OathToOblivion: Welcome back everyone! Today's chapter is a little different than usual!
Symbolic Joker: Yes it is. Because to those who've done their research, they would realize the next chapter based off an episode of Heartcatch Pretty Cure comes in the fifth chapter.
OathToOblivion: That's right folks! Today's chapter is completely original! It does not follow the plot of an Episode of Heartcatch Pretty Cure! This is coming directly from our own minds. Get ready for something you'll find…interesting. As always, we don't own Kamen Rider Gaim or Heartcatch Pretty Cure!
Let's go! This is Our Stage Now!
"Well, this is certainly interesting..."
Heartcatch Pretty Cure – Just Live More
Episode 04 – Chambara! Authorized by Divine Providence! Gaim Melon Arms Debuts!
(Sora/Baron's POV)
Geez, don't these guys have anything better to do then try to kill us every Goddamn week?!
Oh I'm sorry. You must be confused on what's going on. Well, let me explain it to you; today seemed like another ordinary day. Tsukasa and I had to go shopping for supplies for Kaoruko-san. Oh, and we were buying food too... and some stuff we found interesting to put in our rooms. We are living in the Botanical Garden now. Good thing Tsukasa knows how to cook, otherwise we might have had to live with Kaoruko-san and Tsubomi... Yeah, definitely not looking forward to that...
Anyway, by some miracle on the bad guys' end, Kurokage had shown up and gone on a rampage with some Elementary Inves in the area we were in. Luckily, we were there to get in his way. Seeing that his reinforcements were destroyed, Kurokage took out a Melon Lockseed before unlocking it. This Lockseed opened a portal to Helhiem Forest, like all Lockseeds, and what came out of it was another Byakko Inves. Though, this time I've got an idea that I've been itching to try out...
Kurokage closed the Melon Lockseed, and I mentally cheered when I saw he was about to throw it to the Byakko Inves. When he threw it, the Melon Lockseed flew into the air, and I immediately threw my Banaspear at the Lockseed. This had the effect of knocking it away to somewhere else nearby, along with me being weaponless. But I didn't care, my idea had come into fruition! ...Uh...no pun intended there... Seriously, it wasn't intended at all...
"Gaim! Mind finishing off this Inves for me...?" I asked my partner, breaking the stunned silence that was formed from everyone seeing what I had done. Yeah, I would be surprised too if Gaim was the one that did it and gave no indication that he was planning on doing it. My question snapped Gaim from his shock, and he gave a firm nod before he pressed down his Cutting Blade twice.
SOIYA! ORENJI ŌRE!
(ORANGE AU LAIT!)
Gaim glowed with an orange aura before he charged at the Byakko Inves, slicing it to pieces with the charged up Musou Saber and Daidaimaru. With a fiery explosion, along with slices of oranges made out of energy, the Byakko Inves was successfully destroyed! Again... Or maybe, not again since it was a different Inves, just having a similar form to the last Byakko Inves... Oh, why am I even pondering on this?!
Gaim and I stared at Kurokage, who merely let out a "Hmph." before vanishing. We looked at each other for a moment, before I walked to the Melon Lockseed. I didn't bother with my Banaspear, since it had magically disappeared into thin air. Ah pocket space... so useful when you don't want to carry around a small spear with a blade so huge it could mistaken for a lance. Picking up the Melon Lockseed, I stared at it as I pondered all of the many possibilities that might happen with us having a new Lockseed in our arsenal.
(Tsukasa/Gaim's POV)
Well, that was a pretty ballsy move the kid pulled there. But, it certainly paid off for us, I can't deny that. Melon Arms...that's Kamen Rider Zangetsu's main form. We haven't seen him around yet, but even IF he shows up and IF he helps us, it can't hurt to have a back-up! I mean, what's the Lockseed going to do, disappear?
I clapped him on the shoulder. "Good work, kid! That's one asset the enemy isn't getting their hands on!" With the revelation that we could use each others' Lockseeds, our combat potential expanded exponentially with each new Lockseed! Now if only we had a way into Helheim Forest...
Baron shrugged. "It's nothing special. I'd just been thinking about it for a while now." ...Couldn't have let me in on it, eh? I shook my head, it's very obvious that Sora is used to being a bit of a loner. He's not used to thinking in terms of a team, so he doesn't really share his ideas. His snark, yes. His ideas, no.
