Season Touch Pretty Cure!

Home Sweet Home

Time has passed since the girls left for Gaia. Earth remained continuous and chaotic but luckily back home, things were calm. The fairies kept watching on the open gate and Naoki's unconscious body. Eventually, he awakened but failed to recall what happened to him. He returned home, without a question in his mind. He decided to let Mei come to him personally and discuss it. He left a short note on her desk, hoping she would return soon and visit him.

A week has passed. Naoki goes by Mei's house every day, hoping she would appear. The fairies created a schedule where he would keep watch on the portal and the fairies could take a break.

Naoki sat alone in Mei's room, as the fairies go out for ice cream. They reassured Naoki that they are independent.

Naoki lays on Mei's bed and stares up at her ceiling. He whistles passionately but the room's temperature drops. He glances at her window, but it was closed. The room soon grew boiling hot. He hurriedly strips off his chunky grey sweater and fans himself with his hands. The room's temperature stabilizes. Naoki watches the glowing portal. He shields himself with Mei's pink comforter just in case anything flies out. A sudden gush of blasting wind escapes the portal. Naoki slams onto the wall with the comforter pressed against his face. Hanabi is the first to fly out of the portal. She lands onto the floor, headfirst, and her attire de-transforms back to her lousy hoodie and sweater combo.

Mei was the second to fly out the portal, tagged along with Momiji and Yukino. They land onto the bed and bounce off onto the floor. Earthlight elegantly leaves the portal and lands gently on her toes. She removes one of the rings and drops it from its diamond formation and closes the portal. The rest of the rings fall onto the ground. The wind halts and Naoki slowly drags his body down gently onto the couch. The comforter hides his presence.

The girls begin to bicker about Earthlight failing to defeat Dark Nature.

"You girls wouldn't understand! This was the only way!" Dark cried.

Naoki peeks at the group, as they all stand around Earthlight, with their arms in the air or crossed. He watches silently, curious about their very odd topic of conversation.

"It's time for Earth to meet its end," Earthlight concluded.

The girls fail to find the right words to respond. Earthlight stretches her body out, unfazed with what she said.

"Now, if you will excuse me, I'd like to take a brief moment with myself," Earthlight snaps her fingers and vanishes.

Mei sits on her bed, with her hands on her head.

Momiji and Yukino stand by the window, while Hanabi sits on the ground.

"Why would she want to end this planet?" Mei stuttered.

"It's like Earthlight is running away from her problems," Yukino suggests.

Hanabi gathers all the rings in her hands and stares at its shimmering material.

"She summoned us to do what, watch this world die?" Hanabi places her ring back on her index finger.

"Maybe we need to give her some time to think," Mei mutters.

"She had many years to think, I doubt giving her more time will do us any good," Momiji says.

"Then what is the point of all of this?" Hanabi throws the rest of the rings back onto the ground.

"Why would she do this then? What mother wants to see her own children die?!" Hanabi rips her ring off her finger and throws it.

"I'm not going to fight for a coward," Hanabi stands up with her hands in a fist.