Nature Shift! Precure

Chapter 4

A/N: 1 AM is when my best work is created.
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Now that the whole gang was together, they were gathered at Ayame’s place to hear Tupper’s lecture. No one was looking forward to it.

“Good, you’re all here. I was worried Vernal would chicken out of inviting you guys,”

“I-” 

“Anyway, I’m Tupper, the princess of the spring kingdom. Short for Tulipa Laverne. Which is short for.. I forget. Now I’m going to tell you a tale as old as time-”

Etsu interrupts the pink feline. “I have to go in a couple of minutes. Could you perhaps shorten it?” 

“Yeah, and I have to help out at Natsumi Pastry too!”

“Ugh, fine. I’ll make this quick. The Precure are warriors from my kingdoms and others. In the celestial ceremony they're chosen by the Seasonal Staffs. After that, they’re supposed to go and find their “seasonal gems” or something on Earth,”

“Uh, why are we supposed to know this?” Ayame asked. “And you never told me anything about seasonal jewels,”

“Because you slept through it, Vernal!” Tupper said with irritation in her voice. She quickly continued with her story.

 “Anyway, the ceremony was interrupted by the former Winter cure Regalia and some other miscreants. They attacked the ceremony using those Heartaches. Soon I was the only one left and took the Seasonal Staffs. Unfortunately, I left the Winter Wand. Then I ended up in this dump as a cat and found Vernal,” Tupper said, before pointing over to Kaori and Etsu. “And thankfully I also found Solstice and Fall. You three are the precure now and have to fight the heartaches. Now, any questions?”

Ayame's only question was how Tupper could say that in one breath. Etsu had a question though.

"How are we supposed to know when a Heartache is attacking? And what are they?"

"Good questions. Basically from my understanding they’re created using a person’s inner storm or as you boring people call it, turmoil. Your keychain will glow and lead you towards them. Any more?”

“Tupper-chi! Can you repeat that again? I zoned out,” Kaori said. Etsu and Tupper had blank faces, but Ayame gave Kaori a sympathetic look. Because she had also zoned out the first time she was told this.

“I swear to Cure Spring, Solstice-”

Etsu held up a notebook. “Don’t worry girls! I took notes!”

Tupper sighed in relief.

 ‘Finally someone has brain cells on this stupid team.’ Tupper then realized Etsu was sitting farther away from her than the other two. ‘But this cat phobia is not good for my ego.’

After searching through the contents of Etsu’s notebook, and finding out who they were even fighting, Kaori found a newfound determination.

“Okay! We’ll revive the kingdoms and defeat Regalia!” The strawberry blonde said with confidence.

“That’s cute and all, but you guys have no chance at the moment. You guys have known each other for like what, a couple of hours? Maybe like two days. Without teamwork, you’ll probably go down with one strike,” Tupper said bluntly.

The dirty blonde haired girl then got a flash. She edged closer to the other girls. “Why don’t we do a team exercise? We’ll be able to work together and learn more about each other? What do you guys think?”

Kaori turned to Etsu, probably a little shaken by how close she was. “T-THAT’S A GREAT IDEA! WE CAN DO IT AT MY PLACE!”

“W-we also don’t have a catchphrase yet,” Ayame added. “D-do you guys want to create one?”