"We..."
"Discord...?"
"Pretty Cure is a warrior of heart and love. Of course you can't use Precure's strength like this!"
Lei and Erika looked at each other like this, and saw themselves stunned on the spot in each other's eyes.
I am at odds with her... But that happened a long time ago. Isn't it natural that we are at odds with each other?!
——The dividing line of hard struggle————
It is really difficult for Itsuki to resist the attacks of two people at the same time. Whether it is Timons or Spider Gagi, they are all focused on her current state.
Covering his stomach with one hand, Itsuki, who was in pain, could only defend himself with one hand. But if you defend for a long time, you will lose. For example, at this moment, Spider Gagi's fully charged fist hit Sunflower Shield. Spider-web-like cracks immediately spread outward from the center, and finally turned the shield into shattered fragments all over the sky in an instant!
"Whoa!"
The remaining power hit Itsuki solidly and threw her away. Itsuki seemed to be thrown out of the window of a high-rise building. Her whole body was wrapped in a sea of golden transparent fragments. She protected her face with her hands to avoid being scratched. But the opponent still didn't intend to let her go. He jumped up from behind Spider Gagi who had exhausted all his strength. Ash shot out spider silk from both hands to pull the girl's arms in the opposite direction, and finally fixed her firmly in mid-air.
Strength... not enough, my chest hurts! I can't get my breath back from where I was knocked down before. I can't get my breath back!
"Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
Then, facing Itsuki who was in jail and completely at his disposal, Ash mercilessly hit her with breathless blows that could not be seen. After deliberately avoiding the vital position, his fists, elbows, palms, shoulders, legs, and other parts of his body were completely transformed into a mercyless execution machine. Itsuki, whose whole body was covered with scars in the blink of an eye, let out a shrill scream from his throat.
"Despicable, it's really despicable!" Popuri, who saw his partner being severely injured, ignored his own fear, cried and rushed towards Ash, feebly slapping his breastplate.
"Itsuki obviously trusts you, but, but! What are you doing?!"
"Me? I'm helping her become stronger. Now I'm helping her get used to the fear and pain of being unilaterally suppressed. How can she become stronger if she doesn't get beaten?"
"Don't say such nonsense here!"
Naturally, neither Popuri nor his colleague Spider Gagi believed what Ash said.
"You've almost had enough fun, Timons." A somewhat impatient Spider Gagi held his fists in front of his chest and stopped. "Does beating a dead thing make you happy? Just give her the final blow!"
"You are quite kind... ha."
Not sure whether he was laughing at Spider Gagi or at himself, Ash sneered and gently lifted the face of Cure Sunshine, which was only hanging in mid-air with broken wings, and could not lift a trace of strength, towards himself.
"Even if you are stronger than me, you still lose, and it's all your fault. Have you learned?"
"Ti...Timons..." What surprised Ash was that even though the girl looked miserable after being beaten, she still held on to her will and asked herself, "Is what you said before... is it true...?"
"I will tell you the truth when you become stronger."
Ash left her last sentence softly and was about to give her the "final blow". As soon as he raised his hand, he felt a sense of danger coming from behind like a thorn, so Ash was aroused and immediately let go of Itsuki and dodged to the side.
When he turned over and looked at the place where he was standing, Lei and Erika stood together and took over the place, and gently placed the unconscious Itsuki on the ground.
Then, the girl's extremely bright and attentive eyes fixed Ash on the spot.
"He actually took advantage of the girl's deepest feelings and deceived Itsuki's trusting heart..."
The pink hair behind the girl's back automatically stood up in the wind, and all her cowardice and unconfidence turned into a strong will to fight against the enemy who bullied her teammates in front of her!
Sadness, determination, anger, countless complicated situations merged into Zai Lei at this moment, and she shouted her angry declaration to Ash!
"I can't bear it any more!
Chapter 100 The tit-for-tat confrontation between girls' hearts
"Damn it, what's going on, Lei, follow my rhythm!"
"We usually cooperate with each other, but now we suddenly say something like this, how can we do it!?"
He never expected that one day he would be refuted by Lei, and the anger in Erika's chest suddenly rose.
"What should I do? It's obvious that you haven't been able to get motivated. I'm responsible for asking you to keep up with me, but you actually blame me?"
"Erika is the one! It's obvious that people don't know how to cooperate with their random actions, and now they are saying things that force others to do something difficult. I just can't agree with it——!"
"You-!"
"You!"
