Episode 36

Op: "We are Passion Heart Precure."

"Love and Joy, A New Precure?!"

"Lovely Dress!"

Hattori was bathed in an emerald light, a light green glow surrounded her body. Her short brown hair twirled within the glow of the light, changing into a light mint color that sat on the side of her head like a ponytail, held in place by a heart clip. Hattori shot her arms out on either side of herself, her uniform vanishing to reveal an off the shoulder light emerald top. She dusted away at the light to reveal the rest of the dress which parted on the side with a white ruffle, clicking her heals to reveal long knee socks paired with green heels that tied at the ankle.

Hattori struck a quick pose before turning on her heel and landing another pose. She made a small heart with her hands as she spoke. "Love and Joy! My love will rid your evil heart of hate! Cure Cupid!"

As the light vanished, leaving only the newly born cure behind, Asphodel was frozen with rage. Adore and Rose were just as surprised, to stunned to even move. Merry began to stir, groaning from the shaking pain she felt. Asphodel glanced at the trio with an angry snarl, turning at Cupid with a nasty glare.

Cupid meet his gaze with a confident grin. "So, are you going to stand there all day or what?"

Asphodel could feel his blood boil from just the sight of the child. He snapped, lunging at her with all of the strength he could muster. But this new cure was powerful, as Asphodel punches began to strike her, Cure Cupid blocked them with ease. She grabbed his wrist and threw him aside, Asphodel crashing against the cold ground with a groan.

Cupid raised her arm in to the air, her ring glowing with the same emerald light as before. "Golden ring!" She lowered her arm holding it across her chest, her other hand hovered over the ring and she tapped the green gem with her finger before quickly shooting her arm out to the right of her. "Cupid, Harp!"

A small orb of green light sat in the palm of her hand for a moment than bursting from the light, a small pink harp appeared in her hand. She strummed the harp as she said. "Precure, Cupid-" The harp began to grow, transforming into a bow and arrow. "-Harp, Love Arrow!"

Cupid shot the arrow, aiming directly for Asphodel. As the arrow charged at him, it glowed with a red light and two more arrows appeared beside it. All the three arrows hit there mark on the ground around Asphodel and with in seconds they went off like bombs.

"Ah!" Asphodel's voice shook the air as he was consumed by the attack. After the smoke cleared, it was obvious that Asphodel was left severely injured. He knelt on one knee, head bowed in pain. "Damn it..." He cursed, he glanced over at Cure Cupid before vanishing from sight.

Cure Cupid, a victorious smirk about her, walked towards the passion heart trio and extended a hand towards them. "Nice to meet ya', I'm Cure Cupid. But I guess you already know that."

Adore turned to Rose with a blank stare before turning back to Cupid, she took Cupid's hand and shook it loosely. "Um...We're the Passion Heart Precure."

It was late in the day now, the sun setting on the city as residents arrived from work and students arrived home. Red Bud Middle School had long been empty all except for a room in the far back of the elementary building were Hattori and the girls sat, silently starring at one another.

Orie glanced at her friends than to Hattori, she pressed an ice pack close to her head. Feeling the need to break the silence, she let out a heavy sigh and said. "So, you're a precure...how long have you been one."

Hattori pursed her lips to the side in thought, she adjusted herself in her chair taking in a breath. "Well since, how long has it been now since that fight? Ten, twenty minutes now? Yea, I'd say twenty minutes."

Orie set the ice pack down, mouth wide with confusion. "Hold on, so you didn't even know anything about being a precure?" Hattori shook her head. Orie rubbed at her temples with yet another sigh, she turned to Waki and shot her a look that said just how frustrated she was.

Waki licked her lips, a hand passing through her hair. "Listen, Hattori-"

"Tokie." Hattori interrupted."

Waki starred at her, brow raised. "What?"

"Tokie." She said, smiling. "That's my first name and you girls can call me Tokie."

"Why?" Rei asked.

Tokie giggled before saying. "Because, we're a team." Tokie rose from her seat, slinging her school bag over one shoulder and walking to the door. She looked back at the girls with a wide smile. "Now, it's getting late I should be going. See ya!"

