Chapter 4
Opening Up, Cure Freeze
"Kyaah!" Cure Freeze tumbled down the stairway and crashed on the ground.
"Cure Freeze!" Cure Power jumped in and helped her to get up.
Suddenly, a ring of fire surrounded them with the villainous monster laughed as it approached them.
"Did you really think ice can beat fire? Now both of you will lose and die while I win and live! Nobody will stop me now!" The villain started as his body burned in flames.
"Get… Get out of here, Cure Power! We're not a match for him!" Cure Freeze stated.
"No way! I won't leave you alone to face him! The only way to get out of this is….!"
So you are all wondering exactly what is going on. Well, let's start from the beginning….
- Pretty Cure -
Beep….. Beep…. Beep!
An alarm clock was on, but a hand reached out and pressed it to stop. The said hand belonged to a young, black-haired girl. Her sapphire eyes shined, clearly a pretty girl. She put on her eyeglasses and got out of her bed.
Her bed had some plushie dolls as any other normal girls would, but at one corner of her room was a big shelf full of books, and a study desk. She went to the bathroom to wash her face, brush her teeth and combed her hair. She then went back to her room and began preparing her school uniform.
After five minutes, she changed to her uniform. She had also prepared her school bag, and then went downstairs, but stopped at a door to another room that was next to her. She noticed a tray of breakfast composed of toast with butter, breakfast tea, and cooked egg laid beside it, and she looked a bit saddened by it, but shrugged it off and turned her attention to downstairs.
"Good morning, Yuki." She was greeted by her father and mother, who were in their working uniform, too. Her father was wearing a white and blue striped uniform with an apron and hat, and her mother was wearing a white and pink striped uniform with an apron and scarf over her head instead of a hat.
"Good morning, mother. Good morning, father," she greeted calmly with a small grin.
"How about I cook some breakfast for you?" The mother asked.
"No, thank you, mother. I can do it on my own," she replied as she headed to the kitchen and began preparing a toast and breakfast tea.
"Are you sure, dear? I can do it just for today and I can make you something else," her mother suggested.
"No worries, but thank you for the offer," she replied as her toast popped out of the toaster just in time.
"Well, okay dear," mother agreed.
This was where Yuki Korri lives. Her home was half a house and half a store because her parents own an ice cream store. Their store's name is "Korri Sorbettiere", with the latter word means ice cream worker in Italian.
"Well, I will be going now." She ate her breakfast as she was heading out to school. "I will be back home as soon as I can."
"Honey, thank you, but I don't think we will expect too many customers today, so you can relax today. You can just do whatever you want to do. No need for you to help us," her father stated.
"Don't worry, father. I want to help you and mother with the store today, like always," she assured, smiling at them. "Well, see you later."
"Goodbye, for now, dear." They waved goodbye at her but looked a bit worried.
"I wonder if she will make a friend, dear," mother said honestly.
"I hope so, honey. I mean, ever since he…." The father looked up to the closed window on the second floor. "Anyway, let's get the store ready for today."
"Yes. We have some work to do!" The mother agreed as they got ready for work at their store.
Yuki walked calmly and alone to school while other students wearing the same uniform pass by her with friends.
"Hey, Yuki!" Yuki noticed someone yelling her name. She found out it was the new transfer student, Naomi Lee. She quickly walked faster while Naomi tried to catch up with her. Yuki ran off, barely walking across the street before it turned red. Naomi had to stop, but Yuki felt relieved as she continued her way to school.
Once the light turned back to green, Naomi continued to chase after Yuki. "Yuki! Yuki!" she yelled, but then stopped by two familiar people who she didn't want to see.
"Hey!" Natsuki shouted. "Watch where you're going!"
"Uh, um, sorry," Naomi apologized. "I'm in a bit of a hurry…"
"Well, you can wait for that!" Aki exclaimed. "We just want to let you know that May-sama is hospitalized."
"Oh! Is she going to be alright?" Naomi asked.
"She will be fine. It was thanks to that horrible monster attack yesterday, so we're letting you know that you are off the hook for now," Aki explained.
"Yeah! Remember that now!" Natsuki said bossily as the two girls went ahead and left.
