As Regina and Milky Rose made their retreat, Parsee began the bi-cyclonic, omni-directional bombardment again.

"Sparkling Shower!" As Muse watched Parsee deftly avoid her counterattack, the question struck her: why wasn't she chasing after Regina? It's common sense to finish off weakened foes and Parsee was nimble enough to evade attempts to stop her. Muse started searching for an explanation.

"Ok new fairies, show me how you dance," invited Parsee as she suspended her indiscriminate attacks and switched to focused firepower on Mint. The green barrier maiden inteded to stand her ground. But before Mint Shield was erected, Beat flew in from the side and tackled Mint, putting the two of them out of the way.

"Don't block her small shots!" warned Beat, shouting to make herself heard over the alegretto percussion playing out as asphalt ground cracked and caved where Mint had stood. "She follows up hard if you stay still!"

Meantime, Bloom and Egret had jumped in from both sides of Parsee when she stopped shooting in their directions. Seeing Parsee notice and fly up, the two turned around such that they could jump off each other's feet when they collided mid-air. This maneuveur cleared them of the big green ball that Parsee had conjured and thrown down. As soon as that projectile left Parsee's grasp, she had to respond to Bright's fist closing in from the front. It was parried but Windy's kick from behind connected. The momentum from that put her in range of Bright's elbow.

"Enough!" shouted Parsee as she exploded a wave of omni-directional projectiles to force a disengage. Pulling out another card, she declared "Tongue-Cut Sparrow: Hate for the Humble and Rich!"


Parsee vanished with the sky. When the background of green strands came into being, two Parsees materialised at opposite ends of the pocket world. They both walked towards the Precure while periodically pulsing a wave of slow, white bullets in all directions. These football-sized bullets flew so slow, it was possible to accidentally collide with them while jumping backwards. The frequency at which they were fired deterred getting close. At uneven intervals, much larger and faster spheres of green energy would be fired instead.

"Espoir Shower Fresh!" Berry's attack hit one of the Parsees. It didn't look effective, but what surprised Berry was the complete lack of attempt to dodge.

"Beat Sonic!" Similarly, the other Parsee lacked evasive reflexes, shrugging off the attack.

"Mint!" A name call, eye contact and a couple hand gestures conveyed everything Sunny needed to tell Mint for their joint action. While Bloom backflipped over a white bullet to dodge a green sphere, Sunny dashed under one to get as close as she dared.

"Sunny Fire Burning!" "Emerald Saucer!" The two strong attacks hit their respective target at the same time. Sunny didn't want to slowly figure out which Parsee was the fake one - not when everyone was under pressure from the constant barrage. The fake one detonating when hit hard was completely unexpected. The size of the explosion also caught Muse and Berry off guard. The real Parsee vanished when identified.

"Sunny!?" Everyone still able rushed towards the three prone on the ground, who coughed or otherwise let their consciousness be known. They were carried to safety from the moving white minefield. Parsee re-appeared with another fake copy at far ends of the zone. The few signs of battle she had accumulated thus far were identical on both bodies.

"This isn't over yet, fairies!" taunted the two Parsees in stereo. Marine started giving brief instructions.

"Trust me, I'll make it work," assured Marine before Egret voiced everyone's concerns. "Luminous, please."

"Heartiel Action!" The Splash Star quartet were bathed in rainbow light, augmenting their speed. Egret and Bloom advanced towards one Parsee while Bright and Windy headed for the other. Both pairs took a sideways detour first so they could dodge possible directed attacks without worry for anyone behind them.

"Get ready to shield," Marine told Beat and Mint in the meantime.

"But you know wha-" started Beat as Marine pulled out her equipment.

"The magenta light is the saintly perfume! With one spray, let's go all out!" After the magic perfume was applied, Marine's hair and clothes were dyed red and she seemed to give off a glow of the same colour. A maniac grin spread across her face.

Suddenly, Marine picked up Beat and threw her towards Bright and Windy's destination. Her trajectory cut through the white minefield without any collisions. As Beat's shriek of surprise was Doppler shifted into the lower octaves, Mint was also picked up. Marine sprang towards Egret and Bloom's target while carrying Mint. The green girl was shaken badly due to Marine dodging oblique bullets at high speed.

