"NAI! Before me at once!" The Dark Prince yelled.

"Uh oh. I'm in trouble." Nai mumbled to herself as she walked up to the throne. She knelt down nervously.

"What exactly have you been doing lately Nai?" The Dark Prince asked.

"You see, your highness, I thought if I infiltrated the places of Pretty Cure in their human forms, I could get their secrets, as an advantage. It was all in thoughts of you, your highness." Nai said without looking up.

"I see. Sounds logical. Beware though. I feel my sister's spirit stirring. She's planning something for those brats.

"Your sister, your highness?" Nai looked up in confusion.

"Are you really that stupid Nai? You don't know I'm that goody two shoes Princess' brother?" The Dark Prince smirked. Nai gasped.

"Truly?" Nai asked.

"Yes. Now get out of my sight. I've had enough. Send Chikarya or Makkuro with a beverage." The Dark Prince said as Nai stood and left.

[OP-Futari wa Tomodachi! Futari wa Purikyua!]

"Morning Claire! You ready for tonight?" Anika asked as she walked in the doors of the store.

"Um… sure." Claire laughed.

"I can't wait to meet your family Anika." Luna said as she popped up from behind an easel with a streak of blue smeared on her face. Anika jumped back and fell with surprise.

"Jeez! You have to stop doing that Luna!" Anika said as she took a deep breath and Claire pulled her jacket on. Anika grabbed Claire's arm and walked out of the store shaking her head.

"What did I do?" Luna asked herself.

"Nika! Nika! Nika!" Rori called as she and Emma ran up to her and Claire.

"What?" Anika asked.

"The Kurai triplets… they came with…" Emma panted.

"With who?" Claire asked.

"Totally hot guy!" Rori gushed. Anika and Claire looked at each other and Anika rolled her eyes.

"Come on! I'll show you." Rori said as she grabbed Anika's wrist. As Rori pulled, Anika snatched Claire and the four ran off.

"Really Nai?" Shun asked as Anika, Claire, Rori and Emma came up.

"Yes. I can't help that this is where they go to school." Nai shrugged.

"Oh well. Your problem. I think I should get back. He'll probably need me as a butler." Shun smirked as he turned around.

"Hey Nai!" Anika said as she ran up closer.

"Oh. Hello Hibani-san. Hello Mizutama-san." Nai said as Shun stopped and turned around.

"Who's this Nai? Your friends?" He asked sarcastically.

"Hey. I'm Hibani Anika. Nice to meet ya!" Anika said as she held her hand out to Shun. He hesitated, but shook her hand.

"A pleasure I'm sure." Shun said.

"This is our brother. Shun Kurai." Himitsu said quickly.

"Ooh." Rori and Emma said together.

"I should be going." Shun said as he started to walk off.

"Yeah, goodbye to you too jerk." Nai muttered.

"Bye Shun!" Rori and Emma gushed.

"There was something odd about him." Claire thought.

Claire went to turn the corner to find Anika, but she stopped when she heard voices.

"He has some guts to do that!" Nai screamed as she slammed her fist into a tree. It shuddered and shook violently.

"I hate Chikarya. He's a real nuisance." Hisoka said.

"Very much. I wish he'd just leave our job to us, and stick to gazing at Makkuro all day." Himitsu snarled.

"Chikarya? Makkuro?" Claire thought.

"I'll be happy when he is gone. Good riddance!" Hisoka laughed.

"Would you two shut up?" Nai asked angrily.

"I'd like to finish him off myself. I can't wait for them to do it." Himitsu fumed.

"Then there would be less competition for the praise of him."

"I SAID SHUT UP!" Nai yelled as she put her hands together.

"What's she doing?" Claire asked herself as she peeked around the corner.

"Ichi no kokoro nai!" Nai said as Himitsu and Hisoka were merged with her.

"What's this? Who exactly is Nai?" Claire whispered in shock.

Nai raised her head and stormed off.

"I wonder if I should tell Anika…" Claire whispered as she turned around and sped into the school.

"Ichi no kokoro nai! Ichi no kokoro nai!" Nai's voice flashed through Claire's head repeatedly throughout the class.

"What was that about? Who are the Kurais really?" Claire thought.

Poke. Poke. Anika pushed the eraser on her pencil into Claire's cheek.

"Claire. Snap out of it. Inoru-sensei's asking you a question." Anika whispered.

"Claire? Are you okay?" Inoru-sensei asked as she looked at Claire strangely.

"I'm fine. What was the question?" Claire said as she shook her head.

Inoru-sensei sighed. "How many chromosomes do humans have in their bodies?" She picked up her chalk impatiently.

"Oh. 23." Claire said as Inoru-sensei wrote the answer on the board.

"You shouldn't spend so much time with Anika. She's rubbing off on you." She said as she flipped the page in her book.