"Well, at least I don't have to worry about May or her friends… But I missed Yuki! Rat!" Naomi cursed to herself.
The school began, and Yuki focused on her classes. However, unlike any other days and I mean any other days before Naomi moved, things became a bit difficult for her to focus. Naomi Lee was constantly trying to get her attention.
First, she tried to get her attention by passing a note to her, but in the process got caught by the teacher, and got punished for it. The next time was during the lab period for the science class where Naomi tried to get her attention, but in return, she caused her to get distracted and poured too much of the chemical and created an explosion. Then, at a library, Naomi tried to sit next to her at the library, but she tried to keep away from her, which caused unnecessary noise and scold from the librarian. Finally, during the PE, they were running the track and Naomi tried to get Yuki's attention once more by running in the track. Crazy enough that they ran around the track field the most than everyone else in the class, even though their teacher already declared to stop, and everyone just watched them run around for the rest of the period.
It was after school when they had a chance to talk.
"Yuki, I um…" Naomi said, but then stopped when Yuki looked dead serious in her eyes.
"What is wrong with you?" She fumed.
"Huh? I… I just want to talk with you," Naomi admitted hesitantly.
"Well, if it has to do with Pretty Cure and all like I said, I decline. I don't want to be a Pretty Cure," Yuki argued.
"But that is just it! I want to know why you don't want to," Naomi replied.
"Haven't you ever heard of other people's opinion? For an American, you should know well in that, and yet you seem to be suggesting that I should stay and be Pretty Cure, like you," she chided.
Naomi almost gasped at that and looked down unsurely. "Well, I…. I just think you should reconsider your thought."
"Listen! The only reason why I became a Pretty Cure was to help for that moment and just that! I don't have to risk my own life for others if there is already someone else who can do that. That is my choice, and that's that!" She denounced as she walked past Naomi.
Naomi reached her arm out, but stopped and thought for a moment. "Yuki…. I…. I am so sorry…"
Yuki Korri walked alone to home, looking angry and annoyed. She was annoyed by Naomi Lee and starting to dislike her. She didn't understand what that girl is thinking, forcing her to go back with her and be Pretty Cure again. She just didn't understand. She just didn't understand why a person like her would even ask a girl like her, who's timid, alone, and just not as brave as Naomi, should be a Pretty Cure.
However, as she walked alone, her mind wandered about it and felt a tug in her chest. Sort of painful tug in her chest near her heart. No, it was exactly her heart. She didn't understand why she's feeling this way.
"So Naomi tried to force you?" Yuki gasped and looked ahead to see Doctor leaning against the rail of the bridge in the center.
"Doctor?" She changed her mood and just walked past the Doctor normally as if they were just strangers to each other.
"I won't force you to come back," Doctor spoke up, making her stop. "But I just want to let you know that anyone can use the Precure Changer to become a Pretty Cure, but it is only the one who takes the full responsibility and bit of courage to stay and fight as Pretty Cure."
Yuki gritted her teeth. Doctor approached her and took her hand, and placed the blue-ribbon bow in her hand.
"I will hand this to you for now. If you don't want to be a Pretty Cure, you can give it someone who can," Doctor stated before he left.
Yuki, now alone on the bridge, looked at the ribbon bow as she was in deep thought. She put the changer away and headed back home, not noticing that some time had passed, and the sun was already setting down.
- Pretty Cure –
Somewhere in the downtown area…
"Aaaaah!" A man was thrown out of a building in one of the many back alleys.
"And stay out of here, you moron!" Men in black suits closed the door in front of the guy who they just threw out.
The guy was a young man who looked around in his mid-twenty. He had blond, short, and spiky hair. She wore an opened buttoned red and orange shirt with a skull flame for the design on the backside, baggy dark green pants, and sneakers. His one ear was pierced, and one eyebrow was partially shaved.
"Tch! Bastards." He cursed as he got back up. "If I were a bit stronger, I would've beaten them up and show who's the boss!"
He kicked a random can, which reached and hit the ground. It rolled on until it stopped at the foot of a mysterious hooded figure.
