The girls figured it was about time they all went home, so they left the school. Kiriko and Asuna walked with Sophie to the bus stop as a bit of an awkward silence formed between the three of them. Sophie had a very relieved expression on her face, but still it seemed as if something had been bothering her. She smiled to the girls, and cleared her throat and finally said what had been on her mind.
"So, it seems like you guys still see as some kind of celebrity, so I think in order to get past that, you guys should come to my place sometime next week." Sophie suggested as she fidgeted with her hands," I think it would help us out a lot not only to work better as a team, but to become better friends too."
Kiriko and Asuna nodded in agreement, with the former saying," I'd love to, it's just my schedule next week is pretty busy...I won't have any free time until next Friday."
Asuna narrowed her eyes at Kiriko and simply thought to herself," Why is she acting like this is something new?"
"Oh that's ok...would you guys be able to make it for this Sunday?" Sophie questioned.
Kiriko went through her schedule mentally and nodded, so she and Sophie turned their gaze to Asuna. Asuna appeared to still be determining if she was available on Sunday.
"Yeah I should be fine." Asuna said, with Sophie smiling a large smile in response.
"This is going to be a lot of fun!" Sophie exclaimed as they all continued to walk again," We can get to know each other, we could all do something fun together like bake cookies, oh and we could even play video games if you guys really want to!"
"She's really excited, she reminds me of a little kid..." Kiriko thought to herself sheepishly as Sophie continued to list off all the fun activities she had in mind.
"Would this be a bad time to give her Reo's number?" Asuna thought to herself with a blank look on her face.
When the girls reached the bus stop, they parted ways with Sophie as she was going to opposite direction. Kiriko went to the other bus stop and Asuna just walked home.
As Sophie boarded the bus, she was feeling all the excitement brim up inside of her as she thought about Sunday. It had been ages since she had a friend come over and all Sophie could think about right now was all the types of things that kids her age normally did when they went to each other's house. Sophie then considered inviting Cho too, but knowing Cho, she would've been too busy at work to make an appearance. She then reminded herself that she invited the girls over with the intention of getting better acquainted with them so clearly, what she should've been deciding on right now is exactly how to have them perceive as a normal girl, the way Cho and her family did.
When Kiriko arrived at her house, she was home alone, as she expected. She walked into the living room and crashed onto the couch. It felt somewhat unnatural as she hadn't done that in ages. She was sitting sideways on the one-seater in her living room, with her legs dangling off the right arm of the chair and her head rested on the left arm.
Rani then came into the living room after she heard Kiriko arrive home.
Rani had unintentionally snuck up on Kiriko and asked her," So how did things go today? Did Sophie join the team?"
Kiriko had been greatly startled and jumped a little, as she said," Rani, you can't just come downstairs like this! What if I wasn't home alone?"
"But...you are home alone." Rani reminded with a slight frown on her face, with Kiriko groaning in response," Anyways, so how did things go with Sophie?"
"She's a Pretty Cure." Kiriko replied confidently," She's really nice too but, she thinks that Asuna and I are still treating her like a celebrity, so she invited us to her place so we can get to know her better."
"Ooh, that sounds like fun!" Rani commented," But...what do you mean by treating her like a celebrity?"
Kiriko had started to scroll through her phone and without lifting her gaze from it, she responded with," Well, because of the fact that she's well-known, I think Asuna and I inevitably started to believe that Sophie would be acting like she's way better than us. Basically, we were judging her and drew our own conclusions based from what we heard about her."
"I see...so, is Sophie mad at you guys?" Rani questioned as Kiriko continued to scroll through her phone.
"I dunno, I'm assuming she's at the very least annoyed about it, but she didn't seem that upset about it." Kiriko answered, feeling somewhat guilty in how she treated Sophie," Chances are, she's used to it by now."
Rani then nodded in understanding, and just then, Kiriko's phone started to ring. On the caller ID, it showed Hayase's name. Kiriko sighed and felt knots forming in her stomach as she watched the phone continue to ring. Finally she answered the call and braced herself for the worst.
"Hey Hayase, how's it going?" Kiriko asked, trying to hide her nervousness with her unusually nonchalant tone.
"Good, what about you though?" Hayase inquired. Kiriko held back on another sigh so she wouldn't concern Hayase. She knew that Hayase wasn't calling to reprimand her or anything like that. All he probably wanted to do was to check up on her since her participation at student council had been, sub-par.
