So we've done stories in the first 'Sword Art Kingdom'. The next two Final Mix episodes circle around the young little AI girl we all know and love; Yui. This next one was a last minute addition, due to a picture I added on my DeviantART page some time ago. And so, we go further into the future, so far that I haven't even planned many of the stories in between it. So some of the results during the timeskip is merely guess work. In any case, I hope you enjoy this!
(I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Sword Art Online. All I do is form my imagination from both stories, and share it with the world!)
Chapter 1: The Invitation
(The following took place several months after 'Asuna's New Stage! Friends Across Worlds'. Note that I use world time differences in my stories, so there is a difference between time in the SAO world and the Pretty Cure world. Also, since I don't exactly know what the plot for Kingdom Hearts III is, this might not be historically accurate, so if you are reading this when Kingdom Hearts III is out, sorry if there are any inaccuracies.)
(Asuna speaking) After the defeat of Xehanort, life has finally gone back to normal for Kirito, Yui, Leafa and the others in our dimension. Well, as normal as it can get. Since we are the Keyblade's chosen ones, and we all officially became Keyblade Masters, we still have our duties for protecting Kingdom Hearts, and preventing the darkness from overspreading.
Aqua lives with me and my family, now, though she would occasionally go back to the other dimension to see Terra, Ven, Sora and the others. Kirito and I still haven't found a place to officially live at, yet, but he promised that when we get married, we would have a place to call home for him, me and Yui. Leafa and Recon are still in the Realm of Arrival, helping out with training the next generation. All in all, I guess I should say that our lives really aren't exactly 'normal'. And of course, Yui and I still visit one more world, too, and we even convinced Aqua to come with us to meet them. Our friends, the Pretty Cure.
(Cue 'Let's Wondering' Opening)
Asuna, Yui and Aqua stepped out of the portal, walking towards the old cathedral where they promised to meet Hibiki and the other Suite Pretty Cure. "I wonder how the others are doing, today?" Asuna asked, "I haven't seen them for a while."
"So Mistress Gretinal allows you to go to this world?" Aqua asked her. "Mm-hm!" Asuna nodded, "Since I do have the powers of the Pretty Cure, I'm allowed to visit. Course, I had to bring you along so you could meet them." "They're all so much fun!" Yui added, "And wait till you try Kanade's cupcakes from her family's bakery. We should go there after we join up with them." "Sounds like a great idea." Asuna replied.
"Hey! Asuna! Yui!" cried a voice from behind. The trio of girls looked behind and saw Ellen and Hummy rushing towards them, Ellen waving her hand. "Ellen!" Asuna cried, racing towards her. They rushed to one another and grabbed each other's hands. "I'm so glad to see you again, Asuna." Ellen greeted her. "It's been a while, nya!" greeted Hummy. "Same here." Asuna replied, "You two looking just as great as ever."
Ellen looked to see Yui and Aqua walking towards the two. "Yui, nya!" Hummy meowed, jumping into Yui's arms. "Hi there, Hummy." Yui greeted her, "How are you doing?" "Just fine, nya." Hummy replied, looking to Aqua, "But who are you, nya?"
"That's my sister, Aqua. She's a Keyblade wielder like me." Asuna introduced her, "Aqua, meet Ellen and Hummy. Ellen was the one who helped me gain my Pretty Cure powers." "It's nice to meet all of you." Aqua greeted them. "Likewise." Ellen responded, "Let's go into the cathedral. I'm sure everyone's waiting for us." "Right. Let's go!" Asuna declared, and the girls and cat went into the cathedral.
When they arrived, they found Hibiki, Kanade and Ako sitting around the piano, waiting for the group. They greeted the group as they arrived and were introduced to Aqua.
"So what kind of stuff have you been getting into?" Hibiki asked Asuna as Yui and Aqua were with the Fairy Tones. "Just the usual college work." Asuna replied, "I was really hoping after everything Aqua, Yui and I experienced, I would get a little break. But no such luck." "We could say the same thing about being Pretty Cures." Hibiki sighed.
"We just have to think about the things we gained in our endeavors, instead." Kanade replied, "Like meeting each other, and making many other friends along the way. I'm sure that's reward enough." "You have a good point there." Asuna agreed, looking to Aqua, who looked back. If she hadn't been on this journey as a Keyblade wielder, she wouldn't have known Aqua.
Just as they were wondering on what to do next. A bright light glowed from above. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up. A small portal started to open up from the ceiling. "What is that?" Aqua asked. "I don't know." Ako replied. Suddenly, a letter with a pink outline floated out of the portal, and floated down into Hibiki's hands. The portal closed afterwards.
"What's with this letter?" Hibiki and Kanade asked harmoniously. "That emblem on the letter, nya!" Hummy pointed out, seeing the emblem of a heart with wings underneath and a yellow star in the heart, "It came from the fairy school, nya." "You're right." Ellen agreed, seeing the letter. Asuna had almost forgotten that Ellen was once a Fairy of Song, too.
"So there's a school for fairies?" Yui asked as Sori and Dodori were on her head. "Absolutely, nya!" Hummy replied, "We study there and make tons of new friends, nya!" "It's kind of like an elementary school for fairies." Ellen described, "It's also where we learned all about the Pretty Cure, and the current ones that exists." "I get it." Aqua understood.
"Does that mean you guys are mentioned there?" Asuna asked the group. "You're more than likely there, too." Ako added to Asuna, "You are a member of our team." "Wow!" Asuna gasped, wondering what they heard about her.
"Ellen, Hummy, is it okay for me to open it up?" Hibiki asked. "Sure!" Ellen and Hummy replied. Hibiki opened up the four sides of the letter envelope, revealing the letter inside. Suddenly, a light came from the letter, and a small projection of a small, brown fairy with a red cape and a leaf mask appeared.
"Hello, everyone." greeted the fairy, bowing to them, "I, no, everyone at the fairy school wants to hold a part for the Pretty Cure and their fairies! Please make sure to come!" The projection died down, and went back to a normal letter.
The team looked to one another, then Hibiki grinned. "Well, what are we waiting for?" she asked, "Let's go to this party and see the others there!" "It's been so long since I've seen all the other Pretty Cure." Asuna stated, "I can't wait to see them!" "But how are we going to the fairy school?" Aqua asked. "We can use the magical pathway to get there, nya." Hummy replied, "It can not only take us to Major Land, but the world of the fairy school, nya!"
"Tsubomi and Love's Pretty Cure teams are nearby Kanon Town." Kanade pointed out, "Let's call them and tell them to come here." "Sure thing!" Hibiki replied, pulling out her cellphone, "I'll call Love. You call Tsubomi!" Kanade picked up her phone and dialed the number.
"So there are other Pretty Cure besides you guys?" Aqua asked Asuna and Ellen. "Sure are. In fact, there are thirty Pretty Cure in total." Asuna pointed out. "Th-thirty of them?!" Aqua asked, surprised. "That's the kind of reaction we had when we found out." Ellen giggled. "I've still haven't gotten the same power like mama." Yui moaned, "I wish I could be a Pretty Cure, too." "Don't worry. You're still beneficial to us." Ako assured her, placing a hand on Yui's shoulder and smiling at her.
After they called their friends, the team waited outside the cathedral. After a couple hours, the team saw the two groups finally arriving. They were the girls that made up the Heartcatch Pretty Cure and the Fresh Pretty Cure, along with their fairies. The Fresh Pretty Cure's fairy Tarte wasn't with them, but Love said he was already at the fairy school.
After a meet and greet, Hummy called upon the magical pathway, which looked like a rainbow road of piano teeth. They all hopped aboard and floated along the pathway upwards and through a portal. When they came through, they saw a large forest, with a lake in the center of it, a river that went into it with a waterfall, a large field of flowers, the school building where the fairy school was at, which was built into a tree, and the sky with a massive sunflower that glowed brightly like the sun above them.
"So big!" gasped Erika of Heartcatch. "So this is where the fairies all go to school, huh?" Inori of Fresh asked. "Look at the sun! It's a giant sunflower!" Tsubomi of Heartcatch noticed, "It's almost like you, Itsuki." Itsuki giggled at this, considering she was Cure Sunshine, and represented sunflowers.
When they all landed, they found themselves within a forest close to the cliffs, looking about. "So where's the school?" Asuna asked. "I think I saw it in that direction." Love of Heartcatch replied, pointing towards the direction to the right of where they landed. "I could've sworn it was the opposite direction, Love." Miki of Heartcatch corrected her. "Yeah, I saw it in that direction, too." Aqua added. "Same here." Ellen finished. Love looked embarrassed at this.
"Love, you have a really bad sense of direction." Ako told her. "I guess everyone has that kind of person." Asuna sighed, "For our group, it's Sora and Donald." "It's usually Hibiki in our group." Kanade stated, making Hibiki freeze. "I don't get THAT lost!" Hibiki shouted. "It's alway those wrong pathways that always get to ya." Erika stated, with Love and Hibiki nodding in agreement. "Those three are hopeless, desu." sighed Coffret of Heartcatch. "Oh, boy." Asuna sighed as the others giggled at this.
They went along the right direction, looking about the place. So far, there didn't seem to be anyone around that they could see. They wondered where all of the fairies and the other Pretty Cure teams were at. Little did they know they were walking headfirst into a trap.
Chapter 2: Trapping the Pretty Cure
Yui then frowned as she looked around. "What up, Yui, nya?" Hummy asked, still in her arms. "I don't know." Yui replied, "It just, I got this weird feeling all of a sudden. Like we're being watched." "It's probably a fairy noticing us." Yuri of Heartcatch assumed. "Oy! Is there anyone out there?!" Hibiki called out. "Don't be afraid. We're Pretty Cure!" Love added. "Well, most of us." Asuna muttered, indicating Aqua and Yui.
"I know you are Pretty Cure…" said an ominous voice, and from out of the bushes appeared a small black creature. It had the form of a fairy, but it was all black, with yellow eyes and a brown diamond mark on its' forehead. It gave off an ominous feeling.
"Who are you?" Asuna demanded as she, Aqua and Yui got in front of the girls. "My name is Gray." the shadow replied, "I'm here to prove that you Pretty Cure are nothing but normal girls. And I'll prove that by defeating you." The girls immediately were prepared to fight off the creature.
