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This is my first attempt to write a story, also the first on this site. And English is not my native language, so expect a lot of mistakes in my story. Oh, and if you see a lot of missing information, then either my story is sloppy, or that is my fully intention. Your pick.

Anyway, enjoy reading.

'A dark sky, again. And I'm lying on the ground, again. How many times did I see this? Or rather, when was the last time I saw the bright, blue sky? This is the second dimension, not counting the first one, I have travelled to, and the sky is the first thing I found strange. Hoped that this world do not have much problems, or rather big problems, to deal with.'

High chance of that will happen, since The Creator wants them to happen, so that he can write stories about that.

'Probably so, and because of our luck, or my luck, is extremely low for some reason.'

Are you sure about that? I mean your life in second dimension is good, and you have a lot of good memories with them, right?

*Sigh* 'Of course but… Wait, first, you are not around until the last 7 years, how did you know about them?'

You forgot that we are one and the same, even the Creator himself, right? Of course I knew about those moments.

'Try to forget about it to be exact. And second, why "on the ground in lying position" scenario again? This happened both time in previous dimensions already. Is this a running gag or something?'

I'm not sure about that. I'm only the Observer, my role is like the Outsider from Dishonored: look through the world, give power and see how it goes. And probably communicate to you and the others if I want. I don't actively change the world around you, you know.

'…A point there. Haiz.'

Be glad that you escape Gamindustri without a scratch; the explosion was an inch behind you.

'Yeah, but… Wait, where are they?'

I instantly stand up and look around. What I see now almost drain all my blood away. A lot of broken things, robots parts and stuffs alike, lay everywhere within my vision. That is not the problem, normally I would think that I am in a trash dump, and there is nothing to worry about. However in this very dump, stood a tower, with tons of screens and an eye on top of it. With this scenery, only one place I can imagine this place could be. This is…

"You're awake!"

Someone said, and I look at the direction of the voice to see two people, one boy and one girl, and they are running to me. Both of them are teenagers by the look, around 17 years old. The boy has light skin, brown hair that goes down to his shoulder, he wears an oversized blue coat, black shirt with black jeans and blue boots, makes him look like a traveler. The girl also has light skin, short white hair, she wears a white jacket with pink dress underneath and pink shoes. They look like normal teenagers, if not for their eyes. While boy's right eye is green and the girl's left is pink, their other eyes are not. The boy's left eye is black with a mark with multiple letters on it (imagine Naomi Nakashima's left eye in Corpse Party), and the girl's right eye is also black but with a power symbol in it.

And I know both of them.

"Schwarz, Weiss, are you alright?" I run to them, feeling happy and relief that both of them are safe and sound.

"Of course we are. We are no longer kids you know." The boy said, his face looks a bit betrayed. I think you guys can guess what his name is, considering that I just described him.

"I think that we should ask you that instead of you. You have been unconscious after the teleportation for a while." Weiss said, or more likely scowls at me.

"Heh, can't a person like me concern about you? I'm sad." I said, a little teasing in my voice.

Both of them then smile and hug me, and I hug them back. "Of course you can, Father. If you don't care about us, then who does?" Weiss said. Oh yes, I am their father, don't ask.

"Good. Oh, how long was I out and where have you been?" We then release the hug.

Schwarz: "For the first question, you have been there for about 10 minute. And for the second one, we went around to check where we are. And we found problems."

Upon hearing the word "problems", I feel the urge to facepalm myself, but decide not to.

"When I saw the tower, I already knew there is a problem. But what do you mean by 'problems'?"

Schwarz answers: "Well, if you saw the tower, then you know that we are in Gamindustri Graveyard. That is the first problem. The next one is the timeline, father." Weiss then gives me a newspaper, I decide to check its date and frown instantly. If the date is right, then… "Yes. If my theory is right, we have A. returned to the past, or B. travelled to the alternative dimension which this timeline occurred, both of them are not very pretty."

The only possible here is alternative dimension, Schwarz. You saw your father destroyed Gamindustri and the dimension there, it is not possible to return to the place where it ceases to exists.

