A lazily spent Saturday was all this seemed to be. In the Utahime residence, lazily spent was an understatement. Flipping through the pages of last month's Fashion magazine, pretending to do homework, and just sleeping were the highlights of the morning. Then, out of complete boredom, Miyako checked the mail.
"Bill, bill, bill, bill, credit card bill, cereal sample.." Miyako went through the mail with nothing better to do," What's this?"
At the top of the stack was an envelope from a 'Yamato Utahime.' Miyako gently opened the envelope and found a letter inside.
She read to herself quietly and after reading she smiled to herself and ran to her twin.
"Read this! Read this!" She urged as she held the letter in her twin's face. Minako snatched the paper and read for herself.
"Oh my goodness!" Minako squealed. This finally caught Sensaina's attention.
"What is that?" She asked, only to be ignored while her sisters were too busy searching for their mom.
"Mom read this!" The twins held the letter out to her. She read the letter and after she read it, she did nothing but chuckle.
"It's about time.." She smirked. Sensaina, now irritated by this mysterious letter, marched towards her sisters and snatched the letter to read for herself.
"Dear girls, I know it's been a very long time and I'm sorry for my absence. So this weekend, as I am taking a vacation from my career, I am heading into town to spend the weekend with my favourite girls! Sincerely and dearly, Dad." Sensaina read.
"He's coming this weekend, this is so exciting!" Minako chirped.
"Oh, there's so much to prepare for his arrival!" Chitsuki noted.
"Wait, he said this weekend and..today is Saturday. So doesn't that mean he's coming-?" Sensaina was cut by the doorbell being rung. It ran only only, and it only the one ring to surprise the girls.
"That can't be him," Miyako reassured, but of course no one, not even herself, believed her.
"I need to clean!" Chitsuki ran to her kitchen.
"Sensaina, you get the door!" Miyako pushed Sensaina away.
"I can't stand women." Sensaina said through clenched teeth. She slowly opened the door and in the doorway was exactly who the girls had suspected.
In the doorway was a man who seemed to be of middle age who aging moderately. He had black hair that reminded one of the wings of a raven and dark blue eyes that reminded everyone he met of gleaming sapphires. As Sensaina and the man's eyes met, Sensaina grinned instantly and gave a koala hug to the man.
"Dad!" She cried while she embraced him.
"It's been so long, Sensaina." Sensaina's dad said as he took notice in his daughter's 'development'.
"Dad!" MiMi shouted as they fought they're way through their narrow doorway. Suffocating Sensaina with their double chest enclosure, they received their own father-daughter moment shortly.
"Yamato, when can I get my hug?" Chitsuki asked lovingly from the doorway, now realizing her kitchen was an untamable mess without the aid of her three daughters.
"Whenever you like." Yamato grinned as he held his arms out. Chitsuki ran into the arms of her husband and shut her eyes for the moment. It was such a nostalgic feel for her and to add to the nostalgia, Yamato kissed her head. As they broke the hug, Chitsuki gave one more loving gaze to her husband, then she caught him off guard and began to loudly discuss his absence from his family.
"I did apologize in the letter," Yamato reasoned. He glanced at the table and saw the letter sitting there.
"And it seems you just got it today." He noted.
"It's one thing to be able to put a roof over our heads, but that doesn't mean you don't have a right to stay under this roof yourself and work for months, years, overseas!'' Chitsuki nagged.
"Now where was your mother's off button?" He whispered to Sensaina.
"How could you forget?" Sensaina whispering as she subtly pointed to her mother's hips. Sensaina flickered the dim lightbulb in her father's head and he went in to tickle her.
"Oh for the love of God, stop!" Chitsuki hollered frantically as she laughed.
"Dad, you should come to our photoshoot tomorrow!" Miyako suggested. Minako nodded in agreement and Chitsuki went back to her kitchen. Sensaina craved more attention from her father but of course, that wasn't going to happen anytime soon. After a few moments though, Yamato pushed his way through his busty twin daughters and gave his undivided attention to Sensaina.
"What would you like to do today, Sensaina?" He asked. Sensaina smiled at her father and whispered into his ear.
