The Magical Girl Universe, the ninth universe. As the name suggests, it is a universe populated by the heroines of frilly dresses, magic wands and a positive attitude: magical girls! There are many notable ones in this universe such as Sailor Moon and Madoka. But currently, the one branch of worlds that has the firmest roots in this universe are…Pretty Cure. Though these heroines save the worlds here from darkness, on a universal scale…it's ranked…
"Dead last. Making this one the weakest out of all 30 universes, which means not many people visit or even bother to touch it." Sheer explained to a number of the newcomers.
"Wow…way to put it harshly." Theo said.
"Well he's not wrong. It was ranked pretty low even before I became this universe's Color God." Madoka said.
"Still, there's an Emblem here for a reason, weakest Universe or not." Ajna said.
"Well it would make sense, if he didn't want it found by any major group, then this universe would do the trick." Yaoyorozu said.
"Yes. That scheming perv…bet he took a lot of pics of those poor girls in their uniforms without them realizing." Mineta said as he held a camera.
*CLONK!*
"Why do we get the feeling that's what you're planning to do?!" most of the girls said.
"So any idea where he hid it?" Dan asked Tiki.
"Uh…I think…somewhere in that cluster." Tiki said, pointing to a cluster of worlds.
"Ah…so he went there…Precure." Madoka said.
"What can you tell us about it?" Dhar asked.
"It's a system of worlds that hold magical girls called Cures. Their mission is to defend their worlds depending on the theme of the darkness or evil plaguing it." Madoka said.
"Yep." Akira nodded. "You guys already saw Regina who defected from the Selfish Kingdom, the enemy of the Doki Doki Pretty Cure. It's a long story, let me tell you."
"We should know. We've been to one before." Aelita said.
"Yeah. That flower magical girl world." Luffy said.
"Those were good times." Yang said. "And a lotta weird stuff too if you can forget the sudden Ultra Beast attacks and us hunting those keys."
"Keys…oh yeah. That Universal Core thing. That thing Hope used to destroy the barrier between universes and spark all that chaos." Pit said.
"Geez...are we gonna recount every horrible action I took during this treasure hunt?" Hope said.
"Well, on an objective, pragmatic level, it's really not that horrible." Mark pointed out.
"Yeah. He's not totally wrong. Some of the things you did turned out good…eventually." Ranma said.
"All right, putting Hope's Bad call theater on pause, where is the Emblem exactly?" Subaru asked.
"I think it would be….that one." Tiki said, pointing to one of the worlds.
"Ah…that one is a world revolving around fairy tales and happy endings. A Precure world of smiles." Madoka said.
"Fairy tales… happy endings…" Akira repeated, till her eyes widen in realization. "The Smile Pretty Cure team?!"
"Oh god, yes!" Onyx cheered.
"Oh yeah…forgot she was still a member." Bakugo said.
"No surprise. Our rosters at times get so big, people who don't get much spotlight end up getting lost in the crowd." Sachiko said.
"So, what exactly do you think we're gonna do here? Help out the main team as they fight monsters of the day, get caught up in their antics, and save the world?" Hilda asked.
"In a nutshell that's what usually ends up happening." Mari said, a bit surprised.
"Yeah, that's the general vibe of Precure worlds. And yet new worlds still appear every year." Madoka said proudly.
"It's like one world just isn't enough. Just when you think one team is finished, another pops up and the torch is passed." Hope said.
"Still, compared to the last few spots we've had to search for bracelets, I can't imagine this being all that exciting if all we're gonna do is fight monsters and hang out with a team of young girls every day repeatedly." Nemo said.
"Mind yourself, Nemo. Some people rather adore this kind of thing." Le Kraken said.
"Yeah, and we used to live here. So watch your mouth." Mermista said.
"This may not be our origin universe but it was still Etheria's home for a number of centuries." Glimmer said.
"Well…let's go visit this place and get that bracelet!" Jexi said.
However, upon arrival, the alliance stood on the world as everything just looked gray and nonmoving as people seemed to be frozen in place doing what they were doing.
"Huh…this…is not right." Rimuru said.
"You're right, Rimuru. Somethings definitely wrong here." Adora said.
"Everyones frozen in place, and the world itself is gray. Wait, do you guys think this is…?" Throne said.
"A Time Freeze. But the only people capable of doing this are either Chrono or…Ugh…" Madoka groaned as they headed to a middle school where a number of shadowy creatures were putting up a statue in the middle as a familiar figure stood there and supervised them.
"Yes, that's it. A little to the right." Black said as he stood there.
"I'm guessing that's the Color God Black." Simon said.
"Yep. Color God of the Darkness Universe, twin brother of White and an overall pain." Jexi said.
