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The Precure House in Katsura
"Rarh! Who do she think she is!?"
"Are you still upset about it? I already told you not to take it too personally…"
"Take it personally? I wonder how you can't be taking it personally! What a way to welcome your new team mate, hmpf."
It was the morning after Violeta's arrival, or rather Sayuri's arrival, which was the new name she had to go under during her stay in Katsura. Sayuri and Natsumi were gathered around the kitchen table and eating their breakfast together. Jasper, their so called chaperone, had made breakfast ready once the girl came downstairs, so Sayuri had still yet to meet this mysterious person.
They were discussing the cold welcome speech Sayuri had been given from Mioku the night before and even if Natsumi told her otherwise, Sayuri couldn't help but feel insulted. Though her mother had already told her she should give people a second chance. Mioku still had the chance to redeem herself and show she wasn't as bad, as she was giving the impression of.
"It's simply the way she is and getting upset won't help you. I say we just do as she said for now and stay out of her way. Might be she just needs to get used to us." Natsumi took Mioku into defense, even if she didn't approve of her behavior. Cutting off a small piece off her already half eaten breakfast sausage. "You know, she and Ayame have already been here for some months before I came, so it has just been the two of them for a while. I'm sure she'll warm up to us with some time."
"I really admire you for being able to just shrug off what happened, that easily. I was THIS close to just blow up in her face. I can't take her type… But maybe you're right. Things can be awkward when new people suddenly come into your life." Sayuri considered the situation and maybe how she could bond more with the two other Precures faster.
"We just have to try staying positive and make this work out properly, so we can fulfill our mission as soon as possible. Might be it's just my Summer Bay personality speaking. We do have a habit of trying to see things from the bright side… Pun intended." Natsumi smiled at the last comment and shined like a small sun herself.
"Ahh yea, I forgot you're originally from Summer Bay… While those other two…" Sayuri remembered how the council had told her, that each of the Precures came from and represented one of the four outer realms of Aurelia. Herself being from Spring Valley, located to the west of Constellia, their capital.
"Correct. Ayame originates from Autumn Woods, in the eastern part of Aurelia, while Mioku was born in the Winter Mountains, to the north of Constellia. Each of us representing one of the four season realms and our place of origin." Natsumi explained to her. The two girls had already talked a bit earlier the same morning and started to get to know each other more and since they hadn't seen the other two since the night before, Natsumi had to tell Sayuri about them on her own. Doubting how big their interest in socializing with them would be anyway.
"Are you eating that?" Natsumi suggested to most of Sayuri's food being untouched. So far she had only allowed herself to eat the small bowl with fruit that had been provided for them.
"Ah… Well, I'm actually a vegetarian." Sayuri admitted and awkwardly scratched the back of her head. Not that it was an unusual thing in their world at all, but she hated to give the impression of disliking the food and especially when others had taken the time to prepare it for her.
"Oh? The more you know. We should make Jasper aware of this, so he can prepare you something vegetarian for your school lunch." Natsumi was not a person to judge, but continued to enjoy her eggs and sausages without any trace of shame.
"Speaking of, where is this Jasper anyway? You told me about him last night, he had prepared breakfast for us before we were even awake. Where is he? Isn't the purpose of a chaperone to actually… be around and look after others?" It was only natural wishing to know more of the mysterious person 'looking after them'.
"Honestly, I don't quite know. He just sort of… Comes and goes, but you'll get to meet him in no time, no worries. He's a really nice guy, even if he can be a bit… Uh... How to say… Over the top, for the lack of a better expression." Natsumi giggled a bit, in an awkward tone, before sipping from her cup of tea.
"Well, as long as he isn't like miss grumpy pants, it's all fine with me." Mioku had really managed to make herself unpopular with Sayuri, but she still hoped they could learn to get along somehow.
"Miss grumpy pants, who?" A cold and monotone voice sounded from the hallway. Making the two girls turn their heads and see it was Mioku and with Ayame following right behind her down the stairs.
"Oh, uh, eheh it was nothing really." Sayuri quickly ate her words. She didn't want to admit it out loud, but the mere presence and cold eyes, or eye in her case, of Mioku made it run cold down her spine. A very common trait for the people from the Winter Mountains, much like the opposite of people like Natsumi from Summer Bay.
