Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Of course, I won't forget." Ash tapped Ai's increasingly spoiled little head. "Today is both Tanabata and your birthday. You're truly born in overflowing love, so don't worry. This year's cake is even more luxurious than ever. Call Rikka and the others over, and we'll celebrate for you properly—"

"No, no, no!" Ai suddenly threw herself into Ash's arms, speaking in a coquettish tone that made Ash's heart melt. "In the past, whether Ash was there or not, I always celebrated my birthday with Rikka and Arisu, but this year... I'm tired of it. I don't want to do this anymore!"

so......

"Ash!"

"What are you doing?"

"Let's elope!"

"Aha?"

————On the other side at this moment————

"In the past, they should have arrived by now. Mana, you're so slow." In the square-like backyard of the Yotsuba family's house, Rikka, wearing a cool dress, and Arisu, dressed as a doll, sat together, enjoying their afternoon tea while looking around from time to time, waiting for their companions to appear.

"After all, Rikka knows that they've always been required to have a healthy relationship, so even now that they've finally broken through that restriction, they're probably still being sweet and affectionate."

"Hate..." Rikka took a sip of her tea with a subtle look in her eyes. "Arisu, I hate it when you say that."

"You're not the only one I hate, Rikka. Ah, it's Makoupi coming—Hey!"

"No - it's bad!" Makoto, who is now a world-class idol, ran over breathlessly, took off the hat and coat that made her sweat, and said breathlessly.

"Mana, Mana she——"

"Mana....Mana, what happened!?"

Seeing Rikka and Arisu looking extremely nervous, Makoto took a deep breath.

"Mana she—stood us up!

"Eh?! x2"

—————Back to Ash and Mana’s perspective—————

"What do you mean by elopement, Miss Mana?"

Holding Ai's hand, Ash was speechless at this moment because of what Ai said before.

"If you want to go out with me, just say so. I'm almost ready to pack my bags and put them on that James Bond A downstairs."

After thinking about what he said, Ash immediately drove James A out from underground, almost scaring the neighbors to death!

He came out like this and almost caught me. If I hadn't transformed and shot a telepathic shot, this person would have taken me to the moon.

"I can't help it, this is the most accurate way to put it." Holding Ash's hand, the girl, completely immersed in the beautiful atmosphere of Tanabata, leaned half of her body against the man. "I've been preparing for the exams these past few months, and Ash has been busy with the Pigtail Pavilion. It's been a long time since we've been out on a date like this, right?"

Yes, it feels like it’s been a long, long time since I’ve been with Ash!

"Indeed... But won't Rikka and the others be angry?"

"Hehe~" Ai grinned and snuggled into Ash's arms. "I'm tired of always being helpful, just like you said, so let me be selfish for a while, Rikka and the others won't be angry~"

"Woooooooo~~~~~"

Hiding behind a nearby building, Makoto quickly covered Rikka's mouth, who was crying uncontrollably, to prevent her from crying out loud.

"Is it necessary to be so sad?"

"Makoto won't understand~~!" Rikka, her face filled with grief and indignation, kept tugging at her dress to vent her anger, trying to stop herself from crying out loud. "Mana is my friend who will be with me until death, and Ash is the first person of the opposite sex I've ever cared about and even slightly liked! Tell me, seeing them together, should I cry or laugh?"

"Ah, I agree with Rikka, but for now, neither Ash nor Mana belongs to Rikka." Arisu, who had always managed to maintain his composure, held up his folding fan to shield his face. "Ash and Mana are their own, they should be allowed to choose who they like. Rikka's unpredictable personality is annoying."

"I hate it, so I hate it! Anyway, that's just who I am." Rikka, who had grown up and gradually abandoned her past elegance and heaviness, simply gave up on herself. "Anyway, I'm just this dark, jealous, greedy bad woman! Whether it's Mana or Ash, I want them both!"

"Ah, if that's the case, why didn't Rikka try to intervene between them?"

"because....."

Rikka followed the gaze of the other two and looked at the two people walking together.

"Where would you like to go on a date?"

"A quiet cafe seems nice, but I also want to go to the aquarium to see dolphins. Ah, but there's a new movie coming out soon, and I want to go too..."

"Okay, then we'll all go!"

"Hey, isn't that too greedy?"

"Why, are you satisfied with just this?"

Looking at the two of them leaning against each other, laughing and talking happily, Rikka's eyes gradually became dazed.

They look so happy, how can anyone have the idea of ​​destroying this happiness...

Today's date went very smoothly, so smoothly that it couldn't have gone any smoother.

The cafe waived the bill for them as they were the 1000th customers. Mana took a photo of Ash with the seals basking in the sun there. Ash even resisted going to watch the suit war movie that was in theaters and chose to watch a touching love movie with Ai. Of course, whether it was good or not is another matter.

When night fell, Ai suddenly decided to ask Ash to wait for him for a while when passing by a store, and then disappeared near the alley.

"Mana, you're so slow." Just as Ash was complaining, a familiar voice approached quickly from behind.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting! Hehehe."

When Ash looked at her, he was stunned, because the person standing in front of him was not Ai Aida, but his second favorite, Cure Heart, who was wearing a cute maid outfit.

"It's a little awkward to move around in, so I can't use it in combat, but it fits me perfectly... I'm staring at it! Shiki, here you go!"

The gift wrapped in a bow gift box was delivered to Ash.

