A/N: "Oh boy, here we go, another one."
I'm sure you're thinking that right now. Your yelling at me for not completing or writing more chapters for any of my other stories. Well, I guess I can take this time to inform you on the situations of some of them.
Anime Heaven: Discontinued. There's probably no chance of this starting up again.
Black Velocity Breaker: Chapter 2 is planned. It wont take much to type it, I'm just lazy.
Kado no Senso: Plans for Chapter 4, but not 100% yet.
Kitsune Beats!: See Black Velocity Breaker...
Radiata Kitsune: Chapter 2 Somewhat planned, half of it is typed up already. The other half... I'm still trying to get.
Scars: This was surprisingly popular, even though it was just a spur of the moment thing. Chapter 2 will finish Act 1 (if not, Chapter 3 will), but it hasn't been started yet, and I'm still planning.
Speed Demon: Me being lazy...
Fourth Apprentice: Being rewritten. Under a new title and a new start.
Fox and the Rabbit: Being rewritten. Under new title and entirely new idea.
Other Flame Haze: Chapter 2 just recently got released, and I did some edits to Chapter 1. Not sure when Chapter 3 will come out.
Sharingan Fragment: Plot planned out, Chapter's not typed. See Black Velocity Breaker...
The Virus – Kitsune of Data: I may... possibly rewrite this. And place them in Gekidou(sp?) city. More to work with there, then just some huge, white dimension that emulates the Hyperbolic Time Chamber...
Anyway, enough about that. I now present you with a new Story. I've gotten into this franchise not long ago, and had plans for it. Got mk2 first, then the first game, and as I'm typing this up, Victory is on its way via mail. None are beaten, but I have a solid grasp of their functions...
(And the Anime was Marvelous)
And as a side note, the Goddesses will know of Arfoire in this version of the franchise, to tie in Naruto to the story better. She plays a major roll in his past too.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but this computer. Naruto, nor any other franchise that may show up in this work of FAN FICTION is mine, and I by no means make any money off of this story.
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(MOST RECENT REVIEW: 3/25/2015)
Green Brother
Chapter I
Tired...
That was what he felt. No if's, and's, or but's about it. He was goddamn tired. His sister really was a workhorse when she wanted to be...
Carry this, Carry that, go pick up this game...
Sometimes, he really wondered what it would be like to be Noire's brother... or hell, even Blanc's... He could deal with Rom and Ram... They got along fine... So did Uni...
...He refrained himself from thinking about being Neptune's brother... many reasons for that, there is.
Anyway, he let out a grunt as he pulled himself from his bed. Vert would be pissed at him, again, if he slept in, again...
With a heave, he stood up on his legs. They were a bit soar from all the running he'd done yesterday, but at least it was over. Onee-chan had a few game's she was waiting for to be released, and they all happened to be on the same day...
It was like the game companies were working against him... They very well could be, actually, Onee-chan was a Goddess.
The Goddesses, otherwise known as a landmasses CPU (Console Patron Unit) were, in a sence, 'beings' similar to that of a regular Human, but their duties and powers differed.
Duties, being that they protected and watched over a landmass unique to them. There were a total of 4 known Landmasses: Planeptune, Lastation, Lowee and Leanbox.
Planeptune was protected by Neptune, a girl that Naruto only knew through his sister and Nepgear, the CPU Candidate. Neptune acted like a child, in ever sense of the word. She slaked off quite a bit and pushed her duties off to her sister Nepgear and her Oracle: Histoire. Despite that, her HDD transformation, something all CPU and Candidates had that classified them as a Goddess, was a much more mature young woman (both in mind and body...).
Noire was Lastation's CPU, and had Uni as its CPU Candidate. Their Oracle was someone by the name of Jinguji Kei. Naruto didn't know much about Jinguji-san, having never met her outside of formal meetings with his sister, but he did know that she was very business oriented; never giving without getting something equal in return. Noire was a Tsundere, simple explanation but true. She acted cold (Especially towards Neptune) but she did have a good heart. Uni was much the same, but to a lesser degree (and with Nepgear instead).
Lowee is watched over by Blanc, and had two CPU Candidates, the twins Rom and Ram. Their Oracle was Nishizawa Mina. Blanc was quiet, sometimes, but her temper was easily provoked; a 'short-fuse' would be a prefect explanation. She was very quick to get angry, especially when her sisters were involved. Rom and Ram had different personalities for being twins. Ram was very temperamental, taking after her sister, and she was often at odds with Blanc. Rom was quiet and shy though, choosing to watch events unfold, but she did voice her opinion every now and then.
