Tear Droplet: Hi everyone, I know I'm late once more. I haven't spoken to a group of friends in roughly a year or two and suddenly we had a group chat. I was so engrossed in catching up, I forgot about updating. In addition, this chapter was originally so long, I decided to chop it in two and so this chapter that was originally supposed to be one, is now two.

I'm really nervous about your reaction to this chapter. Please let me know what you think about 'it'.

Disclaimer: Doki Doki Precure Characters are not mine.


Chapter 8: Last Resort; Leva and Gula's last chance

Cure Diamond closed her eyes to brace herself for the impact. The Jikochu's hand was just a few feet away from her before she heard the Jikochu yelled out in a surprise pain. She opened her eyes, heard another sound, and then the Jikochu once more yelped in pain. Before her eyes could fully register what happened, she got pushed out of the way. When she finally was able to see her surroundings properly, she was dumbfounded on what she saw. Standing between her and the new location of the Jikochu was Marmo. On her hand held the familiar purple whip she used in battle with them. She couldn't see her expression but from her haughty stance, she could tell Marmo wasn't confused but confident and angry. After absorbing Marmo's sudden appearance, Cure Diamond realized it wasn't just the two of them. She turned to her left and realized Ira was also there, arms wrapped around her. She couldn't help but blush. She observed her surroundings a little more and realized her current position wasn't the same as where she last remembered.

Far from the three laid the rest of the girls, still dumbfounded about what they just witnessed. Just when it seemed like the Jikochu was going to land the blow on Cure Diamond, something shiny came hurling from the left and hit the Jikochu's eye, catching it off guard. What came next was even more shocking. A whip came flying from behind them, strongly hitting the Jikochu and throwing it backwards, subsequently hitting Leva and Gula because they were in the way of the projectile. Marmo quickly ran past the girls during this moment while Ira quickly flew from the left, picked up Cure Diamond, and continued to their right. By the end of this fast paced scene, the Jikochu was laying far from everyone, Cure Diamond and Ira were just a few more yards towards the right, and Marmo stood in front of the two.

"M….MARMO!" everyone exclaimed in shock.

"Ira!" Cure Diamond added on her own.

"Hey, hurry up and get free!" Marmo shouted, still holding an offensive pose in case of any sudden movements from the opponents in front of them.

Ira quickly cut the vines off Cure Diamond, and Sebastian made his way to Cure Rosetta.

"Are you alright Oujo-sama" he asked as he quickly cut the vines.

"Yes, thank you. Now, quickly go back to safe spot" Cure Rosetta responded as soon as she was free. She quickly ran to Cure Heart because she was the closest and cut her vines. The girls then separated. Cure Heart made her way to Regina who was far in front and Cure Rosetta made her way diagonal to Cure Sword. After Cure Sword was free, the two made way to Cure Ace who was close to Cure Sword. When the girls were done, they quickly made their way to where Cure Diamond stood awkwardly with the two.

"Diamond!" Cure Heart shouted and lunged herself onto her. "I was so worried! Are you alright? Any injuries?"

"No I'm fine, thanks to these two" she replied as she awkwardly look forward.

After Ira cut Cure Diamond free and helped her up, the two shared a moment of awkward silence. Cure Diamond was about to say her thanks but Ira walked forward to where Marmo was to avoid the awkwardness. The rest of the girls came after.

"So, now what? I take it you got you memories back?" he asked Marmo.

"Shut up brat. Just barely. There's still a few missing pieces but overall I got the gist of it" she replied still in offense mode.

"So now what? I take it this sudden action shows your defiance to King Jikochu?"

"No…..it's different." She replied. "Anyways, something's not right and Leva and Gula are proof."

"So now what? We're siding with the Precure now? That's new"

The Jikochu was blasted off into standing position as Leva and Gula made their way out of the rubble.

"Damn you Marmo!" Leva roared. Everyone readied themselves for any incoming attack.

"So now what Marmo?" Cure Sword asked. "I take it you got your memories back. What are you going to do now?"

"Truce" Marmo muttered.

"Eh!?" everyone exclaimed.

The Jikochu lunged forward. Leva and Gula also made their way forward to attack.

"I SAID TEMPORARY TRUCE!" she yelled before everyone jumped out of the way and split into three groups. Marmo, Ira, and Regina teleported to float in the sky. Cure Heart, Diamond, and Rosetta jumped and landed behind the Jikochu and Cure Sword and Ace landed further front.

