"Claire!" Anika said as she sped up to Claire who was waiting at the crosswalk. She looked over to see Anika coming to a halt by her side.

"Good Morning Anika. Let me guess, you almost slept in again, didn't you?" Claire said, looking at Anika exhausted face.

Anika sighed and rubbed her eyes. " Yeah... I kinda did. If it weren't for Mira's oh-so-loud hair dryer I probably wouldn't have gotten up at all." Claire rolled her eyes.

"You'll never change Anika..." She said.

(OP- Futari wa Tomodachi! Futari wa Tomodachi no Kibou!)

"Excuse me. Do you know the way to Shinzoo Academy?" said a flat voice from behind Anika. She turned around to see three girls standing there with bored faces.

"Uh... yeah. That's where we're going. Are you new?" Anika asked.

"Yes. We just got here yesterday. Would you direct to the school? We don't want to wait around." said the girl in front.

"Um, ok. Come on then, let's go." Anika said as she started walking down the sidewalk. Claire and the three girls followed after.

"Himitsu, I believe we found them." said the girl with blue hair.

"Yes, Hisoka, I think we did do our job very well." said the girl with green hair.

"Shut up you two." said the girl in front with silver hair. The other two nodded and were silent.

"Everybody, please calm down. Sit in your seats now please." Inoru-sensei said as she sighed in frustration. She took her ruler and banged it off of her desk. The students all sat quietly in their seats.

"Ok class. Before we begin, I have somebody to introduce." Inoru-sensei said as she turned towards the door. The three girls from earlier walked in the classroom.

"Please welcome Kurai Nai, and her sisters Kurai Himitsu and Kurai Hisoka to this class. Take a seat anywhere girls."

she said as they nodded, wrote their names on the board and went to three seats in the middle of the classroom.

"Ok. Now to start our lesson..." Inoru-sensei began.

(Eyecatch- Anika and Claire wait in front of an oven. A timer goes off, and the oven opens to reveal three cookies that look like Nai, Himitsu and Hisoka. A PCE logo appears as Anika and Claire take them out.)

"So... where are you from?"

"Was it a fancy place?""Are you foreign?"

"Do you like it here?"

"What kind of stuff do you like?"

"Do you like sports?"

The questions swarmed the triplets endlessly until Anika pushed herself and Claire through the crowd.

"Hey, give them a break. They just got here. Let them relax a bit. Plus, it's lunch time, and they're probably hungry. I know I am." Anika said as the crowd got quiet.

"No. We aren't hungry, but we don't like this." Nai said as the three stood and left the classroom. Everyone just stared after them.

'That was kind of rude...' Claire thought.

"So, Nika. Are you ready for our match against Seiyuu Junior High?" Rori asked.

"Yeff. Iffam." Anika said through her food. Claire, Rori and Emma gave her a look of confusion. She swallowed and laughed.

"I said I am. We are totally going to win! There is no way we can lose!" Anika said as she jumped up, knocking her food to the ground. She looked down and whined.

"My lunch! No!" She said as she stared at it in agony.

"Do you really believe that you'll win for sure? Do you know?" a voice said from behind Anika. It was Nai.

"Hey. What are you guys doing here? I thought you didn't have lunch." Anika said as she sat back on her seat.

"We don't have lunch, but would you answer the question?" Himitsu repeated.

"Uh... Well, I believe in my team. I know that when we put our heads, and our feet I guess, together, we can do anything. That's why I think, no I know we won't lose." Anika explained. She sighed and looked down at her spilled lunch. She whined again.

"I'm so hungry..." She cried. Claire, Rori and Emma all rolled their eyes at her.

"Here, take some of mine." Claire said, holding out her lunch.

Anika looked up a little bit, with a smile returning to her face.

"Yeah, stop whining, would ya? Have some." Rori said as she held out her lunch next to Claire's.

Emma sighed. "Oh Nika, I guess you'll never change, and there is no way around this so... have some." She said as she held out her lunch too.

Anika jumped up and smiled. Before she took anything, she stopped and turned around.

"Hey Nai, Himitsu, Hisoka. Want any? I'm sure they'd be glad to share with you too." Anika offered.

Nai's eyes widened. She looked at Anika, and the lunches.

"No thanks, but I have some advice for you Anika. Don't knock over theirs too. They won't offer anymore." Nai said as she winked and the three left.

"That was weird." Rori said. They all watched the triplets leave, except Anika, who was cleaning out the lunches.

"Oh, well. Let's finish up and head back." Emma said as she went to take some food. She looked down to see an empty lunch. She glared at a an embarrassed Anika.

"That's it. Let's get her Em." Rori said as they threw down the lunches and chased Anika back towards the school.

