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"Don't worry about where, Tsubomi! The question is who. You're going to meet one of the coolest kids in Venture City!"

Erika has a plan. It goes like this:

1. Hijack Tsubomi.
2. Go to Itsuki's place.
3. Friendship.

It's a work in progress.

"..." Tsubomi sighed. "Well, I suppose... I guess you run with all the popular people, huh Erika?"

Oh Tsubomi...

"You know it! Everyone who's anyone is lining up to spend time with the super-famous Erika Kurumi."

In other words, no, she doesn't.

"Ah! I guess being the sister of someone famous works out well for you, then!" Tsubomi replied, obliviously thinking that's why Erika would consider herself famous. "I was worried you'd feel like you were in her shadow or something..."

As it just so happens, at that moment walking along an upcoming crossing path is one Yuri Tsukikage. She pauses for a few beats upon noticing both of the girls, considering ever so briefly announcing her presence to them, but... There's probably not any need for that, right? They seem engaged in their own conversation, and she seems to be headed in a different direction anyhow. Nothing important, but...

Ah, she really shouldn't intrude, whatever they're doing. So, she just prepares to head on her merry way, half hoping no one's actually noticed her.

You had to say it, didn't you, Tsubomi? You had to use the S-word.

"Not everything has to be about my stupid sister! I've got plenty going for me all on my own, like my great personality!"

She hasn't noticed Yuri at all.

Tsubomi blinked, and her face turned red. Had she said the wrong thing...?

"I-I'm sorry!" she said. "I didn't mean... that is, I just thought..."

Her verbal flailing was more than a sign that she was worried she screwed up. That changed, however, when she caught sight of someone not too far away from them.

"... Hey! Erika, look who it is!" she exclaimed, her expression lighting up. "It's Yuri...!"

And in a moment, her demeanor changed, and she began to wave enthusiastically to the older girl.

Edited 2014-06-05 18:44 (UTC)

Distraction: Successful. Erika bounces back immediately to wave enthusiastically. "Yuri! Over here!"

Yuri takes another half step before the voices calling her name catch her attention. She frowns a bit to herself, before adjusting her glasses and looking back, taking a more neutral expression.

"Tsubomi," she says, and then after a second's pause: "Erika." She crosses her arms. "I suppose you two are doing well, today?"

Tsubomi hurried up to her, looking rather excited.

"We're doing great!" Tsubomi exclaimed. "Erika was taking me to meet one of my future schoolmates!"

Then, she added, a bit hopefully, "Do... do you want to come along?"

Yuri stares at them both for a moment. She shifts her stance a bit uncomfortably, her lips quirking downward.

"I wouldn't want to intrude."

It's not a no, which might be her first mistake.

Enough waffling! Erika hops on over to Yuri, hooking an arm casually around hers to drag her towards the rest of the group. "You're not intruding! We were just gonna visit the Student Council President."

Yuri ... well, any retort she may have had is taken off guard as she is dragged along by the much (much) shorter girl. It's almost kind of embarrassing. (Okay, it's very embarrassing.) She reaches up and adjusts her glasses, eyeing them curiously.

"I would have anticipated you to be focusing on things besides school this soon after vacation started," she says, even as she was contemplating making her way to the library to study. But just because she has no life doesn't mean she expects the same of others!

Tsubomi just chuckled as she walked alongside Yuri and Erika.

"Well this is a pretty big change for me," she said. "And Erika wants to make sure I'm able to make friends..."

Abruptly the peaceful afternoon atmosphere is shattered by the screams of the citizenry as a mob of people come fleeing for their lives from a nearby pet store. Hot on their heels is the vicious Beastman, being followed by a number of animals currently under his command.

He comes crashing through a window, landing heavily on a car with a beastly roar, whip cracking as he guides his newly enthralled horde. Some magical conditioning and they would make fine additions to Skeletor's bestiary.

Westar is right there, tagging along with Beastman. Why? Who know, really. Probably so he'd stay out of everyone's way, let's be honest.

He's adding to the chaos with a brand new Nakewameke. For this one, he's used a bicycle. It looks ridiculous and doesn't sound much better, thanks to it ringing its bell constantly, but it's moving pretty fast thanks to the wheels.

Dumb, but sometimes effective. Probably a good way to describe Westar in general, really. Speaking of him, he's just standing atop a streetlight, watching as all of this happens.

Trouble in Venture City! What is the proper response to this, from a hero of justice?

"What the heck is that thing?!"

She'll get the hang of it eventually.

Tsubomi's eyes widened. That person... she didn't recognize Westar, but the hairy fellow...

