Okay, I got one chapter done quickly so far. Maybe I can get two done in one week? Might as well try, right? So here goes! (turns on Pretty Cure music for motivation and starts typing as the Disclaimers come in)
Disclaimers: I don't own Pretty Cure, as all the rights go exclusively to Toei for that brand. This is a fanmade series for entertainment purposes only.
Orion woke up from his dream in a heavy sweat, groaning slightly as he sat up and rubbed his forehead. "Ah man... that dream again..." He had been dreaming about the takeover for quite a while since he and Tsukasa had escaped, and every time he had that dream, he always heard Eclipse say one line to him.
"You'll never fit in, you rookie... Not in the kingdom, and not anywhere else..."
He shook his head, sighing in annoyance. "Idiot. But... maybe he's right... I have been an orphan for a lot of my life, and I never fit in anywhere, so... what would've changed in the end...?"
Tsukasa rolled over and looked at him from her bed. "You know, Orion, if you're still worried about the whole issue with Eclipse's words, maybe tomorrow at school we can find a good club for you."
He looked at her. "You're sure that's a good idea?"
She nodded. "I can't let you be alone with just us forever. You might get a little bored of us after a while."
He nodded slightly, grateful that she was willing to at least help.
(Cue theme: 3-2-1! Zodiac Warrior Pretty Cure)
3, 2, 1, let's blast off!
Let's-la-soar into the sky!
Straight into the cosmos
Zodiac Warrior Pretty Cure!
When you look at the stars,
What do you see?
Will there be a sign of hope
Or a sign of despair?
Even if we're stuck within a pinch
(Stuck within a pinch)
Keep your hope alive!
It's time to go go go!
Fire your ignition!
Race up to the stars!
Grant us the strength of the constellations!
With our hearts burning
We will fight on!
All of our hopes are one!
(Go-go-go!)
3, 2, 1, let's blast off!
Let's-la-soar into the sky!
Straight into the cosmos
Zodiac Warrior Pretty Cure!
Episode 8: Test of Loyalty! Orion's Choice!
The next morning, Orion and Tsukasa looked through the list of boys clubs that he could join.
"Soccer sounds good. I remember you playing soccer with me all the time when we were little." She mentioned to him.
He nodded and looked through the clubs more, seeing another one. "Knights of Ryuuseizaka, Dedicated to helping to keep our school safe." He looked at her. "What do you think?"
She smiled a little bit. "Sounds about right for you."
He decided to head off to the club to check it out, leaving Tsukasa to watch him worriedly.
Once he arrived, he looked at the flier and saw that the room number was correct before he knocked on the door.
An older boy with messy blonde hair opened the door and looked at Orion. "New recruit, huh?"
Orion nodded with a smile. "Yes, sir. I'm Orion Gingasei."
"Hayate Kishida at your service." Hayate shook the younger man's hand with a proud smile before ushering him inside the room.
Orion looked around, seeing a few more boys in the room: One who had black glasses and a calm expression on his face, one with a tough look in his eyes, and one who seemed to be more of a skilled swordsman due to his bandana.
Hayate walked over to the trio before looking at Orion. "Orion, meet the rest of the group, Sakushi Ichimoto, our main diplomat." He motioned to the boy with the glasses."
Sakushi tipped his glasses in a greeting. "Hello."
Hayate continued on, "Arashi Kashinda, who fights with his fists rather than his brains." He looked at the boy in question. "No offense."
Arashi shrugged. "None taken."
Hayate turned to the last boy. "And Makoto Kagemushi, a trained samurai due to his father's influence."
Makoto only gave a single nod in response.
Orion smiled at them. "Nice to meet you all. I hope we get along well." If only he knew what would happen...
In the Milky Way Kingdom, Lupus had taken notice of Lacerta's leave. "Where's Lacerta?"
Hydra walked over to him. "She's taking the necessary steps to prepare for her infiltration into the heroes' inner circle. Perhaps you could assist her a bit by distracting the Cures with a monster." He passed a Kurohoshi card over to him.
Lupus took the card and nodded. "I'll do what has to be done." He teleported away quickly, leaving Hydra to his thoughts.
Said scientist of the group pulled out a phone that he opened up and used to dial a number, patiently waiting as the tone went off.
A voice spoke up on the other line after three rings: "What's this about, Hydra?"
Hydra smirked lightly. "Relax, Cerberus. I think quite soon we'll need some of your... power to assist in Dark Matter's plan."
Meanwhile, with the four Cures and the fairies, Tsukasa was showing some concern over Orion's newest friends already.
Airi noticed her look and turned to her. "What's wrong, Tsukasa?"