"I remember, don't worry." Yamato grinned," How about we all go?"
"Where are we going?" Miyako asked.
"You'll see." Yamato smirked.
The girls threw on their coats and off they went. Sensaina held her father's had as they went down the road. She felt a surge of nostalgia rush through herself. It didn't take too long for the rest of the girls to wonder if they were lost or not.
Sensaina giggled at her ignorant family, how could they have possibly forget? It didn't take too long, it was only a five minute walk and finally they arrived at a playground that seemed to be deserted.
"Kawahyoji? I didn't realize this park was still here." Chitsuki said.
"Oh, I remember this place!" Minako said," Miyako, remember when you fell off the play structure and broke your arm?"
"Don't remind me.." Miyako reddened. Sensaina was clueless of what they were talking about, probably because she was too little to remember.
But this park still held so many memories for Sensaina and the majority of the memories seem to only include herself and her father. All of these memories began to overflow and as they passed through Sensaina's mind, she did nothing but smile.
"Dad, look what I found!"
"So they're growing flowers here,huh? But either way, Sensaina, it wasn't right for you to pluck it out."
"Why not?"
"Because that flower had it's life ahead of it. Think of how beautiful it would've gotten if you hadn't plucked it out."
"Oh..I-I'm sorry!"
"It's fine this time, but next time, don't take it for yourself. Let others admire it's beauty."
"Got it!"
Her dad was the one who created her morals and beliefs, he was the one who made her hopeful.
"I miss those times." She said to herself. She then remembered the time she had with her dad was quite limited. By Sunday night, he'd be gone. She didn't let this minor fact ruin her mood though.
Soon the family went home and Yamato talked of his adventures in Europe.
"So what was your typical diet?" Miyako asked at the dinner table.
"Well, let's see. I usually had pasta once a week, and other European foods..who was that one dish called?" He asked himself sheepishly.
"Well tonight, you're dining on my homemade riceballs!" Chitsuki brought out the riceballs and set them onto the dinner table.
"It's been too long since I had a riceball made by you," Yamato stated.
"Eat up, because neither of you will be here for long." Chitsuki said solemnly.
Yamato didn't hear this statement and simply dug in.
They all eventually went to bed and the next day, Sensaina went to meet up with Jonetsu and Haruko.
"Your dad's in town?" Haruko asked as she munched on a tomato. The three were assembled under the cloudless October sky, nearby Sensaina's house.
"And he's works overseas?" Jonetsu asked.
"Yup." Sensaina responded.
"That's so cool!" Haruko exclaimed.
"Well, I guess it's alright." Sensaina said as she looked down.
"Alright?" Jonetsu repeated in confusion.
"Well, it's just..it's not like I have the bond you guys have with your dads." Sensaina stated.
"No, you have better!" Haruko claimed.
"Do I?" Sensaina asked doubtfully looking up.
"You said he's leaving this evening right?" Jonetsu asked.
"Yeah, why?" Sensaina asked.
"Well, if he's leaving tonight, what are you doing here?" Jonetsu asked.
"Nobody's at home, they're all at MiMi's photoshoot...and I still can't work the key to my house." Sensaina responded sheepishly.
Jonetsu facepalmed," Then at least try and spend a little more time with your dad. You said you and your dad had an amazing relationship when you were a kid. So what's holding you back from remaking that relationship?"
"The fact that he's going to leave me again." Sensaina thought to herself.
"Yeah, so what if he's going to leave again? He'll always be with you where it counts." Haruko stated.
"Where it counts..?" Sensaina didn't need help indicating where that was. She sighed and forced a smile in realization. Of course she knew her dad would always reside in her heart, but right now she wanted him right by her side more than anything.
"You don't mind if we..?" Sensaina began.
"If we what?" Haruko asked cluelessly.
Jonetsu rolled her eyes and nodded at Sensaina.
The girls ran to the photoshoot.
