Chapter 13 Cheerful Imagination

Hikaru was so happy as she ran down the dark hallways that she couldn't even contain herself. Her eyes were shining, her face was glowing, and she was outrunning all of the Precure despite the fact that she was untransformed.

"Hikaru, slow down!" Madoka called out.

Once that was said, Hikaru came off of her runner's high. She stopped and took a breath, allowing Soleil, Selene, and Cosmo to catch up to her.

"It's nice to see you again, Hikaru," Elena said with the beautiful smile that she was so famous for. "I missed you."

"We all missed you," said Yuni. "Even me."

Hikaru stared at the former phantom thief of space. She was giving a playful little grin. It was so full of genuine happiness that if Hikaru didn't know any better, she would have thought that it wasn't Yuni she was looking at.

"Yuni…!" Hikaru said cheerfully. Yuni's smile grew even brighter as she wrapped her arms around Cure Star in a hug. Soleil and Selene joined in as well, and Hikaru let out happy little laughs as she clung to three of her best friends in the multiverse.

"Hug you!"

Hikaru let her friends go and turned to the right. She saw Hugtan, happily cheering as she was held in the arms of Cure Ange. Hana herself looked like she had found the most precious treasure she could ever find.

"I am so glad that you guys are back together," she said.

Hikaru smiled and went over to Hana.

"You and your friends are going to be back together as well! Homare, Emiru, and Ruru are here too!"

"They are?" Hana asked in surprise.

"Yes!" Hikaru exclaimed joyously. Hana's expression mirrored the jubilant smile on Hikaru's face.

"Well then what are we waiting for? Let's go to them!"

Hana turned and faced the end of the hallway, but before she could bolt Saaya placed her hand on her shoulder.

"Wait," she said gently. "I understand that you are excited Hana, but we need to be patient. Hikaru can't keep running forever."

Hana smiled in embarrassment as her face turned pink.

"Sorry."

"No; it's okay!" Hikaru said as she turned to Cure Ange. "I've already recovered enough!"

Saaya smiled. Then, everyone continued with their determined jog down the corridors of Criasu. While they were doing this, they bumped into Cures Milky, Amour, and Macherie.

"Lala!" Hikaru called out.

Lala smiled at Cure Star. Then she noticed that the rest of her team was there. Her eyes grew wide.

"What? How…"

"You didn't think we were gonna let you explore an alternate universe by yourself, did you?" asked Elena. Lala's face broke out into a grin.

"This is amazing! Now we're all back together lun!"

"Indeed we are," said Madoka. The Star Twinkle Team got into another group hug, a complete one. Even their fairy partners joined in.

"Hana!" Emiru and Ruru proclaimed joyously. Emiru had happy tears in her eyes as she ran over to Cure Yell.

"I missed you so much, I say!" Emiru cried. Hana smiled.

"I missed you guys too!"

"Our mission of breaking into Criasu only had an 84% chance of success," Ruru said. "But now that you're here, that has gone up to…" Ruru smiled….. "100%!

"Awesome!" Hana exclaimed.

"Awesome!" Hugtan echoed. Macherie's eyes grew wide.

"You revived Hugtan!"

Lala's eyes traveled to the baby in Cure Ange's hands. Her antenna started waving around in adoration.

"So cute!"

The other members of the Star Twinkle Team started fawning over Cure Tomorrow. Yuni, however, just stood to the side with a slight grin.

"Eh. Mao's cuter."

It was then that everyone remembered that Cure Etoile and Dr. Traum were trying to rescue Harry. They all ran to the meeting room at the heart of the building, the same room where Hikaru had seen President Kurai. When they got there, they could see Etoile battling it out with Bicine.

"Star Slash!"

A barray of shining stars flew at Bicine, but nevertheless he held onto Harry. Hikaru's eyes roamed around the room until she saw Dr. Traum. He was fiddling with a glass case. And in that case was...

"My Star Color Pendant!"

Hikaru ran over to the Doctor. She could see that her transformation devices appeared black and burned.

"I'm just trying to remember the access code," Traum said. He punched in another combination, and the glass around the pens and pendant disintegrated. Hikaru picked them up, and as soon as she did the color returned to them.

"Thank you, Dr. Traum," Hikaru said. She held up her pendant. "Star Color Pendant!"

Hikaru was surrounded in light, and when it cleared she was fully transformed. She turned to her friends, who all cheered.

"Hope for tomorrow begone! Negative Wave!" Bicine called out. He jumped over to where Cure Star stood. "Come forth! Mou Oshimaida!"

The pedestal where Hikaru's transformation devices rested was enveloped in smoke, and when it cleared a humongous Oshimaida stood in its place.

"Mou Oshimaida!" it screamed. Homare flew over to her teammates.

"It's good to see that you're back; Hana," she said. "This means we can access Cheerful Style."

Hana smiled and nodded.

"Hikaru! Let's do Twinkle Imagination lun!" Cure Milky called out.

Cure Star nodded and ran over to her team. Then, with the help of Hugtan and Fuwa, both teams accessed their finishing attacks. Their uniforms transformed into angelic, colorful, glorious outfits, and the entire room was filled in majestic light.

"Cheerful Style!"

"Twinkle Imagination!"

The attacks shot toward the Mou Oshimaida. The colors and lights of both finishers blended together into an amazing display. It wasn't bright enough to be blinding; which was fortunate for Dr. Traum, Harry, and Bicine. When hit, the Mou Oshimaida's eyes turned into hearts.

"Please accept my resignation!"

It vanished with a twinkle. The cures all cheered.

"That was amazing I say!" Cure Macherie exclaimed.

"Kirayaba!" Cure Star said.

"The joy in the room has spiked by 110%!" said Cure Amour. "I was not aware that was possible!"

In his shock, Bicine had dropped Harry. He ran over to the Cures in his human form, and Dr. Traum followed. Both of them smiled.

"Let's get out of here," Harry said.

AN: While this is not the last chapter of this particular story (that's the next chapter), it is the last chapter I will ever post in 2019. I just want to say Happy New Year to you all!