"Wouldn't you like to join us for some breakfast? Jasper made plenty for all of us and it could be a nice way to all get to know each other properly. Now that the team is fully united." Natsumi suggested and gave the two girls a friendly warm smile.
"That sounds delightfu—" Ayame had been about to answer Natsumi, but had been cut off in middle sentence by Mioku.
"Like we would eat that sort of junk for breakfast. Eggs. Sausages. Pancakes even? What was Jasper thinking to even prepare this sort of thing?" Mioku started off what sounded like another negative loaded speech. "Instead of sitting around and have a tea party, you should be out training and become stronger, so you'll be of just some sort of use for our mission. Especially you, newbie." Mioku made a dismissing movement with her hand in Sayuri's direction.
"Mioku, that's enough already." Ayame tried to stop her friend and Sayuri also now quickly stood up from her seat and looked like she was ready to defend herself against the harsh words.
"What have I even done to you? How can you be so rude and ungrateful? Jasper got up early and took time off to prepare all this for u—"
Now Sayuri got cut off too.
"Drop the trash food and get yourself in proper shape. It could be useful if you were able to at least run 1 mile without looking like you were about to drop dead. Yes, I have seen you during practice at the Academy. Pathetic excuse for a warrior. You'll only be a burden for us."
Sayuri had just been about to say something, but now looked more embarrassed than mad or maybe it was a mix of both. She didn't knew how to respond, because Mioku was actually sort of right. Sayuri had never been the best at physical activities and her grades and performance in these clearly reflected that.
"I said enough, Mioku." Ayame laid a hand on Mioku's shoulder, indirectly holding her back from saying anymore. "Don't waste your energy on her. Let's go out and start work instead. Save your energy for the Toxitans. Come." Ayame shortly glanced at Sayuri, her expression telling her she shouldn't say anymore and instead Ayame pulled Mioku with her out the door in a hurry.
"Wow. That sort of… Escalated." Natsumi were still sitting in her seat and hadn't dared to interfere with the conversation.
"I don't get it. Why does she have to be like that? What have I done to her…?" Sayuri hadreally been beaten down by the harsh words and now slowly sank back down on her seat in defeat. "Maybe she's right… Might be I'm really not cut out for this. I can't even get along with my teammates… How am I supposed to lead this team? Why am I even the leader and not her? Why—"
"That sure is a lot of 'why' questions and I'm surprised in you, that you'll let her beat you down and then give up that easily." Natsumi had interrupted Sayuri in middle sentence, before she would end up sinking all the way down on the floor, in a puddle of patheticness. "If you really can't help it but let her words get to you, then don't give up. Turn things around and show her you're so much more than she thinks. Train. Get stronger. Show her and all of us why it was you were chosen leader. You haven't even been in battle yet, so what does she know?"
"But—"
"AH! No buts. What you need now is to eat your pancakes, do something about that morning hair and then the two of us will go out. You arrived yesterday and have still yet to see anything of the city. I think you're going to like it. It's currently spring here and the cherry trees are in bloom. The gorgeous sight will immediately lift your spirit." Natsumi laid a comforting hand on Sayuri's shoulder and tried to cheer her up to the best of her abilities.
"Mmh… Maybe… Thanks. Would be sad to let the pancakes go to waste. Blueberries are my favorites too anyway, so—EH!?" Sayuri had gotten up from her seat, so she could take the plate with pancakes on the counter, just to stand in horror, seeing two small fairies having devoured all of the pancakes. "Primavera! Verana! Really!?"
"Ahhhh Jasper's blueberrie pancakes-pri. Never fails to make a fairy happy-pri." The small pink deer laid on the counter, patting her now huge belly, while Verana looked like one ready for more.
"The stack of pancakes was like… Twice the size of you guys! How did you eat it all?" Sayuri grabbed the empty plate in disbelief, like she hoped new pancakes would suddenly appear if she wished hard enough.
"Yes-pri…. What's your point-pri?" The little deer couldn't see where her question was going and just stayed put on the counter.
"Heh, maybe I won't be needed to keep her thoughts busy." Natsumi giggled and calmly sipped her tea, watching the scene of Sayuri now trying to catch the bloated fairy, who had a hard time flying properly on a full stomach.