"Hold on-" Waki called out to her, but the slam of the door drowned her voice and the room was once again filled with silence. "Great..." Waki said, leaning against the back of her chair.

"What now?" Asked Orie.

Rei took the ice pack and applied it to Orie's head, a soft smile on her face. "Now, you get some rest at home and we'll deal with this tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Waki repeated with a gasp.

Rei smiled, nodding. "Yup, that's right. It's the weekend tomorrow so we can deal with it than. Today's been pretty...intense."

"But we don't have anyway to contact her." Said Waki. "Plus we can't wait that long, we need to deal with this now!"

"Waki, calm down. I now that is a serious issue, but I think we could really benefit from a good nights rest." Said Rei, voice calm. "Now, it's late we should get going before our parents start to worry."

Waki let out a sigh, but agreed it would be best to head home for the night. So the trio parted and went their separate ways, though their minds were heavy with the same thought and even though it had been Rei's idea to head home and solve the issue later, she seemed to be the one who was panicked the most.

Rei laid in her bed with the covers over herself, eyes fixed on her ceiling as she was lost in her own thoughts. A small knock echoed in the room, followed by the soft voice of her mother.

"Sweetie, dinners ready."

"Actually, I'm not hungry mom...can you put some food aside for me. Thanks..." Rei said.

"Well...alright."

Rei closed her eyes for a moment, sleep slowly taking over. In a matter of minutes Rei was deep in sleep, her mind lost within slumber. She turned in her bed with a groan, eyes shut tight as she dreamed.

Rei shot up out of her bed with a gasp. Her room was covered with a dark mist, her bed the only thing that remained. In the far side of the room a young girl stood still, silently starring at Rei.

Rei gulped, feeling at a lost for words. The girl took a step towards her, the mist lifting away from her. Rei's eyes were fixed on the young girl, her face so familiar, but she did not know why. Than, the girl spoke.

"Rei, you've found me."

Rei felt her eyes shoot open as she woke up with a start, she threw her covers off to the side and looked at her clock, red lights blinking back at her. Rei combed her fingers through her hair, a bead of sweat trickling from her head. She swung her legs over her bed, taking slow breaths.

"She..who was she?"

As Rei sat on her bed, still trying to piece together her dream, a glimmer of red light caught her eye. She turned with a start and starred at the growing light, the red glimmer in the corner of her room glowed for a second more as Ambrosia stepped in to her room. Rei let out a sigh, somewhat relieved to see the familiar face.

Ambrosia eyed her with a puzzled look, but decided not to ask what exactly was bothering her. There was something Ambrosia was here to do and she did not want to waste anytime.

"It's been a little bit hasn't it?" She said.

Rei rolled her eyes. "Yea, not kidding. What do you want, don't you know how late it is?"

Ambrosia shrugged, leaning against the wall with her arms crossed, a careless expression about her. "Time of day isn't really important to me, it's not like I'm one of you. Anyhow, I've come to speak to you."

"Why?" Asked Rei, shooting Ambrosia a suspicious look. "Every time you come over here I'm left with more questions than before and I really don't think you've been any help at all."

"Well, that's about to change." Ambrosia said. "See, I think I can help you beat Asphodel."

"And how exactly would you do that?"

"Well, for starters I think there's a new power." Ambrosia said. "And I've felt this power for sometime now and I wasn't going to tell you unless I was sure it wasn't evil. Just earlier today, I felt it kind of awaken, it felt just like the precure's power. Rei, I think this power can help you."

Rei eyed Ambrosia and something dawned on her. "Hold on, do you mean the new cure?"

Ambrosia starred wide eyed at Rei, mouth opened with a gasp. "A new...cure? Wait a minute that means..."

"The new power was the ring and the awakening you felt was the new cure. Cure cupid."

Ambrosia raised a hand, gesturing for Rei to pause. "A ring? A new cure? Hold on, what's going on?"

"You mean you didn't know about the ring, like at all?" Rei said. Rei threw herself back on her bed with an exaggerated sigh, she looked at Ambrosia with a pout. "How exactly are you suppose to help me again?"

Ambrosia narrowed her eyes at the young girl, grumbling to herself. "Alright so I'm not as caught up as I should be, but you have to give me a break. I can't exactly move around the city so freely anymore at least not with Asphodel around."

