"Welcome class. I would like to tell you something before we begin. I have the results of who will represent our class in the school oratorical. Please congratulate Mizutama Claire. Her poem was very impressive." Inoru-sensei said. Claire's eyebrows raised in surprise. Anika clapped loudly for her friend, very proud of her new friend. Claire blushed as she looked at Anika's wide smile.

'I've never had anybody besides Aunt Luna be proud of me…' Claire thought. She sighed.

"Claire. You will be working along side Mamoru Tsuyoi. The two of you have similar poems, myself and his teacher have decided to pair you. Please work on your speech." the teacher said as she turned to the board and wrote an division question.

'What! Claire with Mamoru-senpai! I suppose it can't be too bad…' Anika thought. She looked at Claire and clapped and smiled.

'Mamoru? I hope this doesn't hurt Anika's feelings. I know how much she likes him…' Claire thought as she blushed at Anika's loud clapping.

(OP- Futari wa Tomodachi! Futari wa Purikyua!)

Claire was walking down the path, and came to a break in the walkway when Anika called out to her. She waved at Anika, when Tsuyoi walked up the path towards her. He waved at her as he walked up to her.

"Hey Mizutama. What are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be eating lunch?" Tsuyoi said as he put his arm around Claire.

"Yes. But actually, I was looking for you." Claire told him.

"Looking for me? How come?" Tsuyoi asked.

"Since we have to work on this together, and we can't do it during class, I figure why not do it at lunch?" Claire explained.

"Lunch? Sure. Will Hibani be eating with us?" Tsuyoi said as he nodded.

"Most likely. Speaking of Anika, I just seen her a minute ago and I think she wanted to talk to me. I'll see you in a minute. Can you meet me outside my classroom?" Claire asked Tsuyoi as she started to walk over to where Anika waited, or was.

When Claire got to where Anika was standing before, Anika wasn't there. She looked around and realized Anika must have went to get her lunch. She walked back to the school to get her own lunch so she could meet Tsuyoi.

Anika was running to her locker, running from what she had just seen between her best friend and Mamoru Tsuyoi. She wanted to think it was nothing, but the way they connected, it wasn't natural. At least not to Anika.

(Eyecatch- Claire and Anika are drawing, then Anika's paper gets blown away from her, and the picture, which is poorly drawn picture of her, Claire, and the mascots, is shown as the PCE logo appears.)

Anika was at her locker, getting her lunch. Claire walked up behind her, and she froze.

"Hello?" She said.

"Hi Anika. I was wondering, can someone else eat lunch with us today?" Claire asked to Anika's back.

"Someone else? Who is it?" She asked.

"Me." Tsuyoi said as he walked up to the two. Anika jumped, and sent her lunch flying. Tsuyoi caught it as she stiffly turned around.

"M-Mamoru-senpai!" She said, eyes wide. He held out her lunch, but she didn't take it.

"Umm… I… I have to go!" Anika said as she dashed in the opposite direction, leaving her lunch, and Tsuyoi and Claire behind. The two looked at each other. Tsuyoi shrugged.

"I think I should go and see what's the matter. Wait for me outside ok?" Claire told Tsuyoi as she ran down the way Anika had just gone.

Claire found Anika sitting on a hill by the side of the school. Anika heard Claire coming, and looked up quickly, but looked away just as fast. Claire sat down next to Anika.

"What's the matter? Why did you run away before?" Claire asked her.

"Why! Why is my question for you Claire!" Anika snapped back at her.

"Why what?" Claire asked, completely confused.

"Why would you get so close to Mamoru-senpai, then flaunt it and embarrass me by inviting him to lunch with us? You know I like him Claire!" Anika told her. She looked at Claire, and had tears streaking down her cheeks.

"What are you talking about Anika? I would never try to hurt you! I was paired with Tsuyoi by Inoru-sensei, it wasn't my choice. He and I need to work on the presentation, so I thought that we should maybe do it at lunch. I didn't mean to embarrass you, or hurt you. I was trying to help you with Tsuyoi at the same time." Claire explained.

"Help! I can barely breathe right, or speak right when I'm around him. How could you think I could sit for a whole lunch next to him, while you and him work and talk, while I just sit there?" Anika spit out. She was trying not to yell at Claire.

"I… I didn't know. I never meant to hurt you Anika." Claire said, shocked by how this was turning out.

Anika stood up, and Claire stood up next to her.

"Leave me alone Claire. I don't want to hurt anymore. You know what? If we weren't Pretty Cure, we probably wouldn't even be friends!" Anika said as she left. What she left behind was a shocked and frozen Claire.

Claire couldn't believe what she had just heard from the girl she thought was her best friend. Her eyes watered ad she walked off, to go meet Tsuyoi and clear her head.

Anika was sitting staring blankly as Emma and Rori ate there lunches and she didn't. The two were very confused. Anika never didn't eat lunch.

Parts of what had just happened between her and Claire were flickering through her mind. Especially the last line she had said.

'If we weren't Pretty Cure, we probably wouldn't even be friends!' She had said. She didn't want to think about Claire, or Tsuyoi, or anything that could make her cry again.