He then handed me the Lockseed. "You keep an eye on it. You have the Musou Saber, whereas I would have to fight like Captain America. And I'm not comfortable with doing that..." Makes sense, I guess. Captain America is Captain America, whereas he's...a rookie.
I took the Lockseed. "Wakata (Understood). Now come on, we have to go meet with the girls." Eh? Why did he twitch like that?
He groaned. "...Do we have to?" I powered down and cocked an eyebrow. He did the same and looked away, mumbling something about Erika being irritating. I just shook my head. I had a feeling Erika was doing something like that. She's been suspicious about us for a while now ever since Gridon revealed that we were all Kamen Riders. Since we share the same power source, I suppose it makes sense, but it's still irritating.
"Yes, we have to. They are our friends, after all. Now, let's go!" He still had an irritated look on his face, but complied. And with that, we left for the Botanical Garden.
With the girls...
"So what's this about, Tsukasa-san?" That was Tsubomi asking, by the way. With us were Hanasaki Kaoruko-san, Erika, and the fairies. Together, we are the protectors of Kibougahana! ...Why did I feel the need to recap that?
At any rate, I started the meeting out by bringing out the Melon Lockseed we got from Kurokage. "Well for starters, there's this." Tsubomi reacted with shock.
"Eh?! Isn't that one of your Lockseeds?!"
Meanwhile, Erika was suspicious. "Hey...how come we haven't seen that one before? I thought we knew about every single one you had." I sighed. Erika was continuing to be suspicious. I suppose it makes sense; she wants to live up to her mantle as a Pretty Cure, not just of the Heartcatch variety, but of all varieties. To that end, she doesn't want anything to happen to Tsubomi, so she's being super suspicious.
And speaking of previous Pretty Cures, apparently, we were in the All-Stars Timeline, which meant that All-Stars DX2 would be fast approaching. I was a bit nervous; the previous Cures had likely never even heard of Kamen Riders before...
Meanwhile, in several towns in Japan...
Suddenly, certain teenagers, most of them male, all over Japan who owned strange belts suddenly sneezed, one of whom wasn't even in this time period, and another who was accessing the Memories of the Earth itself and wasn't even in his body.
...so I couldn't help but wonder how they'd react to us. But enough about that! I had to respond.
"The reason you haven't seen this before, Erika, is because Sora here managed to steal it from Kurokage before he fed it to an Inves." Before she could open her mouth to say something, I slid into my next topic. "Which brings me to my next point. Obviously, they have an open Portal to Helheim Forest if they're getting all these Lockseeds. We need to find it, and do some Investigating."
Erika got an irritated look on her face from when I cut her off, but Tsubomi interrupted her again. "Helheim Forest? What's that?"
It was then that Sora spoke up, and something tells me he was getting a kick out of interrupting Erika over and over again if that Troll-like smile on his face was any indication. "...Helheim Forest is the source of the Lockseeds, as well as the Inves. Do you remember the zippers that open whenever we summon our armor, or they summon Inves? Those are only Temporary Portals. We need to find a Permanent one if we're going to enter Helheim Forest ourselves."
At this point, Erika was almost literally steaming, ironic for being Cure Marine, and was about to say something when Hanasaki-san interrupted her yet again. "Why would you need to go there? It sounds like a dangerous place, especially if the Apostles' Riders are there as well as Inves."
I took over the discussion. "Sora snagging the Melon Lockseed was a lucky move, but we can't rely on luck all the time. It's entirely possible that after this, the enemy Riders will have wised up and stop just throwing the Lockseeds at the Inves. If we want more Lockseeds, we need to go to Helheim."
Erika opened her mouth, and Coffret talked right over her. "Why would you need more Lockseeds desu? Aren't the ones you already have enough desu?" Okay, she's turning red...that's probably not good for her blood pressure...
I shook my head. "What we have are the default Lockseeds our armors work the best with. If we're going to combat the enemy more effectively, we'll need more Lockseeds." I held up the Melon one. "To put it in perspective, this Lockseed is the main one used by Kamen Rider Zangetsu, who can easily curb-stomp me in my default Orange Arms state. And Kamen Rider Bravo, the leader of the Apostles' Riders is stronger than Zangetsu..."
Everyone took some time to digest that in. Erika didn't say anything, thinking that she'd be talked over again. When she wasn't, she smiled, and was about to open her mouth, only for Chypre to talk over her. "Like what, desu?"
