Song: Light and Shadows - Corpse Party Blood Drive Music Extended
Part 1
"Hmm. I have so many, many, many questions to ask you!" Sora Harewataru would exclaim with a tone mixed with excitement, skepticism, and mixed feelings.
George is now being "interrogated". Well, in a sense, not in a bad way, just more on the lines of inquiry on what had occurred just now, and he can't really fault her or the other Cures for that matter.
He's currently hopping a ride on Ageha Hijiri's SUV that was accelerating towards the clear open road. Before that, George practically cleaned the collateral mess in the highway that the Lepus Inferntaurs had made just to draw his attention, much to the awe of the Cures who had seen a demonstration of his power.
George had asked Acrohopper to head forward towards Hagukumi without him, and to stand-by and keep himself hidden in case something infernal happens again. Which is something George unfortunately is counting on or anticipating.
As for the current state of affairs, even though again, the Lords of Hell under the First Sovereignty are currently under an official ceasefire, that doesn't really mean Hell and its conceptual nonsense is gonna stay behave and quiet, and leave the innocent souls and worlds alone. In a Post-Changed Earth, there are still a few skirmishes. His recent battle, last night with the Helless, and today with the Inferntaurs, essentially proved that point.
On his left side, there was the sweet yet happy smile of Mashiro Nijigaoka. She was genuinely happy to see him. It made him a little uneasy, if only because...
...She's remembering me? But how? He thought.
The thing is... George has met Mashiro before. In fact, he's actually met every Cure on this SUV, and the other Cures of every other team. It was his job so to speak - a Twilight Guardian in reference to his title: The Century King Black Sun of the 21st Century. His task was the ensure that the PreCure Sacred Chronology isn't going to crumble. That was actually the "good" reason why George doesn't make himself known too much to the modern day Cures, at least compared to ones of the past. Too much interference of him could make them not become the women (or men as some Cures are male such as Cure Wing) they are supposed to be.
...It was, around that time when Mashiro was crying. Ageha had just recently left, as she and her sisters were separated from each other as their parents had a divorce. That meant that Ageha had to move away, leaving Mashiro behind.
And so, the very young Mashiro would cry, under the shade of the trees, as she in-between her tears, would speak the name of her friend, Ageha, as she missed her already. It was too soon, she thought. She didn't want her and her friend to be far away from each other.
A young George, somewhere around the age of ten in terms of physical appearance, with a golden crown on his head with crimson robes, would speak up.
"...Are you alright?" He would ask, making Mashiro look at him, with surprise, as a little bit of confusion had settled in.
"Eh?" She looked at him, seeing his regal clothing and attire. She looked at the young man, who seem very out of place with the rest of the world. Why was he wearing such robes? She wiped her tears and slowly look at him, who suddenly had a sunflower appear in his right hand. She looked at the flower admiringly, as the tears seem to no longer flow.
"Obaa-chan (*1) once said this," The young boy would say with conviction and comfort. "Flowers can make women smile and shine."
Mashiro blinked a little. Then, she suddenly started to softly laugh. "Hmm... Hmmmmphhh... Hehehehehehe..." She puts her arms on her chest as she laughed, her tears of sorrow had turned into tears of good cheer.
"Wha? What is it?" The young George, ever so serious, thought he did something wrong when said that. "Did I say something wrong?"
"N...N...Noo-hmmm," Mashiro tried to regain control of herself, but was failing. Eventually, she started to calm down, feeling a bit better as she would look at the embarrassed and contrite boy. "...I'm...I'm sorry, it's...it's just, it's just quite funny, and...quite sweet." Her smile was brighter, before her face turns to one of realization. "Ah, that's right," She stood up, making George blink. "I am Nijigaoka Mashiro, who are you?"
"...Hmm, George Ku-...A-Actually, George Artorius, that's...that's my name," He said, cutting off his real name and introduced himself with his other name.
"George...Artorius?" Mashiro tilted her head innocently. "That's an odd name? Are you from another country?"
"Umm, no," George Artorius shrugged his shoulders. "If you're referring to my name, my umm... parents have a unique namesake, that's all I'll say about it."
"Heeh," Mashiro was now curious, maintaining her innocence as she titled her body towards the right. She eyed at the sunflower, and wondered. "Ne, George."
"Hmm?" George looked at her.
"So, umm, can I...umm..." She awkwardly look at the flower.
George realized. "Oh, sure," He gave the flower to her.
She smelled its fragrance, and felt a calming sooth that made her smile. "It smells like a perfume."
