Okay, 10 months since the last chapter is a bit overkill for procrastination. You know, since Cantata was also taking too long, I basically joked about which will come out first? The Guardian's Epic Book VIII or MMPPP Q. The former came out first. And that gave me the power to finish this! So, hope you enjoyed this long awaited episode of Mystical! Pichi Pichi Voice Live Start!
(Xuffie places down the X Crystal, ready to start the recap. An interface shone out of it, however, the recording software broke so she had to write it out by hand)
Xuffie: Xuffie's log. Week 16. Sorry I had to write this, the microphone broke. Anyways, Hanon stayed over at Nagisa's house for a bit. We learnt a bit about Nagisa's past. And also, Penelope found herself a suitor. When Kiha and Lanhua stole something that is special to Nagisa, Hanon stepped up and saved the day. Now, Pichi Pichi Voice Live Start!
(The screen faded to black)
Kiha was working on a spell. His work resulted in a button inscribed with the letter M. Kiha grinned. Lanhua came over to him. Before she could say anything, Kiha shushed her. Lanhua tried to speak again, but Kiha got out a sign and wrote "No talking" on it. Lanhua looked confused. Kiha quickly drew up an illustration detailing his plan. Basically, the plan was to quiet down the world so that the Mermaid Princesses cannot sing at them. Lanhua shrugged. Kiha looked at her in confusion. Lanhua took the sign and wrote "What does this have to do with not talking?". Kiha took the sign and wrote, "The room must be quiet for at least one minute for this to work." Lanhua smiled, fully knowing Kiha's plan. Kiha and Lanhua looked at the button. Kiha waited for the one minute mark, and then pressed the button. Kiha tried to speak, but couldn't. He smiled, his plan worked. Lanhua touched him. Kiha looked at her. Lanhua took the sign and wrote "How am I supposed to sing then?!" on it. Kiha stopped. He thought about it for a bit, then shrugged. Kiha took the sign and wrote "Let's just use my K-Destroyer". Lanhua nodded.
Intro
It was a quiet day at the Pearl Piari. Lucia was using the Mermaid Uranai cards, Hanon was reading a fashion magazine, Rina was texting to Masahiro about plasma TVs. As of now, nobody realized that they cannot talk anymore. That is, until Karen decided to speak up. Nobody noticed her because they were all too busy in whatever they were doing to look up and notice that she was about to speak. Karen was confused. Where did her voice go? She ran off. She tapped onto Xuffie's shoulder. Xuffie turned towards her. "..." "! …" Xuffie got out her X-Crystal and typed something on it. "This is bad." Karen nodded. Xuffie typed something else onto her interface. "I think this is the work of Kiha." she wrote. Karen nodded. Karen got out a piece of paper and wrote on it, "It's like they stole our voices! We can't sing at them!" Xuffie nodded. She typed onto her X-Crystal, "We've got to tell the others" Karen ran downstairs. She thought a bit about how to get their attention. She ran into the kitchen and grabbed a pot and a spoon. She smashed the two together. Everyone looked at her. "..." they saidn't, "… !" Lucia got out a piece of paper and wrote on it, "Is it just us, or…" Hanon decided to text Nagisa. "Nagisa! Problem!" "what?" "We can't talk! Can you" Nagisa looked at the message Hanon sent her. He tried to vocalize something, but failed. He replied to Hanon with a simple "no"
Episode 17: Quiet time just fixes it. Why peace knows love's best gaze. Roses are red
The Pearls were all gathered at the Pearl Piari. Nobody said anything, which is probably because they can't. It was a very awkward silence that lasted for about 27 seconds. Lucia decided to break the silence, or rather, contribute to the… whatever. Lucia got out her phone and created a group chat. She texted a message. "So, how are we supposed to stop this?" The others received it. This was the ensuing conversation.
Lucia: So, how are we supposed to stop this?
Winona: idk
Winona: we can't sing, we can't transform
Winona: we're useless!
Penelope: This is problematic
Gabrielle: is the whole WORLD like this?
Hanon: Seems like.
Qinglong: We need to find a way to sing without singing
Hanon: Tarou-chan ❤️❤️!
Faith: ?
