A Goddess of two Nations: Rabendā
By OathkeeperRoxasxNamine09
Summary: Shares, the faith of the people has the power to make miracles. During a strong inflation of share energy during Noire's feelings for Neptune made reality with a kiss, a new CPU is born. The daughter of two nations, a world new to her, has new friends and family to give her the help she needs, to grow into a fine CPU. After VII. Neptune/Noire, Rabendā/OC Female Maker, Nepgear/Uni.
Diolouge layout
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
Chapter 1: A new CPU is born! Rabendā
Gameindustri, a world where Console Patron Units, known as CPUs and mascots protect their lands. CPU Purple Heart and CPU Orange Heart, resides in Planeptune, the land of Purple Progress. CPU Black Heart, resides in Lastation, the Land of Black Regality. CPU White Heart, reside in Lowee, the Land of White Serenity. And CPU Green Heart, resides in Leanbox, the Land of Green Pastures. After fighting many battles: The Deity of Sin Arfiore, the fallen CPU of Tari, and the former CPU of Planeptune, peace and tranquility has return to the world. But peace never last long, as the curtain rises again for a new chapter. But for the CPUs, CPU Candidates, and their friends, it was another adventure coming, with a new face joining them.
A year has passed since the CPUs' battle with Uzume's original self Kurome and things have been peaceful in Gameindustri again. For one thing, Planeptune had their first CPU back and now lives with Neptune and Nepgear. At the same time, the CPUs have been working hard since they overcame the CPU shift period. One nation in particular was improving tremendously was Lastation, home of the CPUs Noire and Uni. Noire and Uni have bringing out new hardware and games for the past months to keep up Blanc's and Vert's 's hardware. Even Planeptune was close to Lastation's levels with Uzume helping out when she wasn't dimension traveling with the Adult Neptune. Their shares were high, higher than they've been in years. Even Histoire, the Oracle of Planeptune was impressed. The same goes to Kei Jinguji, who was the Oracle of Lastation, who made her surprisingly return as Oracle. Even Mina Nishizawa and Chika Hakozaki, Oracles of Lowee and Leanbox respectfully were not only returned to their duties but also were impressed by the increase of shares in Lastation and Planeptune. Share could create miracles, no one not even the Oracles could predict what would happen when the share inflates and what will come after it. All that could happen will change the lives for the CPUs.
In the Planeptune Virtual Forest, a Fenrir monster was dashing through the large area, it's blue fur blowing in the wind as it was tracking its prey. From the distance, a young girl was standing its way not moving from the path. She was a light skinned girl with her very light gray/white hair worn in curled ringlets/drills while her bangs spike outward and the side parts shorter and very curled. Her eyes were also a bright green. Her outfit resembled a normal bathing suit like body piece greatly resembling her dress with more detailing on each part and two big circle pieces worn in her hair. In her left and was a large Sniper rifle that she then held at the ready looking at the beast with a confident smirk.
"No matter the opponent, I'll shoot them down," she said with a slightly deep voice. From her Sniper Rifle, yellow charged bullets fired at the Fenrir and slowed it down as it's body sparked with electricity. Despite it's slow down state, it tried to slash at the girl with a claw but she jumped past it and glided behind it with blue translucent wings, "Nepgear you're up! finish it off!"
"Okay!" another girl's voice responded, flying forward to colliding a white gun like blade into the blue Fenrir. She was a fair-skinned girl with long hair of a brighter shade with a very slight pink tone added and lengthened to her knees while her bangs and side parts before the ears are also lengthen. Her eyes were a bright blue color and her hairclip was a round white piece with a blue center. Her outfit consisted of a white bathing suit with a revealing chest piece colored a bright lilac shade. Connected around the neck was similar gloves and boot pieces. The wings on her back were translucent pink and white while she held a white Gunblade. She glided her hand on her blade before looking serious at the monster, "Panzer Blade!" and leaped forward with her Gunblade and slashed at the Fenrir with upward and downward slashes before slashing forward towards the body of the Fenrir making it staggered back. The Fenrir barely could stand, feeling it's body giving way as it looked at the attacker wasn't done with her.
"I'll finished this in one last strike, Offensive Cheer!" Nepgear's right hand glowed a pink color as her green rings surrounded her body, feeling her strength grow as she pointed her Gunblade at the Fenrir, "M.P.B.L, Multiple Beam Launcher!" and fired a pink beam from the tip of her blade as it shot straight through the Fenrir as it the attack made the lilac haired girl recoiled back. The Fenrir vanished into data before small crystals were left where it was. Nepgear smiled, pumping a fist into the air as her body was surrounded by a white light before appearing in a different form. Her pinkish shade was now a long lilac-purple hair almost waist in length with few loose strands of long hair curling down. Her eyes were back to a dark purple as the hair piece in her hear resembled a white direction pad. Her clothes were reserved styling, almost resembling a school uniform consisting of a white jacket-dress with purple lining of thin double white stripes. A white choker was around her neck, and around her neck is a pale yellow ribbon/ascot like piece with a N in the center. At her chest is a small pink marking while the pockets and buttons are purple. On her right leg is a white belt like purse object and she wears pink and white striped socks with white and purple shoes, "goddess, we finished the request!"
"Good work!" the other girl congratulated her body surrounded in white light and seem to revert to a shorter girl. She had long black (almost light blue colored) hair with most of it worn down reaching her chest with some of it worn in pigtails held with light blue and black ribbons. Her eyes were a dark red while her clothes' colors consist of black, milky blue, and white/silver. She was wearing a black dress with milky blue lining, an odd belt like piece with a bow behind it and a big circle with white lining connecting the dress to her collar. She also wore long fingerless black gloves with milky blue coloring at the top and similar short boots. On the left side of her hip was a small device that is most likely a cellphone, "that was difficult request, five of those things roaming around here."
"Thanks for letting me tag along Uni," Nepgear said, her Gunblade now resembling a Beam Saber, white and purple with a grayish white hilt, "It was doing quest work or spend all day doing paperwork."
"Don't mention it Nepgear," Uni said dismissing a black sniper rifle in her hands before putting her hands to her sides, "Speaking of paperwork, how is Lady Uzume been doing?"
"Doing well actually, just more of a worker than Sis is," Nepgear admitted, rubbing the back of her hair before waving her hands at her comment to the black haired CPU Candidate, "don't get the wrong idea Uni, not saying my sister can't work to save her life or anything," Nepgear sighed, only feel her own hole was already dug saying that about her only family, "Never mind about that what are they up to?"
"Both Kei and Histoire wanted them to get most of the work done together, so they are paired up. Even with our shares and Planeptune's the highest, is best they keep it up," Uni looked from Nepgear to a phone, seeing the time on it reading 6:30, "You know, the moment Kei actually decided to come back, it's after all that mess with Rei and Kurome's Delusions. What an odd woman she is."
"She's your Oracle, going up and leaving and finally comes back along with Mina and Chika. But still Neptune and Noire alone together, just something about that bothers me." Nepgear said holding her left shoulder in concern for her sister and Noire. Uni cocked her head at that statement, worried about their sisters? It's Neptune and Noire, what can they do?
"I don't understand what Neptune can do you to my sister, they've known each other longer than you and me." Uni stated only to have Nepgear look up at her with sulking eyes.
"You don't know them longer than I have. Most of the time, even the other Noire, Neptune has always been a pest to her. The loner, the hobbies, even picking at her whenever they see each other. I'm worried, worried Noire might one day…" Nepgear paused and swallow the egg in her throat that prevented her to speak, "hurt Neptune or worse kill her."
Uni gasped, stepping back at little at Nepgear's words. Kill, hurt, it's true some of the CPUs aren't the best of friends and will tick the other off, but kill? She shook her head, trying to eliminate the image of Noire taking her short sword and stabbing Neptune out of malice for her teasing, "Let's just head back to Basilicom in Planeptune I'm kind of sweaty from this request, so let's turn it in, get our reward and head back to the Basilicom."