"You guys are doing good!" Black said. "So wonder…" he said, noticing the group. "Well, if it isn't the Dimensional Heroes. Or is it Hero Alliance? You guys can't seem to settle on a name, can ya?" he said, chuckling a bit.
"Funny. We were just thinking how you can't take a hint that the other 29 universes aren't yours to take over." Hope said.
"Are you saying it cause you care or cause it was your wish that brought an additional 10 into existence?" Black said.
"Both." Hope said. "Why are you even here?"
"Well I gotta start setting up for when I take over this world." Black said.
"Because of course you're still at it." Hope said.
"I would've had this universe all to myself way back then before you made your wish, you know! But Pink there had to go and fall right at your feet. I mean, ever hear the phrase let falling bitches die?" Black asked.
"You know White won't stand for this." Madoka said.
"Normally, you'd be right. But she's resting and recovering after reviving some goof, meaning I got free reign for a while before she tries to bust me. But by that time, I'll have 2 universes under my rule." Black said.
"Are you the one behind this?" Ajna asked.
"He's literally having his goons put up a statue of himself in a Middle school courtyard. Safe to say he is." Kazuma said.
"Yes I am. I froze the world's time just before the final showdown between this world's Cures and the Bad End Kingdom." Black said.
"Bad End what now?" Subaru asked.
"The antagonists of this world. Seeking to bring the fairy tale world of Marchenland and this world to their bad end. Lead by the dark emperor Pierrot." Madoka said.
"And do we even have to guess what you did to the heroines of the story?" Hope asked.
"Nope. I captured and imprisoned them all over this world." Black said. "Why? I'm not gonna tell." he said.
"Damn you, Black." Laura A. said.
"Yeah. I'm cleaning up pretty nicely here." Black said. "After this world, I'm going to Marchenland to complete my takeover."
"Not unless we stop you." Hope said.
"Yeah…you won't stop me." Black said cockily.
"What? Why? We've beaten you 2 times already." Jexi said.
"Please. First time I was possessing blue boy's sister and the second was White and those failures of a cult. You never beat me hand on." Black said.
"First time for everything." DJ said.
"Still won't beat me or kill me." Black said.
"So what? One of us literally has a god slayer sword." Jexi said.
"You know what would happen to a universe if its connecting Color God dies?" Black asked.
"You want to risk us finding out?" Cheetah asked.
"Nope. Gonna say it. That universe and anyone from it would cease to exist." Black said.
"Not only that, Black and White are life-linked. If he dies, so does White." Hope said.
"Thank you, Hope. So you'd end up destroying 2 universes and a majority of your groups." Black said.
"So in other words, we can't kill him without killing White in the process? Damn…" DJ said.
"So what are we supposed to do?" Grantz asked.
"Great question…nothing!" Black said confidently.
"...What if we messed up your plan by tracking down the Cures you trapped and set them free?" Ethox asked, making Black flinch.
"Well yeah, guess you could do that. But good luck finding all 5." Black said.
"Two words: Challenge accepted." David said.
"What? I wasn't….ugh, forget it. Not going to even get into a debate with you idiots. I got other things to do." Black said as he vanished in darkness.
"Yep… Still as annoying as ever." David said.
"At least this won't be a boring trip." Travis said.
"Got that right, pop." Trish said.
"Okay, so we have our plan. Find the 5 girls who normally protect the place, free 'em, then come back and kick Black's ass." Ragna said.
"Problem. We can't kill Black without killing White and wiping out both universes." Kareem said.
"We don't exactly have to kill him. Beating him within an inch of his life will suffice." David said.
"You're the Pretty Cure expert here, Akira. Who are the 5 members of Smile Precure?" Connor said before looking to see her. "Uh… Akira?"
Akira on the other hand, had a different expression on her face. "...He just pissed off the wrong Pretty Cure… Messing with the Precure timelines is a line that shouldn't be crossed… and he did it and tapped danced around it…" Her fist tightening in anger.
"She's pissed." DW typed.
"No, you think?" A2 asked sarcastically.
"Sis?" Zeo asked his sister.
Akira took a deep breath to calm down. "...Sorry. I was not expecting something like this to happen, especially if a god were to blame for all of this. Considering his attitude however, oh he's getting a beating alright."
"Hey, join the club. He's just as much a pain in our asses as he is yours right now," Miu said.
"Let's focus on rescuing the Precure team before going after Black." Gaius stated. "Though by the time we do so, he'll have something up his sleeve when we confront him."
"Doesn't hurt to have backup in that case. Which is why we're going to find them." Hope said.
"Good answer." Akira smiled as she, Zeo and Gaius took out their transformation items, and used them to quickly transform into Cure Starlight, Kamen Rider Zi-O and Geiz. "Let's start with finding the leader of the team, Cure Happy AKA Miyuki Hishizora."
"Where should we even look for her? This world is basically a town in Japan. It'll take forever to search the whole place." Catra said.