"I'm fine." Kiriko answered curtly, wishing she could just hang up the phone right now.
"Are you sure? You've been a little...out of it lately." Hayase stated, with Kiriko rolling her eyes in response,"You didn't show up to last week's meeting and didn't notify me or Tadeshi and yesterday one of the first years reported that you were just texting someone on your phone for half of the session."
"Look, I swear, everything's ok." Kiriko reassured Hayase, not realizing how impatient she sounded," I got caught up in some important stuff but it's fine now. I promise I'll be back to normal for student council."
"Alright...I was just calling to make you were ok. I'll see you next week?" Hayase asked.
Kiriko nodded, before remembering she was on call and said," Yeah, I'll see you then."
She hung up and sunk deeper into the chair as she returned to scrolling through her phone while saying," I should've seen that one coming. I'm not usually one to do stuff like that during student council sessions. If anything, I'm the one who's usually reprimanding the members."
"Of course Hayase isn't all that upset with me, he's probably just trying to ensure that I'm staying out of trouble. Besides, he's never really been good at scolding others." Kiriko said to Rani, who was laying in Kiriko's lap now," That day I was absent, I had been helping Asuna try to make a script for the puppet show and then I had been texting Sophie the last meeting. Despite the fact that I told Hayase everything will be fine from here on out, I can't actually guarantee that. But, even if things are to get harder, I can't let that distract me from what's important!"
Rani nodded in agreement and so Kiriko declared,"I'm might be having a rough patch right now trying to balance my school life and this Pretty Cure business, but I'm not going to let that get the best of me. I'm going to work hard to excel and improve. And I won't do it only for myself, I'm doing it for my team!"
When Asuna got home, she was unusually quiet as she walked into her house and straight towards her bedroom. Her headphones were blaring her music louder than normal, it was so loud than Tadeshi, who had been studying in the kitchen, could hear it too. Asuna didn't pay any mind to him, not even offering him a greeting and just walked towards her room.
Tadeshi narrowed his eyes at her as she walked past him, muttering to himself," She's definitely going to be the first one in the house to go deaf if she keeps that up."
Once Asuna walked into her room, Nova looked at her expectantly and asked her," So, did you guys find out if Sophie's the next Pretty Cure?"
Asuna nodded and took her water bottle out from her bag. She opened it up and took a large sip from it and after she was finished, she reached the largest pillow on her bed.
"Nova, you know what to do." Asuna said as she held the pillow in front of herself.
Nova then sighed and made her horn glow blue, causing the pillow to float in midair. Asuna then stood up and start delivering a flurry of punches to it without a second thought.
"Honestly, Asuna you need a better way to release all that pent-up aggression." Nova declared with a sigh as she watched Asuna attack the pillow," Somehow it's not surprising you'd be so willing to exploit my magic the second you found out how you'd gain something from it."
"I can't help it!" Asuna shouted as she delivered a punch straight into the pillow," At the rate we're going, my fighting just won't be enough. And Sophie's good at magic too so sooner or later...I'm gonna become the weakest link."
Asuna took a short break to catch her breath as she said," I can't keep depending on my fighting alone to get me through. I need to master the Pretend mode otherwise the others are just gonna..."
Nova waited for Asuna to complete her sentence, but she didn't say another word. Instead, she sat on her bed and stared down at the floor, lost in thought. Nova sat next to her on her bed, staring up to Asuna with concern as she remained silent.
"Does all magic feel the same? Can you only feel how much magic a person has?" Asuna inquired, her gaze still on the floor.
"No, the feeling of someone's magic is very...valuable in a sense. Magic can feel similar based on how much one person has but, with more concentration you also feel many other things. Stronger magic will have a more distinguished sense to it; it can feel inviting and energetic, or mellow or even...ominous. Feeling the magic of someone can give a person a good idea of that someone's personality. But...sometimes magic can be deceiving and tricky. Some people with very strong magic will use a special form of seal to make their magic unable to be sensed by others. But doing this means that person won't be able to use their magic. They won't be able to divide their Patchwork hearts or cultivate their powers...they'd be like a normal human."
"Why would someone do that?" Asuna asked.
"Often times it's because they fear their own powers." Nova answered with a grim look on her face.