Bright was weaving through the ever narrower gaps in the white minefield together with Windy. Just as she thought they couldn't dodge anymore, she heard a very high pitch shriek coming towards her. Her dilemma of whether to look away from the bullets was solved when Beat flew by in front of her vision.

"Beat Barrier!" The barrier was only in place to absorb one wave of white bullets before Beat moved past. That one wave was all Parsee had time for before Bright grappled her.

"Mint Shield!" Likewise, Mint blocked the one wave that would have hit Bloom and Egret before Marine carried her out of range. Both Parsee faces blossomed in surprise as Bloom and Bright threw the two bodies at each other.

"Spiral Heart Splash!" "Spiral Star Splash!" Each Parsee was hit by an intense beams of Precure magic. The fake one blew up after colliding with the real body. The green mesh background shattered, bringing the everyday sky back to view.


When the dust cloud settled, Parsee could be seen sprawled on the ground. She sat up and started mumbling to herself while chewing on her thumbnail and giving an intense glare. Not wanting to agitate her, the Precure kept their distance.

Syrup was in bird form, carrying more Precure as passengers. They had arrived to the sight of a large green dome where they last heard the fight was. Seeing it shatter, they were relieved and Syrup flew down. Out came Melody, Rhythm, Dream, Rouge, Lemonade, March and Sword.

"What happened to Sunny, Berry and Muse?" asked Rouge.

"Big explosion," replied Sunny while laid out on the ground. "We'll get over it."

"I'll look after Muse and the others," said Beat, with Muse silently protesting in her arms.

"I'm coming with you," announced Luminous with Berry over her shoulder. "If that's alright?"

"We'll be fine," said Mint, ignoring her recent exertions. "Where are Aqua and the others?"

"This fight affected a much bigger area than anticipated," answered Dream. "Aqua and the others are escorting civilians to more distant shelters. You should go to her Mint."

"But-" began Mint's protest.

"It's ok," re-affirmed Dream. "Milk told us about how strong Parsee is so we'll be careful. Show Aqua you're safe and return when she finishes overseeing everyone's safety." Rouge had picked up Sunny and now handed her to Mint, then gently pushed her towards Syrup.

With the departure of Mint, Sunny, Beat, Muse, Luminous and Berry on Syrup's avian back, the Precure started discussing tactics. Parsee didn't let them talk for long before she snapped onto her feet, pulled out another card then declared: "Grandpa Hanasaka: Jealousy of the Kind and Lovely"


Under the green meshed dome, Parsee primed as if to sprint. What actually accelerated forwards was a green, Parsee-shaped missile. After splitting from the real body, its pose was frozen and its trajectory was linear. Much like a fighter jet's missiles would leave a trail of smoke in its wake, this projectile left a trail of... flowers? Bloom was busy dodging but everyone else was surprised to see purple and pink flowers, conjured and suspended in the air where the green Parsee silhouette had passed. They were larger than human heads and the Precure were sure it wasn't just for decoration. Parsee leaned forward and a second Parsee-shape flew out, this one posed to do a shoulder ram. As Egret cartwheeled aside, Sword picked up a piece of rubble and threw it at the flowers. There were a few synchronised nods when the concrete flew back with a few petals after the ensuing explosion. The blast radius had been relatively small.

This had been warm up for Parsee. The silhouettes were now coming out at close intervals. Each time one got expelled from Parsee, a ring of lime green bullets would radiate out to cover the other directions.

"She's really holding a grudge against us," said Bright while jumping aside. Every silhouette had been aimed in her team's direction. Given the explosion in the previous spellcard, the Precure were wary of making physical contact with these body missiles.

"We're getting boxed in!" shouted Windy, narrowly stopping herself from running into an earlier trail of suspended flowers.

"That means everyone else isn't," said Egret. "Trust them!"

"Fire Strike!" "March Shoot!" As if on cue, two soccer ball attacks came in from the sides, safely detonating the flower-shaped impediments. Rouge and March then passed each other's 'soccer balls' back, clearing more lines of flowers. Then Rouge passed to Melody who kicked the fire ball over to March.

"When'd you learn to do that?" asked Rhythm, as the purple and pink petals scattered from Melody's shot.

"It's a ball, of course I know how to kick it," answered Melody while tilting her head out of the path of a lime green bullet.

"Oh no!" exclaimed Bloom. The density of the big petals had obscured her vision just long enough. When she saw the next body-missile, it was too late to dodge.

