Kurokawa Ellen strolled through the town, her guitar on her back. Hibiki had a soccer game, Kanade was helping out at her parent's cupcake shop (the Lucky Spoon) and Ako said she wanted to work on her singing with Hummy. Ellen was a little hurt that she didn't ask her to help her work on her singing, but she tried hard not to let that bug her. She should be cheering on Hibiki, but she'd rather just enjoy the beautiful day and play her guitar. Okay, so it wasn't a beautiful day. It was overwhelmingly hot and Ellen already began to sweat.

Ellen sat herself on the fountain and began to tune her guitar. When she finished, she strummed a few chords to test it. Then she readjusted them. When she finished, she began to play a song. People began to gather and watch her, but she didn't mind.

There was one person who seemed to stand out and catch Ellen's eye. She was tall and older than Ellen, but not by much. She has deep blue eyes, wavy, navy blue hair with a right-parted fringe. She wore a dark blue outfit and a blue seashell locket.

When Ellen finished the song, everyone clapped.

"That was wonderful!" The girl said as the crowd disbanded.

"Oh, thanks." Their eyes met, and their gazes locked. It seemed as though they knew each other, or that they were connected. But this feeling did not last long.

"I just love music. It's so pretty." She said.

"Really? Me too. Music is my life." Ellen agreed.

"My name's Noel." She said, bowing.

"Sir—I mean Kurokawa Ellen." They shook hands. As they were doing so, the ground started to rumble.

"What's going on?" Noel exclaimed, looking around and pulling her hand away. Then, two girls appeared across the square where Noel and Ellen stood. One was tall, wearing a red outfit and had long red hair. The other was shorter and had short blue hair and wore a blue outfit. Noel screamed and stepped back.

"The Black Beauty Sisters!" She cried.

"The what?" Ellen asked.

"Just run!" She ordered. But Ellen refused to back down.

"I don't think you're going anywhere, right, sister Mimi?" The tall one asked her sister named Mimi.

"Of course, sister Sheshe." She agreed and they sneered.

"Let's get this Mermaid Princess for Michel and Yami, Mimi." They brought a microphone to their lips and began to sing a song called Yami no Baroque. Ellen and Noel froze on the spot, as chills began to crawl over them. Then excruciating pain pierced them everywhere. Every lyric seemed to get louder and pound inside their head. Noel and Ellen fell to their knees, clutching their heads. Ellen hated herself for falling so easily, but she was in such pain, she couldn't do anything.

"Good job, sister Sheshe."

"You too, sister Mimi." Sheshe smirked. "Let's see how this "Akanbe" works out." Sheshe tossed a blue nose in the air and Mimi tossed a red nose in the air. They each took the form of a guitar.

"Tie them up, Akanbe." Mimi commanded.

"Blue Nose Aka-whatever, go find some more Mermaid Princesses." The Blue Nosed Akanbe walked away, as people began to scream as it passed.

"Mermaid Princess?" Ellen asked, looking at Noel. She looked sheepish, but said nothing.

"We won't let you….get away with this…" She declared weakly. The sisters laughed hysterically.

"Get them, Akanbe." Sheshe commanded. Strings shot out from the Akanbe, right at the weak and tired girls. But suddenly, Ellen was shoved out of the way and Noel was caught. She screamed as the strings wrapped around her and dragged her towards Mimi and Sheshe.

"No! I won't let you!" Ellen quickly got to her feet as fast as she could (which wasn't very fast at all). She jumped on the strings pulling Noel away and quickly freed her.

"Huh? Our song didn't work!" Mimi cried.

"Of course yours wouldn't work. You're just amateurs." A male voice said. Then, Lady Bat appeared out of nowhere.

"This is our bunch. You had your chance with the other mermaid princess and you blew it." Sheshe spat.

"I would've got her if that stupid Pretty Cure didn't show up… Cure Happy. She had to introduce herself twice and she made me introduce myself twice." He growled. Ellen looked up, surprised.

"Did you just say, Pretty Cure?" Ellen asked.

"What's a Pretty Cure?" Noel asked.

"I heard this story already, Lady Bat. Stop making up excuses for your mistakes. There's no such thing as a Pretty Cure!" Mimi cred. Ellen couldn't help but laugh.

"I didn't make it up! I'll show you!" Music began to play and he began to sing Ankoku no Tsubasa. Noel and Ellen began to feel drained and lifeless. All their happiness and energy was just draining right out of them as he sang his song. As her heartbeat slowed, Ellen though of the Melody of Sadness. When she thought of that, she thought of the Melody of Happiness and how great Hummy was at singing it. And so, the song didn't seem to affect her anymore.

Lady Bat laughed and the Black Beauty Sisters looked furious and embarrassed. And then, Ellen heard a scream down the street, instantly recognizing it. It was Ako.

"No!" Ellen cried, breaking from the spell.

"Huh!? That didn't work on you!? Get that mermaid princess, Akanbe!" Lady Bat commanded.

