Dark Masses of Aquatic black matter filled the sky, swirling towards a central point. Each individual bit was only the size of a baseball at most, but there were millions, Billions of them. When one occasionally fell to the paved earth below, it sprang up into a huge tentacle, capable of absorbing anything and everything thrown at it.
The dark masses mostly stayed to the sky, leaving behind just enough in the air to block out all sunlight. They were traveling to the central point, where a dark golden humanoid of the same material seemed to be chanting something inaudible from It's perch.
Had anyone else been there to see this, They probably would have either fainted or ran. Luckily, the ones who were here to see this were very experienced with this sort of thing. They went by many names, Legendary Warriors, Guardians, or most well known as, the Pretty Cure.
Nobody knew where the name came from. Their otherworldly powers had nothing to do with curing anything, and them being "pretty" was debatable. But one thing was for sure, they were the most resistant, strongest, fastest, and lightest people on earth. Which was quite surprising, considering they were all girls, who were mostly still in middle school.
But that didn't make them invincible, in fact, it was their third time fighting the monster, and all of them were hoping that with their increased numbers they might finally be able to defeat it.
whenever they hit the black silvery masses that sprang up from the ground, it simply absorbed whatever kind of energy was shot at it, making it a very hard beast to fight. only a blast too powerful to absorb could defeat it and scatter it's pieces, but if they did that it would return, more powerful than before thanks to monster energy that someone was spreading.
until they had a way to defeat it, they could simply keep punching and kicking, protecting the citizens still trying to get out of the city from being eaten by the monster. The cures didn't have to worry about this thanks to their enhanced strength and speed, but a normal person was almost guaranteed to die.
all the city's entrances were swarmed with cars and people, all making a mad dash to protect themselves and their families. there was however, one girl trying to go the opposite way, towards the monster. she had already passed the crowd, so no one was giving her and resistance.
If she had a mom, then there was no chance of her going to where she was going, but her mom had been the monster's second kill, and she was gone forever. The girl knew it was a suicide mission trying to stop the beast on her own, but truly, she had nothing to live for.
She ran as fast as she could, her lungs burning and her legs aching. She called out
"Fusion!" and it echoed across the city.
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A group of nine girls, who could easily be separated into two separate groups, were running across the city towards its center when they heard the scream. they all stopped as if by instinct and faced each other, separated into their two groups.
"We'll go." a girl in blue, who was acting leader on the bigger group proclaimed.
"Okay." the other group's leader, who was wearing pink replied, "we'll get fusion."
the group's promptly split up, five going towards the scream and four going towards the city's center. Normally the group of five would be stronger and go towards the main threat, but in this case they had significantly less experience and power than the other group.
They bounded across the streets, hoping that whomever they had heard was still alive and hadn't moved too much. To their joy, she was safe. It was obvious that the girl had been running and exhausted herself, for she was barely moving but still managing to press forward.
their teammate in yellow, who was rather shy but more than willing to help people, quickly rushed to the girl's aid. the rest of them stood around the girl.
"Are you okay?" the one in green asked.
"S-save hi-him…" the girl made out.
"Who?" the girl in Pink, who had been silent up until this point, asked.
"Fusion..." she weakly replied, not stuttering.
"that monster? what do you-"
"What's your name?" the one in blue stated, interrupting her orange-clad teammate.
"Ayumi."
"Hello Ayumi, I'm Cure Beauty." the one in blue said, "and my teammates are Cure Happy, Cure Sunny, Cure Peace, And Cure March." She pointed to each of the other girls.
"Hello." Ayumi said, looking away. Before they could respond, She bolted past them, towards the ever-dangerous labyrinth of Fusion.
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Why? Ayumi thought, I thought he had gotten better! but this is worse than ever… We moved to this city because we thought it would keep him in check! Not make it worse!
She moved out of the way from an incoming aquatic tentacle, barely moving away in time. As she looked to ether side of her she saw girls in surprisingly bright outfits fighting the beast, but she didn't stop. It would be easier to complete her mission if they stopped giving fusion more power, but it would take far too long, and she didn't have the luxury of time.
she subconsciously noticed that the same matter that made up the tentacles was pooling under her, but by the time she fully realised it, it was too late. A huge mass of Fusion surrounded her, and lifted her within an illusionary cloud above the street, suspended by a tree-trunk like cylinder.
Just then, the cures she had met earlier, known as Smile Precure, came to the scene.
"No way…" Peace whispered
"Quick, save her!" Happy commanded, and almost instantly March leaped into the cloud. they all seemed to hold their
breath as they waited for March to return, hopefully with Ayumi.
March leaped out of a now-decaying cloud, carrying ayumi in her arms. "She'll be fine." March assured them, "She's just shaken up."