"That's...part of its natural gift I suppose," George said, as he looked out into the open green grass fields that was being breezed by the wind. "So," George said, making Mashiro look at him. "I suppose, umm... maybe we can take a little walk? You know, us getting to know each other and all?"
Mashiro blinked a little. "Do you want to be friends?" She asked.
"...You can say that," George smiled softly, with reassurance. "And what kind of friend would I be if I don't know anything about you, besides your name."
"Hmm... okay," Mashiro made good cheer.
"Alright, so..."
George and Mashiro would walk down the fields, as they both started conversing with each other. In all that time, George listened to Mashiro and her more than few complaints.
That was an admittedly happy memory. It was one of the first times when George had been time travelling through his world. He didn't know at the time, when he first met her, that Mashiro would eventually become a PreCure. And George's time abilities around that time had been... a little random and uncontrollable at some point in his life. It made Guinevere very extremely worried for him, as he has been hopping through time and space at random, meaning he could end up anywhere. That prompted him to get a check up from Doctor Strange (*2).
Glancing to his right was Sora, who was looking at him with a sense of admiration. George remembered. Sora Harewataru was a major fan of heroes and heroic figures, and oftentimes get's excited about it. The fact that George is basically an in-universe fictional superhero a.k.a. a Kamen Rider is quite the tale to tell. Though, it's an admittedly too long to list type of story. It can't just be summed up in one setting.
"...Okay, so, what do you want to know, umm, Harewataru-san, everyone?" George would ask.
"Well, for starters, how did you do that? How did you become a Kamen Rider? Is that because of your Ziku-Driver? Is it a Ziku-Driver? And what kind of weapon was that?" Sora started to hash a couple of questions - all of which was actually comprehensible for George.
But Mashiro, who looked exasperated and concerned, spoke softly as she raised her hands. "Umm, Sora-chan, perhaps we should let George answer first your questions before you start continuously hashing them."
"No, it's alright, Mashiro," George reassured her, before he cleared his throat and explained. "Well, yes, it is as you say. I am a Kamen Rider, and yes, Kamen Rider is supposed to be a fictional character, though as you can see, it's quite, well, real. And as to my Ziku-Driver, well, yes and no."
"Hmm? What do you mean by that?" Sora asked.
"My Ziku-Driver's name is called the Vital Sun Riser Ziku Driver. It's not a belt that could be in a sense removed from me, just like many Ziku-Drivers. It's pretty much a literal part of me. Even if you were to get it, it won't work on anyone else, it's, umm, DNA-locked to only me."
"Hmm? Why is that, actually?" Ageha would ask.
"...Umm, well, it's a long story, but... suffice it to say, I wouldn't really recommend the experience," George said, as his mind would recall something from long ago.
...It was a dark laboratory. He could hear the sound of beeping from various artificial machines all linked up to him. He could feel something. Something getting into him. Sharp piercing objects that were used for operation. He's undergoing some kind of surgery. There were medical doctors with dark blue green surgical field clothing, with some symbol that had a skull with tentacles, that seem to form a kind of clock-like pattern.
...It was dark. He felt numb. The light was bright that he couldn't make out much of what is happening to him. All he could tell was that something was embedded deep inside him. A power. A stone. One that became a part of him.
...A part of him. A part of him, that had been gone. A part of him, that had been taken.
"George?"
His eyes opened as he was shaken out from what he was recalling. He felt a gentle touch from his shoulder, and a voice from Mashiro, who looked at him with worry. The others were looking at him with similar sentiments.
"...Umm, how long was I silent?" George asked, looking left and right.
"About a few minutes," Tsubasa Yuunagi said to him, with a concerned tone. "We tried calling for you, but you weren't responding."
"Ah, sorry," George's face turns apologetic. "That, um, tends to happen whenever I'm in deeper thoughts. I sometimes get scolded by Guinevere-neechan a lot-"
...George suddenly realized that he blurted out Guinevere's name. That was stupid of him.
"Guinevere-neechan?" Tsubasa asked, frowning with his downward eyebrows.
"It's nothing," He shakes his head, looking crestfallen. "Forget what I said about that."
The Cures only look at each other with even more worry.
"Umm, George," Mashiro said with a calm smile, making George look at her. "By Guinevere-neechan, do you mean, your adoptive older sister?"
George flinched a little. He lowered his eyes down. "...I'd assume at least that it's based on your memories of me somehow returning."
"Well..." Mashiro sported a hesitant and concerned expression. "That, and well... I may have seen her in a dream."
"A dream?" George looked at her with a surprised inquiry.
"Hmm. And it's not just me either. There were other Cures with me too," Mashiro said.