The ravenette looked at her brunette friend and sighed. "It's nothing. But I guess I get worried about Orion's new friends. They don't sound like true knights to me. If anything, they sound like a bunch of numbskulls pretending to be real knights."
Harumi smiled at Tsukasa. "That's not completely true. I've known some of them to use their strengths to their advantage."
Kaoru nodded in agreement. "It's just Hayate you gotta worry about. He's been known to be disloyal to even the new recruits."
Tsukasa frowned more, not liking the sound of Kaoru's tone.
Meanwhile the boys were sharing a laugh, enjoying their time together.
Orion glanced at the girls from time to time, seeming to be kinda conflicted with his decision to join the group.
Arashi seemed to notice that and he tapped Orion's shoulder. "Hey, don't worry about them. They're just girls. They can't do anything us guys can do."
Orion looked at him and frowned. "That doesn't seem very knightly."
Makoto shrugged a bit. "That's just part of the process, dude. Sometimes you gotta break away the weak links."
Orion grunted slightly. "They are not weak links!"
Hayate narrowed his eyes. "Might wanna watch yourself if you don't wanna get kicked out of our club."
Orion froze slightly. "T... that's not what I meant!!!"
Sakushi grabbed the two of them. "Easy now. Let's try not to fight, okay?"
Hayate scoffed and pulled away, hiding a frown.
Orion sighed softly, thinking to himself. 'Maybe joining this club was a mistake...'
Eye-catch: Airi, Harumi, Kaoru, Tsukasa, and Orion are seen spinning around as Lepus and Vulpeculos jump by their feet before the five heroes change into their respective forms.
Near the soccer field, Lupus leaned against the light post closest to the goalie net. "Hmph. Humans have no sense of loyalty whatsoever." He looked at the card in his hand, seeing the goalie looking a little depressed due to his lack of confidence in his team's abilities. "Maybe this won't be too bad." He held the card up and flicked it at the goalie, who's Crystal Star filled completely with despair.
Lupus smirked and ran a finger along the brim of his hat. "Let your heart be filled with despair! Go, Kurohoshi!" He flung out his hand and a black aura surrounded the goalie, pulling his Crystal Star out of his body and transforming it into a black soccer-ball-shaped monster, red eyes opening below the black star which was now upside down. "KUROHOSHI!"
Vulpeculos picked up the disturbance, his tail turning puffy. "A Kurohoshi!"
Lepus sensed it as well. "The soccer field!"
Airi looked at the girls and nodded as they ran outside and pulled out their wands.
(Cue Color Charge Instrumental)
"Zodiac Wand! Pretty Cure, Let's Blast Off!" The quartet of girls transformed in their respective ways before posing.
"The virgin's pure heart! Cure Virgo!"
"The lion's pride! Cure Leo!"
"The water bearer's tranquility! Cure Aquarius!"
"The bull's strength! Cure Taurus!"
The quartet clapped their hands in unison, spinning around together. "Saviors of Earth's Hope!" They jumped apart and landed before they posed as one team. "Zodiac Senshi Pretty Cure!"
(End Instrumental)
Virgo drop-kicked the Kurohoshi with a war cry but bounced off it just as quickly. "Aah!"
Taurus caught her teammate as Aquarius and Leo jumped up together.
"Double Pretty Cure Kick!" They ax-kicked the Kurohoshi, but it knocked them aside like nothing.
Lupus chuckled lightly as he watched the action. "Too bad your male warrior isn't here. He's about as useful as his girls anyway."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Virgo flew at the wolf boy and started fighting him, both of them evenly matched.
Taurus decided to try her move against the ball-like Kurohoshi. "Taurus Rampage!" She charged forward with a lavender aura around her and head-butted the monster, knocking it back a bit before it recovered.
"KURO!" It started shooting soccer balls at the girls.
"Watch it!" Leo shouted, causing the alerted girls to go to defensive maneuvers to evade the projectiles.
Back in the school, Orion saw what was going on through the window. "Crap! I gotta go help them!" He started towards the door.
"Is that so?" Orion stopped when he heard Hayate's voice and looked at the blonde boy in confusion.
Hayate got up and looked at Orion. "You're just going to abandon your new friends and fight with those Pretty Cure girls?"
Orion grunted. "They're my friends too, you jerk!"
Sakushi got up. "Now, now. Let's keep our cool here-" He was interrupted by Hayate, who started pacing around Orion.
"Sure you might have loyalties, as all of us Knights do. Sakushi has his loyalties, Arashi and Makoto do as well. But what about you?" He got in front of Orion and narrowed his eyes. "Where do your loyalties lie?"
