Dream High Pretty Cure! :A mysterious lullaby from the future?!
"Sensaina, are you even listening?" Jonetsu yelled. Sensaina was warped into a into the land of daydream. Her joyful, giddy, and mindless thoughts were piling up. Possibilities were swarming and a catchy song was blaring in her head.
"Sensaina!" Jonetsu shouted. She quickly snapped back to her senses.
"I heard every single word!" Sensaina defended.
"All right, then what did I just say?" Jonetsu asked in a skeptic tone.
"Something about jobs?" Sensaina guessed.
"Job hunting! We were talking about job hunting!" Jonetsu shouted.
The dim light in Sensaina's brain flickered momentarily," Right! We're starting on..."
"Tomorrow! We're starting tomorrow!" Jonetsu responded as they went into a store," Sensaina, you can't be so light-hearted about things like this! We're finally at that age where we can have jobs and start raking in the cash." Jonetsu gave Sensaina an elbow nudge.
Sensaina rolled her eyes without notice.
"Now, did you write a resume and the top three jobs you were interested in?"Jonetsu asked. Sensaina reluctantly handed her a sheet of paper.
"I forgot my resume at home.." Sensaina said while Jonetsu read from the sheet.
"Sensaina you've got to be kidding me!" Jonetsu screamed furiously.
"At least it's honest.." Sensaina replied.
"SOS Brigade, Tirol Bakery, Cosplay Cafe?! These aren't realistic! And beside," Jonetsu started," Honesty doesn't matter in society."
"Whatever, so I'll see you tomorrow?" Sensaina asked.
"Yep." Jonetsu exited the store," And dress nicely!"
Sensaina took a deep breath," Got it." Jonetsu left shortly and Sensaina waited outside for her sisters to pick her up. Minutes passed by slowly.
"Honestly.." Sensaina sighed.
"Sensaina!" Two voices chimed in harmony. Sensaina saw her twin sisters bouncing down the street.
"We're sorry we're late!" Miyako apologized.
"It won't happen again!" Minako apologized.
Sensaina shook her head," You two really need to keep track of-"
"Hello, hello MiMi." A deep feminine voice said. A car pulled up and the windows were rolled down. In the passenger seat was a bustious girl with deep blue eyes and messy short light blond hair wearing red lipstick and in the driver seat was another bustious but bronzed girl with sunglasses laying on her black hairbun.
"Nice to see you again, Kohaku, Misaki." Miyako greeted.
"It's nice to know you remember our names, considering you're never at school." Kohaku said as she batted her eyelashes.
"Kohaku, get to the point, I can't be parked here for too long," Misaki warned.
"Oh, cool your jets! Wait, who's this?" Kohaku got out of the car and walked up to Sensaina," Oh my gosh, she is so cute!" Kohaku playfully tugged at Sensaina twintails.
"Like a Mini Mimi!" Misaki remarked.
"Oh, don't mind her, she's immature and pointless." Minako said as she put herself in front of Sensaina. Sensaina glowered at her twin sisters.
"I'm not pointless!" Sensaina yell-whispered.
"Anyways, so,like I'm throwing a party at my place tonight. Not kids allowed. Hope you can make it." Kohaku gave an invitation and winked.
"Do I count as a kid?!" Sensaina blurted out. She was longing for attention ever since she got momentarily pushed aside.
Kohaku and Misaki exchanged looks.
"No way, you're welcome to go to my party," Kohaku said.
"Then I'm going." Sensaina concluded.
Her twin sisters were stunned with her response.
"Well, ok I guess we will go." Miyako concluded.
"See you there"Kohaku waved goodbye as she got into the car and drove off.
Miyako and Minako shot looks of anger to their little sister that went unnoticed. Sensaina had no idea that her sisters were feeling a wave of distress come over them. Minako seemed intolerant and was ready to tell off Sensaina for making them go to the party but her twin stopped her. Miyako felt that Sensaina was too young to be told about the serpents of her grade, yet she also felt that Sensaina was too old to be restricted from an ordinary party.
"Are you two seriously going to let me go?" Sensaina asked skeptically.
"We have one week off of school, so why not?" Miyako caved in. Sensaina lit up in surprise and excitement. As they walked home, Sensaina began to blab on about what she will wear and how this was a milestone of her life.
Later that night, Miyako and Minako dressed in their casual party outfit that consisted fishnets, a preppy white blazer for Minako, a dark blue cardigan for Miyako, and light tube tops on each of them with respectable knee length skirts. They only took five minutes to plan and find their outfits. Sensaina, however was rummaging threw MiMi's hand-me-downs and a few of her own clothes.
"Sensaina, you have ten minutes to get ready!" Miyako cried impatiently.
"Ten minutes?!" Sensaina shrieked. She already spent an hour dumping out boxes filled with clothes.
"Hurry up, or we're leaving without you!" Minako threatened.
"This is taking too long!" Sensaina cried. She aimlessly picked out what caught her eye. She threw on a teal tank top, a beige blazer, a denim skirt and black and purple striped socks.
Sensaina felt only half satisfied with her look but gave up due to the amount of time she had left. Then she realized something was off.
Her hair was down.
"Where are my red ribbons?!" She yelled as she tore the room apart recklessly," Time's running out!" She grabbed pair of matching magenta scrunchies and bolted down the staircase. She felt as if she needed her twintails to attend this party. It was like her pride and trademark. Plus, she would be considered 'the cute one' by the rest of the party guests with her twintails.
"Ready?" Her sisters asked in unison.
Sensaina nodded confidently and they drove off to Kohaku's party.
Kohaku appeared at the door happily.
"Hey girls! Hi Sensaina." Kohaku greeted.
"Hi," The girls all greeted.
"MiMi, everyone here is so psyched to see you, like, you guys are going to be the life of the party!" Kohaku exclaimed.
"Oh, but I wanted to be a wallflower," Miyako responded craftily as they went inside.
As they walked in, Sensaina's heart was beating faster each and every second. The adrenaline was pumping and the music was blaring. She felt like a whole new person. It was as if the girl that was with Jonetsu consulting about jobs and this girl at this high school party were two different people. The lights were blue, yes blue, and people were crowding every spot in the room. From the jocks to the nerds, the forgettables to the unforgotten Kohaku invited them all. Hideki was there and taking sips from a glass, then suddenly his eyes boggled out of his head as he saw a girl with blue eyes and long hair with a leather jacket and a heart pendant. She winked and disappeared, making Hideki wonder if his drink was spiked.
"Oh Sensaina, you have a face full of innocence!" Kohaku remarked.
Sensaina blushed and smiled then Kohaku gave a seductive laugh.
"Teenagers are anything but innocent," Kohaku said.
Sensaina bit the inside of her cheek and reacted negatively," Well then, I guess I'm a teenager."
"Not yet~" Kohaku singsonged. Kohaku took her upstairs into her room and lying on her queen sized bed with orange sheets was Misaki.
"Look who kept her word!" Misaki remarked incoherently. Her cheeks were flushed and her smile wasn't leaving any time soon.
"You didn't take all of them, did you?" Kohaku asked as she arched her eyebrows.
"Just one, or two..three at most." Misaki responded carelessly. Kohaku rolled her eyes at her uncontrollable friend.
"Oh God.." Kohaku facepalmed," I'm really sorry you had to see Misaki in such a..phase."
"That's fine." Sensaina said uncomfortably.
"Yeah, did you hear her? It's fine!" Misaki said before a hiccup escaped her mouth.
"We can't even understand you at this point." Kohaku said. Misaki laughed sickly and gapped her legs from each as she laid on the bed.
"You could really use some eyeliner." Kohaku said.
"Really? Even I know I'm still caked with liner!" Misaki responded.
"Not you! Sensaina," Kohaku crouched down and held Sensaina's chin," You have so much potential."
"Y-you think?" Sensaina asked awkwardly.
"Totally! I mean, your aren't the little sister of MiMi for no reason." Kohaku pointed out.
"I guess." Sensaina said.
"Oh my gosh,Misaki! Sober yourself up and we'll give Sensaina a makeover!" Kohaku exclaimed.
"You got it!" Misaki said thoughtlessly.