Leanbox's CPU Goddess was Vert. And Naruto was their CPU Candidate. Quite the achievement too, Leanbox had the only male able to use CPU abilities, and the only CPU Candidate. Their Oracle was Hakozaki Chika. Vert was somewhat laid back, but she often chose to play her MMOs rather than work as a Goddess. But she did much more work than Neptune, by far. Chika was obsessed with Vert, often waiting hand and foot on her. With Naruto, she showed a similar affection, but much more mild, choosing instead to tease him (be it with words or bordering sexual harassment... not that he minded much.)
…
You did not hear him admit to that.
A CPU Candidate (He totally wasn't changing the subject) was someone related to the current CPU, that was a 'reserve', to put it one way. They acted as a 'Vice-President' in a club: When the CPU (President) was away, the CPU Candidate (Vice-President) was in charge. They weren't as powerful as their older siblings, but they were certainly more powerful than the average human. The CPU had unique names to them, and as such, the Candidates did too:
Neptune was known as Purple Heart; and Nepgear as Purple Sister.
Noire became Black Heart; Uni was Black Sister.
Blanc is White Heart; and her twin sisters were both known as White Sister.
Vert is Green Heart; and as such, Naruto was known as Green Brother.
Such Names were obtained when that specific CPU/Candidate entered into their HDD (Hard Drive Divinity) Form. A powerful Transformation unique only to those with access to Share Energy: a power obtained from the Humans that each CPU protected. The more that the Humans 'loved' or 'prayed' to each goddess, the more powerful they would become in respect to the other Goddesses. However, at the current moment in time, there was a treaty in effect that limited Share energy to each Landmass to a certain point. 'Sharing' the Share Energy equally between the four nations.
He let out a sigh, but let himself walk out of his bathroom with light steps, now dressed for the day. His blonde hair, which was just barely reaching his lower neck, was held back by the large, oversized headband he had. It spanned from the middle of his forehead, up to nearly the crown of his skull. His hair parted in two places for his eyes, and there was an amount gathered in between them.
His torso had a burnt orange colored tee-shirt covering it, and over that was a white, jacket type of coat with black stripes running from the shoulders down to the wrists of the sleeves. It had a high collar, but he kept it unzipped to the bottom of his chest, displaying the orange shirt. It was parted enough to see his neck, while the high collar was pushed away from his neck, opening outwards.
His legs were covered by shorts that reached just below his knees, displaying his calves and ankles. On his feet, were simple black sneakers.
Having pushed the thoughts of his sister being the Goddess out of his head, he continued on his way to the main room in which he, and by extension his sister, lived in. He'd gone down a dark road once, nearly a year ago. He wasn't about to turn on the Goddesses again. Arfoire could be persuasive when you felt down, but thankfully, he pulled out of it before any serious damage could be caused.
All that for his Scythe.
The Scythe That Can Sever Bonds.
Well, 'Bonds' might not be the best word. It was more along the lines of 'Energy' or 'Data'.
The Scythe he was born with one day, which he'd aptly named Verloren (Lost; Missing) back when he had first started to dip into the darkness, had the ability to Edit, Cut, and Sever Energy. Share Energy; Anti-Energy: the Scythe's blade was made to cut it. It was one hell of a tool, but it was dangerous. It effected all around him, and was in no way controlled by his will. There were times when he felt that it would warp his mind or act on its own to attack something. Recently though, it had calmed down.
It was powerful too. It rejected his Human form completely, being that it refused to let him hold it. The Scythe reacted violently towards him whenever he tried to. So he only used it in his HDD Form: Green Brother. It seemed it was slightly Sentient. It respected power, and while Naruto thought he was powerful already in his Human form, his HDD far surpassed it.
Dangerous because one cut with the Blade would neutralize his HDD where he was cut. Cut on the forearm blocked off his 'Green Brother' form to that specific arm. And it was huge. It was easily taller than Naruto himself, even in his more mature HDD form. The blade was nearly three-quarters the length of the Snath. In is attached position, looking at it from it's side would make the blade stretch down half the length of the Snath.
