Chatter and laughter fill the air as Homura and Yuki arrive in the shopping district. "It's been a few days since Ruida crashed our English exam, allowing Yuki and I to finally defeat her." Homura narrates s we see a scene of the Melodic Fever banishing Ruida. "Yet through all that, I still managed to pass the exam. Mom was so proud of me finally passing an English exam, she gave me 9500 yen to spend however I wanted."
"So what are you going to get with your exam funds?" Aiden asks as he meets the girls at the main square of the shopping district.
"I'm not really sure..." Homura confesses as the threesome enter a mall and walk towards the music store.
Bruyant, mainwhile, is browsing through the various CD racks, looking for the perfect CD to infect with an Urusainaa. Let's see how PreCure can hold up to an opponent that tracks their every move...
[OP: DANZEN! Futari wa PreCure (Flash Fire ver.)]
Homura, Yuki and Aiden first walk into a clothing store. While Aiden isn't too thrilled about critiquing the girls, the pegasi take that opportunity to play hide and seek in the racks of clothing. Miraculously, none of other shoppers know the giggling in the various racks are not children.
Aiden realizes that any of the pegasi could be discovered if they play too rough, so after finding Eika hiding in a shirt sleeve, he explains "We don't want people to find you three here, but if you do, hold very still."
"Why-hino?" Hinote is curious.
"This way, anyone that does find you will think you are a toy." Aiden explains.
"Why would I want to be a toy-hino?" Hinote is confused. Aiden sighs. Red horsie's a bit more thickheaded than I thought...
Meanwhile, a crowd cheers for Bruyant as he steps on a stage somewhere in the mall. While I'm busy winning over the other humans with my golden voice, here's hoping it lures PreCure too... With that, he sends an Urusainaa egg into a random CD somewhere in the music store.
[Episode title: "City in the dark! Enter Bruyant!"]
Back in the clothing store, Aiden sighs as the girls parade before him and the pegasi in different outfits. "The cowgirl look isn't you..." he tells Yuki as she emerges from the fitting room clad in Western attire.
"That's too dark-kori..." Kouri tactfully rejects a deep red shirt on Homura.
"That's a little better-eiko..." Eika comments on a daisy print sundress Yuki is modeling.
"Yes, the flowers look good on you-hino." Hinote agrees.
"A little brighter blue than that." Aiden comments on another shirt Homura is wearing. But before the girls can emerge with their next outfits, Aiden notices that Hinote is gone. "Wha?"
"Is this pegasus doll yours?" A woman walks up to Aiden with Hinote in her arms.
Aiden sweatdrops. I TOLD Hinote to stay close to us... "Uh, yeah..." he replies as he takes Hinote. "This guy's gonna be a present for a friend, and I must have dropped him somewhere--thanks for finding him." he replies.
"You're most welcome." With that, the woman departs.
"Next time, when I say 'Stay close', I mean 'Stay close', okay?" Aiden warns Hinote, who blushes as Homura and Yuki emerge from the fitting rooms and gather up the outfits they intend to buy.
"What happened?" Yuki is concerned.
"We almost got our cover blown when Hinote wandered off." Aiden explains as the girls get in line at the checkout desk. "Thankfully, a lady found him and thought he was a doll."
Homura is about to comment when a growl gets her attention. "When we're done here, who's ready for lunch?"
"A wonderful idea." Yuki agrees as Homura pays for her outfits.
Once the three friends depart, they pass the stage from before, where a crowd is listening to Bruyant, in disguise as a male idol, singing along with a techno rock beat We're gettin' too close, too close! We're livin' in the danger zone-oh whoa! Too close for our own good!....
[CM break]
We see scenes of the girls and Aiden in a few other stores before we see them arrive at the food court. "I'm starved!" Homura smiles.
"Me too!" Aiden agrees as the three friends get in line at a hamburger kiosk. But before they can order, the lights suddenly blink out. "Funny--who turned out the lights?"
A loud roar pierces the air and shoppers scatter as a humanoid being seemingly made from CDs and music notes lumbers down a pathway, leveling planters and tables as it makes its way through the dark.
"This way!" Aiden motions for the girls to follow him into the hallway leading into the bathrooms as the emergency lights flash on. "I'll stand guard outside, you two go change into battle mode!"
"Right!" Homura replies as she and Yuki dash into the girls' bathroom. 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 leads the way out of the bathroom and steps onto the floor, noting the leveled tables dotting the darkened mall. "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.
The CD Urusainaa roars and sends two blades that look like music notes at PreCure, but they jump away, making the blades shred two banners in the process. But Glacier gasps when she looks behind her seconds later: the Urusainaa has magically appeared there even though it was right in front of her minutes earlier! She runs away, but the Urusainaa is waiting for her no matter where she runs to!
Ember isn't faring very much better--Every time she tries to ambush the Urusainaa from above, the Urusainaa is right by her, making her flee. "Just how are we supposed to get a hit on this creep if it knows where we are going to be at any moment?" she asks Hinote.
Hinote watches for a moment as the Urusainaa chases PreCure. "It can only follow one target at a time, so have one distract it and meet the other close by-hino." he suggests.
"I'll distract it!" Glacier volunteers.
"Actually-kori, it can track two targets at once, so it's better to stun it first so it can only follow one target." Kouri corrects Hinote, making him sweatdrop.
"It won't be expecting this! Star Beam!" The Urusainaa balks as a wave of rainbow stars slams into it, buying Ember time to dash away from the food court and down a pathway before hiding behind a bench. Once the Urusainaa comes to, it spots Glacier and begins chasing her.
"Ember, Glacier's leading the creep to your position, so get ready!" Aiden reports on Ember's communicator.
"Right!" Ember leads Glacier behind the bench with her, then charges a red ball of light, oblivious to the Urusainaa charging at both of them. "Flames that pulse to the eternal rhythm..."
Glacier charges a blue ball of light. "Stirring melody that chills your soul..."
The light balls expand to form a sort of shield around the two girls. "With eight melodies and the song of PreCure..." Ember continues.
"Turn from the darkness and embrace the light!" Glacier adds.
Both girls hold out their hands. "PreCure...Lumen Concerto!" With the two Rainbow Notes singing in the background, small waves of red and blue light go flying from the girls' hands, turning the CD Urusainaa back into a normal CD and healing what damage was caused.
Bruyant grimaces in defeat from behind a planter. PreCure is obviously more resourceful then I thought... he muses as he warps away.
"You okay, guys?" Aiden and Eika catch up to the girls as the lights begin to blink back on.
"I think so..." Ember wheezes. "But my question is, how did the Urusainaa know where we would be at any time? Could its master be another Black Realm guardian?"
"If it is a guardian-eiko, it is one that knows how to find a target well." Eika cautions. "So be on guard-eiko."
Ember swallows hard. So this new opponent can track us? What if he's watching our every move right now?
Glacier notices Ember's pained face. "You don't have to worry, we've defeated him for now." Ember heaves a sigh of relief as the two of them de-transform into Homura and Yuki.
"You might want to call your family and check on them..." Aiden suggests as he hangs up a cell phone. "I have power at my place..."
"Ooh, good idea...." Homura fumbles for her own cell phone and dials her home number.
After ringing twice, Hikari picks up on the other end. "Hello?"
"Hi, Hikari...it's nee-san." Homura begins. "Is the power back on at the house?"
"Yeah, it came on just a little while ago...was it scary shopping in the dark?" Hikari asks, making everyone laugh.
[ED: Mamoru no Melody]
[NEXT WEEK: "Yuki's new pet! Kouri's jealousy!"]