After an hour of makeup and shots of Misaki's elixir, Sensaina was all dolled up and possibly intoxicated.
"You look gorgeous!" Kohaku said wildly.
"Are you *hic* sure?" Sensaina asked as she gazed into Kohaku's hand mirror.
"Absolutely!" Misaki said carelessly.
"Now that we've prettied you up, tell us about yourself!" Kohaku exclaimed.
Sensaina began,"Well, I,uh, go to Midorikage like you guys, I *hic* have two best friends, Jonetsu and Haruko let's see.."
"Yawn! We want to know about your love life!" Kohaku shouted.
"Well I'm the type to fall in and out of love easily but I do admire one person.." Sensaina trailed off.
"Oh my gosh tell us who!" Misaki squealed violently.
"Well, he's goes to Midorikage, and he's in your grade," Sensaina trailed off again.
"Tell us now!" Kohaku screamed.
"His name is Hideki!" Sensaina said quickly, hoping she wouldn't have to repeat herself. The two teens in the room exchanged looks.
"Oh my.." Misaki said as if she was sober.
"She likes Kurozora!" Kohaku cackled. The two teens began to laugh ferociously and Sensaina felt humiliated.
Sensaina and her twin sisters were finally going home.
"Ugh, this is all your fault!" Sensaina shouted.
"Yes, because we're the ones who told you to go up to Kohaku's room to receive a makeover while sipping down elixirs." Miyako said angrily as they got into the car.
"Honestly, this isn't the type of thing employees-to-be do! That is how to lose a job!" Minako stated.
"Why are you talking about jobs right now?" Sensaina asked.
"Oh dear.."Miyako said," Did you already forget that you promised Jonetsu to go job hunting tomorrow?"
Sensaina's eyes bulged out of her head in distress.
"What?!" She yelled.
Oh joy, the morning after.
Sensaina tumbled out of her bed, her head pounding and her muscles aching. She looked down at her clothes. She never changed out of her outfit and looked like a complete wreck. Her blazer was gone, her skirt gained a rip, and she was now wearing a green and black striped sock in the place of her other matching striped sock. Her hair was falling loose from it's twintails and the ends of her bangs were flipping upwards. Too many questions were swarming inside her head and her memory of last night was partially forgotten. She decided to start herself off easy.
"What time is it?" Sensaina asked. She glanced towards her clock and was alarmed with what she saw.
"Nine fifty eight? When's Jonetsu coming over again?" Sensaina scanned the ruins of her memories," Ten o'clock and knowing how punctual she is.."
There was a knock on the door.
"Oh no.." Sensaina groaned," Maybe if I act like nobody's home.."
"Sensaina! Hurry up and let me in!" Jonetsu barked.
"No preventing it now.." Sensaina sighed as she opened the door. In the doorway was her red headed friend with a brand new outfit on. She wore crimson boots that went up to her shins, a light red pencil skirt with a slit down the side accompanied with a burgundy blazer with sleeves that went to her forearms and a plastered smile. The smile quickly disappeared as her eyes fell to Sensaina.
"Sensaina, what the hell are you wearing?!" Jonetsu shouted. Sensaina attempted sheepishly laugh it off, but all her laughter did was make Jonetsu even more furious.
"I went on an outing, last night.." Sensaina trailed off as she slowly turned her head away from Jonetsu.
"What kind of outing?" Jonetsu said as she desperately tried to sound patient.
"You know, a party.." Sensaina trailed off again.
Jonetsu was unimpressed and waited for Sensaina to finish her explanation.
"A..high school party," She was barely audible at this point but somehow Jonetsu managed to figure out what she said.
"Damn it, Sensaina! How could you let me down at a time like this?!" Jonetsu yelled. Sensaina felt overly guilty and felt the need to convince Jonetsu she wasn't as wrecked as she thought.
"I'm fine really!" Sensaina said.
Jonetsu seemed skeptical," You don't even have your red ribbons on!"
"Look, you can go search through my closet for something classy, meanwhile I can go brush my teeth and take a shower." Sensaina instructed.
"Alright fine. Prove me wrong and act like you didn't go to a wild high school party yesterday." Jonetsu challenged.
"Will do," Sensaina responded as she rushed upstairs to the bathroom. Jonetsu rummaged as the mess that was Sensaina's room for any garment the slightest bit stylish and uptown. Jonetsu settled on the best she could find in Sensaina's room and when Sensaina was finished with the bathroom, she put on the outfit constructed by Jonetsu.
"Jonetsu, this is perfect!" Sensaina exclaimed as she put on the outfit. The outfit consisted of a plum colored blazer with a light pink shirt underneath along with a checkered purple and pink skirt and orchid colored shoes with thin lavender knee high socks.
"I couldn't find your red ribbons anywhere so.." Jonetsu held out a pair of dark purple scrunchies.
"Oh these will be just fine, thank you Jonetsu!" Sensaina beamed.
"I'm here!" A voice called from downstairs. The girls went downstairs to see who it was.
Haruko was sharply-dressed and stood in Sensaina's doorway.
"What the hell, you already have a job at your parents' shop Haruko!" Jonetsu shouted.
"But.." Haruko twirled around in her outfit," It's fun to dress like this!"
Jonetsu was frustrated and was ready to kick Haruko out.
"Fourteen and up only missy," Jonetsu said as she attempted to push out Haruko.
"Wait, don't push her out just yet," Sensaina said," I think it would be more fun if we all went job hunting!"
"But she has a job.." Jonetsu defended.
"Ha! Did you hear that? I'm welcomed." Haruko boasted.
"Fine, whatever. Just don't screw up any opportunity we get!" Jonetsu pleaded.
The girls walked around in the broad daylight searching for 'Help Wanted' signs on ideal stores.
"So let me just go over the list again, none of us want anything in the field of fast food or babysitting." Jonetsu read over.
"Right!" Sensaina and Haruko responded in unison.
"Our ideal jobs for the moment our bakery work, clothing stores or..maid cafes? Sensaina!" Jonetsu had a feeling the girl would tamper with her list.
"It's a good idea!" Sensaina defended.
"Enough with the lolicon bait." Jonetsu scolded," Oh, there's a store!"
Jonetsu pointed to an old fashioned eatery with a small amount of people inside.
"Sunday Wishes." Sensaina read aloud.
"Let's go in!" Jonetsu yanked at Sensaina and Haruko's wrists. The bakery was quiet and at the register was an old woman.
"I'm sure she'll give us a job!" Jonetsu said optimistically. They ran up towards the register.
"Hi, we were wondering if we could apply for a job here, since it's seems really quiet here and you apparently are the only person working here." Jonetsu said.
"Oh, I'm sorry dear. This is a family business." The old woman said.
"Oh, so is everyone else on break?" Sensaina asked.
"No, no. They've all either moved to the big city or I outlived them.." The woman said sweetly.
"Al..righty then, we'll try somewhere else." Jonetsu said as she took the girls' wrists again and fled the store.
"Watch out for the spirits!" The woman warned.
"What?!" Haruko shouted. Suddenly the three girls fell onto slippery floor. Sensaina swabbed her finger against the floor and smelt the substance.
"Oh, that kind of spirits." Sensaina said.
They left the store awkwardly.
"Alright, minor setback, no problem." Jonetsu said confidently.
"Yeah, we can still get a job by the end of today!" Sensaina reassured.
"There's a store!" Haruko pointed out. She pointed to a clothing store with a Help Wanted sign.
"Spell of an Angel?" Jonetsu read out doubtfully.
"Might as well try!" Sensaina cheered as they went into the store. The store was huge and filled with silky, lacy clothes. There were two woman working at the store. They both wore clothes from the stores and fake eyelashes. Jonetsu and Haruko looked around as Sensaina inquire for a job. As Jonetsu looked around, a pair of strawberry print pants caught her eyes.
"Hi, me and my friend were wondering if we could get a job here since we saw the Help Wanted sign." Sensaina greeted.
"Somebody didn't read the fine print." One of the girls chimed.
"Fine print?" Sensaina repeated. One of the girls took Sensaina outside to show her what they meant. She also brought a magnifying glass. They were outside and the girl put the magnifying glass towards the corner of the sign.
"Ages eighteen and up." Sensaina read out disappointedly.
