Blue explains that the Cures can use the Axia's true power, the Shining Make Dresser, to once again seal Queen Mirage. However, Megumi objects, believing Blue doesn't truly want to fight Mirage, whilst Iona argues against her, stating that defeating Mirage is the only way to save the captured Pretty Cures. The next day, after both Megumi and Iona sort out their feelings with help from Yuko and Seiji, the girls ask Blue about what happened between him and Mirage. Blue met Mirage 300 years ago, when she was a just a simple shrine maiden working at Pikari Shrine, and despite having feelings for her, he chose not to stay by her side for the sake of loving everyone on Earth, which led to her becoming Queen Mirage. As the girls encourage Blue to tell Mirage his true feelings, Blue decides that they need to awaken Axia in order to face the Phantom Empire in the Blue Sky Kingdom.
The ruler of the evil Phantom Empire, Queen Mirage, begins her invasion on Earth using an army of Choiarks and powerful monsters called Saiarks. All across the world, Pretty Cures are dispatched to fight against the Phantom Empire threat. Hime Shirayuki, a princess from the Blue Sky Kingdom, which was taken over by the Phantom Empire, joins the fight as a Pretty Cure named Cure Princess, but always finds herself running away scared. Given a Crystal of Love by the Spirit of Earth, Blue, and told to seek out a partner to fight alongside her, Hime goes to the city of Pikarigaoka and randomly throw the crystal in the air, deciding to partner up with whoever it lands upon. This person turns out to be Megumi Aino, a kind-hearted girl always looking to help others, who is recruited by Hime to fight by her side as Cure Lovely.
