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It had been months since Nepgear and Uni had their Quest together, and so far, things have been looking up for Uni. The Candidate has been able to take multiple Quests on her own, most of them were small and easy to handle, while others were tasking and difficult, but not the level that her first Quest was.

Fortunately, Uni was able to keep in contact with Nepgear after Noire got his N-Gear number from Neptune. As a result, Nepgear has come over occasionally to accept Uni's challenges… and to hang with his friend.

Uni kept a tally of her win-loss ratio against Nepgear, since she was determined to keep the Planeptune Candidate as a rival. They were currently at three to three. Uni's victories consisted of light gun game pvps, paperwork (Noire was happy to have two people to help her with work) and laser gun fights. However, the girl has lost to Nepgear in baking and parkour. In reality, Uni has a win-lose ratio of three to two, but she secretly counts that fact that Nepgear has a rare gun, the N-Buster Mk I and she doesn't as a loss.

So far, whenever the two would have their matches, Nepgear would be the one to come over and visit. On the other hand, Uni herself has not gone to Planeptune to personally visit her friendly rival, because she was the one who kept inviting Nepgear over.

On a certain day, Uni was sitting in her room, thinking of what she could do to help her sister or relieve her boredom until the end of the day. On her bed, Uni's U-ta was ringing a specific ringtone. The ringtone was actually a section of a song by 5pb., a song that reminded Uni of Nepgear.

Getting off of her chair, Uni picked up her device and unlocked, revealing a notification that said that she got a message. Opening her Chirper app, Uni found the message was sent from Nepgear.

Hi, Uni. I have something for you, so can you come over today?

The girl's eyes widened as she slowly set down the phone. Picking up the phone again, Uni closed the app and opened it again.

The message was still there.

"At Lowee? Why are you having us go there instead of Leanbox?" Noire tapped her foot against the floor as she listened to the other person on the phone explain herself. "'Everything will explained there?' ...Alright, I'll be there in three days." Suddenly, Noire's face flushed. "Why would I know if Neptune can make it!? It's not like I'm her babysitter or anything like that!" The Lastation goddess pulled the receiver away from her ear and stared at the screen as it display the call ending. "She hung up on me!?" Uni sweatdropped as she watched her sister grit her teeth.

"Um… Noire?" Noire put her phone on her desk with a huff.

"Of all th- Oh, Uni. What is it?" Uni played with her hair.

"Well…" Uni explained Nepgear's invitation and Noire crossed her arms. "And that's it."

"I don't see what the problem is." Noire's little sister widened her eyes.

"But Nepgear's my rival! Wouldn't going to his home break any notion of being heates rivals?" The CPU of Lastation shook her head.

"Uni, there's nothing wrong with going to hang out at a rival's home." Noire craned her neck away, her eyes a dull shade of red. "His older sister barges in here every once in a while." Uni tilted her head to the side.

"Sis?" Noire shook her head, her twintails swishing from side to side

"Anyways, when are you going?"

"Well, he asked if I could come today, so I guess right now?" Noire smiled.

"Yeah, sure. Go have fun." When Uni didn't leave, Noire raised her eyebrow. "Well? Aren't you gonna act like a teenage girl and run outside all excited?" Uni sweatdropped.

"I was wondering if you could take me there." Noire blinked.

"Oh. Sorry, I can't take you there myself, I got a lot of work to do." Noire crossed her arms and closed her eyes. "Hmm… Oh I know." Noire reached for her phone and flicked through the numbers before choosing one to call. "Hey, Neptune…"

Within a couple hours, Uni and Noire were standing one of the highest balconies in Lastation's Basilicomm. Uni had grabbed her bag, inside was her U-ta and other necessities. Not long after after Uni checked inside her bag for the third time, a purple flash of light aopeared in the sky and Purple Heart descended onto balcony with elegance and poise.

"I've arrived, Noire." The black haired CPU rolled her eyes

"You need to state the obvious. Anyways, I'm entrusting Uni to you." Noire placed an arm over her little sister, while Uni glanced the ground.

