BGHS Sirius Event First Half

Battle Girl High School
Sirius Main Event First Half
Believe in Stars

Background:
Five Years ago the citizens of Earth had to flee the planet due to the pollution and miasma caused by Irous, an enemy that couldn't be defeated by conventional armies and weapons.
After the events in chapter 6, the Hoshimori group was able to reclaim Earth.
Asuha's influential Kusunoki family was asked to entertain the celebration.
Asuha is expected to entertain too, and after consulting her Hoshimori classmates, they decide to do an idol performance.

-Sirius-
[The Hoshimori group who were also invited to Earth Recapture Celebration, as the magnificent curtains open...]
[Asuha's family, House Kusunoki proceeds with providing entertainment]

[~Celebration Stage: Dressing Room~]
   Asuha: "Just a bit longer... isn't it"
    Yuri: "Yes! All preparations are ready! If you clear your mind, there will be nothing to be afraid of!"
  Kokomi: "But, I'm getting really nervous..."
  Haruka: "Are you alright? Take a deep breath"
  Kokomi: "O-Okay..."
  Subaru: "Deep breath... deep breath..."
  Haruka: "Subaru... are you okay?"
  Subaru: "I'm o-okay okay! I'm fine!" she laughs sheepishly
    Miki: "You'll be fine, Subaru-chan! Everyone's practice for the new song was perfect!"
Michelle: "Yeah yeah! You'll be a hit like how Mimi's group Chuuuuu♡Lip was!"
          "Since you practiced lots, you'll definitely be fine! Believe in yourself"
  Nozomi: "Right right! Your outfits look great too!"
  Kurumi: "Again right up to the day of the performance, just barely made it with all the commotion..."
  Nozomi: "Yeah yeah! Obviously we couldn't try to cut corners!"
    Yuri: "Indeed. Thanks to you, we were able to get some really cool outfits. Nozomi, thanks"
  Nozomi: "Y-You're welcome!"
   Renge: "So then Asuha, did you decide on a team name?"
   Asuha: "Indeed. We decided"
    Anko: "What did you pick after all?"
   Asuha: "This"
Everyone: "Sirius..."
   Kaede: "That is fantastic"
  Sadone: "Yeah. Sadone, likes the way this sounds..."
  Hinata: "Hinata too Hinata too!"
  Sakura: "Hmm, me too"
   Urara: "Even so Azutchi-senpai, did you already tell your team name to the organizers?"
   Asuha: "Eh? Ah, now that you mention it, no not yet...!"
Renge giggles: "That's pretty rare for Asuha. Are you nervous?"
   Asuha: "T-That's not it"
          "Nonetheless... we'll have to go tell them"
   Renge: "Ah, wait Asuha♡ Renge will go with you~♡"

[... ... ...]
   Asuha:::Nervous... am I really? Did I, really forget about these formalities..."
[She bumps into someone]
   Asuha lets out a startled yell
??? weezes: "Sorry"
   Asuha: "No, it was my fault. I wasn't paying attention..."
     ???: "Ara...? Aren't you, Asuha?"
   Asuha: "Eh, Ah! You're..."

Battle!

-The Sacrifice 5 Years Ago-
     ???: "Aren't you, Asuha?"
   Asuha: "M-Mana-san...!?"
  Itsuki: "Indeed, Asuha. Good timing. I was thinking to invite you just now"
          "You remember right, Mikagami Mana-san"
   Asuha: "I did not f-forget"
    Mana giggles: "You've become quite the Onee-san, Asuha... It has already been 5 years since then"
   Asuha: "Yes, um... is everyone in your family... well...?"
    Mana: "Yes. I'm still far from them, so I don't really get a chance to see them much"
   Asuha: "Ah... is that so..."
    Mana: "They also received an invitation, so I was thinking we would be able to come gather here after such a long time but..."
          "It seemed that my older sister was quite busy so they couldn't come, so it's just me. This isn't improper is it?"
  Itsuki: "We don't mind! The Hoshimori are very grateful for House Mikagami"
    Mana: "But, that's old talk...? Ever since 5 years ago, nothing has come about..."
   Asuha: "That's... not it at all...!!!"
    Mana: "Really?" She giggles "But, I made my mind to come, so it's great being able to meet"
          "To Asuha, and to Itsuki's group too, of course I wanted to meet so I could tell you directly"
   Asuha: "What... would it be...? If it's a grievance or scolding, I'm prepared...!"
    Mana: "For recapturing Earth, [Thank you] and [Congrats] ..."
   Asuha: "Eh... Mana-san..."
    Mana: "Yes. ...I'm looking forward to your performance. Good luck"
          "Your idol outfit also suits you Asuha" she giggles
   Asuha: "... ... ..."
   Renge: "A S U H A ♡ Giving such a look to that person, Renge's somehow envious"
   Asuha: "Eh, what is...?"
   Renge: "It seemed like Mikagami Mana-san, was here..."
          "House Mikagami is, a lineage that's supports Hoshimori sort of like House Kusunoki and House Sendoin right?"
   Asuha: "Right... Mana-san was the last of House Mikagami to have Hoshimori support"
          "She's not a Hoshimori herself but, she understands what it is to be a Hoshimori very well"
   Renge:::Last? In that case... I never heard about House Mikagami after leaving Earth:
   Asuha: "Mana-san has an Onee-san..."
          "To anyone else, they seemed like quite good sisters"
          "But, 5 years ago their family scattered..."
          "So I heard rumors that Mana-san fled to Mars, her Onee-san fled to the moon..."
   Renge: "Hmmm, is that so. But wasn't that good"
          "Since she said [Thank you] and [Congrats]. How happy, Asuha"
   Asuha: "No, it's not... I... can't receive those words..."
          "Just as well, I can't stand on this stage!"
   Renge: "EEH, WHY!? EVEN SO, THE CURTAIN OPENS SOON?"
   Asuha: "Impossible... I don't have those qualifications..."

