"No,no, you're reading it wrong." Miyako said nervously in denial.
Minako scoffed," I read better than you and I know I didn't misread this."
Miyako winced at her twins grammar and then took the paper her twin dangled to see for herself.
"Dear Misses Miyako and Minako Utahime," Miyako really didn't want to read another word. All of their formal letters never seemed so serious as addressing them by their real names instead of MiMi.
She carried on reading," Due to inelaborate, unpretentious photos, we suggest suggest a little time off from your careers to focus on your priorities and miscellaneous to help in refinding your...glow.
"Time off?" Minako repeated," Well that can't be so bad, I mean what's the worst that could happen?"
"We lose our 'glow' forever?" Miyako said.
Minako laughed as if she was in denial, but that laugh turned into a loud unstopping sob.
"Sensaina!" Minako cried. Miyako flashed a disapproving look towards her twin as her little sister walked into the room.
"Guys, it's nearly eleven, what do you want?" Sensaina asked as she rubbed her eyes.
"We-" Minako's sobs were silenced as her mouth was clasped shut by Miyako.
"We just want to know what you think of our outfits." Miyako improvised.
All Sensaina did was arch an eyebrow and place one of her hands on her hips,"Less skin, more fabric."
Miyako smiled to her sister," Oh you cheeky little girl!" She was so close to strangling her.
Minako, still sobbing, pushed Sensaina out of the room.
"What are we supposed to do for the next few days?" Minako wailed as she shut the door. Miyako shrugged an glanced towards the calendar in their room. Tomorrow was apparently the first day back to school at Midorikage.
"Only one thing left.." Miyako said as she gazed at the calendar.
"Come to think of it, when was the last time we actually went to school on the first day?" Minako asked.
The two jogged through their memory. Minako's remained blank but Miyako's produced an image of the two girls when they were in sixth grade.
The two were the school beauties and every single boy was head over heels for them, only to have their hearts broken five weeks into the school year when the girls were offered a modeling contract. They signed without second thought and their mom became their manager. Minako began to sob even more at the thought of going to school. Miyako then looked towards one wall of the room. On that wall was the girls' first pin-up, it wasn't a racy, 'glamourous' one and yet it was their best picture.
"Did we have such a glow back then?" Miyako thought. Minako was still crying, so to put her twin at ease, Miyako took out from a stack of books an old magazine. The magazine was called Glam and on the cover was a thirteen year old MiMi.
"I remember this issue," Minako wiped her tears," It's entirely about us!"
Miyako giggled, flipping open the book," Now I'm beginning to wonder.."
"Huh?"
"Oh, nevermind."
The next morning, the twins came rushing down the stairs, clad in their school uniforms.
"You think they aren't too small?" Minako asked as she attempted to push her sleeves down.
"If mine fits fine, then yours should two." Miyako stated.
"Whatever.." Minako said.
Sensaina was having her breakfast in the kitchen and as she saw her twin sisters in their uniforms she choked in surprise.
"What, are you doing an in-school photoshoot? Will the cafeteria be off limits?" Sensaina asked sarcastically.
"No," Miyako began patiently,"We decided this year we would actually be here for the first day back."
Sensaina clearly did not seem convinced, but she shrugged it off and returned to her breakfast.
After breakfast Chitsuki drove the all of her girls to school.
"We could've drove you know." Miyako said sheepishly in the backseat.
All Chitsuki did was laugh at Miyako's comment. She parked by the school and said good bye to her girls.
"Well this'll be different." Minako remarked.
"Speaking of different, check out the school yard!" Miyako remarked. Students of all ages cluttered around the school yard reuniting with their friends, the sunlight had taken tolls on their skin tones. The twins were impressed and ecstatic, but then they realized..they didn't really remember anyone.
"Sensaina, do you know anyone in our grade?" Minako whispered crouching down.
Sensaina thought for a moment and Hideki and Ayane came into mind.
"I don't think so.." Sensaina lied. As if she would let her bustious twin sisters meet the love of her life.
"Hey Sensaina!" A familiar cheerful voice called out. Inevitably, Hideki ran over to Sensaina and her twin sisters.
"Are these your sisters?" Hideki asked.
Sensaina groaned and her sisters walked up towards him.
"My name's Miyako." Miyako greeted as she held out her hand.
"I'm Minako," Minako greeted as she mimicked her twin's actions.