"I won't let you! You can't stop my heart's beat!" Ellen shouted, pulling out her Cure Module. "Let's play! Pretty Cure Modulation!" The Akanbe shot strings at her and Noel. Blue ribbons surrounded Ellen as her outfit appeared with a bow. Her hair changed to lavender as it grew longer and was put into a side ponytail with two feathers. Her earrings and wristbands appeared with her boots.

"Playing the soulful tune, Cure Beat!" Cure Beat introduced, posing.

"I told you I didn't make it up!" Lady Bat snapped at the Black Beauty Sisters.

"Love Guitar Rod!" Cure Beat called.

"Lala!" Lary said.

"Beat Barrier!" And then a sphere appeared around Cure Beat and Noel. The strings hit the barrier, hitting it and trying to penetrate. Cure Beat knew that she couldn't hold this up much longer. And she had no idea what this "Akanbe" was. It reminded her of a Negatone, but those are all gone now. Ako was in trouble, and Cure Beat had to find Hibiki and Kanade for backup.

"Noel, when I drop this barrier, you're going to run as far away as you can, got it?"

"I can't just leave you here. I'll hold them off while you get away." She was stubborn.

"No! Just do as I say and run!" Cure Beat commanded, and dropped the barrier. She pulled Noel with her as she sprinted down the street where she heard Ako scream. She released Noel's hand when she spotted Cure Muse being hauled away by that Akanbe, only this one has a blue nose. With her is a young girl in a red outfit and a big red bow in her short red hair.

"Beat!" Cure Muse called.

"I'm coming, Muse!" Cure Beat yelled. Cure Beat heard another scream. When she turned around, she saw Noel being dragged away by the red nose Akanbe. Well, Cure Beat thought she was Noel. She looked like her, only her outfit has changed. Now she wears a short strapless blue dress with purple ruffles on the one side, it is above the knee with a light blue trim on the top. She also has white gloves and high heel boots with pale blue pearls on the wrist and ankles and deep blue cuffs that extend to her mid-arm and slightly below the knees. Adorning the back of her waist is a light blue bow on the back with dark blue ribbon to match the dress. A blue and purple barrette partly holds back her hair.

"Run, Cure Beat, Run! I sent Lady Bat and the Black Beauty Sisters away, but these "Akanbe" are going to finish what they started!" She called. Cure Beat started towards her, but felt so torn and confused.

"Pudding would not let you take Mew Ringo!" called a voice. Cure Beat spun around to see Mew Pudding attacking the blue nosed Akanbe.

"Akanbe!" It cried, and more string was shot at Mew Pudding, but she dodged and used it to climb up to the face of the Akanbe. She punched the Akanbe in the nose and it fell back.

"Thank you! But who are you?" Cure Beat asked.

"Mew Pudding!" The girl called Mew Ringo called gleefully. That answered Cure Beat's question. The two had a happy reunion. Suddenly, guitar strings were wrapped tightly around Cure Beat's ankles. She was thrown onto the ground and dragged towards the blue nose Akanbe.

"Ribbon Pudding Ring Inferno!" Mew Pudding performed a series of acrobatic flips, kicks and somersaults before summoning a tambourine and a bell ring. She taps them together, forming a melody in the air. Her Mew mark glows and she brings the instruments down, unleashing a blast of yellow energy which encases the Akanbe in a force field shaped like a Jell-O pudding dessert.

Cure Beat struggled in her ties, as did Cure Muse. Mew Pudding was struggling to free Mew Ringo. Suddenly, the Jell-O dessert exploded and the blue nose changed to a red one.

"Pretty Cure! Peace Thunder!" A bolt of lightning struck the now red nose Akanbe, and the nose completely exploded, and the Akanbe disappeared. Cure Beat was free from her grasps.

Cure Beat got to her feet and found the owner of the lightning bolt. Her hair is styled in a high ponytail that fans out wide, with a slight curl at the tips. Her bangs are styled in curls as well. Her eyes become a brighter shade of yellow to match. Her tiara has two angel wings attached, and she wears it on the right side of her head. Her outfit is mainly yellow, with dark yellow lining and white highlights. Her sleeves are double-layered with a puffy piece below, and the bow at her chest is big with a small white frilly piece behind it. Her back of her top is split into two coat-tails, each of which is split in the middle to give a petal-like appearance, and her skirt has a frilly layer underneath it. Her arm protectors are extremely short, with dark yellow ribbons at the wrists. Her boots are short with yellow at the top and small dark yellow ribbons.

"Wow! There is more Pretty Cure!" She said gleefully.

"I can't believe it either… I'm Cure Beat." Cure Beat introduced, being cautious and remaining a Cure.

"I'm Cure Peace!"

"Hey, Peace, what happened to Miyuki and the others~na~no~da?" Mew Pudding asked.

"We heard the screams and came running…." Cure Peace looked as though she was about to cry. Everyone looked around but they were the only ones there.

"Eh?"