Their was a silence between them for a few moments and then Asuna asked," What does my magic feel like?"
Nova looked over to Asuna and smiled saying," It feels different, but in a good way! It feels like a warm day on the beach, like the sun is beating down on you. It feels also like...passionate in a way, I'm not very sure how to describe it but I like it!"
Asuna then looked over to Nova and smiled to her. Asuna then stood up again and decided to continue her one-sided fight with the pillow, not to unleash her frustration but to improve her battle tactics. Asuna seemed less frustrated now which relieved Nova as she watched her fight with the pillow.
"But...Asuna's magic also feels unrelenting and rampant. There's no doubt Asuna is strong not only in fighting but with magic too, it's just...her magic feels somewhat hard to tame."
On Sunday, Kiriko and Asuna went to Sophie's house together. Unlike all the other times before, Kiriko and Asuna had actually been in conversation for the majority of the ride there. For once things were awkward between them as they had been united in curiosity of what kinda house and lifestyle Sophie had. Rani and Nova had even been listening intently to their theorizing from inside their respective owners' bags.
"She said that we treat her like a celebrity so chances are she probably lives in a regular house." Kiriko stated with Rani and Nova nodding in response, though Asuna didn't appear to be convinced as she shook her head.
"Maybe but, what if she's downplaying her lifestyle to make us think she's just like us?" Asuna suggested, with the fairies also nodding to her input," Or what if she has no idea what an average person's lifestyle is like, so she just thinks she's normal by default?"
"I don't know, Sophie doesn't seem that naive. Surely she has some knowledge about the working-class lifestyle." Kiriko insisted, though Asuna still appeared to be unsure," Oh, the next stop is ours!"
The girls got off the bus soon after and had to walk down the road into a somewhat plain neighborhood to get to Sophie's house. Ask the girls walked deeper into the neighborhood, they were starting to have doubts in their belief that Sophie was living lavishly. After about an eight minute walk into the neighborhood, the girls reached what appeared to be Sophie's house. Kiriko and Asuna stared at it curiously, both of them thinking the same thing. Kiriko then stared down at her phone, to see if they had the correct address with Asuna joining her moments after.
"Well, I guess this is it." Kiriko said awkwardly as she and Asuna walked briskly to the front door.
Kiriko ran the doorbell and the two of them stood still as they waited for Sophie. Though they hadn't been waiting for long, it felt like an eternity to the two of them as they continue to wonder what Sophie's household would be like.
Just then, the door swung open, revealing Sophie in the doorway. Sophie smiled to the girls and then said,
"Welcome girls, come on in!"
Sophie ushered the girls into her house and the girls looked all around as Sophie led them upstairs. The house was big but not as luxurious as the girls expected. Despite it's size, it appeared to be quite normal. The were however dozens of family photos hung up on the walls and toys scattered on the floor. Though strangely enough, their wasn't anyone in the living room.
Sophie then noticed the girls looking around the place and said," I hope you don't mind the mess! My siblings were playing here this morning but they're playing out in the backyard now."
The girls then reached Sophie's room and just like the living room, it was spacious but ordinary. But it did have a rather stylish feel to it with the bedsheets and wall matching in color. Sophie took a seat on her bed and Asuna joined her, while Kiriko sat on the chair at Sophie's desk.
"Alright so...I feel like some things were probably left out when you guys were talking about the Laruan Kingdom and all that other stuff." Sophie began awkwardly as she took one of her throw pillows off of her bed to hug it," So, let's start with that! Why does Lilith want this Well of Wonder and how come we were the ones chosen to be Pretty Cure, what makes us different from everyone else?"
"Those are good questions!" Rani remarked as she and Nova appeared from out of their respective owner's bags.
The two of them startled Sophie and she impulsively inched away from the two of them as she stared at them inquisitively. The two of them looked familiar, and just then Sophie remembered that Kiriko and Asuna mentioned them in their puppet show. The two fairies sat in front of Sophie on the bed and Sophie held Nova in her arms gently as Rani sat on her lap.
"Pleasure to meet you! My name's Nova and this is my friend Rani." Nova introduced.
"Awww, you guys are so cute! And really soft, and warm too!" Sophie remarked as she wrapped her arms around Nova," You guys are way cuter than the plushies my little siblings have."