"Wait, hold on, slow down?" Ageha said, as she was driving the SUV. "This is the first time I've heard of this. What kind of dream did you have, Mashiron?"
"Well.."
Mashiro would explain to them of that dream. Of the appearance of Hikari Kujou a.k.a. Shiny Luminous' mother. Of the dream that related to a PreCure called Cure Grail, also known as Guinevere Morgan le Fay, the High Queen of Camelotgard. The one thing that George noted was that she failed to mention something specific. Guinevere is dead. Surely she'd known that based on that factor of her memorial statue and grave. Did Mashiro deliberately left that out? He would think.
"Wait, Camelotgard?!" Sora muttered with wide open eyes, before looking at the young George in a new light. "But... How... I... That..."
It was not just her. Even Ellee-chan looked at the man in awe.
"Eh? What? What's with that reaction?" Ageha looks at them, and looks at Tsubasa, who also had wide-open eyes. Even Mashiro seems to know. "Okay, can anyone please explain to me just what is Camelotgard?"
"That's! That's a place from a bedtime story that mama used to read to me. The Tales of Camelotgard!" She stated, with excitement. "Even now, I still recalled it all in my mind. It's said that high above the clouds, beyond the Sky Land (*3), there lies the hallowed eternal realm of Camelotgard. It's there where a mysterious benevolent High Queen ruled over the heavens and its kingdoms, though her name wasn't really known, as no one truthfully knew of her name."
George paid close attention to that detail. That part was definitely true. And that mysterious High Queen who wasn't named in those stories that spread out from below was none other than his older sister, Guinevere, the last of the le Fay noble house and bloodline.
"Eh? Why is that?" Ageha asked, now curious about the tale, as she still concentrates on the road.
"Well," Tsubasa explains further. "Those tales have been passed on since ancient times, even beyond the time of the first PreCure of our ancient history. Many of the tales dealt with simple random adventures. It all spoke of a young girl named Princess Red, of the Red Hooded Kingdom, who went on a journey across the Twilight Realms, encountering peoples and places, all the while fighting against her dreaded adversary, The Wolf-Man."
"Queen Akasuki Incarnatum the Brave, of the Scarlet Clover Kingdom," George responded solemnly, with a fond expression. Everyone paid attention to him. "Yes, that was her name, the woman whom the stories were based off of. The Scarlet Clover Kingdom is the real proper name that the Red Hooded Kingdom of those stories is based off of. And you could also say that Queen Akasuki happens to be an old childhood friend of mine."
"Wait! Wait! Wait! You knew the Princess Red of the stories?!" Sora sported an excited look. "You've got to tell us what it's like meeting her!" She wanted to know, if only because the Princess Red of those stories was a hero, and Sora had always been fond of the concept and idea of heroes. Actually finding out that your idol is real is making her breeze with excitement.
"Well," George had his arms crossed. "As stated in her name, she is well known for her bravery. A woman of great power. And... she is a PreCure."
"Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?!" Everyone, except for Mashiro who seems to also be in the know, exclaims, excited and surprised.
"She's one of us?!" Ellee-chan sported a happy smile. "What's her Cure name?"
"Cure Cloak," George explained with a solemn expression. "That was her name. She had the power to render herself completely invisible, and is the fastest Cure alive in the realms of Twilight. She's very beautiful, having seen her grown up as such. Black hair that flows naturally down to her back, emerald big eyes, perfect oval shape face. She's very hardworking and often reminds me to attend to the royal archives when it seems like I'm slacking off. Very determined, very stubborn, just like her grandmother before her."
"Grandmother?" Tsubasa asked. "Do you mean the grandmother from the Tales?"
"Yes," George nodded. "The grandmother's name was Himiko Incarnatum the Magnificent, who is also a PreCure - Cure Courage."
"Hmm, there's one thing that I'm curious about," Ageha became a little thoughtful. "...You. They say in the tales that it's a High Queen that rules over Camelotgard, but... from what Mashiro-chan is telling us, you're the High King of Camelogard?"
The dignity and rank settled and sinked in amongst the Cures in the SUV. The High King of Camelotgard. From the perspective of the World of Pretty Cure's countless dimensions, it's the equivalent of Earth's version of Heaven (Christian), or Asgard (Norse), or Olympus (Greco-Roman), or others. In one sense, that is true. As in the lands of the Twilight Realms, there is an afterlife dimension that is ruled by Lord Haides, the Ever Living Flame and King of the After-End Kingdom, who answers to him.
George's thoughts turned sober and solemn. "...Currently speaking, yes, I am the High King of Camelotgard, the successor to the High Queen of those stories you spoke - her name... was High Queen Guinevere Morgan le Fay, my adoptive older sister."