In a castle in Toxynion
The scene is set inside a huge dark grand hall, very similar to the one the council of Aurelia roamed in. This just had a completely different and dark color scheme in black, grey and purple and with huge pillars holding up the roof. Very little light could find its way in here, so the only spot with any sort of light was through the window above on the ceiling.
"It has been brought to our attention from our scouts that the Precure Team has fully united in the land of Japan on Earth, my lord." The one speaking looked like a common soldier and he was kneeling in front of a throne, the spot he was standing on lit up by the light from above.
"So they found the last one and used their power to send her off to Earth? It means the magic of Aurelia has been weakened further. We shall send in more tropes to attack while they're weakened…" The one sitting on the throne was clearly male and had a dark and hoarse voice. His silhouette appearing to be rather slender.
"And the Precures, my lord?" The soldier asked and allowed himself to raise his head slightly up a bit. Awaiting an answer from his lord.
"Do not worry about those. You can leave them to me, sire." Four other silhouettes had been standing out in the sides, all of them unrecognizable in the dark. At least until one of the figures stepped out into the light next to the soldier, in the shape of a young woman, quite normal in build and medium height. She wore a beautiful Victorian inspired dress, painted in a crimson red color and white ruffles. Her skin was a fair tanned color, her eyes a strong magenta and her hair a golden blonde, made into ringlets that were tied up in a side ponytail. Topping off the outfit with a small top hat, in the same red color, and a white feather.
"I, Duchess Ciclonia, one of the nobles of the Toxynion Court, will take care of the Precures. They shall not bother you, sire." She gracefully took hold of the edges of her dress and made a curtsy in respect.
"You have already been at work on Earth for a while now, Duchess. Fighting the Precures that were there… Do you believe you can handle them, now that they have united? There's no space for weaklings in my court…" The male voice on the throne was harsh and didn't sound like one to forgive mistakes easily.
"No worries, sire. I have had them fight with my Toxitans for a while and now they're all four here, I'll go full out. Soon enough, there'll be no such thing as Precures, sire."
"I shall take your word on that, Duchess. Do not fail me. Find the last four and eliminate them, before their power is awakened. If they find the last four Precures before we do, it can turn out bad… For you. You're dismissed." The shape on the throne made a dismissing movement with his hand and the Duchess made yet another curtsy.
"Thank you, sire. I shall get to work immediately and I got just the right idea on how to start." Her small smile soon turned into a malicious grin and in one swift move, she disappeared, inside a small twister.
In the city of Katsura
"So, this world is a bit different from ours, but you probably know about most of the things from our social classes at the academy. How the other dimensions are different than ours and—Ouh, don't do that!" Sayuri and Natsumi now, after having finished their breakfast and Sayuri temporarily hunting Primavera around the house, were outside and walking down the street. Natsumi explaining about Earth and this whole new dimension and world they had to start getting used to. Quickly needing to grab Sayuri by her arm and pull her back onto the sidewalk, as she had been wandering around on the road. The dimension of Earth was much more advanced when it came to technology than Aurelia was and naturally, things like cars didn't exist in their world.
"You shall never walk around on the road or the cars might hit you." Natsumi lifted a finger to emphasize the important of this. Both of the girls held their respective fairies in their arms, which had been told to be quiet and not move around. This task was especially hard for Primavera to deal with, but there was this sort of luxury about it to be carried around.
"Hehe, sorry. I shouldn't let myself get distracted that easily. It's just so different from back in Aurelia… And weird with the lack of trees and nature…" When you had grown up in a valley overflowing with trees and flowers constantly in bloom, it was a strange feeling to now be in this place, filled with cold buildings and the huge lack of nature in sight.
"Yea, it's a bit different at first, but you quickly get used to it and you can comfort yourself with the knowledge of it only being a temporary thing." Natsumi herself also missed the sunny beaches from her homelands, but until their mission was fulfilled, they couldn't go back, which only made her wish more to complete their mission as soon as possible.
"Oh. Try look at this place." Natsumi got Sayuri's attention and pointed at a school they were passing by. It was much smaller and no way near as majestic looking as Aurelia Academy, but the area and buildings had a special charm to them on their own. Especially with the lines of cherry trees planted just inside the gates of the school.
"Katsura Highschool…" Sayuri read aloud from the bronze plate hanging on the walls by the school. "Ah, that's where we're supposed to go to school, right?" She could recall the name and looked questioning at Natsumi.
