Kamen Rider as a Villain in Pretty Cure

"Honestly, even though today was supposed to be my... you're still doing something so weird."

The slight dissatisfaction welling up in her heart made Kirara act a little sulky, and just then, Ash's voice came from behind her as he took the umbrella.

"The one thing you never need to worry about is trusting yourself."

"What... do you mean?"

"I mean, as long as you make it to your stage, victory is already in our pocket." The man raised his eyes slightly, his gaze full of trust. "All I need to do is clear away the obstacles before you get there."

"But? This is a competition. How can you be so certain..."

"My trust doesn't need a reason."

"How sly..."

Since you said that... then I have no choice but to claim this victory, do I?

"Thank you."

Although she didn't truly believe Ash's strange plan would do much, the girl still gave him several more looks. And as she did—

A faint, nearly imperceptible crack silently spread from beneath a nearby support pillar.

The Real Unexpected Attack

"Embarrassed, huh?"

The girl didn't answer him. She merely turned her face away. This was absolutely not the time to get into an argument with him, or this guy would only get even more fired up... Kirara had more or less figured out how to deal with Ash by now.

"Then I'll take that as what you mean~"

"Whatever."

This feeling of mutual trust was really nice~ Wait, did I just... get closer to her in every sense of the word?

But that wasn't right. Whenever I'd taken the initiative before, she always said it killed the mood. Yet this time, when I wasn't even thinking too much about that kind of thing, we somehow got this close? This...

Ash couldn't figure