"Jeez Claire. Are you okay?" Anika asked as Inoru-sensei explained.

"Yes. I was just thinking about something." Claire told her.

"Well, unless you like eraser marks on your face, you should focus." Anika said as she poked Claire in the cheek again.

"Knock it off." Claire said as she flicked her fingers at the pencil.

"San no kokoro nai!" Nai said as she split into three. Himitsu blinked and Hisoka yawned.

"It's boring being one person." Himitsu said.

"I don't want to listen to your complaining. Kori and Jakia are coming, I sense it." Nai told them.

"Moron and ditz! Moron and ditz! Beware!" Himitsu laughed. She smiled and Nai darted over to her. She had her hand around Himitsu's neck.

"Stop acting stupid. You act like a mere human." Nai said as she dug her fingernails into Himitsu's neck.

"Ok. I'm sorry." Himitsu whimpered as Nai let go of her and rubbed her neck. "They are idiots though." Himitsu scoffed under her breath.

"This time, I have a plan. You will watch Anika and Claire. I will keep an eye out for those idiots. You lure them to the lunch area." Nai explained. They both nodded.

"I wish Anika and Claire weren't the Pretty Cures. I like them. They're funny." Himitsu whined.

"I think they are kind. Very friendly to us, even though we are strange amongst the humans." Hisoka sighed.

"They are not our friends. They are our enemies. You two are weak." Nai said as she stormed off.

"Let's go find Anika and Claire. Our frenemies." Himitsu said as she pulled Hisoka by the arm.

"Found em! That courage-y brat and the one who ruined my hair." Jakia cheered as she pointed to Anika and Claire.

"You are truly an idiot. I can't believe I'm working with you." Kori said.

"Don't be so mean. Leave that to Makkuro." Jakia whined.

"Let's get this over with already." Kori said as he dove towards the two.

"Wait for me!" Jakia cried as she scrambled after him.

"Hello Hibani-san. Mizutama-san." Himitsu said cheerfully as she and Hisoka walked up to Anika and Claire.

"How many times do I have to tell people? Call. Me. Anika."

"Ok Anika. Hi!" Himitsu beamed.

"Where's Nai?" Claire asked.

"She's busy." Hisoka said.

"Ooh. I just remembered. Ri and Em wanted me to get Shun's number." Anika said as she pulled out a piece of paper and a pen. She held it out to Himitsu.

"Sorry, we don't know it." Hisoka said.

"We don't use the same phone, and he doesn't tell us the number." Himitsu said. "He's very secretive."

"Well yeah, I get what you mean. My sister Mira, she is always locked in her room, or sneaking out to the mall. Never tells anyone what she's doing. What about you Claire? Does your sister act like that?" Anika said.

"I honestly don't know. I don't talk to her often." Claire shrugged.

"Oh yeah I forgot. Is Shun like that?" Anika asked Himitsu and Hisoka.

"Yeah. Um, Hisoka, didn't you lose something during lunch?" Himitsu face Hisoka.

"Oh! Yeah, I did. My bracelet. Can you come help me find it?" Hisoka asked as she looked at Anika and Claire. They nodded and the four walked off.

"Where are they? Jakia and Kori are coming." Nai said angrily as she stood waiting by the tree.

"So what does the bracelet look like?" Anika asked. Nai disappeared into the tree's shadow.

"It's black, with gold decorations." Hisoka said quickly.

"Ok. Let's get looking." Anika said as she bent down next to the bench.

"Come out, come out wherever you are!" Anika said as she leaned around the bench.

"Calling it isn't going to help Anika." Claire giggled.

"Well, I think it will. Now stop making fun of me and look for Hisoka's bracelet. I'm sure it's important to her, so we have to find it." Anika said as she hit her head on the bench and sat up.

"Why do you say that Anika?" Hisoka asked,

"Because I want to help you find it. Claire goofing off won't help." Anika said. She stuck her tongue out at Claire.

"I don't think that's what she meant Anika. She means, why did you say "we have to find it"?" Himitsu asked.

"Well, I'm positive she would want something like that back, I know I would. Plus, we're friends. That's what friends do for each other." Claire said as she smiled at the two.

"It's my problem, not yours. Why do you two care about helping so much?" Hisoka asked.

"Don't be stupid. It's no big deal, and we don't want you to lose it forever. It must mean something to you, doesn't it?" Anika asked.

"Not really, Chi- Shun gave it to me. Only because his girlfriend didn't want it." Hisoka laughed as she shared a look with Himitsu.

"What was she going to say?" Claire thought as she looked at Hisoka.

"Shun has a girlfriend? Oh, Ri and Em will be disappointed to hear that." Anika said.

"Well… Mak- Marie keeps rejecting him, but he keeps trying." Hisoka said.