The Snath itself was about 7½ feet in length. That made the blade slightly longer than 5½ feet in length.
For future reference, Naruto's Human form was about 177.8 centimeters tall. His HDD form was 6 foot-1 inch (185.4cm) tall. The scythe was over a foot taller than he was.
...It was heavy too...
And yes, he could transform. He'd found out the ability to do it not long before the incident with Arfoire. Being new to the power, and his Scythe, he was that much more easily persuaded to join her... He wasn't sure if the other Candidates could transform, but he didn't think that they could...
He paused for a moment, caught up in a stray thought about one of them transforming, but quickly brought himself back from his fantasies with a Manly Grunt of Masculinity™.
Most CPU Candidates were unable to Transform when they were 'born' from the Share Energy of their Nation. A Mental block seemed to be placed upon them, which was only removed when their body and mind were ready for the stress of the Transformation. It only came to Naruto when he needed it, nearing the final battle with Arfoire, he had battled again one of her lackeys and was loosing, until the transformation had activated on its own and literally saved his life.
The Transformation was powerful, but all power came at a price. The Transformation took an enormous amount of Stamina to maintain. Naruto was sore for three days after his first transformation. Not just sore in one part of his body either, he couldn't get out of his bed the first day after. Extensive training had made his body desensitize itself to the negative effects, but obviously, it would still drain massive amounts of his energy.
But anyway, he pushed those thoughts aside as he greeted his sister, who happened to be up earlier than him... again. Not surprising, he got up at about 9 in the morning today. His sister, being a Goddess, had to be up a bit early for her work, and was up at around 6 or 7 in the morning.
As he sat down on the chair outside, shaded by the umbrella, he leaned his head back and let himself sigh in comfort. He wouldn't fall asleep again, his sister would pitch a fit. It was strange. She was calm and collected with others. Even those that irked her a bit, but towards her only family, she was a bit more stern.
As he rested, he caught the sound of Rom and Ram screaming at-Rom and Ram?
He turned his head to look at the small computer sitting in front of Vert. He faintly heard their voices, then Blanc's as she lost her temper again. He gave an inward sigh, before he turned his head back towards the sky again, and watched the clouds.
"Naruto-kun?"
He twitched and let out a small 'hmm' as his sister called his name. "Yeah, Onee-chan...?"
"We'll be heading over to Lowee today. We won't reach it until tomorrow however."
Naruto turned his head to her and, while nodding in understanding, questioned anyway. "Any particular reason why...? I'm not against seeing Rom and Ram, and greeting Blanc now and then..." he somewhat whispered the last part with a small, scared look in his eye, "but..."
Vert smiled at him, and just turned back to her tea. He was about to question her again, or at least get her attention, when she continued of her own accord. "We're co-operating in a joint project..."
Naruto let out a small noise to present his confusion...
"...hn?"
.::Lowee – Next Day::.
Naruto let out an evil chuckle. He really enjoyed teasing Rom and Ram. Watching them squirm as he kept just out of their reach.
Just after greeting Blanc, Rom and Ram had all but demanded to play a game with him. Being the only Male CPU Candidate out there, it seemed almost a given that they would attach to him. He was probably one of the only, if not the only male that they interacted with.
And he'd agreed, after seeing the pleading look Blanc had sent him.
They must have been especially annoying today... good.
Blanc needed to loosen up anyway...
And so, they'd both attempted to capture him.
…
Attempted.
He was much too fast. Muuuch too fast. His fighting style revolved around speed, and with the age difference put in with it, he was easily able to go fast enough to keep out of their clutches, but slow enough to keep them trying. Because it looked like they were just inches, centimeters even, away from capturing him.
It was fun actually. Now what would really suck, was if they were in their own CPU forms. He might actually be pushed to keep out of their reach then. But then again, they didn't have that transformation yet.
Rom and Ram, being twins, had unsurprisingly good teamwork. That old legend about twins being able to read each others minds and emotions appeared to be true whenever these two fought side-by-side.
However, the fun ended when he heard a door opening behind them. He turned away from the panting duo before him, and let out an amused smile as he saw who was standing before him now.
"...My, my..." He softly began, voice just barely above a whisper, and after making sure that Rom and Ram knew they could rest –which caused them to promptly fall tot heir knees and do so– he turned to them and greeted them one by one.