"R-Right..." Nepgear replied halfheartedly dismissing her Beam Saber and following Uni back to her nation, the thoughts still on what might happened between their sisters still worried her as they made their long trek back to the main city of Planeptune. They turned in their request and got their reward, 50,000 Credits. They promised to split the reward the moment they returned to Nepgear's Basilicom, but it was still her sister and Noire she still thought of. She wasn't dense to Neptune's many attempts to upset Noire because of Noire's inept skill to not let others in. Noire didn't have many friends, not even calling the CPUs, the Candidates, and their human allies friends just doesn't sit well with her. She heard from K-Sha they are friends, but are they really? Then it was Noire's hobbies, she knew of those too. Her skills at cosplay and how she has designs to the latest seiyus and characters. But Noire never shares that or hides it. Why can't Noire let others in, aren't they her friends?
Histiore was asleep in her quarters unfortunately Nepgear and Uni couldn't show the request report to Histiore, so they left her alone to take their bath. The large white marble bathroom was where Nepgear and her sister would take their baths in the large swimming pool tub. She remembered first being born as a CPU Candidate, Neptune invited her to take a bath with her and they just talked while they washed each other's backs. It was just the two of them, with the only family was their Oracle and she probably worry of sinking to the bottom of the tub without her tome. Even with Uzume coming back from travels to take baths with them, it was like having an older sister. It did interest her about having more family, but she still thought about Neptune and Noire.
She hugged her knees to her chest, staring at the ripples of the water as a fountain shaped like a hedgehog was spraying water into the tub. Her purple hair was tied back into a side ponytail, but still felt uneasy about Neptune and Noire's alone time. What will happen to them, to their nations? The act of killing a CPU or attempted murder is act of war between the nations, meaning she and Uni would become enemies because of Noire's own anger towards Neptune. She couldn't imagine fighting her friends, let alone Noire and Lastation. She sighed, she never was worried about Neptune's antics, but now realizing how Neptune acts. It's no different like how she acted with Plutia and her dimension, how her sister just acted horrible to her, it was only Peashy and napping all she cared about. The other dimension CPUs and she were only dragged along it, they had no place with Peashy and the Eden stuff. Neptune was just not herself then and now anything Neptune does will endanger her life.
"Neptune, have you finally gone too far in your way of life?" Nepgear asked herself, not realizing someone entering the bath with her.
"Still thinking about your sister?" the familiar voice of Uni asked sliding up to the Candidate of Planeptune, her hair was held by pink hair scrunches, still in her twin tail style. Nepgear smiled but blushed, not because it was the two were practically naked, but how Uni was curious as to what she was thinking about.
"Yes. Neptune is Neptune, but I rather not lose her over one of her antics making Noire mad," Nepgear replied, sighing to herself, "It's just, I usually brush aside the things she does, but now I worry that Noire might finally have enough of Neptune and will harm her."
"Nepgear…" Uni said softy before getting closer to her and looking at her, her knees to her chest, "Please don't worry about it, I know could jinx it, but trust me," Nepgear felt two wet arms wrap around her shoulders, the trail of black hair visible for a second. Uni hugged her from behind, her small body touching her back as her head was buried into her wet hair, "nothing bad will happen, promise."
"Are you sure?" Nepgear asked grabbing Uni's arms with her hands, still unsure of her words.
"I do. Nothing bad is going to happen, you have my word. If it does, I'll be the one looking out for you, just as you have looked out for me." She said, sounding more genuine than how she usually acts.
"That's unlike you, why now?" Nepgear asked, finding this Uni out of the times Uni always treated her to be a new thing from her. Uni smiled, hiding her own blush as she held her tighter.
"I can be nice," Uni said feeling slightly offended but it wasn't far off of what she said, "just we are alone here, I don't mind trying to be nicer to you."
"Uni… Thank you I guess." Nepgear replied her cheeks still red feeling Uni's arms release her.
"At any case, we should finish our bath. Isn't tomorrow the IF from Lady Plutia's dimension's birthday?" she asked. Nepgear nodded, remembering that once the sisters were finished with work today, tomorrow was their break for the weekend and Saturday was when IF's birthday in that dimension was. Of course it was also their IF's birthday too so both of their dimensional friends are celebrating that day too. Tomorrow was another day, maybe things won't make her feel paranoid about her sister or Noire. She thought of smiling for just the moment she spends with Uni, it won't be like losing her sister to ASIC or captured by Kurome. Nothing bad was going to happened between them, but still she still was worried. Hopefully Neptune doesn't get herself in trouble.
Lastation, governed by the CPUs Black Heart and Black Sister, known as the Land of Black Regality. The Steampunk style nation has been doing incredible since the hardware launching of their conosles and hoping to take advantage of a new gaming experience before the others, it was like Lastation was finally living up to its mantra, 'It can only do everything'. As for the Basillicom that stood over the center of the main city of the nation, the CPU Black Heart was busy doing paper work as per usual, in her human form as Noire. She was a pale-fair skinned girl with very long black hair about waist length, worn up in long pigtails with two-piece black and blue ribbons. Her bangs were neatly combed, framing her face and she has very noticeable red eyes. Noire wore a fancy dress consisting of dark blue, white, red, and small amounts of gold lining and buttons. The dress part covers a red with black spiked lining cloth while the breast part is white, along with the skirt which has black lining on both layers. Behind this is a blue bow, matching a smaller one worn around her neck attached to a black and white collar. In the center is a gold piece. Noire went through paper after paper, signing official documents that would passed through her nation. It wasn't a fun task, usual having to approve or disapprove laws, some of them being very questionable (why one law in particular talking about banning a relationship was something she ripped up without question. She didn't want that in her nation or to upset them). She rather be working on her projects for her console or rather hope to squeeze in some cosplay ideas. She heard of the new characters and seiyus that came up and wanted to find some material. Maybe after finishing up she can get some time before the dun goes down. But then she sighed, remembering she was going to be in her bedroom all day, with the last person she expects to be stuck with... Neptune.
Sitting on her bed just kick her feet was a much short girl with happy go lucky smile on her face. She was a fair skinned girl with light purple eyes and a matching shade of hair. It's shoulder length with somewhat messy bangs with many strands sticking up and few framing her face. She wears two gamepad-shaped hairclips. She wore a big white hoodie-like dress with purple striped cuffs, lining, and a purple hood. The outfit had pale, ice blue and light lilac accents as well as a zipper section, two big round pockets, a big zipper with an N on it, and strings resembling a plug. Around her neck she wore a simple white choker. Her lilac shoes have blue and white accents and were also worn with blue and white striped stockings. Why did Histoire thought it was great idea to leave Neptune with her at her Basillicom? When it came to her and Neptune's relationship, she never knew if they were even comrades or just Neptune liked picking on her. Neptune was mostly lazy and doesn't do any work that wasn't putting it off to her sister, Uzume, or Histoire. She cares for the wellbeing of her nation, while Neptune seem to just play around and eat pudding. Neptune just seem to enjoy calling her lonely and crazy nicknames to her or her other self from Plutia's dimension. For the past years, she even wondered to herself, what was their relationship between them? Not like it matters, just where does she stand next to Nepgear, pudding, and gaming?
"Come on Noire, are you finished?" Neptune whined kicking her feet off the bed, "we been in your room all day, let's get out of here and do something!"
"Neptune, this is important documents, licenses, and laws I have to take care of, just because Histoire left you with a small amount doesn't mean you can just sit and watch me," She replied before her cheeks flushed, "not that I mind it at all. Just read something until I'm finished then I'll play with you. We're stuck in here anyway."
"Fine, hopefully you have better reading material than the last book you let me borrow," Neptune said disappointed before hopping off the bed, "You and Uni have strange taste in monster book."
