The Kingdom of Fate, once called the birthplace of luck itself, was cold and silent. No music, no ainging, no laughter. Even Prince Taro knew this wasn't good, and he had never known any other world. As he made his beeline to the Chamber of the Darumas, Taro knew he had to make a stand.

Why would his Papa try to talk to the Misfortune Company? They wouldn't bargain with him, not after stealing so many of their soldiers. And he knew they were marching to Earth next. How could he ignore the kingdom of humans, of those wthout power? What sort of royal wouldthat make hi? A horrible one, at the least.

In the crystaline chamber, his footsteps echoed out and abound. The only thing in the room was a small pedastal, where four Darumas and a peach colored bird sat. Said little bird chirped peacefully in its sleep, only to stir when Taro approached and gave his head a soft pat.

"Rise and shine, Pyo," he whispered. "I need you to help father."

The little bird opened a pair of soft green eyes at him. It shook its feathers about, sweeping off sleep, and chirped as it listened to the young prince.

"Papa isn't well anymore," he said. "Misfortune is coming, and it's hurrying to Earth as we speak. If we can't send our own warriors, then as Prince, we need to create some warriors." Taro opened his cupped palms and revealed four keys. Each bore a symbol of power and would create the next warriors of Earth. Pyo chirped in confusion at the sight of the keys.

"I know, I know," Taro sighed. "I don't want to give them up either. But we need to find the only ones who can protect Earth. Without them, their world will fall to shambles and fade away. I can't accept that."

Pyo gave a solemn nod and watched Taro's magic at work. His hands closed again, glowed briefly, then opened again to press the pure power of the keys into Pyo's star-marked forehead. "Hurry to Earth, Pyo," he instructed. "You need to find the four warriors fast, before the Misfortune Company gets there."

The tiny bird chirped once again, then took flight. Taro could barely believe that little bird was actually much more than that. But he had much more to think of.

"Pretty Cure... Please save Earth, in my place. I'm counting on you!"
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DARUMA LUCKY PRECURE EPISODE ONE: THE BIRTH OF FORTUNE! CURE WELCOME IS BORN

"Is that the last of the boxes?" one of the truck drivers asked.

The blonde man carrying the books his daughter so loved nodded. "That's it. Thank you so much for all your help."

The driver gave him a wave and wished him luck. The truck drove off in a noisy gun of the engine, leaving the man standing at the front door."

"Daddy! Daddy, are you ok?" Following the sound of eager footsteps and the door opening, a young girl peered out the door. She looked much like her father, with blonde hair that curled around her ears and was tied firmly in pigtails at the base of her head. She offered her dad a smile and held out her hands to him. "Do you want me to take that last box?"

"I'm ok Kazue," he promised. "Will you be abe to get to your school alright?"

Kazue flashed her father a smile and a peace sign. "Don't worry! I'll be good."

"When do you ever behave?"

"You make it sound worse than it actually is."

The old man huffed in amusement as he looked over his daughter. "I'll be alright, deary. Now hurry and get to school! You need to make a good impression on your new classmates."

Kazue saluted her papa cheerfully, then sprinted off. Her father sighed at her and couldn't help but smile at her retreating back. She really was her mother's child.
-

Shiromura Village might have been such a long time ago, but now was bustling with energy. Kichimaru Kazue loved the city already, and she had just arrived! There was so much life, happiness, and passion in the air. She took a second to let out a happy sigh. Spring smelled like joy and the future.

"This year," she promised herself, "I will make friends all on my own."

Before moving to Shiromura Village, Kazue lived overseas in Germany. Unfortunately, she had a hard time making friends when she moved schools every year. Any that she had were close to her dad's work. This time... this time, she was in Japan. The place her dad grew up! She'd be able to make friends, no doubt.

The young girl stretched her arms sky high and hummed happily. "What a good morning to start an adventure!"

Chirp, chirp.

The noise around her stopped, only letting the faint distressed calls of a bird. Kazue glanced over the source-a bush on the main path-and went to check it. A few pricks and some shaking leaves later, Kazue found herself staring at a peach colored bird. There were three feathers on its head, slender compared to the softness of its body. On its chest were four triangles, surrounding a tiny pearl. It chirped mourfully up at Kazue.

"Now where did you come from?" she giggled. Kazue scooped up the little bird into her palms and brought it to her chest. It shook off whatever it was feeling, and the world came back to life. The noises that dulled when she was looking for this little bird came back on, like a radio being turned on in a silent room. It was certaily the oddest thing she had felt in a while.

The bird chirped once more in her hands, and Kazue sighed. "I can't take you home right now, buddy. I have school." It trilled at her and the blonde sighed. "I can keep you in maybe the office? Or..."

