DISCLAIMER: Hyperdimension Neptunia is developed by Idea Factory and Compile Heart. Danganronpa is developed by Spike Chunsoft.

Based off on a weird dream I had. Except some parts of the story were altered in order to make sense. There are a couple of spoilers for those who haven't finished both games. (Seriously, where do these dumb plot ideas keep coming from?)

PROLOGUE - EVERYTHING IS (NOT) FINE

(Or, in which Nepgear finds herself stuck in another dimension. Again.)

This was great. Just great.

The final battle was over, Rei had been defeated, and peace had returned to both dimensions. Only problem was, when it was time for Neptune and Nepgear to return back to their dimension; tearful farewells were expected, but what Nepgear most definitely did not see coming was Plutia glomping Neptune so hard they both fell into the portal, leaving her behind in the dust.

So she ended up being stuck in the Ultradimension.

With the nation's CPU gone, to prevent it from totally collapsing to ruins and Mini-Histy spontaneously combusting from the stress of it all, Nepgear became the temporary CPU of Planeptune. She diligently worked hard to raise the shares of the nation in order to trigger another dimensional portal, the only thing motivating her throughout the ordeal was that her big sis was probably worried about her, and Plutia was probably lost in being in a new dimension; so for all of their sakes Nepgear poured her heart and soul into her work.

Needless to say, it felt like all of those feelings were crushed and trampled hard when she managed to get into contact with Neptune via Mini-Histy's connection, and learned that the entire time Neptune and Plutia had been doing nothing but slack off. Neptune didn't seem to be even trying to make a way to take her "precious little sister" back.

Sometimes, Nepgear had to wonder if all of her love for her sister was just one-sided, really.

Feeling even more motivated, and most likely pissed off than before, Nepgear upped her working schedule to make sure she'd gain enough shares for both dimensions.

Though, she might have overdid it too much. One day, when she was busy slaughtering monsters left and right during a quest, she had blacked out.

"Urgh..."

When Nepgear woke up, with a pounding head-ache coming from her head, she immediately picked up a nasty stench hanging in the air and how uncomfortable her back felt in whatever place she was lying down on.

"Huh? This is..." As soon as her mind adjusted to her surroundings, to her horror she realized she was in a garbage dump.

"W-waaahh! W-what?! Why am I here?!"

She immediately slides off the pile of garbage she happened to be lying down in, frantically cleaning off the dirt and grime that had accumulated into her clothes, screaming the words "Gross, gross, gross!" all the while. Once she was done, she worriedly looks around again, seeing that there was nobody around there but herself and the awful garbage stink.

"Just how did I get in here in the first place?! I could've sworn I was defeating monsters on a quest..."

Then an idea came to her. Maybe, while she was battling monsters, one of them happened to KO her?! And then, some unfortunate NPC happened to spot her unconscious form, labelled her dead, and dumped her into a garbage dump to get rid of the evidence...?!

Nepgear buried her face into her hands, comical tears gushing out from her eyes. Was her character really that insignificant that they couldn't even give her a proper burial?!

'Calm yourself. You're not dead, you know.'

Startled, Nepgear snaps out from her depressed funk at the sound of the unknown voice. "H-huh? W-where'd that voice come from...?!"

She hurriedly looks around, and when confirming that there was genuinely nobody else around, comes to the conclusion that she's starting to lose it. All of those years of working non-stop for shares must have driven her off the edge.

'I'm not a figment of your imagination, if that's what you're wondering. I can't seem to believe it myself, but I appear to be merged within your mind.'

"Merged...? How did that happen?" Nepgear asks out loud in confusion. In a way, she couldn't help but feel a bit silly at talking to herself like this.

'I don't know. I was busy investigating, and had been knocked unconscious from behind. When I had come to, I realized I was in another person's body. Tch, I was careless. I didn't expect to be caught this soon...'

The voice in her head was clearly female, and spoke in a sharp, concise manner; meaning she must be one of those super-serious types, Nepgear mused.

She hears the voice in her head let out a sigh of resignation, with a hint of slight annoyance within. 'Dwelling on this matter will lead us nowhere unless we have the information needed. I will have to focus on my current situation at hand. You will be the one to do it in my place instead.'

Nepgear widens her eyes. "W-wait, me?!"

'Yes, you.' Her tone was blunt and harsh, leaving no room for argument. Nepgear could pretty much imagine her glaring at her at this moment. 'This is an incredible inconvenience for me, but I can't afford to let this hinder my progress. I don't know what kind of trick the mastermind pulled off to make this situation possible, so I will have to keep investigating.'

"Mastermind...?" Nepgear blinks.

'Stop fooling around. You know the situation we're in, don't you?'

Nepgear is still confused. "Situation...?"

'You're a student here. Don't tell me you're going to pretend that you know nothing about being locked into this school and being forced to kill each other?'

Nepgear grows alarmed at her words. "W-wait just a minute! Locked in? K-kill?! What's going on in here?!"

And why was she calling her a student? Nepgear looks down at her sailor outfit. Oh, no wonder.

