Kyoichi Takagi finally defeated the monstrous Demon God. He was so ready to go back home to his own world. But then, the huge explosion from that final battle sent him flying into another weird dimension!
This time, he crashed onto a rooftop right where two legendary warriors, the 'PreCure', were fighting a monster. His cheat powers still worked, which was awesome, but something crazy happened. He'd somehow turned into a fairy-like being, the kind the PreCure use to transform and get stronger!
Thrown Into the World of Pretty Cure - Confession of the Shadow-Possessed — As Long as You're Here, I Can Still Fight
The underground treatment room smelled of disinfectant and old ink.
Medical equipment lining the walls hummed faintly. On the ECG monitor, a waveform pulsed weakly.
On the bed, Nagisa lay asleep.
Her white combat suit was torn in places, and black crystals covered her exposed skin. From her cheek to her neck, from her collarbone to her chest—like a living thing, they continued their slow encroachment.
Kyoichi floated beside her pillow.
His golden light flickered faintly, as if about to go out at any moment.
"It's the final stage of wedgefication."
Beatrice stood next to Kyoichi, leaning on her staff.
"The power of darkness is crystallizing inside Nagisa's body. At this rate—"
"Shut up."
Kyoichi's voice echoed through the treatment room.
"I said shut up... I don't want to hear that."
His tiny fists were trembling.
Beatrice closed her eyes. Her wrinkled hands gripped the staff tightly.
"Seventy-two hours. If we don't stop the Abyss Tide by then, she will become a complete wedge—and transform into a Gloom."
Silence.
Only the sound of the ECG monitor filled the room. Beep... beep...
Kyoichi looked at Nagisa's face.
Pale lips. Fingertips turned purple. And yet, she was still breathing, faintly.
(I said I'd protect her.)
Another scene flashed through his mind.
Blood-soaked ground.
A woman collapsed.
His own voice, screaming over and over as he held her hand—
"Don't screw with me!!"
Kyoichi slammed his fist against the wall.
A tiny fist of light struck the concrete. Golden particles scattered from the impact.
"Don't screw with me... I... I...!"
He couldn't protect her. Again.
Right before his eyes, again—
His small body fell to the floor.
The light flickered. As if weeping.
"...You possess the power of another world. That may be what saves her."
With only those words, Beatrice quietly left the room.
The sound of her staff faded into the distance.
Kyoichi crouched alone on the floor.
"...Nagisa."
He rose into the air again and touched Nagisa's hand.
Cold.
But there were still parts that held warmth.
"I'll definitely... save you."
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That night.
Kyoichi left the treatment room and made his way down the corridor.
His magic power was so depleted that even flying was a struggle. He wobbled forward, bumping into the walls.
(Maybe I'll look for something to eat.)
Just as he was thinking that—
A figure appeared from around the corner of the hallway.
A short bob of black hair with red streaks.
Odd eyes—left eye red, right eye black.
On the back of her left hand, a black pattern faintly surfaced.
It was Yamitsuki Akane.
Trembling, she stared at Kyoichi.
"...So you're Takagi Kyoichi."
Kyoichi was on guard.
(Who the hell is this?)
"Who're you? How'd you get in here?"
"I'm... Yamitsuki Akane. I got permission from Beatrice to come."
Akane's voice was small and hoarse.
She removed the glove from her left hand.
The black pattern pulsed faintly.
"I'm... a Shadow-Bearer."
Kyoichi's light twitched.
"Two years ago, I was possessed by a Gloom. Out of everyone—over ninety percent died—I was the only one who survived. Because of that... the power of darkness remains in my body."
She stared at her own left hand.
The pattern writhed as if it were alive.
"With this power, I can sense the presence of Glooms. Where they'll appear, how many there are—I can tell all of it."
"...Why are you telling me this?"
"I... I wanted to be useful to Misumi-san."
Tears spilled from Akane's eyes.
"I've known for a long time that Misumi-san is a Pretty Cure. She's been fighting all alone. She's always smiling, but she's pushing herself way too hard. It was painful to watch. But... I didn't know how to reach out to her."
