Kamen Rider is a Villain in Pretty Cure Chapter 28

Her sudden, strange laughter startled even Ash.

If even Cure Yell isn't who I'm supposed to be, then—

What should I be? What should I be—

"Then—please—tell—me—!"

Who would understand!

Understand what?!

The initial silence was finally broken by Time Fire's words. Yell, with a voice that was almost a roar, charged at Time Fire, who had just assumed a stance. The Melody Holy Sword in her hand shone with an even more blinding light.

"Just tell me, what am I supposed to be?!"

Her pink eyes truly burned with "black flames." Filled with an unprecedented anger, Yell unleashed an even more powerful blow than before. When she was protecting the world as a Pretty Cure, she couldn't unleash such a fierce attack to protect others. In her current state, blinded by rage, she used it.

"What hero, what villain—do you think everyone is going to play your little games of make-believe?!"

"You say make-believe—Guh?!"

Time Fire's defensive stance was useless. His consciousness plunged into confusion for an instant. When he regained clarity, the damage warning from his combat helmet, the whistling wind and receding scenery around him, and the excruciating pain in his arms all told Time Fire that he hadn't foreseen this outcome.

He had indeed lost this battle.

"Hah… hah… Hehehe!" Yell gasped for air, her eyes fixed on the direction Time Fire had been sent flying. The inexplicable surge of exhilaration and release made a strange curve appear on her once elegant and pure face, making her want to laugh unrestrainedly.

Should I be laughing? No, I'm supposed to be a legendary warrior—Precure.

I'm supposed to be the one who protects everyone's body and mind, the one who makes people feel warm. How can I be happy about hurting someone? This is definitely wrong, right? So I can't laugh anymore—then what is this pure, happy feeling I'm having right now—

"Hoo—HeheheheheHA HA HA HA HA!"

The black, violent energy that had flashed and disappeared moments ago reappeared, speck by speck, within that Mirai Crystal.

Hahaha, I can't—Hahaha! I can't laugh anymore HA HA HA HA HA—

An incredibly bizarre scene unfolded. Standing before the Doomsday Monster and Time Fire she had defeated, the guardian of the world, everyone's confidante, the protector of hearts, the Pretty Cure, stood in the swirling dust like a great villain, laughing heartily.

[Side Story]Case File 59 Lost Sanity

"What's so funny—"

As expected! That guy won't be defeated by me so easily. He'll get up, and I'll knock him down again, or, I'll pin him to the ground, aim for that annoying metal helmet, and punch him, and punch him, and punch him again, until—!

"It's over!"

What is this—so scary!

As if influenced by something deep within, the Doomsday Monster, which had finally recovered and gotten back on its feet, let out a timid sound when facing the battle before it.

Even a monster without self-awareness had now gained instinctual fear.

"Don't just yell from over there!" A Raging Ender's voice came from behind. Yell, still lost in her own anger and inexplicable joy, roared and turned around. As she turned, she reversed her grip on the Melody Holy Sword and threw it like a javelin in the direction of the Raging Ender.

I know, Time Fire never says anything serious. Nothing he says is surprising, so why am I so angry?

Is it because he was right? Was Mr. Ash's situation too much of a blow to my fragile heart?

The intensely glaring light that had not been extinguished pierced the Raging Ender's head as if it were cutting tofu. Violent energy erupted from the massive wound. The Raging Ender's already weak roar grew even fainter.

After much thought, I understood.

Eight years of loneliness, pain, and fear had made me too desperate. I thought that beam of light was the end of my suffering, but all I saw was the beginning of the end.

Ha, is this what they mean by, "If I hadn't seen the light, I could have endured the darkness"?

"It's over!!"

The screaming voice gradually merged with Saya's feminine voice. At this moment, the Doomsday Monster was genuinely terrified, but Yell, with her eyes now red, couldn't discern what sound it was.

Thump—!

A sound like a beating heart emanated from Hana. The darkness within the Mirai Crystal, which represented the girl's heart, was actually solidifying more and more!

However, Hana remained oblivious to it all.

"You're the one who's going to be finished!!!!" Roaring, she stomped on the ground and charged forward. Yell raised her clenched right fist and smashed it into the Raging Ender's face. The monster's teeth and violent energy flew out together, and large tears welled up in its wide-open yellow eyes.