"Blue Forte Wave!" The intercepted silhouette lost all momentum and floated up before vanishing. Seeing the countermeasures, Parsee stopped attacking and ran towards Egret's group.

"Sparkle Sword!" The spray of purple swords made Parsee fly up but otherwise didn't slow her down.

"Out of bombs or something?" she inquired while resuming her silhouette attacks on Bloom, Egret, Bright and Windy from much closer above. The other Precure were out of position, they could not alleviate this pressure for them. Once again, they beckoned for the spirits to give them strength.

"Spiral-" began Bloom and Egret.

"Slow!" denounced Parsee as she flung herself to the ground. Before anyone could react, four green bodies were simultaneously expelled. They all connected, sending Bloom, Egret, Bright and Windy flying through the rubble.

"I'll admit, you four surprised me last time," shouted Parsee in their direction. She was breathing heavily from the sudden burst of activity. The shouts and talk from behind, she could ignore while gloating. But the sound of feet jumping off the ground made her turn around.

"Lemonade Shining!" A wide swarm of yellow butterflies were slowly approaching Parsee's position. Wide enough to slip through.

"Sword Hurricane!" Purple swords were conjured high above Parsee and rained down towards and behind her. She could evade them but it discouraged flight or retreat.

"Seems you fairies are getting the hang of this," Parsee commented as she anticipated the real attack.

"Passionato Harmony!" Sure enough, the direct beam came for Parsee from the front. Parsee twirled away from a falling sword as she launched an elbow-posed missile to intercept the main beam. Then a second one flew out fist-first to attack whoever fired that.

Melody and Rhythm let go of their hands and conjured their bertiers. The green fist-pose harmlessly passed between them as they advanced towards Parsee at an angle. Lemonade's butterflies flew ahead of them, triggering the flower-shaped mines and dissipating the lime green bullets. This let them get close to Parsee without dealing with clutter.

"Music Rondo!" was shouted in stereo when Parsee performed a twin shot while stepping back from a sword and a butterfly. Two magic hoops each bound a silhouette, canceling the threat. The bertiers got detached into two halves.

"Miracle Heart Arpeggio!" "Fantastic Piacere!" The next two body missiles were terminated in an explosion which obscured vision. Parsee concentrated on the trajectories above her as she waited for the right timing.

"Super Quartet!" There it was, the follow up attack. Parsee jumped up to avoid the colourful spray, deftly twisting her body into the gaps in the swords. She did not see Dream jump up from behind Melody until it was too late.

"Shooting Star!" Dream's shielded torpedo-dive knocked aside falling swords and connected with Parsee. Dream flew out the other side and Parsee found herself immobilised. That was March's cue to emerge from behind Rhythm.

"March Shoot Impact!" The empowered kick sent Parsee far high. The spellcard domain shattered, restoring the cityscape background.


Outside, Blossom and Sunshine had arrived halfway through the most recent spellcard. The uncertainy of what was happening beyond the green boundary put anxiety on their hearts. When the dome disappeared, a shower of enormous, pink and purple flower petals was definitely not within expectations.

"Egret! Are you ok?" asked Dream. Blossom held back on asking about the petals.

"A little vertigo," diagnosed Egret.

"We'll be ok," assured Windy while getting up.

"Glad you could make it Blossom, Sunshine!" greeted Marine while floating above. Ok, that was enough waiting.

"What made those flower petals?" asked Blossom.

"Parsee's latest attacks made floating flower bombs," replied Marine.

"Which flowers were they?" inquired the botany geek.

"Cranesbills and Rhododendron" answered Rin. She wasn't the daughter of flower shop owners for nothing.

"So 'Envy' and 'I am dangerous'?" translated Blossom. "That must have been a sight, wish I was there."

"I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!" came Parsee's crazed yell from above. Everyone looked up and saw Parsee coming down with a cluster of bullets. They scattered in response. As such, only Sunshine was nearby when Parsee tackled Blossom and flew off with her. Sunshine got a hold on Parsee's leg but could not stop the flight.

"Feed me!" demanded Parsee. Sunshine saw Blossom being afflicted by a malignant, green aura.

"Uwahhh!" cried Blossom as her wish to see the giant flowers became distorted into oppressive jealousy towards everyone who had seen it. Friendship, logic, guilt... it all seemed to be devoured by the obsessive resentment.

"Let her go!" shouted Sunshine while swinging her body to kick Parsee away.