"And I ask again, how are you going to help?" There was frown on Rei's face and her eyes seemed to plead Ambrosia for an answer, after all Rei was at a lost. "Listen, I really do appreciate that you're trying even if I haven't been the most trusting, but understand that if you can't help me then...well you really have no business being here."

"Rei..." Ambrosia said.

"I don't want to sound like a jerk, but Ambrosia you were an enemy and you're really trying, but you said it yourself. Asphodel's practically hunting you down when he's not busy trying to ruin our lives." Rei took in a breath, eyes lowering as she breathed out. "How exactly are you going to help me?"

"I'll answer any questions you have. Seriously."

Rei meet her gaze, Ambrosia's stare serious, but not cold. "Alright...first, how did you know about the new power, yet somehow couldn't find the ring?"

"It was pretty difficult. Feeling a power like the one you girls have is the easy part, it's like when you know someones watching you. Though, for some reason this power was very weak at first and I just couldn't find that device and when I felt that new cures powers, it was like a wave had just knocked in to me. After that I thought I should tell you about it and maybe that way we could find it quicker...but you already did."

"Ambrosia can I ask you for a favor?"

Ambrosia shrugged." Um, sure."

"Tomorrow, do you think you could somehow find out where that new cure is. We don't have any way to contact her out side of school."

"Of course, but can I ask why?"

"I have to ask her some questions, something tells me she knows something...or at least can tell us something. Something that is very important."

"I just can't believe it." Waki said with a sigh, resting her chin on the palm of her hand.

She leaned against the arm rest of a bench were she sat beside Orie, the two enjoying the near by park or at least trying to. Orie was more the one actually enjoying the outside, Waki was a grumpy mess since they met up early today. It was barely noon, but Orie was already tired from all the grumbling and complaining Waki was up too.

"Waki..." She said for what must have been the third time today. "You're complaining again."

"I'm sorry, but I just can't get over this." Waki said. "I mean, things are officially worst than before."

"Before?" Asked Orie. "Before what?"

"Before we went to Amour, I mean things were much more simple." Waki explained with a pout. "Fight the bad guys, defeat the villain and save the day. But instead we only hurt the bad guys, injured the villain and now some little girl has the power of the precure. I mean, a child shouldn't have that much power."

Orie laughed. "Waki, you know we're not that much older than her."

"Yea, but we're not ten either!" Waki dropped her head in to her hands with a sigh. She turned to Orie, face painted with a tired look. "She's a fifth year in elementary school..."

"Waki, you know it's not really up to us who becomes a precure. You of all people should know, plus you saw her the other day I think she can handle herself."

"Maybe...but it's still messed up."

Orie laid a hand on her shoulder, giving her a gentle tap. "Come on, Rei wanted to meet us, remember? I'm sure she's waiting."

Waki nodded. "Alright, were is she again?"

"Um.." Orie took her phone out, reading over the message sent to her hours ago. "She said to meet her at Cherry Blossom Grove by noon, oh and that's it urgent."

"Cherry Blossom Grove?" Waki repeated to herself. "That's across the city, what could possible be so urgent that she'd want to meet there?"

"Don't know, but it is far. So, come on." Orie took her hand and pulled her up from the bench. "Whatever it is, we need to be there."

While Orie and Waki left for the park, Rei was already there accompanied by Ambrosia. The two stood among the grove as they waited for the girls. Ambrosia leaned against a tree, foot tapping on the ground as her patience ran thin. Rei looked over at her with a rather annoyed look about her.

"Are you done?" Rei said.

"Well, they seem to be taking their time don't you think?" Ambrosia said, annoyed. "Can't they hurry it up."

Rei ignored her whining, turning her attention to something else with in the park. "They'll be here soon..."

Sure enough, the wait was over when the sudden shout of Waki's voice greeted the two. Rei waved at the girls as they grew closer, Ambrosia still pressed against the tree remaining ever so quiet. As Orie and Waki came closer, it was only obvious that they would notice the chilling presence Ambrosia always seemed to have about her.

The two came to a pause, eyeing each other before shooting a questioning look at Rei. "What's going on?" The two said in unison.