But would Yell care about the Raging Ender's pain?

Perhaps she would have before, but now, she could only smash down with punch after punch, until this monster's hateful mouth could never open again, until the "It's over" that seemed to mock her could never be spoken.

Just now, it seemed like they were saying... there was someone inside?

However, the moment this thought appeared, it was cast aside by Nono Hana's infinitely expanding heart, stimulated by her red eyes.

There's someone inside the Doomsday Monster? Ha, how could there be someone inside? Would I, who have been fighting Doomsday Monsters for eight years, not know if there was someone inside?!

Besides, even if there was someone, so what? Does it matter now that I've chosen the sword that has lost its purifying ability? They're all Doomsday Monsters, so there's no need to distinguish. If the person inside dies, so be it. Let's just consider it for the sake of world peace!! Hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit!!!!!

Hit it to death!!!!!

The voice was gone. The initial pleas for mercy had also disappeared. Under Yell's full force of rage and destruction, there was no longer any intact part of the Raging Ender's body. The nurse's uniform formed by violent energy had long since become tattered rags. If it weren't for the unreasonable special nature of violent energy, the Raging Ender before her would have surely closed its eyes and passed into the next world.

Yell stopped her fists, which were venting her anger. It wasn't that her anger had been vented, but she realized that beating this defenseless ugly thing was no longer enough to dissipate her emotions.

This Raging Ender was no longer useful to Yell. Therefore, she would let it be like the previous Doomsday Monster.

Shaking her wrist, Yell stepped on the body of the barely-breathing Raging Ender. Each step deeply aggravated the external wounds on the Raging Ender's body. The trembling of the Ender beneath her feet no longer caught Yell's attention; her eyes were now fixed on her own sword.

She pulled the sword from the Raging Ender's head, and Yell looked down at the dying thing with a calm gaze.

"Just die already."

Cruel lines she wouldn't have uttered in the past were now easily spoken.

"Wait a moment!"

It was another voice, a woman's voice.

Yell paid it no mind. As things stood, if it were Time Fire's voice, the kind that made her want to punch him, she would have immediately thrown her sword and then repeated what she did to the Raging Ender on him.

If it wasn't Time Fire, there was no need to bother.

"Yell—Miss Yell? Please, Miss Yell!"

Annoying, annoying, who are you to be bossing me around here? Do you even know the consequences if this Ender isn't killed?

"Miss Yell—"

"Annoying woman, if you're not here to pick a fight like Time Fire, then get out of here!"

She couldn't take it anymore. She actually understood that bastard Time Fire a little. These people who understood nothing, who had no power, only knew how to yap from the sidelines. They were useless but still came to interfere. Look, this Raging Ender was almost coming back to life.

I—AM—PRECURE! How I deal with monsters is my business!

Yell turned her head, wanting to see who this woman was who kept bothering her. No matter who she was, she wanted her to get far away and not come any closer. If she didn't listen, Yell would just throw her as far as she could.

So, who was it?

"Miss Yell…"

It was Saya's mother, Yakushiji Reiro. She had lost the elegance and composure she had at the opening ceremony. Her beautiful dress was already torn in the disaster, and what she wore now was more like a rag.

Scary, so scary! She's nothing like the person I accidentally saw before, but—

"Yell, she's my daughter, please spare her!!!"

Daughter, what is she talking about? Is her daughter under this Raging Ender?

Yell didn't hear clearly. She only heard the woman, who looked familiar but whose name she couldn't recall, staggeringly say something about a daughter. Could her daughter be crushed beneath this Raging Ender?

Ah, that's truly tragic, isn't it? Should I cry? I probably should have cried; if I had heard this yesterday, I would have wanted to cry, but I don't feel like crying now. My tears have probably all dried up.

I don't understand, and I don't really want to think about it. I guess the Raging Ender killed someone?

Then it deserves to die even more.

Yell raised the Melody Holy Sword again, and brilliant light gathered on the sword. If she stabbed it down with one strike, no matter how powerful the Raging Ender was, Yell was confident she could kill them completely.

Reiro watched Yell raise her sword again, the light on the Melody Holy Sword shining brighter and brighter. All her strength seemed to drain away as she collapsed to the ground.

"Don't—No—"

Her daughter… Saya!!!