As she mused to herself, Kazue walked onwards to her school, little bird in tow.
-

Shirohana Academy was, undoubtedly, one of the best schools in her area. Dedicated to crafting fine-tuned minds in many skills, Kazue knew she'd be able to find some joy here. During her trek over, she managed to find a little spot in the bushes and put her tiny bird friend in there.

"I'm so sorry, " she apologized again and made a quick nest out of her hankerchief. "When lunch comes around I'll have some food for you." Thepeach bird chirped again and settled into the hanky.

Kazue smiled at the sight. This was a good thing to see before she headed off to her newclassroom. Thelittle bird chirped and settled in, watching his rescuer dash off to her new class.

Maybe, just maybe...
-

Kazue took a long breath as she listened to the classroom quiet. 'Hi, my name is Kichimaru Kazue, I'm a returnee from Germany, please be nice to me.' Just breath, Kazue.

"Come in, Miss Kichimaru."

Here we go. Kazue opened the door and froze. There were twenty-five kids, boys and girls, staring at her. Sudden nerves rose up her spine and locked her knees.

"Miss Kichimaru?"

Kazue stiffened and did whatever she could to move. Sadly, it made her look robotic and her classmates began to whisper eagerly. Oh no. Suddenly, everything looked so strange and glassy.

"Miss Kichimaru, please go ahead and introduce yourself."

Ok, here we go. My name is Kichimaru Kazue...

"M-my n-n-ame iiiiis Ki-kichimaru Kaaaaazue."

I'm a returnee from Germany...

"I am a reeeeturneeeeee from Germanyyyyy"

Please be nice to me?

"Pl-please beeeeee nice toooooo me?"

The class was quiet as she spoke, and Kazue knew she had royally messed up her introduction. Oh no.

The teacher, a sweet woman about twenty five, hummed and said "Why don't you have a seat in the back?"

Dejected, frustrated, and annoyed with herself for sounding ridiculous, Kazue took a shameful stroll back to the seat.
-

The first classes went relatively well, but everything was just so frustrating. No matter how much she tried to talk to her classmates, she clearly messed up her first introduction. She could only sigh in frustration and pray the gods would swallow her whole.

"U, excuse me?"

Kazue perked up and blinked at the sight of another girl in front of her. She offered a smie and held out her hand. "I'm Fujisaki Hanako. Um, your introduction was kinda bad, but you must be nervous."

The blonde glanced at her hands, then back up at her. "Heh, yeah." Kazue shook her hand and stood up. "Nice to meet you, Hanako."

The girl smiled like the sun. Bright brown eyes and a cute bob haircut killed with cuteness. "I'm sorry you had a rough time introducing yourself. Is this your first time back in Japan?"

Kazue nodded and sighed. "My dad was in Germany working with tech companies. My mum was Japanese, and she taught me the language." Kazue giggled, only a little "If she didn't teach me, my dad wouldn't have been able to bring me back here."

Hanako agreed with a grin. "I'm glad you're here though! Hey, do you want to sit with me at lunch?"

That made Kazue freeze. The bird! She had to feed it! "I... I actually... I need to do something at lunch. Tomorrow, will you sit with me?"

Hanako looked genuinely confused, but she nodded and said, "We can hang out tomorrow! Just do what you need to."

This was a good start, Kazue felt.
-

Misfortune company was having a little problem. With Prince Taro going missing and Pyo flying off to Earth, negotiations weren't moving smoothly anymore. Yousuke was the one having the most issues with this.

Having just been promoted, he needed to make sure these negotiations went well. The Fortune Kingdom was their ticket to making this campaign a success. The only issue?

The PreKeys. When used by the right person, they'd end up creating a PreCure warrior. With the Bird missing, he could be crafting a whole army of PreCures!

"What a bother!" the white haired boy grumped. "Now we need to find that stupid bird!"
-

"Birdy?" Kazue called quietly. "Birdy, are you here? I Have a snack."

Truth was, she had her bento. Being a little hungry wouldn't be too bad. Now she just had to wait for the little guy to flit out by her.

Chirp!

The peach bird squeaked as it jumped out of the bush. There he was! Kazue giggled as she hugged her little friend and patted his head. "Aw, I bet you're hungry!"

"Kazue? What are you talking to?"

The gir yelped as she jumped and fell into the bush. The voice made another noise of fright and stepped back long enough to let Kazue sit up. "Kazue, are you ok?"

The blonde girl glanced over her should and smiled. "Hanako! YOu scared me. I thought you were having lunch?"

The brunette shuffled her feet anxiously as Kazue spoke. "I, well, I wanted to..."

As Hanako tried to speak, Kazue's new little friend squeaked again. "Oh, hang on you! Let's feed you , you ridiculously silly thing!"

Hanako cocked her head at the sight. She sat beside Kazue, who opened her lunch and offered some of the cucumbers she had in it. "You... you were feeding this bird?"