The twins were getting close, very close. So close that Hideki was soon finding difficulty breathing.
"Feels kinda..." Hideki thought to himself..."Constricting."
Hideki shook both of their hands and broke the enclosure.
"MiMi, Hideki. Hideki, MiMi." Sensaina introduced blandly," You guys are in the same grade."
"So, what class are you two in?" Hideki asked.
The twins took out their schedules.
"We're both in 2nd Class." Miyako read from the schedules.
"That's my class." Hideki stated in surprise," It won't be long before first period starts, how about I escort you two to class?"
"Escort?" Sensaina repeated suspiciously.
"We'd be delighted." The twins responded in unison as they both grabbed on to one of Hideki's arms.
Sensaina worried how this day would end. They went their separate directions to class.
Sensaina buried her face into her desk which was beside Jonetsu's.
"What's wrong with you?" Jonetsu asked.
"MiMi's here for the first day." Sensaina groaned.
Jonetsu smirked in disbelief," They're models. They don't need school."
"Try telling them that." Sensaina responded.
"Well, a person can only enjoy the first day for so long." Jonetsu pointed out.
Sensaina quickly lifted her head from the desk," That's it! Jonetsu, what's your least favorite part of the first day?"
"Let's see. I've never really hated the sudden large amounts of homework, lunch isn't even that bad," Jonetsu listed," I think after-school clubs because sometimes you just want to-"
"That's it!" Sensaina interjected," Every student's required to join a club...so now they'll have to suffer the anguish of the worst clubs we can find!"
"I guess that will work." Jonetsu concluded.
After school, Sensaina, Jonetsu and Haruko gathered to MiMi's homeroom.
"Sensaina what are you doing here?" Miyako asked.
"Every student is required to join a club, you knew that right?" Sensaina asked.
"A...club?" The twins repeated.
"Yup, an after school activity filled with hard work and friendship!" Sensaina cheered.
"Friendship..." Miyako droned.
"Hark-work." Minako cringed.
"Sensaina, what club are you in?" Miyako asked.
"Gamers' Club!" Sensaina replied pridefully. The twins shuddered at her response.
"Come on, let's go check some clubs!" Jonetsu said as she grabbed the twins wrists.
"Your sisters want to join my Magic Club?" Kintsuki asked skeptically. Sensaina giggled sheepishly.
Sensaina attempted to reason,"Well, magic is just so exciting and the girls love a good-"
"Kintsuki!" A girl ran up to her," That girl over there released the bunny!"
"What?!" Kintsuki shrieked.
"And out of captivity you go!" Miyako beamed as she set the bunny free.
"Ah! Get back here!" Kintsuki ran to the bunny.
"So they're probably not welcomed here." Jonetsu concluded.
"There's always the swimming club," Haruko suggested.
Sensaina and Jonetsu exchanged looks and they went to the swimming club.
The swimming president, Tamao, seemed delighted about having MiMi join her club.
"They seem to be very fit." Tamao remarked. The girl were in swimsuits and were floating in the water, while Tamao was standing by the poolside.
"Miyako," Minako whimpered.
"Hm?"
"It floated away." Minako said.
"What floated awa-?" Miyako then set her eyes on her twin. Minako foolishly wore a two piece swimsuit with unreliable strings and was covering her chest.
"Are you serious?!" Miyako shouted," Tamao!"
Tamao felt very awkward as she looked at Minako's poorly covered chest.
"No need to worry, I'll just-" Tamao was about to dive in but suddenly tripped on a towel that Minako carelessly left lying around and fell into the pool. It seemed Tamao's patience was gone.
"Out." She said bitterly to the girls.
Minako lied saying,"But I swear that wasn't our-!"
Tamao fished out Minako's top and handed it to her.
"Out." Tamao repeated.
The girls left in defeat. After a dozen other clubs later, the girls were ready to give up for the day.
"Face it Sensaina. We just aren't club worthy." Miyako sighed.
Sensaina shook her head," Nonsense. There's a club for everyone."
"Everyone but them-kore." Doki commented before being pushed into Sensaina's bag. At this point, Sensaina was actually starting to feel bad for her sisters. She didn't mean to dash their hopes of not finding a club and make them feel left out. She looked over to her twin sisters in pity. They seldom went to school with their busy schedule and that appeared to really have taken a toll on their social lives.
