Chiki, worn out from yesterday's battle, took a small nap on her desk after the class was over. The rest of the group had a discussion about the school.

"So why do they call it Saint Sato MIDDLE School if we're high schoolers." Re asked.

"Because the middle school is between the elementary and high school." Eri replied. "But their changing the name soon to Saint Sato Academy soon."

"Oh….well that's better. I don't want to be mistaken for 13 years old."

"You already act like one" or Flect, said; not taking his eyes off the book he was reading. Re turned to glare at him.

"Don't you have a picture of me to stare at? Go marvel at me somewhere else." Wataru snickered behind him. Re's eyebrow twitched.

"Anything wrong?" He asked. Wataru smirked.

"Nothing at all, just seeing someone get put in their place." You could probably feel the tension in the room and how it melted just as soon as Chiki stirred. The way that she positioned her head as she tried to make herself comfortable made her look like a small child; so innocent.

Eri and Wataru smiled. Re stared at the ground after catching a glimpse. Flect was still looking at his book but smiled a bit. Just then, Ichigo Morinozuka came up to them.

"Hi there boys." She cooed. She turned to Eri. "Hiya Fugioka." Eri raised an eyebrow as Ichigo casually placed her water bottle in front of a sleeping Chiki.

"We'd better wake her up." Ichigo lightly shook Chiki awake. Chiki drowsily opened her eyes to see the water bottle in front of her. Her eyes immediately widened when she had registered what it was. She shrieked and accidentally tipped her chair over; making her hit her head hard on the floor and dropping her bag with Vanilla in it.

"Chiki!" Eri yelled as she ran panicked to her side. A dazed Chiki then put her hand up to stop Eri. Her head was spinning and she couldn't concentrate. Eri looked to Ichigo. The girl had a satisfied smirk on her face. Re looked confused at all of this. What just happened? He noticed something and looked down to his feet. He had taken a step forward without even knowing it. Even Flect took his eyes off his book long enough to see everything unfold. He stood up and looked into Chiki's eyes.

"Hold still." He said rather calmly. Her eyes seemed fine. All except that she looked confused and dazed. They both helped her up. Chiki shook them off a bit rougher than she had intended.

"I'm fine." She said, slightly irritated; her eyes covered by her bangs. Chiki took a deep breath. She looked up at them and smiled. The worst attempt at a smile that Flect and Re had ever seen. They both raised an eyebrow.

"Are you sure?" Re questioned. For a split second, Re could've sworn that he had seen Chiki glare at him.

"Why would you care?" She said to herself as she started to walk out of the door with Eri rushing after her. Re Started to walk after her, but Ichigo stopped him.

"Can I talk to you for a second Rei?" She asked. Re looked back to find them gone, with Flect and Wataru leaving the room. He listened.

"So, how did you meet Minamimoto?" Ichigo asked.

"Who?"

"Chiki I mean."

"Oh….well." Re thought. "Ah….when I wasn't enrolled in the school a couple of weeks ago." He finally said. Ichigo grinned.

"Oh, I thought you knew about her….past." Ichigo said quietly. This however, intrigued Re.

"What do you mean, past?" He asked. Ichigo turned her back dramatically to him and sneered. This'll be fun, she thought.

"You mean she didn't tell you!?" She asked, or rather shouted. Re slowly shook his head.

"Well," She started. "She was a real bully, before high school, she got a lot worse when her mom died in middle school. Plus…" Re wasn't listening at this point; he was too busy thinking about what he had heard. Oblivious to Ichigo talking anymore, Re left the room. Ichigo smiled to herself and caught up to her friends.

"It's so not fair!" Miki Fugisaki yelled. "Why does Chiki know them!?"

"She doesn't deserve to know them." Akari Itoh said. "She's not even cute, and that Eri coward is always with her."

"Without her Eri would go back to the way she was…." Koyuki Itami started. "Then Chiki would revert back to the antisocial loser that she was before. Then the cuties will stop wanting to go after her!"

"That's phase two." Ichigo giggled. "First, we have something else in mind….."

Eri turned the corner to slam into Re and fall unto the ground.

"Ow!" She blared. Re quickly took her outstretched hand and pulled her to her feet.