The result of the disagreement ignited the anger of the war, and instantly amplified the small gaps between the two of them. The resentment they had been able to hide not long ago broke out again at this moment, turning into sparks and venting on each other mercilessly, burning the friendship that they had treasured in the past, and at the same time attracting more anger.
When the situation continued to lead to a worse vicious cycle, external changes diverted their attention. Timons gave Itsuki a cruel blow without mercy. The pain that they had never seen before was clearly displayed on the girl's face, which made her as a companion feel like a knife.
"Itsuki!"
Itsuki was knocked into the air and hit the outer wall. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the worried expressions of the two people. Itsuki then forced himself to smile and signaled that he was fine. Then he continued to stand up and faced the attacks of the two in his current bad state.
"How could...Itsuki, Sunshine!"
Faced with her powerless situation, Lei, who was heartbroken, fell to her knees on the ground. Powerless, she kept slapping the inner wall to no avail. She could only look sadly at the tragedy of Itsuki being attacked by two people together and being unilaterally suppressed. However, she could only watch but could do nothing.
However, what is even more cruel than this is that they are not even given a chance to watch the battle. Two black curtains are lowered from Desertrian's arms to cover the cover, blocking the picture and sound. Now the girls can't even see the figures of their companions fighting outside, only a vague dull sound of ominousness can be heard.
"Don't, don't! Itsuki - Wow wow wow -"
Lei, who was kneeling down, sat on the ground with her legs turned outward like a little duck. She recalled the times when they were friends, laughing and fighting side by side, and the care taken by each other in school. However, she was unable to do anything about the unimaginable torture she was suffering from the enemy at this moment. Indescribable sadness hit Lei's heart, which was already sentimental. Tears kept dripping from Lei's fingers as she covered her face with her hands and cried.
"Damn it, even the lower part is covered by a cover! What can I do, what else can I do... Lei!"
Pulling out the hands that had been dug into the underground cover, Erika walked back and forth without thinking of any other way, even pulling his hair into a mess and dyeing it the color of the soil, until Lei's cry came from the side, and Erika was so excited that he shouted angrily.
"Cry, cry, cry... what's the point of crying! Lei, what's the point of doing this!"
Normally, Erika would never have accused Lei so excessively, but the two people who had just broken off their friendship had not even passed the cooling-off period, so the angry Erika would not defend her like a friend.
"Then what do Erika think!" At this moment, Lei was no longer timid. She let go of her hand and glared at Erika, who was level with her, with red eyes. The anger and aggrievedness in her heart at this moment was no less than that of the other party!
"Because we are not united enough and because of the differences between us we can't do anything!"
"In other words... we have harmed Itsuki! Wouldn't Erika be sad?!"
Naturally, in the past, Lei would never have said such irresponsible words to Erika. However, these words just hit the softer part of Erika's heart.
"This... this kind of thing...!" Erika, who was looking at Lei, said as tears began to appear in his eyes.
"Obviously I also... regret it very much!!!"
As if all the strength had been drained from his body, Erika simply sat on the ground and started crying together with Lei.
"Obviously, obviously we are partners, why did it become like this? Why did Itsuki have to be hurt!"
Under the shroud of darkness, no sound outside the cover could be heard. The two of them shed tears sadly, until they slowly subsided, leaving only the sound of low sobs.
Already... done?
"Why... that person is so malicious to us?"
The person in Lei's mouth is naturally Timons, who targets them in every battle. He calls himself Kamen Rider, but he is completely different from the popular detective Rider who protects the city on TV. From their perspective, he is simply a guy with a dark heart!
They keep saying that they are helping and training us, but from the beginning of taking away Heart Seed, to hurting Itsuki's heart, and now they are doing evil to us, the result is not only making us more painful, what kind of training is this, how can it be recognized by people!
"This is all the fault of this shameless bastard Timons!"
"Who will he attack next time, Yuri-nee? Ash store manager?! This kind of thing!... This kind of thing"
Erika, who was about to say harsh words, thought of his situation at this time, and a feeling of helpless desolation instantly came over him and broke down the girl's seemingly strong defense in one fell swoop.
I thought that by becoming Pretty Cure I would be able to grow and protect everyone, but in the end, I didn't protect anything at all!
"Erika..."
The over-emotional heart makes Lei easily fall into the cycle of sadness. The over-emotional heart also makes Lei aware of Erika who is sad alone at this time.