The voice pauses. '...You don't seem to be acting. You honestly don't remember?' Another pause. 'Perhaps... you have amnesia as well?'

"H-huh? Amnesia?" Wait, she's pretty sure she still has all of her memories intact! Being amnesia-prone was Neptune's shtick! "I don't think I ever forgot anything! All I remember is that I was battling a couple of monsters, then..."

Realization seems to sink into her mind.

"No... this entirely unfamiliar setting... this could only mean... I'M IN -ANOTHER- DIMENSION AGAIN?!" Nepgear screeches into the heavens, her scream echoing throughout the area.

The voice grows quiet as she observes Nepgear freak out and babble hysterically along the lines of that she had been "working her butt off to get back to her dimension only to end up being hurled into another one instead" and that "the universe must've still not forgiven her for the Conquest ending".

'...Unbelievable... To think they would stoop this far...'

Nepgear snaps out from her hysteria at the serious tone of the voice. "Huh?"

'Your delusional condition... the mastermind must have did something to you to reduce you to such a state.'

"D-delusional...?"

'I had first assumed you were the rumored sixteenth student, but after getting a good look at your mental state, I find it highly unlikely. While I don't know the exact reason for why you've managed to get caught up in all of this, you must have been an extremely vital person for the mastermind to have taken action upon you. In that case, there's no need to worry. Despite our unusual circumstances, I will guide you in our investigations to make sure we get to the bottom of things, and a way to free ourselves from this horrible experimentation they did to us.'

...She seems to be misunderstanding something... And though Nepgear was no expert when it came to dimensional topics (robot-building was more of her thing), the reason she could think of regarding their merged circumstances was most likely because of her sudden interference in this dimension.

"U-uhm..." Nepgear tries to speak up.

'Oh. At the very least, do you still remember your name?'

"H-huh? O-oh, yes, my name is Nepgear...!" Out of habit, she bows, before abruptly realizing that wait what the why'd she have to do that the person's practically in her head—

'Kirigiri Kyoko. I'll be expecting your cooperation.'

"O-oh, uhm, yes, I'll do my best, Kirigiri-san..."

D'OH! She ended up agreeing without realizing it! Darn it, stupid polite instincts!

Nepgear gains the "Total Doormat" Affinity!

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'...What was that.'

GAH! WHAT THE GOODNESS?! Even in this dimension she still had those?!

"A-argh, i-it's just my stupid Affinity System! I can't believe they're still popping out from here...!"

While Nepgear was grumbling in embarrassment to herself, the voice remained silent, most likely in utter disbelief at what just happened.

"U-uhm, anyway! That's not important right now! We should get moving!"

Nepgear then rushes off to find the exit. After much searching and desperately trying not to fall into heaps of garbage later, she manages to find a ladder that seems to lead to an exit above.

While she was busy climbing, Nepgear couldn't help but think just what had she gotten herself into. Then again, it's not like she had a choice. If she doesn't do anything, she won't make any progress. She detected the plot advancement at play.

Once they've successfully exited the dump, Nepgear manages to find her way into the hallway. She sees a bathhouse up ahead, and after much pleading on her part, Kirigiri agrees to let her take a bath to get rid of the awful smell that clung to her clothes.

Inside, though, she didn't expect a talking computer with a floating girl's (boy, actually, as Kirigiri had informed her) head to be present in one of the lockers there, who had introduced itself as Alter Ego. She thought it was a ghost who had been talking to her at first and that had scared the crap out of her.

After washing herself, Nepgear heads to a red hallway where Kirigiri's room was and slept, feeling that she was being watched the entire time.

'Everyone gathers at the cafeteria every morning. It's a part of our agreement.'

When Kirigiri meant "our", she was referring to the other students. Nepgear briefly wonders how the other students are like.

"B-but still, how do we explain our situation to the others...?"

'We'll just have to manage it somehow.'

"E-eeehhhh?"

...Well, that's how Nepgear's conversation went with Kirigiri earlier this morning. As Nepgear starts to walk towards the cafeteria, she couldn't help but feel nervous at how things were going to turn out.

Meanwhile, in the dining hall itself, six people were assembled around a long table, though two of them were noticeably standing a lot farther away from the group. A depressed mood seemed to linger around the entire room.

"So we're down to only the seven of us..." A tanned girl with a red jacket says sadly.

"Hmph, you mean only six of us," a glasses-wearing boy snorts in a condescending tone.

The tanned girl notices someone missing and looks around. "Come to think of it, Kirigiri-san is the only one that doesn't seem to be here yet."

A guy with serious gravity-defying hair that spread out in all directions scratched his head at this. "Huh, that's pretty weird. She's normally one of the people who show up early."

"Off doing one of her suspicious absences, I see," the glasses-wearing snob mutters.

"Hey, let's not jump to conclusions. Kirigiri-san's probably just a bit delayed," a brown-haired boy with a cowlick wearing a dark-green hoodie defends. He sees a purple figure approach the table from the corner of his eye and he smiles in assurance as he turns to her. "See, she's right... here..."

He trails off upon getting a good look at her up close. He blinks. Just when did Kirigiri become shorter than him? And why was she a lot more girly-looking?