"This is it! The petty feelings of cattle don't compare to the spite in a warrior's heart!" grinned Parsee. She ignored the kicks to her side.

"I! Will! Not! Lose!" asserted Blossom. Parsee was shocked that the previously-limp body in her hands regained strength and shoved her away. Sunshine then threw Parsee away. A red-tinged Marine caught up with the group and twisted her momentum into a drop kick. A cloud of dust and debris arose from Parsee's crater on the ground.

"Blossom!" said Sunshine.

"You're ok!" said Marine as she flew back, the perfume's effect fading away. Blossom embraced them both as they all landed.

"How...? How is it possible to break free from that?!" screamed Parsee as if accusing someone of coming back from the dead.

"I once held back Moonlight when her father was killed in front of her," answered Blossom, eyes burning with determination. "I won't run away from my own declaration that day: sadness and hatred are things you must clench your teeth and cut off."

"But... I... That's..." Parsee could not make her words form a sentence. Seeing other Precure closing in, she gave up on conversation and roared like an animal instead. "Malice Sign - Midnight Anathema Ritual!"

Before the dome formed, Heart, Diamond, Rosetta and Regina got close enough. Setsuna teleported in with Peach, Berry, Pine, Beat and Muse. Everyone else was cut off from the pocket world that swallowed the relatively unharmed urban terrain.


"Change! Precure! Beat Up!" Setsuna immediately transformed into Passion while the others covered for her.

"You and you!" Parsee pointed an accusatory finger around. "How are you back so soon? You were defeated!"

"You just caught me off-guard, won't happen again," said Muse, arms-crossed.

"It's troubling if you think I can't make a perfect comeback," said Berry, posing for a non-existent camera.

"Being together with Heart gives me strength!" said Regina while squeezing Heart's hand.

"Feels like it was just yesterday when you were denying that," teased Diamond. Before Regina could make a witty response, Parsee started attacking.

A conjured hammer was in Parsee's hand, its head about the size of a melon. Above her other hand, an exaggerated nail quickly took shape. If not for its shape, it would be called a spear. With the clang of two metals colliding, the nail was propelled. It pierced into the ground where Peach's group had been. Dirty white fireballs spewed out from its head, as if it was a geyser tapping into the resentment of the underworld. A nearby building didn't stay standing for long after being hit by the stream of white.

After Rosetta dodged the second nail, Diamond threw some broken concrete at it. The rubble only made a thud when it hit the nail.

"Everyone, don't let her spread those things all over the area!" shouted Beat.

"How do we do that?" asked Peach while cartwheeling away from a nail. "We can't stay close to them." That nail crashed through the walls of another building until it was embedded in the ground.

"Rosetta Balloon!" A large yellow balloon appeared above the Precure. "One. Two. Three!" On Rosetta's count, out popped several poles.

"Good thinking!" said Muse as she grabbed a pole and parried the next nail with it. Its new trajectory made it entrench in the vicinity of the first geyser. Everyone else equipped themselves too and then spread out.

"Haaaaaahhhh!" With their war cries in synchrony, Heart and Regina charged down a road towards Parsee in the air. The spear of light twirled in Regina's hands and a nail was knocked aside. Heart pole-vaulted into the air to bat aside the next nail. The other Precure performed a cross between lacross and volleyball to make sure those deflected nails did not land far from pre-existing geysers. As they got close, Heart threw aside her pole and gripped the spear together with Regina.

"Lovely Heart Spear!" The spear tip gleamed white before shooting out a beam.

"Happiness Hurricane!" Timed with the beam, Passion filled the air around and above Parsee with heart-shaped deterrants. Parsee dropped altitude in response.

"Rosetta Reflection!" The beam got reflected off Rosetta's barrier and came back for Parsee. It was evaded again, but Parsee did not expect the barrier itself to also get thrown at her. Parsee was knocked to the ground, where Sunshine had been waiting from a moment ago. Rosetta landed and joined the melee.

"I knew it, she can't do any other attack while inside a spellcard dome," said Muse, on standby while watching Parsee struggling inbetween two martial artists.

"What was that 'Lovely Heart Spear'?" asked Beat. "Did they make that up on the spot?"

"Actually they spent a lunchtime coming up with that," laughed Diamond. "Regina insisted she have a team attack too."