Hearing the sad voice of Erika, Lei, who was sniffling, actually calmed down. When she looked at the beautiful sea blue hair stained with the color of soil, the anger in her heart disappeared unconsciously. Lei involuntarily approached the trembling blue-haired girl who had her back turned to her.
"What do you want me to do... Everyone will get hurt or something, no, I don't want this! I hate it!"
Erika's voice, which is rarely revealed in front of her friends, is a vulnerable side, and the girl tearfully expressed her pain because of it.
Yes, Erika turns out to have been worried about everyone...
Lei had countless questions to ask her, but when she saw Erika's back shaking because she was on the verge of collapse, her inner words blurted out.
"Erika... It's so awesome..."
"Eh?"
Lei's unexpected words made Erika stunned and stopped crying.
Chapter 101: The Girl's Reunion
"Blossom... Lei, what's the point of talking about this now!"
"No, I really mean it."
In fact, I have been envious of Erika since very early on, even a little jealous of how handsome and free-spirited Erika is, full of girlish style. Maybe I have really felt that Erika is very powerful since before.
"At this time, Erika was not afraid that he might be harmed, but was still worried about everyone, and even became so sad because of this worry."
"At the beginning, Erika also wanted to become Pretty Cure because he wanted to help me who was not good at fighting, right?"
"No, there is no such thing!"
When she looked up and saw Lei's gentle expression, a blush appeared on her cheeks unconsciously. She hurriedly wiped away her tears in an attempt to hide them, but she couldn't wipe them away no matter how hard she cried.
"I hate... the tears, I can't stop them!"
"Not only Erika, but everyone in the coffee shop who is my partner is also awesome..."
"Itsuki is good at sports and martial arts, and he is extremely serious about his work as a waiter. Yuri-nee is even older than us. The store manager who trusts her will discuss everything with her first. It is just like being the deputy of the store manager Ash, perfect and chic."
"Compared with myself..."
Honesty, timidity, and shyness are all "labels" attached to her. Even low self-esteem is undoubtedly her characteristic.
It is precisely because of the lack of self-confidence and lack of luster compared to everyone who has their own shining characteristics that I feel so inferior that I just treat my feelings as an unspoken secret love, thinking that I am less worthy of such happiness than everyone else.
"I... is really useless. I'm not as lively as Erika, not as sunny as Itsuki, and not as chic as Yuri-nee."
Even though there were no more tears flowing out, Lei continued to rub her red eyes with the back of her hands.
"My appearance is generally not cute enough. I wear glasses and even dress in a tacky way. I am also very short... I say that I want to become Pretty Cure to change myself, but even though I have helped so many people, I..."
"I still can't change... I still have low self-esteem and timidity. Indeed, compared to me like this, it's only natural that Erika is liked more."
"Lei..."
Looking at his best friend who was crying silently in front of him, Erika was speechless and slowly walked forward to hug her.
"That's not the case. The store manager was just complying with my unreasonable behavior. It was me who had my heartstrings plucked without permission. It was not at all like what you thought, Lei..."
"And everyone has shortcomings! Didn't I turn into Desertrian because of my excessive self-righteousness? At that time, it was clearly you, Lei, who saved me!"
"Inferiority and all that. Even I feel inferior when facing my sister who is a top model! Feelings like this are never shameful. Lei, you are definitely not as useless as you say to yourself!"
The two people hugging each other finally reflected each other's true appearance in their eyes.
"My love is real, and my feeling of liking is also real!"
"Me too, it's the first time that a boy has touched my heartstrings!"
Because of a joking accident, the two girls, who had turned from close friends into tit-for-tat "enemies", re-established a link of friendship.
"But Erika also said that we are Pretty Cure's sisters."
"For us, it doesn't matter who is more important than love and the mission of Pretty Cure!"
The two magic wands that had been abandoned and thrown aside before began to glow with dazzling light!
"Because, right now, at this moment, two people are Pretty Cure (precure)!"
For them now, there is nothing more important than helping their companions.
Standing up from the ground, the two picked up the magic wand again and stood side by side again.
"Erika... We are all too emotional..."
"After all, Pretty Cure is a warrior of heart and love. It's natural that feelings are more intense than ordinary people..."
In this case, don't refuse, but embrace this feeling and turn it into our strength!
The girls held each other's hands tightly, feeling each other's pulse in their palms. The barrier between their hearts was broken, and the dual auras of pink and blue poured out from the hearts of the two girls, covering their bodies.