"Come back in four years, if we're still in business," The girl scoffed.
Sensaina sighed quietly but then came up with and idea," I'm eighteen!"
The girl raised her eyes and then gave a seductive smile.
"Towa! Get out here!" The girl called. The other girl came out.
"This girl says she's eighteen." The girl said.
"Test her?" Towa said. The girl nodded.
"So, how did the best movie of our time Lipgloss Paradise end?" Towa asked.
Sensaina frantically attempted to answer,"That movie was only shown in the theaters and was rated-"
"Eighteen and up." The other girl finished.
"Um, the leading guy lived happily ever after with the the leading girl's best friend!" Sensaina improvised.
"X! He lived happily ever after with the best friend's secret best friend!" Towa yelled," Tsukasa, you give the next question."
"Oh I give up!" Sensaina shouted.
"Exactly." Tsukasa said," Now take your friends and go home!"
After numerous other stores and failures, the girls were ready to give up for the day.
"Guys, the sun's about to set, let's just go home." Haruko groaned.
"Why do you even want a job-kore?" Doki asked from Sensaina's bag.
"Well, it's like a symbol of growing up, of independence." Sensaina explained.
"Plus, we're both pretty broke." Jonetsu added.
"Exactly." Sensaina giggled.
Suddenly, a girl dressed in black and violet ran past them.
"W-who was that?" Jonetsu asked.
"Quit running!" Another figure with a shrill feminine voice ran past them. Sensaina took off and ran after them.
"Sensaina, what are you doing?!" Jonetsu asked.
"I'm going to help her!" Sensaina shouted.
"Oh no," Jonetsu and Haruko ran after her. The two figures ran into the outskirts of town.
"At least I got her back here." The chasing girl panted. She was very thin and was dressed like a ballerina. Her very light pink hair was in a bun and she wore a silver tiara with a honey colored gem in the center and ballet slippers.
The girl breathed heavily as she examined her surroundings. The girl had large pigtails atop of her head and her hair was white with slate streaks. She wore a purple corset with light purple fingerless gloves. Her black skirt was short and puffy. Crescent moons decorated various parts of her costume and she had two tattoos; a music note under her left eye and a black star on her right arm.
Sensaina found and remain unnoticed by the two girls.
The ballerina did a flip in midair and the ribbons of her ballet slippers tied around the girl.
"Gotcha!" The ballerina cackled.
The girl squirmed around for a few moments but then it seemed she came up with an idea.
Suddenly, Cure Songstress appeared.
"Eternal Octave!" Songstress shouted as she flinched away the pain.
"Who are you?" The ballerina shouted as the spectrum of notes swarmed around her.
Nearby, there were two shadowed figures viewing the fight.
"Who is that?" One of the figures asked. The other figure remained silent and kept watching the girls fight.
"This is none of your business, get out of here!" The ballerina shouted as she released her ribbons from the other girl and latching them onto Songstress.
"Let go!" Songstress shouted as she squirmed in the ribbons.
The girl arose into the air and dove down, diving her heel into the ballerina's back.
"Prima's in danger, we should help!" One of the shadowed figures said. The other figure shook his head slowly.
"Such an eyesore." Prima scolded. The gem on her tiara flashed radiantly and momentarily blinded Songstress and the girl.
"Now then.." Prima grinned sickly. Her two ribbons latched themselves onto Songstress and the girl.
"Bouquet of Limerance!" Two voices shouted. A collection of flowers and hearts swarmed the area. Prima, momentarily confused, let go of the ribbons and accidently set the girls free.
"Darn it! Was it really necessary for you to bring sidekicks?" Prima teased. The girl bolted towards Prima and struck her fist into Prima's chest. She was launched into a nearby tree.
"They aren't my sidekicks," The girl finally said.
"Fist fight? Why not." Prima said. The two began to fight.
"So graceful," Songstress remarked.
"So adept," Matchmaker remarked.
"So precise," Garden remarked.
"Prima's getting creamed! I-I can't take it anymore!" The desperate figure emerged from the shadows. It was a man with cyan hair and yellow eyes. He dressed extravagantly in a blue and red tuxedo jacket with cobalt pants and two differently colored shoes; one cyan and the other yellow. He also wore a top hat.
The two continued to fight and each of the girl's punches were getting stronger each time. At this point, it was an enigma how Prima's weak body could withstand such hits. Finally the two readied themselves for a final blow.
"You have no real reason to fight! If you weren't associated with Malignant you wouldn't be here!" The girl shouted.
"Hah! Well maybe that is true, but either way, I know my job isn't done until you're dead!" Prima yelled.
The girl's fist was glowing violet vibrantly while Prima's fist was glowing a mixture of pink and grey.
"Midnight Obliteration!" The girl shouted as the two exchanged blows. Both were punched in the chest, but Prima was the one to fall.
"Prima!" The boy wailed as he ran towards her," Oh, my broken ballerina."
"D-did I beat her? I feel so faint," Prima said softly.
The boy held back tears," No, I'm afraid you didn't."
"Well then, hurry up and avenge me so I don't die in vain!" Prima shouted into his ear. The boy ran off in tears.
"Whatever you want my lady!" He cried.
"Moonbeam Sniper!" the girl said as she conjured up a bow and arrow. She shot the arrow towards Prima and hit the gem on her tiara. She was suddenly then fading.
"Mahouji, you moron!" Prima screamed.
"W-what did I do?' The boy stammered.
"I don't know! But now I'm going back and it's all your fault!" She growled before she completely disappeared.
"Prima." Mahouji fell to his knees.
"One down, two to go," The girl said as she aimed her arrow to Mahouji.
Mahouji's guard was down and the girl aimed her arrow to him. The last shadowed figure suddenly rushed in front of Mahouji and a barrier appeared. It was another man who had violet hair and orange eyes. He was dressed in purple like a prince and atop of his head was a copper crown.
"Duke.." Mahouji trailed off.
Duke didn't say anything and they vanished.
The girl made her arrow disappear and was about to take off.
"W-who are you?" Songstress asked.
The girl turned around and gave a small smile," Nobody really, see ya."
The Cures were speechless and confused with this girl and her 'entourage'.
"What just happened?" Matchmaker finally asked.
Songstress felt distraught as she didn't know what happened either," Let's just go home."
The next day was pouring and obviously Jonetsu wouldn't want to go job hunting in this kind of weather.
"A day off." Sensaina said peacefully as she fell back onto her pillow. She tried to remember her dream from the night before. She cringed as it crawled back into her mind. She dreamt of the girl from last night without a single detail forgotten. Her eyes as dark as night fixated onto Prima as she fought, her neutral expressions, her possibly fake smile before she ran into the night. How was she so captivating? Did the other girls dream of her too? Sensaina braced her hand against her forehead, trying to recollect all of her memories of last night. She began to wonder who was the villain here, the three or the girl.
"Sensaina!" Her mother called from downstairs. Sensaina rubbed her eyes and walked downstairs.
"You called?" Sensaina said groggily.
"Oh good, you're awake." Her mother said as Sensaina came down from the stairs," I need you to go buy me these." Chitsuki held a list towards Sensaina.
"Cherries, Vanilla icing, Mint chocolate chips, why do you need all this?" Sensaina questioned.
"I'm making cupcakes!" Chitsuki responded.
"Why are you making cupcakes?" Sensaina asked.
Chitsuki whispered into her ear," Minako and Miyako have an interview today and they need to make a really good impression! So you get the point."
"Sure I do.'' Sensaina responded sarcastically as she gingerly took the list from her mother.
"So you'll do it?" Chitsuki asked eagerly.
"But it's raining!" Sensaina groaned.
"I'll give a cupcake," Chitsuki bargained.
"Make it two and you have a deal." Sensaina said. They shook hands to establish the deal and Sensaina went back upstairs to make herself acceptable for the public. As she headed for the door she put a purple raincoat and grabbed a sparkly lavender umbrella. As she walked out, she took a step back as she saw the countless amount of rain patter on her doorstep.
"Do I have to go?" Sensaina wailed.
"It'll take five minutes!" Chitsuki insisted," Ten if you get sidetracked."
