Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

[Final File] Over the Times

After V-rex placed Hua somewhere safe, he turned back to support Ash in his battle. Then, after several towering lights flashed, stealing everyone's attention, when Hua and the others looked back, they found that the terrain of the hospital, where everyone had been evacuated, had been permanently altered.

"..."

Standing at the edge of the semicircular pit that seemed to have recast the entire ground, Hua, with tears in her eyes, was strong enough not to let them fall. Rubbing her aching eyes, the girl turned on the last videotape-like playback device that fell from V rex.

【"flower."】

In the video, Yazheng, who was sitting on top of V rex, was greeting Nonoka on the other side of the screen. Listening to his familiar voice, this ridiculous sense of isolation made her feel as if she were in another world.

"That's Nonohana in front of me right now, right? It would be great if Hana got this pre-recorded video... Well, at least it won't be handed over to someone else. I'm sure I won't make any mistakes on this little thing."

"By the time you get this, I'll probably be dead... Don't cry in front of me." Listening to Ash's warning, Hana frantically rubbed her increasingly reddened eyes with the back of her hand. "Of course, if you were still alive, I wouldn't be seeking death. Don't worry, I'll fight tooth and nail to survive and return to you."

"But, at that time..." Ash, in the camera, scratched his embarrassed, red face with his fingers, revealing a shy expression no one had ever seen before. "When I get back, don't laugh at me with this video!"

“Speaking of which, tomorrow is your birthday… I’m afraid I’ll be too awkward to express myself tomorrow, so I’ll just wish you an early or delayed birthday – Happy Birthday, Hua!”

“[I’m very happy to be with you on my birthday!]”

"You've already...said it." Two lines of tears flowed down the smiling flower's cheeks.

[“Also, if I didn’t reveal anything to you in the end, I’ve put all my secrets about why I fight... and my bank account number, which is enough for you to live comfortably in this world for three lifetimes, in the interlayer of this video.”] Hua followed and touched the water-patterned plastic shell on the back, and pulled out a small memory stick.

"Actually, I have other ways to take shortcuts. For example, I could transform the flowers into life forms similar to me, or abandon everything and take you with me..."

"But how should I put it? If I really did that, wouldn't it be too despicable even for Ash?"

"Hua?" Yu, Sha Ling and others who followed with great concern looked at her increasingly hunched back and reached out their hands to comfort her.

"If I do that, I'll become something different from myself."

"It's not my pride that's getting in the way. I'm just too tongue-tied to express myself... How should I put it? Since fate dares to trouble the woman I love."

"Then I want to fight it and let it know who's boss!"

"Mr. Ash, who saved the world, is a hero," Emi assured Hana solemnly, not noticing for a moment that she hadn't heard the approaching footsteps. "But Mr. Ash, the hero, surely wouldn't want to see the one he loves so depressed—"

[“Hehe, that sounds a bit too chauvinistic, doesn’t it? It’s really not worthy of praise…”]

"Hua——!" With a cry of surprise from behind, Hua jumped down from the edge of the cave and slid down the slope.

The red fragments of V rex, which had been almost dismantled, were scattered on the land along with the remaining ruins. There was no trace of Ash and those monsters here.

“It may be too much to say, but I hope you won’t inherit the hatred you’ve witnessed or blame yourself.”

Where, where on earth is it!?

"Fighting and sacrificing are just that... You and I have done all we can."

Listening to Ash's voice coming from the other end, Hua ignored the torn clothes and scratches on her body and frantically searched for any clues of that person.

"Ah, almost...it's almost dawn. Time to pretend to get up and go get ready for the birthday party with you." Ash stood up, his back to the rising sunset. "Of course, I don't intend to just die and leave you with a lifelong regret. No matter how far or how difficult it is, I will return to your world."

"!" Hua, who suddenly sensed something, quickly changed direction. Regardless of her bright red palm, she peeled off a few pieces of debris on one side and found her transformation device "Light of the Heart" wrapped in clothes without a trace of dust from the bottom.

"Here—right here!"

“This is a man’s agreement.”

"Ash, I'm coming—I'm coming to save you!"

With the light of hope in his eyes flashing more and more, Hua burst out with extraordinary strength. After pushing away all the rocks and building ruins in front of him, he finally found the person he was looking for underneath.

"That's right. Say hello to Yu and the others for me, and don't overwork yourself."

The man's arm, with the V-command device on it, was exposed as he emerged from under the rubble.

"Goodbye, flowers."

"Ash!"

With hope glittering in her eyes, which were filled with surprise, she grabbed his hand again and finally dragged it out from underneath with great effort.

On the other side, Ash also flicked his finger one last time, bidding her a handsome farewell.

"Take care."

With great force, he pulled the hand out.

"what...."

Holding the familiar hand that had lost all warmth, Nonoka saw the blood slowly flowing out from underneath, staining her skirt as she knelt on the ground red. All the starlight disappeared, and then she made a sound as if she had come back to her senses.

"So that's how it is."

"Mingming, wasn't that an agreement?"

Nonoka grabbed the hand and gently pinched each of the man's fingers, but she could no longer find any warmth from them.