Rei looked back at Ambrosia, waving at her to move closer. "Don't panic, Ambrosia's on our side. Actually we'll be needing her help."

"Oh, why?" Asked Waki.

"Because-"

"Hey!" A high, clear voice echoed out to the girls quickly followed by Tokie's cheerful presence. "So, why did you call me out here? Miss me already?" Tokie joked with a laugh.

"Actually, we or um I wanted you to meet some one." Rei pulled Ambrosia forward, introducing the two to one another. "Ambrosia, this is Tokie. Tokie, Ambrosia."

Eyecatch 1: Cure Adore, Merry, and Rose are seen in the center of the screen. Yui runs up from behind them and smacks against the screen, falling back. Cure Adore lays Yui on her lap, while Rose and Merry giggle behind her. The Passion Heart logo appears.

Eyecatch 2: Passion Heart precure logo appears and Cure Adore, Merry and Rose, stand behind it, waving to the camera.

"Hi Ambrosia, I'm Hattori Tokie." Tokie shook Ambrosia's hand, a soft smile crossing her face.

Ambrosia nodded, staying silent until the shine of Tokie's ring had caught her eye. "You're Cure Cupid, aren't you."

Instantly, the air grew still. Orie and Waki seemed to freeze up, eyes starring at Rei with shock. Tokie eyed Ambrosia, a blank look about her as she tried to figure out just how Ambrosia knew who she was. Tokie glanced at Rei, returning her stare towards Ambrosia.

"How did you know?" She asked.

"I told her." Rei said with out hesitation. "It's alright, she knows we're precure as well. Actually I wanted you two to meet. I think it's really important we get to the bottom of this."

Tokie felt her brows scrunch together as she eyed Rei, confused. "Bottom of what?"

"Well, you're a precure and we sort of need some answers." Rei said. "Right girls?"

Orie and Waki were taken back, still a but stunned from earlier. Waki looked at Orie, nudging her with an arm to speak.

"Um...right.." Orie said, collecting herself. "Right, yes there's so much we don't know about you."

"Like what?" Tokie said. "What exactly would you even need to know about me?"

"Well for starters..." Ambrosia cut in. "How did you get the ring?"

Tokie giggled. "It's a long story, but just know I have it."

"Alright, than how did you know how to use it? Who lead you to it?"

"Jeez, you're filled with questions aren't ya?" Tokie said, she turned to Rei with a pout. "I thought you wanted to hang out, what's all this nonsense about the ring?"

"Tokie this is serious." Orie told her. "Do you even know what it means to a be precure?"

"Yea, I mean you took down Asphodel yesterday." Waki added. "Single-handedly might I add."

Rei nodded, saying. "I mean, aren't you at least curious about what happened?"

"Mhm?" Hummed Tokie, in thought. "Nope!" She said with a smile.

"Tokie." Waki said. "Aren't you worried? Suspicious? Anything?"

Tokie shook her head, sticking to her story. "No, I don't really see why I should be anyway."

"Amazing..." Ambrosia said. "To think someone's been granted such power and they don't even care."

Tokie began to frown, her brows scrunched together as she glared at Ambrosia. "I didn't say I don't care, I just don't see the point in all these questions."

Ambrosia starred back at Tokie with deep concentration in her eyes, there was a slight pause and than she spoke. "It's unbelievable that someone like you would arrive basically out of thin air...truly remarkable."

"Whatever..." Said Tokie, turning her stare back to Rei. "Listen Rei not to be rude, but I didn't plan to waste my weekend being interrogated. So, if you don't want to hang out with me than I'll get going."

Tokie turned on her heel ready to march out of the park, but she was pulled back to a stop with a sudden grasp. Rei snatched at her wrist, a pleading look in her eyes as she kept Tokie from leaving.

"Please, we just need some answers." Said Rei.

"You know I'm sure you're curious about something." Ambrosia chimed in, catching Tokie's attention. "And whatever it is I'm sure I have the answers. Go ahead, ask me anything and I'll answer it."

Rei dropped her grip on Tokie's wrist, turning back to eye Ambrosia with a rather confused look. "Wait...why would you do that?"

