine!

Kyaru
Huh!? D-Don't just call yourself my best friend on your own... Quit messing with me, idiot!

Rin
Ah. It looks like Kyaru's... "nya" is gone now.

Uzuki
What a relief. Kyaru is back to normal!

Kyaru
Ooh...!

Kyaru
W-What could you be talking about? I'm not the kind of character who would say "nya." I don't remember this at all...

Mio
"Kyaru the Idol makes her meow-tiful appearance, nya!"

Pecorine
"Kyaru kyaruuun!"

Kyaru
Stop iiiiit!!! I'll kill you, I'll kill you, you hear!?

Mio
Ahaha, sorry, sorry.

Kyaru
Ugh, ahhhh! Seriously, why did I have to be one who got like that...

Uzuki
Um, Kyaru. Sorry for asking you this when you're still confused, but...

Rin
I'm wondering if you could tell us exactly what happened when Little Ueki abducted you.

Kokkoro
The two members of Prosperity who were in your unit are currently unconscious. They don't seem injured, but... We can't speak with them right now.

Pecorine
So, Kyaru. How exactly did you end up in that situation?

Kyaru
It's because... of that.

Uzuki
By 'that,' you mean... Ah!

Kokkoro
By Little Ueki's roots, a fist-sized hole has opened up... The environment within that gap is different from its surroundings. Has some sort of distortion occurred in space...?

Mio
Is that the thing that Shimamu saw earlier!?

Pecorine
Huh, can I see? There's a square-shaped stone building, hmm... It really does look completely different from anything here.

Rin
H-Hey, Mio, Uzuki. That town must be...!

Mio
The town we came from! There's no doubt! I can't remember completely, but... It has to be!

Pinya Colata
Pinya! Pinya pinya!

Rin
If we go through there... I wonder if we'll be able to get back home.

Uzuki
But this gap is so small. Us three getting through is one thing, but for Pinya Colata to get through, the gap would have to be pretty big...

Pinya Colata
Pinya...

Kyaru
Unless the gap is "pretty big," Uzuki's butt won't fit through either, will it?

Uzuki
Huhh!? I-I'm not that big!

Kokkoro
Well... As things are now, even I, the smallest person here, wouldn't be able to fit through. If you three wish to return home, then all we can do is try to enlarge the gap.

Kyaru
That's right. In fact... That seems to be that Ueki's goal as well.

Pecorine
So Little Ueki is trying to return home, too.

Kyaru
That's what it seems like. But as it stands, it can't gather enough energy to open any bigger of a gap than that.

Mio
Energy...?

Kyaru
I'm not sure what it was like originally, but... The Little Ueki of this world seems to be able to convert the excitement of concert attendees to energy.

Uzuki
Really! Converting the excitement of fans to power... It's like of like an idol!

Rin
But unlike us, it's not as though Little Ueki can put on a concert of its own.

Pecorine
It's a potted plant, after all!

Mio
Ah... Then, the reason Little Ueki abducted all those new idols...

Kyaru
Yeah. Even wanting to gather as much energy as it does, there's a limit to how many people you three of New Generations can fire up at once.

Kyaru
That's why it used its magical pollen to control any girls who had any interest in becoming idols, gathered them, and trained them. That way, it would be able to fire up even more people than before.

Kokkoro
So by rescuing the people had been captured, such as Kyaru and the others who were being controlled, we were interfering with its plans.

Rin
If all this is true... Then this Little Ueki really is unthinkable. Hiding behind its innocent-looking face.

Kyaru
Well, I can understand your mistrust. Even I wouldn't be able to believe any of this if I hadn't been controlled myself.

Uzuki
By the way... I was wondering, Kyaru.

Kyaru
About what?

Uzuki
You mentioned that it was... "gathering any girls who had any interest in becoming idols."

Mio
Ah. Does that mean, Kyaru-kyaru...

Kokkoro
Goodness. So you wanted to become an idol, Lady Kyaru.

Pecorine
Huh, is that true, Kyaru?

Kyaru
Ahhhhhh! No, you've got it all wrong!

Kyaru
W-Well, no, maybe you're not totally wrong! But it was just a little bit!

Kyaru
I mean, isn't it normal for a girl my age to want to dress up in cute idol clothes and have people cheer for me!? Just a little!

Uzuki
Ahaha...

Rin
Well, it's quite not that simple.

Mio
No, I totally get your feelings, Kyaru-kyaru!

Kyaru
Rin, Mio, and Uzuki were all originally idols, so fine, but... Pecorine! And Koro!

Kyaru
Why didn't the bulb monsters go for you two!? Have you really never thought about wanting to becoming an idol?

Kokkoro
I am... Master's servant, first and foremost. Of course, if Master wished for it, I would have no objections to doubling as an idol in addition to being his servant.

Pecorine
My family inheritance also comes first, for me. Not to mention, I'm used to wearing pretty clothes like that. ... Oh, but it's not like I'm totally disinterested, you know?

Kyaru
You don't have to make a half-assed attempt at consoling me! Ahh, man!

Kyaru
That damn Ueki has made a fool out of me...! I ought to burn it to ashes with my magic!

Uzuki
P-Please, calm down, Kyaru.

Mio
That's right. Like, that catgirl Kyaru act from earlier was super cute, you know?

Rin
Indeed. Though... personally, I'm more of a dog person.

Pecorine
Plus, if you burn up Little Ueki, the people from New Generations won't have a way to get back home.

Uzuki
Ah...

Mio
Um...

Rin
... Hey, Uzuki. Mio. Do you two really want to go back?

Uzuki
Um, well...

Mio
I-I'm not sure... I still can't remember much about it. ... But...

Uzuki
... I feel like... there must be things we need to do, over there...

Rin
... Right. Like there's something important right in front of us... That's how I feel.

Mio
All right! Then...!

Uzuki
Let's find a way to go home!

Rin
I agree. There must be people who are worried about us over there.

Mio
Yeah. And it's not like we're saying we'll never come here again!

Uzuki
I want to remember everything I've forgotten! About who we really are!

Kokkoro
If that is how you all feel, then... of course, we will support you.

Kyaru
It's all we can do. We'll see this through to the very end.

Pecorine
You're okay with this, too, right, Yuuki?

Yuuki
1. "Of course."

Pinya Colata
Pinya!

Uzuki
Thank you, everyone!

Rin
We'll be counting on you.

Mio
Now that that's decided... what do we do?

Kokkoro
Thanks to Kyaru's information, I think I have a mostly clear picture of what we should do.

Pecorine
We need to enlarge that gap to the point that people can pass through, right?

Kyaru
To do that, we need to get more energy to Little Ueki...

Uzuki
And Little Ueki's energy comes from the excitement of fans who are attending idol concerts.

Rin
I don't really understand the theory behind it, but... as I see it, if we get a lot of people excited, all of that excitement will turn into energy.

Mio
But we don't have many people ourselves, so we'd need to gather up all the new idols.

Pecorine
It wouldn't be good to ask that of people who are still recovering from being controlled. They still need care...

Uzuki
If only there were some other way. A way to get even more people to listen to our songs...

Everyone
Hmm...

Yuuki
1. "Then, how about this?"

Everyone
EHHH!?