Power Of Love - A Twisted Tale

Chapter 6 - Aguri

"Aguri? Are you awake?"

I opened my eyes to find five girls staring at me, worried looks on their faces.

"Alice? Mana? Everyone? What happened?"

"You got into an accident, remember? Adora tripped on you and you two fell. Then you sprained your left ankle." Rikka explained, "My mother will come tomorrow to check on you."

"Really?"

I tried moving my left foot, but the pain washed over me, resulting in a wave of memories flooding into my head from the summer carnival.

"Ah right, that girl tumbled on me...What time is it?"

"It's 7 in the morning, Aguri...you slept through the festival and the night."

It was then I realised the sun's rays shining on the others' faces. But why did they seem so exhausted?

"Did Leva and Gula come again?"

"Yeah, they kinda did some damage after we left. We stopped them from destroying the festival, but they were so focused on finding you that they forgot about their Jikochu, I guess."

"Well...they know about me being only able to transform for 5 minutes, so I guess they wanted to use that to their advantage."

"Yeah, but you weren't there and we still could defeat the Jikochu!"

"That means you've gotten stronger!"

"Guys..? What's this stuff about fighting and Jiko-somethings?"

We all stared at the voice and realised...

...we forgot that Eru was still in the room!

"Eru?! Aren't your parents worried about you? Why are you-"

"It's fine! I've phoned them last night. They're coming to pick me up now. Anyways, what was that all about? What you you mean you can only transform for 5 minutes, Aguri?"

"..."

All of us looked at each other, wondering if we should tell the secret about us being PreCure to Eru.

Should we tell her...?

"I think we can tell her..."

"It's dangerous, I wouldn't tell her. Who knows what side she's on?"

"We've practically already told her about transforming, so why not?"

"But we just met yesterday. Can we trust her?"

"Well, Eru, can we trust you on this?"

An awkward silence fills the room as Eru contemplates about the consequences of holding a big secret.

I trust you, Eru.

"You know those magical girls that have been popping up around town, fighting those monsters?"

"Yeah! I actually saw one before, I think she was called Cure...Ace?"

But I don't remember seeing her?

"...That's me, Eru. I'm Cure Ace."

A more awkward silence fills the room.

"You've got to be kidding me. She looks so much older."

"I'm not, Eru..."

"Really? Any proof?"

"Seriously, Eru? We trust you with this ultra important secret and your response is 'Any proof'?! It's not like we would tell this to anybody!"