"Healing Prayer Fresh!" Pine attacked from afar as Sunshine and Rosetta restricted Parsee's movements. If this succeeded, the others would unload their attacks on her in sequence.

"Graaahhhh!" With a grunt of frustration, Parsee conjured a nail. Rosetta grabbed her hammer arm but Parsee slammed the nail into the ground with just her free hand. The eruption from the nail head forced the melee combatants to retreat and Parsee got away from Pine's projectile.

"Ok, we're up next," said Diamond. With a solemn nod, Beat and Muse got in position with her.


"You despicable fairies, I'll make sure you can't get up again!" seethed Parsee as she looked for anyone to violently vent her vexations on. She heard a flute or some such. Were they already celebrating victory? Spotting Muse and Beat nearby, she charged at them on foot.

"Beat Barrier!" Seeing the blue force field envelope her targets, Parsee dunked a nail in the ground. After receiving the gouts of white pseudo-flame, the barrier shattered and the Precure within faded away.

Parsee blinked.

"Did you think you were the only one who could create fake bodies?" taunted Muse while emerging from around a building. Parsee backhanded another nail to spray her, only to find this was also a fake.

"Since when was Muse able to make illusions of other people too?" whispered Marine.

"I heard she'd been practising to do that," Blossom whispered back. "What about Beat projecting a shield around empty space?"

"She discussed that with me and Rosetta some time ago," answered Sunshine quietly. "There's no strength to that proxy barrier but it can look convincing."

With the certainty that nails traveling a distance would be parried, Parsee was forced to stick to the ground. The urban obstacles to line of sight were a real thorn in her side. Her opponents did not fire any projectiles to orientate herself with. This game with fakes was gnawing away at her nerves.

Suddenly she sensed one thought of envy. Parsee's smile could have been a gaping wound in her face. Finally another of these fairies had cracked and let jealousy into their consciousness. It was a truly vexing mystery how all these warriors kept that emotion out of their hearts throughout these fights. But one of them just let their guard down.

The walls, the parked cars, the tree - no inanimate obstacle slowed Parsee as she beelined to the source of envy. As she bust through the last wall, Diamond's face was painted in surprise. Muse also looked in panic as she conjured an organ keyboard in front of her. As her fingers hit the keys, they flew out and became a protective cocoon around Diamond. Like opening a clam, Parsee tore apart the rainbow-coloured barrier and grabbed Diamond by the shirt.

"Your envy! Give!" Parsee managed that much for coherent speech. As the resentment in Diamond was amplified, her face contorted into a smile.

A smile?

"Diamond Blizzard!" A mass of water was conjured and viciously swirled around. Parsee could not escape the vortex. Parsee was frozen with Diamond behind her, arms snaking under Parsee's armpits and hands clenching behind Parsee's neck.

"Happiness Leaf! Set!"

"Plus one! Prayer Leaf!"

"Plus one! Espoire Leaf!"

"Plus one! Lovely Leaf!"

The four-colour clover was formed and enlarged over the ice prison. When the four team members jumped on each leaf, it descended while bathing Parsee and Diamond in Precure energy.

"Lucky Clover Grand Finale!" The cage broke and Parsee emerged quite scathed. After quickly putting some vertical distance from everyone, the sound of a tambourine reached her ears. Turning to the source, she saw an enemy dancing before her.

"Are you making fun of me?!" Two nails were slammed out in quick succession. Blossom and Marine had been expecting them and they were deflected away.

"Gold Forte Burst!" A myriad of red and yellow sunflowers flew out like missiles, complete with smoke trails. Parsee began analysing the curtain fire to evade.

"I'm not done yet!" asserted Sunshine as she held her tambourine above her head to conjure a sun.

"Gather the power of the two flowers!" declared Blossom and Marine from behind Sunshine. "Floral Power Fortissimo!"

Parsee was expecting the sun to be thrown at her and attuned her bullet sense to it. She then concentrated on the sunflower missiles, for some were coming at curved trajectories.

"Heart Dynamite!" Sensing the accumulation of power in front of her, Parsee estimated the blast radius and retreated beyond that. True enough, the detonation didn't harm her but it was blinding.

"Shining Fortissimo!" A golden Blossom and Marine emerged from the sun. They did not register on Parsee's bullet sense. When she noticed, it was too late to dodge. As the golden duo slammed into their target, the green mesh boundary shattered before their flight.