"The...The former High Queen's your sister?" Tsubasa muttered in shock. If he could bow, he would do so, but he was currently on the front seat of the car. He would probably do so later. But... "Wait?" He realized. "Former High Queen...?"
"..." George's face saddened a little, as his arms were crossed, as if he felt cold all of a sudden. "Forgive me but... I'd rather not talk about it for now, please..."
The unsettling atmosphere came through, making the Cures wondered and worried about George's situation.
"Umm, anyway," Mashiro tried to brighten things up a little. She eventually realized that this topic regarding Guinevere was sensitive.
Actually, Mashiro would slowly recall something.
"...George?!"
A young Mashiro heard the anxious voice of a beautiful lady wearing a golden tiara on her head and a light blue green dress, who was coming towards George and embraces him tightly. She had brown hair that flowed towards her back, emerald eyes which flashed like sparkling jewels. Alongside her was... a strange-looking mouse with big black ears. He also had kingly robes, and carried a similar anxious expression.
"...We've been looking all over for you, George, Guinevere was rather restless," The mouse would say, before noticing. "Oh?" He noticed that he wasn't alone. His expression seems to dawn, as he appeared to recognize Mashiro. "...I did not expect that you'd have some company." He would say, with an inquiring and concerned tone.
Mashiro didn't felt very afraid. In fact... the mouse was very familiar. The voice was... familiar. The tone. The facial expressions. The benevolent eyes, filled with life and wonder.
"...Ah?!" She was shocked, as she realized who was she looking at. "You're...You're...You're Mickey Mouse (*4)?!" She exclaims in jubilancy, and she was jumping a little in childish awe.
The one known as Mickey Mouse smiled. "Hmm," He giggled. "Oh, so you know who I am?"
"Hmm," Mashiro nodded eagerly as she drew near to him, with sparkling eyes and raised arms with clenched fists. "Everyone knows who you are! My obaa-chan would let me watch all of those old movies that showed you. I think the first one I remember watching was, umm, that black and white one... that..."
"Ah, the one with Captain Pete," Mickey responded, immediately recognizing the event. "Yep, I'd remember that. The movie you're referring too is pretty much based on a true story."
Mashiro, in her excitement, eventually realized something. Her thoughts now turned to George, who was being carefully pampered by the young woman, who spoke with anxious words that seem to ramble on, with George reassuring her that he was fine, with a slight embarrassed and conscious tone. Something clicked.
"...Wait, are you..." Mashiro muttered.
"Hmm?" The beautiful lady would stop her ramblings, as she would look at Mashiro. "Ah," She blinked, as she smiled purely. "Oh, so... you seem to have made some company while Uncle Mickey and I were looking for you, George."
She would move towards Mashiro and crouched to her level. "What's your name, little one?"
"...Ma...Mashiro...Nijigaoka Mashiro," She would say, mesmerized by the lady's beauty.
The lady smiled, as her eyes sparkled. "Oh, Mashiro? Are you mayhaps... the granddaughter of Nijigaoka Yoyo?"
"...Hhmm," Mashiro nodded. "Do you know obaa-chan?"
She smiled. "Oh yes, I'm very familiar with her. You could say that... she's an old friend of mine, in a line of work that I've been doing... and what would you be doing in the future."
"Eh?" Mashiro raised her eyebrows in wonder. "What do you mean by that?"
"...Oh, you'd understand what I mean someday," The lady would say.
Mashiro's thoughts turn to the present time, as she smiled a little. Of course... she thought. Guinevere knew at the time. Of course she would. She knew that Mashiro would eventually become a PreCure. As Cure Prism.
Guinevere Morgan le Fay. Cure Grail. The PreCure Guardian of Time.
It was her task, as High Queen, to guard the sacred histories of the PreCure through all of space and time. And... that duty had fallen to George in the end, when she... she passed away.
Mashiro's smile turned a little sad, though she held her tears in. She fondly recalled of Guinevere, in the few times she met her. A very kind and benevolent queen, who stoops down to her level without any hint of pride. She had wondered what had happened to her. And from what she could glean from George's reaction, it was something that was tragic.
She didn't want to push the issue further. Wanting to ease the tension a little, she had an idea.
"Oh, George," Mashiro smiled a little, as George looked at her. "I was wondering, how's King Mickey?"
"Hm?" George wondered where this line of thought was going, but he welcomed it all the same. "Umm, he's more than fine actually. He's just busy nowadays with stuff, though it's because of that that he and I get to work together and talk more frequently. He's... still the same as you probably remember."
