Protect the students! Fight on school grounds.

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When I walked into the classroom the next day before class started, the majority were talking and/or looking on their phones.
-Hey, Yumehara-san, have you heard? There is a new Precure named Cure Hope! Some girls said to me that were gossiping and looking at their phones.
-O-Of course I've heard! I responded.
-Here is a picture taken during the battle! She's pretty cool, right? One of the girls said while showing me a picture on her phone of me kicking a Kowaina. Almost everyone was on this subject.
I sat down by my desk and heard some of my classmates say "I wish I could meet her!", "She's so cool!", "I wonder who she really is.", "I wish I could be her and the other cures' friend.".
Then my phone vibrated a little, and when I took it up from my bag it said I had received one message.
"Tell Coco that I will be there in 10 minutes! I missed the bus! /Nozomi"
I sweatdropped and turned off my phone, and put it back in my bag. I then sat down on my assigned seat.
Rin-san then stepped into the classroom, expectedly alone, and walked over to her seat. A few minutes passed, and Coco-san came in and started to take attendance. I raised my hand.
-Yes, Yumehara-san?
-Nozomi missed the bus, so she will be late, I explained.
-Okay, thank you for telling me, Yumehara-san, he replied.
A few minutes later Nozomi came bursting into the classroom, looking pretty sweaty.
-I'm so sorry— I'm late— but I had to run to school, she panted.
-It's okay, Yumehara-san told me you had missed the bus, but try to come on time in the future, Coco-san said. Nozomi nodded and proceeded to walk to her seat.

Yuka-chan was talking about Cure Hope after class was over, and it was pretty difficult not to say anything suspicious. I have to give Nozomi some credit for keeping her secret from me for so long.
-Cure Dream and Cure Hope are so perfect together! No wonder they're sisters! Yuka-chan said.
-Y-yeah! I agreed. Yuka-chan suddenly stood up with a determined look on her face.
-I've decided! If I'm ever close to a kowaina, I'll stay hidden nearby and then when Cure hope and the Precure 5 defeat it, I'll come out from my hiding spot and I'll get to meet them! She said with excitement.
-That sound really dangerous, Yuka-chan. What if the Kowaina finds you and uses you as a hostage, and the Precure 5 will be forced to hand over the Dream collet to Nightmare? I said.
-Dream collet? What's that? She said and looked at me with a confused expression. I quickly slapped my hand over my mouth, realising what I just had said.
-N-No! It's nothing! I tried to save myself. I felt Yuka-chan's suspicious stare on me.
-W-Well, we better go to our next class! I then said to let go of the subject, and dragged her with me to the classroom where our next class would be. I felt her suspicious stare burning into the back of my head during the entire class.

-Does everyone have some free time right now? I asked Nozomi and her friends.
-I have a student council meeting, so I have to go now, Karen-senpai said.
-I promised the soccer club to help them with practice, Rin-san said.
-I'm on duty in the library, Komachi-senpai said.
-Im sorry, I'm rehearsing today, Urara-san said.
-They have lowered the price on takoyaki down the street, and I really want to try some! Nozomi said with sparkles in her eyes.
-So, you all are busy? I guess we can talk later, I have something important I want to tell you, I said. Nozomi nodded, then everyone went their separate ways. I went to my locker, took my things out, locked it and went outside.
-There you are, Cure Hope! Someone said. I looked up and saw the same member of Nightmare from yesterday, floating in the air. He had a grin on his face.
-Just hand over the Dream Collet now, he said and reached his hand out.
-Even if I had it, I wouldn't do it! I replied.
-That's too bad, then I'll have to take it by force! he declared and threw a despair mask on a tree nearby. It started to move and shortly transformed into a Kowaina.
-Kooowwwaaaiiinnaaa~, it said. I quickly ran past the corner of the school and took out my Dream pact from my bag and its key. It wouldn't be smart to transform out in the open if there are still students at school. If they walk outside, then that wouldn't be good.
-Precure, heart unlock! I said and put the key in the keyhole and turned it 90˚. A bright, light pink light surrounded me for a few seconds. Now, transformed as Cure hope, I jumped up in the air and jumped towards the Kowaina. When I was close enough, it swung one of its branches at me. I dodged and punched it, making it fly back. The crash into the ground caused a really loud noise, and just a few seconds later, students came out of the school building — wondering what had caused such a noise — and saw me.
-Oh my god! It's Cure hope! Many said, clearly not focusing on the danger of a Kowaina being on school grounds. The Kowaina noticed the students and turned towards them.
-WATCH OUT! I yelled while running in their direction. I made it just in time to block one of its branches from swinging down into the little crowd of students.
-Woah, Precures really have a lot of physical strength! One girl said. I then grabbed the branch and threw the Kowaina a distance away from the students.
-Kowaina! Get rid of her already! The guy from Nightmare said, clearly frustrated. The Kowaina stood up, obeying his orders. When it was a few meters in front of me I decided it was a good chance to purify it. I rose my hands up in front of me.
-Precure, Miracle crystal shower! I said and a sparkling pink beam shot out from my hands. The beam hit the Kowaina in a matter of seconds, and the bright pink colour covered it for a few seconds before it purified and the despair mask fell to the ground. A 'tch' was heard from above.
-I won't forget this! The nightmare member said and teleported away. Before I could do anything, I was surrounded by students. Everyone was taking pictures and asking me so many things I couldn't even hear what it was. Some of the students were from my class, I even saw Yuka-chan. One girl from my class named Morigawa-san stepped forward to me.
-Please let me shake your hand! She said with excitement.
-Uhm, sure? I said with a little confusion. She looked really happy and fangirled when she shook my hand.
-OH MY GOD. I JUST SHOOK CURE HOPE'S HAND. I'M NOT WASHING MY HAND EVER AGAIN, she fangirled and looked at her hand. After that almost everyone wanted to shake my hand or hug me.
After hugging or shaking everyone's hand Yuka-chan walked up to me.
-Cure Hope, can I ask you something? Do you know what a Dream collet is? She asked, though didn't wait for me to answer her first question. I froze on the spot.
-Uhh.. Ehm.. N-no, I don't, I tried to say without making it sounds suspicious, though I failed miserably, mostly because of the stuttering.
-Okay, then. I just wondered because a friend of mine said you guys had something like that, she said, though the suspicion did not leave her voice.
-Uhm, yeah.. B-But I have to go now everyone, so, goodbye! I said and jumped up on the school roof and jumped down behind the school. Fortunately, no one was back here. I released the transformation and walked to the front of the school, making sure no one saw me suspiciously coming from the same direction Hope had just disappeared in, and walked home after that.