"So you want to become stronger, is that it?" The young man was spooked a bit when the hooded figure approached him.
"Woah! Who the hell are you? You want a piece of me or something?!" The man said in an irritating tone.
"I like that attitude of yours." The young man raised his eyebrow, looking a bit confused, yet suspicious. "Listen. I have the power to make anyone stronger. Beyond their wildest dream."
"What are you? Some drug dealer?" The young man joked as he snickered.
"No, but let's just say what I will give you will allow you to eliminate all the people you despise and can allow you to get rid of them for good," the hooded figure suggested as he offered a handshake. "What do you say, pal?
The young man looked a bit hesitant at first, but a sly grin formed on his face. "I don't know who you are, but alright then. I want to let out some steams I've been holding and have grudges on people I hate. You got yourself a deal, sir!"
The young hoodlum shook the hooded figure's hand when suddenly, a surge of energy flowed through his body.
"Uh! Whoa! Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!" He screamed as his body burst in flames. All of his clothes burned into ashes, his face turned into a skull burning in fires with glowing orange eyes instead of his normal dark brown eyes, and his body was also made of fire, but much muscular.
"Wow! What is this? This feels…. Feels…. Great! I feel so much power!" The man stated as his flames burned bright.
"Enjoy your newfound power, friend." The hooded figure walked backward until he disappeared completely into the shadows.
"Oh, I will, and I will start by burning this building to hell first!" He started attacking the building he was just thrown out of.
- Pretty Cure -
Just not too far away, Yuki Korri was walking down to home when she heard a siren sound approaching from her behind. She turned to see some fire trucks passing by her quickly. She quickly realized that the fire trucks were heading to the area where she lived.
"Ah!" She gasped as she quickly ran home as fast as possible.
"Quick! I need some water here!" A fireman shouted.
"We need water here too!" Another one yelled.
Four fire engines were stationed in the streets while local police officers blocked the road and bystanders watched in horror as several buildings on the street were burning in flames.
"Whoa! Just what is up with all these fires?!" One fireman asked.
"Sir, look over there!" They looked up to see someone at the top of the building, but as they look hard enough, they noticed the someone was on fire, or rather was the fire itself.
"Ha, ha, ha! Yeah! Burn! Burn everything down!" The hoodlum who turned into a monster was throwing fireballs everywhere he can look at.
"Holy smoke!" One of the firemen gasped.
The villain noticed and saw the team of firemen who were trying to put out his fires.
"Oh, look at that. Some party poopers. Well, time to bring a bit of heat to them!" He fired a blast of flames at the firemen.
"Dodge!" One yelled and everyone dodged out of the way. The blast of fire exploded one of the fire trucks when it got hit.
"Yes! Burn! Burn everything down!" He laughed egotistically.
"This is horrible!" "Someone got to stop this fire!" "But who's going to stop that…. That monster!"
Yuki arrived at the scene and saw in horror. She couldn't see her home because of the buildings being burned in flames and all the smoke, but she was very worried.
"Mom! Dad! Brother!" She thought in fear for her family's safety.
"Hey, stop right there!" She and the other bystanders, including the villain looked up to the source of the voice.
"Who the hell are you, girlie?" The villain looked in annoyance at the pink dressed girl who's flying in midair.
"I am Cure Power, and I'm here to stop you!" Cure Power answered.
"Stop me! Ha! Do you want a piece of me? Then, taste some of my fireballs!" He started attacking with some fireballs shooting out of his hands.
Cure Power dodged out of the way, and then punched the man with both her fists, which hit him. While the fire villain was dazed for a bit, Cure Power helped to take out of the fires. She huffed as much air as possible and puffed all of it out, blowing the fires away from the buildings.
"Hey! It's that Pretty Cure girl!" One of the bystanders pointed.
"She comes to stop that fire monster, and the fires!" Another one exclaimed.
As much as Yuki didn't want to see Naomi again, she was relieved that she did come and stop the fires. She still hoped that her house was not affected. However, she noticed that the fire monster was not giving up yet.
"Why you little!" The fire monster flew toward and punched back Cure Power, pushing her to the road and dragging her through it.