Gula, Leva, and the Jikochu quickly got up and each charged for one of the groups. Gula went for the three Cures, Leva went for his old allies, and the Jikochu went for the other two Cures.

"Damn you Marmo!" Leva growled menacingly. He first threw his hat to split the three up and then went straight for Marmo which Marmo blocked his attack.

"Hmph, I spoil your plans this one time and you lose your temper so easy" she commented before lashing her whip at him which he dodged. However he wasn't in the clear as both Ira and Regina had shot energy balls from the directions in which they dodged and it successfully hit him into Gula. After Gula was hit, the Jikochu was soon sent flying, hitting them both and sending Leva back in the direction he came from. Marmo dodged with ease and the group rejoined at the ground.

Instead of flying back to the ground like anticipated, the three charged back down in attack position, surprising everyone. Everyone ended up flying back but quickly recovered.

"This is odd, they're not like they were back then" Cure Sword commented.

"I wonder exactly what's wrong" Cure Ace added.

"Precure! We told you, today's the day you will meet your end. As for you two" he said pointing and Ira and Marmo "resistance is futile. Everything will go as planned"

"As planned?" Ira asked. "What is he talking about!?"

"You mean you don't remember!?" Marmo exclaimed surprised. "Then why are you fighting them?"

"Huh? What's going on?" Cure Heart butted in.

Due to this moment of distraction, the three once again went for attack. This time, their reaction was faster so they were able to dodge but an attack after attack just kept coming at them.

"There's no end to this!" Cure Ace groaned as she fought back.

Cure Rosetta took out Rosetta Wall to block the attacks that the Jikochu aimed at her but then Gula charged in front and used his teeth to break her barrier. Following Gula was Leva's sharp hat that was thrown like a boomerang towards the others and had made its way to her. Losing her barrier suddenly gave her no time to dodge the attack or create a new barrier. Marmo stepped in and blocked the ball with a gust of wind and pushed Rosetta away. The two landed a bit far from the main battle that continued.

"Tch, I almost got her too" Leva muttered from afar.

….

"Thank you" Cure Rosetta said softly, still surprised on what happened.

"Hmph, it wasn't for you. I just don't want them to get their way" Marmo replied with a slight blush of embarrassment.

"Even so, it's nice to have you on our side. You didn't help us again since you were Cutie Madame."

"Shut up, don't bring that incident again" she replied before the two returned back into battle.

"Kiramekinasai! Twinkle Diamond!" Cure Diamond chanted, as she aimed her attack at Leva. However, instead of hitting him, Leva dodged and let the Jikochu take the attack withdrawn into its box. The Jikochu landed on the ground frozen in its closed box. However, just like the first time it had withdrawn into the box, the crank started to move, this time in a faster pace, and out popped the Jikochu adorning a black, purple, and blue color scheme.

"Jiko!" it shouted as it shot back a fury of ice back at Cure Diamond, temporarily freezing her whole right arm which she used to block the attack.

Cure Diamond fell back from the battle. "Watch out everyone, it can now use my ice attack!" She tried to break herself free from the ice but her free hand wasn't helping, she couldn't use any other attacks besides ice and water, and there was nothing nearby she could use to shove her arm into so she could shatter the ice.

Taking Cure Diamond's moment of weakness into his advantage, Leva decided to attack her. Cure Diamond held out her frozen arm in hopes that by blocking the attack the ice will get shattered. Her plans didn't go as she wanted because Ira showed up and kicked Leva out of the way.

"Damn you Ira" he growled.

"Shut up" Ira replied as he took Cure Diamond's frozen arm and shattered the ice himself.

"Hmph, don't act so haughty. You don't even know what's going on" Leva stated as he got up. "All you're doing is blindly following what Marmo tells you"

"I'm not following what Marmo tells me. There's only one being I follow and that's King Jikochu."

"Is it really? Look around, Gula and I are around collecting Janergy for King Jikochu and what are you doing? You're here with Marmo on the Precure's side getting in our way. That's not helping King Jikochu. How are you following him if you aren't helping? You're a traitor."

"King Jikochu's revival has not been set yet. You guys are wasting your energy here doing whatever you please. Besides, it was your fault we're here to begin with. Messing with our memories. If anyone is branded a traitor, it's you two"

"Who says we were the ones who messed with your memories. You only have yourself to blame" Leva replied with a smirk.

Gula and Regina suddenly came flying in their directions. When the two had the chat, the battle still continued in the front. The girls had managed to push Gula but just when they were going to relax, the Jikochu attacked Regina, sending her flying.