Sensaina sighed and went out into the rain. The sky had never been so grey and Sensaina usually wasn't so reluctant. All the stores were empty and the wind was blowing fiercely. To ease her mind, she thought of Hideki. This break felt like an eternity as she was split from him. She imagined with pleasure what it would be like if she could spend her entire break with him. Suddenly, she lost grip of her umbrella and was starting to get soaked in the rain.
"Sensaina!" A voice called out. Sensaina spun around seeing Ayane protected from the rain by a canopy above a door to a building. Sensaina, regretless for the moment ran towards Ayane.
"Thanks." Sensaina said as she shook herself dry. Sensaina didn't realize until now how flashy Ayane was dressed. It was abnormal for her, for anyone, to be dressed in shorts with fishnets and a tube top in this kind of weather.
"Wh-why are you dressed like that?" Sensaina asked as her mouth unconsciously twitched.
"This? Oh it's for a dance number called Discotheque," Ayane explained.
"Oh, I guess that makes sense," Sensaina lied," I can't stand rainy days."
"Really? I love them." Ayane said.
"Why is that?" Sensaina asked.
"Well it was also a rainy day, when I first made friends with Hideki," Ayane smiled to herself.
Rain poured endlessly and a young Ayane and Hideki were standing at the entrance of the school to avoid getting drenched. It was after school and Ayane waited impatiently for her mother to come pick her up. She felt somewhat humiliated for being made to wait this long. She took a long glance at the boy who was a short distance away from her. He eventually noticed her staring and she swiftly turned her head around, her twintails swaying irregularly. He wasn't a significant, rememorable person in the class. Now that she thought about it, she wondered if she knew his name.
"Now what was it, Kurusawa? Sounds close. Kuruzora?" She thought to herself. She looked up to the depressing sky," Kurozora!"
Suddenly, Hideki began to take steps away from the school.
"K-kurozora! You can't just leave me alone to wait here!" Ayane called out.
"Then why don't you just go home by yourself?" He asked.
Ayane felt provoked and took a few steps towards him," And risk getting kidnapped? I don't think so, I'm an important person you know!"
"See this?" Ayane pointed to a large button with a smiling face she kept on the ribbon of her shirt," This is my status symbol!"
"Status symbol?" Hideki repeated skeptically as he leaned closer in to look.
"Yep, my dad gave it to me. He's a film maker and look what it says on the back." Ayane flipped the button around for him to see.
"World Class Dancer?" Hideki read aloud," Well then, I'll be off now." Hideki started to walk off again.
"Wait! You don't even have an umbrella!" Ayane shouted.
"I'd be fine," Hideki lifted up his hood.
Ayane was getting desperate and she was getting on Hideki's last nerve.
"B-but we're supposed to wait for a parent to come pick us up!" Ayane shrieked.
"How am I supposed to do that when my parents are dead?!" Hideki shouted.
Ayane was startled and felt remorseful,"Dead?" Ayane's voice lowered to a whisper. She felt guilty and had no idea what to do. Hideki stood still. Ayane began to tear up, though it was debatable whether her tears were fake or not.
Hideki felt even more guilty as the tears cascaded down her cheeks," I-I didn't mean to make you cry."
There was an awkward silence between them for a few minutes. Nobody showed up and eventually Hideki came to a decision. He gently took Ayane's hand and the two began to walk.
"What are you doing?" Ayane asked.
"I'll take you home." Hideki said. Ayane acted accordingly and was unappreciative on the outside but she really was grateful to him. She gave the directions and they eventually arrived at her house.
"Oh, thank you for bringing her home!" Ayane's mother said. She was a soft-spoken individual with hair as dark as her daughter's.
"I was at a meeting for a novel I'm working on and I just got here." Ayane's mother explained.
"I'll see you later then Ms. Manaka," Hideki said to Ayane before leaving.
"Wait," Ayane took a hold of Hideki's arm," You can call me Ayane."
"Then call me Hideki," A transient smile appeared on his face before he left.
"Ever since then we got to know each other and I guess we liked the other's company," Ayane blushed.
Sensaina was secretly jealous that Ayane knew Hideki for so long. Suddenly, a girl with auburn hair came out from the studio. She had a nose ring and a slender physique.
"Ayane, we're rehearsing your number! Oh you're with someone.." The girl said clumsily.
"Oh, alright. Well I guess I'll see you later then Sensaina!" Ayane said.
"Bye." Sensaina said stiffly. The rain died down, but it was still cloudy.
Sensaina bought the groceries her mother wanted and went up into her room. The rain was pouring again, this time there was thunder too. As she watched the rain patter down, she pictured that girl leaping from roof to roof. She was so mysterious, so strange. Sensaina actually wanted to see her one last time. She gazed out the window, hoping she would catch the slightest glimpse of the girl. Hours that felt like minutes passed by and eventually Sensaina felt ready to doze off. Suddenly her phone rang.
"Sensaina?" Jonetsu said into the phone.
"Jonetsu, what do you want?" Sensaina asked.
"Remember that chick from last night? Yeah, I just saw her having an all out fight with that guy out in the streets." Jonetsu said.
"Are they still there?" Sensaina questioned.
"No, I think they went back into the outskirts of town." Jonetsu said.
"We're going then." Sensaina concluded as she hung up. It wasn't that late yet, only seven. Sensaina rushed downstairs and gave her mother an indecent excuse to leave the house.
She met up with Haruko and Jonetsu near the outskirts of town.
"Pretty Cure, Dream On!'' The three shouted.
"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.
The girls ran off into the outskirts of the city.
Mahouji was mentally tormenting the girl as they fought.
"Oh dear, it's not like me to overestimate people," He teased as he hung upside down from a tree, holding onto his hat.
She blasted indigo orbs towards him and missed numerous times.
"Missed me," He hissed into her ear from behind her. She created a larger indigo orb and aimed it behind herself. Mahouji leapt up into the air.
"Alright, you had your turn," Mahouji said. From his sleeves he aimed two blue roses with multiple thorns at the girl.
"Wait right there!" Songstress cried.
"Huh?" Mahouji said cluelessly. The two of them saw the Pretty Cure standing in the moonlight.
"Oh, them again." Mahouji said uninterestedly. The two continued to fight. Mahouji launched the roses to the girl. She fell onto her knees, her mind suffering as hallucinations swarmed in her head.
"And now, you're coming with me!" Mahouji cackled.
"I don't think so!" Matchmaker yelled as she drove her heel into Mahouji's hip. They both were on the ground, now squabbling.
"Garden," Songstress said. Garden nodded and ran towards the girl.
"Pretty Cure, Blooming Empathy!" Garden shouted.
"Pretty Cure?" Mahouji repeated.
"Awake!" Garden said. The girl was freed from the hallucinations and came to her senses. She took a few steps back. On her left was Mahouji arguing with Cure Matchmaker. On her right was Cure Songstress and Garden. She felt neutral, impartial. She raised her left hand high into the air and the crescent ornament on her glovelet began to glow.
"Nuclear Destructor." She said. A large wave of violet, black, and white energy appeared and attacked Mahouji along with the Cures.
"You three!" The girl shouted to the Cures," Why do you keep interrupting and joining our battles?!"
"There's no hope for you is there?" Mahouji scolded quietly.
"Midnight Obliteration!" The girl shouted as energy blasted from both of her hands.
"We're not against you!" Songstress shouted," I'm not against you."
"She doesn't get it does she?" Mahouji said.
"Get what?" Matchmaker questioned, sick of his side comments.
"She fights alone. She doesn't want sidekicks or allies. And your friend's not making this any better by being so persistent." Mahouji said.
Matchmaker watched the 'fight' between the girl and Songstress drag on.
"Please! Just hear us out! We're not the enemy!" Songstress begged as she dodged various attacks from the girl. The three Cures were strayed far away from each other.
"Did somebody forget about me?" Mahouji called childishly from the branch of a nearby tree.
"Melody of Madness!" Songstress shouted as she emitted pink and purple music notes from her hand.
"Moonshine Laurel!" The girl shouted as an indigo and purple bolt of energy discharged from her palm.
Both girls missed and hit the branch of the tree causing the branch to snap and Mahouji to fall to his feet.
The girl made another blast of violet energy and aimed it towards Matchmaker. She missed and Songstress ran up to her.