"Correct. All four of us have enrolled here with our new alias names. The young people our age here all go to school, so to make ourselves less noticed while we work on our mission, we need to go to school and give the image of being normal functional young people." Natsumi explained as they continued on and crossed the road to get to a small path away from the busy roads. "We're set to begin in school in a couple of days, once Jasper is done with all the paperwork needed."
"He sure is a very functional guy, that Jasper. He's like a real parent to us right now, isn't he?" Sayuri asked and got more and more curious about meeting Jasper.
"Well, it is after all his job. Just like we got our mission, it's his mission to help us with guidance, but also to look after us and function as our chaperone and guardian in this world. If anyone asks, we're exchange students."
"Exchange students? From where?" If they were going to make up a fake plan about their past and heritage, it was for the better if they could all agree on one story, so no confusion and misunderstandings would arise.
"Uhh we still need to sort out a few details with that, but since school isn't starting for another few days, we got time to plan it all out properly." Natsumi giggled in a bit awkward tone and had to admit their undercover story hadn't been fully sorted out yet.
"Oh that's alright. I can see how that could be troublesome with people like 'her'." And with her, Sayuri most probably meant Mioku. At least Natsumi assumed so.
"Are you still thinking about her? Well, we came here in the first place to cheer you up, so come along." Natsumi motioned for Sayuri to follow along and they walked side by side the small path, which leaded them to what seemed to be a park.
"Oh by Aurelia, this is gorgeous…! It's almost like being back home in Spring Valley…" Sayuri did her best to not drop her jaw by the beautiful sight.
They had arrived at the local park and just as Natsumi had said, the cherry trees were in full bloom and the petals flew around in the air like they were pink snowflakes. The area itself, even without the trees, was beautiful. There were playgrounds, fountains, benches, open green areas and most importantly, people enjoying and taking it all in. It was like it was this special little green patch of happiness placed inside this concrete jungle.
"I got the feel you would end up liking it. If this can't cheer you up, then I'm all out of ideas." Natsumi smiled and was pleased with the result she had hoped for from the start. Even Mioku's harsh words surely would fade away by a sight like this.
"It's not only that, but the entire feel and atmosphere this place has. All the happy people, who are enjoying the goods and beauty nature has to offer. It's beautiful in so many ways than just the outer beauty." Sayuri took in a deep breath and simply enjoyed the surroundings and the strong positive energy the park had to offer. It truly felt like being home.
"Pri? Ah, watch out-pri! I feel something-pri!" Primavera had been silent and motionless until now, but had to speak up when she suddenly felt a bad energy coming closer.
"What? What is it? I don't see it." Sayuri looked around and tried to find out what the fairy was speaking of. Around here she only saw the same happy people and surroundings.
"No, she's right-vera. I feel a bad presence too-vera… That way-vera!" Verana pointed with her little paw in the direction of the other end of the park.
"If that's true, we got no time to lose. Sayuri, come!" Natsumi got an idea of what was going on and if she were right, they had to hurry, so she ran on ahead without a trace of hesitation.
"Hey, wait for me! What's happening?" Sayuri couldn't do anything else but simply tag along and try to keep up with the other girl.
"Look out-vera!" The small panda fairy called out and the two girls stopped for a moment. A dark fog suddenly started to spread out from the direction they were heading too and came straight for them. Both of them instinctively closed their eyes and held up their arms in front of their heads, as the fog engulfed them. First when a few seconds had passed, they could open their eyes.
"W-What… What's going on?" As Sayuri opened her eyes, she was horrified to see how their surroundings had changed. The people had disappeared and the beautiful park had lost its colors and turned grey and dull, with the flowers withering away in the split of a second. It was a horrifying sight.
"It's because of the fog. We have stepped into a Toxin Barrier. They appear the moment a Toxitan is created and is invisible to ordinary humans." Natsumi explained and was varying of their surroundings.
"To the people inside the barrier, time has simply stopped. Only we people from Aurelia and our enemies from Toxynion are able to step into them without time stopping for us. Though if the barrier is up for too long, then the magic will grow strong enough to properly materialize into this world and it can become very dangerous for the people here."
"But then we have to do something! How do we stop this Toxitan thing?" Sayuri sticked closely to Natsumi, as it seemed she knew much more of all this than she did herself, wishing she had been better prepared. She had never imagined she would be pulled into battle this soon.