"Leave this to us!" Asuna decided, waving a hand out to the girls, then pulling out her Sisterly Tides Keyblade as Aqua pulled out her Stormfall Keyblade and Yui produced her tessen. Gray pulled a pink book out of the blue and opened its' pages. "Ah, the otherworldly members of the Suite Pretty Cure." he noticed, "Cure Soul and Yui, who isn't a Pretty Cure." Yui grimaced at this. "But the book doesn't say anything about you." Gray added, looking at Aqua.
"What is that book?" Yui asked. "That's the Pretty Cure Textbook, nya!" Hummy replied, "It tells everything about the Pretty Cure. Who they are, what groups they are in, their attacks, everything, nya!" "Oh, no!" Yui gasped, realizing what kind of information Gray had on them. "Actions speak louder than words!" Asuna growled, and she charged at Gray.
She thrusted her Keyblade forward, but Gray contorted its' body into a snake-like form, avoiding Asuna's Keyblade and reforming to the side of her. "What the…?" Asuna gasped, then got hit in the back of the head by another black being that had the same look as Gray. "There's more of them?!" Hibiki asked incredulously as several more spawns sprung up around in snake-like forms. Aqua looked around her, then charged at the nearest one while Yui helped out Asuna.
Asuna rose to her feet and looked about, seeing her adversaries. "This doesn't bode well." Asuna mumbled, her Keyblade in position. "They don't seem to be Heartless, but they have the same quality as one." Yui pointed out, "Maybe these are a different form of them?" "Whatever they are, we have to take them down." Asuna replied, "Let's go, Yui!" "Okay, mama!" Yui replied, and the two charged at the creatures.
The Gray spawns were tricky fighters, but Asuna was able to adapt to their movements and fight them off. Aqua's magical skills worked greatly in this battle, since her magic was much different compared to the others. The only one who seemed to struggle was Yui, who although was fighting them off, she wasn't able to do as much damage as the others. And what was more, more Gray spawns kept coming at the trio.
The three went back to back to one another, their weapons raised. "These things just won't quit!" Asuna muttered. "Let's not get frustrated, Asuna." Aqua told her sister, "We can still win. We just have to keep fighting." "Let's get the other Pretty Cure to help us out!" Yui suggested.
Just then, they heard some outcries, and turned to see a pair of Gray spawns swerve around the girls, reappearing in front of the trio with its' hands holding the Pretty Cure's transformation devices. "What are you…?!" Asuna gasped, they they heard some squeaky cries, and looked the other way to see another pair of spawns holding the fairies. They placed white tape with red Xs on their mouthes, then created a container for them, and threw them into it. "Hummy!" Yui cried. "They got the fairies!" Asuna gasped.
"Without the fairies or their transformation items, the Pretty Cures can't do a thing." one of the Gray spawns stated. "Hey! Give me back my Heart Perfume and Coffret, you jerk!" Erika demanded. Several of the spawns inhaled deeply, and spewed a black crystal mist at the twelve girls, who shielded themselves from it with their arms.
Suddenly, their bodies started to be covered in a dark crystal. "What is this?!" Kanade gasped. "I can't move!" Inori noticed. "What are you doing to them!" Asuna gasped, turning to the spawns in front of her, Aqua and Yui. "They are turning into crystals." Gray responded, "And so will you, too!" It inhaled deeply and spewed more mist. Yui unleashed a Whirlwind, which gathered the mist, and sent it away from the trio. "Asuna…" Ellen called out, her body nearly turned to crystal. "Ellen! Everyone!" Asuna cried, seeing her friends all now turning fully into crystals.
The Gray spawns all laughed as the three remaining girls angrily looked around them. "You fiends have gone too far!" Aqua hissed. "If you want to face a Pretty Cure, then I shall gladly give you that opportunity!" Asuna declared, her body glowing red, "Precure Soul!"
In a cutscene, Asuna's body was enveloped in a stream of ribbons, morphing into her new attire, and her hair changed color and style. She then finished with her earrings chiming as they made their appearance. Asuna played an electric guitar chord on a music bar. "Strumming to the soul's beat, Cure Soul!" Asuna shouted, striking a pose.
Asuna, now Cure Soul, charged at the spawns at great speeds, punching and kicking anyone near her. "Go, mama!" Yui cheered as Aqua watched her, seeing Asuna in this form for the first time. Soul jumped into the air, with several spawns rising up to her. Soul produced her Keyblade, holding it like a guitar. "Soul Sonic!" she shouted, playing a power chord, and sending note-shaped arrows of red energy scattering at all of the spawns, blasting them and making them vanish.
Soul landed on the ground, turning to a large spawn that was morphed from three others. "You don't scare me!" she growled, holding out her Keyblade, "Fly forth, Tone Ring!" she drew a red ring of energy with the tip of her Keyblade, then directed it at the large spawn. "Precure Soulful Beat Rock!" she shouted, and she fired the Tone Ring at the spawn.
"That attack is similar to Cure Melody, Rhythm and Beat's." Gray stated, squishing its' body flat as the ring passed right over it. "It's merely a straight-forward disc throw. It's simple to dodge." "No way!" Soul gasped, then the body of the Gray spawn launched itself at her, striking her and sending her flying.
Soul landed onto the ground as it inhaled to breath mist on her. "Shotlock: Bubble Blaster!" Aqua shouted, targeting the spawn and firing a series of bubble that exploded on impact, sending it toppling into the trees. "Thanks, sis." Soul thanked her as Aqua helped her up. The two then glared as the several remaining spawns surrounded the big one, still raring to go.
Yui was about to join them when Soul said, "Yui, I want you to get away from here." "No way!" Yui retorted, "I'm not going to run away from these monsters." "You misunderstand." Soul told her, "I want you to go warn the other Pretty Cure of what's happening her. This party was a trap, and they don't know about it. That's why I need you to go out there and save them!" "We'll open a path for you to move forward." Aqua assured her, hold her Keyblade up, "Just make sure not to get captured by these monsters."
"Can't you come with me?!" Yui asked desperately. "Someone has to protect the other girls and you from these things." Soul told her, "We'll keep Gray busy. We're counting on you to deliver the message!"
Yui looked to both girls, then to the crystalized girls behind her, and the trapped fairies in the container. Yui shut her eyes tight, wondering what the right decision was. Finally, she decided to do what her mother and aunt wanted her to do. She desperately rushed in a different direction from the monsters.
"You're not getting away!" one of the Gray spawns warned her, coming at her like a snake. "Leave her alone!" Aqua shouted, dashing in and slashing the spawn into a tree. Yui rushed through the woods, and disappeared from view, leaving Soul and Aqua alone. Aqua looked back at Soul, who was concentrated on the monsters. Please, do your best, Yui. she thought to herself as she made a battle cry and charged at the Gray spawns.
Yui kept her dash going as she charged right through the forest. Mama, Aqua, everyone, please be okay! Yui thought to herself, As soon as I find some help, I'm coming right back to help you! I swear to you, I won't let you down! Yui looked determinately on the path ahead, searching for the other Pretty Cure.
For a while, Yui kept rushing and stopping to look for any of the Pretty Cure, then rushing when she couldn't find them. She reached the bottom of the cliff and continued on her path. She then saw two crystalized characters kneeling on the ground. It was Saki and Mai, the Splash Star Pretty Cure girls. "Oh, no! They already made it here!" Yui gasped, then she looked onward and rushed on.
The next group she saw was the Yes! Precure 5 team trapped in crystal as well. They were already defeated, too. She continued onward, then heard an explosion followed by a trio of screams. "No! Not more of them!" Yui shouted, rushing to the place where it came from. It took five minutes, but she arrived on the scene, seeing Nagisa, Honoka and Hikari all crystalized as well. "I was too late…" Yui muttered, seeing the Max Heart Pretty Cure and kneeling to the ground, "Even they were unable to stop them. What should I do?"
Yui paused for a second, then gasped, "Wait! There's still one more team left! The Smile Pretty Cure. I have to make it to them!" Yui rushed toward the direction of the lake, hoping to find the girls there. Please don't let me be too late! she though to herself.
After a while, she was getting close to the lake when she heard battle noises. "There's still someone fighting!" Yui cried in relief. She rushed out of the trees to find herself near the lake, and she saw where the battle was coming from. The Smile Pretty Cure were fighting one of the large Gray spawns, fighting with all they got, but it was overwhelming them due to its' knowledge about their attacks.
"Hold on, I'm coming!" Yui shouted, racing along the lake shore towards them as a tree fell. Happy went and grabbed someone who nearly got caught underneath the falling tree, and as she ran off, she ended up leaving herself vulnerable from an attack from behind. She was sent tumbling to the ground, and the spawn snatched Happy's Smile Pact away, forcing her back into a normal girl.
"Miyuki!" shouted Cure Sunny. "An opening!" shouted Gray, coming from behind the other for and sending streams of its' own body at the four, sending them flying. It then grabbed their Smile Pacts as they landed, and all four of them reverted to normal girls. "Everyone!" shouted Miyuki as she sat up.
"Not on my watch!" Yui shouted, raising her hand as Shadow's ring started to glow. She then shot a Yui Spear at Gray, striking it in the back of the head. It turned to see Yui racing at her. "You again!" he growled. "Yui!" Miyuki cried. Yui raised her tessen, making a battle cry as she raced towards the spawn. "Get lost!" it shouted, extending its' arm and whipping it at Yui sending her crying into a tree, and collapse into the bushes.
Yui rose up, watching as the Gray spawn inhaled deeply as it shouted, "It's over now!" It blew out the dark mist at the Smile Pretty Cure. "Get out of there!" Yui shouted desperately, but already their bodies were starting to turn into crystal. Yui stood up and rushed past the spawn over to each of them, seeing their bodies harden into crystal. "I can't move!" Nao, a.k.a Cure March gasped. Yui ran to Miyuki, seeing her body crystalizing. "Esuna!" Yui shouted, sending a mist of green energy at her, but it didn't work at all.
"You'll all turn into crystals, too. Just like them!" Gray shouted, and everyone looked to see the spawn turn into a television form, displaying the Max Heart Pretty Cure on the screen. "It can't be!" Miyuki gasped, "Nagisa, Honoka, Hikari!" "Saki, Mai!" Akane, a.k.a Cure Sunny, shouted as their display appeared on screen. "Nozomi and the others, too!" Yayoi, a.k.a Cure Peace, seeing them in the next screen. "What the heck is going on?" Nao asked, seeing the screen filled with the twelve other girls, trapped in crystals. "This party was just a trap for us!" Reika, a.k.a Cure Beauty, realized.