"So other dimension, huh The Observer? Seems like me and Weiss are gonna be travelers like Dad, right?"

Hey, it's your thought, ok? Besides, your father actually doesn't like the idea in the first place, The Creator just pulled him out of his normal life and sent him out there.

"And I complained at first, but I decided to not care about that anymore. Anyway, you said that 'The next one', you mean there are more problems?" I chimed in, have to cut the conversation short since we are not in the right place yet.

"About that…" Now is Weiss talking "We saw the Goddesses, and they are not in good condition."

Tentacles stuff, huh?

"Yeah… Wait, don't put things that way! People might get the wrong idea!" said a now blushing Weiss. Me, The Observer and Schwarz chuckle a bit.

Weiss: "Anyway *cough* we tried to release them, however I feel movements at your place and a little farther; we decided to returned to you first."

"Good decision, both of you." I praise them. "We don't know the second movement is, and if you try to find what it is, you might trigger unexpected events."

S+W: "Thank you, Father." Weiss: "So what are we…."

Suddenly we heard a very LOUD noise at the far side, possibly an explosion sound.

"The Observer, you saw the date on the newspaper, right? Do you think that sound is…?"

Either a bored Judge or an excited Judge, both of that are not good.

Schwarz: "Come on, we need to reach to the Goddesses, or…" He tried to run to the sound's direction, but I stopped him.

"No need, son."

Schwarz: "What do you mean by…oh" He then sees that we are in different place, which he realizes that we are near the Goddesses' location.

Short teleportation. Convenient spell.

"Always useful in most situations. But now we have to hide and see the event going."

Weiss: "Why can't we save them now? Well, the other four, I mean. The last one…" She cannot finish the sentence and shivers because I sent her a very angry look. But then I drop it with a heavy sigh.
"Weiss, you forgot the Last Battle? I thought I have cleaned her name already? Also, even if we want to save them now, we don't have the proper items to do it, and some events I don't want to change, okay."

Weiss: "But…" Schwarz decides to cut in.

"Weiss, I know you are still angry about that, but it's in the past, well OUR past now. This is the different past, and…" He then turns to me "Can we change this timeline?"

Weiss turns to Schwarz and almost shouts: "Schwarz, we can't just…"
"That's my intention kids. For now, let's move to better position." I say to them and move, since our location is behind the Goddesses a few meters away and the view is not good.

Weiss sends a look of disapproval to me: "Father, you forget what you said before? You said that we can't change the event in the past since it could affect the future." She seems to be very upset now. Well, can't blame her because of what happened 7 years ago.
Girl, you are right. However, I and your father found a loophole here. This is the ALTERNATIVE dimension, meaning that the future is yet to exist. We can change any events that we knew before and turn it to our favor. Also I made a check to see if anything is different to our past. And I found something very interesting.

That gets our attention. "Oh, what have you found?"

You remember that the event of Re;birth 1 and 2 is not connected to each other, right? So

Oh and by the way, his children and his wives (yes, wives) knew that he was from one of the original dimension, which views Gamindustri as what we know now, of course they don't believe but when The Observer told them all, they understood and just roll with it.

Creator, that's rude.

What? I need to write stories here, okay? Also the readers need to understand this, otherwise they may get confused.

Put that aside. Normally they do not connect to each other, however in this dimension they do. So the Deity of Sins

"is Arfoire." I decide to finish his sentence.

Not you too.

"Sorry about that."

Schwarz didn't understand that, of course since we know the Deity of Sins' name is Arfoire: "What do you mean by that, Father?" What he is about to say next is interrupted by a crashing sound, followed by a laugh, a male one.

"Judge…"

I will change the view now. Do you mind?

"Do it. At least the readers get to know what is going on and not get bored."

"Father, you are not gonna help? I thought…"
"My child, do you know what 'dramatic introduction' is?"

IF's POV

'Damn, that hurts.' I thought to myself, while trying to stand up. Apparently, this guy, who called himself CFW Judge, was tasked to guard the imprisoned Goddesses; and I hate to admit but this guy is way stronger than me and Compa combining our power. One direct hit from this guy could knock everyone out the fight instantly. Luckily I dodged the last hit; however the shockwave of the hit still reached me and caught me off balance.