"We need to find it first. It's small once it's being made, but soon enough grows much larger and—" Natsumi stopped when a small earthquake started and threw both of the girls on the ground, even if Natsumi quickly got back up on her legs.
"There it comes-pri!" Primavera was down on the ground too and quickly hid behind Sayuri, when a huge monster came towards them.
"Toxiiiii!" The monster yelled out loud and was stomping around the park. Trampling on every flowerbed it could find. It had the shape of one of the cherry trees they had seen before, just with added limbs and huge triangle formed eyes.
"T-That's the Toxitan? How in Aurelia's name are we supposed to be able to stop that!?" Sayuri was still on the ground and could feel the fear beginning to rise in her, for every step the monster came closer to them. The thing was at least 50 times their size and could easily squeeze them under its root shaped feet.
"Isn't that obvious?" Natsumi suddenly smiled and pulled out something from her pocket, which Sayuri recognized as a similar item she had been given just the day before. The Aurora Brooch. "Just follow my example and follow my directions. I know you're the leader, but everyone needs to start somewhere. Got your brooch, right?"
"T-The brooch? Uh, give me a moment!" Sayuri quickly touched herself all over to try locate the item and soon enough found it in her own pocket. "Got it!"
"Good, then do the same as me. Precure! Aurora Gem!" Natsumi called out and pressed the gem on her star shaped brooch. "Sparkle!" The very same moment Natsumi finished her sentence and held her brooch up in the air, the yellow gem started to light up and engulfed Natsumi in a strong yellow light.
Inside the light her hairband and clothes disappeared and were switched out for a small sleeveless yellow dress, looking like it was made out of pure glittering stardust. Her short red hair lit up in a bright yellow color and her hair immediately lengthened much further and changed color to a bright and strong orange, while her green eyes turned to a violet color. One ring appeared by each of her hands and feet, moving in and upwards her arms and legs. The moment they passed up her limbs, light was left behind and took on the shape of her gloves and shoes. The rings around her arms changed into one ring around her neck and the two others by her legs united by her thighs, now with both rings moving up and downwards, creating the shape of her top and skirt, before meeting on the middle and changed shape into an orange star shaped gem, with ribbons sprouting out to form a bow under the heart. The same moment the bow had been created, the outfit took on its finished form and took on its proper shape. A yellow top with a white wide stripe down the middle, decorated with small yellow starts down the white edge and a tight belt by her hips which sprouted a skirt of many frilly layers and various shades of yellow, orange and white. The top had two halters, with two similar layers of frills as the skirt and her sleeves were round and puffy. Now her gloves and boots took on their proper form as well. Her gloves had a band around them, sprouting a cone in the shape of a star where her arms came through and her boots were short and only went up to her ankles, with a pair of black socks going further up to the middle of her calves.
Natsumi twirled some more before her hair magically moved up to take the form of two pigtails and two long bangs taking shape around her face, with both ends of the bangs and pigtails twirling and taking on a finished curled shape in the ends. A long yellow braid sprouted from the left side of her head and followed the shape of her pigtail on that side. Natsumi lifted up one hand and began to snap her fingers. One snap for her orange star shaped earrings with small yellow beads under them. A second snap for the star shaped gems on her gloves, shoes and the end of her braid. A third snap for the ribbon around her neck and an orange star shaped pendant hanging from it. The fourth snap for a ribbon sprouting on the back of her skirt, similar to the one on her chest and then a last and fifth snap for the ribbons with starts on top, tying her pigtails together.
Her transformation was now complete, with her brooch pinning itself to her belt and gravity took hold of her and pulled her downwards, while she did some more twirls in the air, before gracefully landing on ground. A strong light shining from the spot where her foot touched the ground and a bunch of small suns of light flew around her in the air.
"The ray of light and knowledge, Cure Maple!" As Maple said her phrase, she made striked a few poses, before taking on her final pose and pointing at the Toxitan. "I, the guardian of summer, shall warm up your heart!"
Sayuri was still on the sideline and had watched the entire scene in great ave. Almost as if the light had paralyzed her and looked like it had the same effect on the Toxitan, who hadn't tried to attack Maple during her transformation.