Meanwhile, Claire was sitting picking at her lunch, while Tsuyoi read his poem to her. She was half dazed, also thinking about Anika's last words. This was why Claire never got close to anyone.

"Claire. Are you listening? Claire!" Tsuyoi said as he waved his hand in front of Claire's face. When she looked up, he was wearing a look of concern.

"What-" He began. He stopped when he heard a crash from somewhere.

"What was that?" He asked. He jumped up, and Claire did too. She knew what was making the noise though. She and Tsuyoi ran towards where the noise was coming from.

When they got there they seen a Meiwaku, that looked like a piece of cheese. Anika was standing in front of Emma and Rori, and some other people that were there. She stood still as the Meiwaku shot cheese at her.

"Hibani… She's always putting herself in danger. It makes me worry so much…" Tsuyoi said as he shook his head.

Claire called out to Anika, who briefly looked at her. She sighed and ran over to her.

"What do you want Claire?" Anika said as she hit aside another piece of cheese.

"Whether or not you're mad at me, that doesn't mean we stop protecting people. We have to get rid of the Meiwaku. And you're making Tsuyoi worry about you." Clair told her as she took her hand. Anika nodded, but was partially dazed.

"Pretty Cure Miracle Eclipse!" they yelled.

Red and Blue light surrounded them, and a new outfit appeared.

"The flaming heart of the sun, Cure Blaze!" said Anika.

"The shining heart of the moon, Cure Star!" said Claire.

"Together we are Pretty Cure!" they both said.

"With the power of light," said Cure Blaze.

"And the shine of our hearts," said Cure Star.

"We will restore the power of hope!" they both finished.

Cure Blaze jumped up and punched the Meiwaku back. Or at least she tried. When she hit it, it only knocked her back. She fell to the ground, and the Meiwaku charged for her.

Cure Star jumped in front of her and raised her arms.

"Power of the moon! Heart of stars! Heart Moonlight!" she said. Her hands were in a heart shape as blue stardust exploded from her hands.

When the Meiwaku came up and tried to step on them, it started to press against Cure Star's shield. Cure Blaze crawled back, and the shield broke. The Meiwaku's foot was on top of Cure Star, when she lifted it and threw it away. She swept her hand in front of her nose.

"Talk about stinky cheese." She said as she and Cure Blaze jumped up. Cure Blaze raised her arms.

"Power of the sun! Heart of flame! Heart Sunshine!" said Cure Blaze as she put her hands in a heart and flames shot out towards the Meiwaku.

The Meiwaku swept away the attack. Cure Blaze gasped. She landed on the ground, on her behind, due to the fact that she wasn't paying attention. She stood up, and Cure Star was next to her.

"Ok. Let's get this over with." She said as she swept herself and took Cure Star's hand. Cure Star nodded.

"Heart of the Sun, Flame!" said Cure Blaze as she drew half a heart with her free hand.

"Heart of the Moon, Shine!" said Cure Star as she drew the other half of the heart with her free hand.

"The heart of the sun," said Cure Blaze.

"And the heart of the moon," said Cure Star.

"Will eclipse the darkness!" they both said, freeing their hands, and pulling those arms back.

"Pretty Cure Heart Eclipse!" they yelled, pushing their arms out toward the heart. It exploded in red and blue light and hit the Meiwaku, making it disappear.

Cure Blaze walked away, leaving Cure Star standing there before she left too.

The whole eighth grade was in the auditorium. Including Anika, Claire and Tsuyoi.

"Please welcome our Sun Class and Moon Class representatives. Mizutama Claire and Mamoru Tsuyoi." said the principal as Claire and Tsuyoi walked on the stage with papers in their hands.

"Thank you. We hope you enjoy our poem we have written." Claire said into the microphone before she began.

"What is a friend? Is it someone we cherish? Someone we care about?" Claire began.

"What does a friend mean? Does it mean love? Does it mean trust?" Tsuyoi said.

"A friend is a person you trust. A friend is a person who you love, and who loves you back. A friend is someone who you care about, and would never want anything to happen to." Claire continued.

"A friend is trust. But what is trust? Is it knowing someone will be there for you when you're hurting? Is it having someone believing in you?" said Tsuyoi.

"A friend is all of these things, because a feeling about someone may always change, but your love," Claire said.

"Your trust, that will last forever. That is what a friend is." Tsuyoi finished. He and Claire bowed as the audience cheered for them.

Anika, who was once again crying, realized something as she listened to the poem. She realized what she had been missing all along.

Friends can make mistakes, but they will always be your friend if you care about them and trust them.

Claire walked down off the stage. Anika ran up to her and hugged her tightly.

"Anika!" Claire said as her friend hugged her.

"Claire… I'm so sorry. We'll always be friends. I'm so, so sorry Claire. I didn't mean to hurt you with what I said earlier." Anika said as she sobbed.

"A-Anika… I'm sorry too. I knew that you didn't mean it. I couldn't believe you meant it." Claire said as she pulled back. She looked at Anika with a smile, and Anika was smiling too.

"Claire, I'm so glad we're friends." Anika said as she and Claire left with their class.

(ED- Zutto, Zutto Nee?)