"That's right! And they will soon join you, as well." Gray added, showing Aqua and Soul breathing heavily as they desperately fought against the Gray spawns. "Mama! Aqua!" Yui cried, watching them struggle. The screen displayed them jumping away as a black mist came at them, then the screen went blank.
As the Gray turned back to normal, Akane and the others turned fully into crystals, leaving Miyuki mostly crystalized and Yui right next to her. "I was too late again." Yui sobbed, "I'm sorry, mama. I'm sorry, Aqua. I couldn't save the others." Miyuki looked to Yui, who had tears in her eyes, then more crying heard from the bushes, and the two saw a beige, fox-like fairy with a blue hood over its' head.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" he kept crying. "Why are you apologizing?" Miyuki asked, then she gasped, "Don't tell me…!" she and Yui looked to the Gray spawn, who was looking the other way, cheering for his victory. "Does this monster have a connection with this fairy?" Yui asked. She stood up and walked over to the fairy, who continuously apologized as it continued to cry. It didn't look like a bad fairy, and it was really guilty for some reason.
"It's fine. So please, stop crying, okay?" Miyuki told the crying fairy. Yui looked over and saw, for some reason, Miyuki smiling at the two. "Yui, can you do something for me, please?" she asked, "Please take that fairy, and tell the Doki Doki Pretty Cure something." "Doki Doki Pretty Cure?" both Yui and the fairy echoed. "They're newly minted Pretty Cure." Miyuki giggled, surprising the two, "They will be here soon."
Yui wiped away the tears and turned to Miyuki, seeing the crystal starting to form up her neck and around her head. "Please tell Mana, I mean, Cure Heart, we're in a tight pinch and we could use their help." Miyuki requested. Yui looked down, worried. "But what if we don't make it in time?" Yui asked, "I haven't been able to save anyone so far…" "Please do it, for me?" Miyuki asked. Yui looked up and saw the crystal covering her entire face except for her left eye. The fairy looked above the bushes at Miyuki. The two watched as Miyuki's eye was covered, making her fully crystalized.
Yui looked to Miyuki, her last request echoing in her head, then down at the fairy, who had begun to cry again. "I almost forgot about you." the Gray spawn stated, looking at Yui and the fairy, "I should freeze you two up as well!" Yui gasped as the spawn shot towards her, and she dove out of the way into the bushes where the fairy was at. She picked him up, and took off into the woods again.
"Yui, kuru!" called out a familiar voice. It was Candy, the Smile Pretty Cure's fairy. "Candy!" Yui cried, seeing the fairy jump up onto her shoulder as they took off deeper into the woods. "Tch! Looks like they got away." Gray muttered, shrinking down to the size of the fairies, "Well, no matter. They won't be able stop me."
"You did it!" cheered a new fairy, "We caught all of the Pretty Cure!" The new fairy looked like a brown raccoon, with a dark brown diamond on its' head like Gray, a red cape held by a yellow gem, a blue rope around its' waist with a wooden sword stuck underneath. This fairy was Gureru.
Gray spat out the Smile Pacts in front of Gureru, who picked one up. "This is the real deal!" he snickered, "Everyone will be so surprised!" "Yes, they will see you in a new light." Gray agreed.
"Finally, I'll become the hero of the class!" Gureru cheered, "Although, what about that other girl that left with EnEn?" "No worries." Gray assured him, "That girl will be caught like the rest of the Pretty Cure. Then no one can go up against us anymore." Gray turned to the fairy school building, and a malicious look came into his eyes as he giggled.
Chapter 3: Newly Minted! Doki Doki Pretty Cure!
"Candy, we need to find a way to save the other girls, somehow!" Yui told the fairy, "And also, I have to follow Miyuki's advice and find these new Pretty Cure with this fairy!" The fairy in question was hugging Yui as she held it in her arms.
"I'll do my part, kuru!" Candy replied, "I'll go find my brother, kuru! He'll be able to help us, kuru!" "You do that!" Yui replied as Candy hopped off her shoulder and raced off in another direction, "Please, don't get captured like the other fairies!" "Alright, kuru!" Candy cried back.
Yui pressed onward, then looked down at the fairy, who was still sobbing in her chest. "It's okay. Don't cry, okay?" Yui assured him, "Now what's your name?" The fairy looked up at Yui with tear-strained eyes, then replied, "E-EnEn."
"Okay, EnEn." Yui replied, "Can you tell me why you were apologizing before?" EnEn looked scared, wondering if he should reply, then sobbed, "I…I helped capture them…" "The Pretty Cure?" Yui asked, surprised. "All…I wanted was to have a friend!" EnEn cried, "I…I didn't mean to make the Pretty Cure like that! I love the Pretty Cure! I didn't want to hurt them! But Gureru, and that shadow, they said that I couldn't be their friend unless I helped, so I…"
"I get it." Yui understood, "So you were bullied into trying to trick the Pretty Cure." Yui understood, looking onwards, "Well, I don't know about this Gureru, but I do know that Gray is bad news. We need to stop him, no matter what!" "But how?" EnEn asked. "We need to find the Doki Doki Pretty Cure, have them join forces with my mama and Aqua, then we can work together and save the other Pretty Cure!"
EnEn looked up at Yui, amazed at Yui's confidence. However, inside, Yui wasn't that confident. She was too late to warn the other Pretty Cure about Gray. She was too late on stopping Gray turning the Smile Pretty Cure into crystals. And she promised her mother and Aqua that she would get some help and come back to save them. She hoped that she would reach the Doki Doki Pretty Cure on time.
They arrived on an open pathway and ran along it, looking for any signs of danger. Yui slowed down to a walk, looking down a bit. "I really hope we can find the new Pretty Cure, soon." Yui mumbled, "I really wish I was a Pretty Cure, too." "You want to be one?" EnEn asked. Yui nodded. "I may be acting tough, but I'm still scared." Yui mumbled, "That's why I want to have the strength of a Pretty Cure, like my mama."
EnEn looked up at her for a second, then realized, "Hold on, is your mama Cure Soul?" "That's right!" Yui replied, "So the Textbook does say something about her." "It tells about you, too!" EnEn added, "And it also tells about that duck fairy with you guys." "You mean Donald?" Yui asked, then giggled, "Even he was mentioned, too! I guess that makes sense, since he was with us the second time we visited the Pretty Cure world."
Yui looked down at EnEn again, "Even so, my mama is the leader of our trio. She saved me so many times. I just want to do my part by saving her. So, I decided I wanted to get stronger so I can protect her, and protect so many other people, too!" EnEn eyes sparkled as she looked up at her. "But so far, I haven't done any good saving the other Pretty Cure, have I?" Yui asked, looking down despairingly again.
EnEn looked down as well, scared. "How are we gonna find the other Pretty Cure, anyway?" he mumbled. They stopped in their tracks, and sighed. Their confidence have been taken a toll.
"Hi there!" greeted a voice. The two looked up and were surprised to see four new girls appear in front of them. The first girl had magenta eyes and short magenta hair with curls in the back and a small ponytail tied on the top. The second girl had blue eyes and long, navy colored hair with braids in the back that joined downward. The third girl had dark orange eyes and orange hair that were tied into buns with a few strands sticking out. The final girl had dark purple eyes and hair, which was held neatly with hair clips.
"Nice to meet a fellow Pretty Cure!" greeted the magenta-haired girl, "My name is Mana Aida." Yui blinked, still surprised as the fairy looked paralyzed. "Are you okay?" Mana asked, walking to Yui and EnEn. "They're in shock." the violet-haired girl, Makoto, guessed. "Sorry for surprising you." apologized the navy-haired girl, Rikka. "We aren't anyone suspicious." the orange-haired girl, Alice, assured them.
"Mana…Aida." Yui muttered, remembering the name Miyuki mentioned. "That's right!" Mana replied. "Excuse me, but do you happen to know whether the Pretty Cure part is being held around here?" Yui and EnEn looked surprised at this point. Who would've thought they would just meet the people they were searching for so easily.
"P-Pretty Cure party?!" stammered EnEn, scared of them thinking they would judge him after he tricked the Smile Pretty Cure. He jumped out of Yui's arms and took off into the woods, crying in fright. "EnEn!" Yui cried. "Wait up!" Mana added. EnEn, however, disappeared from view.
Mana turned to Yui and asked, "Did I say something wrong?" "No." Yui replied, her face getting serious, "But listen, about this Pretty Cure party. It's not real." The four girls are surprised, "It was a trap." Yui explained, "All of the Pretty Cure have been turned into crystals, and I need your guys' help to save them. Please help me!" Yui bowed her head, begging for their help.
"So the party was a trap?" Rikka asked. "And all the other Pretty Cure were captured?" Makoto followed. Yui nodded, then looked worried as she added, "All but my mama. She and Aqua are still fighting, but I don't know for how long. I went to get some help, but I…"
Mana placed a hand on Yui's shoulder, and she looked up to see Mana smiling at her. "Don't you worry." she assured her, "We'll save your mother, along with the rest of the Pretty Cure. You can count on it!" Yui smiled at Mana happily. She was just as eager to help as Sora.
Just then, the girls heard a pair of outcries. They turned to see EnEn running back to them, with a panicking Gureru and a warthog-shaped Gray chasing the two. "That's one of the shadow creatures!" Yui cried, "EnEn!" "Help us out!" Gureru shouted in a frightened tone. "Rikka, Alice, MakoPi, let's go!" Mana told her friends. Yui turned around and saw them pull out their transformation devices, which looked like phones.
Each of their devices cried out as they inserted their Cure Lovead into the top of each one. "Precure Love Link!" they shouted in unison, then on the pad of their phones, they drew the letters 'L.O.V.E' on the hearts before they glowed and a bow and arrow with a heart-shaped end on them produced themselves and made their bodies glow, transforming their hair and attire into their Pretty Cure forms.
"Abundant love! Cure Heart!"
"The light of wisdom! Cure Diamond!"
"A warm and sunny spot! Cure Rosetta!"
"The courageous blade! Cure Sword!"
The four got in a line as they raised one of their hands. "Resonate! The beat of love!" they chanted in unison before striking a pose, "Doki Doki Pretty Cure!"