"You said..."

The corners of his mouth twitched and curled up into a mocking arc, letting the crystals that flowed from his eyes that had lost all light flow straight down along the arc. These continuously falling "pearls" dripped one by one onto the cracked V commander on his wrist.

"You said you would come back."

Gently raising his hand, Ash wiped the tears from her face with his fingers.

"fraud."

【Hug! Pretty Cure: Future World Line! ......】

【...】

【over?】

Case End The future is flying tomorrow

I'm Ash.

I am infinite... no, I should say my journey is infinite.

For a reason that I have already forgotten, I embarked on a journey to infinite worlds, just to encounter infinite stories in them.

But with so many worlds and so many stories, I'm sure they'll wear down my soul, making me feel bored to an equally infinite degree. I think the only thing that can kill an "immortal" like me is boredom.

In order to avoid being bored, I focused on the protagonists of these stories...that is, those "heroes" who always shine brightly.

Sometimes they fight side by side as companions, sometimes they compete against each other as enemies, sometimes they jump from the former to the latter, and most of the time they jump from the latter back to the former.

Passion, cruelty, bonds, betrayal, courage, miracles, hope - as long as I can feel these from these heroes who never let me down, it's like opening a book whose content changes every time I open it, like playing a never-ending game of chess with different opponents. As long as it goes on like this, I will never feel bored.

I thought that as long as I kept going like this, I could keep going...

Until I met her.

"Nohana."

Yes, that's the name of a woman. A woman with beautiful pink hair like my mother's, who always smiles at me with a silly smile.

She is not the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, nor does she have the best figure among those I know. Her breasts are not the big ones that suit my size, but just big enough for me to hold a pair.

She's a reckless fool, a fool who wants to help others even if it means she's burning herself out, a woman who wants to save others' tomorrows even if she herself has no future, a woman who makes people worry...

She is the woman I like.

Yeah, it makes me feel uneasy.

I had hurt her irreparably because of my own self-righteousness, and I had also saved her from this irreparable situation.

because...

"I love her."

Laugh if you want to, after all, this is the first time I feel love.

In this "infinity" that clearly has no end, I fell in love with a woman who is clearly "finite".

I was moved, overwhelmed with emotions, and even wanted to give up everything I had before just to love her, just to share with her the luxury called "happiness" that we both lacked.

But, it's not that simple...

Even though I had anticipated this day, even though I wanted to break my fate, the shadow from the past still caught up with me. All I could do was entrust our future together to her.

The last thing I saw was her grief-stricken expression when the v-rex I entrusted took her away.

Did I make her cry again in the end?

What an incompetent boyfriend I am! I'm so disappointed in myself that I want to vomit...

Next...

"Is he dead...?"

"I've experienced death countless times in the past, so I should be able to do well this time as well."

The reason why I ended up like this...is because I met such a dazzling person, but I didn't care about the darkness in my heart, and only wanted to embrace her light.

It's not driven by desire...or instinct...

It's probably because she said such gentle words when she was with me...

Closing his eyes, Ash seemed to see something, or was it a dream?

He felt like the only audience member sitting in an empty movie theater, watching scenes unfold on the screen.

The person in the dream was also Ash... No, was it another being with such a name?

He wasn't the only character in the dream; Hua and her friends were there too, but they all looked as young as the photo from the past that she had shown Ash.

The flowers in this world have different childhoods. They get to know their friends so early and get out of sadness early?

Oh? Even Saaya and Yu have become Pretty Cure to fight alongside Hana? That's great, Hana! Finally, she's not alone anymore.

So this is me, appearing in the same world as them? Ha, I'm really ruthless towards the Pretty Cure, it's really my style to go too far.

Yes... You are still as gentle and kind as ever, wanting to save even your enemies. But this time, it was you who took the initiative to help me.

is it?

I once again.

for you...

The scene of himself and Nonoka finally hugging each other played over and over again in Ash's pupils, which were now filled with emptiness.

"It must be a dream..."

Countless darkness rushed towards Ash in the center.

"Whether it's Nonoka or everything in the countless stories before... they are just Ash's dreams... forever."

The abyss that surged endlessly around him became infinite, as if it was about to swallow him completely. Once it was completed, Ash would forget everything and embark on his journey again, just like countless times before.

After all, the only thing that can really kill him now is boredom...

"Snapped!"

He clung to the edge with his only remaining right hand, using his arms, his teeth, even if it meant using all his strength! Like a blood-soaked demon, Ash climbed out of the dark abyss called death.

"[Are you unwilling to give up, Ash?]"

Whose voice is that? Is it me or the system?

I can’t tell the difference. Now I can’t tell anything apart.

"[Do you like her to this extent?]"

The only one I can remember is her.

"I..."

"I want..."

"I want to see the flowers again!"

Just because she loves me, I love her too!

"I want to see Nonoka again! I want to see her smile again!"

It’s not a complicated reason, there doesn’t need to be any reason, it’s just like this!

Ash struggled to break free from the traces of the past bit by bit, and struggled towards the light called "Nonoha" in the picture, no matter how ugly it was.