Purple Heart stared at Uni, her eyes still and unmoving. After a moment, the purple haired goddess nodded.

"...Alright, I'll take good care of her." And Purple Heart leaned close to Noire's ear. "And remember our deal…" The goddess backed away, a smug smile on her face as Noire huffed.

"Just take my sister there… and of course." Uni noticed that her sister's cheeks were a little red but she dismissed it.

Purple Heart stepped back and held out her arms like a hug.

"Come here, Uni." Uni nodded.

"Y-Yeah." The Lastation Candidate walked into the Planeptune Goddess's tight embrace and the two shot into the air, leaving behind a strong gust of wind and Noire covering her face from dust.

Afraid to look at her fri-rival's older sister, Uni stared as the passing scenery as Purple Heart carried her from Lastation to Planeptune. Grasslands, forests, villages and other sights zipped by in an instant thanks to a CPU's speed while in Hard Drive Divinity, especially Purple Heart, who was characterized by her speed, which was also given to Planeptune's Mascot Character.

"Uni." Startled, the girl looked up to see Purple Heart's bright blue eyes meet her own own ruby ones. "How do you see yourself alongside Nepgear?" Uni blinked her eyes.

"What question is that? He's my rival!" A determined smile grew on the Candidate's face, although Purple Heart rose an eyebrow.

"Is that all?" Purple Heart stared ahead before speaking again. "No ulterior motive?"

"No, why would I have one?" The CPU shook her head as her hair was blown aside by the air as she sped past it.

"Nepgear's been… unfortunate when comes to women."

"Huh?"

"His kind nature and youthful appearance… can attract the wrong crowd." Purple Heart closed her eyes. "I still remember the day Nepgear was almost kidnapped." Uni's eyes widened.

"Kidnapped!?" A sigh.

"Yes, had it not been for Histy and IF's help, Nepgear would have lost his chastity on that day."

"Ch-!" Uni turned her attention to the scenery passing by, they had passed the border between Lastation and Planeptune as she could see Virtua Forest and other landmarks that populate Planeptune's country. "Who would do that to Nepgear!?"

"...His fanclub for one."

"He has a fanclub!?"

"One that he has no knowledge of." Purple Heart began to slow down as they reached a subway station. Once they were above the station, the CPU began to descend.

"Neptune? I thought we were going to the Basilicom?" The two touched the ground and Purple Heart released her grip.

"I'm afraid this is as far as I can take you," Turning around, Uni and Purple Heart saw two figures approaching them. They were Neptune's closest Maker friends: the Windwalker of Gaminudstri, IF, and the Nurse that heals all boo boos with bandaids, Compa. "You see, I promised Compa that I'd go grocery shopping with her today."

"Nep Nep!" Purple Heart was engulfed in a bright light, leaving behind her smaller, happier, and non-divine counterpart.

"Hey, Compa! Sorry to keep ya waiting!" Once Compa was in range, Neptune hopped into a hug with the nurse, snuggling. From behind Compa, IF sighed and shrugged her shoulders.

"You two better get going if you want to get on the train." Still in the hug, Neptune made a V with her fingers.

"Don't keep your panties twisted, Iffy! All I gotta do is say that I'm their CPU and they'll give us free VIP tickets!" Uni watched the conversation unfold, then looking around.

"How am I supposed to get to the Basilicom from here? IF patted the girl on the shoulder, giving a reassuring smile.

"I'll take you to PlanepTower from here. Come on." The Guild agent waved goodbye to Neptune and Compa, who were entering the station at the same time IF and Uni were leaving. IF led Uni to her motorcycle, producing two helmets from her inventory. "Here."

"Thanks." Uni put on the helmet and the two left the parking lot that the motorcycle had been parked in and turned left.

"No problem, you know Gear has been looking forward to you coming here." Despite having a motorcycle, Uni was still able to hear IF over the loud rumble of the engine.

"Really?" IF made a right.

