"Bye, nee-san!" Hikari smiles as Homura hugs her before she departs out the door.
"Be good, okay?" Homura replies. "I'll be home from the movies by six."
"Okay!" Hikari replies. After waving goodbye to her sister one last time, she troops upstairs in hopes of finding something to do.
As she troops upstairs, she notices Homura's DS lying on the bed in her room. Hey...nee-san left her DS here... Her first thought is to come inside and play with it, but decides against it. She always takes it with her...could there be something more to it I don't know about?
[OP: DANZEN! Futari wa PreCure (Flash Fire ver.)]
Hikari tiptoes into Homura's room. Maybe now that nee-san's not here, I can play the DS for a while!
Outside, Ruida sends an Urusainaa egg into a basketball lying by a hoop in the driveway of the Boukeno house. Maybe I can lure out one of PreCure in their own home! she smirks as she warps away.
Hikari, mainwhile, turns on the DS and is about to settle in with New Super Mario Bros. when Hinote appears on the top screen. "Hello-hino!"
"GAH!!!!" Hikari gasps. Weird...I don't remember Mario having a pegasus as a character!
[Episode title: "Hikari's discovery! Keep this a secret!]
Hikari peeks at the DS. "A-are you a friend of nee-san?"
"You could say I am a friend of your sister-hino." Hinote replies. "It is my job to protect her while she is on her mission to save your world."
"The world's in trouble?" Hikari is piqued.
"You may not realize it, but some evil creatures want to take away all the music and happiness in your world and turn it into a place filled with noise and despair-hino." Hinote explains. "If we don't find the eight Rainbow Notes we've hidden in this world, we can't scare the bad creatures away-hino."
"What's so scary about a song?" Hikari wonders.
"See if what we've found so far sounds familiar to you at all..." With that, Hinote summons the Score of Colors and opens it, where the two Rainbow Notes inside sing Raise your voices! and Sing a melody of...
Hikari instantly recognizes the song. "That's the Eight Melodies...but I thought that song only worked in a video game."
"Well, that same song in my world has the power to drive away evil, among other things." Hinote explains as he puts the Score away. "So it is vital your sister find them all-hino."
"So what is your home like?" Hikari asks.
"I think you and your sister would enjoy a visit-hino." Hinote replies. "The weather is always nice, it only rains for a short time, and there's much treasure to be found-hino."
"Are there princesses or dragons in your world?" Hikari is interested now.
"Not so much princesses, but we do have dragons--they are very wise, so you must first bring treasure as payment-hino." Hinote replies.
Hikari giggles. "Come on...I want to show you around here--so you'll know where everything is while you're staying with nee-san."
[CM break]
"Here it is, Hinote...our back yard." Hikari smiles as she gestures to the expanse of fenced in grass before him. A pool is close by, and a swing set sits at the bottom of a hill.
"It's beautiful..." Hinote smiles. "Can we go swimming?" he asks as he spots the pool.
"Oh no...not while Mom, Dad, and nee-san are away. We can swim later, though!" Just before Hikari can get comfortable with Hinote, a basketball with large feet and stubby hands crashes through the fence leading to the yard, making Hikari scream in fear.
Hikari's screams are heard just as Homura, Yuki, and Aiden arrive. "An Urusainaa!" Yuki gasps.
Homura growls. Of all the places for the Black Realm to attack, they picked my house!
Aiden jumps and tries to battle with the Urusainaa. "Cures! I'll distract creepazoid here!"
With that, the girls run behind a tree. Once sure they are not being followed, they jam the music note game cards into their DSes, join hands and call "Dual Elemental Fury!" sending a wave of flames and ice over them.
Inside the cocoon of flames and ice, Homura's body, now glowing red, first gains a ruffley shirt-like outfit, colored red, gold, and orange, before gaining a matching skirt in the same colors. Yuki gets the same sort of outfit on her glowing blue body, only hers is colored in silver, light blue, and dark blue. Homura next gains some black fingerless gloves, while Yuki gets some white gloves that have fingers. Homura's next piece of clothing is red pants with gold trim and brown shoes, with a gold bow with a red button on the shirt to finish. Yuki gains some light blue pants with silver and dark blue trim and white shoes, with a light blue bow with a dark blue button in the center.
As the cocoon clears, Homura steps before the ball-Urusainaa. "The flames of a pulsing rhythm, Cure Ember!"
"The lullaby of a winter's night, Cure Glacier!" Yuki agrees as she joins her partner.
"We are PreCure!" both call to no one in particular.
Hikari shudders as Aiden and PreCure grapple with the Urusainaa. "Help, someone!" The Urusainaa senses Hikari and throws Aiden aside.
"I'll save you!" Hinote dives before Hikari and forms a red shield around her. "Infernal Bastion!"
"Wha..." Hikari is impressed. She touches the shield, where it feels warm to the touch.
"This shield is made of low grade flames, where it will protect you from that monster." Hinote explains.
Back with PreCure, Glacier delievers one ice tinged kick into the Urusainaa, but it bounces away. Ember then delivers a flame tinged punch, making it bounce away again.
"Fascinating...since it was made from a ball, the Urusainaa is prone to being hit directly." Glacier notes.
"There's an idea!" Aiden notes. "Why don't you bat it back and forth to wear it down?"
"Got it!" Ember calls as Glacier whacks away the Urusainaa from the shielded Hikari. An odd game of catch begins as Ember and Glacier whack the Urusainaa back and forth, wearing it down with every hit.
Once Glacier hits the Urusainaa into a tree, Ember takes that opportunity to charge a fireball. "Fire of a beat eternal..."
"Melody soft as falling snow..." Glacier says as she charges an ice ball.
"Together with the songs of PreCure..." Ember continues, holding her ball high.
"Let all the world sing of the promise of love!" Glacier adds, holding her ball high.
"PreCure...Frosty Fever!" With that, both balls are slammed to the ground, making a wave of fire and ice engulf the Urusainaa, returning it to a basketball and healing what damage was caused.
"You saved me, Hinote!" Hikari hugs Hinote as the red shield disappears. "How can I ever repay you?"
"It was nothing-hino!" Hinote smiles.
"How did you find Hinote?" Homura is curious.
"Well, I was going to use your DS to play my file on 'New Super Mario Bros.' when he just appeared and said hi." Hikari explains. "I was surprised, but then he told me all about why you were fighting monsters like what possessed our basketball."
Homura smiles, glad that Hinote and Hikari are getting along well. "Hikari...will you promise not to tell Mom and Dad about Hinote?"
"If both our world and his are in danger, I won't tell anyone!" Hikari replies. "It'll be our little secret!"
[ED: Mamoru no Melody]
[NEXT WEEK: "Exam showdown! Ruida's last stand!"]
