A young girl screams in fright as some mugger tries to attack her only for Robin to show up and kick the guy in the shins. "How dare you hurt this poor child?! In fact why must you evil fools try to hurt kids in the first place?!" Robin yells, gritting his teeth.
The mugger growls and pulls out a knife and tries attacking Robin who not only gets the child out of the way but manages to send the mugger flying with a powerful kick. "You ok kid?" he asks. The little girl nods. "T-thank you Robin.' She says. He simply gives her a curt nod. "Let's go find your parents ok?"
Taking the kid's hand, he takes the kid across the streets in a frantic search for her parents. After minutes of searching, the kid spots a couple not too far from where they were standing with the police, obviously filing a report for their missing child. "MUM! DAD!" The couple turn around and run towards their child. "Thank you so much Robin for finding our child." Says the mother. Robin rubs the back of his head. "Oh no need to thank me just doing my job." With that, the boy wonder disappears into the night. Once on the rooftop, he sighs and takes in the gloomy yet otherwise beautiful night sky of Gotham city and looks around in case of anything. He then begins to reminisce on his first actual meeting with Rei and what made him fall in love with her.
FLASHBACK
Eleven year old Damian Wayne is at the mercy of a group of kids in school who all turn against him. "YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A STUCK UP ANNOYING INSUFERABLE SPOILT BRAT!" one of the kids yells at him. On a normal day Damian would beat the crap out of anyone that badmouthed him but today was different as he stares down at the ground, tears welling up in his eyes, fists clenched.
"What's the matter demon freak? Aren't ya gonna give us a long lecture about how awesome you are or even give us a spanking? Oh wait, he can't because he is a sore loser with no morals. A little freak who does not belong anywhere!" The other kids snickered. It was then that a pretty black haired girl of Asian descent and red eyes stands in front of Damian with four other girls with her. "How dare you speak to him that way?!" she demands.
The other kids merely gape at her. "Why are you defending that demon child?!" one of the kids demands. Before anyone knew what was happening, the girl punches the guy in the face, something that makes the other kids cower in fear. "He is a freaking human being like the rest of one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. So damn what if he is the son of Bruce Wayne?! That gives you no right whatsoever to judge him especially since you guys are clearly no better than he is thanks to the stunt you are pulling. You are all hypocrites for this shameful behaviour of yours!"
The other kids start feeling guilty. "And you better clear out of here or else you would all end up in the freaking hospital!" The other kids immediately scram. Damian stares at her. "W-why did you save me?" She smiles gently at him. "I can see it in your eyes Damian. No matter how arrogant and strong you pretend to be. You are clearly a troubled boy who needs love. I know you want friends and to relate with others your age but you do not know how. Trust me I know because I was once like that."
She then stretches out her hand. "I am Rei Azuna by the way." Damian looks at her hand uncertainly before taking it and shaking it. "Nice to meet you Rei."
END OF FLASHBACK
He smiles softly at the memory. "Good thing she came into my life." he mutters to himself. He heads home to meet his father already at the Batcave. "So how was tonight?" Damian nods. "Saved a kid from some mugger and returned her to her parents." Bruce smiles softly. "Someone has a soft spot for kids."
Damian shrugs and begins to take off his costume. His pets Titus and Alfred the cat run over to him. Smiling, he bends down to pet them. Bat Cow meanwhile was asleep in the corner with Goliath. "Last thing I want is for other kids to end up the way I did years ago." He said, a smug smile in place as he remembers the abusive and torturous hell his mother subjected him to for years to the point of making him commit something akin to a genocide during the Year of Blood.
Had he not become Robin, he would have been worse than Jason or even the Joker and his grandfather and mother. Bruce places a hand on his shoulder. "You have changed and for the better. You were a child robbed of his childhood. I know since I did not really enjoy my childhood when your grandparents passed away. Even though I would never admit it, I do have some severe issues and last thing I want is for my son to end up like me."
Damian hugs his dad. "I love you dad." Bruce smiles softly and ruffles the kid's head. "Love you too son." Damian pouts. "Dad!Not my hair!" Bruce chuckles softly. Alfred then walks into the room. "I see that Master Damian is back." Damian rushes over to Alfred and pulls him into a hug. "Whoa now! Since when did you ever get so, how do they put it, affectionate?" Damian pouts. "Are you saying that I cannot feel?"