Battle!

-Asuha's Thoughts-
[~Celebration Stage: Dressing Room~]
    Yuri: "EEH!? WHY IS THAT, ASUHA-SENPAI?!!"
  Subaru: "You can't stand on stage... But, isn't it already showtime soon!?"
   Asuha: "It's inexcusable... but, I..."
  Haruka: "Asuha-senpai... do you still hold grief over something?"
          "Won't you talk about it, with us...?"
   Asuha: "But... no, but..."
  Kokomi: "You don't need... o-our support?"
   Asuha: "It's not that. Not that at all... however..."
    Anko: "And if you talked about it? If it's because Asuha is stuck with a sense of responsibility,"
          "in your own way, there's a reason you don't want to go out right"
   Urara: "Wah~, running away from that as an idol because it's unpleasant, as in An-chan-senpai case"
          "There's odd ways of persuasion~"
    Anko: "Uuu, shut up Urara"  TL: Anko would've 'lost' if she didn't participate in Chuuuuu♡Lip's idol performance
   Renge: "Right. Speak up, Asuha"
          "Everyone on the team, don't they have a right to hear"
  Subaru: "That's right! Please tell us Asuha-senpai!"
          "Trying to run out in the middle, that doesn't seem like Asuha-senpai at all!"
    Yuri: "If there's a reason, we can come up with a solution together?!?"
          "We want to talk, not as a right, but as friends on the same team"
  Haruka: "Yes that's right, if the leader is worried, everyone on the team will give support..."
          "That is, don't you think that's our team color?"
    Yuri: "Me too, if this team clashes from intent, that's the sort of team I want"
  Kokomi: "Asuha-senpai..."
  Subaru: "Asuha-senpai!"
   Asuha: "Everyone..."
   Renge: "Asuha. You're the leader. Don't you have a duty to speak?"
   Asuha: "Indeed... As leader, I should speak precisely on it"
          "Will you, listen...?"
    Yuri: "Of course!"
   Asuha: "When the topic of the Earth Recapture Celebration was brought up with my family Kusunoki, that's when it was said..."
          "To the people who waited 5 years to return, they asked us to say [Welcome Back] to them,"
  Subaru: "Welcome back... was it?"
  Haruka: "I think that's very splendid words but..."
   Asuha: "Certainly, it's a good phrase. That's the only gift all of the people returning could possibly need"
          "But about that, I was thinking about if it's... fine for me to say"
  Kokomi: "W-What do you mean...?"
    Yuri: "As the leader of us as the current Hoshimori, there's no other than Asuha-senpai"
          "I think there's no better appropriate person...?"
   Asuha: "But, at that time... 5 years ago, if I had more strength..."
          "If I had used much much more Hoshimori powers, if I had defeated as many Irous as I could..."
          "HUMANITY, WOULD HAVE NEVER LOST EARTH!"
  Subaru: "Asuha-senpai..."
  Haruka: "You've been holding in such thoughts for so long..."
   Asuha: "So for me, after recapturing is it really okay to be saying [Welcome back] so lightly somehow...?"
          "No, I decided I can't..."
          "It would be offensive to the people who had to deal with the injury of the loss 5 years ago"
          "In that case then definitely not, I can't stand on the stage..."
          "It's somehow a place that I can't stand at..."
  Kokomi: "THAT'S NOT HOW IT IS!!! PLEASE DON'T RUN, ASUHA-SENAPI!!!"
   Asuha: "K-Kokomi...!?"

Battle!