"Weak! So pathetically weak! C'mon, make the fight more interesting to me! C'mon!" This guy shouts very loudly, and seems to have thirst for fighting too.

"I..IF, are you okay?" I flinched at the voice behind me. It belongs to Nepgear, who apparently just woke up thanks to the Sharicite we brought with us before we came here.

"Gear? Well, now I feel so stupid that you see me in this state." I answer, try to make joke about it but fail. I and Compa came here to save the Goddesses, however it seems like the Goddess will save us instead. "Be careful Gear. This bastard is stupidly strong for some reason."

Compa: "Let me help you! The Sharicite is working now, we need to buy some time for it to wake everyone up!"
Nepgear: "I will help, too! I can't let you two fight alone!"

However, it is futile. Both I and Compa don't have the strength to fight, and Nepgear, because of being imprisoned for too long, loses her power and cannot deal any real damage to this guy.

Judge taunts: "Really? That's it? Not even a scratch on my skin? Where is your strength you possess, little Goddess!"

"Our attacks are not strong enough. Compa, how are the Goddesses?" I asked her, fear running through my body.

Compa: "I'm sorry, but nobody is waking up."

"It seems like the Sharicite is not pure enough. I'm very sorry." Histoire, I'm appreciated about your apology, but now it's not gonna help anything.

"Damn it! Is there anything we can do now?"

It looks like Nepgear is about to cry too, fears of losing is returning to her. "I'm going to lose, again? No, no, no…"

And to make it worse, the CFW is losing his patience. "Ah, this is taking too long! I will end all of you now!"

"No, if I use the Sharicite, then…" Nepgear is mumbling, however I can hear it. Nepgear, if you have a plan, even if involves the Sharicite being broken, do it now. We need to survive first to save the Goddesses, so…

"No need for that, Nepgear."

An unknown voice? Who could be at this forsaken place in this time? Then I heard a gunshot, which its target seems to be Judge's left eye.

"AHHH!" It hits, also an explosion occurs right away, damaging his left head. "Who dares to shoot me like that! Show yourself!" He tries to look around to find the culprit.

"Try to look further, you are finding at wrong place." All of us and Judge look to the direction of the voice, and on the top of the 10-meter pile which is about 50 meters behind us, stood 3 people. And the middle person, a boy, has a revolver in his right hand, smoke flying out of the barrel. The 3 then disappear, much to our surprise, and reappear right between us and the CFW.

"You bastard! You made me blind! I will make sure you pay for this!" And he's pissed. But honestly, what kind of revolver does that guy have to deal that kind of damage?

"He, try to pick a fight on 3 helpless little girls…" HEY! We are not that weak! Also you are not older than us, don't make assumption like that! "You either have a strange taste, or you are just a dumb. Next time try to find someone who can fight you properly." This guy is either very brave or very stupid, but considering that he can duel that kind of damage, he might know what he is doing. Also when I see the others with him, a girl and boy, I have a feeling that I knew them, no, I feel that we have a connection to each other.

"You think you are smart? Let's see if you can keep that attitude when I kill you!" Judge is in pure rage now. If we are dead, I will kill you myself stranger.

"Is that so?" He smirks, then turns to the other boy and girl. "Schwarz, Weiss, can you bring Compa, IF and Nepgear to safer place and do a quick check-up for me please?" Huh, this guy knows our names? Is he a stalker or something? Or maybe he heard our fight and the conversation; that makes more sense.

"Of course Dad/Yes Father." They answer to him. Oh sweet kids, listening to their father... Wait…

"F…Father?" I and Compa shouts, but the guy didn't flinch. How can this guy be the boy and the girl's father? From what we see right now, he is no older than any of us, or even if he is older, the difference of age is definitely small than 3 years.

"You should sit down. Weiss will heal you in no time." The boy, who apparently is Schwarz since he called his sister Weiss, tells us after we moved to another location. His voice holds a high level of authority in it. Well, we can't really complain anything here. Oh wait, yes, there is something we can say.

