I clearly have my priorities straight. Between college, unfinished stories and this...I chose this.

No Love Live Movie Documentary yet but the Aqours version is starting now!

This is the prologue.

I was going to call this Starlight TV, you know, to contrast with their Sunshine, but I decided to go with Project A after I made Dia say it in the story.

So yeah.

Here we go.

Oh, and as with Documentary, the characters are out of character like 90% of the time. Just a warning.

Here we go. For real this time.

Within the gymnasium of Uranohoshi Girls' High School, there exists a clubroom sandwiched between the other clubrooms. It's doorway on the inside of the gymnasium is blocked up by boxes, and from the outside hallway, cardboard is plastered against the windows so no one could see inside. It is rumored that a secret cult gathers there, as students trying to enter were either met with silence or a soft voice asking for the password.

"Ugh...three more requests to use this room today, and I had to deny all of them again." Dia muttered, resting her head down on the table. The room was constantly in a state of dim light, which was quite relaxing.

"Good work keeping this place locked up then." Kanan said, patting her friend gently on the back. As the student council president, Dia was the main reason they were able to keep the room to themselves. No club activity went on in this room; it was just kept blocked up so they could have a space at school to rest when they wanted to.

"Keep it down. I'm trying to memorize this speech." Mari chastised the two of them, even though neither of the other third years had raised their voices. She was planning on taking over as the school headmistress, to make sure that they would no longer have any issues with their usage of this room. The current head of the school had called Dia out once before for abusing her power to keep the clubroom closed to other potential (and probably more legitimate) clubs. "If I can get the approval from the government, then we'll be in complete control of what goes on at this school."

"Which means we'll get use of this school until we graduate-maybe even keep it for Chika and Ruby to use!" Kanan bounced excitedly. She had no power in the school system, unlike both Dia and Mari, but she fully supported whatever they were doing. There was a knock on the hallway door, and all three looked in that direction. Kanan walked over to the doorway. "Password?"

"Shining Stars on Me." Kanan double-checked with Dia to make sure that the password she heard was the correct one for the day and let the other person in. "Hello, onee-chan!" Ruby immediately jumped onto her older sister and hugged her tightly, much to Dia's obvious displeasure. But the third year was in no mood to shoot down her sister and kept her head down on the table as Ruby proceeded to braid her hair, all while chattering aimlessly about her day.

"Hanamaru-chan isn't with you today?" Kanan asked, taking a seat across from Dia.

"She and Yoshiko-chan have classroom duty, so they'll be around later!" Ruby informed her. "I already told them today's password, so they shouldn't have any problem getting in later." The first year finished braiding the left half of Dia's hair and moved over to start on the right side.

"I'm kinda surprised Chika-chi isn't here yet." Mari commented. Apparently she had decided to take a break from memorizing her speech.

"Yeah, it is a bit strange." Dia added, sitting up at last. Ruby quickly adjusted her position while still braiding her older sister's hair. "You isn't here either. Aren't they normally the first to show up after Kanan does?" Kanan thought she was rather tolerant of her younger sister's antics, especially as Ruby was now attempting to wind the two braids into a single bun.

"Maybe they got held up by something!" Ruby suggested. "Like classroom duty." At that moment, though, they heard footsteps charging down the outside hallway, followed shortly by a pounding at the room's door. Kanan went over to the door again.

"Password?" She asked.

"We don't have time for that, Kanan-chan!" Chika's distraught voice came to them through the door. "You-chan's in a fight with the new transfer student! Come help me break it up!"

"A transfer student?" Kanan repeated, casting a glance at Dia. The other third year hadn't mentioned anything related to a transfer student coming into their school

"She seemed like a nice person when she came to take a look at the school; I didn't think she would cause any problems." Dia stood up as she spoke. She deftly undid whatever Ruby had done to her hair-ignoring Ruby's soft whine of disappointment-and straightened it back out. "But we'd better go look."

"I'll come too." Mari folded up her speech and put the page away in her skirt pocket. "Ruby-chan, can you watch the room? Let Hanamaru-chan and Yohane-chan in when they come, but don't let anyone else in." The first year nodded. It was rare that she got the responsibility of keeping their club room private; usually only the third years controlled the door.

Chika backed up as the door opened. Kanan slipped out, followed closely by Dia and Mari. The door shut quietly behind them, once again making the club room look like it was blocked up. "Hurry, this way!" Chika sped-walked down the hallway. Even in her hurry, it wouldn't do good for all four of them to run down the hallway, especially not with the student council president and future school head trailing after her. The entirety of the second year class had exited the classroom, but they milled around the door, unsure of what to do.

"Step aside. Let us through." Dia took the lead now. The crowd parted to let the four students through to the door, which stood ajar.