"It's your turn now, Sayuri! Hurry while I distract it!" Natsumi noticed an incoming attack and jumped straight up in the air, just one second before the Toxitan hit its fist down in the ground, in an attempt to hit her, with the impact blasting Sayuri and the two fairies a few meters backwards.
"Ah, w-wait! I don't know what to say!" Sayuri wanted to help, but the entire scene had just played out to fast and she could feel herself starting to panic, but luckily the fairies were there to guide her, while Natsumi jumped around and played a game of cat after the mouse with the Toxitan.
"Just do the same as Maple did-pri! Call out 'Precure! Aurora Gem! Sparkle!'-pri!" Primavera flailed like wild with her small arms and rushed Sayuri to do her transformation and go aid Maple as soon as possible.
"B-But I—"
"No more buts-vera! Maple needs you-vera! Please say it and transform-vera!"
"Alright alright! Uh, h-how was it again, uhm, P-Precure! Aurora Gem! Sparkle!" Sayuri tried to imitate what Natsumi had done just moments ago and let out a small squeal when the gem on her brooch shined and a similar light suddenly took hold and engulfed her the same way with Natsumi.
Her transformation was pretty much similar to what had happened to Natsumi, with her bow disappearing and a light taking hold of her hair and lengthened it, before changing its color to a dirty blonde shade and her eyes from a warm pink to a bright green. The same rings appeared for her and shaped her gloves, boots and dress, finishing with the dark pink star gem and bow on her chest. Her top and skirt took its form and was almost completely identical to Maple's outfit, except Sayuri's sleeves were more triangle shaped, but still very puffy. She had no proper gloves, but rather bands around her wrists with layers of frills, like her skirt, sprouting from the base of the band and her boots went up to the middle of her calves with the black socks stopping right under her knee.
Some more twirls, while her hair began to put itself into the proper position and a long bright pink braid sprouting on the left side of her head. Her hair tied itself back, but allowed the wavy locks to hang lose down her back and her bangs having the same wavy feel to it, with a small twirl in the ends. Then the five repeating snaps followed, with the various star shaped accessories appearing on their proper spot, but instead of two ribbons for pigtails, she had one bow on the left side of her and with a dark pink rose underneath it, finishing off the look.
Her outfit and full transformation was now done and she twirled towards the ground and had her feet land more firmly on the ground, compared to Maple. A wave of petals appearing and flying up where she had landed and hovered in the air around her.
"The petal of flowers and hope, Cure Primrose!" As if by reflex, her body moved on its own and striked some poses. "I, the guardian of spring, shall make your heart bloom."
"That's the spirit-pri! Cure Primrose has fully awakened-pri!" Primavera was overjoyed and proud of Sayuri, but soon hid away behind some trees with Verana, when the Toxitan let out another terrifying roar."
"Hey, how did I come up with those phrases just like tha-AAARRHH!" Just as impressed as she had been with Maple's transformation, the same amazement came over her when seeing her own transformed self, but there was no time for admiration, with an incoming Toxitan fist coming right for her. Primrose just barely managing to jump and roll aside, just to have another fist coming towards her with alarming speed. Her instinct told her to simply cover her head with her arms for protection, which probably would have had her crushed, if it wasn't for Maple jumping in and kicking the fist away, as if it had been a mere soccer ball.
"Get back up on your feet and stay close to me, Primrose!" Maple grabbed Primrose by the arm and quickly helped her get back up on her feet, while the Toxitan recovered from the attack.
"Thanks Natsu-, uh, I mean Maple. If it hadn't been for you I would—"
"No need to thank me, silly. Instead you need to focus and follow my lead. Keep your head in the game and say the first words that comes to your mind. See that purple mark on the Toxitans forehead?" Maple pointed at the Toxitan and Sayuri could now spot the mark. It was in the shape of a star broken in half.
"That's a crest put there by one of our enemies from Toxynion. This creature was once one of those beautiful cherry trees you saw earlier, until its good and strong natural energy was turned around and made bad. They can put this mark on both items and people and turn them into Toxitans, monsters with no free will and only created to destroy nature around it. We need to hit that mark with our attacks to release the bad energy from the tree. Come!" And Maple was off again. Jumping high up into the air and allowed gravity to pull her down and kick the Toxitan, so it fell and rolled a couple of times.