Sora decided to give the list. "Well, there's the Budou (Grape) one, which gives us a gun and the Kiwi one, which gives us chakrams. Maybe we'll get lucky and find a copy of Bravo's own Durian Lockseed there."
I chimed in as well. "Not to mention, extras of our own Lockseeds, just in case something goes wrong with ours, or if we need to switch Arms. While I have no problems lending Sora my Lockseeds, it would be helpful if we didn't have to swap all the time when changing to each other's Forms."
At last, the pressure cooker that was Kurumi Erika finally burst! "Mou! You Kamen Rider guys think we're so stupid, huh?! Well, I know what you're really up to! I bet that this is just a trap so you can stab us in the back!"
...Oh boy. This might not end well... especially judging by how Sora's eye was twitching plus his low growling... "...Annoying little brat." Sora growled out. He looked like he was going to have an aneurism, but calmed down. "...I'm going to take a walk, maybe even look for a Portal to Helheim. See you guys later." And with that, he walked out of the doors...
"Sora!"
(Sora/Baron's POV)
"Sora!"
Chase me, and I'm punching you in the face, Tsukasa. I turned my head around and saw Tsukasa running towards me. However, a glare quickly made him stop before he let me continue my way. I don't know where I'm going, nor do I care. I'm too annoyed at what Erika said. Does she honestly think we're some traitorous little shits that only care about themselves?! There's enough of those types in the world...I don't want to help add to that number...
As I walked through town, I pondered on my situation. I mean, yeah, I was thrown into a popular anime series... It's definitely not my first choice but better then certain shows. And I could even transform into a Kamen Rider! Again... not my first choice, but Baron is one of my more favorite Secondary Riders so I'm okay with it. Better Baron than... a Riotrooper... Ugh... Thank God I'm not one of those cannon fodder...
But then, there's the down sides... People are depending on me to protect them. These people are real; not 2D characters on a TV screen. If they ever die on my watch... I can't just ignore it since they're no longer background characters of a TV Show. They have friends and family that will worry for their safety...
I began to stare at the sky. I don't know why, but I always stare at the sky whenever I feel down. Whenever I feel... empty. Isn't it ironic? In Japanese, Sora (Sky) and Kara (Empty) are written in the same Kanji. Thank you, Kingdom Hearts, for giving me a lesson that may never be useful but is fun to know. I let out a sigh at my train of thought. What am I doing with my life...? Besides endangering myself and others by fighting Kaijin...
Hm...? Now why are all of you people gathering at that building...? Making my way through the crowd, I got my answer. How convenient: A large portal to Helhiem Forest. And it looks like it's going to stay open for the whole day. Better tell the others, no matter how annoyed I am to a certain blue haired Genki Girl... Oh, wait a minute... that means I have to go all the way back to the Botanical Garden...and there's a chance they might've left to who knows where...
...Motherf*cker... It's time like these, I wish we had the Lockvehicles. Why the heck didn't we come with them anyway?!
A few minutes later...
"You two do it."
"Oi (Hey)! Why do we...?!"
"Think of it in this way; who would you rather listen to? Two guys in fruit themed armor and deadly weapons, or two cute girls in cute dresses who look completely harmless most of the time?" Why must this girl insist on being a thorn in my side? I'm starting to not care that she's being reasonably suspicious. You can only push a guy so far before he snaps!
Huffing, Cure Marine dragged Cure Blossom so they could disperse the crowd, while Gaim and I stared at the portal to Helhiem. "...Pretty convenient that you found one so soon, huh?" Gaim attempted to start a conversation, but I wasn't in the mood.
"I ain't in the mood, Gaim. Can it." I told him bluntly. He, wisely, kept his mouth shut until the girls came back. "Let's go..." With that, we began our trek into Helhiem Forest.
"...I think he's still angry at you..." I heard Blossom whisper to Marine, though whether she replied back I didn't hear. As we walked, I could hear Blossom and Marine, mostly Blossom, looking at the forest in awe. Well, she was born to a family whose entire world revolves around flowers. It was understandable why she acted like this.
"Baron, look!" Gaim said, pointing towards a few trees. And what do you know...? Lockseeds ripe for the picking... Well, technically speaking they weren't ripe... yet. We walked to the nearest tree, which only had three Lockseed Flowers
"Wow...they're so pretty!" Blossom complimented the Lockseed Flowers.