Regina was the first to recover. "YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!" she shouted angrily.

The rest of the girls gathered at the same spot. The Jikochu followed. The Jikochu now adjourned a color scheme of black, dark purple, and light purple. "This is tough. Is this what we always made the Precure fight? How ironic" Marmo muttered. Marmo and Ira returned to battle Leva and Gula while the Cures and Regina concentrated on the Jikochu.

"It's tough. Every time we launch an attack, no matter who we aim for, the Jikochu will always take the attack. After it takes the attack, it uses it against us" Cure Sword muttered.

"Jiko!" the Jikochu exclaimed as it sent a furry of spades in their direction.

"Precure! Rosetta Reflection!" Cure Rosetta chanted as she sent the spades flying back into the direction it came. The Jikochu was hit.

"Let me try purifying it now that it's down!" Cure Ace stated. She launched a red Ace Shot but the Jikochu went inside its box. Pretty soon, the crank started to move and the Jikochu popped out, clean of injuries, and with a color scheme of black, purple, and red.

"It's just like Leva said. We can't purify it!" Cure Heart exclaimed.

"That can't be!"

"Hey, I just realized something" Cure Diamond stated. "The Jikochu never goes inside the box when we give it a physical hit. However, when we launch an attack at it, it does. When it pops out, it always a different color, losing its previous color. Can it be, the box is special? After it goes in the box and comes out, we see it able to use the attack it just protected itself from but we never see it use any other attack it previously copied. Maybe it can only copy one attack at a time"

"That might be it! Since the box only seems to open after the crank is moved, we can also use this to our advantage!" Cure Ace stated.

"Alright, everyone here's the plan" Cure Heart said as she told everyone the plan. "Alright!" Everyone agreed.

Cure Heart took out her Magical Lovely Pad. "Shuugou! Heart Dynamite" The giant heart came crashing down at the Jikochu, and like predicted the Jikochu went inside to avoid being purified. The Cures readied their position, each holding their own Magical Lovely Pad. The crank started to move and the song began to play. The Jikochu popped out ready to attack but saw the Cures starting their attack instead. Panicking, it started to return to its box.

"Oh no you don't!" Regina exclaimed. She charged down at the Jikochu, landed on the tip of its box, and immediately began to hold the lid while fighting the Jikochu.

"Pretty Cure! Lovely Straight Flush!" Cure Heart shouted as she threw the arrow card of their combined powers. Just when the attack was about to hit the two, Regina teleported away leaving the Jikochu still wide open for the attack.

"No way!" Leva exclaimed from afar when he saw this. The other three turned to see the Jikochu being purified.

The Jikochu screamed in agony before exploding into the suit symbols. What remained was a flying heart which flew back to the child still in her mother's arms. Soon light made its way and slowly, the rubble made during the battle began to fix itself.

"What!? It's over!?" Gula shouted in shock.

"This is bad. This is really bad" Leva muttered in reply.

Everyone expected the two to teleport away and mutter some words such as "We'll remember this" but what they did next surprised everyone. Leva and Gula abandoned their battle with Ira and Marmo and instead attacked the Precures. Luckily they were able to block the attack. Cure Diamond and Sword held Leva back while the other three held Gula.

"Hey! That's no fair!" Regina shouted as she tried to save the girls.

"You stay out of this" the two replied as they jumped backwards and then simultaneously hit Regina. Regina flew backwards to Ira and Marmo who quickly caught her and helped her regain her balance.

"Something's off. They're not like their usual self" Cure Sword commented.

"What's wrong? Why don't you two just run back crying with a tail between your legs?" Marmo commented with smirk.

Leva growled. "Ugh, you know we can't do that! We have to end it now. We must defeat the Precure now or else…" he muttered.

The two launched their attack at the Precure once more. The fury of attacks gave no room for any of them to intervene. Eventually, both of them hit and blocked so hard that both parties got pushed back into a stalemate.

"What do we do now?" Cure Rosetta asked. "It doesn't seem like they plan to give in and the attacks just keep coming"

"At this rate it's just going to be a battle of endurance" Cure Sword added.

"It'll be alright. They're even more exhausted by fighting 7 opponents while we only had 3. I'm sure if we just hit them with one more attack, it'll take care of them" Cure Ace stated.

"Alright!" Cure Heart replied. She inserted a Lovead into Sharuru and drew a heart. "Anata ni Todoke! My Sweet Heart!" Her chest bow blasted an energy blast. Being exhausted, the two took the attack and immediately fell to their knees.

"No…not yet" Gula huffed.

