Chapter 1

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3rd person POV
It's been a long time since King Selfishness's defeat. Long enough for the Precure to be graduating soon. And as usual, a light-blue haired boy is watching the girls as they talk. Ira is a strange one, alright. After so long of being trouble, Marmo is the only one to keep trying to make selfishness in hopes the King could be revived again. Or at least that Bel could be turned back to normal.
However, it hasn't worked out that way at all, and all she's been accomplishing is getting her butt kicked by the Precure. Ira, being a little smarter, has stopped making new Selfish all together. He may not be fighting the Precure, but he's definitely been bored. Today is an exception.
Seeing as the Precure have found out about something interesting- King Selfishness wasn't the only Selfish ruler.

"A-Are you telling me there are even more worlds than ours and old Trump Kingdom that may need our help, Aguri?!" Rikka yells, catching Ira's attention most from the tree he's sat in.
"Thats right. I realized it after the last Selfish that we fought. So far, I've found 5 that need us." Aguri tells them, holding a little girl close. Ai isn't a baby anymore, since it has been a few years. She's just a little girl.
"6. I saw one too. I was drawn to it's strong dark aura... I think it's already fully taken over." Regina adds in. "It'd be very bad if they tried coming here again, too." Mana stands.

"Then we need to plan out helping these worlds." Mana exclaims, met with the others agreeing.
"We need to be careful though... They could be stronger than who we've fought so far." Rikka warns, making Ira feel a wave of concern. She was right. At least a few of them are much stronger than himself and his cousins.
He doesn't hear anything else past that, lost in worried thoughts. If they would be a lot worse than Leva and Gula were... Thats when a sudden ache comes to his heart.
"What if they kill Rikka?" As suddenly as the thought comes to mind, he tries to be rid of it. He frowns at himself, unhappy with such a weird thought.

"Bye girls! Be sure to try and get good sleep. The graduation ceremony is tomorrow." Rikka says, snapping Ira out of his thoughts. "ESPECIALLY YOU, MANA!"
Said pink haired girl laughs in response, waving to her as she heads home. Rikka stays still for a little bit, before looking up directly at Ira. He jumps in surprise, teleporting away quickly. Rikka frowns a little, knowing he'd been there the whole time. Raquel leans on her shoulder, confused.
"Think he'll go tell his buddy's, quel?" He asks the bluenette.
"I'm not sure... But we need to get home and rest too, Raquel. Ready to go?"
"Of course, quel!"

They indeed head home, unaware that they still have their little watcher following them. Not long after Rikka finally falls asleep, Ira is deep in his thoughts again. Mostly concerned. Why would he care if she'd die? Or get hurt, for that matter. She's his enemy, right?
But even after hours of mentally arguing with himself, there was no denying his heart kept oddly beating faster with every second. Heading to go get rest himself, he decides he may need to get some help understanding what his heart is telling him.
Tomorrow, he'd figure out who to talk to. It's too bad, however, that his own cousins were watching him watch the Precure. Because they know all to well whats happening to him.

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