Chapter 1: Pretty Cures Start!

Disclaimer: I do not own Love Live: School Idol Project or Pretty Cure. This work of fiction is purely for entertainment purposes only and not for profit. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or OC Precures from other fanfictions, is purely coincidental.

"Hurry up and transform-chichi!" the strange little brown fox-like creature said.

"Hurry before the Storm Apostle comes-popo!" another white dog-like creature said.

"He's going to be here soon-chichi!"

"Hurry up and transform before he gets here-popo!"

Kousaka Yukiho and Ayase Arisa blankly stared at each other, both rendered speechless by the strange turn of events that had befallen them today.

Before the girls could say anything, a strong breeze swept between them, rustling up a small dust cloud that coalesced into a dark, cloaked figure who stood before them. He took a moment to scrutinize the girls before turning his attention to the two small furries. "Found you at last."

Earlier today….

Yukiho stared at her phone with wide, open eyes. It was a message from her friend, Arisa. There was going to be another Love Live, bigger and grander than the one held last year. She held her phone close to her chest and thought, I wonder if my sister already knows about this. I'll make sure to ask her tonight.

Before the day was over, Yukiho decided to make one last stop before going home. She walked up the stairs that led to the town's local shrine, where she wanted to make a prayer and wish her sister and her friends luck. As she reached the top of the stairs, she saw a familiar girl at the shrine about to make a wish.

"Arisa-chan!"

The girl turned around and smiled happily. "Yukiho-chan, what are you doing here?"

"I got your message, so I thought to come here and wish my sister luck."

Arisa giggled. "I had the same thought as well!"

"Then let's make our wish together!"

"Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!" They both bowed, and then turned to leave the shrine.

Yukiho had taken only a few steps before noticing something falling from out of the sky. She looked up and squinted her eyes. "What's that?"

Arisa looked at where Yukiho was pointing and also saw something. Apparently two small plush toys were falling towards them. As the two objects got closer, the girls instinctively reached out.

"Chichi!" Yukiho caught hold of a small, brown fox-like creature.

"Popo!" Arisa caught the white dog-like one.

"You saved us-chichi!"

"We're saved-popo!"

Yukiho and Arisa couldn't believe their eyes. The small plush toys could speak! And not only did they speak, but they proceeded to persuade the girls to "transform" before something called a Storm Apostle arrives.

And when aforementioned apostle finally arrived, the girls were in for a greater shock.

"Quickly transform into Precures-chichi!"

"Transform and fight off the Storm Apostle-popo!"

Questions began to flood Yukiho's mind. Things were moving too fast for her to process, and she was more confused than ever. "Wait, who are you? Why can you talk? What are Precures anyway?"

"Why do you want us to fight?" Arisa added.

"We're fairies-chichi."

"The Storm Apostles are searching for Heart Fragments-popo."

"We must not let them find the fragments-chichi."

"Hurry up and transform into Precures-popo!"

"Stop! You two aren't making any sense!" Yukiho was even more confused now. Storm Apostles? Heart Fragments? They were throwing more confusing terms than clarifying them. "Start over again. First, who are the Storm Apostles?"

"They're very bad people-chichi!"

"They seek to turn the world into an eternal maelstrom of storms and chaos-popo!"

"That's why they must not get their hands on Heart Fragments-chichi!"

"Ahem." The dark, cloaked figure cleared his throat, gaining the attention of the girls and the fairies. "I'm… like… standing right here, you know."

"Aaah! It's a Storm Apostle-chichi!"

"Beware of him-popo!"

The apostle sighed, then turned his attention to the two girls. "Look, I'll make you a deal. This has nothing to do with you, so why don't you just hand over those two to me and we'll go our separate ways and forget this ever happened."

Perhaps it was the manner that the apostle spoke, or perhaps she was moved by what the two fairies had just said, but Arisa reacted by holding on to the white fairy even tighter and stepped further away from him. "You're going to hurt them, aren't you?"

Yukiho responded in kind. "Then there's no way we're letting you have these two!"

The apostle shook his head and sighed again. "If that's your choice, then I shall have to play rough."

The apostle raised his hand in the air. Wind started to blow, starting with a breeze but quickly turning into a raging gale centred on the apostle's outstretched hand. Satisfied that he had collected enough power, he unleashed a strong gust of wind at the girls, sending them tumbling backwards.