Leva looked up and saw the Cures triumphant look. His gaze turned fixated on Cure Diamond and eyes narrowed. "Cure Diamond" he stated menacingly.

"Huh?" Cure Diamond wondered. Why would Leva call her out?

"Cure Diamond. If I take care of you…." He muttered. Suddenly he lunged forward at a fast pace. Gula followed. Cure Diamond was too surprised to react but the rest of the Cures ran forward in attempts to defend.

"Out of our way!" the two yelled. Leva threw his razor hat. They tried to defend but the hat successfully hit some them. Those who it missed got hit by Gula. The two ignored the fallen Cures and continued to Cure Diamond's path.

"Cure Diamond dodge it! ~quel"

She was about to comply but suddenly three figures appeared in front of her so she halted her movement. Regina, Ira, and Marmo had teleported in front of her. All three of them were ready with an energy ball so they released it and hit the two. Leva and Gula laid on the ground even more injured than ever. Everyone gathered around them in a circle.

"Tch, we have no choice but to retreat" Leva muttered and the two teleported away.

….

After Gula and Leva left, small traces of rubble was still present. The Precures undid their transformation and did a quick cleanup of the area so the Trump Kingdom citizens could resume their lives. Regina stood with Ira and Marmo. She stared at them.

"What is it you brat?" Marmo asked.

"Why are you two here?" Regina asked. "Seeing that battle just now, you two can't really escape the fact that you actually remember everything. Exactly what role do you two play in this? What's the situation with King Jikochu?"

"Hey, shouldn't we return too? Why are we still sticking around here" Ira whispered to Marmo.

"What? Return? Return to where? Our base? Even if we try, we're just going to fail" she whispered back.

"You knew?"

"HEY! WHAT ARE YOU TWO WHISPHERING ABOUT TO YOURSELVES?" Regina demanded.

"It doesn't concern you" Marmo replied.

"WHAT WAS THAT!?"

"Regina can you help us with something!" Mana called out.

Regina gave the two a glare. "You two better not go off on your own" she said before making her way to Mana. "I'M WATCHING YOU TWO!"

When Regina left, Ira turned to Marmo. "So what do we do now?"

"I'm not really sure. For now I guess we find Bel" she replied.

"Huh? Bel? What're we going to do afterwards?"

She turned to Ira with a disbelieving look. "You really don't know what's going on?"

"If I did I wouldn't be asking!"

"My goodness, this kid" she sighed as she turned away and held her head.

Ira was confused. Meanwhile he looked around his surroundings a noticed something; something shiny among the rubble. Curious, he walked over and picked it up, instantly recognizing what it was. It was the diamond he threw at the Jikochu earlier still intact.

When the Jikochu suddenly appeared during his walk, he didn't know how to react. He saw Marmo near the battlefield and just watched what she would do. When he realized her reaction was the same as any other civilian, he decided to just watch the battle that went on. Like usual, he wasn't planning to make his appearance but when he saw the Cures immobilized and the Jikochu making Cure Diamond its first target, his body just moved on its own. He couldn't make it there in time so he did the next best thing. He quickly reached into his pocket, grabbed the diamond, and threw it at the Jikochu. It hit its eye, giving him a moment of delay to jump in and save her. Marmo stepping in herself to delay the process even more was a total shocker.

Exactly why did he step in? She was the enemy. It's not he wanted to be her knight in shining armor right? He stared down at the diamond once more surprised it took no damage despite the continuous battle that went on. 'You really can't scratch a diamond' he thought to himself.

"So you're saying we should find Bel?" he asked Marmo.

"Well he's the best shot we have. After all…" she started but before she could continue, the rest of the girls returned.

"So! Tell us exactly what's going on ~sharu"

"Why are Leva and Gula back!? ~byi"

"And why did you help us before? ~rancu"

"Hey, don't you girls have to clean up?" Marmo stated nervously.

"You should've helped us then" Mana responded.

"Besides, we're basically done. Sebastian's just finishing up right now" Alice added.

Marmo gulped.

"Now answer! ~quel"

Marmo gritted her teeth. 'What now?' she wondered. Should she just get it out and over with? Suddenly, Ai-chan started to cry, saving Marmo from any explanation.

"Huh? Ai-chan, what's the matter?" Aguri asked.

"Hey everyone! Look!" Mana pointed out.

Everyone turned to the direction she pointed at and was surprised to see the sudden change in scenery. Everyone was now lying down passed out and the gloomy sky gave away an ominous feeling.