"They're all the same..." Claire said as she laughed and cleaned up the mess from her best friend.

"Pretty Cure. I see you found them. Good girls." Riko said as he appeared in front of Nai, Himitsu and Hisoka. He smiled at them. Nai's eyes narrowed.

"Do not talk to us as if we are pets imbecile. And yes we did find them. It was quite easy. Now it is your turn. Don't fail the Dakr Prince once again. It's hurting the rest of us." Nai told him as she walked past, and stopped.

"Ichikokoro!" Nai said as she put her hands together and Himitsu and Hisoka faded into her. She sighed and continued walking, ignoring Riko.

"Curse you Nai. All you do is talk." Riko said as he disappeared.

"Go Anika!" cried Cira and Ciro from the bleachers.

Claire grabbed them both.

"You can't do that. You're supposed to be a secret, right?" Claire told them.

"Yeah, but Anika needs her moral support. And that's what we're doing. You have to admit she great at this sport." Cira said.

"She is very good at this petty game isn't she?" said a voice from behind Claire.

"Well, yes she is- wait! It's you!" Claire said as she jumped up and spun around. She grabbed Cira and Ciro and jumped off the bleachers.

"ANIKA!" She called out. Anika stopped in the middle of the field. She looked back to see Claire running up to her, and seen Riko on the bleachers.

"Oh come on! Now of all times!" Anika complained. She stomped her foot on the ground and crossed her arms.

"Uh... Captain, what are you doing?" a girl, Lauren, asked Anika as she was about to meet up with Claire.

"Um... I'll be right back. I have to take care of something." She told the team as she dashed off.

"I can't believe that... uh what's his name! Right in the middle of practice. If we don't perfect this routine, we won't win tomorrow." Anika told Claire as they ran behind the bleachers.

"I know, but if we don't get rid of him, you'll never get to finish the practice. So come on." Claire said as she put Cira and Ciro down and put out her hand.

"Ok." Anika said as she took Claire's hand.

"Pretty Cure Miracle Eclipse!"

"The flaming heart of the sun, Cure Blaze!"

"The shining heart of the moon, Cure Star!"

"Together we are Pretty Cure!"

"With the power of light,"

"And the shine of our hearts,"

"We will restore the power of hope!"

"Let's go Blaze!" Cure Star said as she and Cure Blaze ran up to Riko.

"Ah, you're here. Now I can finish you." He said nonchalantly.

"How dare you interrupt my practice! We put all our hearts into this! And for you to go and wreck it!" Cure Blaze said as she jumped up in the air.

"That's unforgivable. You won't be saved by Sukushi this time Riko." Cure Star said as she jumped up beside Cure Blaze.

"Power of the sun! Heart of Flame! Heart Sunshine!" Cure Blaze said as a heart of flames shot out of her hands. Riko, now very angry, swatted off like a fly.

"What?" Cure Blaze said angrily.

"Power of the Moon! Heart of Shine! Heart Moonlight!" Cure Star said as a heart of starlight shot out of her hands. Riko swatted it away as well.

"How?" Cure Star said in confusion.

"Your pitiful attacks are nothing! I'll show you real power!" Riko said as he gathered dark energy in his hands.

It flew out to the two and wrapped around them tightly.

"Let go of us!" They cried as they broke free.

"You have nothing but hatred. We will show you our power, a power that is filled with love and feelings." Cure Blaze said as she took Cure Star's hand.

"The Heart of the Sun!" said Cure Blaze. She traced half a heart with her free hand.

"The Heart of the Moon," said Cure Star. She traced half a heart with her free hand.

"Will eclipse the darkness!" They both continued as they let go of their joined hands and pulled them back.

"Pretty Cure Heart Eclipse!" They said as they pushed their hands out towards the heart and it shot out and hit Riko. He pushed back.

"Ah!" They yelled as they tried harder and harder to go against Riko.

"Go Pretty Cure Go! Go Pretty Cure Go!" cheered the soccer team from below. Cure Blaze and Cure Star smiled at the encouragement.

"No!" Riko said as the attack was starting to wrap around him.

"This is it Riko!" Cure Blaze and Cure Star yelled at him.

The light enveloped Riko and faded. A little red light lowered from his place. Cure Blaze and Cure Star caught it and ran off.

"Guys! Over here! Let's get this over with!" Anika yelled as she ran back to her teammates. They looked at her.

"Come on! Let's do this! You guys want to win tomorrow don't you?" She asked them. They all nodded and ran back to their places.

"Very good Pretty Cure. Very good. You bet that failure." Nai said as she disappeared.

(ED- Zutto, Zutto Nee?)