Nova was feeling rather constricted in Sophie's grip and urged the girl to let go.
"So starting with the question of why you girls were chosen to be Pretty Cures, the reason for that is because you girls carry a very powerful source of magic within yourselves." Nova explained.
Sophie looked somewhat excited upon hearing that as her big brown eyes sparkled. Kiriko nodded in response confidently and Asuna simply let her gaze wander to the floor.
"All magic is circulated through the Well of Wonder, but magic can also be created through the work of the Patchwork Hearts." Rani explained with Nova nodding in agreement," When a member from Asperity appears, their intent is to corrupt a Patchwork Heart in order to create a Defective."
Sophie nodded in understanding and waited for them to continue.
"Creating a Defective seems to be the only thing these goons from Asperity are good at, but unfortunately for us, it isn't very telling of their motives and we don't fully understand why they need to create these monsters when our shared goal is to find the Well of Wonder."
"Wait so, Lilith doesn't actually have the Well?" Sophie questioned curiously.
"If she did, I don't think she'd be sending her underlings to the human world so frequently to create these monsters." Rani pointed out," A good amount of time has passed since the day she made a reappearance in the Kingdom, and yet a lot of things about her and her objectives remain a mystery..."
"But, me and Asuna have grown exponentially stronger in our recent battles and with you on own team now Sophie, I think we'd stand a chance against Lilith and Asperity." Kiriko interjected.
Sophie nodded and said," I agree, but, exactly how tough is Lilith? How you guys fought against her as of yet?"
Kiriko and Asuna exchanged glances before the two of them fell silent. The girls hadn't even put much thought into how strong Lilith would be up until now. Upon hearing Lilith's name, the girls just assumed that Lilith had to be very powerful considering she defeated Cure Cheer over a decade ago.
"We haven't encountered her just yet, but when we do she's gonna wished she never made another appearance!" Asuna declared in a confident tone.
Sophie smiled and nodded in agreement and just then, her two sisters had burst into the room.
"Sophieeeeeee! Liam and Erik are hogging the Wii!" Anika shouted, with her younger sister Inna clinging to her side," We told them we were going to play our dance game but they won't listen!"
Sophie then exhaled a large sigh and rolled her eyes as she stood up from her bed and walked out of her room with Anika and Inna as she said," This will only be a minute. I'll bring some snacks and drinks when I come back ok?"
Kiriko and Asuna nodded in response and Sophie went downstairs to resolve their sibling's argument.
"Wow, Sophie's a lot normal than we expected! I'm really glad about that to be honest..." Kiriko stated sheepishly as she sat up straight in Sophie's chair.
Asuna then nodded in response and then asked," Don't you usually work both days of the weekend?"
"Well, we've had a bunch of new hires within these last few weeks so I've only been getting one shift per week." Kiriko explained in a rather cheerful tone as she stretched," My weekends have never been so great!"
Just then, the girls heard loud screams from downstairs and instantly stood up under the belief that someone from Asperity had arrived. The girls rushed downstairs with their PlayPacts in hand, ready to transform before finding out that no one from Asperity was here and the yelling was because Liam got his foot stepped on by Anika.
"Anika, that's not how you negotiate." Sophie reminded her little sister, her patience wearing thin," What if you all played one game together? We should still have enough controls for that."
Sophie then start to rummage through a box next to the console while Kiriko and Asuna watched the group at the staircase.
"Wow, Sophie's got so many siblings!" Kiriko whispered to Asuna, who didn't appear to be interested in the number of siblings Sophie had.
"Who cares about that? My question is how can she still be playing on a Wii?" Asuna asked as they watched Sophie pull four Wii remotes out from the box.
"Alright, so we've got the Wii remotes, so now all that's left is to find a game you can all agree on." Sophie declared as she looked through another box next to the Wii remotes," Come to think of it, we'll also need batteries for the extra remotes. I guess I'll go check the kitchen." Sophie stood up and turned around to find Kiriko and Asuna stand by the staircase. As soon as the girls realized that Sophie had spotted them, they gawked at her awkwardly and stood frozen in place.
"Is everything alright?" Sophie asked the girls.
"We just heard the shouting and figured we might as well go and check on you." Kiriko explained sheepishly.