You slammed the other student into the teacher's podium, watching her groan in pain with a satisfied expression. But the transfer student wasn't done yet; she tackled You into the desks that were in the front row. They went down, crashing loudly amongst the desks that fell with them. You, upon hitting the floor, flipped the other girl over so that she was pinning her down, both hands on the transfer student's throat. The girl gave a strangled cry as she tried to relieve the pressure on her neck.

Kanan pushed past Dia and entered the room. She grabbed You by the back of her shirt and pulled her off of her opponent. "What the heck, You?" You hung limply in Kanan's grasp.

"It's not my fault. She insulted Chika-chan first. She tried to knock Chika-chan out the window!" Kanan passed You to Mari once the blonde had joined them and knelt down to the other girl's level. She was still catching her breath, her hand on her throat as if reassuring herself that no lasting damage had been done. Then, as if just realizing she was being watched, the girl looked at Kanan warily. "Bi-mmph!" Mari clapped a hand over You's mouth, preventing her from continuing whatever she had been in the process of saying.

"Here." Kanan held her hand out to the transfer student. The girl looked at her, then took her hand. Her grip was strong, passing along the message that she would retaliate if Kanan attacked her. Kanan stood up, pulling the girl up with her. "What's your name?"

"...Sakurauchi...Riko." Riko mumbled, drawing her hand back from Kanan. Her uniform had become dirtied from the brawl, and she made some half-hearted attempts to brush the dirt off. "I didn't do anything to Takami-san. She's lying." Kanan was more inclined to believe You at the moment, since she had known her longer, but decided against saying anything to incite more conflict.

"Dia, what's your thoughts on this? Council room?" Mari dragged You over to the other third year, her hand still firmly clamped on the second year's mouth.

"Yes." Dia turned to the rest of the second year students, who were milling around the hallway, waiting for some instruction. "Sorry, but can you clean up the classroom?"

"Yes! We'll make it so neat you won't be able to tell that something happened!" One of the second years responded eagerly. Dia smiled and walked off down the hallway, amidst stares from the students. Near the back of the crowd, Chika tried to make her escape from the scene before she got roped back up into it. As Dia passed her, she reached out and grabbed the second year by her shirt, towing her along to their destination.

"Kanan, Mari, let's go." Kanan and Mari exchanged looks over their respective captives. Dia had already gone far ahead of them, and her saying this was strangely amusing to the both of them. Mari left first, pushing You in front of her. Kanan followed shortly after, with Riko trailing slightly behind her.

Dia knocked on the clubroom door, one hand holding tightly to the second year trying to flee. No response came, and she sighed. "Shining Stars on Me." A few seconds passed, during which Mari and Kanan joined her with their second year packages, before the door cracked open. Dia pushed her way in, forcing Yoshiko to back up as the six girls entered the room. Forcing Chika to the other side of the room so she wouldn't be able to escape, Dia turned to her little sister. "What happened to minding the door?"

"I did! I let Hanamaru-chan and Yoshiko-chan in and then we figured that you'd probably have the key and we should just keep quiet!" Ruby complained, momentarily taking her attention off the tablet she had brought to school. Dia stared at the electronic device pointedly until Ruby got the message and put it away with a dissatisfied sigh. "So what's going on? Who's she?"

Riko was still standing at the doorway. "This isn't the student council room." She said, looking around at the boxes piled on the other end of the room.

"Of course not. This is our council room. And we'll be deciding your punishment here, both of you." Dia addressed both Riko and You when she spoke. "After hearing from Chika, of course." The girl froze up when her name was mentioned. Chika turned around, fear evident on her features.

"It was all Sakurauchi-san's fault." You repeated. "She threatened Chika-chan so I had to take action."

"I did nothing of the sort. You attacked me for no reason." Riko retorted immediately. Mari quickly stepped between them, blocking their view of each other.

"We're not getting anywhere with that. Chika, you have to tell us what happened." Chika reluctantly nodded, sinking down into a chair as if her fate had been sealed. Slowly, she told them what happened.

Class had just ended. You walked over to Chika's desk, ready to leave for the clubroom. The other second year was still putting her things away, but the two of them eagerly talked about the topic that had been the main focus of their 'club' for the last week. Riko, sitting in the seat next to Chika's, had overheard and asked them about it.

"Sorry, this is secret between me and Chika-chan only." You told her.

"Then keep it that way, and don't bring it up if you don't want others to hear." Riko shot back, standing up from her desk. She crossed the short distance between her desk and Chika's, and Chika had stood up as well, her back against the window.

"Oi, what are you doing?" You watched as Riko leaned closer to Chika, planting her hand on the glass. She was ready to interrupt if any danger came.

"You want to be a school idol?" Riko asked, getting a nod from Chika. "Hmph, you don't look like you have the guts to do anything but cower."

"Leave her alone." You grabbed Riko's arm, forcing the other second year to look at her. "You're new, so leave now and I won't hurt you."