Dick walks in chuckling. "Now now Alfred, you are hurting the kid's feelings." He chides the butler who shakes his head in amusement. "Forgive me Master Richard but I still find it weird that the little prince would be this affectionate. Usually, he would be more like his father. Brooding and distant to the max."
Bruce raises an eyebrow. "Alfred?!" The boys laughed. The butler merely shrugs though Bruce swore that he saw a hint of a smirk on the butler's lips. The rest of the family soon arrive from their respective missions. "Hell no am I ever gonna face Black Mask again.' Says Stephanie as she shudders in fear at the last time she ever faced that bastard.
"That git." Says Cassandra. "At least we got him this time." Says Jason. "Black Mask gave y'all a hard time?" Dick asked. "He is as sadistic as ever." says Stephanie. "God thing you guys were there." Jason smiled ruefully and pats his sister's shoulder. "Like we would let you go through hell again?"
"Thank God you survived. I can only imagine what that bastard would have done." said Damian. "Damian language." Bruce says in a stern tone whilst throwing a warning glare at Jason who merely smirks. Jason had never been a really good influence on his younger siblings. Both Damian and Jason exchange smirks.
"Wait, where are Barbara and Tim?" Cassandra asked. "They should be back by now." Says Dick. Sure enough, the both of them arrive on their various bikes. "Finally everyone is here." Says Tim as he takes off his helmet. Barbara takes hers off and gets off the bike. "Did anything unusual happen?" Bruce asked.
"A robbery at a jewellery store. We nabbed the crooks and handed them to the police." Says Barbara. "All in a day's work." says Tim. After a couple of minutes, the entire family heads to bed. Damian lays down in bed, thinking about a conversation that he and Rei had a couple days ago in regards to her past.
Damian sighed. I hope she is alright wherever she is. The next day, the Batkids head to the park to mess around a bit. "Hey, Damian where are Rei and co?" Dick asked. "They had to attend to something." Damian replied. "Might be Precure business." Says Stephanie. It was then that loads of people start running, screaming for their lives. "Why does it always have to be days like this?" Tim groans. The gang then head to a place nearby where they were sure no one would see them and quickly change into their various costumes which they hid in little backpacks. Kunzite who is the instigator of the attack cackles as he watches the human run off. "Hmmphh….punny humans!" Then suddenly, a batarang flies through the air and hits a saiark, causing it to explode. "As expected of the Batkids." Says Kunzite as the Batkids make their entrance. "Who are you and how do you know about us?" Robin says coldly, katana in hand. Kunzite then shows them a footage of the Apostles earlier fight with the Cures via his telepathy. "See them? I know how much you value them which was why I and my peers eliminated them as they are a threat to our master. " The Batclan gasp as they watch them brutally beat up the girls up and throw them across buildings. One of them even looked as though he was raping Rei judging from the way he went down on her.
Robin clenches his fists. "YOU BASTARD!" The older Bat siblings stand in front of their little brother. "You will pay for that bruh!" says Red Hood. "Yeah, no one hurts our friends and think they can get away with it!" says Nightwing. Kunzite then fires a blast which the Batkids dodge. Using his dark energy, he produces Saiarks. "DESTROY THEM!" he orders.
The saiarks charge towards the Batclan who quickly engage them. "WHAT ARE THESE?!" Red Hood shouts as he throws one at a couple of them. "They are Saiarks, Opal's little henchmen!" Robin replied as he slashes his way through a couple of them.
"So that guy was sent by their brother huh?" says Black Bat as she kicks away one of the Saiark. Robin nods. Kunzite smirks at this. "As always, you seem to know a lot more than you should." He tries to stab Robin who instinctively block the attack with his sword."We are all Batman's kids what do you expect?!" Robin says through gritted teeth as he and Kunzite engage in a fierce sword fight.
Meanwhile in some dimension, Opal opens a portal which shows the fight going on between the Batkids and Kunzite. "For humans, they are interesting. How do they fight and keep up without having powers like their peers?" She then grunts in pain as the dark magic that has consumed her for years begins to eat at her heart as it was slowly killing her. I must reunite with my sisters somehow and rid me of this evil before I die . Oh Lord Vishnu, if you can hear the silent prayer of this unfortunate child, I beseech thee. Release me from this despair.