"Ah I see, well I guess I should introduce you to my brothers and is Erik, Liam, Anika and Inna" Sophie introduced. The kids seemed awfully shy in Kiriko and Asuna's presence, they were a lot less noisy too. They decided to focus their attention on the issue at hand rather than talk to the girls.
And so, after finding out that there weren't enough remotes in the house for all four of the Wii remotes, the kids were discontent again and returned to their arguing. Sophie once again tried to settle things, with less avail this time. Kiriko and Asuna wanted to try and help out but unfortunately both of them had very, very little experience as not only were a part of smaller families, they were also the youngest siblings of their home. Kiriko then looked around and noticed a soccer ball outside in the backyard.
"How about me and Asuna play soccer with the boys while you watch your sisters play their game?" Kiriko suggested.
Sophie responded with, "That sounds like a good idea but-"
"That's my soccer ball so I have to play!" Anika interrupted loudly, startling both Kiriko and Asuna.
"Ok so I'll play with the boys and Anika outside and I guess you and Asuna can stay here with the girls?" Kiriko offered.
The boys Anika, and Kiriko then went outside while Sophie and Asuna stayed inside with Inna. Sophie and Asuna sat on the couch while Inna sat onto the floor, practically glued to her favourite video game that none of her older siblings liked. Sophie found it odd that Inna didn't want to go outside and play with her siblings, since she didn't like being around strangers too much, but Sophie figured her love of the video game was greater than her fear of strangers.
Sophie and Asuna watched as Inna was customizing her avatar when Asuna tried to engage in small talk with Sophie.
"So do you do those modeling photo shoots often?" Asuna asked stiffly, suddenly feeling guilty in her actions since today's gathering was held to prove that Sophie was just like them.
Sophie didn't seem to mind the question too much and replied with," I was really busy these last few months. I think I took on more work than I should've but right now...I think I'd be better off taking a little break from it all."
Asuna looked at her curiously while Sophie just kept her gaze on her lap. Asuna really wanted to ask more questions about her modeling now since things weren't adding up. At least not because of what her friends had told her about Sophie. Asuna then reminded herself than as of right now, she probably knew Sophie better than them, so she dropped the topic completely.
"Inna's really into this game huh?" Asuna remarked as she picked up the game's case next to Inna to inspect it," Princess Parisa and her fairy adventures."
"She's obsessed with Parisa." Sophie stated with a snicker," She has all of Parisa's books, has watched all the episodes on tv and has two of Parisa's costumes made by yours truly."
"You made her a dress?" Asuna repeated, her voice filled with surprise.
"I sure did!" Sophie answered brightly," Inna, go upstairs and put on the Parisa dress I made for you show we can show it to Asuna!"
Outside, Kiriko had been playing with Sophie's siblings. The kids were pretty good at soccer, but they were having issues keeping up with Kiriko. Not only because she was bigger than them, but because she was surprisingly pretty skillful when it came to soccer. The boys thought they were going to have the upper hand in this match against Anika and Kiriko, but after seeing how well Kiriko could play, they soon found out they were mistaken.
Kiriko typically knew better than to play so competitively against kids but somehow as soon as their game started, it was as if Kiriko forgot that she was playing against Sophie's siblings. The kids didn't really mind though, they liked the challenge and weren't very keen on giving up.
The group took a break soon enough and they sat at the table in the backyard.
"Wow, you're really good at soccer." Liam said to Kiriko as he opened a juice box," I'm guessing you're on the school team?"
"No way, I bet she's the captain of the soccer team!" Erik interjected.
Kiriko shook her head as she said," I just played a lot of soccer during middle school. I was on teams for a bit but...ah, never mind. So, do you guys play a lot of soccer at school?"
"Ooh, a soccer ball!" A familiar voice exclaimed from the other side of the backyard.
Kiriko and the kids looked over to find Jack holding the soccer ball and holding it in a way to check the firmness of the ball.
"I haven't seen one of these in ages!" Jack remarked as he started to play with the soccer ball and do some tricks with it.
"You better give that back right now!" Kiriko demanded as she motioned the kids to stand behind her.
"Wha-? But I'm just playing with it." Jack said in an innocent voice, but Kiriko didn't trust him," As a matter of fact, I know how to make this game better!"
Jack then tossed up a black diamond into the air and shouted out," Go forth and corrupt that Patchwork Heart!"