"Hmm? King Mickey?" Everyone who isn't George or Mashiro would ask, bewildered.
Eventually, there would be a little ruckus in the SUV, because now they suddenly realized that they were literally talking about the famous Mickey Mouse character.
Acrohopper drove through a hidden forest where a secret outpost had been set-up. There were a couple of armored shock troopers, dark blue in color, with dark bodysuits, with S.H.I.E.L.D. eagle emblems and inscriptions on their shoulders. Their armor was advanced anti-biohazard specialized mobile gear, adaptable to all terrains. Their rifles were sturdy, capable of firing blue laser automatic rounds. Their helmets were T-shaped visors. (*5)
All in all, they were called the 501st Legion, part of the Holy Knights of the Forevermore Order. Most of the personnel stationed in the outpost were all what may be called clones, made from a specified galactic bounty hunter, along with a few DNA strands to add to the mixture, as one countermeasure to prevent tampering and viral strains targeting specifically on one genome.
(*6) "...Oh, didn't you see there, sir," One of the men responded towards Acrohopper who was coming near the former. The man had been using the visor-binoculars of his helmet to scan the area where the event of the KiraPati's celebration were to take place.
His name was Supreme Marshal Commander Gene Davidson, the right-hand man so to speak of High King George Artorius when it came to the military governing side of affairs and one of his closest associates. His helmet had a left antenna on his upper left side, with a few light blue lines on the upper straight-forward visor that was different from the rest of the troops. The visor took the shape of shriek-hawk eyes.
"Hey there, commander," Acrohopper spoke chirpily. "Just thought to inform you that the King is currently a little preoccupied with dealing with one of the main teams: The Hirogaru Sky! PreCure. It's all because a bunch of Lepus Inferntaurs had been trashing up the highway. Luckily though, no one actually got hurt, and my partner and the Cures took care of that pretty easily."
"Well, that's good to hear," The commander nodded. "I was actually going to inform the general that one of the mainline Midnight Sons is attending the event."
"Who? Tatsuya? Isn't he kind of busy back in Camelotgard at the moment?" Acrohopper asked.
"No, sir, not King Lactantius, but rather The Captain," The commander clarified.
The bike blinked his eyes a little. "The Captain? As in Captain America?"
"The same, sir," The commander explained. "He actually came by to this post before he came down there in civilian disguise, says he's worried about the general, being one of the reasons why he came."
The bike sighed. "Pretty much all of the Sons are worried about my partner, that's nothing new. It's been like one year after all since ZFs." The bike's tone would become chirpy again, to lighten up the mood. "That reminds me, aren't you or some of the boys going down there to enjoy yourselves? You guys have ID Helmets to disguise yourselves as civilians anyway."
"Not me personally, sir, but there are some troops on the ground already that are doing just that," The commander said. "Current status is normal, and there's sign of civilian risks."
"Well, let's hope it actually stays that way," Acrohopper spoke grimly. "I'd rather that my partner enjoy something in his life for once."
"Oh, he will, rest assured of that, Acrohopper."
"...?!"
Everyone stopped what they are doing as they noted the presence of a young, beautiful woman, closer to the age of the High King George Artorius, walked gracefully from the grey clock-like portal that vanished swiftly. She wore a dark blue jacket, covering her white blouse and white skirt. She had a very beautiful face that had been uncovered from the hood of her jacket, aqua blue eyes that symbolized the farthest lakes, and long flowing dark aqua blue hair. Her golden tiara was not present on her head as it should, having removed it for the time being.
"My Lady Lancelot," The commander responded with respect, as he bowed his head, putting her hand to his chest. The rest bowed with one knee on the ground. Acrohopper couldn't really bow, but could only stand straight and attentively out of respect.
Her name was Lucia von Lac, Queen Consort of High King George Artorius, and Queen of the Lakelands Kingdom (*7). Despite her title of "Queen Consort", she was in fact the current High Queen of Camelotgard in practice, as she was the wife of the current ruler in accordance with the Laws of the Land. She only opted to be referred to as "Queen Consort" because, at least in her mind, the true High Queen was none other than the late Guinevere.
Nevertheless, the peoples of Camelotgard and of the Infinite Twilight Realms hold a great deal of respect for the current High Queen. She was the finest woman in the ways of the sword, unmatched and unparalleled. The strength of a lion's courage, but the gentleness and maternalness of a mother hen.
She smiled softly.
"Arise, all of you," As she said this with a graceful tone, everyone would rise. "Commander, seeing as my husband is about to head towards the event, I opted to come over as well. He has related to me everything of what would occur just last night, and I prepared quite accordingly, as you can see from my inconspicuous attire of wearing the common folk of this world."