Masahiro: What does he have to do with this?
Noel: He has the power of piano
Noel: He doesn't need to sing
Masahiro: Oh yeah. That's right.
Xuffie: Also, how are we going to brick back our voices?
Noel: We find the source!
Coco: What do you mean?
Noel: Since Kiha is probably the one who did this, all we have to do is force him to give back everyone's voices!
Karen: I think we have got our plan now!
Meanwhile, Lanhua was walking in the city. She noticed Mitsuki was at a coffee shop. She smiled to herself and walked in. Mitsuki noticed her. Lanhua walked up to him. He glared at her. Lanhua just shrugged. Mitsuki looked for a pen and wrote on a napkin. "What are you doing here?" Lanhua just smiled. She got out a whiteboard and wrote on it. "Nothing, I suppose" Tarou wrote, "If you want to fight, then I'm not in the mood right now." Lanhua erased what she wrote and wrote a new message. "But you want your voice back?" Mitsuki glared at her some more. Lanhua wrote on her whiteboard once more. "Tomorrow, 7:19. At the park" Lanhua put a finger over her mouth as if she was shushing him, which is kind of pointless since they can't talk anyways. Lanhua walked away, tossing her hair at Tarou. Tarou inaudibly sighed. He went back to his coffee. Tarou was tapping Mizuiro no Senritsu with his finger, and he noticed that he was doing so. Just then, a thought came to his head. He got out another napkin and wrote four musical notes on it. "Domisimi", the first four notes he played as Piano Pearl Voice. He stared at it for a little while, and then he smiled. The musical notes he plays as Piano Pearl Voice, they weren't just any old random musical notes. He grabbed the napkin and then quickly left the coffee shop.
Hanon was walking around in her room, thinking about how she or nobody else couldn't talk. She quietly sighed. She flopped down onto her bed. She thought about her lack of voice and how powerless they are without it. Then she wondered about something. If they cannot sing to attack Kiha and Lanhua, they can so very easily erase them with the K-Destroyer, something that they don't need any sort of speech to activate. So, why haven't they yet? She thought about it for a moment, when she suddenly received a text. She got out her phone and saw that it was from Mitsuki. She inaudibly gasped, and then proceeded to read it. "Come to my house. I have something to show you" the text said. "Oh, and have Xuffie come too" Mitsuki added. Hanon smiled. Whatever this was, she knew that Mitsuki-sensei had an answer to it. She quickly typed back to him. "We'll be here soon, Tarou-chan!" She walked out of her room and to Xuffie. She tapped her on the shoulder. Xuffie turned around and looked at her. Hanon showed Xuffie the text she got from Mitsuki. Xuffie smiled. Hanon told her to follow her. So she did and they went off to Mitsuki's house.
They arrived at Tarou's house. She knocked on the door. After seconds of waiting, Tarou answered them. Hanon smiled. Tarou signaled them to come in. They walked in. Tarou gave them some tea. He proceeded to walk to his piano and started to play it, specifically, the notes "domilado". Suddenly, Hanon and Xuffie felt something, though they weren't as of yet sure of what that something is. Tarou played the following notes. "Falare domi falafa dore". Hanon and Xuffie nodded, as if the notes Tarou was playing were speaking to them. And that's exactly what was happening, I guess. Tarou explained while playing the musical melody. He explained that even though he wasn't allowed to sing, he was still able to play his piano. Hanon nodded, though unsure where he was heading, or how she was able to understand him. Tarou told them about how the notes he was playing are actually words of a language. He noted that the commands he said in idol forme, I mean pianist forme, were also words from that language and what each command does relates to what the "word" translates into. Xuffie understood this whole thing. Tarou then asked Xuffie with his music if he could transform using this language, in which Xuffie responded by using the synthesizer function of her X-Crystal, that he would be able to hypothetically. Tarou nodded to her. He then conveyed about how Lanhua came up to him. He told them the time and place that they have to meet up. 7:19 at the park. Hanon and Xuffie nodded. Xuffie smiled. She played her synthesizer, saying that they'll be ready for them. They stared at each other, and then nodded to each other. Xuffie put her tea down, then bowed, then left. Hanon quickly followed her.
