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After taking a little break, the Pretty Cures changed their pyjamas to clothes that are more presentable. The Queen had relayed to their mentors that the Empress would be coming to see them. While the Pretty Cures have no power in politics, there have been moments where the politicians or officials would find a way to use them indiscriminately.
However, that had been impossible thanks to the Queen's aid and the Pretty Cures' duty to focus solely on the Beurs. Honoka and Nagisa have been hypothesising who and what the Empress would try to have them accomplish. As most of the time, these kind of meetings have been unrelated interests. Nagisa assumed that the Queen was referring to the Empress Nadine – the ruler of an all-female amazon country. Honoka assumed that it might be the Empress Kyo-Unm, whom had long sought a cure for her comatose husband. They could name a few more Empresses in mind, but until they saw the person, they would plan on their countermeasures in the meantime.
Then, a gallant flap of wings could be heard, rousing the many animals from the mountain. Honoka and Nagisa casually went out of the hut to see the legendary phoenix soaring the skies and towards them. The sight of its fiery waves from its wings and feathers emitted an omnipotent, majestic, and warm presence. The animals from around the mountain called out and praised the phoenix for its presence. In return, the flames and fires reached out to touch the hearts of the animals here for their faith – giving them might and courage; a very rare blessing from the legendary phoenix itself.
The phoenix flew above the Pretty Cures, and from its back descended two people, the Queen and Empress. The phoenix did not stay long and left as soon as the two it had carried descended at the top of the mountain. Like a legend, it came and gone without prolonging its stay, because a blessing could be abused for oneself.
While the animals praised the legendary bird, Honoka and Nagisa stood attention to their guests. The Queen and Empress softly landed on their feet on the grass, smiling softly to the Pretty Cures. The Empress was familiar, adorned in a garb that revealed quite the skin – sexy, yet civil.
The Empress wore an orange bandeau with thin layers of cloth going down the hem of it, covering the waist and hips. The baggy, soft orange pants snugly wrapped the Empress's hips and covered the length of her legs, ending above the feet with a pair of yellow dancing sandals. A silky veil covered the Empress lush and shiny shoulder-length black hair. On the forehead, the necklace acting as crown gave it a striking attention to the Empress's gentle brown-eyes. The Empress was no doubt from the land of sorcery and wizardry, due to the bracers on the wrists and ankles, and a waistband bearing a mark of the country – Solemon.
"Good day to you, your Highnesses." Honoka and Nagisa greeted, curtly and formally bowing to them.
"Good day to you, Pretty Cures." The Queen replied, returning the bow with a hand to her chest and a single nod along with the Empress.
"It is an honour to meet you, Pretty Cures." The Empress replied, her voice as warm and smooth as a silk cloth.
"Please, come inside your Highness." Honoka waved to the entrance of her hut as Nagisa stepped aside.
The Empress looked to the Queen and received an assuring smile. The Empress thanked them as they welcomed her in. Of course, after dispensing the footwear, the Empress was caught surprised by the moving water wrapped around her feet. The Queen placed a gentle hand on the startled Empress's shoulder, as Nagisa told the Empress the water was cleaning their feet. This calmed the Empress, and soaked in the tender pleasures of cool water massaging her feet of grime and dirt.
They then entered the living room, where Honoka has prepared a set of cups and containers of teas in variant flavours on the table. The four women adjusted and settled down in the living room as they tended to their arrangements. When all was well and done, cups of tea for each of them, they could now begin their discussion.
The Queen clapped her hand once and started, "Now that we have settled, allow me state the necessity of my position and aid solely towards the Pretty Cures during the discussion. I will only press upon the discussion should there be information that is withheld or uninformed openly, and restrict any matters of politics severely." Her voice was clear and stern, making the Empress understand the restriction to meet the Pretty Cures alone.
"Any matters requiring confidential or personal interest must be kept within the discussion of Beurs. Anything else will be dismissed." The Queen continued, as she let her words hang in the air for the Empress to contemplate.
"Lastly, the decisions of the Pretty Cures are solely their own to make, and regardless of the circumstances of any requests and or missions; the Pretty Cures will only commit to their duty despite of the terms not met or fulfilled. No exceptions or exemptions can be made." The Queen finished, clasping her hands to her lap and turning her head to look at the Empress.
"You may proceed, Empress Solemon." The Queen earned a pensive nod as they turned their heads to the Pretty Cures.
"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Yasil Zica Solemon. I am from Solemon, the country that I rule and in need of your help." Yasil softly smiled and extended a hand to shake.
Honoka and Nagisa could see the desperation in Yasil's eyes, and they found her genuinely caring of Solemon. They both introduced themselves to Yasil as Cure Black and Cure White respectively, as to avoid being snooped for information with their names. Despite of that, Yasil took no offense of the discretion, and firmly set her request.