"Neptune, Noire, Uni, and Nepgear." He offered a polite bow of his head to the four newcomers.
Noire simply nodded back at him, and averted her eyes to Blanc, who'd come out at some point in time to complain about the noise. His Relationship with Noire was more of an acquaintance than friend. Much like the one Vert had with her. They got along, and they could have friendly conversations and a few jokes, but they didn't meet often enough to actually be called friends. Sort of a half-way point.
Neptune offered an enthusiastic wave to him, the Twins, and Blanc. While the others found Neptune a bit obnoxious... and he would admit, she kind of was... he still got along with her. She gave him no real reason to be rude or anything else. Above all, she was still a Goddess, and leagues more powerful than he was.
Uni seemed to have some kind of cross between a friend, crush and best friend relationship. She was often a good friend, and quite easy to talk to. She did have a small infatuation with him, and it made teasing her that much more enjoyable. Even now she was a bit red in the cheeks.
Nepgear... to be honest, he wasn't sure. He was her friend, and she-his; but he didn't know to what extent. Conversations were common between them, but sometimes they ended in awkward silences. She appeared to see him like Uni did, but less on the friend side at the moment... She was red-faced too.
As Rom and Ram raced passed him to greet the girls, he stood with his arms in his pockets, calming his heart beat. He was still tired from his work a few days before. It was more of a lingering reminder, than it was an actual exhaustion though. He felt the drain in his muscles still, but he knew he'd be fine. By the end of the day he would feel normal.
That game had worked up a small reaction from his heart. It was beating a bit fast, but he was quickly calming himself down...
As the Four Goddesses began to exchange pleasantries and info, he walked passed them, and caught the attention of the girls. With a gesture to 'fallow him' with his head, he lead them outside so the 'grown-ups' could talk.
.::Outside – Half-Hour Later::.
Naruto smiled lightly as he watched the four Candidates make a snowman. The older sisters had joined them at some point and were speaking at an outdoor table.
He let his mind wander as the girls were focused on other things. Just random stuff that he would think on now and then...
He was missing a conversation though.
"How has he been holding up?"
Noire was the one to ask. Of course, everybody could tell she was talking about Naruto.
It had only been a short year since he'd tried to turn against them and join Arfoire, and it was only 2 months ago that he'd broken free of her manipulation completely. The whole event had caused him to lose a great deal of trust from the other Goddesses, but he seemed to be trying his damnedest to get it all back.
Arfoire was a former Goddess, or so legends about her told. She was just as powerful as all four of the current CPU combined in the past, maybe even more so, but something had happened to her to cause her powers to diminish. She was a selfish person, and was also the main cause of Naruto's episodes. She'd granted him the illusion of power, in the form of a dark ability that amplified his reflexes to match their own in combat. An increase in his strength never came, and it wasn't really needed, as his scythe canceled out any kind of attack that was used on him.
He was troubled at the time it happened, though. Lonely even. He was easily brought into Arfoire's way of thinking. They hadn't even known about it until it was too late. By the time they'd learned of his corruption, he'd already dealt some serious blows to all four of them.
Back to the situation however, you could literally see the atmosphere around them sober up at the mention of the past.
Vert snuck a glance at Naruto as he was zoned out, and addressed her question. "Better. Much better. That look of instability I saw in his eyes months ago is gone now. He appears to have gone back to normal. I've been pushing him these past few days to see if he would turn back to it, but he hasn't given in."
Blanc kept her gaze on the once troubled youth. "He appears to be in control... He even kept Rom and Ram busy for a small amount of time. He wouldn't have done that before..." True to her words, Naruto would have sooner locked himself up in a room somewhere until the visit had ended. Or at least, secluded himself in the room she and Vert were talking in. Hell, he may not have even gone at all.
Vert gave a small smile. A truly happy one. "He started to call me 'Onee-chan' too." There was no outward reaction from the other CPU, but it did speak for Naruto's case.
Neptune, being the energetic one, simply kept herself out of the conversation.
However, being an older sister, she was still worried. She knew about Nepgear's crush on Naruto, how his name would come up now and then in Planeptune. He was the only male with HDD. The only Male CPU candidate too. News had spread when his existence was given to the public. He rapidly became the most popular guy around.