A small grin crossed Ambrosia's face. "Because, this is a rather strange event and it's honestly left even me with a few questions. So, Tokie I'll make a deal with you. Ask all the questions you want and I'll answer them and if I have any questions you'll answer them."

Tokie stayed silent, her stare a bit cold. She sighed and said. "Actually, there's only one thing I'd like to know."

"Oh, and what is that?" Ambrosia said, grinning.

"For starters..." Tokie's voice was suddenly low and serious. "Who do you think you are? Trying to make deals with me, don't you get it? I don't have any questions and I definitely don't have any answers for you! But..." She paused with a scoff. "I do have one question, who are you? You're definitely evil, there's no way you're not on that guys side."

Ambrosia crossed her arms, eyes starring firmly in to Tokie's. " 'That guy', I'm assuming you mean Asphodel, well no I'm not entirely good at least I didn't start out that way, but I've long since cut my ties with him. As far as who I am, well I don't really know how to answer that."

"It's simple really." Said Tokie, voice filled with spite. "Tell me who you are, who you really are."

Ambrosia held back her laughter, seeing such a young girl acting so tough was comical, but she controlled herself. "Well like I said, I can't really answer that. See I'm not so sure myself, but what I can tell you is that I'm not from this world, my world is far different from this. I come from a place filled with hate, suffering, and despair, The Shadow Kingdom. Something like love could never ever live there, let alone thrive."

"Why are you here?" Tokie asked.

Ambrosia scoffed. "I thought you only had that one question."

Tokie bit her lip, a heat burning within her eyes. "Just answer me."

"Well..." Ambrosia began. "I'm here because of your friends, those bracelets they posses, they were made from a powerful force many centuries ago. See, those bracelets come from a place called the Kingdom of Amour and they were created for the precure, legendary warriors who would awaken in times of danger."

"So, this ring is centuries old?" Tokie asked.

Ambrosia dropped her grin, face cold as ever. "That's not what I said. See there's something strange about you, unlike your ring the love charms these girls have were forged by one of Amour's queens, long ago before this city was even standing. Those love charms are powerful weapons, capable of destroying the strongest evil, they were talked about in legends and myths. However, that ring you carry with you has never before been seen."

Tokie glanced down at her ring. "How can you be sure, you could be wrong."

Ambrosia laughed at her comment. "No, trust me I'm right. That ring and you have no history, see the true reason I'm here is because the person I use to serve wanted to destroy Amour, rid it of love completely and in it's time of need the queen,RoseMary, sent a small fairy with the task of finding the bracelets and awakening the precure. At the time and at times before this one, there have only ever been three precure, three bracelets, never any ring."

Tokie dropped her gaze for a moment, trying to collect herself. Her voice was soft as she spoke. "So, why didn't this fairy come to me?"

Ambrosia rolled her eyes, a long sigh escaping her. "Don't you get it? Because you are not part of the legends, you have no place in history in fact, you have no history."

"So, what, was I not suppose be a precure or something?!" Tokie said with a shout. Her face grew red and her eyes peered in to Ambrosia's. "I don't get anything you're saying, it all sounds like nonsense if you ask me!"

"Tokie, please..." Orie said to her, voice soft to calm her.

But Tokie snapped, hands rolled in to tight fist. "No! I don't get anything that's going on right now! I don't care about some kingdom or some dumb old legend, I'm here and I'm meant to be here!"

Ambrosia felt her lips tug into a smug grin. "Oh, there's no doubt that you are meant to be. No doubt at all."

Rei looked at Ambrosia, brow quirked in question. "What do you mean?"

"You and that ring, you two were meant to be here. It's no accident that you've awaken as a precure, it never really is anyway. But for you to appear in their most trying times, well that's no mistake." Ambrosia grew silent, eyes burning in to the young girl across from her, face frigid and cold. "You, Hattori Tokie, were destined to awaken as a cure. I can say this with no doubt int my mind, that you were sent here on behalf of the Kingdom of Amour. You are Amour's precure."

Tokie felt cold, she was quiet and still almost as if she was frozen in time. But her eyes, her eyes were burning with rage. Who was this woman? Who was this woman to tell her who she was and what her purpose was? This woman did not know her, how could she say such a thing after just one meeting?