"What's gotten you so eager?" she said, rubbing her crushed hand.

"Was cutie cure a bully?" He questioned. Eri blinked twice in surprise. All of a sudden, she broke into a sprint down the hallway. She once again turned the corner to find Flect leaning on the wall; cutting her off.

"You know, it's very rude to run away when we're questioning you." He said knowledgably. "We didn't even get to interrogate you yet." Eri turned from him to see Re, who had caught up to her.

"You were most helpful bro." Re said.

"Anytime bro." Flect said back. Eri on the other hand, was looking, searching desperately for a way out. She finally found that she couldn't run, and sighed.

"Who told you this?" She asked.

"That girl with the red hair and green eyes."

"Ichigo." Eri snarled. "Well I can't explain it exactly, but I can try." She knew that they wouldn't let her go until they told her. "Here's how it goes…."

An eight year old Eri was sitting with her knees covering her face, crying.

"Ew wear'd you get those shoes!?"

"And that bracelet is so ugly! I guess it fits on you because you are too!"

"Nice one Miki!"

"Keep at it Ichigo! Let's see her cry more."

"What's going on here?"

Eri looked up to see a small girl, her age probably, who had beautiful blue hair in a ponytail that went down to her thighs. She wore an oversized shirt and long pants.

"What do you want?" Ichigo asked.

"Didn't you hear me before?" The girl said. "I want to know what's going on here."

"We're just having some fun." Miki sneered.

"Doesn't look like much fun for her." The girl said, jerking her thumb to Eri.

"That's why she said WE, stupid." Ichigo yelled. The girl turned her head slowly to Ichigo's direction.

"Who are you talking to?" She asked. Ichigo laughed.

"You really are stupid." She snarked. "I'm talking to you! There's nothing you can do about it either!"

"Yea! Stop trying to be a hero!" Miki added as she tried to push her. The girl smiled and swiftly turned away from Miki and pulled her hands to her back. She had an evil look in her eye.

"Hey!" Ichigo shrieked.

"That hurts you idiot!" Miki yelled.

"Oh, I would have NEVER thought that would hurt YOU." She laughed and pushed her forward, where she crashed into Ichigo. Once they saw the look in her eye, they both ran for the hills.

"You won't get away with this!" Miki yelled loudly.

"We'll get you! I promise!" Ichigo screamed.

She pretended to tried to hear again. "Man….their loud." The girl turned to Eri, who looked pale and terrified by the sight of the look in her eyes. As soon as she walked toward Eri, she scooted away, horrified. The girl's eyes softened and held her hand out to help her up. After a moment, Eri took it hesitantly.

"Thank you…" Eri said shyly. She was careful not to make eye contact and looked to the ground.

"Why were they messing with you?" she asked. Eri blinked twice. Was this girl that clueless? It was obvious!

"My clothes! And my hair!"

"What's wrong with it?"

Eri sighed. What's with this girl? "They're not from the popular brands and-"

"Does it matter?" The girl asked rather harshly. There was anger in her voice. Eri backed away a step. The girl sighed.

"I just don't get it I guess." She looked like she was thinking really hard. She rubbed the back of her head and furrowed her brow.

"I-I guess it doesn't matter." Eri said panicked. She didn't want her to get a headache. The girl visibly relaxed. All of a sudden, Eri started to laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" She asked, clueless. This made Eri laugh even more. Tears were rolling down her eyes.

"Don't frown. You don't look pretty that way." Eri stopped laughing long enough to look at the strange girl's eyes. They were a deep red. So vibrant and beautiful.

"What's your name anyway?" Eri asked.

"It's Chikako Minamimoto. And yours?" Chikako asked.

"Eri Fugioka. It's nice to meet you chiko….chika…..." she faltered at her name.

"Chikako." Chikako corrected.

"How about just Chiki?" Eri suggested. Chikako thought about this for a while. She shrugged her shoulders, signaling a yes. Eri smiled. It turns out that Chiki was a new student the next day, from Fukuoka. After that, Eri continued to talk to her throughout their years in elementary school. Chiki, being an antisocial person, just sighed and let this run its course. It turned out that Chiki was a fighter that stood up for the weak, which made her have many admirers. But this made Chiki have many enemies also. One of them being Ichigo.