"Most of her attacks only work from a long range. So then she must be.." Mahouji eyes widened with realization and horror.
The girl was staring at the music note on Songstress' microphone.
"That must be it." She said. She conjured up her bow and arrow.
"Moonbeam Sniper!" She shouted, shooting towards Cure Songstress.
Songstress felt frozen unable to run from fate. She squeezed her shut and swallowed her last breath.
She heard the arrow land, but it didn't land on her. She opened her eyes.
Mahouji was protecting Songstress with his body and his head was turned to the left.
"You've got really good aim, considering you hit this." Mahouji took off his hat and laying inside the ribbon of the hat was a large ace of diamonds. The diamond was a large red gem, similar to Prima's.
"You see these girls? They're Pretty Cure." Mahouji said as he began to disappear," Next time, try not to make such fatal moves. It'll save me my life." Mahouji disappeared, but his hat dropped to the ground.
Duke appeared out of the darkness and picked up Mahouji's hat.
"You girls have taken two from my side," He finally spoke," Next time it'll be your demise."
Songstress had to defend the boy who saved her life,"He was only-"
"Maligna will be waiting," He said before he vanished.
The girls proceeded with their dispute after Duke left.
"Are you insane?!" Garden screamed.
The girl glared hatefully to Garden.
"Pretty Cure, Melody Ring!" Songstress shouted.
"Pretty Cure, Rhapsody Halo!" Matchmaker shouted. The two chained up the girl as at this point they knew some explaining needed to be done.
"Alright, tell us your name because you can't go running off now." Matchmaker said.
"It seems you girls aren't from Malignant." The girl said," My name, is Cure Lullaby."
"Wha-?! As in a Pretty Cure?!" Garden and Toki shared the same stunned reaction.
"Just where are you from?" Matchmaker asked calmly.
"I'm from the future," Lullaby said with a smirk. Matchmaker also lost her cool.
"Just how far into the future?" Songstress asked.
Lullaby shrugged.
"Just answer her," Matchmaker said impatiently.
"I can't." Lullaby said.
"Why not?"
"I have what you call..amnesia." Lullaby said sheepishly.
Matchmaker was completely unimpressed.
"There's no way I'm letting myself spend another minute with this girl!" Matchmaker declared.
"But that's so cruel..we meet a Cure with amnesia from the future, what's so wrong with helping her?" Songstress asked.
"There's nothing wrong with it-desu," Toki said.
"It's just-kore.." Doki trailed off.
"..Too hard?" Lullaby guessed," Well.." Lullaby broke free from the chains and was about to take off.
"No! I'm am defiantly going to help you whether it's the last thing I do!" Songstress declared as she tugged on Lullaby's wrist.
Lullaby smirked and stood still," A hopeless yet hopeful girl willing to risk her life for me? Why not."
The next was sunny and the girls walked around the shopping district out of boredom from job-hunting. The night before, Sensaina secretly took home Lullaby and let her stay in her room. Right now, the house was occupied by only Lullaby and Sensaina hoped nothing would go wrong with her home alone.
"Honestly, nearly killing you? This girl isn't worth it." Jonetsu said bitterly.
"But she's a Pretty Cure." Sensaina pointed out.
"Well someone has to teach her the Butterfly effect." Jonetsu stated.
"The what?" Haruko and Sensaina said cluelessly.
"Don't you two ever listen in class?" Jonetsu barked," The Butterfly effect is basically this, She's traveling from the future and she's now in the past. She can't screw anything up such as step on a butterfly or something like that because there's a chance she might distort the future. And her nearly killing you is bad enough." Jonetsu explained.
"How so?" Sensaina asked.
"You have that memory imprinted into your mind now and now you most likely to become way more cautious or in a worst case scenario, develop Necrophobia." Jonetsu shrugged as if the matter was to be taken lightly.
"So Lullaby killing that Mahouji guy..does that go against the Butterfly effect?" Haruko asked.
"Yes because he's from the future too but say he was someone from our time, then would likely be a few complications." Jonetsu explained.
"But nobody said those three were from the future." Sensaina pointed out.
"We can ask Lullaby about it later." Haruko said. Jonetsu seem distracted as something caught her eye.
"And for my next trick, I will make a bunny appear from this hat!" A boy with light blond hair exclaimed. It seemed he was doing a magic trick and his assistant was another boy with dark hair and had skeleton like makeup on. He sat on a small tower of crates and watched uninterestedly as the other boy attempted to do magic.
"Well, any minute now." The boy said impatiently as he flipped the hat upside down.
"Where is the bunny?" He yell-whispered to his assistant. The assistant nonchalantly shrugged.
"And I now have made the bunny disappear!" The boy cheerfully announced, his teal eyes gleaming. The small group around him clapped awkwardly.
"But please don't spend out all of your applause for me, save some for me assistant, the wannabe skeleton." The boy glared to his assistant.
"Haha, their act is pretty funny!" Haruko giggled.
"And cute.." Jonetsu remarked.
"One day, you shall hear my name! Remember it; The.. great magic..guy?" The boy said. His assistant facepalmed.
"Anyone, anyone?" The boy said as he lifted his hat out for money.
Jonetsu walked up towards him to put money in his hat and winked.
"Thank you Miss." He bowed and lifted a red rose from out of his sleeve. Jonetsu took the rose and blushed.
"Alright so how do you even know you are Cure Lullaby-kore?" Doki questioned. They were all in Sensaina's room and they all had questions for this girl from the future.
"Uh.." Lullaby began. A terrible flashback ran through her mind.
"Cure Lullaby! Thank goodness you're alright!" A man shouted. She was on the ground and everything felt new to her. She felt as if it'd seem offensive to ask this man who he was. He seemed remarkably familiar but trying to jog her own memory right now was too painful. Two different colored eyes he had and he seemed frantic.
"The dead dreamers..they're gone!" The man said.
She decided to play along," Gone?"
"We can't find find them anywhere! How could this be, only a few minutes ago they were right before our eyes!" He yelled.
"Lullaby, Lullaby!" A fairy shouted," I think I know where those ghouls from Malignant went!"
"Where, where?" The man said as he lifted up the fairy.
"They're in the past." The fairy said.
"The past? As in time traveled to the past?" The man asked.
"Lullaby you have to go follow them!" The fairy said.
"How did they even time travel?" The man hopelessly asked.
"Here," The fairy leapt of the man's arms and handed Lullaby a strangely shaped pendant.
"This will take you to and back from the future, so make sure you don't lose it." The fairy warned," Also, remember the place you will be transported to. That will be this very spot several years ago and it'll be the only way you can escape the past."
"How does it work?" Lullaby asked cautiously.
''Activate!" The fairy said. The pendant projected a portal that would lead to the past.
"But wait-!" Lullaby said.
"No time! Please get the three of them back here so they can disrupt the past!" The man begged.
"Maligna went too.." The fairy said.
"What?!" The man yelled," For the sake of the future, for the sake of us, please go now!"
"Um..alright?" Lullaby said. The man kissed Lullaby on the cheek and off she went.
"So yeah, it's all because of bad timing and desperate people.." Lullaby said.
"But maybe if you told them about your amnesia, they'd let you stay back!" Jonetsu said.
''Doubt it." Lullaby laughed cynically.
"But don't you have some sort of transformation device?" Haruko asked," Can you even detransform?"
"Beats me." Lullaby replied.
Doki examined Lullaby and the pendant caught her eyes.
"It must be the pendant-kore." Doki concluded.
"The pendant?" Sensaina repeated.
"It's magical charge is too much for a civilian to bear, so it must be keeping her in her Cure form-kore," Doki explained.
"And she can't take it off.." Sensaina said.
"Sensaina, you too cute sometimes!" Jonetsu cackled. She was up from her seat and looking at a set of drawings on Sensaina's wall. The one in the center was Sensaina's large doodle of Hideki now colored.
"Jonetsu!" Sensaina reddened.
"Hideki and Sensaina sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Haruko sang," First comes love! Second comes marriage!"
"Shut up!" Sensaina shrieked.
Lullaby walked up to look at the picture. As she took a glimpse of it, she flinched and stepped back.
