"Hinote?" Homura asks as she peeks into the bathroom, while Hinote is smoothing out his mane. "Why the dressing up?"

Hinote sighs a content sigh. "I think I'm in love-hino..."

"In love? Really?" Homura is surprised--she hasn't seen her pegasus interested in any female pegasi. Furthermore, the only other pegasi on the Green Plains are Kouri and Eika, and they haven't shown any romantic leanings. "What's she like?"

"Well..." Hinote rinses his mane, then continues. "She's nice, playful, has a good sense of humor-hino...

"Does Kouri know about your beloved?" Homura asks.

"Yes--she says that she's glad I've found someone to love and that the relationship works-hino." Hinote replies. "Judging from how nice she treats me, I think it will!"

Homura thinks hard about Hinote's transformation--it isn't like him to be this romantic, so is there something more to this girlfriend?

[OP: DANZEN! Futari wa PreCure (Flash Fire ver.)]

In the Black Realm, Lautia accepts a small pink pegasus doll from Yende. "Interesting invention...how does it work?"

"At first glance, the doll will behave like a normal pegasus, but when the timer to infection runs out, the Urusainaa egg I've infected it with will hatch, transforming it into an Urusainaa." Yende explains. "Since the red pegasus that carries the Score of Colors is male, it is natural that he will mistake it for a real female pegasus and fall in love with it."

"So the winged horse I captured was the female?" Ruida gasps.

"Yes--you should have tried for the red one." Yende replies as he arrives to change Ruida's dressings.

"I am glad to report that the red pegasus has already formed a romantic relationship with your invention, Yende." Lautia smiles, showing Yende scenes of Hinote and the doll writing letters to each other, playing, and flying around the city.

"Excellent..." Yende smiles. "This will be perfect for our obtaining the Rainbow Notes!"

[Episode title: "Hinote in love? A Rainbow Note of romance!"]

We join the group in Yuki's room. "Okay...when did Hinote show any romantic inclinations?" Aiden asks Homura.

"It started a week or two ago, when Hinote befriended this pink pegasus named Aina..." Homura explains. "Since then, it's been Aina this, Aina that...I wish he'd talk about someone else!"

Eika looks at Kouri. "I don't remember any pegasus named Aina on the Crystal Plains-eiko..."

"Me neither..." Kouri begins. "At the same time, she could be a newcomer-kori.."

"That's true-eiko..." Eika notes before motioning for Homura to continue.

"And when he's not talking about her, he's been writing little love notes, giving her gifts, and stuff like that!" Homura continues before retrieving a small piece of paper from a pocket. "The doctor told me if I don't get enough Peaches I'll have to check into the hospital for a juice transfusion. Hope to see you soon :)" Everyone laughs at the note's contents.

"That's the oddest love note I've seen..." Aiden laughs.

Kouri and Eika are also howling with laughter at the note. "Then again, Hinote was never known for being a good writer-kori..."

"I have my sneaking suspicions that this Aina is really a trap and Hinote is in grave danger..." Homura notes as she puts the love note away, quieting the laughter. "She's told him to meet her in a little clearing in the park Thursday--who thinks we should follow him?"

"I do!" Kouri replies.

"Me too." Aiden agrees.

"They say that love is blind, but I agree with your fears--what if Hinote is being led into a trap?" Yuki interjects.

"It's settled--we follow Hinote on his date." Homura declares.

[CM break]

A few days later, Hinote arrives in a clearing, where Aina is waiting. "You came-ai! I have a present for you..." She shows Hinote a purple music note that appears to glow as it sings Love, oh love...

"How did you find that-hino?" Hinote asks, surprised that someone else is searching for the Rainbow Notes.

"Come closer, and I'll tell you." Aina sneers, and begins mutating into a large demonic pegasus-like form. Hinote screams and flees in terror.

Homura hears the scream in the distance and motions for Yuki and Aiden to follow her. "Hinote's in trouble!"

"I knew this Aina was a trick..." Kouri grumbles as the group arrives in the clearing, where Hinote is cornered by the pegasus-Urusainaa.

"I'll distract horsie-creep and get Hinote to safety, you two go change!" Aiden calls as he heaves a smoke ball at the Urusainaa, buying Hinote time to hole up in a bush.

"Right!" Homura leads Yuki behind a tree. Once sure she and Yuki 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 onto the grass and challenges the pegasus-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.

Eika swoops in and grabs Hinote away as the Urusainaa tries to grab at him. "You need to get away from here! Now!"

"But what about Aina?" Hinote protests.

"Don't you see-kori? 'Aina' was really a trap from the Black Realm!" Kouri snaps as Ember lands a kick on the Urusainaa's back.

"Lautia wanted to take the Score of Colors from you and destroy the Rainbow Notes-eiko." Eika explains, a note of anger in her voice. "Had you seen Aina for what she really was, we wouldn't be in this mess right now." Glacier lands a punch on the Urusainaa to prove her point.

Hinote hangs his head as PreCure continue to grapple with the Urusainaa. "I'm sorry-hino--I should've known all this was a trap sooner. Is there anything I can do to redeem myself-hino?"

"Yes--you can help PreCure." Eika replies, pointing out a glowing black heart on the Urusainaa's head that both Ember and Glacier are struggling to land an attack on.

Hinote's expression turns angry. "I'll be glad to help PreCure-hino!" The Black Realm will pay for tricking me with a false lover!" With that, he swoops into the bushes where PreCure and the Urusainaa are battling and unleashes a few flaming rings. "Flaming Pulse!" The Urusainaa is not expecting the attack, and falls against a tree, dazed.

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 pegasus doll and healing what damage was caused.

"So Aina was really a doll-hino?" Hinote asks.

"Unfortunately-kori--Lautia took advantage of every creature's desire to have someone to love and tried to use it to trap you." Kori explains as Yuki summons the Score of Colors.

"It's fortunate that PreCure saved you before Lautia could capture you-eiko." Eika adds as she gives the purple Rainbow Note to Homura, who sets it in the bottom right indentation on the right page next to the indigo note. The five Rainbow Notes then sing Take a melody... Give it some words, and... Raise your voices! Sing a melody of Love, oh love... as the Score disappears.

Aiden notices Hinote's glum face. "Don't worry, you'll find a pretty lady pegasus--one that loves you for real--one day."

"You mean it?" Hinote gains stars in his eyes. "I can't wait to find her-hino!" Everyone laughs as Kouri and Eika sweatdrop.

[ED: Ganbalance de Dance ~Melodies of Fire and Ice~]

[NEXT WEEK: Tasting the world! Dinner and a battle!]