"There is one club left." Jonetsu stated.
Sensaina seemed intrigued but everyone else shrugged off Jonetsu's statement.
"Which one? Which one?" Sensaina grabbed on Jonetsu's shirt desperately.
''You aren't going to like it." Jonetsu said.
"As long as it'll take MiMi, I'll love it!" Sensaina begged. Jonetsu whispered into her ear.
Sensaina's reaction to the last club changed drastically.
"Do we have to?" Sensaina whined. Haruko stood up and held MiMi's wrist while Jonetsu took hold of one of Sensaina's twin tails.
"The Dance Club?" Haruko asked suspiciously.
Toki poked out of her bag and looked around," This place is huge-desu."
MiMi seemed slightly interested and Sensaina regretfully began to search for a certain individual. It didn't take long to find who she was looking for.
"Ayane!" Sensaina called out. Ayane walked up to her flashing off her usual smile.
"Ayane, could maybe, perhaps, my sisters join your club?" Sensaina asked bashfully.
"Please Manaka!" Minako begged.
"We really have no other choice!" Miyako pleaded.
"Well, I'd be thrilled to have you two in Dance.." Ayane stated.
"Yes!" The twins exclaimed.
"..but it's not up to me to decide if you can be in this club." Ayane finished.
"Huh?" The twins asked.
" Then's who's Club President?" Haruko asked.
"That would be me!" A shrill voice said. It came from a girl with black hair tied up into a bun with two long bangs framing her face. She dressed in pink and acted like a superior figure.
"My, my if it isn't MiMi," The girl chuckled," Remember me, MiMi?"
The twins tilted their head in confusion.
"Who are you?" They asked.
The girl seemed enraged and then stamped her foot.
"Nekota! Kuromi Nekota!" She shouted.
The girls took a quick stroll down memory lane.
"Oh...Kuromi!" The girls went up to hug her. Kuromi retreated from the hug.
"No. So I hear you're back at school?" Kuromi asked.
"Only for a few days." Miyako replied.
"Then it's back to modeling!" Minako cheered.
"Oh right, your life of glamour. Well, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to my dancers, you know, the ones who aren't going to quit on me five minutes in." Kuromi was about to walk off.
"We aren't going to be like that, just give us a chance!" Miyako begged.
"You already used up that chance!" Kuromi barked," Now then, Manaka?"
"After you, Kuromi." Ayane insisted.
The two walked off and left the twins clubless.
"Well that was rude." Jonetsu said.
"Why was she so mean to you two?" Sensaina asked.
"Beats us." Miyako shrugged.
"Well me and Haruko over here have to get back to our Clubs so.." The two of them fled from the Dance Club.
"Sensaina, we'll head home. You can go to your club." Miyako stated.
"Alright.." Sensaina left the girls and the girls left for home.
"Miyako, what are you doing?" Minako asked. Her twin was curled up in the corner reading something.
Miyako tuned out her twin and continued to read. She was reading an article from the Glam magazine.
"MiMi have definitely got the 'It!' factor.." She read," The girls are both beautiful and brilliant with passion and a hint of delicate. They're complete opposites it seems. Fire and ice, day and night, ying and yang these girls are unstoppable together. These Utahime sisters are known around town for their spark, their flicker, their glow.."
Miyako was now very intrigued and continued on reading.
"When asked what their glow was, they replied with 'secret' and left the matter debatable. Some say it's their fashion, others say it's their look..."
"This is hopeless." Miyako groaned quietly. She skimmed through a few pages and stopped at a random page.
"Minako." Miyako said.
"Hm?"
"Do you remember what our...glow was?" Miyako asked.
"Our glow?" Minako repeated. Minako walked up beside her twin.
Minako began to ponder and mutter a few words.
"What do you mean by glow?" Minako finally asked.
"Well, it was something we shared and that only we had. I guess, our uniqueness?" Miyako said.
"But then, what made us unique?" Minako asked.
"Well, we definitely didn't look like any of the other models." Miyako stated," I...I don't know."
The girls soon went to bed to sleep on the topic.
"Did your sisters come to school today?" Jonetsu asked the next morning to Sensaina. First period wasn't for another fifteen minutes.
"Yeah, but I honestly don't think they're cut out for the normal school life anymore." Sensaina said," This morning we decided to walk to school and the two of them were hounded by photographers. Then they asked something about their glow.."