Tokie felt a heavy lump in her throat, as though she was choking back her words. She squeezed her fist so tightly, her knuckles were a ghostly pale, she was furious! Steaming with anger, but she was also quiet, silent and unmoving.

"Tokie." Waki called to her. "Tokie are you alright, this could be a lot to handle, but-"

"Shut up." Tokie's words cut sharply through the air, catching the girls off guard. Tokie kept her glare fixed on Ambrosia, lips a firm frown of anger. "All of you just shut up."

"But Tokie-" Rei said, reaching a hand towards her. But Tokie pulled away from Rei, nearly slapping away her hand.

Her eyes were like sharp daggers, stabbing in to anyone who dared to look at her. "All of you, just shut up. I've had enough, I didn't come out here to be hassled and to be told what my purpose is! You don't know me, not this woman not any of you! I came out her today because I thought you girls wanted to get to know me, maybe learn something about me, but these questions and all this talk about another world, well I hate it!"

Rei ran a hand through her hair, lips parting as she tried to find the right words to say. "Tokie..."

"I think everything you've said Ambrosia has been nothing but lies and nonsense! None of it makes sense, I'm a human, I'm from earth and I'm a fifth year elementary student. What's happen to me means nothing..." Tokie turned on her heel, eyes gazing at the ground. "As for you girls...if you want to spend time with me than feel free to reach out to me. But if all you want is answers, than good bye, cause I just can't help you."

The trio watched Tokie fade away from their sight as they were left to wonder if what they had done was actually right. Rei turned to Ambrosia with a less than pleased look about her, she looked at Orie and Waki and than dropped her gaze with a long and heavy sigh.

"Thanks Ambrosia, but I think you scared her off..." Rei said. "You can leave, I don't want to anger her anymore."

"Than what will you do?" Ambrosia asked. "You won't exactly get any answers if you don't pursue them."

"That's not the point." Orie said to her. "We've obviously crossed the line and if we want her to trust us, to even talk to us than we have to apologize. Even if we don't get our answers...well it's just not worth hurting her."

Ambrosia clicked her tongue, snapping her fingers to summon a portal. "She's not hurt, just angry. Let her blow off some steam and she'll be fine."

"Hurt, angry, sad, the point is we upset her and that's just not right." Said Waki. "Now if you excuse us, we have to go fix this mess." Waki turned from the group, walking the same direction as Tokie had. She gestured for the girls to follow, Orie walking beside her. But Rei waved towards them, mouthing that she'd catch up.

Rei turned to Ambrosia and spoke quickly. "I have to help fix this mess, but really thanks."

Ambrosia shrugged, already stepping through the portal. "Whatever...I'm not wrong you know. That girl was definitely sent from Amour...but anyway good luck with solving your issues..."

Ambrosia disappeared in to the portal and soon after the portal vanished in to thin air. Rei caught up with the girls, but by the look of there faces Tokie was long gone. The trio starred at one another, as though hoping that some one would have an answer. But the truth was that not a single one of the girls knew what to do, after all what could they do?

"That stuff Ambrosia said..." Orie broke the silence. "Do you really think Tokie was sent here from Amour?"

Waki shrugged, leaning against one of the many trees in the park. "Who knows..."

The air around them grew still, a cold chill hitting against them. They all glanced at each other, worry painting over their faces. The breeze picked up, a strong wind rustling the leaves as if a storm was on the rise. The sky grew dark, but not gray as though clouds had gather or if the sun had set, but as if a dark mist had seeped in to the sky.

Rei raised her arm ever so slightly, ready to transform at any given moment. Orie and Waki readied themselves, each girl holding her breath in fear of something terrible. Then, a powerful gust shook the air around them and a loud thunder like crack rung in the sky.

"Transform now!" Rei ordered. Together they said. "Love Charm, Lovely dress!"

"Over flowing with love, heart pounding romance! Cure Adore!'

"Laughter filling the air, the sound of bells chiming with joy! Cure Merry!"

"The flower that blooms with love, it's thorns shall pierce your evil! Cure Rose!"

"Love, passion, and hope! Together we are Passion Heart Precure!"