"We resent that." Mayumi said.
"Well, is she wrong?"
"If we think smart, that won't be a problem. Just using things connected to them." Robin said.
"Hmm…Cure Happy is a huge fairy tale fan. So…maybe somewhere with a lot of books." Madoka said.
"So you also knew about Precure history, Madoka?" Cure Starlight asked.
"I'm the Color God of this universe. I know all of the Magical Girls in this universe." Madoka said.
"...EEHH?!" Team XDR exclaimed in shock.
"Oh yeah, we didn't mention that. Madoka is Color God Pink. She replaced the old one when they…well…" Scarlet trailed off.
"Turned into Walpurgis." Emo finished. "Not really sure how it happened, but…it happened."
"So… from ordinary magical girl… to a color god… Madoka, I have no words." Cure Starlight remarked.
"It's not that big of a deal, honestly." Madoka said.
"Ahem." Houki cleared her throat. "Maybe we should have this conversation another time. Let's look for Cure Happy first."
"She's right." Hibiki agreed. "Madoka-chan, care to lead us where she's being held captive?"
"Well, I guess she's being held in this school's Library." Madoka said.
"Would Black really make it that easy?" 9S asked.
"Nothing is ever easy in our line of work." Kiana stated.
Madoka led them all into the school as she turned to the library to see a young girl with pink hair in a cage surrounded with fairy tale books. In the cage with her were two small creatures.
"There's Miyuki!" Cure Starlight noticed. "And… Candy and Pop are here too?!"
"Ah! Miyuki, look!" one of the creatures said.
"Whoa…who are the weird little guys?" Meowth asked.
"Oh. Those are the fairies from Marchenland." Madoka said. "Every Precure team has those little fairies."
"Okay…they don't really look like fairies, but we'll take your word for it." Mark said. "Now, it would probably be a good idea to ease them into things-"
"Hello! We're a Multiverse traveling team, and we are here to save you so we can all beat up an evil god!" G. Aqua said.
"…Or just lay it on them at once. Right." Mark said, facepalming.
"You're all what?!" Miyuki asked in shock.
"Let me handle this." Cure Starlight deadpanned and stepped forward. "What happened to you?"
"We were preparing for the final battle with the Bad End Kingdom. But then time suddenly stopped and this weird guy claiming to be a god showed up. We tried to attack him but he shrugged off every attack. He captured us and separated us." Miyuki said.
"You're fighting Pierrot?" Cure Starlight asked. "The first or second time?"
"Second." Miyuki said.
"So Black stopped things just before the Grand Finale." Connor said.
"I see…" Zi-O noted. "So they're nearing the end of their story."
"You have to let us out-kuru!" Candy said. "That Black guy is even worse than all of the Bad End Kingdom!"
"Trust us, we know. He's a pain, we can't let him walk all over your world." Hope said.
"Wait…" Aether spoke up and looked around. "...Someone else is here."
"Uh, guys? Did anybody order a house?" Chopper asked as they saw a large house with arms, legs and a clown face with a red round nose.
"Akanbe!"
"What the hell is that?!" Kazuma said.
"Looks like we just found the Monster of the day." Hope said.
"Of course Black wasn't going to leave them unguarded." Jexi said.
"Obviously!" Paimon replied.
"…That's a house." Mark said, deadpan.
"It's a monster."
"That looks like a house!" Mark repeated. "I mean…why?!"
"Every single Precure team fights Monsters who are based on everyday objects." Madoka said.
"We know from experience, we fought these things called Desertians in the last Precure world we've been to." Vashyron said. "Trust me, this isn't the weirdest thing they've been spawned from."
"Except the Desertians have enemy grunts on their side." Cure Starlight pointed out. "Bad End Kingdom however, nope. Just the Akanbes. Just be lucky it's not the black nosed ones, those are a pain to deal with."
"…I'm not going to question it." Mark shook his head, before getting into a battle stance. "Let's demolish this…Akanbe, right?"
"Just remember to leave the final blow to me. Pretty Cure's have purification powers, after all." Cure Starlight said.
"You can purify this thing? I thought only the respective team could purify the corresponding monster." Zephyr said.
"Maybe she can because she's not a Precure tied to any one world, just a guess. She's able to do what each team is able to do in all of them." Adora said.
"What?! How does that even-?!" Kazuma asked.
"Not the time to ask, look alive!" Tanya warned.
"Akanbe!" the Akanbe roared and prepared to smash everyone with its giant fist. Cure Starlight then simply raised her fist at the right moment the Akanbe's fist collided with hers. Unfortunately for the Akanbe, her fist is stronger as the Akanbe was sent flying several feet before crashing.
"Heh… thank you Cure Peach." Cure Starlight smirked.
"Whoa…!" Kazuma said.
