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Hey, Hotaru

I'm sorry for everything I did, It was wrong to treat you like that.
And I've been such a jerk to you but I wanted to talk to you after school, If that's alright...
Could you meet me next to the changing rooms upstairs?

- Noboru

Hotaru was very surprised when she had found this note in her locker.
Noboru.
He was such a terrible boyfriend.
She was glad she broke up with him.

But he seemed to really regret it, Hotaru decided to at least hear him out.
After all, the breakup was the reason she had cut off her long hair, to start again, fresh and new.
And it was so much easier to brush it every morning...

The next day Hotaru and Noboru disappeared
It didn't take long and they were already gone for a week.
Of course, Everyone was worried, since things like this didn't happen often.

Their parents had already alarmed the police, who still hadn't found any clues to the two's whereabouts.

''If someone finds out something, please tell your parents immediately'' Ms. Morino told the students after every school day, she herself was very worried, after all one of them was one of her own students.
During breaks the teacher was constantly found calling several people, she knew quite some detectives and investigators.

''I just hope they return soon'' Tomoko had said when she passed Yuina, Miku and Wakaba on her way home, the eccentric girl had been quite fond of their Class Representative.

The group had once again gathered at Miku's home, whose mother was home this time, so instead of sitting on the living room, they were in Miku and Kaori's room.

''I think the Black Roses have something to do with it'' Orlok though out loud

''Kuroneko!'' Larry immediately suggested and frowned, they hadn't heard anything from Boneys or Grey in quite some time, only Kuroneko was active, however...well, If Mr. Sagino really was Grey then he still was suspicious.

The next day Hotaru returned.
But she didn't remember what happened to her.
She was constantly questioned by the Police and even put under hypnosis but to no avail.

The Class Representative had stayed home the next few days, in order to recollect her mind, her parents and little brother were just so glad she was back.
However Noboru was still gone.
But the classes continued as If nothing happened.
Nobody talked about it anymore, already fearing the worst.

Op: 'Halloween Night' by Aya Ikeda

Episode 12: Aah! What Happened to Hotaru and Noboru? And Another Transfer Student!?

Ms. Morino approached Miku after class.
''Miku, There is something I think you are perfect to do, there is this boy who just moved here a few days ago, he isn't really good at socializing and will transfer to our class tomorrow...''

Great, another transfer student.

''..So I though you might want to show him around a bit and help him find his way around here, show him the ropes you know?''

''...Okay'' Miku finally said, not really understanding why she would be 'perfect' to do that, she didn't really want to do it but maybe she could score some extra points.
Hehe that would be good.

Miku had woken up early to go to school and was the first to arrive, Ms. Morino was already in the classroom, again calling someone but quickly hanging up when Miku entered the room.
''Can you look into It? I'm kinda worried... I have to go now, Goodbye''

''Oh Miku, you're early but luckily Frank is already here, he's currently talking to Mr. Sagino in the classroom next door'' Ms. Morino stood up and went with Miku to Mr. Sagino, who was standing in the rather dark classroom with a book in his hands, explaining something to another figure.

''Oh Frank, this is the girl who'll help you for the next few days'' Ms. Morino entered without knocking, visibly startling Mr. Sagino who jumped a little, he turned around and frowned at her but kept his mouth shut, he slowly shoved away revealing the transfer student.

''Eh...Frank Hoch'' A low yet slow voice said.

The first thing Miku noticed about transfer student Frank Hoch was that he was tall, very tall, probably taller than Wakaba, who already was the tallest student of their class.

He had a rather large built and stood in a stiff pose while he slowly approached the very shorter girl.

''Hey'' She said simply and grinned awkwardly.

''...Hello'' He slowly replied looking down on Miku with his dark eyes, which had visible bags under them.

''I'm Miku and I will show you around, so...eh...let's go then!'' Miku shaked the tall boy's hand and walked out the classroom, he seemed somewhat confused but followed her, still looking somewhat stiff.

Frank was very quiet and only nodded from time to time when Miku told him something about a certain classroom or even when she tried to have a conversation, he just replied curtly in his slow voice.

''So, Frank what was your home like?''

''Cold''

''Cold? Was there much snow there? Pretty cool!''

He just shook his head with a soft sign.

''No? Um...where actually do you come from?''

''…...Germany''

''Germany!? Awesome!''

''...Ja?''

''Hehe, Yes! Very Awesome!''

Then the conversation fell quiet again and Miku followed showing the quiet boy around, she showed him the teachers lounge, the gym and eventually had returned to their own classroom, which now had some students in it but no one Miku cared about, she also noticed that Ms. Morino had prepared an extra desk for Frank, next to Miku.

And precisely then Tomoko entered the classroom.

''Good morning Everyone!'' Tomoko yelled happily, still wearing her seemingly eternal smile.
A few students grumbled some greetings towards her and then continued doing what they were doing but then noticed another someone else following the cheerful girl.
It was Hotaru.