The trio stayed still, eyes studying the park for any movement or sign. A loud crack of thunder rocked the sky, in the near distance the tree tops trembled and loud foot steps shook the ground beneath their feet. Adore glanced at the girls, a commanding look about her as she summoned her shield, the girls summoning their weapons.

"Get ready!" Adore ordered.

The rustling stopped, the precure looked at each other than back towards the trees, ready for anything. A terrifying cry echoed in the air, red, beady eyes beamed at the precure with nothing but anger. A monstrous lurid lunged from the trees towards the trio, it's terrible cries deafening. The beast pounced at Rose first, it's paw like hand swatting at her till she tumbled back, landing with a hard crash.

Merry dove towards the lurid, swinging her mallet till it dug against the monster, forcefully unleashing a ear-piercing sound that shook the beast to it's core. But that alone was not enough for the beast, it swung it's arm around frantically, trying to shake Merry away from itself.

Merry slide back, digging her heels against the ground as she narrowly missed being hit. Adore flung her shield at the lurid, the shield crashing hard against the lurid's skull, snapping it's head back. The lurid cried out in pain, a dizzying feeling over taking it. The bear-like lurid charged at Adore and pummeled her to the ground, forcing all it's weight on to the cure. Rose lunged at the lurid who in turn began to attack Rose with a storm of brutal punches.

Adore winced as she tried to push her self up, flinching from the awful sound of the lurids cry. From the corner of her eye, Adore could see Rose swinging her blade with all her might, but it was no use. The lurid trapped Rose between it's paws, her sword falling to the ground, the lurid squeezing her tightly before smashing her against the ground.

Jaw clenched, anger took over Rose, but it was of little help for her. She tried to escape, but the weight of the monster was too much for her to simple push away. Merry jumped to her feet, kicking the lurid down as hard as she could. Merry managed to push the lurid a few feet away, enough time to help Rose up and run away to safety.

Adore ran to her teams side, snapping her fingers to call her shield to her side. "What should we do?"

"You should keep your heads up!"

A bright, emerald light, shimmered behind the trio, then a quick green flash zoomed passed them and they instantly knew Cure Cupid had come to the rescue. The lurid clashed against the blunt fist of Cure Cupid, who was actually managing to hold her own. Adore quickly jumped to her aid, crashing her shield against the lurid, knocking the monster down on to it's side.

"Thanks..." Adore said.

Cupid nodded. "Don't mention-"

A sharp cry drowned out Cupid's words and within seconds the monster was back on it's feet, this time after Cupid. Taken by surprise, Cupid froze up, stiff as a board. Adore pushed her aside and held her shield above herself as the lurid brought it's arms down on to the shield. Merry came up behind Adore, jumping up and crashing her mallet down on the beast. Rose snatched her sword up from were it laid, burying the blade against the side of the lurid. The lurid screeched with a searing pain as it stumbled back, unable to shake the girls away.

Cupid, however, stood still and unmoving. Her eyes wide, she watched in awe as the trio began to over power the monster. Cupid was over whelmed at the sight, there was something about the monster that made her tense right up and before she knew it, it was like she was in a movie, watching from the audience and unable to do anything. Her ears began to ring with a steady sound like a buzz that came from within her own mind, the world around her seemed to slow down and before she knew it, tall, castle like walls surrounded her.

She was no longer in Valor, she was gone on some far off world were she could only stand by and watch, powerless. There was a faint voice, nearly non-existent, that called to her. Cupid slowly looked over her shoulder and from the very corner of her eyes, a very faint, hollow figure starred back at her. But before she could get a better look, she was suddenly pulled back to reality, Adore's voice ringing out to her like a bell.

"Cupid!" Adore cried.

Cupid snapped around, eyes wide as the lurid came charging at her. But Cupid was quick, she collected herself and just barely missed the lurid's hit. Cupid summoned her harp and giving it a quick strum, it transformed in to a bow.

"Precure, Cupid Love Harp, Arrow!"

Three sharp arrows pierced the ground around the lurid, bursting like powerful bombs, consuming the monster within the blast. The lurid let out a shrill cry as it was over powered by the attack. With a burst of soft green light, a river of gold hearts appeared, fading away with the light. One heart remained and Cupid placed her hand beneath it, she swiped her finger across the heart as if piercing it with an arrow and set it free back to were it belong.