"Shall I ask for an escort for you, my lady?" The commander asked.
"No need," She shook her head. "I'm simply here to spend time with my husband, and of course, I can handle myself just fine."
"I have no doubt about that, my lady," The commander spoke confidently.
Around the early morning, before George's encounter with the Hirogaru Sky! PreCure.
"I see..."
Somewhere in the botanical garden, Kaoruko Hanasaki, with arms crossed, would look at Yuri Tsukikage, who informed the former about the dream that had taken place. Coupe was quietly standing behind her, looking on in the conversation.
She sighed, as she looked at the flowers nearby to her left. "If Mistress Love herself has deigned to make her presence known to you and the rest of the Cures that were part of that dream, there has to be a good reason for such."
"...Hanasaki-sensei," Yuri spoke respectfully. "What can you at least tell me about George? Mistress Love says that you knew him quite well."
"Oh, I do know him quite well," Kaoruko's smile turns sad as she looked at her. "...George Kurai, my dear grandson...I have had plenty of adventures that can be told about him. Though, perhaps it is best that we were to save this when all of the others are to arrive at the KiraPati. There, I will tell you everything, as much as I am able too."
"...Can he be trusted? George Kurai I mean?" Yuri asked, with certain reservations. She and other past Cures before the HUGtto! PreCure team's formation are aware of who George Kurai of the Criasu Corporation is. She was wary to say the least, if only because for Hana Nono's, her fellow Cure's sake.
"I know what you're thinking, Yuri-chan, but no, George is not that George," Kaoruko, with an understanding look, said. "George Kurai, my grandson, is a very different man who had led a very different life, compared to how you knew him. In fact, the two could not be anymore different because of it."
"...Does Tsubomi know about this?" Yuri asked her.
Kaoruko shakes her head, making Yuri sport a concerned look.
"But why?" Yuri would ask, curious and concerned. "If George Kurai is actually your grandson, how come Tsubomi doesn't know about this? Surely she would at least be made aware of the fact that she has yet another family member out there."
"There is a concept that my predecessor, Cure Rose, had taught me," Kaoruko explained. "The PreCure Sacred Chronology. It was, in a sense, a specific set of predetermined events that cannot be altered in certain respects. George Kurai's existence is supposed to be something no one, and I mean no one, of you and the other Cures of the modern era, would ever truthfully knew. And that of course included my granddaughter."
"Predetermined?" Yuri asked, sporting a concerned and slightly disturbed expression. She didn't like the sound of that.
"Like I said, I'll explain everything as much as I can, when all of you have at least gathered together," Kaoruko explained.
"And you won't be alone in that explanation, Cure Flower."
Yuri widened her eyes as she slowly looked behind her.
A floating fairy, with a very familiar face. A white body, whose slanted eyes had sharp light purple heart markings above them to resemble his sharp shaped tail and bangs. He had small light purple and white ears, and a single sharp silver ornament on the left side of his head. No, not a single. There were two sharp silver ornaments on both sides of his head. He also had a sharp purple neck ornament with a silver heart attached to it.
Yuri's heart stopped and wavered.
Her face trembled. Her eyes slowly gaining tears, as she recalled the fairy who had given his life to save her. He died saving her. Her beloved fairy partner.
"...Co...Cologne..." She muttered softly.
Cologne (*8) nodded, as he smiled contritely. "It's good to see you again... Moonlight, no... Yuri..."
Yuri would sprint forward and embrace the fairy, as she cried. Tears came down in outpours. A mixture of questions, as well as happiness flood into her mind. How? How was this even possible?
"...Eh? Cologne-desu?!" Two voices would exclaim.
Kaoruko and Coupe would turn around and see the tearful faces of two fairies. Chypre (*9) and Coffret (*10). The other members of the HeartCatch PreCure stood in shock, as they recognized the fairy in front of them.
"Obaa-chan..." Tsubomi Hanasaki (*11) looks at her grandmother for an answer, along with Erika Kurumi (*12) and Itsuki Myoudouin (*13), who also looked at the latter.
"...Hmm," Kaoruko smiled softly. "Oh, Tsubomi-chan, everyone, you're right on time. I suppose it's time we all head towards KiraPati, I'll explain what I can, regarding the return of an old friend, and a few other things." She glances at Yuri, who looked at her with teary eyes.
Yuri looked at Cologne, who nodded in agreement with Kaoruko.
Part 2
...And there came a day unlike any other, when the Multiverse's Mightiest Champions faced off against a common threat.
...They were known as the Midnight Sons.
