A strange monster was approaching Chichi, a tall, tanned, girl with blue eyes and short ragged blonde hair. Its howl cut through the dark as she ran. "Zetsuuuboooo" it echoed. With a gasp, Chichi Kashi woke up. Another of the same nightmares. She wished that she still lived in her hometown with her childhood best friend Choko Okashi. She would understand. But her parents job meant that they had to move. She looked at the clock. Still early, but there was no way she was going back to sleep now. She fixed herself an early breakfast and changed into her school uniform for Amai Junior High.

When it was finally time, she caught the school bus and rode to school. During first hour there was an announcement that they would be eating with the 8th graders, one year below them. During lunch, something caught her eye. Her best friend here, Kori Ichigo, was sitting with another 8th grader that looked awfully familiar. "Kashi-san, come meet my new friend." she called out.

"Coming, Kori-san." Chichi walked over. "Hello, nice to meet you, I'm Kori Ichigo." she told the new girl, who looked at her a bit puzzled. The reason was soon explained when Ichigo said

"Hi Kashi-san, this is my new friend Okashi Choko-san." Realization blossomed on Chichi's face and Choko giggled. "Do you two know each other?" Ichigo asked. This was to much for Choko and Chichi, who burst into gales of laughter.

(Meanwhile)

Kage was sitting in the same room as before, and he was looking rather scared. The silhouette loomed over him. "I gave you a second chance and you failed. Perhaps someone else should try."

"No, please, I can defeat them!" Kage said, an edge of panic in his voice.

"Having a little trouble, Kage?" a voice said and a woman stepped out of the shadows. She had shiny black hair in a bun, white skin, ruby red eyes and lips, a was wearing a long black and red kimono.

"Thank you for coming, Ketsueki." the silhouette echoed. "Since Kage has failed twice, you will take his place for a bit." Kage paled. "As for you, Kage, you will need extensive training before you return. You will stay in the pit and if you survive long enough, you might get your job back." Kage tried to run, but some tendrils of shadow wrapped around him and pulled him into an opening in the floor that hadn't been there before.

(Later)

Ketsueki scanned the town, looking for the best thing to make a Zetsubo. She spotted a girl looking in a hand mirror and smiled. Perfect. She shot a ball of red light at it. It hit, turning the mirror into a Zetsubo. She couldn't have had better timing, for Choko, Ichigo, and Chichi were walking down the street.

Eyecatch 1: Choko turns the corner and bumps into Ichigo and Chichi. Neopolitan looks at them and sweatdrops.

Eyecatch 2: A chibi Kage sends out a Zetsubo. Chibi Cures Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla attack it, turning it back.

The Zetsubo turned around and spotted them. "Chichi, stay back." Choko warned her. "Ichigo, let's transform."

"Precure, Tricolor Fortune!" they called and transformed.

"The golden light of happiness, Cure Chocolate!"

"The red light of hope, Cure Stawberry!"

The mirror Zetsubo split into two, which started glowing. They became replicas of the Precures. An evil laugh came from above them. Ketsueki looked down at them. "So you've arrived, Precure. Let's see how you deal with yourself. This Zetsubo can only split and change form once, but it doesn't need to change anymore." The Cure Chocolate Zetsubo shot out a black light that looked kind of like Chocolate Purifying that knocked the real Cure Chocolate to the ground. Cure Strawberry rushed to help, but was stopped by a kick from her own counterpart.

"Zetsubo." Chichi murmured. "Just like in my dream..." Neopolitan heard her and changed from a keychain to her regular form.

"If you had a dream about a Zetsubo, than you must be the last Precure-neo!" Neopolitan handed her the last phone, this one white. It immediately started glowing.

"Precure, Tricolor Fortune!" A cream light surrounded her. She now had on a cream shirt identical to the other two's with a white bow and a cream center, cream boots with a white stripe running down the center of both, a cream sailor fuku skirt, and white gloves. Her hair was in two short pigtails, but had not otherwise changed. "The icy passion, Cure Vanilla!" The phone in the pouch on her waist started glowing. "Precure, Vanilla Dynamite!" A white light shot out of her hands towards the Precures. It passed right through them and hit the replicas who fell backwards.

"Precure, Chocolate Purifying!" The Zetsubos disappeared. Chocolate turned towards Ketsueki. "You're next."

"Sorry, I'd love to stay and chat, but I have to go. The name's Ketsueki, by the way. Remember it, because I'll be the one to defeat you." She vanished.

Choko: Hi. Sorry, I have to do this all on my own because Ichigo, Chichi, and Neopolitan have mysteriously disappeared. Anyway, next episode; Ketsueki's Trap: Dream Precure!