The four transformed in front of Yui and the oncoming runners. While their attires looked similar, each had a different color coordination. Mana, now Cure Heart, had bright pink eyes and blonde hair that was in a long ponytail, small, bunny ear-like buns and a curly mullet.
Rikka, now Cure Diamond, had light-blue eyes, and light-blue hair that fell in a broad ponytail, with curls at the ends and on the side strands.
Alice, now Cure Rosetta, had orange eyes and hair, which was styled in large twin-tails that curled at the end, and a pair of double hair rings on the top of her head.
Finally, Makoto, now Cure Sword, had orchid eyes and hair, which resembled Cure Beat's hair, but shorter hair and side ponytail, which curled at the end.
"Doki Doki Pretty Cure?!" Gureru gasped. "They're the ones?" EnEn asked. "I knew it! You guys really are Pretty Cure!" Yui gasped, thankful she was right. The fairies jumped to one side as the Pretty Cure jumped high over the oncoming warthog. Yui readied her tessen, and unleashed a Whirlwind that sent the shadow flying over her head, splatting to the ground behind her. "Nice going!" Heart cheered as the four girls landed.
Everyone turned to see shadowy blob turn into a more humanoid form as it pulled out the Pretty Cure Textbook, looking at its' pages. "Doki Doki Pretty Cure…They're not here…they aren't in this book!" It muttered, flipping the pages, "They're Pretty Cure… Why aren't they in the book?" It turned around and jumped out of sight.
Yui sighed in relief, then looked back at the four Pretty Cure. "You sure surprised it." Yui told them, "That book contains all the data on the Pretty Cure known so far, so you guys being new ones was something he didn't expect." "I see, so that's how it fought the other Pretty Cure." Cure Sword understood.
"He's gone…" Gureru sighed. "Hey, who was that thing?" Heart asked Yui and the fairies. "That was Gray." Yui replied, walking over to EnEn and kneeling down to pick him up. "It's responsible for the trap." Yui looked over to Gureru, who nervously looked back. "That mark on your head, and your figure…" Yui muttered, "It resembles quite a bit to that monster."
Gureru pursed his lips, then looked at EnEn, who looked back like he was about to cry again. "What's with that expression, EnEn?!" Gureru barked at him, "Stop looking like that!" EnEn looked even more nervous than before. "If you want to say something, then spill it out!" Gureru barked, "Just say it! That it was all my fault! I caused Gray to be formed! I had him defeat the other Pretty Cure! Just tell me that, already!"
"So it was you? You caused all this?" Yui asked. "Yes, yes, yes! It was all my fault!" Gureru shouted back, "I wanted to be a hero by defeating the Pretty Cure, and he did that for me!" "That doesn't make any sense." Yui replied, "How can you be a hero by defeating Pretty Cure, who are also heroes?"
Just then, EnEn couldn't take it, and he bursted out crying in Yui's arms. Yui and Gureru looked at him sensitively, then Gureru shouted, "Stop crying! You crybaby!" This only made EnEn cry harder. Gureru started to form tears as he shouted, "Stop crying!"
"You can't just tell someone to stop crying like that!" Yui snapped back, "Some people are too sensitive to harsh words like that!" "So what? He needs to man up and stop crying!" Gureru barked back, "Besides, what do you know?! You couldn't do a thing to protect the other Pretty Cure!" Yui eyes widened in shock at these words, then she looked down, depressed. As tough as the words were, he was right.
"Okay, that's enough." said Heart, placing a hand between the two parties. Gureru and EnEn calmed themselves down as best as they could. Yui looked at Heart as she clapped her hands together. "There are times when you want to cry." Heart told them. "There are times when you want to get angry. And there are times when you feel sorry for yourself. But all those things aren't much fun at all, right?" Yui looked at Heart, then looked down and nodded in agreement. "Then let's stop doing thing that aren't fun, okay?" she asked.
"Even if you say that…" Gureru muttered, "There's nothing we can do now…" Yui looked at him, feeling some understanding on how he felt. "That's all in your head." Diamond told him, "Do you want to give up because there's nothing you can do? Or do you want to get yourself together and do something?" Yui looked at Diamond. She did have a point. After all, giving up on saving someone was something she never did before.
"It's like I told, uh…" Heart started, then she turned to Yui, "What was your name?" "Yui." she replied. "We already told Yui that we would help you out, so that's what we'll do!" Heart replied, looking to Gureru, "What do you really want to do?" "I really…" Gureru started, looking at the sobbing EnEn in Yui's arms.
Gureru looked back at Heart with a little more determination, and replied, "Gray is my shadow. It's my fault for creating him. That why…I want to stop him. No, I have to!" "We understand." Diamond responded. "We'll stop him, for sure!" Heart added. Gureru beamed at this.
"What about you two?" Rosetta asked Yui and EnEn. Yui looked down, knowing the answer, and looked at EnEn still crying. Hiding away her troubles, Yui smiled as she wiped away EnEn's tears. "Tell me, how do you feel about crying?" she asked EnEn, "Do you like it, or hate it?" "I…I hate it." EnEn sobbed.
"It's okay to cry at times, but if you hate crying, then what do you want to do?" Rosetta asked. "I…" EnEn started, "I…I want to be smiling like Cure Happy." Yui smiled down at him, knowing what she meant. "And I want to be strong, like my mama, Cure Soul." she added.
"So you two met Happy?" Heart asked them. "Yeah." Yui replied, "In fact, she wanted to give you a message, Heart. Go ahead, EnEn. Tell her." EnEn hesitated, then he spoke up, "She said, 'We're in a real pinch, so please help us'."
Heart blinked, then she smiled as she replied. "I got it. Message received." "See? You were able to properly say what you wanted to say." Sword told EnEn. "It's true…I did!" he gasped.
Yui smiled at EnEn, then she stood up and looked sternly at the Pretty Cure. "We need to find my mama and Aqua." she told them, "She's in a pinch, right now, so we should hurry back and save them." "Do you know where they are?" Diamond asked. Yui nodded, looking towards the cliff. "They're just up there." Yui replied, "We'd better hurry!" With that, Yui picked up Gureru as she carried the fairies with her, with the others right behind.
Chapter 4: I'm Guiding you Forward!
Yui led the team through the forest, getting closer to the foot of the cliffside. They raced up the path the Pretty Cure were on before. Yui noticed just how quiet it has gotten. If Soul and Aqua were still fighting, surely they would've heard them by now. The silence was not a good sign.
They finally reached the midway point when they saw the twelve Pretty Cure, all frozen in a crystalized state. "Look at all of them!" gasped Rosetta. "Are all of them Pretty Cure?" Sword asked. "They are." Yui replied, "However, their transformation devices and fairies got taken from them before they could help." "That's horrible." Sword stated, looking into the crystal Hibiki of the Suite Pretty Cure was at.
Yui looked around the area, then gasped as she saw the horrifying truth. Asuna and Aqua were there, frozen in crystal. Aqua was still standing, her hand raised as she had her Keyblade to the side, and she had a struggling face on her. Asuna was in a kneeling position, facing Aqua, her hands to either side as her eyes were closed, her face calm.
"Mama! Aqua!" Yui cried, racing towards the two, with the others behind her. They stopped in front of the two crystalized characters. Yui slumped to the ground, placing a hand on Asuna's shoulder. "No…I was too late again." Yui muttered, tears forming in her eyes again, "Why…why is this happening to me?!" "They looked like they were putting up strong fight before they gave in." Sword noticed, seeing Aqua.
Yui had begun to cry in front of Asuna, placing her hands in her face. "I couldn't even come to save my mama and Aqua…" she sobbed, "They needed my help, and I failed them. I'm sorry, mama! I couldn't do anything! I'm sorry!" she begun to cry hard as EnEn and Gureru looked at her sympathetically, looking like they were going to cry, too.
"Don't be discouraged." Heart told her, kneeling down next to Yui and placing a hand on her shoulder, "You can still save them, you know." "But how?" Yui whined, "Everything I tried, I ended up failing. I was just too slow to do anything to help anyone!"
"That's not true!" Diamond retorted, "You came to help us. You warned us of the trouble beforehand. You saved us from the danger." "That's right! And you helped me out, too!" EnEn pointed out, "I might've not found the Pretty Cure without you protecting me."
"Look at your mother's face." Heart told Yui, "You can see she believed in you." Yui wiped away the tears and looked at Asuna's face. For a while, she didn't notice it, but then she saw what Heart saw; Asuna was smiling. Even as she was crystalizing, she was smiling. "That smile tells you she believed you would succeed." Heart told her, "Not only did you guide EnEn to us, but you guided us to her. You didn't fail her. You helped us reach this far."
Yui looked to the Pretty Cure, who were smiling at her, then down at the fairies, with Gureru and EnEn looking up at her. She looked to Asuna again, thinking. "I have always been guiding them." she muttered. "Mama, papa, everyone. Whether it was in the virtual world, or in any other world, I have always found a way to help them out, no matter what kind of road or what kind of danger was in front of us. I may have not been as strong as them, but I still did my part to keep them going forward, didn't I?"
"And were you happy being with them, helping them out?" Heart asked, "Were their times you were there, right on time, to help?" Yui sniffed as she wiped away more tears formed in her eyes with her arm, and nodded.
"Then you shouldn't give up, now." Heart told her, "If you fall down, you get back up again, smiling like before. I've known many times I've failed to help someone out." "That's because you pile too many tasks on your plate, Heart." Diamond teased her. "The point is that you should never give up when you failed a few times." Sword told her, "If someone needs your help, do you want to help them, or are you too afraid to fail them?"
Yui opened her eyes, realizing their words. She thought back to how she saved Kirito and Asuna from the Reaper. To how she led Kirito all the way to Asuna in ALO, to all the battles and traveling she did with her parents, Sora, Donald and Goofy both in hers and Sora's dimension. Even through all that, she never stopped helping them, and continued to help her friends and family out.
Yui got back up to her feet again, turning to the group that was comforting her. "I…I know that I have to keep moving forward." Yui stated, "And I know that I will do whatever it takes to help you guys forward, too. This is only a minor setback, right now, but it isn't over, not by a long shot!" The others smiled at her dedication to keep going, EnEn and Gureru looked up at Yui, inspired at her determination.