"This is..." Ash sniffed and smelled something sweet. "Chocolate? Does that mean it can be used as Valentine's Day? But Valentine's Day isn't today."

"Hehe, how should I put it? If I don't give it to you today, it will be too late. I feel like that!"

"So this thing... hehe?" Ash looked at Cure Heart's blushing face and began to tease her. "Is this chocolate a giri or a homunculus? And the reason is, we're not even dating yet, right?"

"B-Baka!" The pink Pretty Cure blushed and looked at the smiling Ash with embarrassment. "Then confess again, and say it quickly. Don't make me wait too long, idiot!"

Ash strode closer, held Ai in his arms, and said what she wanted to hear in a voice only she could hear.

Ai's face flushed so red that steam seemed to be coming out of her head, but she still endured the explosion of happiness that made her almost faint, and hugged Ash.

"I still feel like I'm not used to being close to you."

"But, everything about today, I'm very happy. Spending time with important people is the best. That's what girls love most, hehe~~"

Ash didn't say anything, but just calmly stroked the soft golden hair of the Pretty Cure in his arms until she trembled all over and wet her clothes with her tears.

“Wuwuwu… Mingming, Mingming!”

"What's wrong, Mana? I'm not crazy today. Why are you crying?"

"I know it, I know it's impossible to forget..." Aida Ai's voice, now tinged with tears, trembled, gradually filled with infinite sorrow. "It was wrong from the beginning. This happy life, everything was just as I imagined, it was like it was planned!"

"It wasn't until I transformed just now that I finally remembered, Ash...Kamen Rider Ryuga, had already sacrificed himself to protect me, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

In Ash's arms, Ai Aida burst into tears.

"Mana..." Ash, who was not good at speaking, could not say a word to comfort her. He could only hug her even tighter.

"What should I do, Ash? I remember everything." Ai, tears streaming from her eyes, looked at him with the eyes of an abandoned puppy. "We, we met other Pretty Cure. It was fun playing with everyone, but we were attacked by a new evil person."

"I think I passed out. It's a time like this, and I can't leave everyone alone..."

But why, if it's just a dream, why don't I want to wake up?

What exactly is this feeling, and why is it happening?!

"So, Ash...Please, Ash, I want you to hold my hand and keep me. If you can stay with me forever, I can live forever in this beautiful world and even get the happiness I want..."

It was not a pleasant feeling for Ai to say such discouraging words in person. He seemed to have lost all his strength and could only let Ash support his body.

"Love."

Then, Ash's warm and broad hand held Ai Aida's small palm.

At this moment, love felt extremely safe.

So warm... In this way, I can finally be with Ash...

"Just talking to yourself about it being over or something, stand up, love!"

The man's loud roar instantly blew away all the weaknesses of love like a fresh breeze!

"Ash...?"

Forced to look into each other's eyes, Ai saw on the man's face the same expression that was characteristic of Ash when they first met, and also when they last met.

"Everyone has the right to happiness, but is that a reason for you to compromise?!"

“This…I…”

Love opens its mouth, but has no words to say.

"Can this tiny bit of happiness make your life fulfilling?! If you admit defeat here, then everyone who believed in you—Rikka, Arisu, Makoto, Aguri, Regina, even the dead me—won't all lose? Is this what you wanted to see?!"

"No matter how painful reality is, Pretty Cure will never compromise with false happiness. This is the hero I know, this is the precure I know!"

"You've been fighting until now to win back the hearts of everyone you love the most, right? Then fight together with everyone who believes in you, with everyone you believe in!"

Never compromise!

Ash's voice echoed in her chest.

"Oh right...what I want to do..."

This is the story that started with me!

"Ash, this is really a wonderful dream. I'm so happy about today's date!"

Wiping away her tears carelessly, Ai forced herself to squeeze out a smile that was not as beautiful as crying, but it was this smile that made Ash feel the incomparable beauty that surpassed everything.

"But, my dream is about to end."

Goodbye, Ash!

"Come on, Ai Aida."

"Come on, Cure heart!"

I heard his voice!

Ai suddenly sat up from the lying position, with a dazed look in her eyes, as if she had not yet woken up from her coma.

"Mana, that's great, Mana, you finally woke up! Everyone, everyone was knocked down by that person, Xia Lu! Xia Lu.....?"

In a trance, the elf Xia Lulu saw countless tears continuously dripping from the corners of Ai's eyes, down her cheeks and onto the girl's skirt.

"What's wrong, Xia Lu?"

"I had a very happy dream, Xia Lulu."

But dreams always end when you have to wake up.

I jogged all the way to the place I remembered, and standing in front of me was the enemy that Ai was going to face. Under his feet was a Pretty Cure with a painful look on her face. She was wearing a different Kamen Rider armor from Ash, and a different transformation belt around her waist.

"Precure found it." He casually kicked away the purple-haired girl who screamed and released her transformation after a heavy stomping. The "Masked Rider" walked towards Ai Aida, who had regained her warrior's eyes. "Knock it down."

"No, it's your ambition that will be defeated!" I will do as you said, for everyone, for you! I will fight!

"Xia Lulu!"

Holding Xia Lulu's transformation phone tightly in her hand, Ai and the other two pink-haired girls beside her shouted out their decisive transformation lines together!

"Precure Love Link!"

"Overflowing love! Cure Heart!"

Prologue: The first encounter before everything began

Today is destined to be an extraordinary night.

“Hua La La—”