"... Yuri," she said, reaching for the older girl's arm. "That's..."

Yuri grits her teeth. He stance stiffens, and she fights every urge to keep her emotions under control. Of course, this would happen.

"One of Skeletor's," she murmurs, voice just a little colder. Her eyes fall to who arrived with him. "And Westar."

Any and all focus towards being dragged along to some social meeting she'd have no idea what to do with leaves her, and she shakes her head, eyes darting off to a nearby alley. She's already moving, Heart Perfume finding its way to her hand. "We'll need to deal with this. Now."

Bouncing back quickly from her initial shock, Erika whips out the Heart Perfume. "Blossom, let's transform!"

Eying Yuri with a bit of concern, Tsubomi nods, and takes out her own Heart Perfume.

"Ready...! Precure, open my heart...!"

A moment later, she had taken the form of Cure Blossom. The Precure nodded to her comrades, and once hey were all ready, she would begin by going after the bicycle monster, attacking it with a kick.

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Yuri follows suit, and with a bright flash comes bounding out of the alley. She doesn't take any time to introduce her presence, nor give much of a warning at all. Instead, she's in the air within moments, power billowing in both hands before she launches blasts for both Westar and Beastman.

She has no words to spare for them, and knows for now that's probably best. She refuses to let herself get distracted, or let how she feels take hold of her.

The bright lights are a brief but sufficient warning, at least. Beastman snarls, turning his attention towards them even as he raises an arm against the bright lights. He sees that familiar silver-clad figure come rushing into the air and manages to leap aside just as that blast comes for him.

Moonlight's attack strikes where he'd been a second later, sending his animal thralls scattering, but a roar from him quickly brings them back in line.

"Hey!" He turns his attention back to Moonlight, teeth bared. "What's she doin' here? I thought the boss already took her out!"

"Like any of you guys could beat Moonlight in a fair fight!"

Beastman is someone to trade rapport with, which is good, because Marine's taking on the Namewameke. She runs forwards, leaping off the ground once she hits max speed to do a flying kick into whatever passes for the oversized bike's face.

Westar isn't quite so fast to dodge Moonlight's attack. He still manages to avoid it, but only just in time and he ends up hanging from the streetlight he was standing on in a rather undignified manner. He's still hanging as he starts talking to Beastman.

"These Precure keep popping up from nowhere. I don't even question it anymore!"

He looks back to the fight just in time to see his Nakewameke get kicked. Just great.

"Hey, watch it!" He quickly scrambles back onto his earlier spot. "Nakewameke, don't just take that from her! Go!"

The bike monster turns back to Marine and starts moving towards her at full speed, aiming to crash into her.

"You're... you're using animals for your evil schemes?!" Tsubomi cried, as she settled her gaze on Beastman. "That's... that's horrible!"

Nevertheless, that didn't stop her from focusing on the battle... though it was clear Blossom wasn't quite so good at dividing focus, as she narrowly had to avoid being run over by the Nakewameke as it charged Marine.

Blossom narrowed her eyes, and tried to hit Westar's monster from behind with a punch.

Bright lights and a crash are enough to pull Itsuki's focus from a brief break to check Rumblr for anything of interest. Looking outside, she's a little shocked to discover it's so close... probably better to investigate. She runs outside, still dressed in a training uniform, pausing only briefly to tug shoes on. It's not a long trek to find...

...ah. It seemed trouble had come to her backyard itself, this time. For the moment, she's just standing back; she's just a normal girl, while these three are the Precure she's heard about before. And then there are the two that are fairly clearly in charge, plus a monster and quite a few animals. It's pretty clear to her that these girls are in over their heads, even if they are superheroes... should she try to help? Even if she isn't special like them, there are still things she can do. Perhaps things she should do.

With Blossom and Marine fighting the Nakewameke, that leaves Moonlight... to divide her attention between both Westar and Beastman. Individually, she's confident in her ability to fight either of them - but even as one is hanging from a lamp post, combined could still pose a problem...

After all, Skeletor's Evil Warrios even just acting as a distraction was what cost her before, wasn't it?

She tenses a bit, and almost seems to be lost in thought in the middle of the thought for a moment. What breaks her out of it isn't any of their enemies, however - it's a notice out of the corner of her eye of someone else observing the fight. A civilian. The last thing they really need stumbling in here...

She grits her teeth. Better to try and put up as much of a distraction to them as possible, then.

She suddenly lunges at Beastman with a flying leap. Energy forms in her palm again... which she once more launches at Westar while coming down at Beastman with a kick. "You can tell Skeletor he can not so easily destroy a Precure's heart!"

