PuriKyun All Stars: Future Generation

Act. 4 - Circle of Friends

"What!?" They all exclaimed.

The girls looked at each other. Memoria Empire was basically the home of half of their members - if not all.

"We figured you guys knew something about it..." Shirana held Flake tightly.

"Asana Koujou is a dangerous woman." Amai stood up from where she sat and ventured towards them.

"What do you mean?" Kimi looked at her "do you know her?"

"I know of her, yes. A powerful woman she is, the time gatekeeper."

"Time... gatekeeper?" Ryoka frowned slightly "Does that explain the ticking sounds?"

"Most likely."

"What's she doing?" Yuzuki was now all ears, she had never heard of this woman before. "Or trying to do?"

"I have no idea." Amai shook her head, "Asana is just known to be an extremely powerful being."

"She's similar time Royal Sky in a way..." Asahi muttered.

"Exactly." Amai nodded "Royal Sky of the Kingdom of Chanzon is one of the main powerfully gifted people in this universe. She's the guardian of nature. Asana Koujou of Memoria Empire, well, is the guardian of time."

"Is she evil...?" Kanae raised a brow, confused.

"We don't know." they frowned, it seemed like this was going to be harder than they thought.

"I guess we have to get the Nacharms and Prism Archers back." Itose looked at them, trying to bring some enthusiasm.

"How?"

"We can still transform." Sakiko stood proudly, "just retrieve them from her, right? How hard can it be?"

"Harder than you think."

Settling in for the night, the others went home while the others lingered at the house. It was a long night and while some slept peacefully, one girl stared at the dark ceiling. The tick tock ringing in her ear was getting even louder than ever before. The voice telling her it was time. But time for what?

Unable to sleep, she sat up and stared at her friends fast sleep. Getting out, she slowly creaked the door open and sat out on the grass. It was cold but she'd rather bare the physical pain than the pain that was going on inside of her. Patting the flowers, she frowned. They had just bloomed but they felt tired. As if they were wanting to either or go back to being a bud. Oh the simpler days when she thought she was finished being a PreCure.

"What's going on?" She whispered to herself, frustrated. "I thought we were done... the enemies were gone..."

Laying on the grass, she stared up at the sky. The dark clouds covered the stars, the moon hiding behind the mist. It was dark again, just like before. There was no light at the end of this tunnel, no matter how hard she tried to run. She was being chased by the endless sounds of a clock. Eery and never ending.

Her eyes fluttering shut slowly, entering the world of dreams for barely a second. It was chaos. It was a pit of emptiness and despair, yet she could hear it. The screams and cries for help, and there lingering in the background was that old clock. Time was running out. Disappear. Disappear. Disappear.

Jerking away, Ryoka took in deep breaths as she looked around her. The sun was barely coming up and the birds in the sky echoed on. Looking down at the grass, the flowers had caved in almost trying to protect her with what they could. But only barely.

"It was a dream?" Ryoka frowned.

Getting up, she walked back into the house where she was greeted by Amai.