Solemon was in a stage of civil war, and the Beurs were being used on either sides to their own agendas for the past twenty years. Yasil wanted this to stop, but she could not intervene what the people desire for their nation. As the only Empress to the throne, Yasil could only move the fights away from the innocent people. Even then, both the rebels and the officials conscripted the citizens by either force, belief, or bribe. Regardless, that should not be the main concern for the Pretty Cures. What Yasil wanted of them to do was to turn the Beurs they intended to use against one another, on the both of them.
"That is a very bold and dangerous request, your Majesty." Nagisa remarked, crossing her arms to her chest of the unpleasant intent.
Yasil nodded, but kept her expressions firm, "Although it will endanger the citizens, they will come to realise their desperations were vacant of considerations and consent. I don't want them to join either sides until we-… I can expose the corruption within." She reached for her cup and took a small sip for her throat.
"While we can follow your request, are you certain of what we do at your behest? They are your people." Honoka said, catching a moment's hesitation from Yasil's arms flexing stressfully.
Yasil looked at them and frowned, "I am sorry. You must think that I wanted you to be painted as evils. Tha-"
Nagisa raised her hand and stopped Yasil, "We're not worried of what others think of us, but do you understand what we will do just to meet your request?" She stated, catching on to Honoka's deeper inquiry.
Yasil took a slow intake of breath and answered unwaveringly, "Yes. I will not hold a grudge against you at all. This decision was mine alone to make. It will hurt me to see my people in harm, but it will do me no good if my people cannot see whom they follow have gone too far in their intentions."
Honoka and Nagisa looked to each other to decide on the matter privately through their eyes. Neither of them had felt anything disconcerting about Yasil's request or of herself. It was a genuine request despite of the cost. Honoka and Nagisa shared a subtle nod, and then turned to the Empress to reply.
"We'll do it." Nagisa said, smiling as she took a drink of her tea.
"Are we to be expected there, or when a Beur is sighted?" Honoka asked, her brain working up a plan depending on the answer.
Yasil smiled and replied, "As soon as a Beur reached your ears, I would be grateful to the both of you to arrive instantly. The rebels and the officials must not make use of the Beur.
With a mission offered and undertaken, the Pretty Cures took up a post in a ruin in the middle of a desert. They took up camping at the tallest tower of the ruined city. Sitting in a room with a cracked hole on the marble roof, the two women idly looked at the ruins through the gaping window. This ruined city was recently destroyed about a year ago.
According to the Queen, this spot was best for travelling across to the core of the nation. Solemon was mostly of desert and occasional oasis with some rare jungles in hidden crevices. Magic emanates vibrantly in this nation, especially within the crevices of the desert. Sorcerers, wizard, magicians, and necromancers found this nation wealthy of ingredients needed for magic supplements and magic stones. The nation prospers well especially from the supplements that could be used for medicine or temporary engines.
"Oh? Look over there." Honoka pointed to the block of broken abodes, as the buildings crumbled and released vapours of cyan air.
Nagisa grinned and offered, "Wanna' look?"
Honoka shook her head and grinned, "Let's not startle the people of their harvest. I've seen how the extraction was done anyway."
Nagisa shrugged her shoulders, "Couldn't hurt to surprise them, for fun." She snickered and received a playful slap to her arm.
Suddenly, a fairy swooped in to alert the Pretty Cures, "We spotted a Beur heading towards a town southeast from here."
Honoka and Nagisa nodded and head towards the direction as fast as possible on flight. They were not in their Pretty Cure forms yet, as they intend to make the fight seem 'difficult' and credible. With help from the Queen, who praised the two women for handling the meeting diplomatically without her insert, gave them a copy of the Pretty Cure's suit. It was the exact same suit, but without the enchantments and gadgets. They would not be needing it until the citizen's resolve crumbled, and if possible, the officials and rebels too.
"Beur spotted! Unit-type: Houndsail." Honoka informed, as the two women reached just in time to see the large monster charging for the town further ahead from the perimeter.
Honoka and Nagisa raised their palms to the air and shot out a magic flare to the sky, alerting anyone within the vicinity of them and the Beur. The people within the town saw the swirls of black and white fireworks in the sky, and the officials and rebels roused the citizens to join them despite of the danger. Nagisa could hear from afar and on both side of separate vicinity in the town claiming that the coming Beur would eradicate either group and joining them would give them safety from the havoc. The people clamoured and rushed to join, carelessly and thoughtlessly beguiled by lies.
Nagisa sighed, "It makes me a bit happy we have the opportunity to crush their lies and hopes." She smirked and fell into a battle-stance.
Honoka giggled, "Now, now. Let's follow the plan and try to lead the Beur to both factions." She said and patted Nagisa's shoulder, before going to the other end of the town.
Nagis smirked, "With pleasure." She waved her hands and brought them across her leg, swirling with black energy and then raising her feet to her knee, ready to kick with a tremendous force.