At least, when that Precure had something to pull her back.

Okay. Giant bike. She can handle a giant bike. Brace for it...

...nope. Bike and Cure collide, and Marine is sent hurtling away from the high-speed impact.

"Ha ha ha! Well done, Nakewameke! Now, go at her aga- huh?"

He stops mid-gloating as he notices that energy heading right for him.

"Oh-"

And this time, he doesn't get out of the way quick enough and he's blasted away, right into a wall.

"Gh... Never mind what I said! Nakewameke, go for Cure Moonlight!"

"Nakewameke!"

And the monster turns quickly, its wheels screeching as it switches targets.

Beastman just roars in response to Marine and Moonlight... at lest until Moonlight's kick connects. The furry Evil Warrior goes flying back and crashes into a heap of garbage cans, knocking the bunch of them over with a clatter.

Ugh, she really is the strong one.

Lifting a banana peel off his head, Beastman looks around the battle site for a second before his eyes fall on Itsuki watching from a distance. A wide grin splits his face and he roars again, pointing her way.

A chorus of howls, screeches and barks go up from his little pet army as the animals all lunge Itsuki's way with teeth bared. Let's see how well these Precure do while they're trying to save a bystander and fight Westar's monster.

These girls are really going at it, but they're having a little bit of a tough time - with all the animals running around, they're outnumbered. She wants to raise her voice, to try and ask what's going on, or to help, but she doesn't know where to interject.

And then she's vaguely aware of the gesture in her direction accompanied by a loud roar, and she realizes she's in trouble. Steeling herself, she closes her eyes briefly, calming herself... and then as the first animal, a fairly large dog, is upon her, her hands reach out and grasp it. One hand on the scruff of its neck, one gripping further down its spine, stepping forward and using the momentum to throw the beast into the crowd again. It's not a huge attack, but it's something.

A hand lashes out for a monkey and tosses it aside into a bush. A cat is scooped up and redirected past her some distance. A huge dog she can't deal with is sidestepped, and with grace she plants a hand on its back, jumps over it, pushes off, and lands after a flip. There's a lot of grace and technique, but not enough power. Still, she's holding her own... for now. Itsuki's eyes dart back and forth, hoping the next attack isn't any more complicated, as the horde closes again.

Tsubomi grit her teeth. She wanted to help Moonlight, but her senior seemed to have things more or less in control. "Watch out for the monster, Moonlight!" she called, so she would see the thing charging at her.

Meanwhile, she ran to where Marine had fallen. She bent down to help her friend up... when she caught sight of Itsuki finally. Blossom said, eyes wide, one of Marine's arms slung around her shoulder. That boy... he was fighting off those animals by himself...

"Cool..." she said, momentarily distracted.

With the help of Cure Blossom, Marine got back on her feet. "Blossom, we've gotta support Moonlight! Let's keep the other two busy!"

She pointed an open palm at Westar and moved it in a circle, blue energy gathering. "Mariiiine... SHOOT!" A machine gun of water bolts hammered relentlessly at the villain!

As the Nakewameke peels off towards her, Moonlight lands and swings around to meet it. Her eyes dart to the side to see... someone fighting some of those in Beastman's thrall? No! That isn't what's supposed to happen! If someone else got hurt while they were fighting...

Of course, at the same time, Marine is attacking Westar, while Blossom...

"BLOSSOM!" she snaps, throwing a hand to the brooch on her chest. "FOCUS!"

A flash of light, and she draws out her weapon. "Gather up, power of flowers! Moon Tact!" A twirl of it, and she slashes down at the oncoming Nakewameke - a wave of light streaks out, aiming to collide with it. If she can just stun it for one moment long enough...

There's enough going on in the fight that it's getting difficult for Westar to keep track of everything. But one thing he does keep track of is attacks aimed directly at him. So when Marine shoots at him, he manages to jump over it without too much difficulty.

"Hah! You'll have to try harder than shooting some bubbles to best me!"

The trade-off of this, however? It's keeping him focused on Marine.

Which means he doesn't notice that his Nakewameke is being targeted, preventing him from shouting instructions at it. It might be a stronger monster than its ridiculous looks suggest, but it's not too bright. With no orders, it decides that trying to ram Moonlight is the best response to being attack.

Meaning it runs straight into the energy of her Moon Tact.

...

You can really tell that this is one of Westar's monsters, what with its tactical brilliance and all. Yeah, that thing's stunned for a few seconds.

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Did somebody request bad guys?!

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