Yukiho crashed into one of the shrine's pillars, then Arisa slammed into her.

Satisfied by his display of strength, the apostle sneered at the girls. "Now, will you give those two up?"

"Never!" Yukiho grimaced in pain as she slowly got back up to her feet, then helped Arisa stand. "We're not going to let you hurt these two."

"Quickly transform-chichi!" The little brown fox leapt out of Yukiho's arms and, in a puff of pink smoke, turned into a clamshell-styled phone. Yukiho quickly caught it in her hand.

"Me too-popo!" The other fairy also transformed while in Arisa's arm.

"What do we do?" Yukiho stared at the fairy-phone with a bewildered look on her face. Things kept getting stranger and stranger for them.

"Push this button-chichi!"

"Press here-popo!"

Doing what they were told, the two girls found themselves holding hands and raising their respective fairy-phones up.

"Dual star halation!"

A brilliant column of white light engulfed them both. The apostle quickly shielded his eyes and averted his gaze as the girls transformed into Pretty Cure.

"Dashing forward, full of love and courage, Cure Brave!" Yukiho was now clad in a pretty pink and black dress. Her short, tomboyish hair lengthened slightly and was tied into a pair of short twin ponytails.

"Shining brightly with the light of hope and determination, Cure Star!" Arisa wore a pretty silver and blue dress, her long yellow hair tied to one side and decorated with a star-shaped hairband.

Together, they struck a pose. "Servant of chaos, return from whence you came!"

"Eh, what now?" Yukiho was even more confused and surprised at the same time. "What just happened?"

"We did something strange, didn't we?" Arisa sheepishly fidgeted.

"Enough of this!" The apostle channelled another powerful gust of wind towards the Precures, who instinctively leapt out of the way. Brave ended up on the roof of the shrine, while Star landed several yards away, near the entrance of the shrine.

"Horosho!" Star looked up at Brave, amazed by their powers.

"Let me show you the true power of a Storm Apostle!" The apostle held up a small, glowing pink piece.

"That's a Heart Fragment-chichi!"

"Be careful-popo!"

"Nazuuma, come!" The fragment grew dark, as if the apostle was sucking the very life out of it. Streams of black particles gathered around the fragment, engulfing it in shadows. The apostle then hurled the swirling, shapeless mass of black energy at a collection of tools nearby. The affected items – a mop, a pail, a broom and some rags – started animating and growing in size. Soon, a large monstrosity, an amalgam of the aforementioned tools, stood before the two Precures.

"Nazuuma!" It screamed as it threw a punch at Brave with its mop fist. Brave quickly leapt aside as the giant mop smashed into the roof tiles. It then took a swipe at Star using its broom-arm. Star held out her hands and stopped the oversized broom short, although it took all her strength to avoid being shoved backwards by the impact.

Brave leapt off the roof and landed on the Nazuuma's outstretched broom limb. She then dashed towards what would be considered to be its head, and gave it a swift kick.

"Nazuuma?!" The creature lost its balance and fell on its side with a heavy thud while Brave jumped off and landed with a graceful roll, ending up beside Star.

"Do it now-chichi!"

"Quickly hold hands-popo!"

"Eh, I don't know what that's gonna do, but okay." Brave looked to Star and nodded towards each other, and then held hands.

"I sing the song of Courage." Brave held out her free hand, gathering tiny specks of golden yellow energy as she spoke.

"I sing the song of Hope." Star held out her free hand, gathering tiny specks of sparkling silver light.

Together, they focused their collected energies into a ball of glowing light. "Together, fill the void of chaos and darkness with our light… PRECURE STARLIGHT DASH!"

A colossal beam of silver-gold light blasted the Nazuuma, completely engulfing the creature in its brilliance.

"Nazuuma!" The creature let out one final cry before turning back into the pile of tools that it once was. A dark shadow was lifted, and out of it came the pink Heart Fragment.

Star quickly caught it with her outstretched hands. "Horosho!"

"It seems that I have underestimated you, Precures." The apostle stared at the two girls with menacing eyes. "We will meet again."

With that, he disappeared.