"Now go, fill your heart with passion." She said. Cupid turned to the passion heart trio, changing back to her non-cure form. There was a faint smile that crossed her face, but it quickly morphed in to a stern frown, though she tried to hide it. Tokie looked at the girls and took a breath in, sighing as she said. "Good job..."

Adore, changing back to Rei, took a step towards Tokie, hesitant to speak. "Tokie, you froze out there. You were completely zoned out. What happened?"

Tokie laughed, though it was clear she thought nothing was funny. "I don't know...when it came charging at me and you tackling it down like that, I felt...shaken. There was...something familiar about that lurid. Seeing you girls fighting it, I just stood by. I felt like it was kind of my place to stand by and do nothing, like suddenly all of this familiar fear came running back and the only thing I knew how to do was stand behind you three and let you handle it."

"But it was you who defeated it." Orie said, also changed back. "You did amazing, you should be proud."

Tokie smiled, a real, heartfelt smile. "Thank you."

"Tokie, we're sorry about before. We didn't mean to make you so mad." Waki said. "It's just, we've been precure for a little bit now and theres a lot that we haven't figured out, so when you just showed up out of nowhere-"

"You got scared?" Tokie finished.

Waki nodded, a soft smile crossing her face. "Yea. We got scared, confused...a lot of feelings actually." She joked.

Tokie laughed, feeling her nerves settle down. "Listen, I can't explain to you girls why I'm a precure or why I've awaken now, but I can tell you that you can trust me. I can and will be on your side no matter what and I really don't think you all have to worry yourselves over that. I'm one of you, that's all."

"We know that now." Said Rei. "We do trust you and there's no doubt you're one of us. We'll drop the questions and we'd be glad to have your help, really."

Tokie felt her shoulders drop, her gaze shifting towards the ground. "Actually...I think that questions are okay. I think it would help all of us, see...I kind of was lying..."

"What do you mean?" Orie asked.

"Well, there is something that I want to find out, but this might sound weird." Tokie said.

Waki eyed her, puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"Well..." Tokie said with a sigh. "I think there's something I'm suppose to remember, like I've forgotten something important, like I've forgotten a part of me. Meeting you girls and transforming like you, it's triggered something, a deep forgotten memory. But I'm still not sure what I'm trying to remember."

"Tokie..." Rei said. Rei took Tokie's hand, a warm look in her eyes as she assured Tokie she could trust them with a soft smile. "Whatever it is you need, we will help you. You're a precure now which means we're all bonded together, no matter what."

Tokie's lips tugged up in to a bright smile, and there was a glimmer of happiness in her eyes. "Rei...thank you. But I have to tell you that after today, I think I'm a little shaken...I'm not ready to discover what I need to remember and right now I'd really just like it if you save any future questions for later."

Rei smiled, nodding in assuring. "Of course."

"Now..." Tokie said, smiling brightly. "Let's not waste the weekend, after all we should be enjoying ourselves. Right?"

The girls smiled, linking arms together and happily ready to enjoy their weekend. "Right!" They cheered. They stuck together, putting their worries aside for now. After all, their questions would soon be answered.

Ed: "Lovely Girls, Lovely Dreams."

Next Time:

Waki: "Alright girls, who's ready to cheer me on?!"

Rei & Orie: "We are!"

Tokie: "Cheer you on? For what?"

Waki: "The Concert Hall performance of course!"

Tokie: "Oh, ok! If this is your passion sure!"

Waki: "My...passion?"

Tokie: "Yea everyone has one...don't you?"

Waki: "...I don't no..."

Next Time on Passion Heart Precure:

Episode 37: "Sing! The Flutes Love Song!"

A/N: Hello readers! Firstly, I'm so sorry this story has been taking so long to update! There's a lot of excuse I could say, but honestly my personal life has just gotten to be really busy! But anyway, I would also like to thank all of you readers! Thank you for the reviews and the favs and follows, I'm beyond happy to know people enjoy my story! So, in short thanks readers and thanks for being so patience I hope the story continues to be exciting for you all!