"Bang!"

"Pfft!"

The shriek of a beam burning through the air sounded. With a slight tremor in her shoulder, Hana saw sparks erupt from her puff-sleeved battle suit and a faint light pierce through.

Yell, who was charging her attack, naturally couldn't dodge. A small bloom of blood appeared on Yell's left shoulder.

Her shattered fiery goggles reflected her turning form. Behind her, Ash, holding a gun in both hands, had a faint heat glow emanating from the muzzle.

[Extra]Case File 60: A Sickness Called Love

Nono Hana's expression was blank. She simply looked down at the stinging sensation on her arm, like a bee sting.

She could see a dark, gaping bloody hole on her shoulder. What should have been severe bleeding was cauterized by the beam's high temperature, leaving only the exposed shoulder of her short sleeve stained red by the flowing blood, which continued to drip down.

My arm was pierced, it hurts. Should I cry? Well, I'm used to this level of pain, so there's nothing to cry about. Besides, compared to the pain… this feeling of bleeding, it's real?

Time Fire, the thrill of battle you talked about, it's real too.

The Melody Holy Sword drooped from Hana's hand. With her arm momentarily stopped by the pain, she naturally couldn't channel energy into the Melody Holy Sword.

"Pfft—"

With a sound like a sharp sword piercing the air, the light surrounding the Melody Holy Sword dissipated. Reiro, seeing Yell stopped, almost collapsed to her knees, on the verge of tears.

Yell didn't speak. Tomorrow Energy permeated her wound, reversing the cauterized damage as if time were flowing backward. Rather than healing, it was more like a rough repair job. After confirming it wouldn't affect her combat, she turned her head towards the direction the beam had come from.

"As expected of the world's hero, Miss Yell. That shot of yours almost made me exit early. I'm about to play with death one more time."

Time Fire, or rather, Ash, flicked the Vulcan Gun in his hands and holstered it back into the sheath on his leg. As he stood up from the rubble, he cracked his joints and walked towards Yell.

"Don't be so surprised. Darkness is my friend. What, Yell, do you want to fall into hell with me too?"

Around him, strands of dark power coiled, continuously absorbing the berserk energy of the Raging Enders nearby into himself.

[Dark Echo absorption in progress… Go for it, Ash, this is what you wanted to do, right?]

"That's right."

The long-awaited system prompt sounded. Ash ignored it, instead reveling in the pleasant sensation as Dark Echo repaired and strengthened his body, a smile spreading across his face.

Before reaching my limit, Dark Echo only makes me stronger... If that's the case, what am I if not a villain?

However, Ash doesn't understand now if this woman, whose personality has completely changed, has been corrupted by something in the traditional sense.

Normally, it's a friend's duty to snap someone like this back to their senses, but unfortunately, it seems she hasn't had a friend in eight years. Oh well, I'll reluctantly take on this task then.

"Hahahahaha, come on, come on! Let's start our second round of 'Date,' Miss Yell~!"

Is that so?

Cure Yell walked towards Ash with a blank expression; in fact, she no longer cared.

I am Precure, I can only be Precure. Precure's duty is to eliminate darkness. I must eliminate darkness... Anyone who stands against me is the darkness that deserves to be erased from this world!

At this moment, Nono Hana's thoughts, her face completely covered by a dark expression, were completely unbalanced. If it were her usual self, she would have been able to react, but now, she no longer had the heart to control this "rage."

So, are you the next one after the Doomsday Monster, but...

"Who would want to go on a date with you."

Don't you know that the words I least want to hear right now are exactly those?!

"Who knows? Probably all the heroes in the world!"

Thinking this, Yell, her face completely darkened, raised her sword. This time, she didn't plan to use her fists. It would be better to cleave Time Fire. Moreover, with so much volatile energy on Time Fire this time, the Melody Holy Sword would be able to function very well.

The two, with the incredibly terrified Raging Enders beneath their feet serving as the battlefield, stepped onto its soft belly and swung their swords at each other!

"Ching—"

Future against future, darkness against darkness, two nearly identical yet completely opposite natures confronted each other. In between, dazzling flames ignited. The point where the two swords clashed produced almost constant, subtle explosions, illuminating Yell's "evil" smile and also the slightly chipped, calm mask of Time Fire.