"Wait, Wait," Re interrupted. "How the hell does this make cutie cure a bully?"

"Language, dear brother."Flect answered, writing what he had learned in a book. "And it's simple. It doesn't. Miss Morinozuka is obviously making lies to make Miss Minamimoto more hate able."

"She's trying to make Chiki fight." Eri concluded. "If Chiki fights, she breaks her mom's promise and reverts back to the way she was."

"What about fighting as Pretty Cure?" Re asked.

"No, no, fighting for stupid reasons, not what she believes in. And to her, fighting Ichigo, who's not a False Cure, would be pointless and stupid." She replied. Her head hung low. "If this keeps up and she really does fight, she'd be so far gone; she might even stop being Pretty Cure."

"Whoa!" Re yelled. Even Flect registered surprise. "Then we'll have no one to play the game with!"

Eri raised an eyebrow. "Game? What game?"

"The game where we make enemies for you to defeat." Flect replied. Eri's eyes widened.

"….So you guys almost get us killed for a game? Is Kagami in on this too!?" Eri yelled, angry now.

"No!" Re said, surprised at what she had said. "Well, Kagami does know but-"

"We don't play for keeps." Flect finished.

"And what IS 'playing for keeps' then?"

"Playing for one's life." They said simultaneously. Eri couldn't believe this. She thought they all could maybe actually be friends for a change. That both Chiki and she could change them.

"Guess I was dead wrong." She said aloud. The two looked confused.

"Isn't how this world works?" Re asked. "You play games until you're bored then find a new one?" Flect nodded. Eri couldn't stand it anymore.

"Not THOSE kinds of games you idiots!" She wailed so loudly that they jumped. She turned heel and ran before they could stop her. Re looked at his brother.

"But…that's what Sham told us…" He said. For the first time ever, Flect was flustered.

"He couldn't have lied…right?" Re continued. "He wouldn't do that... would he?"

Flect was silent.

As Eri angrily walked from the campus, three figures hid in the shadows with devious smiles on their faces.

"She's a cure isn't she?" A young boy's voice said.

"Yep, there's no doubt about it." A young girl's voice laughed.

"So now that we've found her, what do we do?"

"I don't know…"

"It's simple really." A voice of a young man said. "We play a game with her."

"What kind of game?" The two young children asked.

"You'll find out soon."

"Can you at least give us a hint?" They asked eagerly.

"Fine." He said. "In this game, we'll play for keeps."

Eye catch: Chiki running down the steps when she trips over Vanilla and lands face-first on the floor

Eye catch 2: Eri running down the steps then tripping on her own feet and landing butt-first on Chiki.

"I hope she knows I could kill her for that." Chiki laughed sadistically, an evil look in her eyes. Vanilla, who was on her shoulder, had never seen this side of her before. Before she could say anything, Chiki patted her head softly.

"Don't worry about me Vanilla." She said. Her eyes were soft once again. She looked to the sky. "I wouldn't break the promise we'd made."

"Leave me alone!" They turned to a small child wearing a Saint Sato school uniform for elementary school students. The girl ran away from three boys how looked about her age chasing her. The small girl tripped and fell at the feet of Chiki while the boys were catching up. Chiki stepped forward. The girl cowered behind Chiki's leg as the boys stopped.

"Don't you have something better to do?" She asked bluntly.

"Mind your own beeswax!" The small boy yelled.

"The girl's a witch!" The second one said. "She can-"

"I couldn't care less of what she can do." Chiki interrupted sharply. "And didn't we pass the century where it was ok to assume people were witches and even attempt to harm them?" They took a step back.

"You don't get it!" The third boy yelled, but to her annoyance. "In school-" The evil look in Chiki's eyes was more than enough to silence the child. The other two looked ready for a fight. Chiki smirked.

"Try me kids." The boys faltered. The girl wore a Saint Sato high school uniform. No way that they could match that, even if they outnumbered her.

"Well," She said. "If not then," She stamped her foot, making them jump. "Scram!"

They sprinted away; one screaming. Chiki turned to the girl. She had a red and white sailor uniform and her hair was short & black. Her eyes were shut tight as she trembled and clung to Chiki's leg. Chiki knelt before the girl when she let go and ruffled her hair.