"Their glow?" Jonetsu repeated in amusement.
"Yeah, I not sure what they were talking about." Sensaina said.
"Obviously you haven't been looking at their dreamstones-kore." Doki said as she leapt from Sensaina's bag.
Sensaina was too tired to nag her and decided to hear her out.
"It isn't grey is it?" Sensaina asked.
"It's going grey-kore." Doki said.
Sensaina was shocked," But how? They're lives are perfect, they have nothing to have second thoughts on."
"They're living the dream." Jonetsu said quietly to herself.
"I'm not too sure about that-kore." Doki said. She took something out of Sensaina's bag. It was the letter the girls received a few days ago.
Sensaina read the paper to herself.
"Time-off?!" Sensaina shouted.
"Like a vacation?" Jonetsu asked.
"It's not good when models are given time-off." Sensaina said," And apparently if they don't find this 'glow' of theirs, they're going to get fired!"
Jonetsu's eyes widened.
"Fired?" She repeated. She took the paper to read for herself.
"Your sisters are in trouble." Jonetsu stated the obvious.
"Do you think..that Kuromi girl has something to do with this?" Sensaina asked.
"Maybe.." Jonetsu said.
After school, the girls swung the Dance Club once more.
"You brats again?" Kuromi asked, clearly annoyed.
"Look Kuromi, my sisters are in dire need of help." Sensaina exaggerated.
"That's to you and if they're in such dire need, why aren't they here?" Kuromi asked.
"Because then you wouldn't help them if they were here?" Haruko guessed.
Kuromi walked off in a huff and Sensaina followed.
"Please Nekota," Sensaina asked," Do you have any idea what their 'glow' might've been?"
Kuromi stopped walking and began to laugh.
"They're glow? Are you kidding me?" Kuromi snickered.
"A simple 'I don't know' would've worked." Jonetsu said.
"Oh I know what their alleged 'glow' is." Kuromi bunnyquoted," Or at least was," She reached into her purse and took out a very old issue of Glam, the special edition issue of MiMi.
"You keep that in your purse?" Jonetsu narrowed her eyes.
Kuromi ignored her comment and flipped through the pages. She then stopped on a page and handed it to Sensaina.
"These are all pictures of my sisters with friends." Sensaina said. She flipped the page and there were more pictures with friends, she flipped and flipped and flipped and it seemed the amount pictures that featured the twins with their friends were endless.
"Recognize her?" Kuromi pointed a manicured nail to a picture of MiMi walking with a dark haired girl.
"No." Sensaina said, aggravating Kuromi.
"Well yeah, that was their 'glow'." Kuromi concluded, snatching the book from them.
"What, the amount of friends they had?'' Sensaina asked in disbelief.
"No! How they got and kept those friends." Kuromi responded," They were social butterflies. Their personalities were deemed attractable to anyone. They lit up rooms, gave smiles to the grieving they...were..."
"Glowing?" Jonetsu guessed.
"And..now they keep to themselves and act all stuck-up and modely." Kuromi said.
"They aren't stuck-up." Sensaina defended," You haven't been giving them a chance."
Those words were painful, but true. Kuromi turned to the door.
"Where do you think they would be?"
"School is such a drag!" Minako groaned. The twins sat on a bench in the nearby park.
"It's not school, it's the people." Miyako pointed out.
"And after all this we couldn't find that glow of ours!" Minako groaned.
"Glow? You girls seemed to be full of glow." A masculine voice said. The girls turned to the direction of the voice. It was an old man who wore a sinister expression.
Miyako laughed sheepishly and internally began to panic. Suddenly, the man went up into flames.
"Oh thank goodness." Minako sighed.
Miyako didn't seem as relieved. Suddenly Ignis appeared before them.
"Now remember, this is going to hurt you more than it hurts me." Ignis said removing their dreamstones.
She glanced towards two large fountains and grinned," Appear,Malvoids!"
"Malvoids!" The two monsterfied fountains shouted.
"They should be here," Sensaina said as the girls neared the park. They suddenly saw the Malvoids appear from nowhere.
"That doesn't look good." Jonetsu said.
"And we can't even transform in front of Kuromi.." Sensaina said quietly.
"Here-kore." Doki gave her a dreamstone with a school on it," Just place it in front of Kuromi and it'll send her back to the school."