But with his past complication, it still worried her. She couldn't read Naruto. She could easily tell what others were thinking. She acted ditzy, and in truth she probably was, but she was still knowledgeable enough to know that Nepgear was falling for someone who had once attempted to kill his own sister.
And obviously, the Candidates didn't know about Naruto's past. They only saw him as the Leanbox CPU Candidate. Their older sisters refrained from telling them, both for the Candidates sake, and Naruto's. He'd lost quite a bit when it happened, and he didn't need to loose potential friends.
"Neptune?"
Said Planeptune goddess gave a small squeak when her name was called, and rapidly fluttered her eyes at Noire, who'd called her. "Huh?"
"...Your thoughts?" Noire said, a small drop of sweat forming on her head as she attempted to keep her temper in check. Dealing with Neptune was something she both loved... and hated...
Neptune sat back, and cast another glance at Naruto who by now had gotten up and was helping out with the Snowman.
She nodded. "Yup, he's changed." was all she offered. She couldn't say much more. She hadn't known Naruto before he'd turned to Arfoire, nor had she known much about him after he had. The only point she'd actually shown any interest in him, besides being the only male CPU Candidate, was after he'd attempted to end all of them.
Thinking back, he might have been able to. Had she and the other CPUs not had as fast a reflex as they did, they might have died that day...
She placed her right hand against the spot where the Scythe had cut her in her HDD form. They'd actually been in a circle around him, to defend him and the weapon he held when the tables were turned. In his position, he was easily able to swing the Scythe like he had and seal off all of their Share energy.
It was a scary moment. Loosing all of her powers, all with just a small twist of his wrist. With that simple motion, he'd cut away at them all. Only Vert had gotten away with minimal damage. A measly cut on her wrist. She'd lost power in her left hand, but the rest of her body had still been in it's HDD form.
He was powerful too. Somehow, whatever power Arfoire had given him, had enabled him to match up to a Goddess in power, if only for the duration of his HDD form. He was, and still is, the most powerful CPU Candidate in existence; he probably just refused to admit it.
Neptune cut those memories off and shoved them away from the forefront of her mind. That was in the past. Naruto was stable now. No longer did he wish to kill them. He was making a conscious effort to get better.
Blanc spoke next. "Has he finished his visits to the Psychiatrist?"
After the events had settled and Naruto has profusely apologized to all of them, Vert had started to send him to appointments with a Psychiatrist. He'd not refused to go, but he didn't like it. Eventually, the Psychiatrist had stopped the appointments himself. He said that there was nothing more he could do, and the rest was up to Vert and Naruto himself.
The cause of his episode was only partially Vert's doing, but that didn't mean she was the main cause. She'd only added to it, and she was only given the advice to 'show him the love of a family'. And she'd done just that. Those first few nights after the visits, he was distant from her, but he was willing to talk. Many a time's he'd broken down and openly cried in front of her and the staff.
But, around the time that he'd first met Nepgear and the other Candidates, he'd mostly healed himself. Rom and Ram had seemed to help quite a bit. Their attachment to him was almost instantaneous. They'd taken to him like chocolate and peanut butter. He had often read books to them when they had teamed up on him with the Puppy Eyes of Doom™. It didn't happen as often now as it did then though...
Vert smiled and turned back to the table of beautiful women. "I think... He's going to be okay..." The relief in her voice said more than words ever would. A heavy weight lifting off of her chest and shoulders; her very being visibly relaxing to the other three at the table.
Despite her small negligence towards him, she honestly did love him. He was her only family in this big, wide world, and almost loosing him to the darkness within him had scared her, almost scarred her for life even. The first week or two she had barely slept, due to the nightmares. The first two nights after the incident she hadn't slept at all, and just sat by his bedside and watched him shiver in his sleep. Tortured by what he'd done, and almost done in his nightmares, he was in the same fatigued state as her when he awoke from 'sleeping'. During his nightmares, unable to wake him, she'd simply held his hand and kept up her appearances by holding back her anguish and sobs.
Neptune, having had enough of the depressing talk, brought her hands behind her head, and spoke loudly, as if she wanted to push away the atmosphere with her joyful thoughts. "So, we heard that Lowee had this new Amusement Park! We came to check it out!" 'and slack off...' most of the other Goddesses had attached that to the end in their heads, from experience.