''Class rep! You're back!'' In didn't take long for Hotaru to be circled by other students, even those who just had arrived.

''Who that?'' Frank asked, voice full of curiousity.

''She? That's Hotaru Hakamada, she's the Class Representative, If there's something bothering you, you can ask her!''

Frank nodded slowly but kept staring at Hotaru.

She seemingly had returned back to her normal self again, she smiled calmly and kept insisting she didn't remember what happened to her or Noboru.

''Please don't bombard her with questions, guys! Give her some space!'' Ms. Morino then told with a strict tone, she put a hand on Hotaru's shoulder and give her a wry smile.

''Glad you're alright but take it easy, okay?'' She said softly, Hotaru simply nodded and sat down on her desk, Tomoko stood next to her and started explaining some of the previous lessons to her.

''Ho..ta...ru?''

''Yeah, that's her name''

''Hotaru...schön''

''The correct answerer is absolutely 'C'!'' Tomoko said when Mr. Sagino had asked her to solve a Math problem.

Luckily none of the teacher asked Frank to answerer a question and, for some reason Miku didn't know, he didn't even have to attend Math-class at all and could quietly read a book at the hallway.

''Why would you even agree to do that, stupid?'' Yuina asked her quietly when Mr. Sagino had formed pairs and naturally Yuina and Miku, being seated next to each other, were paired together.

''Extra points, Yuina dear!'' Miku grinned and took a quick glance at the hallway, Frank was holding a book rather awkwardly with his big hands but he didn't read it, instead he stared outside.

Yuina signed, she was still very curious about Hotaru but didn't want to bother her anymore, what could have happened to her and Noboru, who was still missing.
Where could he be?

After school Frank had quite timidly asked Miku to introduce him to Hotaru, while Yuina and Wakaba had waited for Miku in front of the school.

''Normally I show the new students around but I see Miku already showed you the ropes'' Hotaru smiled when Miku had approached her and told her about the transfer student.

''I'm Hotaru Hakamada, Nice to meet you and Welcome in class 2-A, Frank'' She was really back to herself again, as If nothing happened, Hotaru seemed as polite and friendly as ever.

Frank smiled timidly and shuffled nervously.

Miku grinned naughty, so our transfer student was in love with the Class Representative..

''Well, I'll be going now, see you tomorrow!'' Hotaru packed her stuff and slowly marched outside the classroom with Tomoko, who stared at Miku and Frank with a slight frown.

Miku and Frank walked out the school, Yuina and Wakaba were still waiting for their friend and immediately started waving when she appeared.

''Well I'll be going now, what do you think of the school so far?'' Miku turned to the tall boy, who stared at her, a smile slowly formed on his face.

''Is...fun''

''Hehe, Good! See you tomorrow!'' Miku gently tapped Frank on the shoulder (she had to stand on her toes to do so) and waved while she disappeared with her friends, leaving the tall boy behind.

''...See...You... Tomorrow...'' He whispered long after Miku was gone.

What a nice girl.
Too nice.

Since Miku and Kaori's mother was mostly away and Kaori wasn't feeling very good for the last few days and had decided to stay home, Orlok, Jacky and Larry had stayed by Kaori during the school hours, since they all at least once had complained that hiding in a bag for a few hours was boring and tedious.

Kaori didn't mind, having them around, at all.
She actually was quite lonely, aside from the occasional text-message from Kurenai, mostly filled with all kind of smileys.
Luckily she texted more often then writing because Kurenai's handwriting was simply terrible.

She was currently sitting on the couch, wrapped in a warm blanket with Orlok, Jacky and Larry, all watching some TV, Kaori noticed the three really liked old horror movies, so she watched them with her, despite being easily scared.

''Lil' Sis! I'm back'' Miku and her friends walked inside and sat themselves down next to Kaori, who started coughing and held her hand to her mouth.

''Are you feeling any better?'' Yuina asked tapping Kaori on her back, the sick girl gulped and smiled, her nose had a pinkish color.

Since the clubhouse was destroyed, Yuina and Wakaba almost constantly spend time in Miku's house and already felt quite at home.

''You're back, now let's train!'' Larry jumped out of the blanket and on the nearby table.

''I agree with Larry, The more you train, the more stronger you get and then we can, finally, save our friends'' Orlok flew towards Yuina and landed on the palm of her open hand and crossed his paws with a frown.

Yuina signed heavily as she stood up again.

''What do you have in mind?''

''Oh! Maybe you can do some exercise on the roof during breaks! Me and Kurenai often eat our lunch there!'' Kaori suggested, Jacky still sat on her lap, apparently asleep.

The group exchanged some look and eventually nodded.
That sounded like a plan.

''Let's do it!'' Yuina finally said.

The next day, Frank had already arrived and was sitting at his desk, quietly looking around, most students were either reading something, studying or talking with each other, such as Tomoko and Hotaru, the girl had seemed to become rather close to the class representative, after she had come back, Tomoko was always hanging around her, not that Hotaru minded, in fact she liked it as the eccentric girl could easily bright up her day.

