The Little Sister's Little Sister
Cast:
Cure Blossom, Hanasaki Tsubomi - age 16
Hanasaki Futaba - Tsubomi's sister - age 1
Hanasaki Mika - Tsubomi's sister - newborn
Dark PreCure, Tsukikage Sumire - age 18
February, 2012
Of late, Futaba is also an older sister. However, she is also a one year old. When placed in the same crib as Mika, the youngest of the Hanasaki sisters and a newborn, Futaba proceeds to poke her little sister in the face. Again and again, until Tsubomi picks Futaba up.
In her older sister's arms, Futaba immediately relaxes.
"I see," Sumire says, nodding. "This is how it begins."
"How what begins?" Tsubomi asks.
"Rivalry, of course. It is the most natural relationship between sisters."
"It is not!" Tsubomi hugs Futaba protectively. "I love them both dearly!"
"Not you, fool! With your age difference, you might as well be a second mother! An older sister can never understand: For girls like Mika and I, from the very beginning, there is another girl who is always by our side. Older, stronger, more experienced... a person who has every advantage, whom we must overcome in order to live." Sumire plucks Mika up and holds her so that the two of them are eye to eye. "Come to me when you are ready, little one. I shall teach you the power of darkness so that you may overthrow your oppressor."