There were many individuals who belonged to its founding.
"...Alright everyone!" Ichika Usami spoke with an exclaiming voice, as she raised her arms together in a wide open arm's length. "The celebration of our restaurant is about to begin!"
"YEEEOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Standing amidst the cheering, gathering crowd that numbered by the hundreds, there was a tall, blond man standing on the ground. He had blue eyes, a perfect chin, with arms crossed, as he made a soft smile. He wore a dark blue coat and white collar shirt, with dark black pants and sports shoes that bore stars and stripes.
He was the Man Out of Time. He was Captain America.
He, as well as George and King Mickey Mouse, were three of the many leader-commanders that formed the Midnight Sons.
Midnight Sons - Opening Song: 【Lyrics AMV】Dark Gathering OP Full『Kakuriyo - luz』
Midnight Sons Image Hint: (Of note, on Spacebattles, I posted images, but here, I'll just opt with words)
* Steven Grant "Steve" Rogers - Captain America (Earth-M616 Prime/World of the Midnight Sons)
* King Mickey Mouse (Earth-M616 Prime - Sector Dimension: KH 282002 [A dimension - or rather, a nested multiverse [World of Kingdom Hearts])
* Athena - Cure Athens (Earth-M616 Prime/World of the Midnight Sons)
* Princess Charlotte "Charlie" Morningstar (Earth-M616 Prime - Sector Dimension: Earth-HH17/World of Hazbin Hotel)
* Benjamin Kirby "Ben" Tennyson/Ben 10,000 (Current: Earth-M616 Prime/World of the Midnight Sons; Origin: Earth-M61610/World of Ben 10 - merged with Earth-M616 Prime by Post-Zero Flashpoint, One Week Later event)
* Bruce Wayne - Batman (Current: Earth-M616 Prime/World of the Midnight Sons)
* Grant Gordon - The Ghost (Current: Earth-M616 Prime/World of the Midnight Sons; Origin: Earth-W1961/World of Doctor Who)
* Future Trunks (Current: Earth-M616 Prime/World of the Midnight Sons; Origin: Earth-DBT2 - merged with Earth-M616 Prime by Post-Zero Flashpoint, One Week Later event)
* King Tatsuya "Lactantius" Kaname (Current: Earth-PCA04/World of Pretty Cure; Origin: Earth-MM11/World of Puella Magi Madoka Magica - merged with Earth-PCA04 by Post-Zero Flashpoint)
Trivia Section:
(*1) - Kaoruko Hanasaki/Cure Flower.
(*2) - Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange (Earth-M616 Prime), the Sorcerer Supreme Prime Overseer, having succeeded from the previous Sorcerer Supreme Prime Overseer, Yao the Ancient One, who became an adoptive father figure and mentor. Strange was once a brilliant but arrogant neurosurgeon, one of the best in the world, until a car accident when driving his vintage car crippled his hands. When modern medicine failed him, and having spent his money to the point of bankruptcy, he, having heard of whispers and rumors of someone called the Ancient One, would embark on a journey to Kamar-Taj in Tibet, where he was eventually trained by the Ancient One. He healed his hands and learned more about Magic, becoming Doctor Strange, Master of Black Magic, before eventually becoming Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts and of the Dark Arts, succeeding the Ancient One. He settled in the Sanctum Sanctorum in Greenwich Village, New York City, becoming the Earth Dimension's protector from any mystical, supernatural, extradimensional, and cosmic threats.
(*3) - From Pretty Cure Wiki: Sky Land (スカイランド)? is a magical floating kingdom in the sky that appears in Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure. Nijigaoka Yoyo, Sora Harewataru, Yuunagi Tsubasa, and Ellee-chan originally came from Sky Land before living in Sorashido City.
(*4) - Aside from Kamen Rider, Mickey Mouse is, and one could even argue, an even more famous in-universe fictional character in the World of Pretty Cure.
(*5) - Their armor is known as the Kamen Rider J Series Armor Phase III, a successor of the G Series that was developed in the World of Kamen Rider, and two of the most well known users of the G Series is Police Inspector Kaoru Ichijou who test-runnd the first prototype G1 suit, and Police Officer Makoto Hikawa, as Kamen Rider G3 and eventually Kamen Rider G3-X, who had been mentored by Kaoru Ichijou prior to the events of Kamen Rider Agito which occurred in the years of 2001 to 2002.
(*6) - Actor/Voice Actor of the character, and the other clones of the 501st: Temuera Morrison.
(*7) - Actor/Voice Actor of the character: Nana Mizuki.