"Wait, how about your…father?" Man, that sounds strange. "Won't you help him?"
"Don't worry. He may look like it, but he is strong, and he knows what he is doing." Weiss assures us. Her voice is sweet and calm, a bit more comfortable than her brother. And she continues when she sees our expressions "Oh, and yes, he is my father. Many people really confused about it before, but they got used to it."

I actually have no words for this. But from the expression they are having, I cannot do anything but to accept that. Now we have a relax time, and Weiss is healing us, I decide to do a quick look on the 'children'. Both of them wear clothes which mostly means for travel, are they travelers? Also, for some reasons I feel like the boy is copying my style: from the oversized coat to the boots, hell, even the main color too. 'Hope that is just coincidence.' I think to myself.

*Bang**Bang**Crash*"Stand still you rat". It seems the guy before and Judge have started the fight, and 'he is still using his gun?' Don't tell me he is a gunslinger? And he is fighting a guy with his axe in melee-range? Crazy this guy is.

Suddenly Compa asks the girl: "Weiss, are you a CPU?" That question completely caught me off guard. This girl is a CPU?

*Crash**Thunk*"AH! YOU BASTARD"

"Huh, why do you say that, miss?" Weiss asks my companion.

*Bang**Bang*"COME HERE YOU TRASHBAG SO I CAN HIT YOU!" Okay the sounds are too loud now. Can you both keep the voice down?

"Well, your right eye has the symbol of the CPU, so I thought you are one." When Compa says that, I take a look at her right eye, and true to Compa's words, Weiss's right eye is black and has a power symbol on it.

"But if you have it, then…" I look right at Schwarz's eyes; however what I see next makes me regret my decision. Unlike Weiss with her right eye, his left eye is also black, but it has a mark containing multiple syllables and words that we haven't seen before, and it looks cursed. I feel like that eye brings nothing but troubles and bad luck.

*Bang**Bang*

Nepgear is also surprised by this too, and asks Weiss instantly: "What the goodness? You are a CPU? What happened to Gamindustri during our absences? How are people doing now? Do they still remember us?" Apparently seeing another girl who is supposed to be a CPU makes her mood lighten up.

"Well…"

She is not a CPU, believe it or not. She got those eyes because her father has the same power like little Nepgear here.

We almost jump at the voice and we look around. However the only person who owns that voice is fighting Judge now and…

Wait… there is no sound signaling the fight is continuing. Is it over? The three of us, which means I, Compa and Nepgear, looks at the fight, and result makes up raise our eyebrows. The battlefield is full of holes, probably because of Judge's hit, since I don't see any melee weapons on our helper's hand. And for some reasons both of them look completely fine in the middle of holes! Are you actually helping us here, stranger?

Schwarz: "Well, looks like it is over."

"HOW IS THIS OVER? Judge is standing still, completely fine might I ask, and…"

Weiss interrupts me: "Look again, miss. He is standing still, yes, but he is not fine."

I look over the CFW again and, true to Weiss's words, there are a few sparkles bursting out of some points on his body, 2 on the hands, 2 on the shoulders, and 2 on the legs parts. Wait, a revolver only holds 6 shots, and I didn't see him reload his gun before his fight, then where does the last shot from?

"Wow" Nepgear, what did you see? "He shot Judge's thumbs, shoulders and legs and completely immobilized him. His accuracy is so good!"

Really? He immobilized that big hunk of a machine with only 7 shots? This guy is good.

"I'm not really that good. I'm just lucky." says the person who is RIGHT NEXT TO US. I almost swing my weapon to him but stop when I realize who he is.

"AH! Please sir, you shouldn't appear so suddenly like that!" Compa also jumped because of that.
"Stop doing that. You might give us all heart attacks."

He replies with a chuckle: "Sorry, sorry. Bad habit of mine. Anyway, are you all okay now? Has my daughter healed all of you?"

Nepgear: "We're good now, thanks to you all. By the way, is Judge going to be a problem now?"

