This afternoon, Haruko was asked by Sensaina to walk home with her and Jonetsu. She decided to walk along with them and as she went down the pavement, she skipped and sang to herself,'' I got to be a Pretty Cure," repeatedly. Sensaina awkwardly smiled at Haruko while Jonetsu was turned her head to the opposite of Haruko in a gruff manner. While Haruko was skipping, she was also holding Toki.
"Haruko, do you want to take Toki home with you?" Sensaina asked. Haruko took a dramatic halt and turned to face Sensaina.
"Would I?" Haruko said squeezing Toki in delight.
"Desu.." Toki choked out. As Haruko loosened her grip on Toki, Toki began to seem cheerful.
"Well at least now I don't have to caretake for the two of you," Sensaina giggled. As they walked they bumped into Kintsuki and Meihime.
"Hi guys! We didn't really talk all day!" Sensaina exclaimed.
"We had some science homework, well she had science homework to finish up during lunch," Meihime explained.
"Aww, Who's this?" Kintsuki gushed. She crouched slightly to match Haruko's height. Haruko loved attention and took full control with her artificial docile disposition and cuteness.
"So cute!" The two non-cures gushed.
"Guys, This is Haruko, her parents own Hanakaze Extraordinaire," Sensaina introduced.
"It's...such a pleasure to meet you," Haruko said timidly.
"She's so adorable!" The non-cures exhaled.
"She's faking!" Sensaina thought to herself. Jonetsu crossed her arms and looked away from the three of them.
"Can we walk her home?"Meihime begged.
"Sure.."Sensaina hesitantly responded. As Kintsuki and Meihime left with Haruko linked to their arms, Jonetsu continued to walk without Sensaina.
"Jonetsu, wait up!" She called out.
"So now you pay attention to me," Jonetsu said haughtily.
"What are you talking about? Kintsuki and Meihime were here for just a moment," Sensaina pointed out but instantly she realized what was going on.
"Is someone jealous of little Haruko?" Sensaina teased.
"No, you're just giving her too much attention!" Jonetsu snapped.
"You think you two would connect better once you realized she was Pretty Cure-kore," Doki said as she crawled to Sensaina's shoulder.
"Ugh, pass." Jonetsu stated as she rolled her eyes.
"Are you sure? It looked like you wanted to link arms with those three~" Sensaina teased, causing Jonetsu to get even more upset.
"Absolutely not," Jonetsu said as she pretended to inspect her nails for chips in them," I would never want to be friends with them."
Sensaina could tell that Jonetsu was clearly lying, her cheeks having flushed red as she walked ahead.
"I guess the icy exterior hasn't melted away yet," Sensaina thought aloud with a sigh.
"What are you talking about?" Doki asked.
"Before Jonetsu became a Cure Kintsuki and Meihime told me to stay clear of her because she was icy," Sensaina began," That exterior melted for me when she became Cure Matchmaker, but I guess she's still as stubborn as ever."
"I have an idea!"Sensaina interjected," Tomorrow let's all spend the day trying to melt Jonetsu!"
"Melt her-kore?" Doki asked unsurely.
"You know, let her warm up to the rest of the girls!" Sensaina explained. She clamped her fists and threw one up in the air confidently,"Alright, by tomorrow, Jonetsu will finally makes friends!"
"It's nice to see her so selfless-kore," Doki said to herself.
"Maybe I can invite Hideki while I'm at it!" Sensaina exclaimed, sighing helplessly at the idea, making Doki facepalm.
The next morning, Sensaina walked to where she planned to meet the rest of the girls, who all had decided to come and spend the day. She sat on a nearby bench, wondering if some of the girls would actually come, particularly Jonetsu. When she asked her yesterday, she sounded reluctant and even a little grouchy.
"Where's everyone else?" A voice asked. Sensaina looked up. In front of her was a sharp-dressed Jonetsu with her amber eyes piercing down at Sensaina.
"They're not here yet," Sensaina replied," They come, eventually."
"Hey!" A cheerful voice called out. It was Kintsuki with Meihime beside her.
"Glad to see you guys! Now all that's left is.."
"Haruko!" A childish voice yelled as it clung to Sensaina's back.
"She's two-faced," Sensaina thought as she attempted to remove the girl off her back. As Kintsuki and Meihime laughed at Haruko's child like actions, Jonetsu turned away in disgust.
"So, what should we do today?" Sensaina asked the girls.
"Let's go see a movie!" Kintsuki suggested.
"Let's go shopping!" Meihime suggested.
"Laser tag!" Haruko shouted.
"Kill me now," Jonetsu quietly said to herself. Sensaina was overwhelmed with all the girls' requests.