"Let me contact Mr. Mepple, quel." Diamond's transformation device, the fairy Raquel spoke, "I'm sure he can help us, quel." "Yeah! Mepple is Cure Black's Pretty Cure fairy!" Yui remembered as Raquel and the other fairies of the Pretty Cure floated into the air, "If he can give us his and the other fairy's position, we can get them over to the Pretty Cure, and free them all!"
Raquel started to phone for Mepple, finally getting his call through. "Long time, no see, Mr. Mepple, quel!" Raquel greeted him. There was a moment's pause in which Raquel was talking to Mepple, though they didn't hear him respond.
Finally, he said, "I got it, quel. The fairies and the transformation devices were dropped into the Fairy Waterfall." "If the Pretty Cure are able to transform, then I'm sure we can stop Gray's outburst, lance." said Rosetta's partner, Lance. "Then we'd better hurry and get the transformation devices, and free everyone from crystallization!" Yui told the crew. "Let's go help everyone!" Heart agreed.
The girls knelt down, and the four Pretty Cure placed their hands in the center of their semi-circle. Heart looked up at Yui, who knelt down and placed her hand on top of their's.
"Come on, you two." Heart told EnEn and Gureru. "We could really use your help, too!" Yui told them. Gureru stepped forward and placed his hand on top of theirs, followed shortly by EnEn. "EnEn! You should really go and hide somewhere." Gureru told him. EnEn closed his eyes, then took off his hood, revealing his full head. "I'm going, too!" he told Gureru, who was amazed at his new-found confidence.
"Then let's get going, then!" Heart told them, then to Yui, "Yui, we're counting on you to protecting these two." "I gotcha." Yui responded, "They know this landscape better than us, so they can lead us to the Fairy Waterfalls. I'll do it so long as you do one thing for me." "What's that?" Sword asked. "Keep moving forward!" Yui replied. The four Pretty Cure and their fairies all smiled at Yui, who smiled at the group. "We'll definitely get those transformation devices back!" Heart declared as EnEn and Gureru joined the circle again, "Let's fight!" "Yeah!" cheered the rest of the group.
The team raced through the forest, led by Yui, Gureru and EnEn, who were guiding the crew towards the direction of the waterfall. As they did, the sky started to get darker and darker, and more eerie by the minute. This was more of Gray's work, trying to darken the world.
As they rushed through the dark forest, a Gray spawn bounced into their pathway. "Found you, Doki Doki Pretty Cure!" it cackled. "Diamond! Sword!" Heart told the two behind her. "You got it!" they shouted together, jumping up and rocketing towards the spawn. They begun fighting the spawn while Heart, Rosetta, Yui and the fairies passed by.
"EnEn, Gureru, how much farther?" Yui asked the fairies in her arms and on her head. "Just beyond this forest, then we need to run along another cliffside towards the waterfall!" Gureru replied. "Okay, then let's move faster!" Yui replied, picking up the pace.
Just then, the Gray spawn Diamond and Sword were fighting split into five, ready to fight. "Gureru, EnEn, Yui, go!" Heart told the trio, "We got this!" Yui felt this was coming, but was ready for it. "Stay safe, you guys!" Yui cried, racing off with the fairies. She looked back, seeing the Pretty Cure fighting off the enemies.
One attempted to follow Yui, but she relinquished one of her arms around EnEn as she unleashed her Yui Spear, blasting the shadow in the face and making it stop. "Let's go, Yui!" Gureru replied, tapping her head. "Okay!" she replied, and she took off with the fairies.
"After I defeat you, I will become the new legend!" the Gray spawn fighting Heart stated. "That's not gonna happen!" Heart replied, "Yui, EnEn and Gureru will be able to stop you, I know it!" She backflipped away from the Gray spawn, who pursued her and continued to fight.
Meanwhile, Yui was racing up a grassy hill, where they could see the waterfall in the distance. "There it is!" Yui gasped. "Let's go find the transformation devices!" EnEn declared. "Yeah!" Gureru replied as Yui continued onward.
They ground they were on suddenly started to grow rocky as they got closer. They ended up having to walk across a fairy-sized bridge, rushing along a dark-colored rocky road on the cliffside, going higher and higher from the ground below. Yui was panting as she kept running, but she wasn't giving up as she kept going. Almost there! Almost there! she thought to herself.
About halfway along the cliff, some of the rock gave way underneath Yui, and she stumbled and nearly fell over the edge. EnEn and Gureru flew out of Yui's hands, and she desperately made a catch for them. She managed to grab EnEn's feet, but was too far away to catch Gureru. "Gureru!" EnEn shouted, raising his hands out. Gureru reached out and EnEn grabbed one of his hands. Yui grabbed the ledge of the rocky path as the trio heard the rocks hit the ground far below.
Yui was in an awkward position, and the rock she was hanging onto was quite loose on the rocky wall, which might give way if she moved the slightest. "Guys, you're gonna have to climb up first!" Yui cried, "I don't know how long this rock will hold us!" EnEn was already struggling to hold onto Gureru's hand, and Gureru was looking at his two friends' desperate attempt to save him.
Finally, Gureru muttered, "EnEn, let go." "No…" EnEn replied, shaking his head. "You will fall like this…" Gureru noticed, "If you let go, you can escape up Yui and you two can go find the transformation devices. So please, let go!" Again, EnEn shook his head. "There's no way we're letting go of you!" Yui told Gureru, "You have to pull yourself together!"
"But I'm the bad guy here!" Gureru shouted, "I caused this world to be a wreck! It doesn't matter what happens to me anymore!" "But it does matter to us!" Yui cried back, "You can't give up, now!" "You aren't a bad guy, Gureru!" EnEn added. "I am, too!" Gureru yelled back, his eyes filled with tears, "I am the worst!"
"You're wrong!" EnEn and Yui shouted, shocking Gureru. "Because…you were the one who spoke out to me!" EnEn told him, "You always had time to speak to me. I wasn't alone! You were there for me. That made me so happy!" "And if EnEn would be sad for losing you, then I would be, too!" Yui added, "He wouldn't be able to smile like Cure Happy without you. You may have caused a lot of trouble in this world, and you may have done some stupid things, but even so, EnEn considers you a friend. And for that matter, so do I!"
Gureru looked up amazed at the two people who consider him a friend, seeing the tears from EnEn fall onto his face, and Yui desperately holding onto EnEn, determined to hold the two. "EnEn…Yui…" he muttered, the tears in his eyes forming from the inner happiness he got from his friends. He then reached his other arm out, giving EnEn a better grip as he pulled Gureru up so he could climb up Yui. "That's it! Keep going!" Yui cheered for them.
Just then, the rock Yui was on gave way, and the trio fell off the cliff down the ground far below. Yui grabbed the two in each of her arms, and closed her eyes, waiting for the impact. However, something darted out of the sky, and flew right underneath the trio, catching them in time. It was Happy, and a bird with orange mane on its' neck and an orange, furry tail.
"Big brother, nice catch, kuru!" cheered Candy. "Candy!" Yui gasped, unfurling EnEn and Gureru from her grip. "And Mr. Pop!" EnEn noticed the bird they were on. Gureru was amazed at the miracle that saved them.
"Excuse me, Pop, but we need to get to the Fairy Waterfall!" Yui told the bird, "The fairies and the transformation devices are underneath them." "Please take us there!" Gureru begged. "Please do so!" EnEn added. "Big brother, kuru?!" Candy squeaked. "I gotcha." Pop replied, "Then you'd better hold on tight, de gozaru!"
The group held onto Pop's mane as they soared straight at the waterfall. As soon as they got close, they pointed downward, and Pop made a dive bomb as they dove around the solid rainbow, and underneath the water where the falls hit.
They were all pulled along with the current, holding their breath as they did so. They hit a rock wall underneath the water, forcing Pop to revert to his smaller, lion-like fairy form. As Pop, Candy and EnEn got carried away by the current, Yui and Gureru desperately swam underneath the current, noticing the containment unit where all the fairies and the transformation devices were. With their combined effort, the two lifted the container, and carried it with them along the current, back up to the surface.
When they got ashore, they pulled the container onto the ground and started desperately opening it up, pounding the glass and bottom. However, that didn't do anything. "We aren't even leaving a dent in this thing." Yui sighed, holding her tessen. "Just break already!" growled Gureru, stomping his foot on top of the glass.
EnEn looked at Gureru, then at the wooden sword on his belt. "Gureru, use your sword." he suggested. "But this thing's just a toy sword." he replied. "But it's YOUR sword." Yui pointed out, "And your shadow created this container. It sounds crazy, but then again, I've been around too many Keyblades to think it can be possible." Yui and EnEn nodded towards Gureru, who looked at the two before replying, "Alright."
He pulled out the wooden sword and held it out to EnEn, who grabbed the other part of the handle. "Open up now!" shouted the two, raising the sword and hitting the top of the container with a thwack. For a second, nothing happened. Then there was a burst of light, and the container disappeared, freeing all of the fairies and transformation devices. "It worked!" Yui cheered. "It broke open, kuru!" Happy cheered.
As Yui rushed over to Hummy to rip off the tape muffling her mouth, Mepple and Mipple said, "You saved us, meppo!" "Thank goodness you're all okay, de gozaru!" Pop replied. Yui managed to pull off the tape around Hummy's mouth. "Are you okay, Hummy?" Yui asked. "I'm perfectly fine, nya!" Hummy replied eagerly, making Yui giggle.
"Um…" Gureru muttered, getting everyone's attention, then he bowed as he said, "I'm sorry for putting you through that." Mepple and Mipple looked to one another, smiled, then Mipple said, "Thank you for saving us, mippo." Gureru looked happy at the praise.
"Where are Nagisa and the others, meppo?" Mepple asked. "They're scattered about in the woods." Yui replied, looking at the sunflower sun, which had been turning dark thanks to Gray and its' shadowy powers, "I could take you there, but I don't think we have much time left before this place turns to darkness."
Yui then saw as the shadow covered the sunflower a bit more, it popped out of its' place, and started falling towards the ground below. The sky turned completely dark after that. They were running out of time, fast. Pop and Yes! Pretty Cure 5's fairy Syrup both turned into birds, carrying the fairies and Yui on top of them as they took off towards the crystalized girls.