She hung her head.
Her disheveled hair hid her face.
"I'm... shy. I'm bad at talking to people. I don't fit in with my class. I thought if someone like me got close to her, I'd just be a bother..."
Kyoichi listened in silence.
"But I don't want to have any more regrets. Now that Misumi-san is in danger, the one thing I hate most is doing nothing."
She raised her face.
Her odd eyes, wet with tears, gazed at Kyoichi.
"You might not believe me. But... I want you to give me a chance."
Kyoichi thought for a moment.
(A Shadow-Bearer... huh.)
He was wary. But—her voice was genuine.
"...So basically, you can tell where the Glooms are?"
"Y-yeah."
"Then can you tell where they are right now, at this very moment?"
Akane closed her eyes.
The pattern on her left hand glowed faintly.
"...East Port District. An abandoned warehouse. One Obsidian. Five Cyphers."
At that instant, the organization's alarm blared.
Emergency communication. Beatrice's voice echoed through the corridor.
"Large Gloom signature detected at an abandoned warehouse in the East Port District! Requesting immediate backup!"
Kyoichi looked at Akane.
Her eyes were still closed.
"...One Obsidian. Five Cyphers. No mistake."
"...No way."
Too precise.
"Alright. I believe you."
Kyoichi said it curtly.
"Huh...?"
"Let's go, Akane! Lead the way!"
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East Port District.
The sea wind battered the corrugated iron roofs of the rusted warehouses.
In the distance, people's screams rang out, and sirens blared. Under the influence of the Abyss Tide, the city had fallen into panic.
Kyoichi and Akane stood before the abandoned warehouse.
No one was in sight.
But the air was heavy.
"...Inside."
Akane pointed.
At that moment—
The warehouse wall exploded.
Black haze. A massive shadow.
An Obsidian, eight meters in total length, emerged with five Cyphers in tow. The ground shook. Cracks ran through the asphalt.
"That's huge, damn."
Kyoichi opened his storage magic.
From a four-dimensional pocket, an ancient golem appeared. A stone statue four meters tall confronted the Obsidian.
And then—a magic cannon.
A golden barrel materialized from the void and spat fire at the Cyphers.
BOOOOOM!!!
A thunderous roar.
The blast wave blew the warehouse's corrugated iron away.
But the Obsidian did not flinch.
It unleashed a black haze and pulverized the golem.
"Dammit, I don't have enough magic power...!"
Kyoichi's light flickered weakly.
"Kyoichi! On your right!"
Akane shouted.
One Cypher lunged at Kyoichi from behind.
"Guh...!"
He dodged by a hair's breadth.
But he had no magic power left to counterattack.
"It's impossible, there are too many...!"
"Don't give up!"
Akane raised her left hand.
The black pattern blazed brightly.
"Obsidian! Its core is on its right flank! Aim there!"
"What?"
"Hurry! I can see it! The Gloom's weak point! It's the right flank!"
Kyoichi readied the magic cannon.
(I've got no choice but to trust her.)
He aimed at the right flank.
"...Let's do this."
He poured all of his remaining magic power into it.
The barrel shone gold—
DOOOOOOOM!!!
A torrent of light pierced through the Obsidian.
Direct hit.
The Obsidian's massive body let out a death cry and collapsed. The black crystals shattered, and light spilled out from within.
"We did it...!"
"Five left! The Cyphers' cores are in their heads! Take them down one by one!"
Akane called out their weak points one after another.
Following her directions, Kyoichi fired the magic cannon in rapid succession.
One. Two. Three—
The Cyphers were annihilated, one after another.
Four. Five.
The last one collapsed to the ground and vanished, leaving behind black crystals.
Silence.
The battle was over.
Kyoichi crumpled to the ground. His golden light shrank so small it seemed about to vanish.
"Hahh... hahh..."
"Kyoichi...!"
Akane rushed over and cupped Kyoichi in both hands.
"We did it... we really did it..."
Tears streamed from her eyes.
"I... my power... was actually useful...!"
"...Yeah. It's thanks to you."
Kyoichi smiled weakly.
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Organization Headquarters.