Cure Power kicked him away, and he retaliated with more fires. The bystanders watched while Yuki felt that she should do something about it. One side was saying to help her, but the other side was reminding her about what she said to Naomi earlier today at school.
"I don't want to be Pretty Cure. Cure Power can handle this. She is much stronger and braver than I am," Yuki pondered.
"Kyaaah!" She snapped out of her thought and saw that Cure Power was surrounded by a ring of fire. She also began coughing, looking as if she was suffocating.
"How do you like that, you stupid girl?" The villain said mockingly. "Are you feeling out of breath? Ha, ha, ha!"
"Cure Power!" Yuki couldn't stand and just watch. She quickly ran off to hide away from peeping eyes. She took out the ribbon bow that was given to her by the Doctor earlier.
"I don't want to be a Pretty Cure, but I guess I just have to!" She declared. "It's hero time, Pretty Cure!"
Blue light from the bow ribbon consumed her. Her body was shimmery as the icy cold wind was spinning around her, and changing her clothes in the process to a blue and white uniform. A blue skirt was formed and a pair of long white socks and light blue sparkling long go-go boots appeared. Long white gloves with the spiky edge formed on her hand with the same sparkling effect. The uniform formed a snowflake design all over it as it sparkled. Her hair grew bigger, extending it to her thigh, and became snowy white color. Her eyes opened, revealing a shiny whitish-blue color. The same blue bow ribbon got bigger, and attached itself to her back, completing the costume.
Snow gathered in her hands as she blew them away, showing her cold breath. "The hero of ice who freezes the enemies of justice! Face my cool chivalry! Cure Freeze!" She posed with her right arm up while her left hand on her hip.
Cure Freeze jumped onto the roof of a building and then hopped from that building to another until she arrived where Cure Power was.
"Cold Stream!" A cold, icy wind blew from the palms of her hands, fading the ring of fire that surrounded Power.
"What? There are more of you!" The villain gasped.
Cure Freeze jumped to Cure Power's side and helped her.
"Cure Freeze! You're here!" Cure Power looked relieved and happy to see Freeze.
"You can save thank you later. I will deal with the hothead," Cure Freeze declared.
"Who are you calling hothead, chick?! I will burn you too!" The fire monster summoned four fireballs and threw them at the duo.
They dodged out of the way and then Freeze countered with her ice balls.
The villain blocked it with his wall of fire, melting the ice balls, and shot back with fireballs. Cure Freeze countered it with her icy winds shooting out of her palms. The villain then fired flamethrowers out of his palms to counterattack Cure Freez's icy power. They were equally matched, fighting to gain one over the other.
"So persistent!" Cure Freeze commented, sweating from the heat.
"This is getting annoying, but I won't lose ever again!" Flamethrower became bigger and stronger, overcoming Freeze's icy power, and blasted her away in fires.
"Kyaaahh!" She screamed as she tripped backward and tumbled down a stairway.
"Cure Freeze!" Cure Power jumped in to help her friend and partner.
Suddenly, a ring of fire surrounded them, trapping them inside as the villain watched over them and snickered.
"Did you really think ice can beat fire? Now both of you will lose and die while I win and live! Nobody will stop me now!" The villain started as his body burned in flames.
"Get… Get out of here, Cure Power! We're not a match for him!" Cure Freeze stated.
"No way! I won't leave you alone to face him! The only way to get out of this is if we work together, Freeze!" Power argued.
"But how?" She asked.
Cure Power looked around and then noticed a nearby fire hydrant. Cure Freeze looked and got the same idea. They nodded and grinned as they began conducting their plan.
Cure Power huffed and puffed all her might to blow away the ring of fire while Cure Freeze used her icy breath to help, too.
"Let's do this, Cure Freeze!" Cure Power exclaimed.
"I'm behind you!" Cure Freeze agreed.
"Oh, you want more? I can take you both!" The villain claimed as he fired a flamethrower again.
Freeze countered it with her icy wind from her palms again while Cure Power flew off.
"It looks like your friend ditched you!" He spoke.
"No, she didn't! Matter of fact, she will be going to give you some wash!" Cure Freeze replied.
"Say what?" he gasped.