"Oh yeah, it's cause your Nepgear's first friend that he made without Neptune's help."

"First…" Uni felt honored by the idea of being Nepgear's friend, shaking the thought away as she was determined to see the boy as a rival and nothing more.

"It kind of doesn't help that Nep's overprotective."

"Oh yeah, she sorta interrogated me." IF slowed down.

"Did she tell you what happened to Nepgear?" Uni nodded, remembering that IF was facing the road.

"...Yeah." IF sighed as she made a left then stopped at a stoplight.

"It doesn't help that the first time Gear went out with us, some random woman looked at him and immediately asked him to marry him." Uni flinched. "Obviously, we had to help him get away from her. But then, he accidentally bumped into another woman and helped her up… only for her to get lovestruck."

"...How does Nepgear react to that?" IF shook her head.

"He's too kind, sometimes for his own good. Luckily, Nepgear's too focused on trying to help people to notice their advances. At the same time, that can be a double edged sword for him too." IF's motorcycle stopped at a parking spot and the owner of the bike hopped off. "Well, we're here." Uni got off IF's motorcycle, took off her helmet and looked up at the massive structure that was Planeptune's Basilicom.

"Woah…" Mesmerized by the building in front of her, Uni was startled when IF patted her on the shoulder. "W-what?"

"The entrance is over here, come on." Uni noticed that the parking spot that IF had settled her bike in was covered by the PlanepTower's height, and she noticed that the door they were entering was not as glamorous as she would have been led to believe. "By the way, this is the back entrance into the Basilicom." The Lastation Candidate sighed in relief.

Instead of seeing the front lobby, Uni was treated to the emergency stairs for people who like to have them for emergencies, or for the occasional sprint up the stairs when the elevators took too long to get the floor a person was at.

"Nep and Gear live at top of the tower." Uni's eyes immediately widened. "But Nepgear's on the third floor, working on his Gear-Wing."

"Gear-Wing?" IF nodded.

"Yeah, his starship, plane, whatever you call it." Uni mouthed "oh."

"That was probably the thing he piloted on our first Quest." Upon entering the third floor, the duo encountered a small girl with fairy wings and sat on a thick, opened tome.

"Ah, good job in bringing her here IF." The small girl smiled at Uni.

"Hello, Lastation CPU Candidate Uni. I am Histoire, the Tome of Gamindustri and Planeptune's Oracle. I am glad that you came at Nepgear's request. m(_ _)m " Histoire bowed despite sitting. Uni copied Histore's actions.

"Th-thank you for having me." Smiling once more, Histoire turned to IF.

"Is there anything you need before you embark on your Quest?" IF shook her head.

"Nah, I'm prepared." Histoire's face turned into one of worry.

"Please, don't overexert yourself. If you need to, just take what you need from Planeptune's storage. (o^ ^o)" IF grinned and crossed her arms.

"Alright, I'll be careful. I'm heading off now." IF waved goobye, while Uni and Histoire did the same.

"Take care…" Histoire floated in front of Uni's peripheral vision.

"Allow me to take to where Nepgear is." Uni swallowed.

"O-Ok." Histoire levitated down the hallway, Uni following closely behind her.

"I must say, Nepgear was very excited to have you come here. (￣︶￣)" Uni's cheeks flushed red.

"Why is everyone saying that, I'm just his rival." Histoire giggled.

"Rivals you may be, but for an introvert such as Nepgear, having someone around the same age as him is pleasant."

"Introvert?" Histore stopped in the air.

"Despite Neptune's… behavior, she has doted on and spoiled her brother, causing him to lack some social skills and other necessities." Sighing, the Oracle of Planeptune faced Uni. "I'm sure that Neptune has informed you of the incident involving Nepgear." Uni nodded. "Had Nepgear been sufficently trained, such an incident would never have occurred." Histoire turned to a door, placing her tiny hand on the control console beside it. "As a result, Neptune has become overprotective of Nepgear, but I believe that your bond will give Nepgear the chance to enjoy things other than his hobbies." The door slid open, revealing a garage-like room. "This is the hangar part of Nepgear's lab. He is inside." Before she went inside, Uni pointed at the door.