"I thought that monster girls' manga was funny. Oh well, just not for her I guess.' Neptune thought wholeheartedly as the sounds of her bed creaking meant Neptune had left her bed and walked over to her bookcase, 'Honestly, I want her to be away from me so I can work, but what is this feeling I want her near me?' she thought feeling her chest tighten in thought of Neptune. She shook it away, probably nothing and coninuted to write, still think of Nreptune, 'Neptune has always been treating me like an archetype for so long, I don't know why. Even when we were born from the faith of our people, we always seem to just fight with each other, or rather Neptune finds a way to get a raise at me. It is because I am that archetype, I don't know," Noire took her writing hand and held it to her chest, feeling it like it was going to tighten more, 'I feel my chest tighten thinking about Neptune again, but I don't know why I feel this way.'
"Whoa, look at this!" Neptune exclaimed from afar, Noire leaving her train of thoughts to just slowly turn to the purple haired CPU.
"If you're gonna read, read quiet… ly?" Noire's words were cut short when she spotted Neptune holding a book sized scrapbook in her hands. The cover was black with white edges but on the spine of the book read the words 'Noire's cosplay pictures'. Noire gasped, her face lit up like a Christmas tree when she saw Neptune had hold of one of her cosplay books. Why did she think putting it in her bookshelf in plain sight was a great idea? She felt her ears steaming with anger, seeing Neptune holding that book in her hands, she can't believe she had hold of it, "W-W-What the hell you got that in your hands?!"
"Aww don't get your undies in a bunch Noire, just found this in your bookshelf. You said read something quietly, so I saw this. Let me just look at it for a bit." Neptune said cheerfully, opening up the book to look through the pages of her books.
"Give it to me Neptune, that's not for you to see!" Noire shrieked, jumping across the room at Neptune to seize her cosplay book back from her. Neptune just jumped past her, Noire falling face first into her carpet as Neptune stood on her bed. She looked down at the fallen CPU, her back she saw as Neptune laughed at her.
"Wow Noire, you really wanted this back, what dirty cosplay do you have, maybe some lewd character designs?" she asked with a smirk, flipping through page after page as a photo flew out one of the pages, Neptune stopped to see it as Noire finally rose her face at the foot of her bed with carpet burn marks on it.
"Oh, what's this?" she asked, making Noire's face go redder like a beat, "From one of your 'secret' cosplay shootings again? What did you do this time, well is it embarrassing yourself by not checking your skirt when we were dressed as Four Goddess Online 2 classes?" she asked, holding the picture in the middle of her middle and index fingers. Noire held out her hand to stop Neptune from looking at it, recognizing the lone picture she forgets to put in the scrapbook.
"Neptune, d-d-don't look! It's not what it looks like!" she stammered, but Neptune ignored her and looked at the picture. The picture was from the annual cosplay contest that was held in the nations and in the three best cosplayers was in the front and in the center was Noire holding a first place trophy in her arms. She was wearing a school uniform that Neptune recognized from a survivor horror game she watched with Nepgear and Uzume. Her hair was even styled in the style of the character too, rarely she ever sees Noire without her tradition Twintails. A smirk formed on her face as she started to laugh. This waas priceless, she couldn't believe Noire went through with it.
"What are laughing at?!" Noire screamed again, her hands gripping the sheet of her beds.
"I heard someone was able to win the contest hands down, but I didn't that someone was you!" she said through fits of laughter, collapsing on the bed and wiggling her legs in the air, "Oh my, I knew you were lonely cosplaying lover otaku, but I didn't think you be this desperate on winning a contest! Desperate Heart, Desperate Heart!" she chanted over and over, making Noire feel irritated and irritated with each chant of Desperate Heart. She could feel her knuckles grip so tightly to her sheets that she could rip them apart. She can't take it, she can't take Neptune teasing her again for being a loner, she wasn't a loner and she's not a desperate Cosplay Otaku. She had it enough of Neptune making fun of her, embarrassing her, picking on her. Why doesn't she pick on Vert's habit, pretty sure she's well aware of Vert's sister claiming or her love for gaming and Boy's love game. Or what about Blanc and her lake of chest or her odd writing, why not tease them constantly? No, it's always her, it always will be her and she will always react how she always react. But no more, she wasn't going to lie down and be a butt of Neptune's joke, she's going make Neptune stop, by force if she had to. As her anger reached its max, share energy started emitting from her body, Neptune in fits of laughter to not notice. Then it happened so fast, Noire leaping to her bed slamming Neptune hard onto it. Neptune realized what was going on too late, finding Noire had pin her arms apart, the photo still on her left hand. She looked to Noire, her face twisted with rage, on top of her with her body having a faint blackish glow. It was then Neptune felt something she never felt in years: Fear. It was fear that made her spine freeze up, she didn't know if she could speak now looking at her. Noire had her wrists held tight, never before Noire ever look as scary as Blanc.
"Shut up, shut right now Neptune about what you saw," she spoke darkly as she added pressure to Neptune's legs and stomach keeping her pinned, "I'm not your little butt monkey you can watch dance around for your amusement. I'm not how you treated your own sister in Plutia's dimension, didn't think I hear about that from the other Noire?" and Neptune's purple eyes were wide as dinner plates, the other Noire told her that?
'I didn't treat my sister like crap, what has the other Noire said to her?' she asked herself as Noire's face was closer. Never before she saw those red eyes look with so much angry at her outside of battle or when she's her CPU form Black Heart. Noire was mad at her, she looked like she could take her sword and kill her upright and no one would be the wiser. She wishes she could call for help, but Nepgear and Uni were in Planeptune and Kei wouldn't here to rescue her. She was to be killed by Noire, there was no one to stop her.
"For decades you've treated me like crap since the day we met and now I'm done being you little monkey Purple Heart. Did you forget when you lie, this my Nation, my Basillicom, I call the shots now. The 'desperate lonely cosplay Otaku Heart' has you right where she wants you with no one to help you. And I am going to make sure you stay silent, forever." And Neptune was terrified, Noire meant business, she was seriously, as she was closer, Neptune could only close her eyes and pray the end was painless. Noire stared at the cowardary CPU who now realized where she was and couldnd't fight back. She can do it,, ake Neptune pay for all those years she's treated her like her little puppet for her amusemnt. Even now, the many possiblities to make her finally pay, for all the decades she listen to the same treatment. Maybe hitting Neptune back when they reunited to defeat Affimojas and AffimaX wasn't enough, she to make sure Neptune knows her place after so long. She was much closer to Neptune now, seeing her fearful expression was a change, now she knows. Her heart raced like galloping Horebird, feeling that anderline to finally have Neptune respect her this time. She looked at Neptune, never before they were this close, the more she was ready to make her learn, the more her heart was racing. As she wanted to take hold of both of her wrists to attack, to strike, to make Neptune know her place in her Basilicom, her Nation. But as she gripped Neptune tighter to the bed, her cheeks were flushed, seeing that face. One side wanted to hurt her, but another side was rising, wanting something more. A feeling, a feeling she didn't realize looking at Neptune, and closer and closer she itched to the purple haired CPU. What was that feeling, she felt her body was on autopoilt ready to make a landing.
Neptune was sorry, terribly sorry, she didn't think Noire would react like this, only going off the usual Noire reactions not blood thrusted and mad. What was she gonna to do to her, torture her, it was bad enough worrying to be on the receiving end of Plutia but not like this. If she scared, she could turn HDD and get out of this, but Noire had it, it was all over for her. She prayed to the first Godess that her death was quick and painless. Then something touch her lips, soft and feathery that she never felt before, not even pudding felt this soft. Slowly her eyes open ready for the worse and to see herself die by the hands of her own, a bad end waiting to happen. But what she saw her made her freeze up in shock again, Noire wasn't trying to kill her…. No, Noire was kissing her. What was going on? Why was Noire kissing her, wasn't she ready to make ger pay? She wanted to struggle from this, push Noire off of her for this guesture. but yet, why did this feel good? Like it was right?
