A/N: If you have looked at my profile you would know this. But I've decided to update this every Saturday. It gives me a goal and once per week was enough. I was in a hurry to finish this chapter due to my stress this week from Physics. So, sorry for the cliffhanger to be at the end. That and I didn't want a fight until next chapter. But I kept my promise of having Mepple and Mipple getting more time.
Potpourri: But what about me?
Me: *Hugs the mascot* As cute as you are Potpourri, this is a Futari wa Pretty Cure fanfic. You're from Heartcatch Precure. Besides that, I would. Would you like to remind the readers then.
Potpourri: Yes! Remember, in this fanfiction, Nagisa is a boy named Kyou Meguorame. Only Honoka, Mepple, and Mipple will call her by her real name. Plus, this whole fanfic is mostly her point of view. "Ariennai" will be kept in it's original language, so it roughly translates into "Unbelievable." Finally, in Japan, the sport where you kick the ball is football, so it will be kept that way.
Me: Now to offically welcome her to the group, Ako Shirabe from Suite Precure, who was revealed last week to be the cure we all wondered about, will read the disclaimer.
Ako: *Sighs* The author does not own anything from Pretty Cure, especially Futari wa Pretty Cure. She only can own the plot in this fanfiction. *No matter how bad it is.* Just trust me. If she did, she would have a Cure Module from Japan by now. Enjoy the story.
Chapter Two: Honoka's House and Football
I hid in a bush outside my house, eyes glued on the door. There were certain things I needed to move in to Honoka's for now. She went in, telling my mom that I forgot some stuff to take with me on my so-called exchange trip. It's taking that girl a while. What is she doing?
Mepple was jumping in joy in his case, which he has been doing since he heard the news. "I'm going to see Mipple more, mepo!"
My hands flew over him. I tried to get him quiet. "Ssh. Stop it. Anyways, it's only temporary, remember. Just until I can get back to being…being…a girl."
"Kyou, your voice is weird, mepo," the creature chuckled. "I haven't got used to it yet and probably never will."
My eye twitched at that name. Being a boy was bad enough. That name though…Let's just say after Pisard at lunch, my dislike for that name grew intensely. "Stop. Stop with that name."
Mepple chuckled from his pouch. I was afraid of what he was thinking about. Hopefully, it won't be a problem. Honoka walked out with a few bags, saying, "Thank you Mrs. Misumi. See you later, Ryouta." As she closed the door, I left my hiding spot and walked over to the genius.
"So how did it go?" was my first question as we walked off.
"I eventually got everything, even though your handwriting is chicken scratches." She held up the paper that I quickly scrawled a note on, listing what I needed.
The two of us finally reached Honoka's house. She already talked to her grandmother about my fake predicament. I could stay as long as I sleep in the guest room. As long as I have a place to stay, I'm good.
Honoka set the stuff down in the guest room. It looked really familiar to Honoka's room. She walked towards the door. "All right Nagisa, get unpacked. I have some homework I need to finish, so I'm going to go to my room. Grandmother will call us when supper's ready.
"All right, I get it," I replied as she left. I set Mepple on the counter and grabbed a bag. This bag mostly had my usual clothes and uniforms. But how was I supposed to wear these clothes now? I have to remember to buy some boys clothes sometime.
The next bag had assorted toiletries, some photos and memories with Rina and Shiho in lacrosse and some recent ones with Honoka, my lacrosse gear so I can practice, and some of my music. The pictures and lacrosse gear made me realized how much I'm going to miss the sport. However, I have to leave it behind for now.
The last bag had various items in it. I put the clothes in the drawers. Then the photos, music, and toiletries were placed on the desk. The random items were placed wherever they could go. My lacrosse gear was placed in a corner. The school bag was near my bed.
Honoka came in, commenting, "Wow, you put everything away neatly for once. Nagisa, its suppertime."
"Okay, coming."
I got up early due to my usual schedule which had lacrosse in it. I just couldn't get back to sleep. After much turning and tossing, I got on my old shorts, a shirt, and my gear, wanting to practice in Honoka's yard. Hopefully, I won't wake her and her grandmother. There was no goal, so I lightly swung my stick and had the ball bounce off of the fence.
Honoka walked out, yawning. "Morning Nagisa. What are you doing?"
I gulped. I didn't want to wake her up. "Sorry," I replied as I bowed. "Are you okay? I didn't mean to wake you up."
"Don't worry," Honoka said as she walked closer. "But what are you doing out here this early?"
"Oh. I couldn't get back to sleep. You know how I'm so used to waking up early to practice lacrosse? That's why I came out here to practice. I didn't wake your grandmother up, right?"
"Even if she was woken up, I think she wouldn't complain." Honoka smiled. "But please hurry up with your practicing. I think you'd want breakfast before going to school."
Honoka and I hanged out in the hallway while waiting for the next class to start. We scanned it while talking, though the talking was just Honoka asking me if I did my homework. Shugo walked out of a classroom and my head snapped up at him. He was walking to me. My heart started pounding a bit harder. No, stop it heart! Right now, it's just…wrong.
"Hi Honoka," he said before looking at me. "Um…You're Kyou, right?"
I shook my head at him, nervous. I gotten a bit more used to that name, but I still despise it.
"If I heard correctly, you like football. Well, we are looking for more members on the football team. We would love it if, after school, you could show us how good you play."
"S-sure."
"All right. See you after school."
As Shugo left, I shook my head and looked at Honoka. "So what did I just agree to?"
Honoka groaned and face palmed.
"What?"
