Friends Re;Birth

Chapter 1: Preparation

A young girl, wearing a black dress with a milky blue lining, and an unconnected belt with a bow at the back of the belt with a button-like circle connected her dress with her separate collar, sped into Lastation's Guild. With each step, her long black boots with a milky blue coloring at the top clacked against the floor and her silky black hair, tied into two side updo pigtails held together by black and milky blue ribbons, bounced until she stopped at the counter at the end of the lobby.

"E-Excuse me!" The girl's hands, covered by long fingerless gloves with a similar scheme to her boots, pressed themselves against the smooth, cold, marble countertop, raising herself up at the same time. Strapped to the left side of her belt was her U-ta, a small electronic device that allowed her to call her friends and connections, check her Chirper, and other actions that needed a smartphone, bounced around as she lifted herself up.

The girl's loud, high-pitched voice caught the attendant's attention, and the attention of everyone else around her. The attendant, giggling at young girl's shining ruby red orbs, smiled at her.

"Hey, she's kind cute."

"Dude, don't even. She's too young."

"Wait, doesn't she look familiar?"

"Yes, how may I help you?" The attendant turned her eyes behind the girl to see her goddess walking up behind her. "Ah, Lady Noire!"

Murmurs erupted behind her.

"That's Lady Noire!"

"Oh my god, it is her!"

"I'm so happy to work here!"

"Uni, you're too hasty." Noire, who almost identical to the smaller girl, except that she wore a dress that looked exceedingly complicated to put together in a small amount of time, placed a hand on the smaller girl. The attendant widened her hazelnut eyes, glancing from Noire to the smaller girl.

"O-Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't recognize you, Lady Uni!" All of the people in the surrounding area stared at the young girl, Uni. Uni's face flushed upon hearing the title in her name and diverted her eyes towards the counter, her cheeks slowly turning red.

"U-Um, I'd like to see what Quests are available…" Noire patted Uni on the head, letting the girl hide behind the counter.

"Sorry about that." Noire shrugged her shoulders, a small smile on her face. "Uni's a bit excited." The attendant nodded. "So can I take a look at the Quests?"

"O-Oh, yes! Of course!" The woman reached under her counter and pulled out a holographic screen. "He-Here you go!" Thanking the attendant, Noire turned around and leaned against the counter, scanning through the Quests.

"Hold on just for a second, Uni." Uni nodded enthusiastically. Spinning around, the CPU Candidate of Lastation clenched her fists and crouched down.

This was it!

All she had to do was get her Quest from Noire and then she'll be able to go on her first Quest… All on her own!

When she first heard that Noire wanted her to take care of a Quest on her own, Uni couldn't believe it. This has to be a reward for working so hard.

Uni nodded to herself, bumping a hand to her chest.

"Yeah, that's it!" Noire pushed on one of the rectangular boxes and returned the scroll to the attendant.

"This one please." The attendant nodded and began to prepare the Quest. Noire pulled out her phone and dialed a number.

"Hello, Neptune?" Noire pulled her phone away from her ear as an abnormally cheerful voice, catching Uni by surprise.

"Neptune?" Wasn't that Planeptune's CPU? Why would Noire call her?

"Geez, you don't need to yell everytime I call!" Noire glanced to the side. "N-Not that I don't like or anything…" Pressing her lips together, Noire furrowed her brows and put the phone in front of her mouth. "Anyway! You better make sure he gets here on time!" The CPU of Lastation put the phone back to her ear huffing. "I'm hanging up now." Noire's eyes widened as she looked at her phone's screen. "I'm not lone-" Noire sighed. "She hung up on me..."

Throughout that entire conversation, Uni was listening closely. He? What does Noire have an appointment with someone from Planeptune? Then would she have to call Neptune? Why didn't she just call him? Wait, why is Noire looking at her like that?

"Uni, here's your Quest." Oh. That's why she was looking at her. Uni took the small chip from Noire, plugging into her U-ta.

The Guild App opened up and popped open the Quest.

Quest:

I wanna go to the beach, but there are too many monsters! Someone please get rid of them for me! - Beach Lover

Location:

WaveRunner Coast

Clear Condition:

Defeat 100 enemies

Enemies:

Dogoo

M-3

Pixel Vader

King Pac

Epsilon

"O-O-One hundred!?" Uni nearly dropped her phone. One hundred monsters!? She knew that Noire expected her to handle this on her own, but this is too muc- No. Noire knew that she could handle this. That's why she was given this Quest!

Uni smiled to herself, happy at the responsibility given to her. Putting her phone away, Uni hyped herself up and turned to Noire.

"Don't worry, Noire! I won't let you down!" Noire smiled.

"Of course you won't." Noire glanced at her phone. "I just hope your partner is as good as Neptune brags about…" Uni stopped moving, dead in her tracks.

"Eh?" What? Partner? B-B-But… "W-Wait, Noire…" Uni slightly raised a hand to her older sister. "T-this Quest is just for me r-right?" Noire was bewildered.

"On your own?!" Noire shook her head. "I have no idea where you got that crazy idea from!" The CPU of Lastation crossed her arms, looking at her little sister. "There is no way that I'd let you do something as dangerous like this by yourself." Uni's hand trembled.

"B-But I worked hard…" Sighing, Noire put a hand on Uni's shoulder.

"Uni, you've worked hard. Trust me, I know. I've seen your progress. But like I said, taking on a hundred monsters would be too difficult on your own." Uni lowered her head, crestfallen. "I'm sorry, Uni. I stand by my decision. You'll meet your partner at the front of WaveRunner Coast." Noire walked towards the front entrance of the Guild. "Come on."

"Aw man…" Uni folded her hands behind the small of her back and kicked the shiny marble floor that just had been waxed a while ago. A janitor nearby looked tortured as Uni absentmindedly ruined his masterpiece. "I really thought Noire trusted me…" Slowly walking towards the front entrance, a thought slowly bubbled it's way up to her head.

What if…

What if Noire was testing her?

Yeah, that's it!

Noire was testing her to see if she could handle this Quest! Uni bet that if she was able to handle this perfectly, Noire would have to let her take Quests on her own!

Thrusting both fists into the air and ignoring the people around her, a fire began to burn in Uni's eyes, completely ignoring the powerful aura surrounding her and intimidating the people in the Guild.

"I'll do it!"

But first, she had to prepare…

Yeah, she had to bring supplies…

Like food, water, ammo, guns, some first aid, maybe even a gattling gun…

Uni is ready for this!

Just you wait, One hundred WaveRunner Coast monsters that she'll have to run into eventually! Uni's going to pelt you with a barrage of bullets- Not arrows, because she doesn't have any of those! Just bullets!