Their lips entangled in a kiss, Neptune watched as Noire had her lips in deadlock. This was unreal to be true, in any scenario of all the shows and games she's watched, this one was just bizarre. Noire was bent on hurting her, not kissing her. This wasn't like Noire to even show feelings like this, she thought she wanted to make her pay not pinned down like this? Neptune couldn't move her body, but her own lips, her own tongue, found Noire's as well. It was a swords dance, but Noire was still in control of Neptune. When Neptune looked, Noire's body was still glowing with share energy, but then could see the outline of purple share energy. But Noire was winning their sword duel, when Neptune felt like she was fading into consciousness from the immense share energy from their bodies. As her eyes felt ready to close, she could feel Noire's hands finding her own, their hands wrapped to her as the photo she felt it slipped from her hands. Neptune could only think of this situation and for the first time, she thought something normal.
'The feeling of her lips to mine, I never felt like this. For a brief moment, it was like my heart was beating with Noire's. But this feeling… Is this love… Am I in love with her?'
In Planeptune and Lastation, everyone could feel the mixing share energy of the two nations, a feeling over the many years Gameindustri could never feel. No one knew at this very night, the CPUs Black Heart and Purple Heart were as one in the Basillicom of Lastation Something was coming with how the shares had inflated to this rate, especially with CPU share energy making it. In one of the rooms, something woke her up feeling the share energy ping at her heart. She was a short girl with pale skin and boyish-cut silver hair. Her eyes were a bright aqua blue color and wore a pair of boyish shorts and a white T-Shirt. Her face screwed into serious, feeling a slight panic about the shares.
"What is this feeling? get it together Kei, you've been back for a couple months now, if something happens you get to the Share Crystal immediately. Noire and Neptune are asleep and probably tired from the workload. Need to handle this myself." she said shaking her head and running out her bedroom and through the Basillicom and towards the Share Crystal was heard. If something was wrong with the shares, she had to find out the reason. If it was an enemy wanting to attack the Shares, she had to defend it. she ran faster and faster, feeling her bare feet to the carpet as she finally made it to the room. The room she stood before was the room of the Nation's shares were kept within a Sharecite. How long she has been in this room, years maybe? Not sure what to expect, she opened the door and stepped in.
In a room ripped straight out of another dimension, the black and white data streams connected around the room as a Sharecite was in the center. But unlike how she usually saw it, the crystal was glowing red hot bright. Never before the shares were like this, when Uni was born, and especially gathering the share to make a sharecite to free the CPUs from the Graveyards many years. When she walked closer, the light source from the sharecite as the room was then bathe in a white light.
"What!" she gasped, shielding her eyes from the blinding light. The light flooded the room with light, as Kei's body vanished within it. When the light finally faded, Kei too her arm from her eyes and looked around. Everything felt normal again, like nothing happened. The Sharecite was back to normal, it's glow normal now. But when she looked to the ground, she found out she wasn't alone. There was a girl no older than a teenager, was on the floor, hair purple and black and wearing a black and purple dress. When Kei saw her, she could only realize something was wrong but something was clear:
This was a CPU. A CPU was just born right before her very eyes. And her appearance wasn't just Noire she was looking at.
The sun greeted Noire as she felt the sun bathe on her face. She yawned softly, feeling she hasn't slept in ages just now. She was on her queen size bed, the blankets not over her body while her clothes looked wrinkled. She didn't realize she slept in her clothes, how unlike her. Trying to think what happened last night the image of herself kissing Neptune popped into her mind. Her hand brushed her lips, still feeling that warm tender kiss.
'That's right, I was talking to Neptune, we got into a somewhat fight and I had her pinned to my bed in moment of anger. Then I… I kissed her, right on the spot,' she thought feeling her cheeks go red thinking about the other night, 'the warm feel of pudding, that's what I taste. Did I really kiss her, I could feel I should be made, but am I not screaming? What a minute?!' she snapped forward, realizing Neptune wasn't on the bed next to her, "Neptune?!"
"Right here." was a simple reply of the purple haired CPU who sat a few feet by the wall, distance from her. Neptune has never looked so sad before Noire, her legs hugged close to her chest as she sat with a crest fallen look on her face Her clothes were also wrinkled, it seems her palms were sweaty, was it how she held them? The back of her hair was very messy and unkempt, made sense since she was the only on the bed facing her. But Neptune didn't have the goofy smile she always had, instead she looked broken and confused. Noire never seen Neptune like this, always used to the tension breaking CPU, but this is a Neptune she never experienced. She looked on in concern for her, yet got up to speak to her properly after everything that happened. With all due respect, she attacked her and while she doesn't remember what happened during the kiss, she should take responsible and console her. She was the CPU of Lastation after all, and she never wants to led other down, even her fellow CPUs. They sat side by side to each other, Noire trying to smile at her, but knowing being cheerful won't help her now.
"Hey, how you feeling?" she asked halfheartedly with her smile. Neptune didn't look back with her traditional smile. Instead, it was a look of pure sadness in those eyes and on her face.
"Just confused, for a lot of thing actually," She said sadly, Noire never hearing Neptune sound so serious but at the same time so sad, "I don't know what I'm feeling, but it's strange because I never felt like this. Then as I sit, it hits me. Do I love you Noire, have I ever shown my sister, Uzume, Histy any love? I don't know. I don't understand, my heart feels funny and not in a funny way, just conflicted with emotions," She sighed, looking to Noire trying to take her own smile putting a hand to her heart, "I treated my sister like trash in a dumpster and Uzume, all I care about was seeing a happy ending with us. Do I care about them? Maybe I do, but do I love them? What about Iffy and Compa, and everyone we met over the years, are they close to me or not? I don't know," she put her head against the wall again, sighing to herself before making a fake chuckle, "You probably hate me now, there was a line and I crossed it. I'm sorry Noire."
"I don't hate you," she corrected her, putting her head to her shoulder, making Neptune tense up just by feeling her there, "I care about you, more than you know. I won't be still in my room if I didn't worry about you. Neptune, you matter to me the most in this world, don't ever think I can hate you forever. That's just not my archetype to hate forever right?" she said jokingly, waiting for Neptune crack a smile again. Neptune did as she wanted, smiling at her little joke, "That's the smile I know, don't ever lose that smile. That's the Neptune I love, when she smiles, she may be a nuisance, but she brings the mood when we need it."
"So, what does that leave you and I?" Neptune asked, feeling the praise make her cheeks flushed again, "Are we girlfriends now or not?" Noire only replied with a giggle, removing her head to kiss the top of Neptune's forehead. Neptune still felt her cheeks heat up from that gesture, Noire was nice to her, even when all the times she wasn't nice back.
"We'll work things out, you got me for life now." She said finally the usual Noire was back when she rose up, dust herself off, and held out a hand. Neptune took it, feel Noire lift her off the ground and now they faced each other for the first time in a long time. In the past, it was hard to call each other friends, but now they were going to be in a relationship, it was a lot to take in but it also means Neptune can't pick on Noire anymore, that wouldn't be right.
"I can settle with that arrangement." She replied as finally Noire's door was knocked and the first voice they heard all day, since everything that has transpired spoke to them.
"Neptune, Noire, are you in there?" a small voice called from the door. Neptune and Noire stepped apart recognizing that voice before looking back trying to hide the fact what happened.
