"Yuuta! Hold still! Yes, Haru, we will go to the beach soon. Keita, get Kouta to stop crying. Where's Hina?" Midorikawa Nao cried, trying to get her siblings in order. Nao dressed Yuuta, and she looked around for her youngest sister. Keita was calming Kouta down, and Haru was sitting beside Nao.

"She wandered outside." Haru replied.

"Outside!? C'mon everybody, let's go find Hina!" Nao led her four siblings out their door and she looked around the street. There was no sign of her sister.

"Do you think she already went to the beach?" Keita asked.

"I'll call the others to see if she arrived there already." Nao said, pulling out her cell phone and dialing Miyuki's number. "Grr… When I get my hands on her for running off like that…" It went into Miyuki's voicemail. Nao could just scream. She shoved her phone back into her pocket.

"What do we do now?" Yuuta asked. "Where's Hina?"

"I'm going to go find her. You all stay home. I'll be right back!" Nao ran down the street.

"Wait!"

"We wanna help you!"

"We'll search for Hina!" And so the siblings scattered. Nao searched across the town, but there was no sign of her little sister. Nao began to worry. She went to the park. There was only one person there, and that was a young girl about her age. She sat under a tree and ate her lunch. She had brown hair pulled back into a ponytail and green eyes. Nao then spotted something in a nearby alley. As she drew closer, she saw some tall boys bully a small girl. Then she realized that they were beating up Hina.

"Hey! Can't you boys find something better to do than pick on a little girl?" Nao snapped, stepping in front of Hina.

"Onee-sama!" Hina cried, her eyes swollen and full of tears.

"How 'bout you pick on someone your own size?" The boys smirked and stood up straight. Nao realized they were taller than her. She was taken aback.

"Like who? You little girl?" The leader smirked, while the rest of them sniggered.

"Like me." Said a voice behind Nao. Nao turned around and she realized it was the girl from the park. The girl was much taller than she expected, just as tall as the guys. The guys looked startled.

"It's that Kino chick." One said.

"Let's get going." Another one said, and they shuffled out of the alley. Nao turned to face the girl who just helped her and her sister. There was a moment as if time had slowed down. It seemed as though the two girls had a connection. It was brief, and that moment of familiarity was over.

"Thanks for helping me. I probably would be fudge by now." Nao joked. The girl giggled.

"No problem." She smiled. "I'm Kino Makoto. My friends call me Mako, though."

"Midorikawa Nao." They shook hands and smiled. The sky drew dark and the girls looked up. There was a woman standing on the building. She wore a black and red jumpsuit and had black cat ears and tail. She was laughing.

"It's Sailor Tin Nyanko!" Makoto cried.

"Who?" Nao asked, confused. Then she noticed she was holding a blue clown nose. Nao froze.

"Mako! You have to run. Now!" Nao shouted. Sailor Tin Nyanko cackled and threw the nose into the air.

"Let's go! Akanbe!" The Akanbe took the form of an old soda can.

"Jupiter Crystal Power! Make Up!" Makoto called. Makoto held up a rod, the Crystal Change Rod, and the green crystal with a Jupiter symbol and a ring of oak leaves attach to it. She then began to spin around as streams of electricity emitted from the Rod, then held still as the electrical energy formed into a series of rings around her. The rings spun around and, in a flash of light, her entire sailor fuku appeared. Sailor Jupiter then turned around and assumed her finishing pose.

"Sailor? Jupiter? Eh!? More Pretty Cure!?" Nao exclaimed, her eyes wide in shock.

"What's a Pretty Cure? I'm Sailor Jupiter! The Solider of Thunder and Courage! In the name Jupiter, I will punish you!" Sailor Jupiter said, pointing at Sailor Tin Nyanko. Sailor Jupiter burst out laughing. "That sounds so weird coming from my mouth instead of Usagi's…"

"Sailor…" Nao was thinking long and hard about this.

"That's right! Sailor Jupiter. I have no idea what this 'Pretty Cure' is. Don't tell anyone I'm a Sailor Solider, okay?" She smiled and Nao returned it. The Akanbe squirted out a liquid. Sailor Jupiter dodged and it hit the wall. It hardened against the wall.

"This is a strong one…" Nao muttered as she examined the hardened liquid on the wall.

"Look out!" Sailor Jupiter yelled, shoving Nao onto the ground. Sailor Jupiter fell beside her as the liquid was squirted above them.

"Thanks."

"No problem." Sailor Jupiter got up. The Akanbe punched her, but she caught the punch and flipped the Akanbe on its back.

"Good job!" Nao cheered.

"I'll handle this. You better run before you get hurt." Sailor Jupiter said.

"Wait! This enemy is different! You have to purify it with Rainbow Healing! Rainbow Heal it! I need my friends!" But Sailor Jupiter was not listening.

"Jupiter!" Her outstretched hand exploded with electricity. A rod appeared on her tiara. "Oak Evolution!" Sailor Jupiter spun around many times around and green leaf-shaped energy blasted towards the Akanbe. The nose on the Akanbe turned form blue to red.