Kazue grinned a little at her friend. "Yeah. I found him on the sside of the road and I had to help. Poor litte guy." She ganced up at Hanako, then lost the smile she sported. "Are you mad?"

"No no!" Hanako replied. "No, I'm nt mad. Just... surprised." The girl opened up her bento and offered a little sausage to the bird. "Huh, he's omnivorous."

"Truth is, I thought you were turned off by me being forward. But... you do care about things a lot, don't you?"

That took Kazue back. "Well... I guess? I mean, wouldn't everyone try to help a little bird?"

"No, I assure you, not everyone."

The two both giggled, then realized they did. That gave birth to more laughs, hidden in the bushes. Kazue and Hanako tossed pieces of their lunch between each other. Veggies and egg from Kazue to Hanako, and sausages and red tomatoes from Hanako to Kazue. Occassionally their little bird friend got some, but he looked pleased to sit there and watch the laughter between the two.

Yeah... He liked this one.
-

Yousuke grunted as he teleported into the sky. "Alright you stupid bird..." He gave the courtyard a brief look over, sneering at the giggling kids having lunch.

"Ugh," he whined, "this place is saturated with joy. How can these humans handle this?" Yousuke grunted again and crossed his legs. "Hurry up andshow yourself, stinking bird!"
-

"Do you think your dad will let you keep him?" Hanako asked as they walked around the campus together. Their new friend sat quietly in Hanako's arms, content to walk with the two of them.

"I hope so," Kazue replied. "He's a sweet little guy; I bet my dad will be happy to let me have a buddy for once!"

She paused, taking a moment, then smiled again. It was shy, to the ground, but was still there. "Truth is, I was nervous about making friends here. But I'm glad you approached me. I might not have been as brave as you, Hanako."

The brunette paused and glanced back to Kazue. "I'm glad we can be friends too, Kazue. It's... I'm really happy too!"

Thei rbird friend chirped a little at them, sending the two of them into another fit of giggles. For Kazue, there was this warmth she didn't expect from her, from Hanako. Her first friend.

That was when the crash came, followed by shouts and screams from the others in her school. Hanako and kazue went straight to where the sound came from, their baby friend in tow.

In the courtyard, a strange boy in an eighty's uniform was throwing what anyone would call a temper tantrum. Excpet this one involved electricty from his hands. He shouted and screamed in rage, sending girls and boys scattering for cover.

"Hey!" Hanako shouted. "You knock that off!" She bolted from their hiding spot, passing the bird to Kazue in her sprint.

Yousuke glanced over his shoulder at the annoying voice behind him. Two girls and-That stupid bird! "Oi! That bird! Drop it!"

"Huh?" Hanako glanced at Kazue and their bird friend, who looked samn pissed at the boy. "The bird? Why dso you want the bird?"

Yousuke rolled his eyes and brought his hands to his face. "I don't have time for annoying girls like you. Now... Show me your joy!"

With his hands positioned like a screen to his eye, Yousuke saw all her happiness. Her first friend. Sharing a lunch together. Laughing together.

"Ugh," he grunted, "this is disgustingly happy. You're gonna help me get that stinking bird back." He glared into that joy and found his needed treasure-a bright pink soul chest. "STOLEN JOY! BECOME A FUUN-KEY!"

The chest shattered, revealing her joys as they transformed into a black orb of pain and hurt. Hanako dropped backwards as her joys transformed into a bright red tomato. "Fuuuuuunki," is hissed.

"Hanako!" Kazue shouted. What... what just happened? her new friend, transformed into a giant tomato. There was a sad face on its forehead, and the noises it made were just sad too. "What did you do to Hanako?!"

"Made her useful," Yousuke replied. "Fuunki, do me a favor and get that bird back."

The Fuunki hissed and dove at Kazue. The blonde yelped and bolted away, keeping a firm hold on the crying bird in her arms. With each pass the huge tomato made, Kazue couldn't move much faster. Yousuke watched boredly from above, yawning at the girl running and shouting for Hanako.

When Kazue and the Fuunki were both tired, she turned up to Yousuke with a glare in her eyes. "Give her back! Give Hanako back!"

The boy snorted at her, then turned over on his stomach. "And why woudl I do that? That bird is very important to my company. Behave and give it to me."

"No!" Kazue shouted back. "Hanako came to me when I was alone! She tried to see me, all of me, not just the first parts!" The tomato rose up again, ready to strike again. "YOU SIT DOWN!"

The Fuunki proceeded to do something insane. It froze at Kazue's livid shout. Yousuke could only watch the young woman jab a finger at him, teeth bared. "You fix this and you fix this now!"

Yousuke le out a low whistle. "I think that Chest of Joys will be mine now," he muttered. With his fingers back to his face, Yousuke saw a Chest of Joys unlike anything he had ever seen before. Gold in color, and a lock on it! He grinned and snapped his fingers.