"Just the hangar?" Histoire nodded.

"This entire floor is Nepgear's lab." Uni froze for a second, before shaking her head and blinking her eyes multiple times.

"Uh… okay then…" Histoire asked Uni to enjoy her stay and left the girl in front of the open door.

Taking a second to compose herself, Uni walked into the garage of Nepgear's lab. The inside looked simple, but then Uni noticed all the scattered parts, the holograms displaying statistics that she couldn't discipher. As Uni walked further and further into the room, she could hear the faint sound of machinery being worked on.

Uni kept walking until she found a railing. Looking over the railing, the Lastation Candidate found a starship that looked like the one she had briefly seen when Nepgear arrived in it. This aircraft was significantly wider and lost most of it pointed design.

Upon closer inspection, Uni saw pair of legs sticking out from under the plane. Since this was called "Nepgear's lab," Uni could guess who was inside.

"Nepgear?" A gasp could be heard from under the vehicle.

"Un-" A loud bang. "Owwie!" Nepgear rolled out from under his work. The Planeptune Candidate was wearing a pair of jeans and a sleeveless shirt, his clothes were torn and stained in oil while his shirt was drenched in sweat. "You came!" Nepgear stood up and took a lift up to Uni's floor. The boy ran over to Uni before screeching to a halt and stepping back.

"What?"

"I… kinda need to take a bath." Uni nodded in understanding. "But you can take this," Nepgear gestured to a panel on the other side of the floor they were on. "You can wait in my room until I get back."

"Oh, I guess that's- Wait your room!?" Nepgear blinked.

"Where else could you wait?" Uni sweatdropped.

"I don't know… maybe your living room?" Nepgear shook his head.

"Goodness, no! The living room is too messy right now since Neptune plays most of her games there." Uni sweatdropped.

"The person who's worried about Nepgear is causing me trouble…" Nepgear took his dirty gloves, which Uni just noticed, and placed his hands on Uni's shoulders.

"Come on, there's nothing wrong with having a friend sit in another's room."

"We're rivals! And there's plenty wrong with a girl going into a guy's room!"

"My sister comes and goes in all the time so it's fine." Before Uni could rebuttle, Nepgear gently pushed onto the panel, which lit up a light purple color. "I'll see you in fifteen minutes!"

"Wait!" Uni's surroundings changed from the dull looking hangar to a pleasant bedroom. The girl stepped off the panel she stood on, and a rug cover slid over it. " Th-This is…"

Nepgear's room looked simple in design. A bed on one side of the room and a desk and TV on the other side of the room. The walls were light purple, and had posters of robots and machines covering the walls. The posters were spaced an equal amount as well. Nepgear's bed was an average-looking mattress and bed. On top of the bed was a purple blanket with a lavender pillow. There was a closet on the opposite side of Nepgear's bed and in between the two was a window that revealed Planeptune's capital city.

"Whoa…" And at the same time, the window revealed how high Nepgear's room was from the ground. "I bet everyone looks like ants from up here." Suddenly, Uni turned towards the closet.

Shaking her head, Uni walked away from the window and towards the desk. On Nepgear's desk was a laptop with an N logo on it, his N-Gear off to the side, and his gun that was able to change into a sword. Uni was able to figure this out because the weapon was still in sword form.

As she was about to pick up the bladeless weapon, Uni's eyes glanced upwards. Reflecting her ruby eyes was a picture frame. The girl picked it up. Inside was a picture of Nepgear, smiling bashfully as Neptune wrapped her arms around her little brother's waist. Next to her, Compa was glomping Neptune, and by extension, Nepgear. On Nepgear's other side was IF, leaning her back onto the boy and turning to face the camera. Sitting on IF's head was Histoire, looking as tiny as ever.

Uni noticed a label on the bottom of the wooden frame; the label was a simple silver plate with one purple word engraved onto it: Family.