"It's all right." She said softly. "They're gone now." The small girl opened her eyes and looked at Chiki timidly. She had gray eyes. Chiki blushed.

"Thank you…" The girl said timidly. Chiki couldn't help it then. She immediately hugged the small child tightly.

"You are too cute!" She cooed.

"Um…thank you again." Chiki handed the girl Vanilla.

"I'll walk you home so no one can mess with you." The girl simply nodded. As the girl led the way, Chiki asked something.

"What's your name anyway?"

"Akemi."

"I'm Chikako. Call me Chiki if you want."

"I'm fine with Chikako-senpai. Home is right around here. Thank you for everything." Akemi started to walk away, but not before hearing a scream. Chiki snapped to attention.

"Go home Akemi-chan." She told the girl, who looked worried. Akemi then nodded, handed Vanilla back, and ran. Chiki ran towards the scream. Please don't let that be who I think that is, she thought. When she arrived at the crossroads, she immediately noticed something wrong. The whole place wasn't bustling like it usually was. But it was just empty. Chiki noticed three people floating in the middle of it all. There was a young boy and girl who looked 10 and a young man who looked like he would be Re and Flect's age. Chiki saw that their skin was tinted blue. In her bag, Vanilla whimpered.

"Look! Shigure! Satomi! There's another one." The young boy said. He wore a black and blue striped shirt and black shorts & shoes. The girl named Satomi noticed and her eyes widened.

"Your right Sho." She said. "What now? We haven't finished our game." She wore a flowing light blue dress and silver leggings with a silver bow on her head and blue flats.

"Simple." The oldest one of the three said. "We invite her to our game. The more the merrier." He wore a blue shirt and pants with white down the sides and white tennis shoes.

"What game?" Chiki asked nervously. She didn't like the sound of this.

"The one where we always win." Satomi and Sho mused together. Shigure then levitated a figure and threw it toward Chiki.

"Eri!" Chiki screamed as she caught her. Eri was unconscious, holding an unconscious Strawberry. They had bruises and dirt everywhere. Eri's hand mirror fell from her hand to the ground. "So you were the one that screamed…" Chiki whispered. She turned to Vanilla.

"Take Strawberry and get help. Hurry."She did as told. When Vanilla was out of sight, she looked up to the three, furious at what they had done. She then took out her mirror.

"Pretty Cure…" Chiki started, but was interrupted by Shigure appearing in front of her. He kicked the mirror out of her hand and caught it in the air.

"Wha-" She said surprised. "Give that back!"

"Tsk-tsk." Shigure mused. "We can't have fun if it's fair, now can we?" He tried to punch her but she spun out of the way. Chiki then caught his arm and hurled his into the air. Shigure stopped himself and whistled in amazement.

"You're not even in Cure form right now and you're still this strong? Impressive." He turned to Satomi and Sho who, in turn, nodded. At once, the three charged at her.

This isn't good, she thought while dodging all of them. Without my powers, I won't even dent these guys!

Her thoughts were interrupted by a punch by Sho that sent her flying. She crashed into a building and the wind was knocked out of her. Shigure suddenly appeared right in front of her. He sighed.

"I guess humans aren't that fun to play with." A pale blue ball of light appeared in his free hand as he took a few steps back. "I guess playtime is over for now." He shot the ball of light at a blinding speed. Suddenly, Chiki fell through a mirror that appeared behind her. Shigure noticed that Chiki's mirror was out of his hand and turned around to see Kagami putting Chiki on the ground. He saw the hand mirror in her hand.

"Ow…Kagami…?" She said, obviously confused. "What are doing here?" They had to be friends with Kagami, Chiki was certain of that. But if they were, why did she interfere?

"Are you alright?" Kagami asked, sincerely worried.

"Kagami! You buzz kill!" Sho yelled. "Why are you always ruining our fun?" Kagami glared at him.

"'Cause your 'fun' kills!" She yelled back. "You idiots have no morals!"

"You'd better watch your mouth Kagami." Shigure sneered. "It could get you hurt." Kagami ignored them and handed Chiki her mirror.

"I'll hold them off. You gear up." She looked at Chiki gravely. "This won't be very much fun."