"Not for long, unfortunately." I told her as I plucked two Lockseed Flowers while Gaim plucked the last one. Thanks to our Sengoku Drivers, the three Flowers instantly matured into... well, Mature Lockseeds. The ones I held in my hands were the Donguri (Acorn) Lockseed and ...Kurumi (Walnut) Lockseed while Gaim had gotten a Matsubokkuri (Pinecone) Lockseed. Two of our three Lockseeds were the signature Lockseeds of Gridon and Kurokage, our enemies... Ugh, I can already feel the suspicious glare Marine was giving us.
I gave her a grunt, to say 'Save it', tossing the Kurumi Lockseed at Blossom as I walked over towards another tree. Plucking another Lockseed Flower, I had gotten a copy of the Orange Lockseed. "Want it?" I asked Gaim, holding the Lockseed in front of him.
"Nah, still got this. Give me the next one you find." Gaim motioned towards his belt, specifically his cut-open Orange Lockseed. I nodded in response before I willed away the two Lockseeds into my pocket space. Actually, sometimes I wonder if there's anything else in there and I just didn't know it yet. Oh well, I can experiment later. Right now I'm-a Lockseed hunting! Maybe we might even find never-before seen Lockseeds!
Nearby...
(3rd Person POV)
"Well, this is certainly interesting..." Bravo commented, as he watched Gaim and Baron pluck Lockseed Flowers nearby, tossing the ones they didn't want or need to the Pretty Cure girls behind them. "I do hope this teaches you to stop summoning Inves every single time we fight them in their city." Bravo reprimanded his two loyal followers that was standing behind him, Gridon and Kurokage. Judging by their lowered heads, they were ashamed. "Now go. Get them out of my forest."
(Baron's POV)
Oh my God! Come on! The majority of the Lockseeds we plucked are ones from the show! Heck, the only Lockseeds that were introduced in the show and we haven't managed to pluck from Helhiem was Suika (Watermelon), Durian, Mango, Budou (Grape), and Kiwi! We've got copies of all the others! Most of them being the Himawari (Sunflower) Lockseed! Though, we did find one copy of two never-before-seen Lockseeds:
A Papaya Lockseed and a Nashi (Pear) Lockseed. Don't ask how I know their correct names; I just do when I pluck them. I gave Gaim the Nashi Lockseed, just because its name was in Japanese instead of English.
"Abanai (Watch out)!" Marine tried to warn us, however I was struck by a sharp object behind my back. Everybody backed themselves towards me as I struggled to get up. Shaking off the pain, I saw Gridon and Kurokage menacingly walking towards us with the intent to kill. Heh, what else is new?
Tsukasa held himself up in a serious manner. I could tell that whatever he was going to say was very important. "I believe that in circumstances like this, there is only one thing to do..." Which is? "...Let's get the hell out of here!" ...Works for me!
(Tsukasa/Gaim's POV)
Now I know what you're thinking: I'm being an enormous coward right now, aren't I? Well, it's not like that, I can assure you. Helheim Forest is not a good place to fight, considering Inves could pop out of nowhere in any stage of their life. Especially that gigantic one that occurs when one eats a lot of Lockseeds...
So yeah, I don't want the girls to get caught in the crossfire. I know that Sora feels the same, despite Erika annoying him so much lately. We ran through the Forest, the girls keeping up easily due to their Pretty Cure powers. However, somehow Kurokage and Gridon were gaining on us, despite the fact that we're supposed to be faster than them. I'm really wondering whether or not they're human...
At any rate, we finally managed to exit the Forest, spinning around to get ready for combat. The new crowd that had formed while we were gone soon dispersed in fear. We had to think fast; In order to make sure that nothing stupid happened, we would have to split them up. "Alright, listen up." Everyone turned to me. "We're going to have to split them up and take them on separately. Blossom and I will deal with Kurokage, while Baron and Marine deal with Gridon. Everyone understand?" Baron was seething, but he nodded his acceptance anyway.
I heard footsteps; here they come. As Gridon exited the Zipper, I head a familiar sound coming from the direction of Baron...
COME ON! BANANA SQUASH!
"Come here, konoyaro (rude version of 'you', usually translated as jerk or bastard)!" And with that, Baron used his Victory Spear to push Gridon out of the way and over a few blocks. Marine squawked, "Hey! Wait for me!", and left to go join him. And with that, Kurokage exited from the Forest. He looked around and didn't see the others, but just gave a "Hmph!" and got into a ready position. I turned to Blossom. "Shall we, my lady?" She blushed and nodded her head, and we went on the attack!