Meanwhile, at the photoshoot, Yamato sat to side and watched his twin daughters sport a variety of monochrome coloured outfits since it autumn; the most dull season of them all. He was inevidently proud of all of his daughters. But of course, it was eating at him that he never really saw them grow up. He'd show up whenever he felt, whether it'd several months to two and a half years. His daughters seemed ecstatic with his unexpected arrival but at the same time they all knew how this fleeting reunion would end. It seemed like just yesterday Sensaina was four years old and was singing along to her father's old eighties tapes. It might as well have been just yesterday Miyako won her second grade spelling bee, just yesterday Minako lost her first tooth. But there was nothing he seemed to be able to do about his fleeting time with his family. He now only wished he could've been there for his girls and be the father he wished to be.
"Dad!" Minako cried in a shrill tone.
"Who's outfit do you like better?" Miyako asked. The girls flashed symmetrical poses.
"I uh-" Yamato stuttered.
"Sensaina, when'd you get here?" Chitsuki asked.
"I just, wanted to spend time with dad too," Sensaina said.
"Aww." The twins gushed in unison.
Her dad smiled a half-smile and got up from his seat.
"Dad, these are my friends Jonetsu and Haruko." Sensaina introduced.
As the girls talked to Sensaina's dad, Doki took a very good examination of Sensaina's dad's dreamstone.
It was darkly colored and hopeless.
"Is he...hiding something-kore?" Doki asked.
Meanwhile at Malevolent, Hydra was gloating in her victory of being the sole woman of Malevolent's Nightmare Majors.
"This makes the two rooks I guess." Hydra thought aloud.
"I'm surprised you at least one piece in chess." Kagekaze stated.
"Not only that, I know the pawns of this place are the Malvoids we make..." Hydra added.
"Go on. Certainly you must have other equivalents to chess pieces here." Kagekaze said as he sat down beside Hydra.
"I don't believe we have any bishop class people besides Hirutaro.." Hydra began," And, you and Tsuchiyo would qualify as knights. Then that makes-! That means Hatred's king and I'm his queen!"
As Hydra squealed in her fangirl mode, Kagekaze got up and was about to disappear to retrieve a decent amount of corrupted dreamstones.
"You're not going today!" Hydra declared as she quickly arose from her seat.
"And what's stopping me?" Kagekaze asked.
"Yours truly." Hydra stood face to face with Kagekaze and held her fist on top of her other hand.
"You can't be serious.." Kagekaze said.
Hydra said nothing and so Kagekaze mirrored Hydra's position.
"Rock-paper-scissors!" The two shouted. Kagekaze won with paper and was about to leave again.
"Not so fast, I've got plenty of other hand games for us to play." Hydra stated.
"Such as..?" Kagekaze asked.
"Ever heard of Stella Stella?" Hydra asked.
"No?" Kagekaze responded.
"I've been away from them for too long.." Yamato said to himself," But there's nothing I can do about it. I can't just move them to Europe with me. They're all so happy here."
Yamato sighed and looked his family.
"I don't have any other options, and by tonight I'll be gone again for who knows how long?" Yamato slouched and sighed while taking another long glance at his family.
Suddenly, the lights in the room began to flicker and off they went.
"What the-?!" One of the cameramen shouted.
The majority of the people evacuated safely due to the lights of their phones helping them towards the exit. But our three Cures and Yamato stayed in the dark room.
"..And after all those handgames I still managed to beat her." Kagekaze said to himself as his mouth twitched," Now.."
His ability to see through darkness helped him find Yamato with ease. Removing Yamato's dreamstone, he pointed to one of the standing lights.
"Escape, Malvoid!" He shouted.
"Malvoid!" The monsterfied standing light, now illuminating the area roared.
"Dad's dreamstone was corrupting..?" Sensaina asked quietly. She then shook her head and let go of her heavy thoughts, holding her dreamkeeper out.
"Pretty Cure, Dream On!" The girls shouted. The lights from their transformation also momentarily illuminated the room.
"Singing the Everlasting Melody, Cure Songstress!" Songstress announced.
"Joined 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.." Striking a pose, they finished their speech," Dream High! Pretty Cure!"
This Malvoid attacks were different and somewhat crafty. Every time the Cures were about to land a punch or a kick the Malvoid would temporarily blind the Cures by gleaming it's light to them.