-Don't Run!-
  Kokomi: "PLEASE DON'T RUN, ASUHA-SENAPI!!!"
   Asuha: "K-Kokomi!?"
    Yuri: "That n-now was Kokomi...?"
  Subaru: "That's the first time I've seen Kokomi yell like that..."
  Kokomi: "Even singing on a stage this big, even in front of people,"
          "I'm actually very afraid but, I was going to muster up the courage, and decided to do this with everyone!"
          "Since I wanted to change from being cowardly and having weak confidence! Since I wanted to become stronger!"
          "Since I didn't want to lose my dear friend Urara-chan!"
   Urara: "Kokomi..."
  Haruka: "Ara? Why would we lose Urara-chan?"
   Urara in a low voice: "I was motivating her by saying I'd part with her if she didn't gather courage!"
  Kokomi: "Since it was decided to allow me to join Asuha-senpai's team,"
          "If you have faith, and believe in yourself, you can show your brilliance to everyone who holds strength"
          "So from yourself, you say you'll join and show courage"
          "But, even then, I was very afraid... losing seemed possible, when trembling so much with fear"
          "So for Asuha-senpai too, is it not only because you're afraid!?"
          "SAYING IT'S BECAUSE OF WEAKNESS 5 YEARS AGO, IS IT ONLY SCARY BECAUSE YOU'RE FACING IT NOW!?"
          "If so, that's not like Asuha-senpai at all!"
          "THE ASUHA-SENPAI THAT I ADMIRE, NO, FOR KUSUNOKI ASUHA-SAN, I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOSE TO YOURSELF!!"
          she finishes her sentence and starts panting
          "S-Sorry... I got carried away..." she tears up
   Asuha: "Kokomi..."
  Subaru: "That's right. My admiration. As my, Hoshimori Kusunoki Asuha"
   Asuha: "Subaru...?"
  Subaru: "5 years ago, who saved my life, the hero I admire..."
          "Protecting everyone, the Hoshimori leader who guided us toward Earth recapture,"
          "For these reasons, [Welcome back] are words that Asuha-senpai can say!"
    Yuri: "Right! There's nobody stronger to ask for carrying out the return of Earth"
          "So they're good words that Asuha-senpai should say!"
   Asuha: "Yuri..."
  Haruka: "Also, Asuha-senpai isn't alone. We're together"
   Asuha: "Haruka..."
  Kokomi: "Even then, do you still not want to stand on stage...?"
          "With us, is Asuha-senpai's strength not enough...?"
   Asuha: "No... Thanks. I've snapped out of it"
  Kokomi: "Asuha-senpai..."
   Asuha: "That's right, I'm not alone. Kokomi, Haruka, Yuri, Subaru, you're this team..."
          "Also, our Hoshimori friends who we battled together with are also here"
          "I can't very well turn tail and run, me being the leader"

   Asuha: "We go. To our stage. To meet the people who returned!"
Everyone: "Yes!"

Battle!

-Welcome Back!-
  Crowd: "WAH!!!"
  Asuha: "Thank you very much"
         "My name is Kusonoki Asuha, I serve as this team's and Hoshimori's leader"
Yuri stammers heavily before saying quickly: "My name is Himukai Yuri, I serve as the School Disciplinary Council Director!"
  Subaru: "Uhm... I'm the Ace of the soccer club! Wakaba Subaru!" her pronunciation is off
Haruka giggles: "I play the flute as part of band club, Narumi Haruka"
  Kokomi tears up a bit: "I'm... w-what'll I do... umm, umm..."
          "Ah!"
          "My name is Asuhina Kokomi, I work as a miko at my family's shrine"
 Crowd: "WAHAHA!!"
 Asuha: "Today, as Hoshimori invited to the Earth Recapture Celebration, as well as the member of House Kusonoki"
        "We would like to share that we are extremely delighted for the preparation of this place"
 Renge: "Asuha, too formal too formal~!"
  Anko: "Well but, that's Asuha"
 Asuha: "Thank you very much. Before singing, there's a secret confession I'd like to make..."
 Renge: "If it's Asuha's love, I'll accept allll of it~♡"
 Asuha: "It's not a confession of love... I, Kusunoki Asuha, 5 years ago..."
        "At the time humanity lost Earth, I was already a Hoshimori"
The crowd starts to talk noisily...
 Asuha: "Me at the time, and now, standing here on stage for the Earth Recapture Celebration..."
        "I didn't know if that would be fine, there was a lot... really quite a lot to be worried about"
        "In fact, I was thinking about refusing up until a few moments ago... but"
she hesitates
  Yuri: "Asuha-senpai"
Subaru: "We're here"
Haruka: "Do your best"
Kokomi: "F-Fight"
 Asuha: "Even so, my friends with a strong heart who I battled alongside and carried out recapture missions alongside"
        "They admired, and supported me as leader"
        "That sentiment, I didn't think I could answer it. Because my friends had given me strength"
        "To me, standing at this place, in order to say words, the courage..."

 Asuha: "5 years ago, when we had no choice but to retreat from Earth, to the people who thought optimistically"
  Mana: "...Asuha"
 Asuha: "For 5 years, to the superiors who had to continue fighting behind the scenes..."
Itsuki: "Asuha..."
  Fulan giggles
 Asuha: "As well... to the friends who came to battle alongside with"
        "To everyone, from my heart, I give you these words"
        " [Welcome Back to Earth!] "
 Crowd: "Wah!!!"
        " [We're home-!!!] "
 Asuha tears up: "With our heart, we will sing!"

Everyone: "[Believe in Stars]"
[... ... ...]
[Having confessed the secret she held back, the clear singing of the girls lightly reverberated,]
[falling like like that of a soft rain, toward the people who were not able to come back to Earth for 5 years...]
[Continued in the last half!]