"Hey, no, wait! You can't just tell me to come and do all that crazy stuff that easily! I don't know how to—AHH!" Rather than even trying to attack, Primrose used more energy on avoiding the incoming attacks. It was all going way too fast, she had zero experience and quite honestly, she was afraid. She didn't want to show it to Maple, since she was being so brave and had jumped right into the battle, so she should be able to do the same, right?
"Primrose, get ready!" Maple called out and had just thrown in some more punches against the Toxitan, forcing it down on one knee. "Precure!" Maple landed firmly on her feet and put her thumb and index fingers together, so they formed a triangle. "Maple Heat Wave!" A strong light formed inside the triangle she had made and shot at the Toxitan like a beam of searing light. It hit it in the side and sent it rolling a few meters. Slowly starting to get back up after the attack. "Now, Primrose! Attack the mark, hurry!"
"Eh!? M-Me? But, uh, uhmm, I-I don't, uh—" Primrose had no idea what to do and stood frozen in place. Trying to handle the many thoughts and emotions going through her head, while the Toxitan recovered faster and faster.
"Do it now, Primrose!" Maple called out and hoped her words would reach out to Primrose and make her do the right thing.
"Uh P-Precure! Sparkling, uh no, that's not it! Precure! S-Shine Petal, urgh, not that either! C'mon, Violeta! Focus! Focus! Precure! U-Uh Dreaming uh flower—"
"WATCH OUT!"
It all happened almost in the flash of a light. The Toxitan had made ready to attack Primrose, while she had tried to figure out her attack, and its fingers, in the shape of vines, was getting ready to whip her. Seconds before hitting, Maple came and pushed Primrose out of the path, taking on the full blow herself and gets sent flying across the ground.
Primrose at first didn't noticed what had happened and currently laid on the ground herself, after having been pushed aside. Carefully touching her aching head and turned around to see what had pushed her aside.
"MAPLE!" she cried out loud, by the sight of her teammate's body lying on the ground, with no signs of movement. Primrose quickly got back up on her feet and ran to her wounded friend. Maple laid on her stomach and had been hit on the back by the vines, which had ripped off bits of her top and left three long red claw like marks behind.
"Oh god, I am so sorry! Maple, say something! I didn't mean for this to happen! Please forgive me! Maple!" Primrose tried to shake some life back into her friend, who appeared to have fallen unconscious from the strong attack. An attack that was on the way once more, as the Toxitan pulled back its arm and got ready for another hit against the girls.
"P-Please! Don't harm Maple! Don't do this! STOP!" Primrose could feel the tears starting to form in the corner of her eyes. She was genuinely scared to death and held tight onto her comrade, as if she would suddenly wake up and come to her aid.
"Precure! Blizzard Icicle Hail!" A voice called out loud and in the blink of an eye, a storm of huge icicles came flying down and pierced the Toxitan, stopping its attack.
"Precure! Stormy Hurricane Blades!" Another voiced called and this time, a storm of wind created blades striked the Toxitan, slicing off several of its limbs and sent it flying across the ground.
"…. Eh? W-What…?" Primrose had her eyes closed, since she had braced herself from the impact of the Toxitan attack and since nothing was coming at them, she dared to open her eyes again. Seeing the shape of two young women, who stood side by side and it was first when they turned around, Primrose could put two and two together and figure out who they were.
It was Mioku and Ayame or rather Cure Blizzard and Cure Stormy, as they were called right now. Their outfits were almost identical to the ones of Primrose and Maple, except that both of them had their midriff exposed and both wore a pair of short black tights under their skirts, stopping on the middle of their thighs.
Stormy had a purple color scheme and compared to the rest, she had no sleeves at all. Her hair was tied back in a low and long ponytail, with the same twirled ends on her hair and one volumes bang on the right side of her head.
Blizzard had a blue color scheme and sleeves, similar to the ones on a sports jacket and rolled up at her elbows, while she wore her long hair tied up in a high ponytail and several long and twirly bangs. Her most distinctive trait was the eye patch covering up her right eye and with a light blue star on it.
"It's you! Oh thank goodness you ca—"
"Shut your mouth and stay out of our way while we finish the job!" Blizzard cut off Primrose and stared her down with her one icy blue eye, before both of the girls turned their attention back on the Toxitan. It had been seriously injured by their attacks and struggled to get back up.