"Pretty Cure… reflect!" Chiki felt the familiar sensation when transforming. She smiled. This time, it would be a fair fight.

The reflection of happiness and love in your life! Cure Joy! She dodged Shigure, who tried to interfere, and once again sent him flying. This time he flew into Sho and both into a building.

"Not so fun now, huh?" She sneered. When he came out of the building, he brushed himself of gravel.

"Nah, we're just getting started. It wouldn't be much fun of a game if you died right then and there."

"I'm tired of your games."

"Well we're not. And that's all that matters. Simple really. Sho. You sense that last Cure coming our way?" Sho nodded.

"Yep. What about her?"

"Keep her busy." Sho smiled.

"No problem." He took to the sky.

"Hope!" Joy tried to stop him but was stopped by Shigure. He sneered.

"Going somewhere?"

Meanwhile, Kagami chased after Satomi in the air on giant mirrors.

"What's wrong with having a little fun?" Satomi called to an angry Kagami.

"The 'taking lives' part!" She yelled. Satomi summoned multiple mirrors behind her. The mirrors then started to shoot silver-blue balls of light at Kagami, who swiftly dodged. Smoke started to surround the air around them.

"That won't work anymore." Kagami said. She then summoned multiple mirrors to suck up the smoke. When the smoke cleared, Kagami found Satomi holding her giant mirror in her hands in a swinging position.

"If that won't work, will this?" Kagami's eyes widened at Satomi swung the mirror, causing powerful wind to knock her off of her mirror. Satomi appeared right in front of her and punched her into the ground, leaving a crater.

"Kagami!" Joy called.

"Pay attention!" Shigure yelled. She dodged his punches and landed a blow in his stomach. He smirked.

"Not bad." He said, putting a hand to her stomach and blasting her into the air. "But not good either."

Joy landed on her feet. "Like you could do any better?"

Kagami slowly got up to see Satomi at the top of the crater, smiling.

"It's sad really." She cooed. "How is a thirteen-year-old getting pummeled by a ten-year-old?" She summoned a powerful ball of light. "I guess it's just a difference in level."

Kagami tried to jump out of the way, but found her legs stuck in a mirror.

"Ah, ah, ah" She sang. "We can't have clever ol' Kagami getting out of this, now can we?" Kagami panicked. At this rate, she really would- her thoughts were interrupted by someone covering her just before the ball of light hit her.

"Joy!" Kagami screamed. Joy had taken the blast. Kagami felt her go limp and revert from her Cure form. She looked at her face to see that she was unconscious.

"Joy!" She yelled, trying to shake Joy awake. Tears welled up in her eyes. "You have to wake up Joy!"

"Hey! Satomi!" Shigure called. "Why'd you take my target?"

"I didn't." She replied. "She did that of her own accord. But you could take Kagami." Kagami's face paled.

"It won't be as much fun…"

"But it'll still be fun."

"Right you are." He turned to Kagami, smiling.

"You two…" Kagami whispered. Tears trickled down her cheeks and landed on Joy's. "…are the worst!"

"I can live with that." Shigure told her.

"Just stop doing this." She said a bit louder. Satomi started to laugh.

"Just stop!" She screeched; her tears flowing freely. Two mirrors appeared on either side of her. One of them shot out Re While the other shot Flect. They both crashed into each other. Satomi's laughter was cut short while Shigure's face paled. Re glared at Kagami, who looked surprised to even see them.

"Didn't we tell you do that in emergencies!? How did you even-" He was cut short by seeing the dirt and tears on Kagami's face and Cure Joy in her arms. His attitude changed quickly.

"The hell went on here!?" He yelled, obviously concerned. He dropped to his knees and examined the girls.

"I think I have an idea of what took place in our absence." Flect said, jerking his thumb over to Satomi and Shigure. He sounded calm, but his face was a whole different story. Re looked back to see the two.

"Hey you guys!" They all looked up to see Sho. Following being him was a very irritated Cure Hope riding her mirror. She looked down and saw the whole scene down below.

"Chiki! Eri!" She yelled and immediately jumped to the ground.

"Eri?" Flect jumped out of the crater and looked around for her. He came back with her in his arms.