"Now Cure Power!" Cure Power released the valve of the fire hydrant, unleashing the water at the villain.
"Ouch! This is water!" The villain cried.
"Icy Blast!" Cure Freeze summoned her strongest icy wind at the fiery villain, freezing him in the process due to his wet body. "Now, Cure Power!"
"Right!" She nodded as she was already charged up her fist in glowing pink light and a pink heart appeared on the upper side of her fist. "Precure Heart Punch!"
She punched the frozen villain, breaking his fiery exterior of a body and turning him back to his normal human self.
"I…. I lost…. Again," the man said before he fainted.
"Hurray! We did it! We worked together!" Cure Power jumped in joy.
"It seems like so," Cure Freeze chuckled as she was smiling, actually smiling.
The same hooded figure watched over what had happened all this time, and he didn't look pleased.
"Failed again… Pretty Cure…" He gritted his teeth before he disappeared in a flash.
Afterward, they left the scene to let the authority do their job. Fortunately, Yuki's home was not affected by the fire and was relieved to see her parents were safe, and they were relieved to see her safe, too.
One day later at school during a lunch period…
"Wait, seriously?! You mean it?" Naomi said, looking surprised.
"As I said, I decided to become a Pretty Cure, but not because I want to. Rather, it is to make sure that you don't get into trouble," Yuki explained.
Naomi grinned from ear to ear and hugged Yuki. "Thank you, Yuki! I know you and I will be the best crime fighter superheroes ever!"
"OK, but please let me go! You're too tight!" Yuki said, gasping for air.
"There you are!" They turned around to see a familiar trio, but not the least, their leader specifically.
"May…" Naomi growled.
"I am back from the hospital and feeling much better now," she said. "Your temporary break is over and will immediately go back to work for me as my servant like we promised to."
Naomi didn't want to go back working for May Kin ever, but surprisingly, Yuki stepped in.
"Leave Naomi alone," she demanded.
"Huh? And what do you think you are doing, Korri-san?" May asked.
"I said leave her alone. If you don't leave her alone, I will report about every favor that you asked me to do in the past," Yuki stated.
"Really? You know that's pointless even if you try," May ridiculed as she looked smugly.
"Oh, I didn't say I'll report it to the teachers. I meant by social media." May's expression changed from smug and confident to feared and gulp.
"You won't dare…." She looked almost trembling.
"Oh, I will," Yuki said.
May's eyes twitched, but shrugged it off and turned her back. "Come on, girls! We're leaving!"
"But May, are you sure?" Natsuki asked.
"I said we're leaving!" She ordered as she walked away.
Aki and Natsuki looked at each other for a moment before they followed May, and never spoke a word about what just had happened.
"Yuki-chan, did you just stand up for me?" Naomi asked, looking surprised.
"I only wanted to get things off my shoulder, that's all," Yuki said.
However, Naomi knew that wasn't the real reason, but went along with it. All it matters was she made her first new friend and important partner in the Pretty Cure team.
Meanwhile, at the school's track field, some students were running for practice in the running team. One particular student was ready in a position at the starting mark. This student had orange eyes and short, spiky yellow hair with one bang swept to the right and curled at the tip.
"Are you ready? Set…. Go!" A whistle blew and the race began.
Preview for Chapter 5
Naomi Lee, with her new friend, Yuki Korri check out the school's racing team. There they meet another first-year student from a different class. However, this student was in a trouble by some mysterious circumstances! Random accidents seem to happen around her! Naomi and Yuki began an investigation to help the student!
Next time in Pretty Cure Heroz, Lightning Speed!
"It's hero time, Pretty Cure!" Naomi shouted. "Thank you for reading and see you next time!"
Hi, everyone! I am back with new update for Pretty Cure Heroz!
In this chapter, we see little bit more of Yuki Korri in her personal life. Her parents own a ice cream shop and it seems like she also has a brother. However, we didn't get to see him at all, but let's just I have a plan for that in the future. Though, it won't happen soon, let's just say.
Yuki Korri accepts to be Pretty Cure. With that, we have two Pretty Cure. I wonder if another one will appear... Well, until next time, stay safe and see you all again!