''Miku!'' Frank called the moment when the three girls entered the classroom, Miku signed quickly and greeted him with a somewhat childish-smile, Miku couldn't help but smile at the boy.

Today Frank was staring at Miku the whole time and seemed quite upset when she left him during break, saying she had something to do.

''Hehe! Time for Pretty Cure Training!'' Miku cried excitingly as she opened the door, the school roof, the roof was totally empty, not even a small bench however there was high fence built around it, in order .

''Sst, Not so loud, stupid!'' Yuina slapped Miku on the back, causing the shorter girl to nearly trip over her own feet but managed to keep standing up.

Wakaba got out a piece of paper, written on it were some 'exercises' Orlok and Larry had though up the previous day.

The exercise consisted mostly of push-ups, running in circles, eating hard-candy (for Yuina), trying to summon her wand (for Miku) and scratching doors and walls (for Wakaba)

Yuina then noticed some jawbreakers had been put into her bag...

''Seriously?'' She asked with an annoyed voice, she hated those things.

The three then started running circles around the roof, it was boring, it was tiring.
And all the while the sun just shone brightly at them, making it even more annoying.

''Miku?''

Then the girls froze in place as they heard a small voice behind them.
Frank had appeared from the doorway leading to the roof.

''Uh...Miku...We...talk..alone?'' He grunted lowly as he fumbled his big hands together awkwardly.

What did he want?

Yuina and Wakaba both shot some confused glances at Miku as they slowly walked back inside and closed the door behind them, only to press their ears at the door to eavesdrop them.

Frank slowly sat down on the hard ground, he stared at the clear sky, almost being blinded by the sun.

''What is it?'' Miku asked as she sat down next to him, he scratched his neck somewhat nervously.

''Miku...is Cure Witch...right?''

''What are you two doing?!'' Before Yuina and Wakaba could turn around they were dragged downstairs, to the hallway by two hands.

''Break is over, go back to your class'' Mr. Sagino frowned at them as he squinted his eyes, he pushed the two girls forward who started protesting.

''Um..Mr. Sagino? Can I talk to you about something?'' Tomoko walked up to the teacher with an unsure look in her eyes, she was holding a notebook, pressing it tightly against her chest.

''Can't that wait, you have to go back to your classes!'' When Mr. Sagino had turned his attention to Tomoko, the two girls used this moment ran back upstairs in a hurry.

''How d-does he know that!?'' Wakaba asked with a trembling voice, Yuina shook her head and hold her hand against her necklace.

By the time Yuina and Wakaba were back up again, Miku had already transformed into Cure Witch and was using her staff to defending herself from Frank, who was using brute force and tried to get a hold of her Hollow Changer.

''Frank! What are you doing!?'' She screamed as she jumped backwards to avoid Frank's fists, which he accidentally pressed into the wall, leaving behind a hole.

''Boo Boo Bogey! Monster Change!''

''Pure Blood lust, Defeating you is a must! Cure Blood!''
''Howling High, Full Moon in the Sky! Cure Wo-ARRG'' Before she could finish her speech, Frank had already punched Cure Wolf into the face, she was sent flying against the fence.

''Frank!?'' Witch asked again and tried to jump onto his back but was immediately grabbed and smashed into the ground, Blood quickly kicked the boy into the face causing him to fall backwards.
Cure Witch jumped up, followed by Wolf as they tried to held him down, which didn't work until Witch closed her eyes and started hitting Frank on the head with her staff, hoping he'd merely fall unconscious.

''Witch, what are you doing? Just use your attack!''

''But then he might die!'' Witch cried unsure, Blood stood still for a moment.
She didn't want anyone to die.
They were Pretty Cure. Warriors. Defenders.
Not murderers.

Before Blood could say anything, someone else had appeared on the roof.

''Enough, Frank''

Mr Sagino crossed his arms and frowned as he slowly approached Frank, who was barely awake and had stopped fighting back.

''..Ugg...mas...ter...?''

''Be Quiet''

''Master?!'' Cure Wolf roared as she started inching away from the boy.

''What's the meaning of-'' Witch begun with a big-eyed look, Mr. Sagino's face was wearing a small smile on it.

''Pretty Cure, remember when you asked me If I was someone named Grey who was mind controlled by someone named Onibara, Well you weren't totally wrong while I am not Grey, I am Tadashi Sagino, but I do know Onibara, she's the leader of the Black Roses and..I'm a member of the Black Roses''

''So you're still our enemy'' Cure Blood said and, for once, was itching to use Blood Fang.

''See you tomorrow, Pretty Cure'' Mr. Sagino grabbed Frank, still barely awake and they both disappeared the same way Boneys, Grey and Kuroneko had done.

''Wait!'' Witch jumped towards them but the two had already disappeared causing Witch to land face-first on the hard ground.

''...Frank...'' Cure Witch finally said, she felt terrible.
Just terrible.

ED: 'Delusion Disco!' - Kazusa Murai (Wakaba Tsukino)