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## Stay Strong! Serenity VS Kitsudeme!

### Season

Star Twinkle Pretty Cure 🌟 Oc Squad Adventures

### Writer

CureShiningSong

**Stay Strong! Serenity VS Kitsudeme!** is the 19th episode of the Star Twinkle Pretty Cure 🌟 Oc Squad Adventures starring the Star Twinkle Pretty Cure 🌟 Oc Squad.

## Summary

*After capturing Serenity Niku, Kitsudeme attempts to bribe her into revealing the secret of the Pretty Cures' powers with what she wants the most. When that doesn't work, he is determined to break her soul. Meanwhile, the others have to deal with Yosuknight and his Nottorei. Will things be the same without Astro to help?*

## Major Events

* This episode marks the debuts of Yosuknight, Cure Celestial, and Fuyuko.
* Kitsudeme seems to remember the seemingly irrelevant diary entries he read back in episode 3.
* Serenity recognizes herself as a child of the House of Niku.
* Kitsudeme steals Serenity's power.
* Fuyuko steals Kitsudeme's power and Serenity's power.

## Synopsis

The episode starts with Serenity groggily waking up. Her eyes widen as she remembers what happened before she notices that she cannot move. She is tied to a tree. She looks around before seeing Kitsudeme right in front of her face, making that signature smirk of his. Serenity demands that he let her go and he shakes his head, telling her that she'll stay attached to the tree until she reveal the secret behind the Pretty Cures' powers. Serenity asks why he was so interested in knowing and he tells her before he can stop himself that the origin of their power is the key to defeating them. Serenity's face is of pure shock as Kitsudeme curses.

Meanwhile, the cures and Riku are having lunch on the hill Serenity likes, trying to come up with a way to find their friend and save her. Riku feels as though he failed and admits this to the others. Vega, who was next to him, placed a hand on his shoulder and told him that Serenity was a Pretty Cure and therefore was tasked with protecting him. Not the other way around. This only made him feel worse. Heidi, realizing this, stood up and ran to a nearby tree with a pan and spoon. She climbs up it and hung herself upside-down while banging the two items together. The group and Riku look in her direction and she starts to explain (still not upright) about how they'll do their best to help Serenity and get back at Kitsudeme. It wasn't right of him to take their friend and they could all agree on that, but what they should try to do as Pretty Cure is to observe their surroundings and think hard about possible whereabouts and where the foe is most likely to be. Besides, Pretty Cure are powered by their strong imagination, right?

The others nod and agree as a sad smile starts to show on Riku's face. Heidi notices this and sighs with relief. That is, before falling and landing on her head. Riku stifled a laugh as she got up and dusted herself off. Seeing everyone at the brink of laughter made her raise an eyebrow as she told them they had permission to laugh. When Riku joined in on the laughing party, everyone else but Heidi seemed shocked. Heidi was happy that she got him to find some joy... just like Serenity would try to do. She then sits back down and tells them it was time to focus... and as she says that, we see someone watching them from the woods before walking away.

Back with Serenity, Kitsudeme was staring her down. Serenity bit her lip, shut her eyes, and turned her head away stubbornly, saying that it was none of his business anyway. She would never tell him, even on the day she dies. Kitsudeme smirked and whispered in her ear that if he was her, he wouldn't want to say that so soon. Serenity's eyes shot open with shock by what he said next. He said that in return for telling him, he could do something for her... grant the one wish she had.

Serenity's eyes looked off towards the side, unsure, as Kitsudeme continued to whisper into her ear. The speaking sent chills through her spine, but the words were both terrifying and overwhelming... as if it was too good to be true. He told her that he could help her with her parents. Make it so that they'd remember her existence. Her breathing hitched to almost a stop when he spoke into her ear that she could finally live a normal life again. Serenity turned her head back forwards and there Kitsudeme and his smirk were, inches away from her face.

Serenity couldn't believe what he was telling her. Though it was truly what she wanted deep down, she didn't understand how he knew such things about her and whether she could trust him. And that was when she remembered everything he did. This was the one who stole her diary and read her secrets to the world. He was the one who tried to kill her multiple times. He was the one who constantly manipulated everyone... and lied to her personally before.