"Let's do this!" Blizzard almost commanded and then the two of them placed their backs against each other, held out their arm straight and faced their palms against the Toxitan.
"Borealis Union!" Both of them called out and a strong blue and purple light, in the shape of a star, appeared out by their palms. "Precure! Frost Twister!" The two called out in complete sync and their attack was sent flying off like a shooting star, boosted by their united power of ice and wind.
"TOXITAAAAAN!" The monster growled loudly as the attack hit its target, the mark on its forehead, spot on and allowed the bad energy infested there to be released. As soon as the bad energy had disappeared, the toxitan began to shrink in and finally took back on its original form, in the shape of a cherry tree. At the same time making the huge barrier disappear and returned the park completely back to normal and the people who had been frozen in time were again able to move, unknowing of what had just going on.
The Precures had moved up to a nearby roof before the barrier had disappeared and watched things going back to normal from a safe distance.
Maple had in the mean time turned back to Natsumi, as she still was unconscious and unable to hold onto her Precure form. The two fairies were attending to her wounds and estimated how badly injures she was.
"It's not that bad-vera. It needs a bit of cleaning, but it's a superficial wound and won't take long to heal-vera" Verana stated and looked relieved. Luckily it was no serious wound and Jasper surely could help out with cleaning it later.
"That's good…" Primrose faked a little smile and felt terrible inside. If it hadn't been for her, Maple wouldn't have been wounded in the first place.
"I knew this would happen." Blizzard started out and Primrose almost knew what was coming for her.
"Blizzard, not now." Stormy tried to stop her and knew her words would be far off from kind.
"Yes now! We can't trust her and that's exactly what I estimated right from the start, didn't I!? She is a pathetic excuse of a Precure and is far off worth of that name!"
"I-I'm so so terribly sorry. I really didn't mean for it to happen. It really tried to—"
"Tried? Tried!? Trying simply isn't good enough here! You're going to have us all killed! We can't trust you in battle! Because of you, Maple was wounded, because she had to waste unnecessary energy on saving you! If you had just been strong enough to fight and protect yourself, we wouldn't have this problem! This isn't a game! What would you have done if Maple had died!?"
"I-I… I… I am sorry… I really am…" Primrose had no idea how to counter and knew she was right. If she had been a better fighter, then Maple wouldn't need to worry about her during battle and they could fight as perfectly in sync as Blizzard and Stormy. The many feelings overwhelmed her and she couldn't hold her tears back any longer.
"And how is being sorry going to help!? Sorry won't bring back the death, no matter how much you cry and beg for it! Leader? HA! Don't make me laugh! Grow yourself a backbone, you pathetic eyesore! Do us all a favor and get lost! Go back where you came from and stay the heck out of the way as I told you!" Blizzard took in a few breaths after that speech and did her best to calm herself down.
"Stormy, let's get Natsumi home." Blizzard didn't wait for her comrade to follow and began to make her way home by jumping across the rooftops.
"Yes." Was Stormy's short reply. Placing the unconscious Natsumi over her shoulder before standing up and shortly looked at Sayuri. "I do not agree with her harsh ways, but I'm afraid she's sort of right. You're simply not strong enough for this, neither physically or psychically… She… She got her reasons for getting that upset about this and I can understand her. Maybe… You should really go back for now and get some more training before joining us again or at least stay in the house and train for now. Just a suggestion, for the sake of us all." She was far off as harsh as Blizzard, but her words still had the same message it tried to get across. Believing Primrose would understand, Stormy took off and followed after Blizzard.
The two fairies had stayed behind with Primrose and especially Primavera was worried for her friend. "Don't blame yourself for all this-pri. Accidents happen-pri… You'll be alright and so will Natsumi-pri. First time is always hard-pri…. Primrose-pri?... Sayuri-pri?"
Primrose didn't answer the small fairy and was facing down, allowing her bangs to hide her face. So many feelings and thoughts were being bottled up inside her and she had no idea what to do now. Most of all she just wanted to find the nearest hole and hide away for the rest of her life. She had never felt like this before and she had no idea of how to handle it all. She would never forgive herself if she would end up being the reason for their mission to fail or even have the death of a comrade on her conscience.
End of chapter 2! Ohoho a bit of drama, dang; Thank you all for reading this chapter and I hope you'll stick around for the next ones! Thank you~