Blossom started off with punches and kicks, but Kurokage kept dodging them all effortlessly. Eventually, he started hitting back with his Kagematsu. Blossom tried parrying, but she eventually became overbalanced and fell onto the ground. I noted his fighting style with interest; it was completely surgical in its precision, with no wasted moves at all. Hey, just because I can't fight that good, doesn't mean I can't analyze!
He was about to plunge the spear into Blossom's stomach, but I intercepted with the Daidaimaru Naginata Mode. I managed to push him away from her and started going on the offensive myself. However, it seemed that I had caught him off guard, because his defense wasn't as good as it used to be. I actually connected a few times and drew a few sparks! I was slightly perplexed by this; what had caused him to be off?
At any rate, we were at a stale-mate of a blade lock when...
"Blossom Punch!"
Blossom blindsided him for a change, and punched him right in the gut. This actually knocked him back and he gave an actual audible groan! ...But why now...unless...That's it!
"Blossom, I have an idea." She turned to look at me. "I'm betting that whatever defense he has, it can't take two different types of power. So two Riders or two Precure can't take him down properly, but..."
She finished for me. "A Precure and a Rider working together can!" I smiled; she'd certainly gotten it. Now, it was time to test something out...
"He's probably gotten a good read on my style using the Daidaimaru, so I'm going to switch it up a bit." With that, I removed the Lockseed from the Driver.
LOCK OFF!
"But which one are you going to use, Gaim-san?" Polite to the end, eh Tsubomi? I chuckled, and brought out the Melon Lockseed we had stolen from Kurokage. "I've been meaning to try this one..." With that, I unlocked it.
MERON!
(MELON!)
Blossom reacted with shock. "Eh?! That one?! But you've never used it before! What if something happens!" I'm kind of flattered that she's worried about me, but she needn't be.
"I may have never used this one before, but I know what it does. Don't you worry that cute little face of yours, I'll be fine." GACK! Didn't mean to say that. While she was blushing a storm, I decided to Lock On the Lockseed before something else happened.
LOCK ON!
SOIYA! MERON ĀMAZU! TENKA GOMEN!
(MELON ARMS! AUTHORIZED BY DIVINE PROVIDENCE!)
Heh. Chambara-bara, Mother****er...
Baron and Marine vs Gridon
(Sora/Baron's POV)
"Tch. Come on, teme (typically translated as bastard)! I'm in a bad mood today, and I need to blow off some steam!" I yelled out to Gridon as we began attacking each other. However, I'm too angry right now, causing me to get sloppy and Gridon getting more shots at my sides then he would've normally. I rolled to the ground, as Marine decided that it was her turn to attack Gridon. While I'm not happy about it, the beatdown Gridon gave me calmed me down long enough to rationally.
Personally, I blamed Momotaros. Because he fights like a berserker and I really needed stress relief. So I began fighting like Momotaros. As you can see, it did not work out for me.
Back to the fight; considering that she had more speed than most Riders, me included, Marine had managed to get a lot more shots in than me or Gaim would dream of gettting. And to my surprise, the bastard finally started to groan! He never let out a groan when we faced him before! So why now?! Wait a second... before, we all attacked him and Kurokage with our respective partner! But now we're fighting alongside each other instead of Gaim and Blossom.
"Marine Impact!"
COME ON! DONGURI SPARKING!
Marine tried one of her special physical attacks, though Gridon countered by turning his armor back into its fruit form. And apparently it has a strong defense since it was able to take the Marine Impact head on. Marine backflipped towards me in response as she prepared to continue her attack, though I stopped her.
"Wait!"
"What?!"
"Didn't you notice? Your attacks were actually hurting him!" Why am I not surprised that her ego suddenly tripled at that?
"Well, of course! Pretty Cures are the best after all!" You're making it very hard for me not to keelhaul you, you know that?
I let out a sigh before replying. "Marine! Whenever we fight alongside our respective partners, not once do those bastards let out any indication that our attacks were affecting them. But when you and I started fighting together..." I let her finish the sentence.
"Oh! Their defenses don't work for some reason!"
"Right! So let's go!" I got up and prepared to charge at Gridon alongside Marine. However... .
