Rikka, Mana and Makoto were eating lunch in their classroom, it was the only place where they could get some privacy and it was quiet. Rikka and Makoto were chatting away while they ate their food and Mana, she was unusually quiet. Rikka and Makoto looked at her.

"Hey Mana," Makoto said, "are you okay?"

"Hm?" Mana snapped out of her thoughts.

"You weren't talking." Rikka stated. "What's up?"

"I'm just wondering where Regina is, she said some people needed her." Mana replied.

"Did she say who?"

Mana shrugged. She picked up her vanilla pudding and began to finish eating, she looked out the window and gazed at the clouds. Rikka and Makoto watched her a frown, it was lunch, she was supposed to be enjoying the time she had before their next class. Rikka tapped Makoto's shoulder and winked, Makoto gave a smile to the blue-haired girl. Rikka stood up and walked behind her childhood friend without her noticing then pinched her sides, causing Mana to squeal and jump out of her seat.

"Don't do that!" Mana snapped which startled her friends.

"Mana.." Makoto said.

"What is up with you today?" Rikka asked. "Do not say nothing because I know something is wrong."

"Sorry," Mana sighed, "I just have a bad feeling."

Rikka relaxed and sat down, motioning with her hand for Mana to do the same.

"I'm sure she's fine Mana." she said.

Mana didn't respond, she just sat down and rested her head on Rikka's shoulder. Rikka embraced the magenta-haired girl and stroked her head.

Class began 17 minutes ago and there was still no sign of Regina. Mana was getting really worried, she couldn't stop looking at the clock and classroom door. Rikka looked at Mana and gave her a smile in an attempt to calm her nerves, but to no avail. Another three minutes passed and Mana couldn't take it any longer.

"Sensei!" Mana said as she raised up her hand.

"Yes Mana?" Mr Kido replied as he looked up from the tests he was marking.

"May I go look for Regina?"

Mr Kido looked at Mana, he could clearly see that Mana was very worried and desperately wanted to find her girlfriend. He sighed.

"Yes you may." he said and Mana stood up.

Mana walked over to the classroom door and was going to open the door but someone o the other side beat her to it, it was Regina. All cut up and bruised. Regina's legs gave out and she fell to her knees, but Mana caught her before she hit the floor.

"Regina!?" Mana held her close as Rikka and Makoto ran up to give some assistance.

"What on earth!?" Mr Kido exclaimed when he saw Regina's condition.

Regina's right eye was swollen shut and badly bruised, her school uniform was ripped where her cuts were red and bleeding. She was slowly losing consciousness.

"Give her to me and go get the nurse." Rikka demanded while staring directly into Mana's horrified eyes. "Go!"

Mana gently put her injured girlfriend into Rikka's arms and raced out of the classroom. She ran as fast as her legs could take her, she skipped a few stairs and ran down the hallway, bumping into some students roaming the halls. Her mind was overwhelmed with thoughts. What happened to her? Who would do something like this? She burst into the nurse's office where the school nurse was chatting with the school counselor.

"Mana, what-" the nurse began but Mana interrupted her.

"Miss Amari please come quick," Mana panted, "Regina is hurt!"

Miss Amari and the school counselor could clearly hear the panic and fear in the young girl's voice and it was written all over her face. Grabbing her first aid kit, Miss Amari followed Mana back to the classroom with the school counselor not far behind. The two adults were horrified when they saw what was happening in the classroom. Makoto and Mr Kido were doing what Rikka instructed, Rikka had a bag of ice pressed against Regina's swollen eye, the rest of the class here on the opposite side of the room with extremely worried and scared expressions and Regina was laying on the floor with her head in Rikka's lap with her eyes closed, moaning in pain.

"What in the world happened!?" Miss Amari asked and she kneeled down beside Regina and shooed Makoto and Mr Kido away.

"We don't know," Rikka said as she tried to remain calm, "she keeps calling out for-"

"Mana.." Regina called weakly.

Mana immediately rushed to her side and held her hand.

"I'm here," Mana said as Regina slowly opened her one good eye, "it's okay."

Regina gave a weak smile before frowning when she saw tears sliding down her girlfriend's cheeks, she slowly raised her hand to wipe them away. Mana began to panic when Regina closed her eyes again her hand fell, she caught the blonde's hand and squeezed it gently.

"Regina!" Mana exclaimed.

"Call an ambulance!" Miss Amari demanded as she looked to Mr Kido before shooing Mana out of the way.

Mana was crying now, Rikka pulled her best friend out of the way and pulled her into a hug and let her cry into her shoulder. Rikka and Makoto watched helplessly as Mana cried and Miss Amari desperately tried to wake Regina up. Not even 13 minutes later the paramedics arrived and Miss Amari stood back to let them work. Mana cried harder as they took Regina away on a stretcher.

Mana paced back and forth as she, Rikka and the school counselor waited for news on Regina. Mana looked to her left to see Makoto has just gotten off the phone with someone, she volunteered to call Alice, Aguri, Regina and Aguri's dad and Mana's parents and grandfather. Mana was terrified, extremely worried and anxious, she refused to eat and drink the snacks and liquids the school counselor brought the girls from the vending machine. She felt someone tap her shoulder and turned to see Rikka holding vitamin water and a sandwich in her face.