"Y-Yes, come in!" Noire called out to the voice behind the door. The door swung open and their Oracles standing from the foot of the door. The first was the smallest, floating on what looked like a book. a fair skinned girl with dull blue eyes and soft blonde hair. Her bangs curl in both directions, with two, longer curled pieces of hair that reach her chest. The rest of her hair is worn up in pigtails held by a white, black, and blue head piece that covers her ears, and a pair of purple and gold ribbons. She wore a loose purple dress with spiked ruffle lining, along with gold accents and a loose green-teal tie. Her shoes are white with a Maryjane style, while her wings are in four pieces and resemble widespread butterfly wings. She was Histoire, A Tome and Planeptune and Uzume's Oracle. Beside her was Kei Jinguji, Lastation's Oracle. She was wearing her usual attire of a near-formal black suit with gold lining with many buttons and shorts, instead of jeans or pants. Below the black high socks with white detailing, and slip on black shoes with small blue and silver detailing on the top. Two long tails come from the jacket and have blue coloring inside. The two Oracles weren't greeting them with a morning smile, but faces of concern dwelled on them. Something was wrong and checking up on them was the first sign of trouble.
"Histiore, Kei, what's wrong?" Noire asked seeing their looks of concern at them.
"There you two are, when we knocked on your door, we thought you couldn't be in here." Kei said making Noire feels a little flushed.
'They probably couldn't get a respond because we were asleep. And Neptune wasn't talking after the whole kiss.' She thought her cheeks turning red, 'I must have put Neptune unconscious kissing her.' She shook it away and looked to Kei, "We were very sleepy and fell asleep. And sorry, I didn't get a chance to finish my paperwork."
"We'll worry about that later, there's something we need to show you. It concerns you both." Histiore said making Neptune and Noire look to each other and back.
"Us?" they said in unison. Their Oracles nodded, walking out the room and they followed after them. They walked through the hallways of the Basillicom, they both wonder what they were going to be shown for. When it's two of their own Oracles wanting them to see something, it wasn't a good sign. Even Neptune curious to that, but then it was something that she thought of. Last night, she never saw Noire's body glowing with share energy like that before, not even when they had channeled share energy in the Heart Dimension. That was different and for some reason, she could feel it within her during their kiss. It was strange as well, like all that power was flowing into her and probably Noire as well. Even if she was unconscious for a while before waking, all that power was still with her. What was going on, was it because Noire's and her shares were high that it was visible like that, she didn't know or understand the cause but her thoughts stopped when the Oracles were in front of a door. When they opened the door, she followed Kei and Histoire inside with Noire beside her.
When she realized she was in the Lastation Sharecite room, having the same room in her Basillicom looking identical to it. She took a moment to admire the room, looking from top to bottom before speaking up with admiration, "Wow, your Sharecite room is just like ours. Very spacy in here," It then dawned her someone was in here with them. For a moment she felt something feel like Planeptune in here, then looking to the Sharecite that floated in the center. Then she gasped, Noire as well when both saw someone looked like they were waiting for them. Appearance wise, she looked close to Nepgear's height, if not shorter than Nepgear but as tall as Uni. Her hair was mostly black but Neptune could see purple within the hair. Her eyes were dark red while her skin was very fair in the glow of the Sharecite Crystal. She was only wearing a black and purple dress reaching down to her feet. Her feet were bare, as her feet were on the cold surface of the ground. Neptune was in awe, what was this girl doing in Lastation's Sharecite room? She looked to Histoire and Kei, hoping they had the answer, "Uh Histy, Kei, what's this girl doing in here?"
"That's what we like to know as well," Kei explain putting a hand to her hips seriously, "No one saw anyone entering or leaving the Basilicom. That I can confirm when she appeared in the light of the Sharecite and appeared before me."
"Appeared? She's a CPU like me, Noire, and the others right?" Neptune asked, looking to the girl again. seeing Neptune stare at her, she fidgeted shyly at the attention she was giving. From how she looked, she a CPU. Her eyes weren't like the usual human eyes from the citizen they looked like Noire and Uni's eyes, Noire and Uni, was she really a CPU from Lastation, "She has Noire's and Uni's eyes, does that make her Lastation's CPU?"
"Well yes and no. Look at her hair and noticed the purple hair on her head," Histiore said, pointing a small hair to the girl, "That's why I was called to immediately and even I realized she carries your hair, not only she is from Lastation, I can sense she's from Planeptune as well."
"A CPU from two Nations, is that even possible?" Noire crossing her arms calmly.
"The only way that was possible if two CPUs were in theory to become one which is the only way they could create a CPU," Kei said putting a hand to her hip, "At the time, both your shares were at their max and inflated, creating a new CPU. Because we have an inkling it's you and not for some strange reason Nepgear and Uni. Histiore confirmed it wasn't them as they were too sound asleep to cause this." She took her hand from her hip, a serious look on her face along with Histiore, "we can deduce they she is your daughter, Neptune, Noire." And Neptune and Noire's faces were in complete shock.
"What?! She's my daughter?!" Neptune shouted, looking from Noire to the Oracles, Even Noire was shocked as well, her face completely red that she has a child. How was it possible, wasn't the usual process to make a child was between a man and a woman, how did two girls make one? Well yes they were CPUs, how could they make a child, what's going on? Her appearance wasn't a child, she was a close to Nepgear and Uni's height and possible age. She wasn't close to a toddler age or even Rom and Ram's age. She wasn't even close to Peashy's age either. Neptune felt she was hearing things; how can it be possible for them to make a CPU let alone a child? Neptune doesn't even remember Noire sleeping with her, then again she did fell unconscious. Could they really? She never felt her own face feel embarrassed and she's never felt like that. She looked to the two Oracles frantically tried to keep cool, "But h-h-how, how is it possible?"
"Well, two CPUs of equal stature would have to been as one at some point. This maybe sound a little forward, but what were the two of you doing to make this little error?" Kei asked calmly but the girl was listening to the whole conversation since the two girls walked in. The two woman (the tomboyish one and a small fairy one) had explained her appearance in front of two girls who seem to resemble her. But what did the tomboyish one meant, she was an error? "both you know that shares can create miracles once before, the three Nations creating the CPU Candidates, but this is a new CPU that has been bore since the decades of this Generations of CPUs. The sneer fact you two made a CPU is crazy."
"Well we… well to be sure, I don't know how we did but…" Neptune said trying to find the right words to say looking to the Oracles when Noire spoke up, sounding a lot more serious.
"It's my fault, Histiore, Kei. I caused this mistake to happen and I take full reasonability for this," She said, putting her arms behind her back and once again the girl heard what Noire said. She's a mistake, what was she? "Neptune and I were working and I told her to read something quietly and Neptune grabbed something of mine and was teasing me. So I pinned her to the bed and was going to make her pay for all the years she picked on me. But then I…" her cheeks turned red remembering it, especially saying it to Historie and Kei felt embarrassing, "kissed her instead and I think we were like that for longer than humanly possible." surprising both Oracles that Noire and Neptune doing that or that they of all people would do that. Of course they knew they were close, they just ignored the 'act' they put on every day. Of course how can it be an act when Neptune seems to enjoy picking on Noire? Noire sighed, looking down at two, "If I didn't react to Neptune, this all wouldn't happen. I must have put Lastation and Planeptune in a panic probably feeling the share energy. Forgive Histiore, Kei."
"Noire…" Neptune said softly, feeling awful she was taking all the blame for all this. She shouldn't have upset her, then they wouldn't have put their homes in a panic. She wanted to put a hand to her shoulder but then heard a soft voice speaking up surprising all of them in the room.