Chapter 5: Freeing the Pretty Cure
As they flew, Yui looked down and noticed the Doki Doki Pretty Cure team struggling to fight against the Gray spawns. "Hang tough, you guys." Yui muttered, then looking to Pop, "We have to hurry! Our friends need the Pretty Cure's help!" "You got it, de gozaru!" replied Pop, flying a little faster.
"The forest is being swallowed by the darkness!" EnEn gasped. "Mipple, let's go, meppo!" Mepple told his friend. "What? You guys are going into the forest?" Gureru asked, "That's way too dangerous!" "The Pretty Cure will never give up, no matter how dire the situation is, meppo!" Mepple told him. "That's why we, as partners, will never give up either, mippo!" Mipple declared.
EnEn and Gureru were amazed at this. Yui smiled at these words. "As expected from the Pretty Cure's fairies, de gozaru!" Pop stated. The two birds flew faster as they headed towards their locations.
From behind, they heard and saw explosions coming from the Doki Doki Pretty Cure's battle. "Don't give up, Heart! Keep fighting, everyone!" Yui shouted out to them. From her position, Cure Heart heard Yui's words loud and clear, and although she was battered up from her battle, she still smiled. "We will keep moving forward, Yui." she muttered, "Just like we promised you."
Pop landed on the ground in front of the fairy school, and Yui, Candy, EnEn and Gureru hopped off of him. "Big brother, take the Smile Pacts to Miyuki and the others, kuru!" Candy told Pop. "They are along the shoreline of the lake!" Yui explained as Pop took off. "You can count on me, de gozaru!" Pop shouted back. "Hold on, where are Syrup and the others?" EnEn asked, looking about. Syrup was not in the sky anymore.
Suddenly, a massive hand popped out of the ground, aiming for Pop and the fairies he was carrying. "Watch out!" Gureru shouted. "It's right behind you!" Yui cried. Pop did his best avoiding getting caught by the massive shadow hand and all other tricks Gray was pulling. However, after thirty seconds of avoiding all attacks, he eventually got caught, and had to force himself back to his smaller form, causing him and the fairies he was carrying to fall into the dark forest.
Yui and the three fairies watched the massive hand sink back into the ground again. They looked up into the sky, and saw the sunflower head still falling towards the ground. "It's all over…" Gureru moaned, sinking to his hands and knees. "It's not over yet!" Yui retorted, "We just need to keep believing that the Pretty Cure will save us!"
"Do your best, kuru!" Candy shouted at the top of her voice into the forest. "Candy, what are you…" EnEn asked. "Yui's right; It isn't over yet, kuru!" Candy told the two fairies, "My big bro and the Pretty Cure are doing their best! Let's keep cheering for them as hard as we can!"
Yui nodded in agreement, and walked over to the ledge. "I'm gonna cheer for them as well, Candy." she said, and she inhaled deeply, then shouted, "DO YOUR BEST, EVERYONE!" "Do your best, kuru!" shouted Candy. Their voices could be heard far and wide throughout the forest, across the lake, and beyond their sight.
From the fairy school, Tarte and the fairy school teacher looked out of the window, watching the two shout out words of encouragement to the Pretty Cure. EnEn and Gureru joined the two, and the four continued to shout out words of encouragement to the Pretty Cure and the fairies.
Tarte turned around and looked to the students behind him. "Everyone, do ya remember what I taught ya in class this mornin'?" he asked them, "Fairies and Pretty Cure can't transform by themselves. By combinin' their powers, they can call forth an awesome power!"
Tarte inhaled deeply, then started to chant the words 'spirit' over and over again, finally raising his hand up above him. Suddenly, a glittering ball of light appeared from his hand, which morphed into a Miracle Light. "Let's give the Pretty Cure power, too!" he told the class. Suddenly, more Miracle lights appeared for all of the students, and each of them took one.
"Do ya all have one?" Tarte asked, "Then let's go!" He raised his Miracle Light high, and the tip started to glow. This was followed by the rest of the class. "Pretty Cure! Do your best!" Tarte and the class chanted over and over again. Miracle Lights appeared for Candy, Yui, EnEn and Gureru. "These are…!" Yui realized, then she and the fairies raised their glowing Miracle Lights high, shouting, "Pretty Cure, do your best!"
From within the forest, the Doki Doki Pretty Cure were receiving the power of the Miracle Lights, restoring their stamina and giving them power. "Big brother, do your best!" Candy cried out, and the powers of the Miracle Lights restored the fairies' power, giving them the power to search for their Pretty Cure.
"Mama, Aqua, do your best!" Yui shouted, and from beyond, Asuna and Aqua's bodies started to glow, freeing their weapon arms. Although the rest of her body was immobile, Asuna flexed her hand, then produced her Keyblade and raised it high, along with Aqua's. The tips of their Keyblade glowed brightly and shot beams of light into the air, signaling their location to their friends.
Yui and all of the fairies continued to cheer for their friends, waving the Miracle Lights in the air as all of the Pretty Cure fairies rushed to their individual teams, with the transformation devices in tow. After they all dispersed, there was a moment's silence. Then…
"Dual Aurora Wave!"
"Luminous Shining Stream!"
"Dual Spiritual Power!"
"Precure Metamorphosis!"
"Sky Rose Translate!"
"Change! Precure, Beat Up!"
"Precure Open My Heart!"
"Let's Play! Precure Modulation!"
"Precure Soul!"
"Precure Smile Charge!"
Following these calls, five bursting light shot into the sky from the center of the land, where the sunflower was falling towards. The lights started to gather underneath it as all of the Pretty Cure transformed into their Pretty Cure forms. Aqua was carried along with the light, though was not a Pretty Cure. The Doki Doki Precure, Yui and all of the fairies watched as the lights gathered together, then their was a massive explosion as from out of the smoke, the Aqua and the Pretty Cure flew out, joined together as one. The Pretty Cure were free.
"They made it!" cheered Yui, jumping for joy as EnEn and Gureru hopped onto her, cheering as well. Candy and the rest of the fairies all cheered for the Pretty Cure as well. All of their work paid off. From above, Cure Black and White looked towards the fairy school and shouted, "Everyone, thank you!"
"Heads up!" Aqua shouted, and the Pretty Cure turned to see the massive sunflower head falling from above them. They got pulled along with it as they were drove to the ground. However, they all kept their footing, preventing the flower from hitting the ground. "Keep fighting, everyone!" Soul shouted to the group, "All together now! One, two, three!" With the strength of the entire group, and a roar from Cure Black, they sent the flower head flying back up into the sky, inserted into its' spot once more. The darkness in the sky was removed, and it became normal cloudy.
"Those people are…" Cure Heart gasped. "…all Pretty Cure!" "So many of them!" Diamond gasped. "What an unbelievable number!" Rosetta followed. "Looks like we made it in time." Sword sighed in relief.
"Mama! Aqua!" Yui shouted from her position. From the gathered Pretty Cure, Soul, Aqua, and Pretty Cure 5's Cure Aqua looked up to see who was calling them. "It's Yui!" Aqua noticed. "I knew my daughter could do it." Soul smiled.
"Yui? But why is she calling for me?" Cure Aqua asked, getting the two's attention. "She wasn't calling to you, Cure Aqua." Soul told her, waving a hand to her sister, "She was talking about my sister, Aqua." "Isn't that ironic. Two girls in a group like this who's names are 'Aqua'." Aqua chuckled. "That is a bit confusing." Cure Aqua agreed, smiling.
Up a the Doki Doki Pretty Cure's position, a Gray spawn was racing towards the girls. However, Cure Happy jumped to them and punched the spawn, making it disappear. She turned to Cure Heart and asked, "You must be Cure Heart, right?" "You betcha. I'm here, Happy." Heart replied, "I'm here to help you out! Though, I guess you saved me, just now."
Happy smiled as she stepped to the group. "Hey, let's all go to the part together after this." Happy suggested, taking one of Heart's hands. "Sounds great!" Heart agreed, taking Happy's in response. Happy and the Doki Doki Pretty Cure walked to the ledge as Heart said, "Then let's get this over quickly!" With that, they jumped off towards the enemies. The battle between the Pretty Cure and the shadows had just begun.
Chapter 6: Awakened Miraculous Power! Cure Navi!
Cure Black led the charge as she started plowing down Gray's spawns like it was nothing, followed by Cure White's series of strikes that sent some more flying. All of the other Pretty Cure went on ahead, facing off against the spawns, too. Some large pieces of shadow gathered together to form a large, muscular Gray spawn, attempting to defeat the Pretty Cure, but Black deflected his attack, and White threw the monster into the ground like a judo master, destroying it.
Up above, Yui saw a couple more spawns attempting to come up from behind her and the fairies. With her faith renewed thanks to the arrival of the Pretty Cure, she charged in. The two spawns attempted to punch her, but she spun in between the punches, avoiding each of them, then using her 'Fan-Fair' technique, slashed both of them and made them disappear. The fairies were amazed at this resurgence of power.
Gray's shadows that covered the fairy school were used to attack the Pretty Cure, and it gave the chance for Tarte and the fairies to escape. The fairies were gonna get attacked by falling tree limbs and Gray spawns, but the Heartcatch Pretty Cure, Splash Star and Pretty Cure 5 stopped them from happening.
Another large hand was about to attack them, but Aqua used her Barrier Surge to shoot and repel the attack. "Time to do my own transformation." she stated, "Spellweaver!" Her body glowed a pink aura, then she spun around as she unleashed a spiraling stream of energy from her Keyblade, repeatedly damaging the large hand until it disappeared.
"Thank you!" thanked one fairy. "Who are you, anyway?" asked another. "My name is Aqua." Aqua replied, "My sister is Cure Soul. It's very nice to meet you." "Aqua?" asked another fairy, "But you don't look like Cure Aqua. She's fighting over there." She was pointing to where the Pretty Cure in question was, shooting down two Gray spawns with her Sapphire Arrow. "No. I'm a Keyblade Master, not a Pretty Cure." Aqua corrected them, then she thought, Having two Aqua's makes things really difficult to explain…
Soul was working together with Cure Muse as they avoided the charging attacks from several Gray spawns. "I've had enough of this!" Soul growled, and she jumped into the air. She pulled out her Keyblade and unleashed her 'Quartet Rondo' sending four large Tone Rings encircling around her, trapping several spawns. She then covered herself with a Soul Barrier and ignited the Tone Rings, destroying all of the spawns.