(*8) - From Pretty Cure Wiki: Cologne (コロン)? was once Tsukikage Yuri's fairy partner in Heartcatch Pretty Cure!. He, along with Cure Moonlight, protected the Tree of Hearts until he died protecting her.
(*9) - From Pretty Cure Wiki: Chypre (シプレ Shipure)? is one of the mascots in Heartcatch Pretty Cure!. She lives with her partner Hanasaki Tsubomi and can help Tsubomi transform into Cure Blossom. She ends her sentences with "-desu".
(*10) - From Pretty Cure Wiki: Coffret (コフレ Kofure)? is one of the mascots in Heartcatch Pretty Cure!. He lives with his partner Kurumi Erika and helps Erika transform into Cure Marine. He ends his sentences with "-desu".
(*11) - From Pretty Cure Wiki: Hanasaki Tsubomi (花咲つぼみ)? is one of the four main Cures in Heartcatch Pretty Cure! and the group leader. She is a second-year transfer student at Myoudou Academy and is in the same class as Erika. Tsubomi's alter ego is Cure Blossom (キュアブロッサム)? and she represents the flower, cherry blossom. Her catchphrase is "I can't stand it anymore!" (私、堪忍袋の緒が切れました!)?.
(*12) - From Pretty Cure Wiki: Kurumi Erika (来海えりか)? is one of the four main Cures in Heartcatch Pretty Cure!. She is a second-year student at Myoudou Academy and is in the same class as Tsubomi. Erika's alter ego is Cure Marine (キュアマリン)? and she represents the flower, daisy. Her catchphrase is "Even if my heart is larger than the sea, I have reached my limit!" (海より広いあたしの心も、ここらが我慢の限界よ!)?.
(*13) - From Pretty Cure Wiki: Myoudouin Itsuki (明堂院いつき)? is one of the four main Cures in Heartcatch Pretty Cure!. She is a second-year student at Myoudou Academy and is also the student council president. Itsuki's alter ego is Cure Sunshine (キュアサンシャイン)? and she represents the flower, sunflower. Her catchphrase is "I will heal the darkness in your heart with my light!" (その心の闇、私の光で照らしてみせる!)?.
Hell Lord Profile: (courtesy of contributions from Shin Kaminaga)
* Masked Spider, Bucio, Shin Kaminaga.
In case you're both curious, I send this profile of an enemy that appeared in the second chapter.
* The Fallen Lords.
- Universe of Origin: Earth-M616 Prime (World of the Midnight Sons), Earth-KR718 Prime (World of Kamen Rider) [Status: Merged with Earth-M616 Prime following the Zero Flashpoint event]
- First appeared in Twight Guardian of Hearts (Chapter 3).
- The Fallen Lords were once part of a heavenly/godly-angelic pantheon called the Lords (the future/former enemies of Shouichi Tsugami/Kamen Rider Agito), who served a twofold supreme deity consisting of the Overlord of Light (Prometh) and the Overlord of Darkness (Theos), who were the creators of humanity in the World of Kamen Rider.
- The Fallen Lords were led by a Lord of the Seraphim Choir known as the Dog Lord, the Morning and Evening Star, who led a War in Heaven against the Overlord (Theos) and the rest of his Lords' kind. A violent cosmic clash ensued, that resulted in the Dog Lord and countless Lords of many choirs fell from the heavens in defeat, and since then, the conflict continues in subtle lines and machinations across the World of Kamen Rider and a few other worlds (The A.R. Worlds shown in the events of Kamen Rider Decade, and Earth-M616 Prime).
- The one that George Kurai/Kamen Rider Black Zi-O and Kaoruko Hanasaki/Cure Flower had fought was a Fallen Lord known as the Ibis Lord of the Order of Ciconia. He and many of his kind once belonged to the Choir of Powers, who had once revealed wisdom and teachings to guide mankind's development in the World of Kamen Rider and various worlds. The Ibis Lords are led by a Fallen Lord of the Choir of the Dominations/Dominions known as Ciconia Trismegistus, who had faithfully watched over and guided the evolution of mankind, and was worshipped as Thoth in Ancient Egypt (World of Kamen Rider).
However, he was unhappy, dissatisfied, and disillusioned with the pace the Overlord (Theos) wanted humanity to evolve. Trismegistus greatly supported granting humanity the Agito Seed and opposed their extermination. Thus, he eventually sided with the Dog Lord during the Rebellion, and upon defeat, within the World of Kamen Rider, he and his army created the Nephilim and taught as many arts and sciences as they could to mankind, with the hope that humanity would become strong enough one day to join them in overthrowing the divine order, but is ultimately deceived by this hope.