The girls stopped humiliating Sensaina for a moment.
"Lullaby, what is it?" Jonetsu asked.
"He seems really familiar.." Lullaby said.
"Maybe this will help jog her memory!" Haruko took down Sensaina's drawing and placed it on Lullaby's lap.
"How, she doesn't know him!" Jonetsu said.
Lullaby kept a firm gaze on the drawing and it felt like overflowing memories were just about to come back into her mind.
"It's not enough." She concluded.
Haruko and Jonetsu groaned but Sensaina was already creating an idea.
"We'll get her to meet Hideki tomorrow! That way we'll see if it jogs her memory or not!" Sensaina exclaimed.
"That could work." Jonetsu said.
"Alright! Tomorrow she'll meet Hideki!" Sensaina concluded.
"It won't be long now." Duke said," Time is running out on us." He was doing a one legged bow in front of Maligna.
"So it is.." Maligna croaked.
"We might not even get to fully use this chance." Duke said.
"But we have all our components. The only thing left is our day of triumph." Maligna stated.
"That will be...?'' Duke questioned.
"Our time is running short, isn't it?" Maligna fell into a cackling fit.
"Oh boy, why did I say I'd go?" Hideki asked himself as he walked to his meeting place with Sensaina. He really was hopeless, his first time outside in three days and this is how he reacts. He'd rather be inside his house doing God knows what because God knows why. Then again seeing Sensaina wasn't that bad. He got to the meeting place before Sensaina so he forced himself to wait.
"Lullaby! You have to go!" Sensaina shouted.
"But..." Lullaby began," I don't even know him!"
"You don't even know if you don't know him!" Sensaina yelled.
"But!" Lullaby freed herself from the girls' grip," I didn't come to the past to restore my memory. I came to fend off Maligna."
"Who is Maligna?" Haruko asked impatiently.
Lullaby sighed and sat herself down on Sensaina's bed.
"Don't get too comfy. Because after this it's back to dragging you out again." Jonetsu warned.
"Whatever you say." Lullaby smirked," So, Maligna is probably the major threat here. Those other people we fought against, Prima, Mahouji, even Duke I'm guessing are underlings of her. I'm pretty sure her power is comparable to..."
"Hatred." Sensaina said quietly.
"Ok, then Hatred." Lullaby said," The most I'll most likely be doing to her here is sending her back to the future."
"Then that can't be so hard," Haruko said.
"Then again, Lullaby is guessing all of this-kore.." Doki pointed out.
Lullaby sheepishly laughed off Doki's comment.
"Well, either way the three of us will help you send back Maligna to where she came from!" Sensaina reassured.
"Fine but remember.." Lullaby got up from the bed,"..this isn't child's play."
"Before we go outside," Jonetsu started as she motioned Lullaby to keep sitting,"May I teach you the Butterfly Effect?"
As they went outside, Lullaby reverted to her stubborn side that refused to meet Hideki.
"Please don't make me go!" Lullaby begged.
"You have to!" Jonetsu shouted as she tugged on Lullaby's hair.
"But it's broad daylight!" Lullaby whined.
"It's three thirty and the sun is going to set soon!" Haruko stated.
"Can we wait until the sun goes down?" Lullaby asked randomly.
The girls exchanged expressions before coming to a consensus.
"No!" They shouted as they pulled even harder.
"Of all times.." Duke said as he scoped out the sight for Cure Lullaby. He was nearby Hideki and the meeting place. He looked at Hideki for a little while.
"Could that be..?" Duke narrowed his eyes then trailed off and began to search for Lullaby again.
"No! I don't want to go!" Lullaby's voice was heard from a distance. Duke rapidly turn his head towards the direction of the voice.
"Come on! Would you rather find out who you are now or live the rest of your life with amnesia?" Sensaina questioned as she tugged at Lullaby's wrist.
"Amnesia? Interesting.." Duke said as he observed the girls dragging Lullaby. He seemed to be enjoying watching Lullaby in such a childish state. It was like her vulnerable side just decided to appear at just the right time.
"Maligna will be impressed." A half smile appeared on Duke's face.
"We're almost there, now keep your mouth shut!" Jonetsu demanded.
Lullaby groaned as pursed her lips but she still fought against the girls as they dragged her.
"I can't stand sunlight!" Lullaby shouted before they reached Hideki.
"Hideki!" Sensaina greeted as she alone ran upto him.
"Se..Sensaina, what's up?" Hideki greeted awkwardly. He looked at Lullaby for a little while, confused with with clothes and hair color.
"Who's she?" Hideki then leaned closer to Sensaina to ask another question," And what's with her outfit?"
Jonetsu was the first to improvise Lullaby's identity,"Oh! Um she's one of Sensaina's cousins and uh..."
"She's an avid cosplayer! And as you can see right now she's in cosplay.." Haruko explained.
"Ok, so what your name?" Hideki took a step forward to her.
"Uh, well she has one! Er, um.." The girls frantically tried to come up with a fake name. Lullaby giggled and extended her hand.
"Komoriuta," She beamed as the two shook hands.
"Hideki," Hideki introduced. Lullaby suddenly drew back her hand. It felt like a memory was about to return.
Lullaby attempted to laugh off what just happened.
Duke rolled his eyes as he watched the stiff conversation drag on. He snapped his fingers and suddenly the sun was descending faster.
"And so it became night." Duke stated. Now was the time for him to contemplate on his next move. Should he split them up while he had the chance? Or wait for Lullaby and Hideki to bond just so he could watch them suffer as he splits them apart?
"Now or never.." He said and from his gloved fingertips he divided the ground into three.
"What the-?!" Jonetsu shouted. Three sectors was how the group was split apart. Lullaby impulsively clung to Hideki as the nearby ground around began to collapse.
"That way!" Hideki pointed to a trail that lead to the outskirts of the city.
"Haruko!" Jonetsu grabbed the girl's arm and they ran to the only intact path they had which led to the forest.
"But what about Sensaina?" Haruko cried as she attempted to reach out for Sensaina.
"Just go!" Sensaina shouted. The only people around her she had left were Toki and Doki. She hugged them as she turned to find some path that wasn't broken off.
"Over there-kore!" Doki pointed. Sensaina ran and fought the urge to turn back.
"How could this be happening?" Sensaina said as she rushed down the crumbling road.
"Where are we headed-desu?" Toki cried with her eyes shut.
Hideki and Lullaby's crumbled path led also to the forest. The two stopped to catch their breath as the road no longer seemed as fragile.
"In any case, we should go find the others." Hideki stated.
Lullaby nodded and as they were about to run off again, Duke appeared in front of them.
"Not just yet." Duke said.
"Who the heck are you?!" Hideki questioned.
Duke sighed and faced Lullaby," Is your guard down right now, Cure Lullaby?"
"What?" Lullaby said.
"Cure Lullaby?" Hideki repeated.
Duke swayed his hand and sent Hideki onto his feet. Then he snapped both of his fingers and a cage made of dark energy enclosed around Lullaby and Hideki.
Hideki was stunned,"How can-?"
"Now.." Duke started," To find the Pretty Cure!"
"Sensaina? Sensaina!" Jonetsu called out. Her and Haruko's path was longer breaking down and now their main priority was to find Sensaina and the others.
"This is hopeless!" Haruko whined.
"No it's not! Sooner or later we'll find them.." Jonetsu said.
"That earthquake..it was just one of those natural disasters right?" Haruko asked.
"Most likely," Jonetsu stopped walking," is what I would say if I wasn't a Pretty Cure."
"Then..do you think it was Duke?" Haruko asked.
"Yes." Jonetsu responded as she began to walk again.
"Haruko! Jonetsu! Lullaby! Hideki!" Sensaina shouted tiredly. She had been calling their names for a little while now and her lungs were ready to give out.
"Jonetsu! Lullaby-kore!" Doki shouted.
"Haruko! Lullaby-desu!" Toki shouted.
"We should start walking.." Sensaina advised," But, which way do we go?"
"That way!" The two fairies pointed to opposite directions.
Sensaina groaned. Suddenly she heard her name being called repeatedly. She turned around seeing Jonetsu and Haruko running up towards her.
"At least we found you.." Jonetsu said between her gasps for air.