Back at the park, Robin gets overwhelmed by Kunzite who uses his magic to throw him against a tree and knock him out. "ROBIN!" the others shout and lunge at Kunzite only for the lieutenant to knock them unconscious with his brutish strength.
"This was too easy." Kunzite sneered and prepared to take his leave when Robin gets back to his feet, bleeding and severely injured. "Don't just think that I will stand here and let you go." The others gain consciousness and see Damian stand up. "Dami…" Dick whispered.
Kunzite snorts. "Oh please what can any of you do? You are just mere punny humans!" Damian nods. "That I know but you forget one thing…we might be humans but we are smarter than you think." It was at that point that a bomb which Damian planted on Kunzite's back without the latter's knowledge goes off, basically catching the brute of guard and weakening him. "WHAT?!"
Opal's eyes widened in shock at this. "THIS CANNOT BE!" Robin smirks and grabs Kunzite's hand and flings him across the park, making hit a tree. "I might be human but my family and I alwayshave an advantage for one simple reason; we are always prepared for anything. My father trained us all for years to expect the unexpected and prepare accordingly." He then stands before Kunzite who glares daggers at him.
"I may be young but I have seen enough hell to make any grown man cry. I am aware of what is happening with Opal. I know that someone is brainwashing Opal and all of you!" Opal's eyes widened in shock. Why would he care about me?! I...I have done enough haven't I?! Despite how evil she was, there are moments where she is aware of what she does and even feels bad about and tries to fight off the evil that is controlling her.
"I know that someone turned the girls plus Opal into evil Cures so as to bring about the destruction of their Kingdom and also to cause the people to lose their faith in them. That is why their parents sacrificed their souls in order to purify them and also so that the prophecy about them being actual full fledged Cures comes to reality." He then points a finger at Kunzite. "That is disgusting and unforgivable! I shall not accept such terrible behaviour from anyone! How dare you treat young innocent girls like that and screw with their destiny?! If not for my father's Thou Shall Not Kill Rule, I would have murdered you here without any ounce of mercy! I know that despite everything, Opal is really struggling to break free but something is holding her back! That is why I wish to help her sisters! To free her from that!"
Bruce who was monitoring the entire fight smiles with pride at his son. I am so proud of you son. Alfred looks on whilst holding Alfred the cat. "You have really matured Master Damian." The rest of family listen in shock at this. "Poor girls…." says Tim. "That is pure evil! Who would do that to young girls?!" says Stephanie "You monsters! How dare you treat them like that?!" Jason yells. Damian then continues. "I have done a lot of horrible things in the past indeed and my brother here Jason has had his fair share too but still, we changed! People change!" Jason smiles and gives Damian a thumbs up. "I AM NOT AN AL GHUL, I AM A MOTHERFUCKING WAYNE! I AM DAMIAN MOTHER FUCKING WAYNE AKA ROBIN AKA THE SON OF BATMAN! GET THAT INTO YOUR THICK SKULL BEFORE YOU CHOOSE TO EVER CHALLENGE ME!" he yells with pride. The rest of the family smirk. "That is our Robin." says Dick. Jason and Tim nodded. Bruce wipes at the corner of his eyes. "That's my little demon."
It was then that a dark shadow casts itself around Gotham and Opal and the remaining Apostles makes their appearance. One of them wore a Kabuki mask on their face, one large pins sticking of the hair, another extremely muscular and dressed in biker wear and the final one who descends to Kunzite and heals him is wearing a pale blue flowing kimono, her styled in the traditional Japanese style. Opal although maintaining her stoic look, is deeply shaken by Damian's words but hides it. "Curse you." she drawled even though deep down the real Opal was touched by his kind words.
"Not so fast sister!" They all turn as Ruby and her sisters who are still injured make their way towards Robin. "Rei!" says Robin. "Damian!" The two lovers rush towards each other and hug it out. "I..I thought you we-' Rei cuts him off with a kiss on the lips, making him blush. "Rei, not in public!" he grumbles, earning some snickers from the others.
Rei then glares at their brother. "It is over Opal. "Opal scoffs. "What exactly can you five do now? You do not even have enough strength within you to fight." Rei smirks smugly. "Let us wait and see 'cause I believe in miracles." She says sarcastically.
Meanwhile, in the Azuna house, Lance who is also monitoring events, looks at the glass compartment where the Crown Gems of the Jewel Kingdom are kept and notices that the gems were glowing. "About time…" he says with a proud smile.