Eyecatch: Tarou
The next day, Hanon woke up. She noticed the TV was on with the news. The reporter was speaking in sign language. "Breaking news. A mysterious phenomenon is spreading throughout the world. It appears that the ability to talk is globally lost, rendering everyone mute! People are calling it "The Great Silencing". No-one is as of yet sure why this is happening, but experts around the world are trying to search for the cause, and how to stop it. In the meantime, people are studying sign language in order to communicate." Hanon sighed, but then smiled, knowing that today will be the day that they will get their voice back. Hanon glanced at her alarm clock, which read 6:48. She had 31 minutes to prepare. She got ready, and after she was done, she got a metal pot and a spoon from the kitchen, and started banging it. Everyone ran down and slapped her. She picked up her notepad and wrote some words down on it. She then showed the message to the others. And it simply said, "It's time". The Pearls except Xuffie were initially confused, but they understood quickly and nodded in response. Xuffie, who knew what the plan was, immediately nodded after Hanon showed her message to her. The Pearls headed back into their rooms to get ready. After they got dressed, Xuffie got out her X-Crystal and texted Tarou, "Are you ready?" A few seconds passed, and a reply from him was sent back to her, "I'm almost there. Hurry up." Xuffie looked at the other Pearls, who nodded. They all left the Pearl Piari. While they were running, Xuffie wrote down their plan on the X-Crystal's interface and showed it to the other nineteen of them. After looking at what they were about to do, Lucia nodded. Noel smiled. Gabrielle quickly wrote down, "We must keep him safe and not get him erased by the K-Destroyer, or else we're doomed" Hanon wrote down. "Don't worry! I know that Tarou-chan can do it!" Rina and Masahiro nodded.
Soon after, the mermaid princesses and co arrived at the park. Hanon noticed Tarou, sitting on the piano that he brought there earlier, and she ran over to him and hugged him. Tarou just patted her on the head. Qinglong looked at his watch. It was 7:18. Lucia took Hanon's pad paper and wrote down on it, "Xuffie told us your plan. We're counting on you, Mitsuki-sensei!" Tarou smiled, and then nodded. At the moment that 7:19 struck, Lanhua and Kiha appeared out of nowhere. Xuffie pointed at them, mouthing the word "You!". Lanhua nodded. She started blowing her stunning petals at them. They all dodged. Kiha then threw a lasso, which captured Lucia and Hanon. Hanon wanted to scream, but she couldn't, knowing full well that nobody could hear her scream. Tarou glared at them. Lanhua just stuck out her tongue. Tarou ran over to his piano, and then played some notes on it. "Lalasolla lasi sôlmilafa sôlremisol!", which is, of course, Solresol for "Piano Pearl Voice!". Lanhua and Kiha silently gasped. Kiha facepalmed. He attacked him. Tarou played, "dolasisi!" which blocked the attack. Kiha silently growled, then activated his K-Destroyer. But then, Lucia quickly knocked it out of his hand with her staff. Tarou smiled at her. He thumbs up-ed at her. He written down on a piece of paper, and then showed it to them. "Pichi Pichi Voice Live Start!" He started playing Mizuiro no Senritsu. And so, Lanhua and Kiha were attacked by the song. Even without words, the power of Tarou's piano resonated within them. At the pre-chorus, the lasso undid itself and Hanon and Lucia were free! Gabrielle and Qinglong were silently cheering them on. He looked at them, still playing his piano. He nodded. He continued playing his piano, now at the chorus. Ozma was mouthing along with the lyrics. And when Tarou was done with his performance, he wrote down on the reverse side of the piece of paper. He got up and showed the new message to Kiha and Lanhua. "Love Shower Pitch! How about an Encore!" Kiha silently scowled at him.