"You need to eat and drink something." Rikka told her with a concerned expression.

"I can't.." Mana replied in a quiet and shaky voice.

"You can and you will," Makoto said, "what would Regina think if she knew you were doing this to yourself over her?"

"I DON'T KNOW!" Mana shouted which made her friends and the school counselor jump. "I'M NOT HER! I'M NOT THE ONE UNCONSCIOUS IN A HOSPITAL BED!"

"Mana.."

"IT HAS BEEN THREE HOURS AND WE STILL HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING!"

Rikka and Alice tried to calm Mana down, but to no avail. The former student council president began to pace once again before everyone's head snapped in the direction of the hospital entrance when they heard footsteps a few minutes later. Alice has arrived with her butler along with Aguri and Aguri and Regina's dad, the former king of the Trump Kingdom.

"What happened?" Aguri demanded with a serious and frightened expression while getting up in Mana's face.

"Hey, back up!" Rikka exclaimed.

Aguri ignored Rikka and stared directly into Mana's eyes, it was then that the elementary schooler saw the sadness and fear on Mana's face. Aguri's expression softened and she backed up.

"What happened?" the small girl asked again but more gently.

"I don't know," Mana said quietly, "she went missing during lunch and when I was going to go look for her during our second last class she came into the room all beat up."

"What do you mean she went missing?"

"She told me some people needed her at the start of lunch, that was the last time I saw her before.."

Mana broke down crying again for the fifth time that day, Aguri stared with sad eyes as Rikka and Alice held their childhood friend in a tight embrace. She looked over at Makoto, the school counselor, and the former king. Makoto and the school counselor were trying to comfort the man. Makoto met Aguri's eyes and motioned for the young girl to come to her and the two adults. Mana's parents came running through the entrance with panicked expressions.

"What-" Mr Aida began but was interrupted by the sound of high heels clicking.

The precure and four adults turned to see Rikka's mom heading in their direction with a clipboard. Makoto, Aguri, the former king, and the school counselor stood up as the blue-haired woman approached the waiting room.

"How is she?" Mana asked desperately.

Mrs Hishikawa smiled at her daughter's best friend.

"She's resting at the moment," she stated, "Regina has suffered a few broken ribs, several bruises on her back, left knee, and face as well as sprained wrist."

"Oh dear lord.." Mrs Aida gasped.

"My poor daughter!" the former king cried.

The school counselor put a hand on Mana's shoulder.

"I suppose this was assault?" she asked.

"We can assume so." Mrs Hishikawa replied with a sour face.

The school counselor frowned and looked down the magenta-haired girl, her grip on the young teen's shoulder tightened slightly.

"The principal and I will make sure whoever did this will not get away with it." she declared.

"Thank you Mrs Fukuhara." Mana hugged the woman before going to her parents.

"We need to keep Regina here for a few days for observation." Mrs Hishikawa told the adults as she handed her clipboard with a sheet on it to the former king. "Please sign here."

Rikka, Alice, Makoto and Aguri pulled Mana aside, Alice offered Mana a tissue which Mana accepted.

"She's gonna be fine." Rikka said as she wrapped her arm around the magenta-haired girl. "You hear?"

Mana wiped her eyes. "I hear you."

Two more hours have gone by, the girls were now in Regina's private room. Rikka sitting in a chair in a corner of the room, Alice was drinking tea and reading the book with Rikka, Makoto and Aguri were playing a card game while Mana was at Regina's bedside, holding her girlfriend's right hand tightly while resting her head in her free arm. The adults have gone to the hospital cafeteria to get the girls and themselves some lunch. Mrs Fukuhara had left to resume doing her job at the school.

The room was quiet aside from Mana and Regina's gentle breathing, Rikka looked up from her book to find Mana had finally given up to sleep. She smiled and nugged Alice's arm, gaining the tea lover's attention.

"Look." Rikka whispered as she returned her attention to the former student council president.

Alice put her tea down quietly on a napkin and smiled. "I'm glad she's finally resting."

"Yeah, today has been a long day."

Rikka and Alice watched their sleeping childhood friend for a few seconds in silence before Rikka's expression grew serious. She turned to Alice.

"I really hope whoever did that to Regina gets caught." she said.

"They better get caught," Makoto put the cards away before joining the two girls, "that was horrifying to watch."

Nobody spoke, the four girls remained silent for a good 30 seconds, unsure of what to say. Aguri had moved near the window and gazed at the moving cars below. It had started raining. Rikka sighed as she once again returned her focus to Mana.

"I had never seen her like that before." Rikka said sadly.

Alice put a comforting hand on Rikka's shoulder. "It must have been quite a shock for her to see Regina in such a state."

"It was a shock for everyone in the room."

Rikka stood up and grabbed the blanket from one of the empty chairs and covered Mana up, careful not to disturb the sleeping girl. Rikka was going to return to her seat when she heard the bedsheets ruffle.

"Regina?"