"That was awesome, mama! Keep it up, Aqua!" Yui called out to them. "Pretty Cure, do your best!" shouted EnEn, Gureru and Candy together. Just then, the four noticed a large black hand appear, followed by a large Gray spawn with a stone column in its other hand, holding it like a bat. The three fairies panicked while Yui gathered them up in her arms and took off as the spawn raised the column, ready to swat them.
"Beat Sonic!" shouted someone from above, and Yui looked up to see Cure Beat playing a power chord on her Love Guitar Rod, sending a series of violet-colored arrow notes down at the spawn, making it disappear. However, the column was right over their heads, and it was starting to fall on top of them. While Yui rolled away to one side to avoid it, Cure Passion flew out of the blew, and knocked the column clear out.
"Beat! Passion!" Yui greeted them, seeing the two land in front of them. "Yui, are you okay?" Passion asked. "Yeah! Thanks you so much!" Yui replied, bowing to them as the fairies fell out of her arms.
"Hold on…" Beat muttered, seeing Gureru, "Weren't you with that shadow before?" Gureru panicked, and EnEn stumbled in front of him. "U-Uh, please don't be angry!" he told them, "Gureru is reflecting on his actions! So, please…" "It's true. Gureru's doing his best to redeem himself." Yui assured them.
Beat and Passion looked to one another, smiled, and Passion knelt down to the fairies. "If you work it out, then I'm sure you can make your dreams come true." she told them, surprising them. "When you tell everyone your feelings clearly, then I'm sure they will accept them." Beat added, "Don't worry. You can do things over again." "That's true." Yui agreed, stepping right next to Beat, "You are always giving a second chance in life, and a chance to make new friends."
"Take care of yourselves." Passion told them. "Keep them safe, Yui." Beat told her as she and Passion leapt into the sky and into battle again. "Keep fighting, you two!" Yui called out, waving them off.
"Why weren't they angry with me?" Gureru asked. "Because Beat knows where you were getting at more than anyone." Yui responded, "After all, she had done some bad things as well." "That's right! Cure Passion and Cure Beat were once enemies of the Pretty Cure!" EnEn recalled.
"Really?! They were enemies and they still became Pretty Cure?" Gureru asked. "They realized their misdoings after the Pretty Cure and their fairies fought them and opened their hearts to them, and it helped them change." Yui explained. "Their friends did that…" Gureru muttered, seeing how he could relate with Yui and EnEn.
"Oh, no, kuru!" Candy cried, seeing the battle down below. The spawns were breathing out more black mist at the Heartcatch, Fresh and Suite Pretty Cure, attempting to crystalize their bodies once more. "Mama!" Yui cried, seeing Cure Soul among the Pretty Cure, her hands and arms starting to crystalize from the breath.
Yui looked worried as she saw her mother's arms started to turn into crystal, then her expression became serious. "EnEn, Gureru, Candy, I'm going down there!" Yui decided, and she raced down the hill towards the Pretty Cure. "Wait up, Yui!" EnEn cried as he and Gureru ran to catch up with her.
As Yui ran, she thought to herself, I've been running away too many times while my friends and family have been fighting these things on their own. It's about time I stop running and face the battle head on! She skidded down the hill, with EnEn and Gureru at her heels. They tumbled and fell when the got to the bottom. At this point, the fairies of the school were cheering for the Pretty Cure with the Miracle Lights, freeing their limbs from the crystal.
Suddenly, another large Gray spawn landed right behind Yui, EnEn and Gureru, opened its' mouth, charging up a ball of dark-red energy. Yui turned to see it fire off the attack in a beam, and the fairies were in front of Yui. "Look out!" she cried, diving to cover the fairies as they got hit with the impact of the attack.
"Yui!" Aqua cried, who was at the top of the hill with the Splash Star Pretty Cure. Soul, who was tag-teaming with Cure Beat, looked up at her sister's voice, and saw the attack. "Don't tell me…!" Beat gasped. "Yui!" Soul screamed, panicked at her daughter's safety. She rushed towards the attack, with Beat and the others joining her.
Inside the dark beam of energy. EnEn and Gureru were holding on as Yui took most of the impact, shielding the fairies from harm. I wasn't too late, this time. Yui thought to herself, I was still able to protect my friends.
Yui hugged the fairies even harder, doing her best to endure the attack. I may not be the strongest person, but I still want to help my friends out no matter what. Yui continued to think, EnEn…Gureru… The two of you need to keep moving forward for me. I will make sure you stop this shadow, and aid the Pretty Cure. You are my friends, so I will protect you with all that I got!
As Soul got close, she and the other Pretty Cure saw something. A speck of light shining within the dark beam, which then bursted in a ball of energy, stopping the flow of the attack. The spawn shooting the attack was shocked at this, and shielded its' eyes from the light. EnEn and Gureru were right behind the ball of light, watching it rise into the air. "Yui!" Gureru gasped. "What's happening to her?" EnEn asked. "That looks like…!" Melody gasped, remembering something like this before.
Suddenly, the ball of light dispersed, revealing Yui completely changed. Her hair changed to a navy blue, which elongated into a long side pony tail with one strand spiraling down it, held by a white band and a small blue ribbon. Her dress looked similar to Cure Rosetta's, only it was black with light blue and pink outlined, with a white choker, white, puffy sleeves and arm guards. Her boots were pink and black with blue ribbons on the outsides. Her eyes opened up, revealing a deep blue like her hair.
"Let my light guide you! Cure Navi!" Yui shouted, striking a pose.
The team was amazed at the transformation. "Cure Navi?!" Beat gasped. "Yui became a Pretty Cure!" Melody exclaimed happily. "She had just become a Pretty Cure on the spot, like Echo last year!" Tarte recalled. All of the Pretty Cure, including the Doki Doki and Smile Pretty Cure, who were aways from them, fighting another large spawn, saw her in the air, floating back down to the ground.
Yui, now Cure Navi, landed neatly onto her feet, then stared at her hands. "I really did it? Did I really become a Pretty Cure?" she asked herself. "That was amazing!" Gureru cried as he and EnEn ran up to her. "You were finally able to achieve your dream of being a Pretty Cure!" EnEn cheered. Navi looked down at the two, still shocked, but smiled graciously at this. "Yui has a new power now." Aqua stated, happily looking down at her. "You did it, Yui…" Soul started, but she stopped herself, then said, "No…Cure Navi!"
(Cue Pretty Cure Opening 'Eien no Tomodachi: New Stage 2 version')
Navi turned determinately at the Gray spawn that attacked them, ready to fight it. "You are only newly minted." it told her, leaping up to attack, "You still can't fight properly yet!" it slammed its' claws at Navi's position, who leapt high to avoid the attack. She got in the face of the shadow, and unleashed a roundhouse kick that sent it flying into the ground. "I've been fighting alongside my friends and family for some time!" Navi warned it, "Don't get too overconfident!"
Navi landed onto the ground, produced her tessen, and quickly came at the Gray spawn, who sat up to see her coming at her, but with no time to retaliate. Navi cried out as she slashed the shadow down the middle with her tessen, making it disappear. Gureru and EnEn cheered as Yui landed onto the ground, looking at her tessen. "My attacks really have improved in this form." she said in amazement.
Down below, Melody, Rhythm, Beat and Soul were facing four more Gray spawns. "Let's do it, team!" Melody told the others. "Right!" they replied, all four of them readying their weapons. They each formed their Tone Ring with their weapons. "Precure Music Rondo!" Melody shouted, throwing her orange Tone Ring. "Precure Music Rondo!" Rhythm shouted, throwing her yellow Tone Ring. "Precure Heartful Beat Rock!" Beat shouted, shooting her green Tone Ring. "Precure Soulful Beat Rock!" Soul shouted, shooting off her red Tone Ring.
"Those attacks are straight shot attacks!" one of the Gray spawns stated as the four ducked underneath the rings as they passed over them, "They are easy to dodge!" In the pathway of the Tone Rings, Cure Muse, Aqua, and Navi stepped in front of them. "But they can also be redirected!" Muse responded as the three girls readied themselves.
Muse used her Cure Module with the Fairy Tone Dodori, unleashing a sound wave that reverberated Melody's Tone Ring back the other way. Aqua readied her Keyblade, then with great precision, she scooped up Rhythm's Tone Ring, twirled it around, and threw it right back with great force. "Gather, my winds!" Navi chanted, twirling around while gathering pink-energy winds with her tessen, then holding it at the ready, she shouted, "Navi Whirlwind!", and unleashed the energy gale, sending Beat and Soul's Tone Rings right back.
All four Tone Rings shot at the Gray spawns, who were too shocked to dodge it again. They got hit with the attack, and the rings ignited on impact, decimating them. "We got em'!" cheered Melody and Rhythm in unison, while Soul and Beat high-fived each other. "Guys, thank you so much!" Soul thanked the trio that assisted on the other side. The trio smiled and gave their own response of approval.
Meanwhile, the large Gray spawn that had been dealing with the Smile and Doki Doki Pretty Cure was struggling against them. After being hit by a storm of March's March Shoot, it fought against Cure Sunny, who ignited her Sunny Fire, knocking it away. It tried to blast her down, but Cure Rosetta used her Rosetta Wall to protect Sunny.
"Let us go, too!" Beauty told Diamond. "All right. Please take the lead." Diamond responded, and the two charged in. "Precure Beauty Blizzard!" Beauty shouted, unleashing a stream of snow. "Sparkle! Twinkle Diamond!" Diamond shouted, unleashing her crystal stream along with Beauty. The two attacks spiraled together as they hit the Gray spawn, who tried stopping the attack with its' hands.
"Um, maybe we should fight, too?" Peace asked Sword, holding up her peace-signing fingers and pinching them like pincers. "Of course, my senior." Sword replied, going into battle. "Senior?" Peace asked, surprised to be called that, "Okay, then I'll show you how I do it!" Peace joined Sword as the two aided Beauty and Diamond.
"Flash! Holy Sword!" Sword shouted, her hand glowing as she shot orchid-colored energy swords from it like flying daggers. "Precure Peace Thunder!" Peace shouted, unleashing thunderbolts from her hands, which still showed the peace sign. The two attacks combined with Beauty and Diamond's attacks, making it even harder for the Gray spawn to hold on.