"Um, er, well.. Karaoke it is!" Sensaina concluded.
"Karaoke?" Everyone, even Jonetsu asked in surprise. They all seemed neutral to Sensaina choice but went along with her idea. They went into a Karaoke bar nearby. The interior was black and neon blue with two microphones at each side of the bar.
"Wow!" Kintsuki marveled.
"So many lights!" Meihime gasped.
"I'm going first!" Haruko screamed. She picked up the songbook beside the microphone and scanned through each page. In good timing, she found a song. She threw a wide grin and picked up the microphone.
"Number seventeen please!" She asked. The manager nodded and played the song. Haruko tapped her feet in confidence.
" One, two, three go! The sun that smiles on me, it waits for the moon but I wait for the stars. All the ones I knew who said I'd go mad, look at me now I'm zooming ahead! Oh, time is standing still. If we're not careful it might go in reverse. Oh, all these long nights. Where did the sun go?!
Hey! Try and please pick up the pace right now! Are you dying? Are you trying? Cause certainly I can't tell. Where oh where did the time go? Suddenly, I'm feeling this heart of mine race. Stop just stop, stop they tell me. Guess it's time to stop and smell the roses. "
The girls gave Haruko their applause as she finished. Haruko stood gallantly as her song ended then took a bow.
"Sensaina you go next!" Kintsuki encouraged. Sensaina reddened.
"I..I couldn't," Sensaina said timidly.
"Fine, then you go Jonetsu!" Meihime cheered. Jonetsu was surprised Meihime suggested her.
"I guess I could," Jonetsu said looking down. She bashfully went up to the stage and looked through the songbook. She shrugged and picked a song.
" Number 13!" She shouted.
" If you tell me pick from one to six, I'll pick seven. If you ask what I think am I, I'll say I am the luckiest. If you want to know how well my matching skills are , then let me just tell you, I'm the loveliest that you'll ever get. Don't you even try and say you're 'one of a kind'. I've seen your type. It's people like you who will get tossed out and will lose this game. You can't cheat and you can't win, you can't deceive me. But even trying to fool you isn't as easy as can be. But rest assured these cherry red lips will decipher all, yes the cherry red lips deciphers all. "
Although she wasn't that great of a singer, she did receive applause from her friends.
"This is so much fun!" Meihime shouted. Jonetsu smiled awkwardly, but even Sensaina could tell the red-head was having a blast.
"Who are you girls?" An older feminine voice suddenly asked. In the doorway was a tall high-school girl with a group around her,standing around impatiently as they glared at the girls.
"Why do you need to know?" Meihime asked, with the older girl narrowing her eyes at her.
"This is our room, so why are you here?" Another girl from the group, much shorter than the leader, questioned, her patience wearing thin.
The girls looked towards Sensaina and the twin-tailed girl awkwardly stammered out," We didn't know! We'll just get another room!"
"The other rooms are occupied just so you know." The shorter girl mentioned.
"Oh...then, we'll just find something else to do..." Sensaina declared with a sigh as she lowered her gaze. She really didn't want to give up the room just yet but what choice did she have?
"We were here first." Jonetsu stated indifferently," So you'll just have to wait for another room."
The shorter girl looked threatened and was about to say something but the leader spoke for her," Didn't we just tell you that this is our room?"
"I don't see your name on it." Jonetsu pointed out.
The shorter girl was going to say something but yet again, the leader stopped her as she walked towards the girls. The girls, except for Jonetsu, seemed scared as the high-school girl walked up to them.
"Suit yourself." The high-school girl simply said as she stood right in front of Jonetsu.
Jonetsu still seemed a bit on edge as the high-school girl walked away, but the rest of the girls looked relieved.
"Now where were we?" Kintsuki asked as a breath a sigh of relief.
"Guys where'd the microphone go?" Haruko asked.
The girls looked a bit worried now, knowing that it would've been an issue if they couldn't find the microphone because they'd have to pay for it if it went missing.
"Where we'd last put it?" Sensaina asked as the girls started to look around.
Jonetsu's eyes suddenly got really wide and she then said," I really need to go to the washroom, I'll be back in a moment."
Jonetsu walked outside of the kareoke building and looked around for the high-school girls. There were nowhere sight, but Jonetsu wasn't keen on giving up just yet. She then walked towards the side of the building, and found the girls all collapsed onto the ground, the microphone in the leader's hand. Tsuchiyo was behind them and holding holding a handful of corrupted dreamstones, smiling deviously to Jonetsu.
"I gave 'em earthquake sandwich, wanna taste?" Tsuchiyo grinned and threw his foot in her direction. Jonetsu jumped away and as she landed she ran to the safest spot to transform.