"'Weakest universe' My ass!" Dark Water typed.
"And this is why you don't mess with Pretty Cures… and Kamen Riders… and Super Sentai… and even the giants of light." Cure Starlight said.
"Giants of light?" Theo asked.
"Does the name Ultraman ring any bells?" Geiz asked the alliance. "...Not you, Ultra."
"Question rescinded." Theo said.
The House Akanbe recovered as it looked really mad after getting sent flying.
"Well, it's mad now." Bow said.
"Akira, was Adora right in that you can purify any monster created in any Precure world?" Glimmer asked.
"I was able to do that during my first battle against the Nottoreis on Prime Earth. And I did it again in Sequin Land when Squid Baron got corrupted into a Jikochuu caused by a Dark Pretty Cure." Cure Starlight replied. "Regina was shocked that a Jikochuu still exists even after the fall of the Selfish Kingdom."
"Then we'll go with your plan. Time to bring down the house, literally!" DJ said.
"You guys go to town on it! I'll prepare a one-hit finisher!" Cure Starlight said, flying upwards with her energy bow ready and rotated her PreBrace several times before taking aim.
"Akanbe!" the house Akanbe roared again, charging at the group to intercept Cure starlight.
"You heard Akira, let's keep it busy!" Hilda said.
"Yeah…time for a little renovation!" Yang said as she started pummeling it.
"A house?! Is this what passes for a threat in this universe?!" Mark yelled as he joined Yang in pulverizing the monster. "No wonder this universe is considered the weakest! They're held back because they have to fight stupid things like you, you dumb condominium!"
"Hey now, don't be too harsh on this thing!" Makoto said, countering the Akanbe's first as it went for a punch against Yang and Mark both and fired back with one of her own, stunning it. "I think the villains of every Precure story just have…. Different tastes!"
"Yeah, I think I remember a Desertian coming to life from a speaker system this one time." Ibuku said. "There was even one that possessed the team's entire school!"
"Yeah…those were good times." Rainbow said as she dashed around and slashed at the house.
"Akanbe…!" the house monster said, taking all of the hits before breaking free of the onslaught and pushing them all back.
"Haven't had enough? Maybe you just didn't like your renovation methods!" Legolia said, peppering it with Bomb arrows.
"Maybe you need a little help!" Charmander said as he attacked with Flamethrower as the monster panicked to put itself out.
"All yours, Akira! It's distracted with putting out its own fire!" Legolia said.
"Okay…" Cure Starlight took a deep breath and took aim at the Akanbe's nose with her arrow charged to full power. "Pretty Cure! Final Starlight Arrow!" She then launched the energy arrow and struck directly at the Akanbe's nose, popping it like a balloon while its body glowed with magical light before vanishing in purification. "That'll do it." She concluded, floating down and landed at ground level.
"Yes!" Miyuki said as the cage she was in soon faded away into nothing. "I'm free!"
"Glad to have been of service." Yang said.
"Ah, so the guards and cages are connected. Defeat the guard, and the cage will disappear." Double D noted. "A helpful point to remember, for sure."
"Are you alright, guys?" Cure Starlight asked.
"I'm fine. I'm just worried about the rest of my friends." Miyuki said.
"Don't worry, we'll free them. Just stick with us and you'll be fine." Zi-O assured.
"Do you still have the Smile Pact to transform?" Cure Starlight asked.
"It was guarded by that monster…but not anymore." Miyuki said, taking it back from where the Akanbe was purified.
"So, that's what you use to transform, huh?" Eddy asked, looking at it. "Kinda looks like…what is that, a makeup thingy?"
"It's more than that." Miyuki said as she opened it up and put in her Cure Decor. "Pretty Cure! Smile Charge!" she called out taking out the powder puff as her body changed as she was soon transformed into the magical girl Cure Happy.
"Twinkling and shining, the light of the future! Cure Happy!"
"Nice to meet you, Cure Happy." Cure Starlight smiled, offering a handshake. "From one Pretty Cure to another."
"Likewise!" Cure Happy smiled back as they shook hands.
"4 to go. Who should we track down next?" Connor asked.
"Let's go in order of when they first debuted if this is going on a pattern." Geiz said. "So after Happy, there was…"
"Akane Hino, Cure Sunny." Cure Starlight answered. "Cure Happy, do you still remember where Black took her?"
"She won't be hard to find. If I remember right, one of Akane's hobbies is playing volleyball." Madoka remembered.
"If that's the case…Maybe she's trapped near the school's Volleyball court!" Cure Happy said.
"Not a bad place to look. Let's go look there." Travis said as they hurried off.
"And don't you worry, Akira. We'll make sure Black gets his dues for trying to mess with this place." Hope said.
"Hope you guys have experience with volleyball." Cure Starlight said to the alliance. "You'll understand why later."