Kazue cried out.
-

Pyo watched in horror as Kazue's Chest of JOys was ripped from her. Beautiful carved and gold, it was clearly a powerful chest. But as it went into Yousuke's waiting arms, Pyo was shocked again. The girl who shouted at a Fuunki and won was still awake. There was a hole in her heart, where her chest should have been. Pyo chirped in panic at her, pecking Kazue's knee and begging her to run.

Blue eyes glanced at the bird. "Please, you gotta run."

Pyo squaked at her.

"I'll be ok little guy. Hanako..." Kazue winced as Yousuke tried to break open her Chest. "Hanako must be so scared and in pain right now. I have to help. Just run, and don't look back!"

Kazue slowly pulled herself up, wobbly on her pained feet. Pyo could only chirp at the sight, but then paused. He could help. He could help her help Hanako! Pyo hopped a few times, humming quietly.

Yousuke glanced back at Kazue, hissing, "How do you open this stupid thing?!"

"Give... give Hanako back."

Pyo hummed.

"I told you to open this chest!"

"Give her back!"

The yellow mark on his forehead glowed softly.

"Shut up!"

"I WON'T SHUT UP! I WANT HANAKO BACK!"

Pyo screeched as the yellow Key of Kindness burst from his forehead. It launched into the air, passed the Fuunki and landed on the lock. The Chest burst open, and another beautiful light glowed through the sky once again. It made a beeline to Kazue, settling in front of her. A beautiful broach, shaped like a heart, settled in front of her. The gem in the center of the silver broach was a bright yellow.

As Kazue gently grasped the broach, she felt its power rush back to her. Power she didn't know was there. She... She could save Hanako!

"PRECURE! GET LUCKY!"

A beautiful bright gold light rushed around Kazue. It tied itself on her calves and wrsists, creating a pair of gold boots, laced up white, and white finger gloves cuffed at the wrist with gold. The light pulled her hair back into two high pigtails, blonde color turning near-white. The light wrapped around her body, becoming a golden happi lined with white lace and ribbon. The light wrapped around her again, becoming a white pseudo corset and a yellow ribbon tied around her back. The broach settled on her tied ribbon, linking around it into a white lace strand. Kazue landed on her feet, rose to her full height, then smiled.

"She who beckons you closer! Cure Welcome!"

Yousuke screamed in frustration. "Stupid bird made a PreCure! I knew this was going to happen!"

Kazue stumbled a bit, staring down at her transformed body. What just happened? PreCure?

"Pyo!"

Kazue looked to the bird she rescued who jumped up in down in sheer joy. A PreCure! The first of the four! The girl turned back to the giant tomato. What was going on?

"Just because you made one stinking PreCure doesn't mean you've one! Fuunki, get her!"

"Fuunki!" the tomato went after Kazue again, but this time, she didn't run.

Kazue reeled back her fist and slammed it into the Fuunki. "Nope!"

Pyo chirped in sheer joy at the sight of a PreCure's great power. The said PreCure was a little floored, seeing such power come from herself. But the Fuunki stood again, and any worries she had were recplaced with concern for Hanako.

"Give Hanako back!" Kazue gave the Fuunki a hard uppercut to the chin, slamming it into the air. She jumped after it, then stomped it back into the earth. With each hit, she felt braver, more confident. She could save Hanako!

The tomato rolled away, dizzy from the firm beating it just got. Pyo jumped beside the young PreCure and tapped his beakon her broach again. Kazue only nodded.

"I'm coming, Hanako."

Kazue smacked the white broach once, summoning a ball of yellow light. She kissed the orb once, and a cute cat face appeared on it. She gathered it again into her hands and aimed.

"PRECURE! WELCOMING KISS!" The yellow ball went flying to the Fuunki and planted a firm kiss on its sad face. In the glowing yellow light, the sad face smiled again and the tomato exploded.

Yousuke screamed in absolute anger. "This isn't over, PreCure!" he shouted, then vanished into thin air. The Fuunki left a bright pink chest, opened, on the ground. Kazue picked it up and closed it, whispering, "Your treasures are safe now."
-

Placing the chest back into Hanako's body was easy. She accepted her own heart once again. Sitting underneath their tree, Kazue waited for Hanako to wake once more. Pyo chirped at Kazue's soft smile.

"You will need to explain this to me, mister thing," she informed the little bird. Pyo chirped happily at her, even knowing she was clearly annoyed and curious. "But let's wait for Hanako to wake up."
-

"Your HIghness!" A page burst into the room, panting as he dropped to a kneel. "Your HIghness, the first PreCure has been born!"

King Fortune was silent, but he raised his hand, asking for proof. The page offered the guard proof of the yellow haired PreCure's birth. The old man was quiet as he witnessed the girl's fight,.

Wordlessly, he crushed the orb.

Then he spoke.

"Find her now."