Orion's eyes widened as he remembered a moment from his childhood when Tsukasa had said the exact same thing to him.
"Orion," Tsukasa looked at Orion with curious eyes, "where would your loyalties lie if you had the choice?"
Orion blinked lightly as he nodded solemnly. "I finally understand."
Hayate started smirking, thinking he had won but stopped when he heard Orion's next words.
"Loyalty can be a two-way bridge, sometimes to one person or place and sometimes to another. But in either respect, you should show loyalty and protect those who need you." He looked up bravely. "And my true friends need me now!" He pushed past Hayate and ran down the hall, disappearing around the corner,
Hayate stood silently, stunned by those words.
Orion made it to the field and pulled out a rose petal. "Showtime!"
(Cue Tuxedo Kamen style music)
Orion placed the petal of a rose to his lips, seeming to kiss it before he flicked it away, his body becoming covered in a starry void as he floated upwards.
His torso was surrounded by a group of stars that exploded into mini fireworks style and pinged his navy blue and amethyst suit into place before doing the same thing with his boots.
He snapped his fingers as white gloves appeared on his hands and a few rose petals flew past, his face showing with a silver visor over his eyes and his hair now being white.
He twirled around slightly and threw his arm out to the side, a black cape appearing on him as the background changed into one with a rose behind him.
(End music)
He dropped into action, kicking Lupus away from Virgo.
"Orion!" The blonde Cure smiled in relief, grateful to see her ally with them.
He smiled back at her, helping her up. "Are you okay, Virgo?"
She nodded. "Yup! Thank you!"
He nodded before rushing to help the other girls.
Taurus saw a ball flying directly at her once she turned around and it was too late to dodge, so she raised her arms to defend herself.
Orion slid in front of her and roundhouse kicked the ball back at the monster. "Haa!"
"Kuro!" It was stunned by the ball being shot back and got slammed back. "KUROOO!" It hit the ground hard.
Aquarius looked at the balls surrounding them and got an idea, looking at her yellow-clad teammate. "Leo!"
The Yellow Cure nodded, understanding immediately. "Okay! Leo Dynamite!" She used her sub attack to light some balls on fire and rocket them into the air.
"Aquarius Freezing!" Aquarius made the other balls into ice balls and sent them into the air before looking at the male member of the team. "Orion!"
"Leave it to me!" Orion jumped up and positioned himself. "Orion Dual Element Rapid Fire Kick!" He shot the balls at the villains like lightning.
"What the?!" Lupus dove out of the way, leaving the Kurohoshi to get pelted and burned and/or frozen.
Orion landed and looked at Taurus. "Princess!"
Taurus nodded to him. "Got it!"
Her star shone brightly as a lilac energy ball appeared. "Pretty Cure!" The ball took the shape of a bull as she made a finger gun with her hands. "Taurus Power Shoot!" She fired off the shot, the recoil making her arms fly up as her attack ran at the Kurohoshi, slamming into it and enveloping it in a violet light.
"Beautiful..." The Kurohoshi moaned with a calm expression on its face before exploding in a poof of lavender smoke, the purified star returning to the goalie as the damage was cleared up in a soft light.
Lupus scoffed a bit and disappeared from sight.
The quintet changed back and sighed in relief.
"Orion!" Hayate ran out to the field with his group as the young soldier and the girls looked at him. "You were right. Sometimes loyalties must be divided between others in order to do the right thing. I should have learned that a long time ago."
Orion smiled a bit. "At least you're willing to learn from your mistakes. Knights do make mistakes, but the best thing about it is that we learn from them all the time too."
Hayate chuckled lightly. "You know, you're good at soccer. The others and I are a part of the soccer team too, even if we're not needed for practice as much. Maybe... you could join us on the team?"
Orion was surprised by that as he looked at the others.
The girls gave their nods of approval before he looked at the other boys. "Sounds wonderful!"
Airi smiled a bit before she noticed a small glow from her pocket. "Eh?" She pulled her wand out and saw the soft glow. "Why is it glowing?"
Lepus flew up with a bright smile. "A Zodiac Crystal is in the area!"
The girls were surprised. "Eh?!"
(Cue end music: Go Zodiacs! Let's Pretty Cure!)
Preview:
Kaoru: Seriously?! A Zodiac Crystal?!
Harumi: And a new student as well. This is quite mysterious...
Airi: It's fine! I might ask the newbie to join us!
Tsukasa: Something tells me this'll be bad...
Zodiac Senshi Pretty Cure! Search on! Find the Crystal! By the stars, this will be epic!!
Well, whaddya know. Two chapters in one week. Not bad. I have a long way to go on this though, so as always, read and review, guys!