"Now all we have to do is find Lullaby and Hideki!" Haruko declared.
"Well, if you guys came from over there.." Sensaina pointed to the direction from which they came," They're probably at that side of the forest."
"Going somewhere?" Duke appeared before them, smiling deviously.
The three of them held out their dreamkeepers.
"Pretty Cure, Dream On!'' They shouted as they transformed.
"Singing the Everlasting Melody, Cure Songstress!" Songstress shouted.
"Joining two hearts together, Cure Matchmaker!" Matchmaker shouted.
"Growing everything in a lifeless land, Cure Garden!" Garden shouted.
"Guardians of dreams, side by side, together we are.." They struck a pose," Dream High! Pretty Cure!"
Duke pushed away the hair covering his left eye behind his ear, revealing his other eye was not orange, but green.
"And so, my theory was proven correct." He grinned maliciously.
"Heterochromia?" Matchmaker asked quietly.
Garden seemed to once again confused with Matchmaker's big words.
"Songstress! Go up ahead and find Lullaby and Hideki!" Garden said," We'll take it from here."
As Songstress attempted to run past them, Duke snapped his fingers and sent Songstress falling backwards.
"Do you think I'd let her go?" Duke asked. He sat himself cross legged onto a high branch.
"Come down already and fight like a man!" Matchmaker charged up towards him. Duke suddenly disappeared from his spot and materialized behind Garden.
Duke rolled his eyes as Garden spun around searching for him. He chuckled and snapped both his fingers, slamming Garden down.
"Are you girls even trying?" Duke asked as he hovered close to the ground.
Songstress ran up towards him and began to throw multiple punches towards him. Duke evaded each and every one.
"It doesn't matter what year or era it is, Pretty Cure will always be the same." Duke said as he blocked and dodged Songstress' punches.
"They'll always be fighting insincerely for something so worthless." Duke continued.
Infuriated, Songstress threw a very swift punch towards Duke whose guard was momentarily down. He was on the ground and seemed unscathed.
"Something worthless?" Songstress repeated angrily," A dream should never be regarded as worthless."
"Dreams aren't always good. I mean, Maligna has a dream too.." Duke began,"..To erase every single ounce of hope and love in this world!"
"Every good dream dream turns into a endless nightmare." Duke stated," That is an entity that neither time or affection can change."
"You've underestimated this world." Songstress said as she threw another punch to Duke. This time, Duke caught her punch.
"How can you be so sure that the world will always be filled with such hopeless dreamers such as yourself?" Duke asked as he still held her fist.
"I can tell that even your wish is probably something that the world could never benefit from." Duke said," So then, what is your wish Cure Songstress?"
"Melody of Madness." Songstress pressed her hand onto Duke's chest and dark purple music notes blasted him into a nearby tree.
"My wish..is for love and peace to overflow in this world." Songstress responded as she walked up towards him.
A smile came onto Duke's face.
"Nothing about you has changed." Duke concluded.
Songstress fled from the field to search for Lullaby and Hideki.
Duke skeptically looked towards his remaining opponents as he stood up.
"Now!" Matchmaker shouted.
"Botanical Evergreen..Flourish!" Garden shouted as her vines crawled towards Duke. He ducked down and his crown came flying off.
"Yes!" Matchmaker said. Garden grabbed the crown and held it midair.
"Pretty Cure! Lovesick Barrage!" Matchmaker shouted. Her aim was to the crown and she successfully destroyed the crown along with the amethyst that was embellished into the center.
"Why would they..?" Duke trailed off as he realized why they shot his crown.
"Why isn't he disappearing?" Garden asked desperately.
"You girls thought that was my weak spot, didn't you?" Duke cackled.
"It wasn't..?" Matchmaker's pupils shrunk in denial.
Garden relentlessly ran up towards Duke and used every single Pretty Cure attack she had.
"Trying to kill me already?" Duke asked as he dodged attacks from Garden," I wouldn't care if I was dead already. I can't stand this world."
"That's a lie!" Garden objected.
"How?" Duke asked as he tilted his head.
"You're dodging all of my attacks." Garden responded," Face it. You're afraid to die."
"Afraid to die?" Duke repeated jokingly," I've already died, dear. There's no other reason for me to be on Earth, other than serving Maligna."
"No! There must be something else that's binding you to this world!" Garden shouted.
"Perhaps a dream." Matchmaker said under her breath.
Duke stopped dodging her attacks for a moment.
"Something that binds me to this world?" He repeated quietly.
It was night and there was a boy at the front of a school. His knees trembling uncontrollably and his teeth fretfully chattering. He had very dark brown hair ,pale skin, and hazel eyes. He walked to the school to 'get his homework' when really the other boys at his school made him go. It was a bone-chilling night and the school doors were open, thanks to one of the boys who just happened to be the principal's kid.
"Did you hear about the ghost in the science room?"
"I heard he killed the janitor!"
"I heard the vice-principal's next!"
"I heard he's next." One of them chin-pointed to the boy.
He took a deep breath and went into the school. The halls were ,of course, empty and not another soul was in sight. His head was aching with his overload of thoughts. Was there really a ghost? Would he get to see it? And would he make it out of the school alive?
Only a few steps away now was the science room. The boy stood in place for a few minutes as he desperately attempted to pull himself together. Finally he went into the science room. It seemed empty and ordinary to the average person but he knew there would probably be more in store for him. The science was despising to the boy. The fake human body models, the creepy substances hiding within the teacher's closet, the grades he'd get in this class.
He hated letting himself get convinced to do this. It was always the excuse of those boys being excellent negotiators when really he was no more than a push over. The boy groaned and suddenly there was a strange sound that echoed in the room. Frightened, he turned around and saw an axe floating in midair. He was petrified ,unable to scream or get a hold of himself. The ax started to swing back and forth, gaining momentum.
The boy took steps back. The axe was swing back faster and the boy took even more steps back. He ran out of steps and accidently tripped onto a very small platform on the ground. Surrounding the platform were three models of a particular system, their feet bolted to the platform. He was even more petrified now. All of those bones around him and the axe just swinging back and forth. Suddenly the knees of the skeleton on his left gave out and it fell forward, with it's chest leaning on the boy's shoulders. The skeleton to his right did the same and the one behind him fell forward, it's arms around the boy.
Frozen in spot, the boy shut his eyes and prayed this endless nightmare would stop. But as he opened his eyes again, he saw the axe had stopped swinging and it hung in place. It then dropped and loud thuds from the vents could be heard after that.
The boy stayed in that frightening position, realization was about to hit him.
It was the skeletons that saved his life, they were his saviours.
He smiled to himself, an obsession was about to begin.
"Fine, if you want to get rid of me that badly.." He looked down to his hands and removed one glove, revealing two rings on his hand. He threw one of them to Garden.
"That's my weak spot." Duke said. Garden clutched the ring in her palm.
"But won't you die?" Garden asked.
"Relax, I'll be sent back to where I came from, the future." Duke replied. Garden threw the ring towards Matchmaker.
"B-but-!"
"I hope you realize, I have no concern for the distortion of the future with the actions I make." Duke said as he rushed towards her with his fist magically charged. Garden shut her eyes and within a split-second, Matchmaker crushed Duke's ring.
"Before I go, Let me give you some words about Maligna." Duke said as he gradually began to disappear.
"Maligna?" The Cures repeated
One last smile from Duke arrived in time as he was fading away," Older than she looks, younger than she sounds!"
Songstress was still searching for Lullaby and Hideki. She was nearing them but suddenly some sort of tremor occurred. She ran faster and found Lullaby and Hideki in the cage.
"Oh my, all of my minions have been sent back!" A woman croaked loudly.
"Maligna?" Lullaby and Songstress asked.
She was a very tall woman dressed in black with a head dress. She grinned viciously towards Songstress.
"And who is this?" Maligna asked as she walked up towards Songstress. Maligna was very strong, being able to lift Songstress up by her hair.
Songstress blushed slightly then swung herself out of Maligna's grip.
"Your opponent!" Songstress shouted as she distanced herself from the intimidating woman.
"Cute." was all Maligna said to her opponent. Her agility was remarkable and comparable to the speed of light. In less than half a second, she appeared in front of Cure Songstress and flicked her forehead, sending her very far away.