The stranger: "Well…"

"YOU BITCH! YOU DESTROYED MY FACE, AND NOW YOU MAKE ME IMMOBILIZED! I SWEAR I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU WHEN I CAN MOVE AGAIN!"

He takes a look behind, and turns back to us: "Well, he is gonna be like that for a few hours, or any of his allies comes and saves him. For now, we have our time."

Three of us take a small breath, and feel relief that we are not in danger for now. But…

Nepgear: "Oh, sir. If you are here, can you help me saving my sister and her friends? They are trapped and…" Oh, yeah. He and his children came out of nowhere and help us; maybe we can ask for their help. Maybe they have the same reason for us to go to this place.
"No." What? He is not here to save the Goddesses? Then why is he here?

"But…but…sir, why? You helped us there, right? Then why don't you…" Nepgear is on verge of crying again. Seriously, how an asshole…

You should tell them the reason. We don't want to hurt a maiden's heart, right?
That voice, again? Okay where does that come from? That guy's lips are obviously not moving. Then who is talking? But whoever is it, it seems to calm Nepgear enough, but a small tear is already there.

After that voice ended, the stranger drops his smile away. So this guy can be serious, huh? "Okay, here's the thing. We don't actually have the proper items to deal with this problem. As you can see, the chains that are binding the Goddesses cannot break by brute force. It can only be removed by a strong Sharicite. But the Sharicite we are having doesn't have enough power, or as Histoire has said before, not pure enough. The only thing we, or more likely you three, can do right now is to return back to the city, take a good rest, and then try to increase the Share energy and put them into the Sharicite. It's the best thing to do now and…"

"Hold on mister." I have to stop him before I forget. "How did you hear our conversation with Histoire? You were at least 50 meters away, combined with the sounds Judge constantly made, you cannot hear that even if your excuse is to have very good ear."

"I can answer that"

"Okay Histoire, you can…" Wait…

Nepgear looks around, but finds no Histoire: "Wha…Histoire, are you near us? Why do you have to communicate through IF's N-Gear?" Yeah, if you are around, then why bother calling?

Histoire talks through the N-Gear: "I… did not say that. That was not me." What?

They are confused. Also you are keeping Histoire for too long Kuro, you should let her out now.

I am losing my mental now, first the stranger's voice from nowhere, and then someone who has Histoire's voice spoke. What the hell is going on here?

Wait, that voice mentioned a "Kuro", is that…

He smiles sheepishly: "Oh, I completely forgot. My apologize, Histoire." If my hunch is right, this stranger's name is Kuro. Also, Histoire? Anyway, he moves his hands, making a gesture like he is opening a book. And then out of nowhere a thick book appears, and it's shining too, to the point all of us have to cover our eyes.

After the light died down, we slowly remove our hand, we are all slackjawed. Standing before us is a woman, she is about the same height as Neptune in her human form, if a little bit taller. She wears a purple dress, along with a purple jacket over her and she wears purple shoes. However what make us wide-eyed are the wings behind her, and how she looks like. She looks exactly like Histoire, except that she looks more mature, and she let her hair falling naturally.

The woman then introduces to us: "My name is Histoire." What "I'm the Oracle of Gamindustri" The "And we are from the future." Hell?

The man, Kuro, lets out a small laugh when he sees our face. "Well, I'm pretty sure you all have a lot of questions now, including you Histoire" He points to my N-Gear. Also, thanks for noticing that, Captain Obvious "But the Graveyard is not a best place for talking now. How about we return to the Planeptune's Basilicom and have some rest first before talking?" This guy knows the way around, but…

"I'm sorry mister, but we only have a small car and a motorbike. How are we going to return back in one trip?" Good question, Compa. With the number of people suddenly increases like this, we…

"Why do you think we have to return that way?" OK, sir, if you have better idea then…

What I think next is interrupted by what happened now. It seems like everyone is covered by series of 0 and 1, and I don't feel comfortable with it.

"What is…" then everything turns white around me.

So this is good, or bad? I don't expect much on review, though, this is just my enjoyment. However I appreciate it if you guys leave a good review, or review that could help the story to be better. See you next chapter.