"Exactly what's going on?" Alice wondered. "It was just clear a moment ago. How could we have missed this?"

"This looks like-"

"Precure! And Ira and Marmo!" a two voices boomed. Everyone turned to see that Leva and Gula had returned. They were still covered in bruises but a dark aura surrounded them both.

"You're back!? That was fast" Makoto stated.

"We're going to defeat you today and now, if it's the last thing we'll do" they shouted. They both let out a scream and combined into one being.

Everyone quickly transformed. "What's going on!?" Cure Ace shouted.

"This is our final measure to defeat you. Just like last time we planted a Selfish Plant raised with Selfish Seeds and planted it prior to our last battle. However this time, we won't lose!" they replied.

"WHY!? We just battled not long ago. Why are you starting another battle!? You're wounded just as much as we are! Is King Jikochu's revival that important right now!? At this rate, you two might not even survive this battle again!" Cure Diamond shouted of concern.

"Shut up. We will survive! And we will win! After all, this is our-"

"Last chance right?" A feminine voice said sweetly. Everyone turned to the sky and saw two figures floating. One was a female who looked just a little younger than Marmo with long curvy hair. She wore a short summer like purple dress. The other was a big guy, possibly older than Marmo but younger than Leva, wearing a big suit of armor adjourned with a cape. He held a sword ready at his hip. Both characters had light blue hair and olive eyes.

Everyone looked up surprised. The one most surprised was Ira.

"You're…Lust and Goma" he barely made out. "But how…you two are supposed to be…dead"

"Hi! Ira and Marmo! It's been a long time!" Lust replied with a smile. "Then again, I guess it wasn't that long ago…" she added with a smirk.


Tear Droplet: Okay I'm really nervous about how the ending of this chapter turned out and I REALLY want to know what my readers reactions. I brought in two characters most readers wouldn't be familiar with. Just for the record, Lust and Goma are NOT mine. Let me give you a short description before the next chapter even though it'll be in my next chapter.

As you may or may not know, the Doki Doki Precure villain generals' names are based off the seven sins. (Ira=wrath, Leva=envy, Gula=Gluttony etc.) Lust and Goma are actually the official names of the two generals representing the sins lust and pride. To save you the research time, Lust and Goma were killed after King Jikochu's revival (by Cure Sword's seniors when she didn't join the battle). As proof of their existence, you can check episode 46. When everyone's bowing to him, you see two identified silhouettes. That's Lust and Goma. I don't think they have an official look released so I made one up based on those shadows and a combination of the villains'' looks. Their characters will be totally fictional and based on my own interpretation.

So there you have it. I was really nervous about how you guys will react to me brining in these villains so I will appreciate it if you can tell me your reactions for this chapter. I know it was full of battle scenes but I like I said last chapter, what's a Precure episode without a battle?

In the meantime, let me thank those who did review last chapter.

Muhammad Izzat Awwal: I'm glad it satisfies you. I just hope this surprise appearance satisfies you even more since it's just going to keep going in this pace now. Sorry this chapter was late again. You can read what happened on the top of this chapter. NEXT CHAPTER however, no lateness. I promise. I just hope you stick around to read it and hope this chapter didn't make you think "Own characters? I don't want to read anymore." I know some people don't react positively if an own character appears in a fanfiction. While Lust and Goma technically aren't mine, in a sense they also are. So yeah, hope you can give your honest reaction.

Leaf-Aprillia: It's fine. I'm too lazy to review too. I put A LOT of thought into this fanfiction. I have EVERYTHING planned. Just have to put the scenes into words and once in a while there's a bunch of editing, chopping/changing scenes. Honestly speaking, the fan girl in me also wants to put more romance in it but the writer in me says no. I want to try to stay true to the character's character the best way I can so no random love scenes. However, my fan girl side will prevail one day since this is a romance fanfiction centered around Ira and Rikka. Besides, with the writer in me throwing Ira halfway around the city and world, it's not like he can magically appear in front of Rikka. Just please be a bit more patient and settle for these small scenes for now. In other news, what did you think about this chapter? I really want to know your reaction to Lust and Goma's appearance because I know readers don't always react positively to own characters (even though these two technically aren't mine). It'll be great if you can let me know your reaction and hopefully still continue to read this story.

Tear-Droplet: Not a lot of reaction but I'm not going to complain. I just need reaction mainly in this chapter, and possibly the next one. I hope Lust and Goma's appearance didn't turn you away from my story. I hope you'll stick around to read the next one. Till next week! (Hopefully)