She just narrowed her eyes at me. "How do I know this isn't some kind of trap...?" ...Really? Really?! NOW OF ALL TIMES?! That's it! You asked for it you little brat! I immediately clenched my hands into fists and then...
...held my knuckles at the side of her forehead and began to quickly twist them.
"Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! That hurts...!"
"Good, you annoying little brat!" Yeah, let me say now that whenever I'm annoyed at someone younger; I immediately start playing rough. Not too rough though... otherwise I may have literally keelhauled my annoying younger cousins... I like to call them the Three Stooges considering the fact there were three of them and they were brothers. Wait, why am I even telling you this? "Alright, time to get serious! Gridon is going down!"
"Hey! You think I trust you after that?!" Marine said as she held her head in pain. Does she not realize if I wanted to betray her I would've done something much worse? Something that would've lasted a long time? ... NO! I WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT TO HER, YOU SICKOS! GOD, YOU GUYS ARE SUCH PEDOPHILES! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! SHE'S ONLY 14! I MAY NOT BE RIGHT IN THE HEAD, BUT NOT EVEN I WOULD GO THAT FAR YOU SICK TWISTED F*CKS!
Before I could say anything though, a familiar cry made me freeze.
COME ON! DONGURI SQUASH!
SHIT! That little piece of...! "Marine! Watch out!" I warned Marine as I covered her with my body as Gridon strike me with his finisher! God, it almost broke my back! Agh...! It hurts... so bad... Agh... .
"Why did you...?"
"What do you mean, why did I protect you?" I could've used a lighter tone than outright snapping at her, but I'm a blunt person. "We're...friends...aren't we?"
"Friends...? But I..."
"It happens... We just...suddenly came out of nowhere...bearing the same name as the enemy... Of course you would be suspicious... You may annoyed me with that..., but don't friends get suspicious of each other and annoy each other as well...? No matter what...until our friendship is broken...we're friends until the end!" I declared to her, before painfully getting up. To all of you who see this adventure... beg to God you never ever get thrown into an anime show or video game... You might end up dying before you reach the happy ending...
"... So...Baron! How about you use another Lockseed?!" Trying to help me out with advice as well. Heh...thanks Erika... You're a good friend... even if you are a thick-headed girl most of the time.
"Heh...okay then..." I said as I took out a Donguri Lockseed. "You know what they say; fight fire with fire. Or in this case; acorn with acorn..." With that I popped open the Lockseed.
DONGURI!
COME ON! DONGURI ARMS! NEVER GIVE UP!
Back with Gaim and Blossom...
The Melon Arms granted me green armor based on a melon as well as a shield known as the Melon Defender. Given that Sora was right in that we were not Captain America, I simply decided to use my shield as it was meant to be used. I held the Defender in my left arm while brandishing the Musou Saber with my right.
Blossom and I went on the offensive much more easily than we used to. My speed and attack power had increased due to the use of Melon Arms, while Blossom sped up to closer to her top speed. In general, Pretty Cures tend to be faster than Riders because they are unencumbered by armor like we are. However, Blossom, being the paragon of politeness, didn't want to seem rude by going faster than me. We were going to have to fix that later...
Apparently, Kurokage had not anticipated Blossom's speed being that high, so she was able to get a number of punches and kicks in on him. I only added to his frustration with the Musou Saber slashes, defending with the Melon Defender whenever the Kagematsu got too close. Eventually, Blossom managed to knock him back with a Blossom Impact.
This was apparently enough for him, because he was about to leave after summoning another Byakko Inves with a Budou Lockseed. He was about to put it away, when I got a stupid idea I cribbed from Baron and threw my shield at him, sending both the Lockseed and shield into the air where Blossom was waiting to catch them.
He "Tsk!"ed and left, leaving us to deal with the Byakko. "Blossom-san, I do believe it is time for the finish. Let's go!"
"Hai!"
SOIYA! MERON SUKASSHU!
(MELON SQUASH!)
"Rider and Cure Defender Shower!"
At the same time as Blossom unleashed her Blossom Shower, I twirled the Melon Defender around and tossed at the Byakko Inves, destroying it with a flurry of cherry blossoms and sliced melons! We smiled at each other, congratulating ourselves on a job well done. Now, I wonder how the other two are doing...
At the same time, with Marine and Baron...