Kiriko tried shielding all the kids at once, unsure of who Jack was targeting.
Just then, Jack materialized right in front of her and had a very unimpressed look on his face as he said," You're in the way."
Jack kicked her back and Kiriko crossed her arms in front of her body to protect herself. Kiriko had collided with the wall and saw that the boys had ran to her side, but Anika had collapsed next to Jack.
"Do your worst, Defective!" Jack cried out as he tossed the soccer ball into the air.
The soccer ball had turned into a Defective and just then Asuna and Sophie came outside. Kiriko was still sitting against the wall, the pain from collision had felt a lot worse since she wasn't transformed. Sophie then made the boys hold Anika and go inside. Sophie locked the door once they went inside and the three of them then held their PlayPacts up high.
"Pretty Cure, it's play time!" They shouted together.
"The princess of wishes, Cure Dolly!"
"The dame of courage, Cure Teddy!"
"The sailor of justice, Cure Bubbly!"
"Kind, brave and ready to play, together we are the Pretty Cure!" Teddy and Bubbly said in unison.
Dolly was astonished and immensely pleased to see that her fellow Cures had created a team speech, just as she wanted. The name of the team could've used some work though, as it felt a bit generic to Dolly.
Bubbly then walked up and stood in front of her teammates, glaring at Jack as she asked," Who are you and what did you do to my sister?"
"Ah, so this is the new Cure?" Jack asked as he floated in mid-air," You really put a damper on Domino's mood with your victory last time, so I guess this means you must be a fearsome opponent. However..."
The Defective then blasted towards the Cures, and the three of them barely dodged the attack.
"...I'd much prefer to see for myself!"
Dolly leapt up to the roof of the house and Bubbly joined her, while Teddy decided to fight head on against the Defective. Dolly seemed to have been thinking deeply about something, but Bubbly was growing impatient with her as Teddy continued to fight by herself. Bubbly then decided after a few moments that enough was enough and immediately reached for Dolly's hand.
"Come on, we gotta help Teddy out!" Bubbly clamored in an insistent tone as she and Dolly descended from the roof.
Dolly shouted, "Just wait! The Defective's about to-!"
The Defective then preformed the same attack and launched itself towards Dolly and Bubbly, with Teddy dodging the attack. Bubbly stood behind Dolly and was about to dodge, just before she saw Dolly kneel to the the ground and hold her left hand in front of herself.
"Pretty Cure, Gale of Wishes!" Dolly yelled.
The attack had been more powerful than the other times, and it blew the Defective away much farther than expected. It was a few inches above Teddy and so, Teddy wasted no time in making use of this opportunity.
"Pretty Cure kick!" Teddy shouted as she kicked the Defective very high up into the air. Teddy followed up after it and her Cures came to aid her in battle. As soon as Teddy saw her teammates from behind the soccer ball, she grinned and called out to Dolly.
"Hey Dolly, take this!" Teddy shouted as she kicked the soccer ball Defective to her.
Dolly nodded and sent the Defective flying straight to the ground. As soon as the Defective hit the ground, the Cures came following after it.
"I got this." Teddy assured the girls as she stood between them and the Defective," Pretty Cure, Flaming ring of Hope!"
The Defective was surrounded by a set of flames formed in a circle around it. The Defective looked around desperately for an opening while Dolly and Bubbly commended Teddy for her work.
"Nice going!" Dolly cheered as she gave Teddy a thumbs up.
"Wow, these girls are like professionals! I need to give it my all, just like them!" Sophie thought to herself.
Suddenly, the flames from Teddy's attacks got way more intense and now the rest of the backyard was at risk of catching fire.
"Teddy, watch out!" Dolly cried to her teammate as she noticed the flames inch closer towards her. Teddy only then notice the flames growing out of control and jumped out of reach from the flames, as she tried to figure out how to distinguish. She would usually just wait for the flames to diminish, but in a situation like this, she didn't have a lot of time to spare. Teddy was starting to panic, just before Bubbly jumped before the flames and shouted," Pretty Cure, Whirlpool of Justice!"
Bubbly's attack had cause to flames to distinguish, thus saving the backyard but also freeing the Defective. Bubbly looked quite pleased with herself, but Teddy appeared to have been regretful in her actions though her teammates failed to notice.