In Beatrice's office, an ancient piece of parchment was spread out.
The fire in the fireplace cast flickering light across the books lining the walls.
"I have investigated. There is a way to stop the Abyss Tide."
Kyoichi and Akane stood before her.
"The Twin-Light Covenant Ring—a forbidden art in which a contractor and a fairy share their lives. There is only a single mention of it in the ancient texts."
"If we use that, can we save Nagisa?"
Beatrice closed her eyes.
"...Yes. However."
She held the parchment out before Kyoichi.
There, inscribed in ancient script, were these words:
The price of the forbidden art—either the contractor or the fairy shall be imprisoned in darkness for eternity.
"...What the hell."
Kyoichi's light wavered violently.
"Even if it succeeds, one of you will be lost."
Silence.
Only the fireplace crackled softly.
That scene surfaced in Kyoichi's mind again.
Blood-soaked ground.
The face of his fallen lover.
His own hands, stained crimson—
"...Don't screw with me."
Kyoichi muttered in a tearful voice.
"Again... again I... can't protect anyone...!"
He fell to the floor.
His golden light trembled with grief.
"Back then too... I... it was my fault...!"
His lover's face in her final moments overlapped with Nagisa's.
"Even though... I don't want anyone else to die...!"
Akane gently lifted Kyoichi up.
"...Kyoichi."
Tears welled in her eyes too.
"You are the one who must choose, Kyoichi-san."
Beatrice spoke quietly.
A long silence.
The fireplace flickered, casting the shadows of the three of them dancing on the walls.
Kyoichi wiped his tears.
"...I'll do it."
He rose into the air.
"I'm not giving up. No matter what. I'll save both of us. I won't let either of us die."
His golden light began to shine brightly once more.
"Nagisa, me, and you too—I'll definitely find a way for all of us to survive."
Wiping her tears, Akane nodded.
"...I'll help too."
She placed a hand over her own chest.
"With my Shadow-Bearer power... I might be able to find the location of the darkness in Misumi-san's heart."
"Really?"
"But to do that... I need magic power."
Embarrassed, Akane loosened the collar of her clothes.
Below her collarbone. On her pale skin, a black pattern faintly surfaced.
"Here... place your hand here. I want you to pour your magic power into me, Kyoichi."
"...You're serious."
"J-just hurry up! This is embarrassing!"
Kyoichi placed his tiny hand below her collarbone.
He sent his magic power flowing in.
In that instant—
"Aah...!"
Akane's body jolted.
A Shadow-Bearer's body was far more sensitive than a normal human's. Every time Kyoichi's magic power coursed through her, a sweet numbness raced across her entire body.
"Nn... s-stop...!"
Akane covered her mouth, but she couldn't suppress the moans that escaped. Her legs trembled, and she desperately fought to keep her knees from buckling.
Kyoichi was shaken as well.
Through the resonance of their magic power, Akane's sensations flowed into him. Her heartbeat. Her body heat. And—pleasure.
(This is bad...)
He endured with all his might and continued supplying magic power.
"...Misumi-san."
Akane murmured, tears in her eyes.
"You're... not alone..."
At that moment, her eyes clouded black.
Her Shadow-Bearer ability seized upon the darkness in Nagisa's heart.
(I saw it.)
A dark space. Loneliness.
The image of Nagisa, unable to rely on anyone, crying all alone—
"...I've got it. Kyoichi."
Akane pulled her hand away from Kyoichi.
Her breathing was ragged. Her face was bright red.
"I've pinpointed the location of the darkness in Misumi-san's heart. Now you need to dive into her mental world alone, Kyoichi."
"...Understood."
Kyoichi nodded.
His light no longer wavered.
"Let's go. I'll save Nagisa—no matter what."
The fire in the fireplace blazed up, larger than before.
Leaning on her staff, Beatrice gazed at their three shadows.
"...This is the crossroads of fate."
Her golden eyes shone, harboring a deep sorrow.
The darkness was still deep.
But—a small light was definitely burning.
Into Nagisa's mental world.
Towards the covenant of the forbidden art.
And—towards a
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