"Now please explain everything to us properly." Yukiho looked at the two fairies sternly. They had all gathered in Yukiho's room and were having some snacks, courtesy of Yukiho's parents. They own a very nice sweets shop, after all.

"I'm called Matcha-chichi!"

"And I'm Paka-popo!"

"We're fairies from the Windy Lands-chichi."

"We've come to ask for your help-popo."

Yukiho and Arisa listened to their tale intently. Matcha and Paka had come from their world to seek pieces of Heart Fragments that had been scattered throughout the city and surrounding countryside. These fragments hold great power that will help them rebuild their land. However, a group of powerful enemies known as the Storm Apostles also seek these fragments. Coming from a world known as the Dark Maelstrom, they seek to drive the world into chaos.

In order to fight these apostles, Matcha and Paka can lend their powers to the girls, allowing them to transform into the legendary warriors called Precures. In order to prevent the Storm Apostles from destroying both this world and the Windy Lands, they must search for the Heart Fragments and get to them before the apostles do.

Yukiho and Arisa looked at each other. They were no longer confused, but were still overwhelmed by the fairies' story. It was certainly a lot to swallow at once.

"I understand what you're asking, but it's a lot for us to accept right away. We still have school and other responsibilities, you know." Yukiho stared solemnly at her fairy partner, the brown fox Matcha.

"But it sounds like a very interesting experience, doesn't it?" Arisa picked up her fairy partner, the white dog Paka and hugged it in her arms.

"Arisa, are you sure about this?"

Arisa nodded. "Absolutely. You saw what that Storm Apostle did. I couldn't bear to see him hurt Matcha and Paka."

"Arisa…" Yukiho was surprised at Arisa's resolve. "Well, if that's what you think, then alright. We'll do it. We'll become Precures and help you find the Heart Fragments!"

"Hooray-chichi!"

"Thank you so much-popo!"

The two fairies rejoiced, jumping and dancing on Yukiho's bed. Arisa smiled at this wonderful act. "Horosho!"

"Shhh… Keep it down, you two." Yukiho nervously looked towards the closed door of her room. "I think my sister just got back."

After finishing their snacks, it was time for Arisa to leave. She took Paka with her, and bade Yukiho and Matcha goodbye. "See you tomorrow!"

"Goodbye, Arisa-chan! Goodbye Paka-chan!"

After Arisa and Paka had left, Yukiho went back into her room with Matcha. "Looks like we're gonna be partners for a while."

"I'm glad to be working with you-chichi!"

Yukiho smiled at her fairy partner, and then started to think about their meeting earlier today. It was quite an unusual day, and all of a sudden she had become a Precure. Then she remembered something she had to do, and got up to leave her room. "I'm just going out for a while. Wait for me here, okay Matcha?"

"Okay-chichi."

Yukiho went over to her sister's room and opened the door. Kousaka Honoka, her older sister, was sitting at her bed and staring out through the window. "Hey sis!"

"Yukiho!" Honoka turned around to greet her younger sister.

"I heard there's going to be another Love Live. You're entering, right?"

Honoka kept quiet with her head down.

"You're not?"

"Not you too, Yukiho," Honoka replied, flustered by her sister's response.

"You should." Yukiho was confused. It was her sister's dream to enter and win Love Live. What happened to her now?

Yukiho felt disappointed. She didn't want to see her sister make a decision that she would regret again. She remembered her sister's sadness last year when they failed to participate. Whatever problems were ailing her sister, Yukiho wanted to help. So she tried to think of some words of encouragement, but she was never good with such things. She's always the scary and serious little sister, and so she decided to roll with that attitude.

"Arisa's looking forward to it, you know," Yukiho said sternly to her sister. "Furthermore, do you know when it kicks off?"

Honoka simply shook her head.

"March next year. If everything goes well, Arisa and I are going to enter Otonokizaka in April. You know what that means, right?"

Yukiho turned to leave, satisfied that she had imparted just enough information to let Honoka think it through by herself. She went back to her room, looked around for her fairy partner and then let out a smile on her face when she saw that Matcha was fast asleep in her bed.

Author's Note: Well, I never thought I would find the inspiration to write a Love Live and Pretty Cure crossover story. Stranger things have happened. I plead temporary insanity for this piece.