"Songstress!" Lullaby cried from within the cage. She felt absolutely useless and this was supposed to be her battle. She turned her body with her back against the cage bars and shut her mouth.
"Who..who is that woman?" Hideki pointed to Maligna.
Lullaby refused to give him a response. She wasn't allowed to distort the past or go against the Butterfly effect. But even she knew Hideki deserved a few words from her.
"I'm not allowed to talk to you right now." Lullaby turned her head sideways.
Hideki was confused and a little frustrated with Lullaby.
"Come on! At a time like this? You're so hard-headed." Hideki remarked.
Hard-headed.
Lullaby remembered being called that before but she just didn't know when, or by who for that matter.
She sighed loudly in frustration and a tear fell down her cheek, causing her mascara to run.
Hideki noticed the tear," Tears are a symbol of innocence, so why are yours black?"
"You wouldn't understand." Lullaby stated.
"You haven't even told me anything yet." Hideki pointed out. Lullaby shook her head and then Hideki tapped her on the shoulder.
They both received an indescribable reaction from the touch.
For Lullaby, memories felt like they were about to return and overflow, but they were just being blocked by a thin wall.
For Hideki, he felt as if he knew Lullaby from before. She began to look like a vaguely familiar person to him and he was instantly attracted to Lullaby.
He leaned in towards her, wanting to receive something more, anything from her. She put her hand in front of herself to stop him.
"No I have to keep the Butterfly effect in tact." She said to herself. She also felt attracted to him but she knew she had to resist.
Hideki heard her though. He remembered learning about the Butterfly effect a few months ago in class, but he had no idea why Lullaby was bringing it up.
"Forget the Butterfly effect." Hideki said. Then, they kissed. Lullaby's memories were restored and she felt as confident as ever. As they broke the kiss Hideki placed Lullaby in his arms.
"Just who are you?" Hideki asked.
Lullaby seemed to be now much more comfortable with Hideki," You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Try me." Hideki said.
"I'm from the future." Lullaby replied sheepishly.
"Lullaby, why?" Sensaina asked. She saw the kiss between Lullaby and Hideki and all it did was break her heart. She ignored the kiss and focused on her battle with Maligna.
"Songstress!" Matchmaker shouted as she and Garden appeared.
Garden laid her eyes on Maligna" Yipes! Not so easy on the eyes."
"Mind taking that back little girl?" Maligna said as she darted towards Garden. In a matter of seconds, she was right before Garden and she held her throat and lifted her up. Garden gasped for breath and out of impulse, Matchmaker attacked Maligna and the tall woman let go of Garden.
"Songstress, try and break that cage that holding Lullaby and Hideki." Matchmaker instructed as fought off Maligna.
"How?" Songstress asked.
"It's made of dark energy, like a Malvoid right?" Matchmaker said.
Songstress nodded.
"And how do we get rid of Malvoids?" Matchmaker asked. Songstress then realized what to do.
Songstress ran up towards the cage.
"Pretty Cure, Lyrical Resonance!" Songstress cried as the large purple G-clef appeared before her.
"What's she doing?" Hideki asked even though the alarm in his tone sounded fake.
"Just watch." Lullaby said.
"Awake! She shouted. The cage disappeared and Lullaby along with Hideki was set free.
Lullaby ran off and Songstress followed.
"Moonshine Laurel!" Lullaby shouted as she aimed her palms to Maligna.
"Finally the main event I've been waiting for!" Maligna cried. She threw a punch towards Lullaby but thankfully Lullaby cunningly dodged.
Maligna threw even more punches and kicked but none of them were fast enough to hit Lullaby. It was Lullaby's turn now and she punched Maligna.
"Oh, you wretched little Pretty Cure!" Maligna shouted. She balled her fists and black sparks of energy crackled from her fists. She shot a large black sphere of energy to the overconfident Lullaby. Lullaby fell to her feet and winced at the black energy that came into her veins.
"Lullaby!" Songstress cried.
"Don't worry," Lullaby said as black sparks emitted from her," I'm used to this."
Maligna fell into a cackling fit as she watched Lullaby suffer," My favorite way to collect power..."
She clenched her fists and Lullaby shouted in pain.
"..is manipulating the energy of Pretty Cure!" Maligna shot a glare towards Matchmaker and Garden.
"Black rings for all!" Maligna cheered and soon a black ring appeared and constricted the two Cures, manipulating their energy. She then threw rings around Doki and Toki.
Maligna began to cackle even more and she grew rapidly in size.
"And then there's you!" Maligna struck a finger in front of Songstress," You've already been exerted of most of your power already. The remains of your power are basically leftovers! And leftovers don't ever sum up to anything."
Songstress held back her tears as she watched her friends suffer. Songstress shook her head in denial, unwilling to attack.
"Songstress, do something!" Garden begged.
She couldn't stand to see her friends in pain and the pressure was getting to her. She attempted to fight back.
She threw a few more kicks to Maligna and even though most of them hit her, they seemed to have done no damage.
"Songstress keep fighting!" Matchmaker encouraged.
Songstress tried to ignore the pain like Lullaby, but quit eventually. In the midst of the 'battle' with Maligna, she started to wonder why Lullaby was so distant, so strong. She wonder why she couldn't be like Lullaby.
About a dozen attacks later, Songstress was ready to give up. Matchmaker and Garden, still chained, were stunned with her decision. Lullaby, still on the ground trapped by the black electricity running around her body acted as if she saw this coming.
"I can't..everyone is still chained and if I don't stop her now.." Songstress panted.
Maligna seemed to be enjoying all the power that was coursing through her veins.
"The lives of the city will be put in jeopardy." Songstress finished.
"Songstress-kore!" Doki shouted as she conjured up the Destiny Casket.
"That's right..we still have this." Songstress caressed the Casket. She held it in her hands and stood.
"I won't run away, I'm not powerless, I never have been and I never will be." Songstress grinned. The powers of the Destiny Casket may have been a mystery, but Songstress was willing to wield it.
Lullaby then walked up to Songstress. She held towards Songstress her pendant. The pendant was a strange shape to begin with but it just might've been able to open the casket.
"I'll light the fire within." Lullaby smirked. She kept the pendant on and opened up the Casket. Suddenly bright violet and white lights enveloped Songstress.
Songstress reappeared but looked much different. Her outfit was different and her hair seemed to be slightly longer.
"The Melody that transcends time, Songstress Everlasting!" Songstress Everlasting announced.
"Amazing-desu.." Toki exhaled. Songstress freed everyone from their chains and faced Maligna.
Lullaby placed her hand on Songstress' shoulder.
"Pretty Cure, Immortal Dreaming!" Songstress and Lullaby shouted. A large blast of violet,white and black energy beamed towards Maligna.
The blast seemed to be working but it wasn't strong enough.
"Matchmaker! Garden!" Songstress cried out. The two remaining Cures joined in on the attack.
"It's not enough!" Matchmaker cried.
"No but all of our powers' will suffice," Songstress said.
Songstress was using out all of her powers as did the rest. Finally one last jolt of energy came from all the Cures and Maligna was defeated.
Maligna returned to her 'normal' state unable to move. Lullaby darted up towards her and ripped off the pendant on her choker. She began to disappear.
"Go back to where you came from." Lullaby spat.
"As do you, Cure Lullaby." Maligna was fading away and she attempted to rip off Lullaby's pendant but disappeared too quickly.
Lullaby turned around and gave a warm smile to the Cures of her past. When she and Songstress were a short distance away, Lullaby ripped off her pendant.
"What are you-?!" Songstress didn't finish her question as the atmosphere around began to change. Their new atmosphere was pink and Lullaby was starting to fade.
"Why did you kiss Hideki?" Songstress asked.
"He reminded me of someone from my past." Lullaby shrugged.
Songstress said,"Someone from your past so does that mean-?"
"Yes, you guys got my memory back."
"Then, do you know your name?" Songstress impatiently asked.
Lullaby smiled," Hoshino is my last name."
"Then what's your first?"
"Secret." And with that Lullaby completely faded away.
Songstress closed her eyes and grinned," I'll never forget you, Cure Lullaby!"