She looked at him, her expression angry, as she told him that he was lying. Kitsudeme tilted his head and raised his eyebrow, the smirk still on his face. Serenity swung her leg and whacked her foot against his ankle, causing him to yelp in pain. He backed away and said that if she wouldn't give it to him willingly, he'd force it out of her. Serenity's eyes widened as a dark beam shot towards her and struck her. Everything went black.

With the girls and Riku, they had realized that there was a place that they had seen Kitsudeme at before in the past. Vega tells Riku that Serenity told her once before that she saw Kitsudeme before actually being thrown into a fight and Heidi adds on that when she wasn't on their side she'd often see him there also. Riku looks at Heidi sympathetically when she realizes that she referenced her former self.

Serenity woke up in a strange place. It was as if it was made from her memories... she saw all the times her parents visited and all the times she was just forgotten. She then saw Hikaru and the others forgetting that she was right there and how they went along their merry way. She then was forced to re-watch all the disputes between the squad. When she ran, when Vega got mad, and more. Also she saw something that she knew wasn't a memory. In it, Shion actually shot her with one of her arrows. She then saw all the times Kitsudeme tricked her and fought them... and when he mercilessly killed Heideri... Serenity then screamed out in despair. She couldn't bear having to re-live the past.

But then she realized something. She could bring herself out of it. Kitsudeme thought that she was a nobody except for these times when she became a Pretty Cure... he had no idea how wrong he was, so she spoke to him, knowing he'd hear, and she did indeed break the trance of a nightmare she was in. She told Kitsudeme that there was so much more to her...

She was Niku Serenity, only daughter of Daichi and Ayame and heiress of the family lineage and right. She was a lady of high ranking and owns her family name, even though Riku was the only one who recognized that.With her newfound strength she broke the ropes binding her to the tree as she transformed into Cure Astro.

With the others, they were ambushed by Nottorei on their way to help Serenity. The girls transformed and fought, but there was no way to stop them without Serenity's help. They couldn't do a group attack and they couldn't seem to surprise the foes they were facing. At least, that was what they thought until a light shined from a direction and a new cure appeared! Introducing herself as Cure Celestial, she went and fought on all of their behalf. And with the help of the element of surprise, she beat Yosuknight and his army. Yosuknight retreated with haste. The group then ran together to help Serenity.

Astro was in a heated battle with Kitsudeme. They both seemed to know where the other was going to strike and dodged or countered. But then, Kitsudeme did the unexpected. Instead of dodging a strike from Cure Astro, he leaned slightly to the side and grabbed her ankle, swinging her into a tree. Her transformation broke as Kitsudeme glowed with power. Serenity realized that he stole her power and that it was his plan all along to force her int transforming.

Before either could do anything further to the other, a third figure appeared and jabbed Kitsudeme all over in numerous places, taking the power he stole and his power with it. Kitsudeme collapsed, powerless. Serenity stood in shock before being knocked out herself. Before losing consciousness, the newcomer introduced herself as Fuyuko, and she was in a rush.

The others arrived right as Serenity passed out. Fuyuko saw them and quickly vanished. Focusing back on their friend, the cures detransformed and ran over to her side, Riku with them and the civilian identity of Cure Celestial staying behind. The last thing we see before the episode ends is the group around their friend's fallen form.

## Characters

### Pretty Cures

Niku Serenity/Cure Astro

Shinseichiri Vega/Cure Nebula

Hisakawa Hoshiko/Cure Comet

Marie Ella/Cure Rocket

Hoshiwa Mirai/Cure Galaxy

Gamizu Heidi/Cure Genesis

Cure Celestial

### Villains

Kitsudeme

Yosuknight

### Secondary Characters

Fukui Riku

Fuyuko

## Trivia

* This is the first time Kitsudeme doesn't give killing Serenity a thought while the two are on opposing sides.
* This is the first episode where the stolen diary reading is referenced in relevance to the current event
* Three rather major characters make their debut in this episode, slightly overloading the writer.
* Many alternate scenes were planned for this episode.
	+ If asked, these scenarios will be posted