Upon putting down the frame, Uni saw another one. This one had a silver frame with another label: Friends. However, what made Uni feel uncomfortable wasn't the label, but what was inside the frame. Looking away, Uni stepped away from the desk and painfully glanced at the 'Friends' frame again.

The Lastation Candidate saw nothing.

"Ah… Taking a bath feels good." The closet opened up and Nepgear walked into his room, drying his hair with a towel. "Hey, Uni." The boy pulled the towel off of his head, revealing that his hair was tangled and messy. "Do you like my room?"

"..." Uni's weren't on the room, but the owner's clothing. Nepgear a sleeveless white undershirt and shorts. It was at that moment Uni realized that Nepgear was neither buff or flabby.

"Uni?" The girl shook her head.

"F-Fine! Fine! Your room is fine!" Nepgear sighed in relief.

"Phew! I'm relieved!" Nepgear turned back to the closet and pushed a button, the sounds of machinery and other things moving coming from inside. After a second, Nepgear dropped to his knees and pulled out a small wooden table. "I was afraid that you'd think my room was weird."

As Nepgear put up the table, Uni raised an eyebrow.

"Why would I think it's weird?" Nepgear pressed his hands together.

"We-Well, wouldn't girls think that robots are weird?" Uni narrowed her eyebrows.

"What kind of sexism is that?" Nepgear flinched.

"S-Sexism!? N-no, I didn't mean it like that!" Uni sat herself at the table, nodding her head slowly.

"Suuure." Uni relaxed into her seat when they heard the door knock.

"Who's there?"

"...Nepgear, it's… me." Histoire's strained voice sounded from behind the door.

"Coming!" Nepgear walked towards the door and Uni could hear the mechanism turn as her rival opened the door. "Oh, Histoire. You didn't need to do that!"

"...At least… let me do this… much… for all your hard… work. (￣.￣;)" The sounds of glasses tapping against each other.

"Please, go rest once you've finished your work." Uni looked around once more, not finding anything important to notice.

"Thank you, Nepgear. It puts me at ease that you're reliable… unlike your sister…" Nepgear chuckled slowly.

"Well… that is one of Neptune's strong points."

"...Strong points. Yes. Let's go with that shall we? (￢_￢)" The door closed and Nepgear's footsteps could be heard as he approached the table again.

"Uni, Histoire brought us iced tea. Do you want a glass?" The boy walked over to the table, carrying a tray that held a pitcher of iced tea and a couple of tall glasses. "It has been kinda warm these days…"

"I'll have one." Nepgear nodded and poured a glass, handing it to his companion. The boy began to pour a glass when his door suddenly burst open.

"I knew it!" Histoire floated into the room, her face red and her eyes white circles. "Nepgear, what are doing!?"

"Pouring iced tea?" Histoire pointed at Nepgear, specifically at his clothes.

"No, your clothes! Have some decency! ヽ(ﾟ〇ﾟ)ﾉ" Nepgear looked at his shirt and Uni could practically see a question mark pop up over his head.

"But… I dress like this all the time and everyone doesn't mind." Both Uni and Histoire sweatdropped.

"Nepgear, that applies to family. Not guests. (￢_￢)"

"Not guest?"

"No, most people would be uncomfortable with that kind of thing." Nepgear smiled.

"But Uni wouldn't be disturbed by this, right Un-" When Nepgear turned to his friend, Uni made the face as Histoire's emoticon. "U-Uni?"

Uni turned away from her rival, scratching her cheek.

"Sorry, Nepgear." Nepgear blinked, looked at his clothes, then back to Uni.

"OH MY GOSH! I'm so sorry!" Nepgear shot up, rushing to his closet and rapidly pushing the button. "No! No! No! I don't want the teleporter! I want my clothes!" Histoire and Uni watched Nepgear panic.

"Thank goodness that he finally caught on." Uni looked to Histoire as she sighed in relief. "Nepgear will be like this for a while, so please enjoy your stay."