"Am I an error?" the voice spoke, Neptune and Noire looking towards the girl also with Histiore and Kei. It was the first time she spoke up, her voice sounding close to soft and shy. Her left arm held her right arm, seemingly sad, "Am I a mistake? I don't understand what is a CPU, Planeptune, Lastation, all I know is being in this room, feeling things that don't feel normal. Am I just a mistake to you, ma'am? I'm sorry." And all of them watched her. They forgot she was in the room, not speaking this whole time, especially meeting what was her parents. Noire felt guilty, she spoke honestly about this was her fault and taking the blame for this, but she didn't realize someone else was feeling bad too. She was supposed to be a Goddess of Lastation, her console able to do almost everything. But can she let someone take all the blame she causes. She walked up to the purple and black haired girl standing close to her. she put a hand to her hair, looking at her with a solemn smile.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to make you see yourself as my mistake. That's my poor wording choice. But if you are my child, then it's my responsibility to take care of you, isn't that what a parent does?" She smiled to her, looking to her like she was part of her family now, "I always wanted another member to my family, never thought it be my child. I'll take good care of you." And the purple and black haired girl started to smile, a tear rolling from her eyes and she wiped it away. Neptune walked up to the girl and placed to hand to her right shoulder smiling to her.
"That's makes double for me as well, we both will take care of you." She said and the girl looked to Neptune as well. Even thought they were close to the same height, she was speaking to her like she was her child. Histiore and Kei could only watch and be amazed on how mature their CPUs were taking this, especially the usually lazy Neptune. It was like they themselves were watching their children growing before their eyes. More so with Neptune, who they never seen act so responsible with anyone even Nepgear. They wonder did Noire put sense into Neptune with that kiss, questions for a later date on that topic. Neptune and Noire turned back to them, smiles on their faces as it seems the new CPU had her spirits up.
"We're gonna take care of her for now on, is that okay with you?" Noire asked, still smiling to the Oracles.
"Understood, we were wondering what you two would do about this," Histiore said her hands to her lap, "Oh course there are a few things that must be in order for her now."
"What are those?" Neptune asked taking her hand from her new daughter's shoulder and putting them behind her back.
"Well for starters, since she is the first dual CPU as well the first new CPU in such a long time, she needs an inauguration to make it official," Kei explain seriously her hand to her hips, "Then it training as a CPU, that includes doing requests from both Nations' guilds. The one important factor is getting her known so faith can be drawn to her. Since she only just been born, no one is aware a new CPU is created, only just mentality feel it. We'll leave the training to the Candidates since well, here's a twist for you. She's more of a Candidate than a full CPU now."
"Oh boy, those two will have kittens when we tell them. Which reminds me," Noire groaned putting a hand to her forehead before looking back to Neptune, "today's the Ifs' birthday, we should go get our sisters before heading there. I'm sure the others haven't felt the sudden change."
"You got a point, Nep Jr and Uni will think the worst happened, it's best we see them and handle this with delicate care with our new child. By the way," Neptune asked looking the Oracles again, "does she have a name?"
"Sadly we haven't come up with one for her yet, but we have thought of her CPU name. We'll tell you when you come back from IF's party. And don't worry Noire," Histiore said looking to the black haired CPU who only remember she didn't finish her work before her little episode with Neptune. She was panicking when the Fairy Oracle looked at her, but she looked to her with a reassuring smile, "We'll complete you work load for you."
"Thank goodness," she sighed, feeling the weight off her shoulders on that task now, "Well if that's the case, we'll be off now. Neptune, let's get moving. We got things to take care before dealing with Hurricane Sisters in a few hours before seeing the real storm." She asked with A snide remark, Neptune and her taking hold of their daughter's hands and walked her out the Sharecite room with Neptune looking at Noire for her remark about their sisters.
"Hurricane Sisters, that's a new one," as they left the room with the door closing behind them. Histoire and Kei were left alone, the two Oracles still impressed how much these two seem to changed. They were worried things would go out of hand, but both of them handled it with a mature nature. Noire taking reasonability and Neptune agreeing to it, they couldn't believe it if it didn't happen before their eyes. But one thing was different now, there was a new CPU now and both Nations were still here. Of course even as Kei smirked at the departed CPUs, one was certain:
"It took some time but we can finally end their little 'act' now before things got hectic for us."
"Indeed, I don't want to be at war with Lastation," Histiore agreed with a sigh of relief, "I was going to give Neptune a lecture on how to treat others, but it seems it's no use now. Then again, the girls' future is something as tome I must record for the future."
"So the first order of business is give you some new clothes and a name," Neptune said, guiding the new CPU through the Lastation Basillicom. It was amazing just looking around the many pictures and rooms they passed, still in hand in hand by her mother Neptune, "Then it's meeting Nepgear and Uni and we head to see our friends at the Iffys' birthday party. Actually, they would be your aunts now." As the black and purple haired CPU looked to the short purple haired CPU with a cocked smile.
"What are Aunt Nepgear and Uni like?" she asked, curious to know her family more now.
"Well Nepgear looks like Neptune but somewhat taller than her. She's a like more mature confident than Neptune, not saying your mother isn't confident that is," Noire said reassuring to the girl, "Uni is very reserved and hardworking, she looks much closer to me than you might think."
"Uni and Nepgear are friends, but it feels like Nepgear is forced around with her in a very odd relationship." Neptune admitted dryly knowing full well how Uni acts in regards to her own sister. It could be a Lastation thing, but their relationship with them is particular, she knows now because she's Noire's girlfriend now. As for those two, she worried it won't go as far as last time. Noire looked to Neptune's dry remark and agreed, knowing full well what meant.
"That training incident, I think Uni might have went overboard... 5,000 credits just to replace a street lamp that she broke during her 'training' with Nepgear," Noire said with her own irritated tone, wishing her sister didn't go overboard or from what Nepgear explained she that she forced to do it. She wonders what made Uni do that when they finally arrived back to her room, "Here we are, this is my room," and opened one of the doors and let Neptune and the girl into her room. The new CPU's first impression of Noire's room was quite fitting of what she saw of her. Very spacy with a queen sized bed on one end and a large work desk on the other side. Several papers littered the desk with pens left uncapped and photo at the back of the wall. A computer was the right side, the monitor off as the new CPU picked up the photo on the desk. There was Noire with someone who looked close to her, a girl with the matching black hair and twin tails like her mother Noire. They looked rather happy, seeing the date on the bottom right was taken several years ago. It made her curious as to how a picture with Neptune and Noire would be like.
"Hey, can you come over here please?" Noire called for her attention. She looked to see Noire holding was looked like a measuring tape in her left hand. She placed the photo back on table and walked to noire, Neptune sitting on the bed watching the two. Noire held out the yellow measuring tape and pulled it out to wrap around her chest area, "Just seeing your measurements to I can make some clothes for you. Still early in the morning before we see our friends at the party, I can sew up some clothes quickly for you," She took the tape and looked at the measurement. She wasn't as big as either herself or bigger than Vert, in fact it looked like her chest is as big as Nepgear and Uni then anyone else, "Huh, I guess she isn't as busty as us, close to Nepgear and Uni. Which means she might look like us when she transforms."
"Or have a chest ridiculously big than Vert, or have a very sadist personality," Neptune chimed in, hands to her knees, "or seems crazy with power. She next to Uzume might the most normal we deal with."
"Whose Uzume?" their daughter asked, Neptune looking to with a smile, not fully understanding what they mean.
"Well our senior to Planeptune, and I guess she's like a great aunt now." Neptune explained, looking to her daughter with a smile, "So think you can whip her up some clothes Noire?"
"Won't be hard, give me at least a few hours, it's either this or do it quickly, round up the sisters, and watch many hours of party prep up. Truth be told, It's the former." Noire said coolly before measuring her arm, then her waist, arms, legs, even her neck. Once Noire was finished with the measurements, she walked towards her walk in closet and vanished behind the door. Taking a signal this might take a while, their purple and black haired daughter took her seat on the bed to wait for Noire. Neptune wrapped her arms around, surprising her as Neptune looked to her still smiling.