"This can't be happening!" Gray growled, "I should know all of their attacks, so it would be impossible for me to be beaten!" "That's because no textbook will have a way to defeat us!" Beauty replied. "Our teamwork is invincible!" Happy shouted, she and Heart at the ready to fight.
"Precure Happy Shower!" Happy shouted, unleashing her heart shape torrent of energy. "Let my feelings reach you! My Sweet Heart!" Heart shouted, unleashing a storm of energy from her heart brooch. The two attacks added to the four other Pretty Cure attacks, finally proving too much for the shadow, making him fade. "Oh, there it is! The Doki Doki Smile Miracle Bomber!" Sunny said excitedly. "What kind of name is that?" Rosetta asked, making Sunny blush.
While Cure Blossom and Marine were purifying the field of flowers and taking out the Gray spawns, The Splash Star Pretty Cure and Aqua were at the lake, where the crystal froze most of it over and a bunch of the Gray spawns were. "Let's cleanse this lake of the shadow enveloping it!" Cure Bloom stated as Moop and Foop floated right next to her and Cure Egret. "I'll lend you my powers, too." Aqua added, having her Keyblade ready.
"Precure Spiral Heart…" The two started, gathering the liquidized blue and yellow magical energy from their Spiral Rings into a heart shape before shouting "…Splash!" and unleashing the stream of energy together into a massive attack.
Aqua concentrated her Keyblade forward, locking onto all of the Gray spawns and the crystalized waters. "Farewell! Lightbloom!" Aqua shouted, spinning gracefully like a ballerina as she unleashed a volley of light energy shots from her Keyblade. The two attacks went along the crystalized lake, destroying all of the Gray spawns and shedding the crystal off the lake.
As the two finished their attack, they smiled at one another, then saw the sky turn dark as the light of the sunflower sun was covered in a dark shadow. "The sun's going dark!" shouted the turtle-like fairy teacher. "How can we deal with this?" Aqua pondered. "No need to worry!" Bloom assured Aqua, "The Heartcatch Pretty Cure have the powers of the sun and the moon!"
From out of the woods, shooting into the air, were Cure Sunshine and Cure Moonlight, unleashing their Floral Power Fortissimo towards the sun. They made contact with it for a few seconds before bouncing off of it, and the shadow was removed from the sun, shining down onto the land again. "Alright!" cheered all of the fairies.
"Why do they all get in my way?!" Gray's voice demanded. Then from all around the land, the Gray spawns gathered together in a giant dark cloud, which then took the form of a massive ant/spider like monster with red eyes. It landed in front of the school, where the Doki Doki Pretty Cure and Cure Navi gathered in its' line of fire.
"Get out of my way!" it boomed at the girls, who endured the shockwave of its' voice. "Your selfish ways are bothering everyone!" Heart shouted back. "It's over, Gray! You lost this battle!" Navi barked at it, the girls getting into a fighting stance. Gray gathered all of the dark red energy from its' mouth, then it shot it in a massive blast at the girls. While the Doki Doki Pretty Cure used their energy to put up a shield against their attack, Navi was flung back from the attack, only to be caught by Cure Soul. "Mama!" Navi shouted. Soul smiled at her daughter, nodding reassuringly.
The Doki Doki Pretty Cure were struggling to hold on against the continuous attack, however, Aqua and all of the Pretty Cure gathered together right behind the four, aiding them with their power. "Everyone!" Heart gasped in amazement, seeing all of the help they were gaining.
Navi jumped high over the group, her face determined. "I'll give you all the support I can!" she shouted down to the group. A ball of light appeared in Navi's hand, which morphed with the hand. "Guiding Lights, lend your strength!" she chanted, then she drew a large star in front of her, "Precure Navi Starlight!" She raised the star above her head, and its' energy rained down onto the Pretty Cure.
They were all encased in a glowing aura of light. "Navi's attack is enhancing our powers!" Heart noticed, feeling the strength in her shield grow stronger. "Okay, then let's use this power to defeat Gray!" Happy declared. The Pretty Cure's combined strength, plus the enhanced energy from the Miracle Lights and Cure Navi made the shield bigger, starting to push against the dark beam Gray was using.
Cure Navi and the Doki Doki Pretty Cure made war cries as they used all their strength to overcome the shadowy monster. "Stop being selfish!" shouted Heart, and with one last burst of energy, the shield became a brilliant light that overwhelmed Gray, making it fade from existence as it cried out in pain. The Pretty Cure finally defeated Gray.
Chapter 7: Dreams of the Future
As the team of Pretty Cure stood there, Cure Navi was floating back down when she saw, from the bushes, the original Gray appear from its' shadows, worn out from its' fight. EnEn and Gureru raced over to the spot while Navi landed next to Heart, and the entire group turned to Gray, who got up and growled at the Pretty Cure.
"I'm awesome! Why don't you understand that?!" it hissed at them. "That's enough." Gureru told his shadow, who turned to him. Everyone watched them expectedly. Navi stepped out of the Pretty Cure crowd, walking towards EnEn and Gureru. "Why should I stop?" Gray asked, "I'm awesome! I can defeat the Pretty Cure!" "I didn't want to defeat them." Gureru replied, "I was just…jealous of them."
He paused for a moment, during which Navi came next to EnEn as they stood behind Gureru. "They're so popular, and everyone relies on them." he continued, "I was completely jealous of them."
"Who cares about everyone?" Gray asked, looking at the fairies of the school, "No one understands you anyway, right?" "That's what I used to think." Gureru replied, "But there were two people who did! Both of them said that I wasn't the bad guy!" EnEn and Navi looked to Gureru, realizing he meant them.
"They have been here with me, and I want to know more about both of them." Gureru continued, "I want to talk with them more, and study in the same school as one of them." He turned to the two behind him. "EnEn, Yui, I want to be your friend." EnEn started to tear up as he sobbed, "Gureru…"
"I kinda understand where you are getting at, Gureru." Navi responded, kneeling down to pick up EnEn, wiping away his tears, "I was sort of jealous of the Pretty Cure, because they always pull through their problems with the power they were given, and I felt like a hinderance, being unable to help."
Navi looked up at the Pretty Cure, and smiled, "But they did need my help. They need everyone's help. They can't fight battles or save people on their own. That's why they have friends along side them, working together to overcome any obstacle. Even as a Pretty Cure now, I still need their help, just like they need my help. And for that to work out, I need friends like EnEn and Gureru, and have our hearts connected to one another."
EnEn and Gureru smiled up at Navi, then turned back to Gray. "She's right. I also want to make new friends, too." Gureru continued, "I want to become friends with everyone at school. I want to laugh, cry, feel that heart-throbbing excitement. I want to find out more about the feelings I never knew I had."
He raised his hand out to Gray as Gureru finished, "You know this, too. After all…you are me." Gray's eyes shifted from anger to understanding. He slowly walked out of the shadows, coming towards Gureru. He raised its' shadowy hand out, touching Gureru's hand. Gureru grabbed ahold of Gray's hand with both of his, and beamed at him. Gray's expression responded in a happy manner as well, and he slowly dissolved away into sparkling lights. The lights went into Gureru's shadow, which came out as a dark crystal orb that rolled out of his shadow, and nestled in the sunlight.
Navi reached out and pulled Gureru into a hug as she stood up with EnEn in her other arm. The trio smiled at one another as Navi's body glowed, and she reverted back to being Yui again. A silver Lovead with a light blue heart appeared in front of them, and with a free hand, Yui caught it, looking at it with curiosity along with EnEn and Gureru. As Yui saw it sparkle from the sun, she knew she would need it again, and the same went for her friends.
Moments later, Gureru, EnEn and Yui were right in front of the entire class, while the other Pretty Cure were right beside them. "U-Um, I'm really sorry, everyone!" Gureru apologized to the fairies, "I know this isn't something I can just apologize for, but I'm really sorry!" "Gureru has been working really hard!" EnEn assured them, "He worked hard to save everyone!"
"We know. We saw him, right?" one of the fairies asked, looking at the rest of the class. "Gureru is so brave!" another fairy stated, "He faced that scary shadow!" "But what about the school?" Gureru asked, looking at the school, seeing all the wreckage Gray did, "It's all messed up because of me."
"Gureru." the turtle fairy teacher spoke up, approaching him and EnEn, "A school is a place for you to study. I'm glad that you learned a lot." "Sensei…" Gureru muttered, amazed at the praise.
"You two fairies were very brave, today." Tarte told the two. "You might even become Pretty Cure fairies in the future." "Really?" EnEn asked. "Even a fairy like me?" Gureru asked.
"I didn't think I'd become a Pretty Cure, too." Cure Heart told them, "So all of you can be partnered with one, too." "Smile and work hard and you'll become happy!" Cure Happy added. "And besides, you might have a candidate partner behind you, already." Soul added, pointing to Yui behind them. The two fairies looked behind at Yui, who looked back at them. "It would be a lot of fun if we were partners!" Yui stated with a smile.
The two beamed up at her, then Gureru looked to EnEn as he proclaimed, "EnEn, I'm gonna become a Pretty Cure fairy!" "Me, too!" EnEn agreed. "Then let's become Pretty Cure fairies together!" Gureru stated. Yui picked them up with both hands. "And I'll do my part to becoming a great Pretty Cure." she told them, "Study hard, and we might end up together as one!" The trio grinned eagerly at the idea. All of the fairies gathered around at Yui's feet as she knelt down, laughing together with EnEn and Gureru, making so many new friends.
"You know, I'm beginning to understand how much you like being with the Pretty Cure, sister." Aqua told Soul, who turned to her, "The light in their hearts and the miracles produced around them are amazing." "I know, right?" Soul agreed, "And it's all thanks to the friends Yui and I made here."
"You're our friend, too, Aqua." Melody added, "You helped out a lot today!" "Though it's gonna be a bit difficult with two Aquas in our team." Marine stated, pondering on how to fix that, "Maybe we should call you Aqua #2!" "That's not a good name!" Blossom told Marine as Cure Aqua giggled in embarrassment. All of the other Pretty Cure laughed at this comedic moment.
All of the Pretty Cure started to help out with rebuilding the outside and inside of the school, from shifting the stone pillars back to their rightful places, to repairing the walls inside the school. Despite the amount of work, the team had a lot of fun working together and fixing up the school back to normal. When that was done, they finally did what they were really called there for; They set up a party table, and they enjoyed the rest of the day eating, talking and partying with one another.