"This shirt is too big on me," I murmured, putting on the shirt. It just felt weird as a man size. Why did I agree to this?
I walked from the locker rooms to the field where the tryouts were being held. Honoka waved at me from the stands and I returned the favor. She shouted, "You can do it Kyou!"
First were the warm-ups. Pretty much it was kicking the ball up and down the field a few times, and then practicing passing it to each other. Surprisingly, for my first serious time at soccer I did well. No tripping, no loosing the ball, it was great.
"Meguorame!" Shugo called. "You're up."
I kicked the ball over to where I was supposed to go. Just kick the ball into the goal. It's just that simple, right? Unfortunately, the goalie was blocking it, who was quite a chubby guy himself. Wait, does he even go to our school?
"Meguorame, you up," said Shugo for a second time with a bit of impatience in his voice. "Are you going to kick?"
"Y-yeah." I gulped. There goes my chance for the football team. I kicked it and…
"It went in. I got on the team for it," I told Honoka in her room. She left for a science club activity before my actual try out. As we chatted, Mepple and Mipple were having their own chat, and an actually serious one at that, on the desk.
"Ariennai," Honoka whispered, inventively hearing my tale of the try outs.
"Hey, that's my line."
We both started to laugh at the joke. Mepple looked at us sternly as we kept laughing. "How can you girls joke at a time like this, mepo?"
Honoka looked sheepishly at the creature. "Sorry Mepple."
I was kind of surprised. "You guys are actually being serious?"
"No. We're doing this for fun, mepo." A taunting and annoyed tone could be heard in his voice. Why that little…
"What are you guys doing?" Honoka asked Mipple as I contemplated ways to torture Mepple.
The pink creature stood up and turned to Honoka. "We're trying to think if there's any way to help Nagisa get back to normal, mipo."
"Though she doesn't deserve that now, mepo," chuckled Mepple.
I kind of felt my face getting red because of him. "What was that!"
"Uh-oh. Aah! Someone, help!" Mepple ran out to the backyard. I quickly followed, hoping to strangle the thing. Trying to keep my attention on getting Mepple, my ears had a mind of their own and drifted off to Honoka and Mipple.
"Sometimes, I don't know about them. Plus, I think Nagisa should save her strength for football. She's going to need it," Honoka said, chuckling a bit to herself.
Mipple sat back down I think. "I'm tired, mipo." I heard a poof and guessed she was back in her commune form. "That's much better, mipo."
"Mepple!" I tried to slide on the grass to grab the thing. Darn it! He was just out of my reach. Soon, I became very acquainted with the fence. Honoka chuckled at us. Mepple laughed as he joined Mipple on the bed, changing back to his commune form.
I dragged myself back to Honoka's room, grumbling, as the dark blue haired girl asked, "Did you guys think of any plans? Anyway to help Nagisa?"
"Not right now, mipo."
"That's great," I groaned. "Well, how long will this go on for?"
"Who knows," Mepple replied. We don't think it's permanent, but it's not easily reversed either, mepo."
I looked down in a bit of sadness. Honoka must have wanted to cheer me up because she said, "Um…I think Grandmother is done with supper. Ready to eat Nagisa?"
"Sure."
The days flew by to the first football game after try outs. On our team, the veterans were sure they were going to win with us new members. I looked around and saw Honoka cheering from the stands along with a billion other people, it felt like. I could feel my face flushing red at the crowd.
Suddenly, Shugo tapped on my shoulder. "We're going to beat them today, right?" he asked as he winked at me.
"Y-yeah." It was hard for me to speak with this many people here. The usual courage that I have when I play lacrosse wasn't in me today. I think it was just because it was my first football game.
In the corner of my eye, someone walked out to the field. When I turned, it was Pisard for a few minutes before changing his appearance. I bent down, grabbed Mepple, and kept a tight hold on him as I stood up. I could see the guy frowning at me before walking to the stands. But why would he be here?
The prism stones, that's why.
I have to go warn Honoka. When I started to run, someone grabbed my shoulder, saying, "Kyou. You're starting remember. They pulled my away before I could run. Poor Honoka was going to be clueless about Pisard.
A whistle started the game and our team quickly took possession of the ball. I waited down by the other team's goal at my set position. You could see all of the guys, not just on our team but on both teams, frantically running all over the field.
"Kyou!" Shugo shouted. He was running down the field with the ball. "Shoot it in, now!" That was when he kicked the ball to me. The ball easily rolled into my feet. I kicked it smoothly down the field. I was about to score when I heard a familiar scream. Everyone, including me, snapped their heads up to the crowd.
Pisard got his hands on Honoka, holding her so she couldn't run away. I screamed asking, "Honoka! Are you okay!" She didn't respond. As a result, I left the field and ran up to her. I kicked Pisard to make him release Honoka.
"Why you…" Pisard growled as he started to fight us. Honoka and I barely dodged every hit because of how we were now. We couldn't transform in front of those people. We tried to hit him ourselves, but he just blocked every shot. It seemed that this made him bored real easily.
As a result, he transformed into his true form. That definitely scared the crowed and football teams and made them run out of the stadium. He held his hands up and started to call for the Zakenna.
I looked at Honoka, who nodded back. We instinctively held hands and yelled, "Dual Aurora Wave!"
A/N: Once again, sorry for the cliffhanger, but I had to hurry to post this on the correct day, which I repeat is on Saturdays. Please give your feedback. I promise next chapter will (hopefully) be a bit longer.
Coming up next chapter: Yet another fight with Pisard *groan* and Honoka starts some new feelings for the male Nagisa.