However, the loud voice achieved it's (secret) purpose, as it had Rom and Ram begging to go now after they'd overheard Neptune. It didn't take much though, and soon, Blanc had asked if the others could bring Rom and Ram to the park with them. When Neptune had attempted to persuade her, Blanc left in barely contained irritation, as she was the only one that couldn't go.
Naruto watched her leave with a concerned look, but placed his hands on the Twin's heads when they had the same look. They gave him an agitated glare when they noticed him messing up their hair, the intended reaction Naruto wanted. He sent them an innocent smile. He wanted to get their minds off of their sister, and it'd worked...
.::At the Park::.
As Rom and Ram took off into the park, having completely forgot their coats and tickets, Naruto hung back and watched Nepgear and Uni chase after them to give them said items. He followed at a leisurely pace. Ahead of all their older sisters, but at a brisk enough pace to keep up with the four other Candidates.
Eventually, he let himself stay behind a bit and propped himself up against a wall near the Goddesses. They seemed to not mind his presence as he kept a watchful eye on Rom and Ram. He could swear he felt one of the Goddess' eyes on him for a moment, but it quickly vanished when he made a physical reaction to it by turning his head slightly. Not enough to actually see them, but enough for them to notice. He still had his eyes on the twins after all.
It was understandable that they were still a bit suspicious of him. He actually expected more when he'd returned to Leanbox that fateful night. Luckily, he'd not caused too much injury, as the CPUs had gone their respective ways in their HDD forms. W
hen they'd returned from the battle... They were weak without their Share Energy, but the effects of Verloren lasted only so long.
Back to reality, he realized he's lost sight of all the Candidates, and stood up from the wall, gaining the Goddess' attention. His eyes flicked left and right, but didn't catch sight of them...
"They're gone..." he said, loud enough for the sisters to hear, as he began to walk briskly in the last place he saw them.
After rounding a corner, he came to face with Nepgear and Uni, both of which were cringing on the ground...
"...What...?"
.::Back at Lowee's Basilicom::.
Naruto stood next to his sister, Vert, as they were barred entrance into the main chamber of the Basilicom(1), where Blanc was currently sulking over the loss of her twin sisters.
After gaining the whole story from Nepgear and Uni, they'd rushed back to Blanc to inform her of her younger sister's kidnappings. Except she already knew, and had sent out a search party before they'd even gotten there.
And now, she'd barred them entrance into the room, one of her maids blocking their path.
They being himself, Vert, Neptune, Noire, Nepgear and Uni.
After Neptune had argued with one of the Maids for a few minutes, Blanc herself had finally told them to leave on her own.
Of course, they didn't. They'd just moved to the deck outside, and were sitting in the chairs around the table.
"Tch. That damn Blanc! Does she really need to act so stubborn in the face of this emergency?" Noire was the one to break the small silence that permeated the atmosphere. From there, Neptune insulted her just to get a rise out of her.
Vert looked like she had something to say, but Nepgear spotted something first.
"Onee-chan... what's that?" The innocent girl asked, pointing up to the glass windows of the second floor where Blanc currently was. As the group looked in that general direction, they spotted Blanc in what appeared to be an interview with some little girl in a pink dress...
And not a moment later, Neptune and that girl were having an argument over their ages, of all things... But, while they were occupied, Naruto took the chance to begin pushing the strange... bunny like men out of the room.
Once the little interviewer had seen her crew being 'escorted' out of the room, she was soon fallowing after, but offered one last jab at Neptune before the doors shut in her face.
"Blanc-san!"
The panicked voice drew Naruto's attention away from the door, and towards the Lowee Goddess. It seemed like she's collapsed from all of the excitement...
After ideas were shot around about the cause, one being a loss of Shares, Vert finally revealed what she and Blanc were working on in this sudden visit. As Vert began to type away at a computer in the room, she inquired about Terra View: an old service that Lowee once provided via Satellite. She also said that, what the public once thought was a non-functioning Satellite, still actually functioned. It could still do it's job. However, the pictures were taken that day at Noon, so they would have been a bit out of date...
But, with the new software that Leanbox had developed, they could analyze the data that the pictures had.
And soon enough, they'd used the programs together and found the location of the kidnapper...
Naruto let out a grunt as he gazed at the screen. "...The Park? They never left?"
Vert nodded, verifying his thoughts. "Yes, and I'm willing to bet, they're still there now."
.::Amusement Park – Night::.