The girls then stare at their broken transformation devices which glow in their hands. "It can't be…" says Ami. Their CurePhones then change in size. Rather than the small Nokia phone that it usually resembled, it now took the form of magical rings on their ring fingers, each with their respective gem on it. "Wow!" says Minako.
Rei smirks. "Well would you look at that?! We got ourselves a power-up at the most convenient moment." With that, they transformed. "PRECURE SPARKLING TRANSMISSION!" The girls then transform but the outfits they wear are completely different.
Compared to their previous outfits, these new ones are lot darker in color and comprises elaborate silk choli tops that bore their midriff a bit in their respective colors and long skirts that were altered somewhat to make them look matured and also so that they could kick butt easily and still look cute and princessy. Also, Ruby's hair is much longer and is styled in a similar manner to Cure Dream's whom many often compare her with and she wore a black cape on her shoulder. Their tiaras still remained intact. Quite ironic since their Cure forms are named after the Crown Gems of their kingdom.
"The roaring flames of love...Cure Ruby!" says Ruby. "The soothing oceans of peace...Cure Sapphire!" says Sapphire. "The grumbling strength of Mother Earth...Cure Emerald!" says Emerald. " The electrifying rays of hope...Cure Topaz!" says Topaz. "The everlasting wind of change...Cure Garnet!" says Garnet. They all then say, "Five sparkling stars united as one for a greater cause…Sparkling Crystallite Precure!"
"Wow, their outfits have changed!" Spoiler squeals. Black Bat nods smiling. "They look like actual princesses for once." says Batgirl. The other boys gawked in shock whilst Robin just stands there in awe. "S-she looks divine..." Ruby then stares down at herself and looks at her sisters. "Did we just change?!" Ruby yelled. Garnet nods. "Uh huh!" Topaz tugs at Ruby's cape. "Now you and Robin are matched because you are wearing a cape." Ruby grins.
Emerald fistpumps. "Hell yeah! Take that Opal!" The darkness within Opal consumes her, making her blood boil in anger. Ruby then glares at them and points. "Evildoers return to the dark realm from whence you came!"she declares. She growls."APOSTLES! GET THEM!" The four Apostles charge at the girls and the Bat who lunge at them; Robin and Ruby against Kunzite, Nightwing, Sapphire and Spoiler against Amethyst, Red Hood Emerald and Red Robin against Nephrite and Batgirl, Black Bat, Topaz and Garnet against Black Pearl.
"Why is it that you brats never quit?!' Kunzite yells as he aims a punch which he misses. "That is because we are performing our civic duty you mutt." Damian replied and punches his shoulder, causing him to stumble backwards. Ruby then flies through the air and lands a kick to his chest.
"I am glad that I told you all that because really, I am not alone and also we are more powerful together." She says. Robin smirks. "Or course we are. We are the perfect team." he replies. She smirks back in response. Kunzite growls and tries to grab them only for the couple to knock him out with simultaneous punches.
Elsewhere, Amethyst throws powerful beams which they all dodge. "Now what do we do?" Spoilerasks. Nighrwing pokes his escrima stick at Amethyst's side and electrocutes her. "Sapphire, you handle the rest." he says. "Ok." Says Sapphire. She lifts her hand up in the air and the Sapphire ring glows. "PRECURE! SAPPHIRE AQUATIC HURRICANE!" A powerful water blast erupts from the ring and hits Amethyst. "Nice shot." says Nightwing. Emma grins.
Meanwhile, Red Hood and his team were not doing too badly. Red Robin and Red Hood fend off all the remaining Saiarks whilst Emerald engages Nephrite. "This is for all the pain you made ma and my sisters endure!" Emerald yells as she punches Nephrite in the face. "Ah my nose!" Nephrite shouts. Red Hood and Red Robin then knock him out with deadly kicks.
"That takes care of him." Says Red Hood. Another group of Saiarks head towards them. "I will handle this!" says Emerald. Her Emerald ring glows. "PRECURE! EMERALD GREEN EVOLUTION!' A couple green leaf like tentacles erupt from underneath the Earth and wrap themselves around the Saiarks, choking them and knocking them against the ground.