-I'm home! I said just after I closed the door behind me. No one answered, so I guess I'm home alone. I walked up to my room and started studying.
Nozomi came home after an hour or so, and she had brought the others with her.
-I'm home! She yelled. I walked out of my room and saw the five girls in the hallway, all taking off their shoes.
-Perfect, you all are here. I mentioned it before, but I have something important I want to talk to you all about, I said.
-Okay, Nozomi said and they followed me to my room. When everyone was sitting down somewhere, on a chair, the floor or my bed, I started talking.
-What is it that is so important? Rin-san asked.
-I've been studying more than usual lately, I think Nozomi has noticed.. I started.
-Yeah, I've noticed, after and before dinner everyday you study like crazy! Nozomi said.
-Well, I've decided to transfer to another school... I said quietly and looked down, didn't want to see their faces — Nozomi's face.
-T-transfer?! Nozomi said with wide eyes.
-Yeah, to Tsukimori academy, I responded.
-Isn't that a dorm academy? You know, when you live in dorms and only go home on vacations? Karen-senpai asked.
-Yes, it is. I've decided to transfer there because they have a very good reputation, and I've heard that the majority of the students that have graduated from there has had a successful career or has got to do what they would like to do — basically had their dreams come true, I explained.
-That seems like a good reason, but I'll miss you! Nozomi said and hugged me.
-Come on Nozomi, we'll see each other every vacation and on family days, I said, trying to comfort her and hugged back.
-Family days? She let go of me and looked at me.
-They are days when your family can visit the school for the whole day, so we can be with each other on those days too, I said and smiled.
-I've been meaning to ask since I haven't known Nozomi-san for so long, but you two are twins, right? You have the same eye colour, but different hair colours, and I can see a family resemblance, but not really any identical resemblance, Komachi-senpai asked.
-Oh, it's true that we're twins, but we're not identical twins — we're fraternal twins, I answered her.
-Oh, I see. Then I guess it's not so strange that there's a bit of a difference in your personalities as well, Komachi-senpai said.
-I know I'm less mature than her and quite childish, but what can I do about it! Nozomi whined while some of us chuckled.
-We still love you, Nozomi! Rin-san said with a grin and swung an arm over Nozomi's shoulder.
-Continue to defeat and purify Kowainas, I'll protect the people at the academy if a Kowaina somehow ends up there, I said.
-Nightmare won't get to lay a finger on anyone or anything, and I'll make sure they don't! It's decided! Nozomi then pointed at the ceiling, saying her catchphrase.
-When are you going to transfer? Urara-san asked me.
-Next week, I replied.
-Why didn't you tell us sooner! Nozomi complained once more and was flailing her arms everywhere.
-I'm sorry, but I didn't find the right time to, I apologised.

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