(Sora/Baron's POV)
I stared at Gridon, our armors now being similar to each other since we were using the same Lockseeds. I immediately began to twirl my Donkachi as we prepared to charge at each other. Apparently, I waited long enough for Gridon to lose his patience and charge at me. Though this time; I'm prepared to fight calmly. When he lunged an arm, I blocked it and immediately moved to disarm his Donkachi from his hand. When I was holding two Donkachis, I quickly kicked him away.
"Marine-chan~" I playfully called out to Marine. "Wanna play Whack-a-Mole?" I playfully asked as I held out a Donkachi for her to take.
"My pleasure!" Marine sounded a bit too eager for a normal person's liking, but I'm messed up. To me, it almost sounded like music to my ears.
Oh, you would not believe how funny it was to pin down Gridon and continuously whack him with a dinky little hammer. However, Gridon managed to take out a Pine Lockseed and summoned a Shika Inves to distract us. Apparently we hurt him enough for him to forget about taking back his Donkachi. I kinda felt sorry for the Shika Inves. Because it's fire was no match for Marine's Marine Shoot.
"Alright, Baron! Let's end this with a bang!" Marine cheered as I smirked and pressed down the Cutting Blade.
COME ON! DONGURI SQUASH!
"Rider and Cure Double Twister Crash!"
Like Gridon's finisher, me and Marine spun at high speeds and slammed our Donkachis at the Shika Inves. This had the effect of it blasting off into the air before exploding in fiery flames! Me and Marine high-fived before turning to where Gridon was. Or rather; should be. He was long gone, and judging by how Marine's Donkachi suddenly disappeared into light, my guess is that he had powered down as well. Well..., time to faint. It may be cruel to do that to Marine but seriously; Gridon's Twister Crash almost broke my back! I think I deserve to collapse!
"Sorry... But I just wanna sleep right now..." I told Marine, before the darkness took my mind to blissful slumber.
Later, in Tsukasa's and Sora's room...
(3rd Person POV)
Erika stared guiltily at the unconscious form of Sora, who lay unconscious on his bed. Even after all the things she had said about them, he still called her a friend despite the fact that he was only hurt because of her! Why was she always so stupid...!
"Hey." She turned to see Tsukasa, who had a fairly even expression on his face. She gulped, thinking he was going to berate her for what she did. But as it turned out, he did nothing of the kind...
"You know, I may have only met Sora recently, but I feel like we've known each other for a long." He turned to look her straight in the eye. "So, I feel confident telling you that he wouldn't want you to beat yourself up over something like this.
Erika was shocked and looked at Sora's unconscious body. Could it really be true?
Tsukasa just shook his head. He knew that she wasn't going to believe him until Sora actually woke up. In the meantime, it was getting late and somebody needed to go home. "Go home, Erika-san. I'll take care of him."
With one last fleeting look at Sora, Erika finally left for Fairy Drop, her family's fashion store. As soon as he was alone, Tsukasa sighed and looked at Sora himself. 'Today was just a huge reminder that not everything is sunshine and rainbows,' he thought. 'We're going to have to be much more careful in the future...'
It was then that he turned to their stash of Lockseeds. The Lockseeds that had been on the duo when they had been brought to this world were on one side of the table in their room, while the ones they had gotten today were on the other. Discounting the Melon and Budou Lockseeds stolen from Kurokage which were in his pocket, they had obtained 30 Lockseeds today... 2 Orange, 1 Pine, 2 Ichigo, 1 Melon, 2 Banana, 1 Nashi, 1 Papaya, 2 Donguri, 3 Matsubokkuri and 15 C and D-class Lockseeds, including the Himawari and Walnut ones.
That was a very large collection. But still, he couldn't help but worry that it may not be enough...
Episode 04 - Fin
OathToOblivion: And fin! I hope nobody was annoyed at the "desu"'s! Something about this was easier to write, in my opinion. Probably because we didn't have an Episode to stick it in...
Symbolic Joker: Not like we have a choice. A story would be boring if there isn't any originality in it.
OathToOblivion: ...Right.
Symbolic Joker: Though I apologize that my scenes were too short. It was night time when I was working on them and I wanted to finish my piece so I could go to bed by midnight.
OathtoOblivion: Aw, don't worry about it! At least we included more discussions! At any rate:
Next time on Heartcatch Pretty Cure - Just Live More: It's Huge! Watermelon vs Ramen?! See you guys then!