"This is stupid!" Garden complained as she aimlessly threw a kick that landed onto a wall.
Matchmaker squinted and slid her heel to the Malvoid's legs, hoping to throw it off it's balance. No damage was done as the Malvoid caught on quickly and blinded Matchmaker again.
"Why did Dad's dreamstone go bad?" Songstress asked. Songstress was become oblivious to the fact that her and her friends were losing.
"I thought he was having fun.." She said to herself. She began to pace around and completely forget about the Malvoid.
"Songstress! Are you going to help or not-kore!" Doki hollered as she covered her eyes from the Malvoid's beams.
"But I don't understand how his dreamstone could've gone bad." Songstress ignored Doki's question and paced around even more.
"Forget about her right now. It looks we'll have to deal with her later." Matchmaker said.
"Pretty Cure, Heartthrob of Lust!" Matchmaker cried as hearts emitted from her palm.
"This isn't as thrilling as I hoped." Kagekaze said," It really isn't fun watching from the sidelines."
In the blink of an eye, Kagekaze came up from behind the pacing Cure Songstress and sent her to her feet.
After recovering from her fall, Songstress managed to snap back to her senses.
"That's right. A corrupted dreamstone can befall anyone, there's really no point in grieving over this one. And if my dad is losing faith in himself, in his dreams, then as a Pretty Cure it's my job, my dream, to save him." Songstress said.
The Malvoid attacked relentlessly and threw as many punches and blinding beams it could.
"But when you think about it, it's a tad pathetic." Kagekaze pointed out," Losing it simply because you have limited time in such a place."
"It's completely natural to feel at fault, hopeless even, when placed in such a situation." Songstress stated," We all become lost at some point. But, it takes hope to find ourselves again! And as Pretty Cure..."
"...We will help our fellow fallen dreamers refind themselves!" The three Cures said in unison.
"Interesting, but not persuading." Kagekaze responded.
Songstress motivated her fellow Cures and the three began to fight against the Malvoid again.
"Pretty Cure, Budding Charge!" Garden shouted. Her attack barely hit the Malvoid, but it did damage it greatly.
The Cures threw more punches and kicks and soon enough the Malvoid was tired out, unable to move even the slightest muscle.
"Energize." Kagekaze demanded as his onyx gem flickered up.
"Pretty Cure!" Songstress called from above.
"Super...Heel...Dive!" Songstress drove her heel deep down into the Malvoid.
"I wouldn't really classify that as a Pretty Cure attack.." Matchmaker in her skeptic tone as Garden looked at Songstress in awe.
"And please stay down!" Songstress said cheerfully in a rather polite tone.
"And now.."
This time, Toki unlocked the Destiny Casket and Songstress received her Lyrical scepter.
"Lyrics and vocals, the power of a song!" Songstress chanted.
"Pretty Cure, Music Heaven!" Songstress shouted as she surrounded the Malvoid in her violet atmosphere accompanied with G-clefs.
"Awake!" Songstress shouted as she purified the Malvoid made from her father's dreamstone.
Soon, everyone returned to the room of the photoshoot and Yamato awoke.
"The four of you had us all worried sick!" Chitsuki cried as she hugged Sensaina and her husband.
"I'm sorry about that.." Sensaina apologized," I guess my first instinct was to find an alternative source of some sort."
"Then dad, why did you stay?" Minako asked.
"I..I guess I didn't realize what was happening." Yamato said," My wits weren't very quick to begin with today, considering this might just be the last time I see my family for awhile.."
"But dad, if that's your problem, why can't you just do something about it?" Miyako asked.
Sensaina's father hung his head in defeat," I've seemed to run out of reasons to make myself seem level-headed."
Yamato grinned and ran a hand through his soft black, raven-like hair.
"You know what? I'm sick of being level-headed." Yamato stated.
"So, what are you going to do about it?" Sensaina asked.
"I'm moving back with my beautiful wife and three daughters!" He proclaimed," That is..if they'll let me."
The Utahime girls giggled it off and a group hug formed.
"Dad, you're certainly welcomed at home!" Sensaina beamed.