"We got time until Noire finishes, let's just talk for a while, just you and me." she requested to her. The purple and black haired CPU blushed and smile, not minding talking until Noire returned. Neptune decided to share her adventures with her daughter, explaining Gameindustri at length with and the things that has happened to you. She told her the incident with the Arfiore Syndicate of International Crime or ASIC or more accurate. When they made their move, their land was almost at an end, so herself the other Console Patron Units traveled to their home base the Gameindustri Graveyard and were captured by the Leaders of ASIC. They were defeated by one of them, a woman named CFW Magic who overpowered them and had them trapped in tentacle like wires for three years with Nepgear as their shares were drained from their bodies. Only Nepgear was free and traveled with IF and Compa to recruit the other Candidates and were able to free them and defeat them.
Sometime afterwards, things were peaceful. That was until Rei Ryghts, a mysterious woman trying to get rid of CPUs for real laws, send Neptune herself to an alternate Planeptune and Gameindustri. That's where she befriended the CPU Plutia and Noire (Neptune choose to not call her fake Noire as that was rude on her part). She met the other versions of Blanc and Vert was battling against the Seven Sages, led by that world's Ryghts. With Nepgear's help and the CPUs, they were able to defeat all the members or in fact had all but Arfoire join their side. Annoydeath, one of the members, takes Peashy from them and makes her into a CPU called Yellow Heart. Together they returned Peashy's memories and brought down Eden. It was then revealed that Rei is actually a CPU from the Nation Tari and it was Croire was made her a CPU by the CPU Memory. When Croire gives some of her dark power to that world's Rei and made mayhem in Neptune's Gameindustri. Now knowing it was time to send the her and Nepgear back, they collected enough shares to open a portal, but created a permeant gate so all of them can join the battle. Together with the Candidates, The CPUs defeated Rei and returned the dark power back to other Rei.
Peace was restored again for a few more years, that was unstill the CPU Shift Period. It was a time where those would find new CPUs to follow. It was also the time where rumors were spreading about the CPUs. Neptune and Nepgear found themselves in another dimension where they met with Uzume, a CPU of a destroyed version of Planeptune. They fought together with the Hot blooded CPU against Arfiore and the Dark CPU. Then even met Umio, a talking and floating Fish who had a handsome sounding voice. When it was time to try to get the sisters home, Nepgear jumped to save Uzume while Neptune herself when back to the Hyper Dimension. While Neptune was dealing with things at home, Nepgear, Umio, and Uzume met up with another Neptune, a much older Neptune from Plutia's dimension and traveled together with her. They continued their fight with Arfiore and Croire, dealing with the Dark CPU again with Arfiore fusing with it. With the share energy from both dimension and Neptune coming back from Hyper Dimension thanks to the Sharing Field and together the girls defeated Arfiore fused Dark CPU.
"It was then we have to part ways with Uzume while the field was up. the older me went after Croire and we said our good byes to our friend," Neptune said before giving a chuckle, "Uzume was particular, anything she daydreams becomes reality, which brings me our next venture just after all of it…" but Neptune was cut short when Noire came walking out what felt like an hour since Neptune went on about her adventures with the CPUs, "That's too bad, the next story was getting good, so I'll tell you latter." As her daughter still had a smile on her face hearing about her mothers and aunts' adventures.
"Thanks Mama Neptune, those were still really nice stories regardless." She said happily, Neptune feeling bashful for being called mama. It felt different than help raising IF, Compa, and Peashy. Those were children that took care of in the Basillicom, but the girl before her was in fact the shares of herself and Noire, practically their birthmother. She ruffled her head and smiled, still getting used to feeling like a real mother.
"Mama Neptune huh, that's going to be a lot to take getting use to." She realized as Noire stood behind them with what looked like her new clothes.
"Here you go, all finished. Maybe once we get back home I can make replicas of these." As she placed the outfit onto the black and purple haired CPU's lap.
"Thank you Mama Noire!" she replied happily even making Noire blush about that. Being called a mom, sure she was far from old, but it did felt nice just to hear she thinks of her as her mother. The two CPUs watched her get up from the best and looked ready to undress when she looked back to them, "Uh, Mama Neptune, Mama Noire, would you please…?" she asked shyly her hand fumbling on the end of her dress, making Noire realize what she wanted.
"Oh you want some privacy, that's alright. Neptune, let's give her some time to change." And took hold of Neptune's hands and proceeded out her room so that their daughter could get dressed. The two sat by the hallway, their backs against the wall and waited for a few minutes. It was a quiet few minutes, only seeing one of the Basillicom workers, a woman wearing a pale black and white robe and a black headwear, walking passed them and saw them together. She waved friendly at them, saying 'congrats on the new CPU' and walked from them. Neptune felt herself a little bashful about it, but remember all of the Basillicom are told about them. She wonders how Nepgear will feel about this, knowing she had a daughter. Will she like her or Nepgear might feel neglected with a possible new family member? She couldn't feel like neglecting her now, especially for all the years she spent with her versus the new daughter who she's known for a little while. She loved Nepgear, that will never change no matter who is in her life. The more she pondered, a soft voice finally spoke from Noire's room.
"C-come in!" she called from inside the room, realizing it was her daughter, the two nation CPUs got up from the floor and opened the door back into the Lastation CPU's room. There standing in the center of Noire's bedroom was the newly clothed CPU. From how she dressed, she resembled the best of both Neptune and Noire, which even Neptune herself was impressed by Noire's sewing skills. In her hair was two blue ribbons with white edges tying her hair in a twin tail style, her bangs framing her face and around her neck was a black Planeptune choker as her clothes felt both Planeptune and Lastation well. A black and purple parka, long covering her knees, with the Planeptune symbols on the sides of the parka. Two controller cord like drawstrings hung down her parka as zipper had the N from Neptune's name. Under the parker was a visible red dress with a black lining noticeable from the end of her parka. Her footwear was dark purple boots that reached up her ankles as she didn't have socks. Their daughter looked at her parents with an embarrassed blush, her hands behind her back, "How-How do I look?"
"Whoa, you look amazing!" Neptune exclaimed, walking over to her daughter to put a hand to her shoulder with a smile. Noire stood on her right while Neptune on her left, the black haired CPU proud of her handy work. The black and purple hared CPU blushed with Neptune's words, still looking shyly at them.
"You think so?" she asked shyly, Noire giving her a reassuring pat on the head.
"Of course. It's my creation, I work the hardest on them to be 100% great!" Noire said with a non-prideful tone to her child, "Now that you have your new clothes, it's time we finally give you a name now."
"What should we name you?" Neptune asked, taking her hand from her daughter to cross her arms in thought, "I don't think combining our names is anything creativity. That's a no to me. Nepgear was named by Histiore not me, but this is a fresh CPU not a doll for a child. Who thinks of a name for that, a student in elementary school thinking it's cool? I don't want Iffy giving me the glare, both of them," she added, knowing how IF felt about her name for Kurome.
"You have a point there Neptune, I wouldn't think of it either," Noire said as she took her time to think of an appropriate name for their daughter. She looked around for inspiration, something that fit a wonderful name for a new CPU. She thought about her name. Noire, it was another way to say 'Black'. Blanc, another word for 'White'. Vert, another way to say 'Green'. Even Plutia's name was another way to say Pluto. What about naming her after a color? She looked to her mixed hair, seeing the purple strands that were visible in the black. What about naming her after purple? But it wasn't just purple she was thinking about but another shade of purple. But what would a good purple name. for moment she stared, she thought she saw her mixed hair changed color before her eyes. What was purple and black was now a light shade of lavender. The sunlight from her window hit her hair, making it shine so radiantly in the sunshine. When she felt her vision returned to the mixed black and purple, it finally hit her on what to name her, "I got it, I know what to name you. For this moment onwards, your name will be Rabendā."
"Rabendā?" Neptune replied, hearing that name sounded even harder than how it seems most don't know how to say her name.
"Yes, it means 'Lavender'," Noire said smiling to her daughter and Neptune, "what do you think?"