The others seem to have had the same dumbfounded reaction as he did.

"K-Kirigiri-san...?" the tanned girl asks hesitantly.

Seeing everyone's stare at her, Nepgear slightly fidgets in her position. Guess she better start explaining things. "U-uhm, no, I'm not Kirigiri-san..."

A gasp from the guy with the wild 'do cuts her off (just how in the world does he get his hair to stand up like that, Nepgear thinks). "Oh, God! They experimented and brainwashed Kirigiri-chi!"

Wait... what?

An enormous bulky figure (a girl? She was a girl, right? She was wearing a skirt...) clenches her fist in frustration. "How could such a thing have happened..."

Nepgear hurriedly waves her arms in front of her in an attempt to dissuade their outrageous line of thinking. "N-no, wait! You people don't understand! I-I'm...!"

"They probably gave her anemia or something!" the curly-haired guy yells out, to which an awkward-looking girl with braids retorts with a "It's amnesia, you idiot!".

The haughty glasses-wearing prick crosses his arms. "See, that's what happens when someone carelessly pokes their head into somebody else's business. She got what she deserved."

Nepgear could feel an extreme annoyance building within her at his words, and she was sure they definitely weren't her emotions.

But wait! Everyone was blowing things out of proportion again! Why the heck won't they listen to her?!

The boy with the cowlick approaches her with a grieved look on his face. Nepgear absentmindedly noted how kind of cute he looked (chances of being the protagonist: 100%) before snapping out of it and hurriedly trying to banish her thoughts with a blush. This was no time to ogle cute boys she barely meets in her dimension! "Kirigiri-san... did you get caught by that person too? I didn't expect they would end up doing this to you... I'm sorry, I'll... I'll make sure to protect you this time."

Du-woh! Nepgear has to comically clutch her chest in to try to keep her heartbeat steady. He was apologizing to her for reasons she didn't know why! And he just declared his intentions to protect her! T-that was a definitely a flag trigger!

But anyway, back to the people who were in (misplaced) agony.

The tanned girl covers her mouth with both of her hands with a look of horror on her face. "That's horrible... that mastermind went as far as to even do this to Kirigiri-san..."

Oh, come on! Can't they see that she was a completely different perso—

"Hey, hey, hey, what're you guys despairing about? I wanna join in too!"

"Daah!"

The guy with the crazy 'do leaps back as a monochrome-colored bear seems to have popped up from out of nowhere beside him.

"Hee-hee haha! I noticed you guys were having extra drama so I decided to pop on in! I just love the smell of despair in the morning!" the bear guffaws.

"Hey, this isn't something to laugh about! You did this to Kirigiri-san! Change her back!" the tanned girl says with a glare.

But the bear look unfazed. "Why, what are you talking about? I had nothing to do with this! I pride myself on being a very clean bear with clean paws!"

"That's a lie!" The girl retorts back.

The bear places one of its paws on its chest in mock-hurt. "Oh, but I'm telling the truth! As your beloved headmaster, I wouldn't dream of interfering with my students in their killing spree!" It turns its gaze to Nepgear, its demonic-looking red eye on its other half seemingly glinting with unspoken intentions. "I know my handiwork when I see one, and this one ain't part of it!"

'He's on to us,' Kirigiri says with apprehension. Then she notices how Nepgear's been quiet for quite a while. 'Nepgear?'

This bear...

...was simply a fascinating piece of machinery!

Nepgear's eyes shone at the sight of it, her inner nerdgasm starting to emerge. She could tell right away it was a robot, it was most likely controlled manually by someone seeing that its body moved differently than that of a robot with a set movement. But it was built so perfectly! The way it showed emotion seemed very realistic! And the design! Ooh, the design! Such a unique mixture of cute and fright! Whoever designed it was a genius!

Ahh, she wanted to dismantle it and examine it thoroughly! She could really use something as a means of stress relief!

Nepgear gains the "Escapism" Affinity!

Kirigiri could be heard face-palming in the distance.

Ah, poor Nepgear. Ditched by Neptune, stuck in another wrong dimension, forced to be Kirigiri, and is thought to be delusional. Then again, with all the crazy stuff happening she might just be getting to the insane part.

Anyways, things have gotten AU-ish now because of Nepgear's presence. Hah. I mostly used terms from the unofficial English translation because I liked the Project Zetsubou translation better.

...Yeah, I placed some Nepgear/Naegi in there. Because in my dream, they actually were a couple in it. Don't ask me how that came to be, could have been my inner crack shipping at work, I dunno. XD

Which is weird because I ship my Nendoroid Naegi and Neptune together so I wonder why it became Nepgear instead—

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...*cough cough* okay, that tidbit of information wasn't probably necessary. So I'll give some that actually matters!

Naegi stands at 160 cm (5'3") while Nepgear is at 154 cm (around 5 or 5'1" I guess?) making Naegi's observation of "Kirigiri" supposedly shrinking justified, since she's 167 cm (5'6"). So good for you, Naegi! You're not the smallest person in the class anymore!