"What!? It did nothing!?" Sailor Jupiter yelled. Sailor Tin Nyanko laughed viciously.

"You're moves won't work!" She yelled. Then she put her wrists together. The jewel on it glowed and then it sent a blast at Sailor Jupiter. Sailor Jupiter was fighting the Akanbe. It hit her square in the back. She screamed in pain and crumpled to the ground in her human form. A green seed came out of her back and flew towards Sailor Tin Nyanko.

"No!" Nao opened her Smile Pact and placed her green Cure Décor piece in it.

"Ready?"

"Pretty Cure! Smile Charge!"

"Go! Go! Go! Let's go, March!" The Smile Pact produced a powder puff, which she taps on the Smile Pact to collect up magic powder. Nao uses her puff to draw a triangle of magic powder, which then explodes into wind that forms her arm protectors, shoes and dress. Her hair lengthens as its color shifts from dark green to light green. Lastly, she pats the powder puff onto her cheeks to give a rosy glow. Cure March flies down from the sky and lands on her feet.

"Courage, rinrin, a clear-cut match! Cure March!" She introduced, posing.

"Do you have a Star Seed for Yami too?" Sailor Tin Nyanko asked. "Let's find out!" She sent another blast at Cure March, but she was fast. She quickly dodged and ran up the building wall. Sailor Tin Nyanko grunted, and sent another blast at Cure March. Cure March dodged and continued her way up the building. She was finally on the roof with Sailor Tin Nyanko.

"That belongs to my friend." Cure March stated, "Give it back." Sailor Tin Nyanko laughed.

"As if!" She sent another blast at Cure March. This time, Cure March sung her leg back, just like in a soccer game. It was her shot right before the goal. She kicked, and the ball was sent flying at the goal. Sailor Tin Nyanko screamed and dodged by inches, but the glowing green jewel was knocked out of her hand. It rolled across the roof as Cure March sprinted to get it. Sailor Tin Nyanko screamed again and tackled Cure March. They wrestled each other for a moment. Finally, Cure March was in a position, where she kicked Sailor Tin Nyanko far away.

Sailor Tin Nyanko was propelled in the air and landed in the door that lead downstairs in the building. Cure March scrambled to her feet and grabbed the glowing green jewel.

"Mako!" Cure March cried below. Makoto was on the ground, her body transparent and yellow balls of light flying upwards from it. Cure March jumped down the building with a rough landing. She stumbled over to her new friend.

"Nao? Or is it Cure March? You're a Sailor Scout, too? Like us?" She asked.

"Mako, what's happening?" Cure March cried.

"I have to go now. Will you do me a favor?" Cure March's eyes welled up in tears. She took Makoto's hand. It was cold and growing lighter and lighter. She placed the green Star Seed in Makoto's palm, and Cure March closed Makoto's fingers around it.

"You…you got my Star Seed!?" She cried. Cure march nodded.

"Of course. I couldn't let her take it from you." Cure March smiled and Makoto smiled. The Star Seed floated out of Makoto's grasp, and into her heart. Makoto froze on the ground, her eyes wide. There was a burst of green sparkles and Makoto was no longer fading away. Instead, the yellow balls of light were flying back into Makoto at an impossible speed. Makoto lays frozen on the ground, not moving or even breathing. And then she had a sharp intake of breath.

Cure March found herself lifted into the air by a big hand. She screamed and struggled to break free from Akanbe's grasp, but she was exhausted already, and she didn't get the chance to March Shoot it. It tightened its grip around her. Cure March found it very difficult to breathe. She knew the end would be coming soon. She would let her teammates down. Her siblings won't have anyone to take care of them.

There was a loud thud, and Cure March was suddenly cold. Air rushed into her lungs very quickly. When she looked up, she saw Sailor Jupiter holding up the Akanbe in her hands. She looked back at Cure March, grinning, and then winked. She then flipped the Akanbe on its back.

Cure March stood up and held her Smile Pact, charging it with green spirit.

"What are you doing?" Sailor Jupiter asked. Cure March ignored her and focused on her fighting spirit. The Smile Pact exploded with wind energy that lifts Cure March off the ground and into the air.

"Pretty Cure March Shoot!" March then compresses the wind into a ball and kicks it at the Akanbe soccer-style. The Akanbe was hit right in the nose, and it exploded. The Akanbe disappeared and no Cure Décor piece fell.

"That's weird…" Cure March looked around for a Cure Décor piece, but there was none.

"I'll get you next time! Once Yami is revived, you'll all go down!" Sailor Tin Nyanko yelled from the top of the building, looking like a mess. She looked around, then teleported away. Nao and Makoto exchanged looks.

"I think something bad is going to happen." Nao began.

"Me too. I have to find my friends."

"I do too. If we team up, then we can do anything. My friends are at the beach. If we round them up, we'll have more eyes to find your friends." Nao looked around.

"Good idea." Makoto agreed. Nao froze.

"Gah! I have to go find my siblings! They all ran off!" Nao cried.

"We'll look together."