"Like I care. She won't be the last victim." And at that point, You snapped, slapping Riko across the face. Chika had then run off to find Kanan.

"No matter how I look at it...Sakurauchi-san is at fault." Kanan said; all eyes were now on the redhead. She crossed her arms defiantly at the verdict.

"I agree with that sentiment, but we cannot deny that it was You that threw the first punch of the fight." Dia didn't even look interested in the judgement anymore. She was looking at pictures on her phone, occasionally lifting it up so that Ruby could see. The first year was styling her older sister's hair once again. "Oh, I got the ideal punishment for Sakurauchi-san. We need a ninth member for Project A, right?"

"I thought that project was going to be cancelled." Yoshiko said, looking over at her. Hanamaru made some muffled noise, unable to speak because of the tape over her mouth. "I told you not to put duct tape on your face!" She peeled it off carefully, trying her best not to hurt Hanamaru in the process.

"We're going to shine zura! Project Angel!" Hanamaru shouted, bouncing up and down.

"It's Project Aqours, you idiot." Yoshiko corrected her. She then grabbed the other first year and forced her to sit down. After a moment of reflection, she put the roll of duct tape away in her school bag.

"It was. That's why I'm going to take over as school head and get it approved." Mari said, looking smug at her brilliant plan.

"I thought it was so we could keep using this room."

"That too."

"Anyway," Dia interrupted the off-topic discussion. "I propose that we make Sakurauchi-san work with us as the ninth member as punishment."

"Hang on!" You slammed her hands down on the table in her haste to get her point across. "Why should any of us have anything to do with her?"

"And why should I help you with your project?" Riko and You glared at each other, but they seemed to come to a mutual understanding at the same time.

"I object to this!" Both girls shouted at the same time.

"Wow~ Their harmony is amazing zura!"

"You know what? Just stop talking." Yoshiko handed Hanamaru her phone and watched her cautiously tap at the screen.

"You don't get to decide! You, you're getting punished as well, for starting the fight." Dia was abusing her power again, and everyone in the room knew it. But no one dared say anything against the third year. "Project A will proceed and Sakurauchi-san will be joining us! Is that understood?"

"Yes…"

A week later, Mari had taken over the position as the school head. Riko and You cleaned up the club room while complaining loudly about how unfair it was that they had to work together to clean up while the rest of the group was off doing whatever it was that they were doing. And the character settings for each of the group was handed out.

"It's no good. She's in a state of shock." Kanan gave up trying to get Chika to come back to them after getting no response for the last minute. The second year was shy by nature, so her position in the project as the group's leader came as an unwelcome surprise. "I'm not too far off from doing the same thing as she is though." Her family did run a scuba-diving tour, but Kanan did not participate in the actual diving. Instead, she spent more time running the business side of the tour, with her phobia of water preventing her from going any further than ankle deep water. According to the tentative script they had been sent, however, she would be spending more time in water than out of it. "Marii….Diaaaa…"

"We'll hold your hand if we can." Mari said reassuringly. "I think my role and your role should have been switched, Dia."

"I agree." Dia shuddered at the thought of being the strict student council president. Not to say that she wasn't naturally, but she didn't like the idea of having to be stern on the younger students. On top of that, Mari was the more serious one between the two of them. Yet, their character settings stated that Dia would have to be more serious. "There's nothing we can do, though."

"Why do I have middle school syndrome?! It should be Zuramaru that has it! She has it!" Yoshiko pointed at Hanamaru to emphasize her point. The other first year wasn't even paying attention; her interest had been captured by the basketball team that was currently doing practice in the gym. "She doesn't even know what's going on! Ugh!"

"At least you don't have to pretend to get scared every time someone approaches you." Ruby sighed. "My part would have been better suited for Chika-chan, not me."

"Hey, what do you have to do, Riko-chan?" You asked, peering over the other girl's shoulder to read the paper she held. "Oh, that's not too hard. I totally thought you were like that at the beginning too."

"Let me see yours too." Riko looked at the paper You held up for her to read. "Yeah, that totally suits you too."

Kanan watched the two second years chat about what they were going to do with their roles in the scripts with a bit of confusion. "When and how did they get that friendly with each other after nearly beating each other up a week ago?"

"I think they're main characters of a manga or something. 'Fight enough and you become friends'...or something like that." Dia shrugged it off like it was not a big enough problem that she should deal with. "It's probably better that they're not fighting anymore. Riko's fitting in with everyone else too."

"No, they still fight." Chika had returned to them at last. She looked tired. "They fight almost every day when we go home together. Uu...I don't want to do this at all…"

A very reluctant Chika is forced into the center position of the TV show, Project A! What will become of their newly formed group next episode?

Riko and You having fist fights are probably going to be a major thing during this story.

Also, please check out the poll on my profile page to select which members will be doing the opening corner to answer questions! :D