"It's really irritating. Whenever he gets rejected by her, he gives all the gifts to me, Hisoka or Nai. We have piles of reject presents." Himitsu added.

"Mira isn't like that at all. If she's rejected, she'll have a fit, then sit down and eat a whole box of chocolates while watching a Lifetime movie." Anika paused and thought. "Or she takes it out on me. As much as I hate those movies, I like them a whole lot better." Anika said.

"Interesting. Grand soeur only does the second part, but to everyone." Claire smiled.

Himitsu and Hisoka felt a tightening around their necks and a cold breeze.

"Hurry up." Echoed through their minds in Nai's voice.

"Found you!" Jakia cheered as she dove for Anika, but Kori shoved her aside and she flew into the tree.

"Owie! Stop doing that!" Jakia said as she pulled out her compact.

"Stop fla…fay… get out of my way!" Kori shouted as he knocked the mirror from Jakia's hand.

"ARGH! I'M NOT GONNA LET THEM KILL YOU, I'LL KILL YOU FIRST!" Jakia screamed as she dove for Kori, nails out.

"Now's our chance." Anika whispered to Claire. She nodded and they snuck behind the tree.

"Pretty Cure Miracle Eclipse!"

"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.

"Nai! Where are you?" Himitsu cried. She looked around as Nai appeared next to her, and Cure Blaze jumped at Kori and Jakia.

"I was right." Cure Star whispered to herself as she watched Nai re-join Himitsu and Hisoka to herself.

"STAR!" Cure Blaze yelled as she was pushed to the ground.

"Coming!" She said, putting the triplets out of her mind.

"Power of the moon! Heart of Shine! Heart Moonlight!" Cure Star yelled as the heart of quintessence flew from her hands and straight toward the sky where Kori and Jakia were racing to crush Cure Blaze. It formed a shield and the two crashed into it.

"Thanks." Cure Blaze winked as she brushed herself off and jumped towards the frozen two.

"Feel my heat!"

"Power of the sun! Heart of Flame! Heart Sunshine!" Cure Blaze yelled as the heart of fire flew from her hands and straight toward Jakia. Kori jumped in front of her. He flicked his hand at the flame, and it bounced away.

"Nobody tortures Jakia but me! And maybe Makkuro. And the Dark Prince. Ah forget it!" Kori yelled as he grabbed Jakia and rose into the sky. He held out his hand and shot at the two on the ground.

Without a second to spare, Nai raised her hands and shot at the blast. Sending herself into the air from the impact, she shot at it until it exploded. She fell to the ground and split into Himitsu and Hisoka.

"Grrrr… We didn't get to use the Eclipse. That's my favourite part." Cure Blaze said as they untransformed. Claire rolled her eyes, and Anika dragged her over to where she spotted the triplets.

"Nai! Himitsu! Hisoka! Are you okay?" Anika asked as Nai slowly opened her eyes.

"A-Anika? What are you doing here?" Nai asked in a whisper.

"I found you here, and you looked like you were beaten up pretty badly. Himitsu and Hisoka too. So I sent Claire to go get someone." Anika said as she wiped her eye with her sleeve.

"Why are you crying?" Nai asked as she sat up.

"You didn't look ok. I got worried. I don't know what I'd have done if you guys didn't wake up. You had me scared half to death." Anika said as she threw her arms around Nai. Under Anika's embrace, Nai just stared blankly as Claire, Rori and Emma, along with a nurse and Tsuyoi came up.

"Oh my!" The nurse said as she noticed the three. She skittered over and bent down next to Himitsu, then Hisoka, then Nai.

"It's okay dear; it's just a couple of bruises. Funny thing though, they're on the same spots on all three of you." The nurse said as she squeezed Nai's arm. She flinched and rubbed her arm, then stood. She turned to Himitsu and Hisoka, who nodded slightly.

"We should be going. It's getting late. Um… Thank you." Nai said before she walked off with the other two.

"Why the heck did you do that?" Nai asked once they were away from the school.

"We couldn't let that hit them!" Himitsu and Hisoka said together.

"Remember Nai, we represent the majority of your feelings. Himitsu is joy and happiness, I am fear and sadness. All that leaves in you is anger and jealousy, which isn't a good combination. Plus, we also have the majority of other things, like intelligence is something of yours I have. Himitsu… I don't know." Hisoka explained.

"I have wits and a sense of humour, and I'm plenty smart." Himitsu fumed. She glared at Hisoka, but laughed it off.

"That's why you are weak. You have feelings. Feelings are for the weak." Nai said.

"Then you are weak." Hisoka stated.

"What?" Nai snarled.

"We don't have enough power to control you, only to influence you a little. So the rest of the decision to save Anika and Claire was on you." Hisoka smirked.

"Shut up. I mean it, shut up." Nai grumbled as she, Himitsu and Hisoka walked off.

[ED-Zutto, Zutto Ne?]