Dolly then delivered a powerful flurry of kicks towards the soccer ball but just then the Defective grabbed a hold of her leg and started to spin her around before tossing her into the fence of the backyard.
"Now it's my turn!" Bubbly shouted as she jumped up as high as she could to leapt onto the Defective. The Defective had yet to realize that Bubbly had landed on it's head and started to look around for her. Jack rolled his eyes at the sight and gave the Defective an order.
"Defective, start rolling and knock Bubblebrain off!" Jack demanded.
The Defective did as told to and started to roll around the backyard quickly. The Defective was rolling at a rate that was way too quick for Bubbly for to keep up and soon enough, she fell off of the Defective. Bubbly landed on her rear and wore a rather frustrated look on her face as she tried to stand back up.
"Still think you want to be a Pretty Cure?" Jack interrogated as he watched Bubbly try to get back on her feet," Being a Pretty Cure means you have no other choice but to fight and get yourself hurt for the sake of ungrateful people. These two have been doing this for so long that they believe they can't back out, so trying to convince them otherwise would be a cry on deaf ears. But, this is only your second battle, and I'm sure you're starting to wish you never agreed to this."
Bubbly was finally to get up and said," I'm sure that things are going to only get harder from here but...if I were to quit now, I don't think I'd be ok with that. These two have been working hard without reward and I think that's very admirable and I wouldn't want to abandon them knowing that I could do something to help. But you sure have got some nerve to say that kinda stuff when you're the one who started all this and messed with my little sister's Patchwork Heart! By the time I'm done with you, you'll wish you never set foot here!"
"Big talk for a rookie." Jack remarked as the Defective began to run after her.
"Pretty Cure, victory shoot!" Bubbly heard a voice shout from nearby. She then saw Dolly and Teddy kick the Defective together and the Defective had got caught in a hole in the backyard's fence that had been created by the two Cures' attack.
"Jeez, you didn't have to give the kick a name!" Teddy complained as she dusted off her shorts.
"You're one to talk! You did the same thing earlier!" Dolly reminded her.
Bubbly was at a loss of words when she saw the Defective stuck inside the fence. Admittedly, she hadn't even thought of something like that and had simply intended to fight until the Defective had been defeated. Bubbly then looked down at her hands and realized that Jack was right, she really was a rookie.
"Ah, that's right! This fight isn't over quite yet!" Bubbly reminded herself as she ran towards Dolly, Teddy and the Defective," Leave the rest to me!"
Bubbly stood between her teammates and the Defective and held her hands out as she concentrated on the Defective.
"Pretty Cure, Justice Allure!" Bubbly shouted as the atmosphere around her and the Defective turned yellow and blue. The Defective had been cleansed and returned back to it's original form. Dolly and Teddy exchanged glances, both of them being quite surprised to see that Bubbly had been able to do purify the Defective without any instructions needed.
Jack simply shrugged and said," Oh well, I guess that's another defeat for me. I'll be taking my leave."
Jack and then vanished and Dolly wore an uneasy look on her face as she thought about what Jack said while Bubbly and Teddy took a better look at the damage done to the fence.
"He seemed really unbothered just now, unlike all of those other times..." Dolly noted before she heard Bubbly screaming at the sight of the fence.
Bubbly was frantically trying to put the fence back into shape with very little avail once she realized the fence wasn't going to get restored to it's original form. Teddy simply watched her, finding entertainment in her dismay as Dolly walked up to the group.
"Why isn't it fixing itself back together?" Bubbly asked as she gave up on twisting it back into shape.
"What are you talking about? Why did you think it'd do that?" Teddy asked as she laced her fingers behind her head.
"That's what happens in tv shows like these! At least, that's what happens in Princess Parisa's Magical Chronicles..." Bubbly explained before drawing out a deep sigh," And to think I thought these girls were really smart! That was reckless of them, what am I supposed to do about this?"
Teddy then gave her a wave of dismissal saying," Don't worry I know what to do. We'll just say...stuff happens."
Bubbly only got even more frustrated with Teddy's answer as she responded with," That won't do! That's it, we're going to try and fix this fence right now!"
The girls then reversed their transformation and Sophie then went inside to look for supplies to help repair the fence.
"I guess we did have the wrong idea about her..." Kiriko stated sheepishly, with Asuna nodding in response," She's a lot like us, I'm glad we have her on the team!"