As the group of five stood and looked at the supposed hiding place of the villain, they began to plan. However, Neptune, being her thoughtless self, almost charged in were it not for Vert stopping her.
"We have to make sure that Rom and Ram are okay first." With that, she began to walk ahead of the group. When Naruto attempted to follow her, she held out a hand and stopped him, making him let out a confused grunt and narrow his eyes a bit. He wasn't angry, just confused.
"You wait here, Naruto-kun." She gave him a smile and a small wink next. "This is something only a woman can do..." When she finished talking to him, she turned and continued on her way to the entrance.
Naruto let out a breath of air, and put his hands in his pockets, now waiting for Vert to return. The energy that the others had felt from him calmed considerably as he relaxed. He was probably planning to use his transformation before Vert had stopped him.
.::Minutes Later::.
Naruto looked up into the sky with a snap as he heard a large explosion, and the sound of someone flying away. He almost swore that the kidnapper had flown away, but the hole from which he came from had Vert, in her HDD form, standing there looking around for something.
Not long after that, another explosion, followed by a more feminine voice calling out mumbled words as she flew in the opposite direction, Noire, also in HDD, standing in that hole.
He turned his head towards where Neptune was fighting some imaginary enemy, and, though he felt a pang of regret leaving Nepgear with her, he chose to do it anyway. His feet made no sound as he turned away from them both and silently walked. The only sound he did make, was a faint rush of air as his body faded away into the air rather suddenly; utilizing his extreme speed, he rushed towards his sister still in the hole she'd made in the building.
Reaching said position, his body faded back into view with the same rush of air, and from that point, he walked leisurely towards her. Vert had already receded back into her Human form, to save energy and because HDD wasn't needed anymore.
With a small smile to each other, they began their walk back to the Basilicom of Lowee, where a good night's rest would await them before returning to their own nation.
.::Next Day::.
"Sleep Deprivation...?" Naruto put his thoughts into words, as his eyebrows twitched at the very thought.
"Yeah..." Blanc answered, a red hue in her cheeks at being caught up all night, but nothing else on her face betrayed her stoic appearance.
They were all in that main room of the Basilicom again, only this time, all the Goddesses plus Naruto were there. The four ladies seated at the table, with all but one ("*cough*Neptune*cough") sitting like one would see a princess or one of royalty sitting. Back straight, hands in their laps, eyes attentively looking at the one speaking.
It kind of made him feel out of place, to be honest...
Naruto was leaning on one of the thick poles that were holding up the small canopy over the table, specifically, the one behind Vert, with his arms crossed over his chest, and a half-bored half-scolding look on his face.
After yesterdays events, they'd gotten up, and almost immediately after eating breakfast, had been gathered here by Blanc for Q and A...
Blanc continued, "I've been pulling all-nighters a lot recently, so I wasn't able to go with any of you, and my temper was shorter than it usually is..." As she spoke, her face was angled towards the ground, as if she was regretting something.
Then she looked up at the four goddesses, and began to give them her utmost gratitude, with only Neptune attempting to dissuade Blanc's thanks.
"Onee-chan!" When Neptune finished, Rom suddenly ran up, with a picture in hand, the girl's soft voice carrying only a few feet.
"That's ni-...hm?" Blanc began to compliment the picture, which really did look good for someone Rom's age, but instead, stopped halfway as she noticed what it was written on. After a brief moment of shock, she suddenly bolted from the room.
Naruto and Vert shared a glance, before they, being the other CPU and Rom, followed after her.
They soon came upon Blanc, embarrassed, as Uni and Nepgear read from her book...
Naruto grinned as Blanc continued to yell at them and attempt to stop them.
.::End::.
Alright, that's the end of Chapter 1. I'm not sure what happened, but I was suddenly inspired to just take this and start writing it. The idea had been in my head for about 4 or 5 months now, so... here you go?
Anyway, Chapter 2 and 3 are already made. Yup, ready to be checked by yours truly and posted up. I just thought I'd put this up and make a small teaser for you guys ^^
anyway, be sure to review, and I'll see you all next time!
(1) – This didn't fit anywhere in the story, so I'll just put it here. A Basilicom is the place of residence for the CPU of whatever land you are currently on. It is the 'Government' side of the Landmass, who hold some power granted to them by their Nation's CPU. They can range from any shape and size (or I'd assume it's not restricted to that).