"I brought the party to you guys." Sho announced bus toped cold when he caught sight of Re and Flect. Shigure used the distraction to summon a familiar looking mirror.

"That's Cheer's mirror!" Kagami yelled. "Give that back!"

"But that wouldn't very awesome." Satomi told her.

"And I've got a better idea." Shigure said. The mirror was suddenly surrounded with blue and white flames.

"Stop!" She cried. "If you do that it'll-" Kagami was interrupted by a cracking then shattering sound coming from the mirror. The glass broke, causing an unconscious Eri's eyes to widen and her body to jerk. Her eyes closed.

"Did you just…" Re started in disbelief. "Break her mirror?" Flect too had yet to believe what happened.

"Something to remember us by. See ya 'round." He dropped the mirror and vanished; Sho and Satomi following soon after. The mirror holding Kagami vanished and she ran up to Eri's broken mirror, picking up the pieces.

"It's broken…" She told them timidly.

"This is no place for conversation." Flect told them all. "We need a place where these two can rest."

They went to Aiko's house since no one was there. Re and Flect placed Chiki and Eri on twin couches. Kagami told them the entire story.

"Cowards." Re said. "Leaving just because we came. Do you have all the pieces of the mirror?"

"I think so." Kagami replied.

"Then we can fix it." Flect said. He sighed. Chiki groaned. She gasped and immediately sat up.

"Eri!" She said and breathed sigh of relief that her friend was ok. Eri slowly opened her eyes and slowly sat up. "Eri, are you all right?"

"Yes." She replied. Chiki raised an eyebrow. Eri was never this formal or calm a day in her life.

"Are you sure?" She asked.

"Yes."

"Is there anything you can say other than yes?"

"Yes." Chiki's eyebrow twitched.

"Then can you say it?"

"Does it matter?" Eri asked. "They're just words. They don't affect our everyday actions."

Aiko's eyes widened as she remembered something. She turned to Flect. "You three panicked when Eri's mirror broke. Why? Does this have anything to do with her emotions?"

"It does." He replied. "Re, would you like to explain?" Re nodded.

"You see," He started. "Your mimicry mirrors hold your hopes and dreams. There are other things it holds like your emotion and will for life. If you break it…"

"Then all of what the mirror holds becomes shattered as well." Kagami finished. Aiko took this all in slowly.

"It can be fixed!" Re stated, panicked at Chiki's expression. "But it takes time…" Chiki grabbed Eri by the shoulders.

"Eri!" She yelled. "What is your dream!?" Eri looked at her, and for the first time, her eyes were no longer a vibrant purple. They were lifeless.

"What does it matter?" She stated. "There are millions of fashion designers out there. Why should I even try something that I'm going to fail at? It's pointless." Chiki stared in disbelief at what her best friend had just said. She let her bangs cover her eyes.

"I don't think she could transform with a broken mirror." Kagami murmured. Chiki glared t her; an evil look in her eye.

"All you care about is her transforming? What about her emotions!? Her hopes and dreams!? Why do you even care if she transforms? It'd just be easier for you and our friends who caused this to keep the-"

"Friends!?" Re interrupted. "Those three are NOT our friends. Did you see what they did out there?"

"Not very different from you." She snapped back, standing up. She recited something oh so familiar to Re. "Destroy everything! Make them feel your sorrows and jealousy!"

Re looked surprised. "That was…"

"When I was humiliatingly controlled by you! Eri said that I should give you guys a chance! You know why? She said that she knew that there was some good in you somewhere. That-" She stopped herself. "Aiko. I want you to do everything in your power to fix that mirror."

Aiko nodded. "And you?" Chiki grabbed Eri's hand and walked to the door.

"I'm protecting her. But I'll be back here every day to help you as much as I can. You're the best Cure at magic, so if I do anything wrong, be sure to tell me." She walked out of the door and went straight home. As she walked with Eri home, she mumbled something.

"I'm so sorry Eri." She said. "I promise I'll get you back to normal."

Eri whispered. "What's the point?"

Chiki:…

Aiko: Cheer up Chiki! I'm doing everything in my power to fix her mirror.

Eri: Just leave it alone. What does it matter?

Chiki: Eri…

Watch out for the next chapter! Wanna know the title? Wait for it to come out!