"Y-Yeah, I will. Thanks." Histoire bid Uni goodbye and left the room. Once she left, Uni watched Nepgear panic more.

"No! Not my weapons rack! I WANT MY CLOOOTHES!"

After a couple of minutes, Nepgear was finally able to grab a purple striped polo shirt and hastily put it on.

"S-Sorry, Uni. I didn't know…" Uni giggled. "Wh-what?"

"Nepgear, you're weird."

"Weird!? Me!? Aw…"

"It's not a bad thing." Nepgear's frown turned upside down.

"Oh, thanks Uni." Nepgear took a sip of his drink as Uni remembered something.

"Nepgear." The boy continued to drink as he made eye contact with his friend. "You wanted to show me something right?" Nepgear pulled his glass away from his mouth, put it down and swallowed his iced tea.

"Oh, yes! Hold on!" Nepgear ran to his closet again and pushed a button.

"Again with the closet…" Nepgear pulled out a crowbar and walked to his bedside. and dropped to his hands and knees. Using the crowbar, Nepgear pulled a panel off the floor and reached inside. While his arm was under the floor, the Planeptune Candidate turned to his friend and smiled.

"Hang on, Uni. Almost there." Uni raised an eyebrow as she watched Nepgear randomly make faces as he searched around. "Ah! Found it!"

Pulling his arm out from under the floor, Nepgear procured a black box with a gray ribbon tied to the box.

"A present? Nepgear, you didn't have to get me anything." The boy walked over to Uni and happily put the box in her hands.

"No, no. Please, I insist." Hesitantly taking the box, Uni placed it on the table as she could hear Nepgear replacing the panel and the crowbar.

The box itself was about the size of a tablet, but as thick as Histore's tome. Gently putting her thumb and index finger on one end of the ribbon, Uni pulled it. The ribbon became undone and the girl lifted the box. Inside the box was a pistol, white in color an-

"Wait, is the N-Buster MK I!?" Uni's head zipped to Nepgear, who was in the middle sitting down. "A-Are you giving this to me?" Nepgear smiled while extending a hand.

"It's all yours." Uni took the gun out of the box and looked at it closely. Meanwhile, Nepgear scratched the side of his cheek bashfully as he watched Uni marvel over her gift. "After all, you'd take better care of it than I would…" The boy pressed his fingers together and looked at his glass of iced tea. "And you're my first friend too."

"Th-This is awesome! Thanks, Nepgear!" Nepgear looked back up and sweatdropped.

"I guess she didn't hear me… Aw…" Uni blinked her eyes and then looked at her CPU Candidate companion.

"But what will you do without this?" Nepgear grinned.

"Well, I've tried to repair my Buster-Sword, but it turns out that the energy core melted the parts together, so it's irreparable." Nepgear walked over to his desk and opened the drawer. "However!" The CPU youngling pulled out a folded up piece of paper and returned to Uni. "I've begun to draw my schematics in making my own gun!" Unfolding the paper, Nepgear revealed his plans to Uni. "I call it, the Gear-Buster!"

Smiling, a sudden realization hit the Lastation Candidate.

"Wait, if I just let Nepgear butter me up like this, he'll gain the advantage in our rivalry!?" Uni bit her lip. "But how am I going to repa- I mean, counter, something as earnest as this?"

"But I can really make it…" Uni perked up at the sound of Nepgear's situation.

"What's wrong?" Nepgear looked at his drawings and sighed.

"I don't have the sources to get all the parts I need to create this, even with IF…" Uni's eyes sparkled.

"Rival Event start!"

"Let me see that." Nodding, Nepgear pushed the paper across the table, letting Uni scrutinize the details. "Hey, I have spares of these parts! But, some of them won't work together well…" Uni picked up the plans and folded them up. "I can take care of this."

"R-Really!?" The boy clasped his hands together, his eyes shining. "You can!?" A grin on her face, Uni nodded.