"I like it, kind of cute and fitting for her!" Neptune replied and placed her hand to the now christen CPU's shoulders again, "Rabendā, the CPU of Planeptune and Lastation!"
"Rabendā, that is my name," she said, feeling warm inside on having a name. It felt nice, to be named made her heart swell with joy. She had her own clothes, her own name, she felt she belonged in this new world before her. The two girls who are her parents loved her and they don't feel she's no mistake at all. She was overjoyed, with a new world before her to see and do. She looked to Neptune across her shoulder, a cheery smile on her face, "Thank you."
"Now with that out of the way, let's meet up with your aunts. They might be worried sick at Neptune's Basillicom." Noire instructed before eyeing her window to outside, "It's nice day, we can fly there quicker."
"You got a point there, take a boat and those two will throw a search party for us," Neptune replied dryly before taking hold of Rabendā's hand, "come on, let's go see your aunts before they wonder where we are."
"Right!" Rabendā exclaimed as they left Noire's room while she was hand in hand with Neptune and Noire following after her.
Neptune, Noire, and Rabendā walked out into the sunlight of the central city of Lastation, Rabendā getting first look at the Nation. It was like how Neptune explained, Lastation was Cyber Punkish. The place was very 'future proof' as she called it, looking very advance for the central city alone. From the distance she could make out a large satellite that towered over part of the city. Many citizens dressed from casual to business attire were walking around the streets while cars passed on the streets. Several of the citizens even waved at Noire and Neptune, of course they seem to know who she was but they waved to her as well. This was part of her home, and it was beautiful, even the smoke stakes on several buildings has a certain charm to them.
Neptune let go of Rabendā's hand and faced her, Noire standing with her with a cheerful smile, "Okay, now that we are outside, I guess it's time we get on showing you our HDD forms now."
"HDD?" Rabendā asked, cocking her head in confusion.
"Hard Drive Divinity, it's the form we take as CPUs," Noire said putting a hand to her hip, "We as Goddesses have two forms: our human forms and then there's our true forms as CPUs. That form comes from the amount of share energy we have in each Nation and the Faith our people give us."
"As you're just born you won't be able to channel Share energy to be able to transform yet, so don't worry about feeling you can't transform," Neptune said before thinking, 'It wouldn't be like she could automatically or something, I can't even feel Share energy from her yet.'
"So how would I be able to transform?" Rabendā asked again curiously.
"Well first is being recognized as the Nation's CPU. Then people must put their faith in said CPU, that in turn gives us our powers to transform. If I know Neptune, she agrees it be odd to see you transform without training or being recognized as the CPU of both Nations so don't worry about it now," Noire took her hand from her hip and step back a bit from her daughter, Neptune stepping back as well, "Okay that ends our little lesson, time to actually show you."
"Feels inappropriate to get naked in front of our child, don't you think?" Neptune asked, craning her neck to look to Noire.
"Well it's like transforming in front of Uni and Nepgear when they were born, just more awkward. But let's go this." she replied as both Neptune and her bodies were surging with energy. They held their hands out, a share crystal materialized into their hands.
"Transform!"
"Access!" before their Crystal shined as they held it close to their chest before disappearing into the white light. Rabendā shield her eyes from the intense light as within it her parents were changing appearances. When the light finally faded away, Neptune and Noire were no longer standing where they usually stood but rather two different women stood in front of Rabendā now.
"You can open your eyes now." spoke a very mature sounding voice which caught Rabendā's attention. She removed her arm from her face and opened her eyes and was greeted to what looked two adults with outfits resembling plug suit bathing wear. Where Neptune was is a woman whose hair became a dark lilac-purple while her eyes turned blue. Her hair became very long and worn in twintail braids while her bangs and hair framed her face was somewhat longer. Her hairclips turned into small black circular pieces with glowing blue x's on them. Her figure was more mature/curvier, even more mature than anyone woman she met or hasn't met. Her suit resembles a black skintight leotard with purple segments and silver pieces along it. The boots/leg armor was also above her knees.
The one where Noire once stood was a woman whose hair turned pure white and is worn down with a few inches cut off and her bangs having lengthened a bit messily. Her eyes turn a glowing teal as well. The outfit consist of a black bathing suit like part with the top of the breast and stomach area cut out while it connects around her neck. Her extra color is white/silver. She stood quite as tall as the transformed Neptune, if not a little shorter. Rabendā was in awe, was this her mothers' true forms?
"Mama Neptune, Mama Noire?" she asked, walking closer to them.
"Yes, this is us. In this form I am known as CPU Black Heart." spoke Black Heart whose voice was regal like than the one that stood before her.
"And I am CPU Purple Heart." spoke Purple Heart who voice wasn't like the Neptune she was used to in the few hours they spent. With Neptune her voice was playful and childish, but Purple Heart was mature like an adult. Were they really the same person? Rabendā took a hand to Purple Heart's hand and felt how warm and gentle it felt. It was like how Neptune first grabbed hold of her hand and held hers, that warm and gentle feeling was the same even in this form.
"Your hand feels warm, just how it was when I met you." she said softly only for Purple Heart to pat her head while she smiled at now shorter girl, "You really are Mama Neptune."
"Thank you for those kind words, I appreciate it," Purple Heart replied before taking hold of Rabendā's left wrist while Black Heart grabbed the other, "We should be going now, get ready." As their wings materialized appeared their backs. Translucent and matching their colors, while not flapping she felt herself being lifted off the ground and hovered just a little off the ground. Then as she felt herself gong higher and higher, it was then Rabendā saw it for the first time, the beauty of the new world she was born into. Mountains, hilltops, even the far off cites that were in Lastation. If she could squint her eyes for a moment, she thought she could see another nation far out in the distance. But regardless, this was the new world she was to live in. And as her new parents made their destination to Planeptune, she wondered the new faces and experiences this world had to offer for her.
A new chapter for Neptune, Noire, and Rabendā begins.
The new CPU Rabendā has set out into a new world. Now she departed to meet others in a world unfamiliar to her. What awaits her as she encounters new people?
Next Time: A Goddess of two Nations: Rabendā
Chapter 2: Meetings with the CPUs and human allies: A new start
Michael: And that is the start of my second Neptunia story and one of two Rabendā fics I am working. I mentioned in ASIC Revival chapter three there was a Xillia series esque story I was working on; this is the second story with this character. Both stories share one big element, and that's the inclusion of Noire's Generals from HyperDevotion: Goddess Black Heart as well as Tsundere Masochist Fencer Tiara from Fairy Fencer F. I'm gonna have a lot of fun with her character as I am watching the game right now on playthroughs and the new game that's coming out in the USA and Europe.
Now then my character Rabendā. She belongs to me and is my character. Her name as explained means 'Lavender' and a hint to her CPU name. Before calls of stealing a concept, no one owned CPUs making children concept, especially actually explaining the properties of Shares. This is also a chance on developing Neptune and Noire in a way that's not overdoing jokes and just forcing them and not letting the relationship grow. Who would you really want to read what might be 50+ chapters of the same jokes between them? I'm not expecting you like the new Noire and Neptune, but I do want you to give them a chance.
Originally this was going to extend to meeting Nepgear and Uni and the party but this chapter is long already so you are safe from what's going be twenty characters' introductions give or take. That will be a quarter of the story, better saving that where I can build more Neptune and Noire relationship. This is after VII so Gold Third will return in the fourth chapter and you know K-Sha will not like what's happened. Be ready for that battle between Neptune versus K-Sha as Neptune deals with that. As for this story, I have three arcs in planning for this, this is the start of the Rabendā arc where it's her being born, trained, and learning her transformation. And no, she's not gonna be busty, don't count on that. As for pairing, she's not shipped with any canon character, but my Maker based off the Dead or Alive series. I give you a hint: She's the main character's sister she's inspired from.
Hope you enjoyed this, this was probably since April or May I started this, hope you like to see more.