"Sensaina, it's not like she could've gone that far." Haruko pointed out, but Sensaina wasn't listening. The twin-tailed girl stopped and checked her surroundings.
"Not here either," She said to herself.
"Sensaina, please let's just- ahh!" The two girls were thrown to the ground. Sensaina understood what happened while Haruko as puzzled as ever.
"What just happened?" Haruko asked.
"You're in luck," Sensaina began," You get to meet your second Nightmare Major."
"Wait there's more?!" Haruko questioned as Sensaina ran off. The two eventually came across the ally that held the unconscious girls and Tsuchiyo.
"Wait, he's the one making all these stupid earthquakes?" Haruko interrogated.
"You have something against Tsuchiyo?!" The Major growled. He stomped angrily and threw the girls into the air.
"Pretty Cure! Lover Bubble Cover!" A voice cried. Sensaina and Haruko were enclosed into a large red bubble that broke their fall.
"Matchmaker!" Sensaina praised.
"You two transform , I'll take care of him now," Matchmaker whispered. The two then ran off to transform.
"Pretty Cure, Dream On!" They shouted as sparks of green and purple veiled around them.
"Singing the everlasting melody, Cure Songstress!" Songstress announced.
"Growing everything in a lifeless land, Cure Garden!" Garden announced.
"So my theory was proven right," Garden said proudly.
"What theory?" Songstress asked.
"That you don't have to say 'desu' at the end of the transformation phrase." Garden responded. Songstress groaned and went off without her.
"Pretty Cure, Lovesick barrage!" Matchmaker yelled, trying to hit a leather jacket Malvoid.
"But none of the girls' dreamstones-"
"He got it earlier!" Matchmaker shouted. She darted upwards and drove a kick into the Malvoid. The Malvoid flapped its sleeve at her and flung her out of the ally. In matter of seconds, she stood up again. She heaved in each breath and wiped away the dust from her cheek.
"She's trying so hard," Garden noted. This time, it didn't seem like she was questioning Matchmaker's motives, it was more like respecting it.
"Why try at all? Everyone is gone at some point," Tsuchiyo pointed out. Matchmaker let out a scream and threw a punch to the Malvoid.
"It does matter."Matchmaker yelled, Tsuchiyo didn't seem to care though," It matters because people are never just gone. They leave an imprint on you whether you want it or not and you're stuck with that imprint for life. But you know what?"
Matchmaker landed a powerful kick onto the Malvoid," Imprint of others, having friendships like that...though they may be transient...they aren't that bad. They can change you for the better and will shape you into a different person."
Tsuchiyo cackled and the Malvoid slapped her out of the ally again.
"Unpossible!" Tsuchiyo declared.
"Pretty Cure, Melody Ring." Songstress said solemnly. A violet ring flashed from her fingertips and encircled the Malvoid.
"She isn't alone," Songstress began," As long as she has us." Matchmaker smiled gratefully then went into fighting stance.
"Pretty Cure, Heartless Beating!" She shouted. Millions of hearts surrounded the Malvoid as the larger heart was broken.
"Awake!" She shouted as the Malvoid was purified. A dreamstone with two hands holding each other was duplicated and given to Jonetsu.
The girls, detransformed, attempted to wake up the group of high-school girls.
"What happened?" The leader groaned as she rose up.
"You tripped and fell to the concrete," Sensaina improvised.
"We all tripped?" The shorter girl doubtfully asked.
"Yes, you all tripped," Haruko said as seriously as she could.
"Mind giving that back to us?" Jonetsu asked as she crouched down in front of the leader, pointing to the microphone.
The leader groaned, holding out the microphone to Jonetsu saying," Take it, I've had enough excitement for the day."
The group of high-school girls left and just before the trio was going to go back into the building, Kintsuki and Meihime came out.
"Did something happen? You guys were out here for quite awhile." Meihime noted, prompting Sensaina to try and devise some kind of lie, but Jonetsu beat her to it.
"Yeah, just a bit of an arguement, but it's ok now." Jonetsu explained as she held up the microphone.
"You got it back!" Kintsuki exclaimed.
"Our hero." Meihime remarked, with Jonetsu's gaze falling to her feet as her face went red.
"Thanks Jonetsu!" Kintsuki exclaimed, swinging her arms around the girl who only got redder from that.
"Haruko wants a hug too!" Haruko interjected as she climbed onto Jonetsu's back.
"Don't forget me!" Meihime said, rushing to her left and free arm. Sensaina smiled away at the unbelievable sight.
"Well,at least we melted at that ice," Sensaina thought to herself.