"In fact, I can make it essentially like the way you drew, with minor changes of course." Nearly knocking over his drink, Nepgear bowed, his palms on the top of the table.

"Please do!" Uni raised her arms, surprised at Nepgear's humble request.

"Ho-Hold on! I said I'd do it! Geez, you don't have to beg like that all of a sudden." Pushing her hair aside, Uni winked and gave Nepgear a thumbs up. "I can't just let my rival have a disadvantage after all." Uni could practically see an aura of happiness around the boy.

"Thanks, Uni. You're the greatest friend that I could ask for."

"Fr-! Rival! We're rivals!" When Nepgear laughed, Uni pouted and began to shake a bit. "That's it! A duel! In order to prove that we are meant to be rivals, we're going to have showdown, right now!" Taken aback, Nepgear scooted backwards a bit as Uni pointed a finger at him.

"Wh-What are going to do?" Grinning, Uni crossed her arms.

"I'm going to challenge you to a game of your choosing, and beat you at it so bad that you're gonna wish that you didn't invite me!"

"O-Okay, I'll get a game ready."

"..." Nepgear looked at Uni, who was sitting next to him, her eye twitching.

"Uni, is there something wrong?" Uni looked at the one controller in Nepgear's hand, then to her own, which was missing a controller. The girl looked at the television screen in front of her, narrowing her eyes.

"What are we playing?" Nepgear sweatdropped at Uni's unenthusiasm.

"...The Game of Life." Uni turned to Nepgear will dull eyes.

"Why are we playing this?"

"You said we could play any game I wanted…" Uni scratched her head with both of her hands.

"I was expecting something more rival-like! Like Queen of Brawlers or Hedgehog Fighters!" Uni crossed her legs and her arms, pouting once more. "...Something we could fight over."

"Neptune has those kinds of games, sorry." Nepgear rose the controller up a bit. "But we can still compete in this game too. We can bet on what will happen, or try to influence charaters. Oh, we can make our own characters and have them duel!" Somewhat intrigued, Uni sat up straight.

"Fine, but I get to choose what my character looks like." Nepgear bounced on his spot of the floor.

"Ooooh, I'm so excited! SHould we be best friends, or even childhood friends!"

"He-Hey, I said rivals! Rivals!"

"Histy, we're hoooome!" Compa skipped into the living quarters of the Basilicom, heading straight for the kitchen to drop off the loot they had foraged for.

"Heya, Histy!" Histoire crossed her arms as Planeptune's CPU bounded into the room a pack of pudding in her arms. "I wonder how's my little Nep Jr. doing…"

"Neptune…" Dropping her snack at the table, Neptune stealthily moved towards her little brother's room while singing a certain tune that was reminiscent of a special agent with numbers as his codename.

"Hey, Nep Jr.~ Big Sis is here~" Peeking her head into the Nepgear's room, Neptune found her brother and an intriguing sight.

Nepgear was asleep against the bed frame, a blanket wrapped around his body to keep him warm and a couple of pillows to keep his body from aching. But it wasn't just the sight of her adorable little brother sleeping that startled her, but seeing Uni in the same blanket as Nepgear, leaning on his shoulder, asleep as well.

The television screen as on, it revealed two characters, a purple haired male name GeGe and a black haired female name Yni standing next to each other, happily holding each others' hands. Above them was the ending game screen that said: Enjoy the rest of your Game of Life together, GeGe & Yni! At the bottom right corner of the screen was a little option that said: Auto-play, which was lit up, meaning that it functioning.

"Hmm… Methinks that there's gonna be a ship a sailin'." Wrapping the blanket tighter around the Candidates without suffocating Uni, Neptune left her brother's room silently, only to find Histoire waiting for her outside.

"Neptune… you may be Nepgear's older sister. But cannot just invade on his private affairs!" The tiny fairy pinched the goddess's ear and began dragging her into the living room. "You are going to have lesson on manners and privacy, right now!"

"What!? Bu-But, Histy…. Noooooooo-" The door closed as Neptune reached out in desperation.