"Way to go Emerald!" says Red Hood. Emerald gives him the thumbs up. Meanwhile, Black Bat and Batgirl punch Black Pearl in the face, sending her flying whilst Topaz and Garnet land deadly kicks on her tummy, sending her tumbling to the ground. "Why you-" Black Pearl growls as she uses her magic to generate tentacles which lash out at the girls.
Using their stealth, the two Batgirls dodge the tentacles and kick Black Pearl in the face, catching her offguard. "Now is your chance you two!" says Batgirl. Both Precures nod and their respective rings glow. "PRECURE! TOPAZ SUPREME THUNDER!"yells Topaz. "PRECURE! GARNET HEART ATTACK!" Both attacks hit Nephrite and Black Pearl and knock her out. "Yay!" both Cures say as they high five each other whilst the two Batgirls grin.
Ruby's ring glows. "PRECURE! RUBY BLAZING ATTACK!" A gulf of fire surrounds her as she flies into the air, turning into a Phoenix and then comes back down. Kunzite cowers in fear as the attack hits him. "Buzamada." She says as she snaps her fingers and Kunzite explodes. Damian then hugs Ruby again. "Yes! We did it!" The princess giggled and kisses her man. "I feel so much better when I am with you." she says. The other Batkids awwed at this. Damian glares at them. "Would you please give us some privacy?!" he snapped. The others laughed.
Unknown to any of them, Opal had long retreated to her base."BLAST THAT CURSED PRECURE AND THAT BATFAMILY!" he shouts as he throws things around. "WHY IS IT THAT WHENEVER I AM THIS CLOSE, THEY ALWAYS OUTSMART ME?! ESPECIALLY THAT BOY WONDER?!" A dark shadow watches her, snickering with glee. "Prepare yourself princess because soon you and I are going to become one."
Meanwhile, the gang gathers at the Batcave where Bruce scrutinises their injuries."The Crown Gems of the Jewel Kingdom reawakened as they saw through the girls desperate desire to fight hence their changed forms." Says Lance. Bruce nods. "I figured especially after you showed me those jewels." He then turns to the quintets. "I still cannot believe that your sister is going through all that.". Rei nods. "I…I feel it is my fault." Lance places a hand on your shoulder. "I keep telling you. It is not your fault. Someone is clearly manipulating all of you and Opal."
Damian sighed. "She reminds me of my old self somewhat. I was an arrogant self-entitled brat who felt that the world revolved around me but Richard and dad taught me otherwise. I would have been worse than him had Rei not come into my life."
Rei looks up as Damian takes her hand. 'You saved me back then and gave me a purpose in life. You made me become a better Robin and man. You coming into my life is a blessing and therefore I am forever grateful to you."
Rei looks down. "You shouldn't be Dami." Jason smiles softly at her. "Makoto here explained to us how much you hide your pain underneath a mask, something that we all do at times as we do not want each to worry about our it is ok to let them worry every once in a while. They are your family afterall. Trust me, it is worth it because look at me. I am much happier now because I am with my family."
"You are not alone Rei. You have your sisters and your uncle. They love you so much." Says Bruce. Rei smiles softly. "I am still a little scared from everything." Bruce nods. "Understandable. Hopefully your sister may figure out a way to save herself or even better you girls will find a way to save her because chances are that evil darkness wihtin her is slowly eating her up inside." Alfred the cat meows and chases after the two fairies with Titus right behind him.
"Uh oh." Says Damian as he watches his and Rei's pets play. Bat Cow moos whilst Goliath watches with one eye open. "I still find it funny that the cow is there.' Says Lance who points at Bat Cow. Bruce chuckles. "Ask Damian. He was the one that adopted the cow."
Damian then gets up and puffs his chest. "His name is Bat Cow and I got him because I value mother nature so much and love animals and want to protect every single one of them. That is why I am a vegetarian." He proclaims proudly. Everyone laughs. "But still a cow?" says Rei, raising an eyebrow. "What? I even want to adopt a wolf at some point."
Jason panics. "Please no wolves." Everyone laughs. "He had a bad experience with them as a child during one of our missions." Says Bruce. "Blame the Joker for that." Says Jason. "Ah that reminds me. Can I play with your ring?" Damian asks. Rei glares at him. "Hello no!" Damian pouts and whines. "Pweeaassseee!" Rei shakes her head and runs off with Damian chasing after her and begging, leaving everyone in stitches as they watch the two lovebirds in amusement.