As the Houndsail mowed across the sand with its giant, razor shredding, constantly spinning feet and paws, and running on four-legs with its beady-eyes gouging out from its platypus head, and the tattered flaps around its neck extended and launched missiles made of shrapnel shards. The missiles flew towards the town rather than Nagisa, and she remained in position as the missiles flew by her.
The pale gasps and screams of the people of the town could be heard as the missiles swooped into them, but Honoka snapped her fingers as she flicked her hand up. The missiles swerve upward and away from the town, but the shrapnel had been released from the missiles, leaving a bunch of hairless rocks in Honoka's her magic grip.
The corners of Honoka's lips twitched amusedly as the shards missed all of them by a hair's breath. Honoka's calculations were precise and on the spot, as two of the opposing factions riled up to conscript the citizens. Now it was up to Nagisa to drag the Beur all around the town whilst keeping low casualties. Honoka would keep watch and attack from below to repel most of the Beur's attacks. Although they would not know what to expect from a Beur, they could improvise along the way to make the people self-aware as the snap from the pressure of danger and instinctual rationalism: running away.
Nagisa focused on the charging Beur and figured out the proper angle to kick it. The Beur must be 'fighting' them from above the town, and at the same time, make the officials and rebels go frantic in their recruitment, which would then make the people fed up of their droning words.
The Beur was within the range Nagisa desired, and she unleashed a devastating sweep kick that a force black energy wave swept across the land. The Beur saw the oncoming energy wave ahead and leapt high into the air, pouncing for the town with its entire body. Nagisa reeled back in position and stilled the black energy too. Then, Nagisa immediately launched herself feet first together with the pillar of energy spearing towards the Beur in the air.
However, its spinning talons defended the Beur's underbelly, as if a grinder was attached to its paws and feet. Nagisa attacked head-on into the whirling talons without fear, as the black pillar spiralled and hit the Beur first before her. The pillar was minced into bits of pieces, but it slowed down the rotation of the talons just enough for Nagisa to slip through. Nagisa pummelled right into the Beur's underbelly, and started a series of kicks to turn it around and bring it towards Honoka. Honoka watched as the Beur was brought towards, waiting for it to counter Nagisa's onslaught.
As the Beur got closer to the town and Honoka, she slowed down her rapid kicks and allowed the Beur to fight back. The Beur immediately responded and smacked Nagisa away with its mace-like tail. Nagisa flew back and took a glancing blow. The Beur allowed itself to fall on its back and grossly twisted its limbs around to plummet onto the town. Honoka dived towards the Beur and uppercut its beak. The Beur flipped around and fell on its back on the town's buildings. Thankfully, the people have started to scramble away and run from the town, but the officials and rebels were persistent not to open the gate and demanded them all to join.
The Beur recovered and mowed across the town's buildings as its beak gaped open, revealing a light from inside its throat to release flames of plasma burns. Honoka slammed down towards the earth and sprung towards the foot of the Beur, avoiding the hail of plasma flames. The Beur turned its head and guided its plasma flames across the town and for Honoka, leaving a trail of disintegrated buildings and charred earth. Honoka did not reach the Beur at her full speed, and went to the side to avoid the talons swiping for her.
Honoka ran backwards for the gate, where the people, officials, and rebels were clamoured. The people's gasp could be heard as Honoka stopped behind them, and the Beur was facing that way. The Beur released a hail of plasma and Honoka stood firmly in place, while the people grew tired of the official and rebel's useless intervention. Meanwhile Nagisa waited for the right moment as she hid inside a vacant building. When the Beur blew a breath of plasma towards the crowd and Honoka, Nagisa dived in and elbow drop on to the spine of the Beur.
Honoka could hear the cries of the citizens and broke under the pressure as they rammed and battered pass the officials and rebels, smashing the gate open with their frightened might. That should leave a bad reputation on their part, now to finish the job quickly. Thankfully, the flames of plasma stopped right in front of her just as Nagisa delivered a blow. The Beur's maw gaped open in a soundless scream, and Honoka spread her arms out, fingers splayed open as she gathered the plasma into her hands for conversion.
As for Nagisa, she cracked the flesh of the Beur's back and grabbed for the base of the tail's bone. Nagisa ripped the Beur's tail off as she launched back up into the sky with it and converted the tail into a humongous mace.
Finally, they delivered the final blow with Honoka shooting a large hail of plasma flames at the Beur. The Beur burned and barely had the means to act, as Nagisa plummeted downwards with mace smashing at it. The Beur cracked, charred, and disintegrated in a second; leaving the earth shattered and the town's buildings damaged proportionately. Nagisa landed on the ground as the mace disappeared and turned to Honoka.
They both shared a nod and left the town without a moment's hesitation, as the fairies and its purifiers arrived to check on the town and the people clamouring towards them. The Pretty Cures returned to their temporary outpost for now and await the news from the fairies.