"Alright." She inserted it into her Dreamkeeper and shouted 'specialize', returning Kuromi to the school.
"Now," The girls held out their Dreamkeepers.
"Pretty Cure, Dream On!" They shouted as they transformed.
"Singing the everlasting melody, Cure Songstress!" Songstress announced.
"Joining two hearts together, Cure Matchmaker!" Matchmaker announced.
"Growing everything in a lifeless land, Cure Garden!" Garden announced.
"Guardians of dreams, side by side together we are.." They struck a pose," Dream High! Pretty Cure!"
They ran up to the Malvoids.
"And then of course, they arrive," Ignis said ,rolling her eyes.
Garden took on one fountain and Matchmaker took on the other.
Ignis sent down a flaming circle around Songstress," Also, I'm glad you girls got rid of Raika for me."
"Glad?" Songstress repeated as she protected herself from the flames.
"Well duh, Can't let one Major have all the fun." Ignis snickered. Songstress was shocked with Ignis' response. It was hard to believe she was grieving for Raika's death more than anyone at Malevolent.
Songstress extinguished the flames and ascend towards the two fountains.
"Pretty Cure, Melody of Madness!" Songstress shouted. Pink and purple notes flew out of her palms and towards the Malvoids.
"Hm, new attack." Songstress noted.
"A little help here?" Garden asked as she attempted to fend off a Malvoid.
Songstress threw a diving kick down into the Malvoid. It was temporarily injured and the two went to help Matchmaker with her Malvoid.
"Pretty Cure, Lovesick Barrage!" Matchmaker shouted.
"Pretty Cure, Budding Charge!" Garden shouted.
"These twins seem so cruel, first they talked about hating school and the people there, then at one point they cursed their little sister."
Songstress cringed as she heard this. She didn't want to believe Ignis, but then she remembered how rough their school day was.
"It's all one giant misunderstanding." Songstress said quietly. Then she remembered Kuromi's words. Were they as stuck up as she said? Did they keep to themselves? This tornado of thoughts and speculations was more than enough for Songstress to handle.
"They aren't cruel and they certainly aren't stuck up."Songstress said.
Ignis was intrigued with Songstress' strong words.
"And how would you know that?" Ignis asked.
"Why should I care if they curse me behind my back? Why am I so mean to them?" Songstress asked herself."Is it because they overshadow me?"
"At the end of the day, they're still my sisters and I'm still a Pretty Cure." Songstress threw a Melody Ring around the two Malvoids.
"Guys!" She shouted.
"Rhapsody Halo!" Matchmaker shouted.
"Botanical Evergreen..Flourish!" Garden shouted.
"Pretty Cure Lyrical Resonance!" Songstress shouted.
"Awake!" She yelled as she cleansed the Malvoid.
Ignis didn't say another word before she left.
The girls detransformed and Kuromi came rushing up to them.
"Are the twins ok?" Kuromi asked.
"They should be waking up soon." Jonetsu said.
"Thank goodness." Kuromi said.
Sensaina randomly dove her hand into her pocket. Her hand felt a circular object and she took it out. It was the blue cracked dreamstone from awhile ago. It seemed to have gained more cracks, she hoped it wasn't her fault. She then looked towards Kuromi. Could it have been hers?
Only one (actually two) ways to find out.
"Hey, Nekota. Is this yours?" Sensaina held out the dreamstone while Jonetsu and Garden looked over the twins.
Kuromi shook her head.
Sensaina felt bad for not finding the owner yet. She then promised herself she would find the owner whether it was the last thing she did.
The twins eventually came to.
"Oh, what on earth happened?" Minako asked.
"None of us are too sure." Haruko improvised. She was getting sick of using 'you tripped' as an excuse.
"What's important is that you're alright now." Kuromi stated.
"I feel like, I remembered what our glow was.." Miyako said. She then looked up to Kuromi.
"Kuromi, would you and bunch of other girls at school, want to do a photoshoot with us?"Miyako asked.
"Sure I guess." Kuromi replied.
"You three can come to the photoshoot too!" Minako grinned to the girls.
"Sensaina, this'll be great!" MiMi exclaimed as they threw their arms around her.
As the girls began to chatter, Ignis spied from the branch of a tree.
"It won't be long Cure Songstress, or should I say, Sensaina?" Ignis grinned deviously.