Mitsuki went back to his piano and, using the power of the language of music, he commanded them to give them back their voices. Kiha shook his head. Lucia grabbed Kiha's hand, and mouthed "Give them back" Kiha grabbed his K-Destroyer from the ground and aimed it at her. Everyone silently gasped. Tarou quickly proceeded to play the notes, "fasolfami" and Kiha was disarmed of his K-Destroyer. He wrote down on his whiteboard. He then pointed to Mitsuki, and showed him the message he had written down. "Lanhua, proceed" Lanhua threw her fan at him, but then Hanon took the hit! Lanhua simply tossed her hair at them. Tarou looked at the injured Hanon. He was mad. He proceeded to play the notes, "Famisifa". And a bunch of projectiles that I can only describe as "Touhou-style bullets" started shooting at them. They quickly dodged them. He then looked at Hanon, patted her on the head, then played farerela, which healed her. She smiled at him. She then grabbed a piece of paper, and showed Kiha and Lanhua a threat. "Give us back our voices, or else my Tarou-chan will play something that will make our regular songs feel like pleasure!" Kiha wrote down on his whiteboard, "What a loud mouth. You're just bluffing!" Tarou played "siremido". Nothing happened. Kiha grinned. He wrote down on the whiteboard "Was that it? Was I right, or was I right?" Then Mitsuki proceeded to communicate to them using the piano, saying that the four notes he just played weren't the actual song, but just to prepare everyone for what was about to happen next. He then proceeded to play a dark-sounding waltz, and proceeded to torture them. Now, since this would've been in a video format, the song playing in the actual episode would've been muffled for the audience's benefit, but since I'm just merely writing this, I see no need to. After an entire minute of piano playing, Kiha finally admitted defeat. He threw a button labeled "Voice returning button" at them, and left with Lanhua.
Tarou went back to his piano, and played the notes, "domiresi". Whatever "siremido" did (Hint: Siremido means Deaf), the same notes played backwards seemed to undo. Hanon ran over to him. She then wrote something down on a piece of paper and showed it to him. "Thank you, Tarou-chan. I didn't know you had that much power! If it wasn't for you, we would've been gone." Tarou smiled. He wrote his reply on the paper. "You're welcome, Hanon-san". Hanon smiled at him. Tarou detransformed, and then the twenty-one Pearls all gathered around the button. Xuffie noticed that a note was attached to it. "You may have won the battle, but we will win the war! We'll be back." it said. Xuffie shrugged, tore off the note, crumpled it, then threw it away. Ozma got out a piece of paper, and wrote on it. She showed it to everyone. It read, "I'm glad everything will be back to normal soon" Everyone nodded in agreement. The twenty-one of them all looked back at the button. There was a lot of tension, which the currently forced but soon to disappear silence was not helping with. Viola then tried to voice a response, but was so excited about being able to talk again, she forgot she was still as of yet unable to talk. She got out her V-Crystal, and then wrote what she was trying to say on its interface. "Well, what are we waiting for? I demand that we press it!" Hanon nodded at her, but then looked at Mitsuki. She smiled. Hanon wrote on a piece of paper, and then tapped on his shoulder. She showed him her message. "Tarou-chan, would you do the honours?" Tarou stared at her, and then nodded in response. He walked over to the button, hovered his finger over it, then smiled, and then just as he was about to press it, the scene cut to black and the episode (save for the post credits scene of course) ended.
Credits.
At the Shirai house, Nagisa was drawing in his room. Just then, he received a text message notification. He opened it. It was from Hanon! "Nagisa! Nagisa!" it read. He then replied to it.
Nagisa: huh? Hanon!
Hanon: Nagi! We got our voice back!
Nagisa was shocked at this, but then smiled. He proceeded to send in his reply
Nagisa: Wait, really?
Hanon: yep!
Hanon: and to celebrate, we're having a concert at the Pearl piari
Hanon: You coming?
Nagisa looked at his phone. He smiled. He replied to her, "Of course!". Seconds later, he received her reply. "Kay, See you there!". He got up, and then left his house. While he was walking, he noticed a glimpse of an aquamarine tailed mermaid. He shook it off, and then continued his way to the Pearl Piari.
So yeah! Hope you liked it! I decided to not read Cantata Guardian Book VIII until I posted this. I'm also currently writing Shugo Death PACT Again 11 right now! I'll also post that today, even though I should post it tomorrow. And there's also FreeSmart Melody, which I should've posted today. I decided to make it 52 episodes again, just so I could release both new years episodes at the same week. So, with everything out of the way, I hope the next episode wouldn't take as long! Love Shower Pitch! How about an Encore!
