Within a short while, I, Noire and Uni proceeded to leave the Lastation Basilicom, heading towards the nation of Planeptune to fill Histoire in on what had happened with me. Being forced from my own home, it's still rather… new to me. I'm not entirely sure what I should do or even how I'm going to live in a world without my PC!

"Pick up the pace Thomas! We won't ever arrive in Planeptune if all you're going to do is slow us down!" I nod and increase my speed, accidentally outpacing Noire who was genuinely surprised by my sudden increase in speed. I'm not sure why she would be surprised, considering the fact; well… she doesn't know how fast I can go. Makes sense now.

He's pretty fast… maybe faster than me. No way! He can't be faster than me! I'll just speed run too! Noire thought and decided to do the same as me, increasing her speed but found it was pointless to do this. I was simply faster than her, at least according to my speed walking. I wonder what Uni's doing… probably using the same speed as everyone else.

He's still faster than me?! Guess I'll have to go faster! Again, Noire increases her speed but it only slightly increased because this is anime, I'm not from the anime world. This should make me faster than most of the Hyperdimension Neptunia characters. Hmm… maybe I'm going a bit too fast? I think I am. I'm not really sure. I wonder what Uni has to say on the matter.

"Uni? Am I going too… fast…?" When I turn around, Uni is nowhere to be seen, she has disappeared. Well, that's what I get for speeding up. Maybe I should go back and find… her. Now Noire has disappeared. That's just brilliant… I hate it when, no. This doesn't usually happen. And I don't like using the h word.

Oh well, at least I get to listen to my music in peace. Alright then, what should I listen to… when I scroll through the available music, I decide to choose a rather new song which is a parody of an original song. It's very catchy with quite a bit of humor in it… I wonder who's curious as to what I'm listening to.

[Oh oh oh! Me me! I wanna know!]

Very well. Did I un-mute you? Eh, it's fine. What I'm listening to is the Alexander Anderson song by Team4Star, if anyone's familiar with that. It's very well done, even though I haven't listened to the original song, its still, awesome! That's it, I'm blasting this song.

"Where did Uni go? I'm even sure where to start…" I say aloud, wandering aimlessly throughout the city, being very careful as to who I ran into, if I ever did that. Oh well, this is nice as well, a calm, relaxing stroll through Lastation. Hehe, this part is funny.

"Well, I'm the vampire that shot him." I don't think this song will ever grow old. Still, I need to locate Uni and join her and Noire to head towards Planeptune. That's weird… I keep hearing very familiar voices. I should lower the volume. Just when I did this, I recognize the two voices I kept hearing.

"Thomas! There you are! Honestly… you move too fast for someone of your age. I found Uni wandering the streets, same as you. Come on, let's get a move on!" Noire annoyingly said, turning around and moving toward an area which should lead to Planeptune? I don't know, I'm just a follower here, alongside Uni. I'm super excited to meet Neptune and the others but yet… what is this feeling?

I really want to meet Nepgear and Neptune, I really do! So why am I not feeling as excited as I usually am for something new? Could it be the day I've been having? Or is it something else which disrupted my day? Either one seems logical but I am unable to figure out which one would fit this particular situation.

This isn't the first time that this has happened but I'd rather not get into *that*. What I will say is, I was in a pretty sour mood roughly 2-3 days ago. Anyways, I should resume searching for Noire and Uni who disappeared due to how fast I am. I shouldn't be super-fast though, just as fast as a human.

"Hey…" Hmm? What was that? I thought I heard a familiar voice call out to me from afar. Perhaps I should lower the volume of my music. When I do this however, the voice was even more loud and recognizable than before, possibly due to the volume of my music being lowered.

"Hey. I'm talking to you." There it is again. Just who does this voice belong to? Hmm… according to my memory, it can't possibly be that of Noire now could it? Roughly 50/50 but only at that. I'll just take my headphones off so I can listen more clearly to who the voice could be.

"Ahem! Look behind you!" A familiar voice beckoned to me from behind and I quickly turn around, noticing an exhausted Uni who was sweating from her forehead. Wait… why is she able to sweat? I thought she was in perfect shape, given the fact she is a CPU, albeit a candidate. Oh look, Noire's behind her, not nearly as exhausted as Uni is.

"Sorry…" I apologize to Uni who turns around and beckons me to follow with a simple hand gesture and of course, I follow her. Why is it anime characters are so easily exhausted from walking a short distance? I don't think I'll ever understand that confusing concept. "It's alright…"

Very nice, Uni just said it was alright under her breath. All is well then; this is going to be a nice, relaxing walk to Planeptune. I wonder how Nepgear and Neptune are doing… well; Neptune slacks off so that's obvious. Nepgear, not so much. I still don't get why I'm not over the top excited to meet them though.

Hmm… now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder what else Nepgear and Neptune do on their breaks or off-time, I don't know. That… is not an easy question to answer, at least from my perspective. I guess it doesn't really matter all that much, I just want to meet them.

"You're walking too slow!" Noire suddenly appeared behind me and poked me with a stick she just so happened to find. But the stick poked my backpack instead. I wonder which scene this is from. Perhaps I am moving a bit slow but I don't want to move too fast, so as to lose them yet again. Yeah, I'll move a bit faster, at a pace that Noire and Uni can still keep up with.

There we go, I'm speed walking again but at least Noire and Uni can keep up with me, right? When I look back, I notice the two girl's a few feet behind me, apparently struggling to catch up with me. Hmm… I'm starting to wonder about a CPU being powerful in this dimension. Also, why am I imagining Noire performing the Fusion Dance with Uni?

Eh, my minds always imagining strange things… how long will it take to arrive in Planeptune from Lastation? And now Noire and Uni are ahead of me. Oh no they don't! I'm the one who should be faster! Just as I increase my speed, the two move out of the way and increase their speed as well, trying to match my own.

"You are kidding. Not going to happen! I'm the only one who gets to be fast!" I dashed passed Noire and Uni who were taken aback by my sudden increase in speed, completely bewildered. This could go on for hours but I decided to slow down, Noire and Uni managed to catch up to me in roughly 5-6 minutes. I wasn't really counting but this is my guess.

Wait a monna...I just noticed something very important. I'm not stuttering as much as I usually do. Whenever I tried saying long sentences, no one could understand me. Sometimes, not even myself. Could it be it was removed in this story?! This is simply a guess.

"*Breathing heavily.* Huh. Your crazy fast. Was it necessary to outpace us?" Uni sighed, catching her breath with her older sister doing the same while I remained confused by her statement. They seem exhausted by the looks of it. Maybe I did go too fast this time around. My heart is racing, yes, but I am enjoying this exercise.

"Ugh, it doesn't really matter. Let's just head to Planeptune and explain this mess to Histoire." An annoyed Noire said, walking past me and heading towards Planeptune with me and Uni joining her. I shouldn't get annoyed by this since this is how Noire is, a tsundere as Neptune has said many, many times.

~45 minutes later.

"We arrived, finally! That took longer than expected, probably because of Thomas slowing us down!" Hmm… you know, even after playing through HDN Rebirth: 1, 2 and 3, I still don't fully understand Noire. Is she mad, sad? Hiding her feelings? These things I do not know the answer to. Well, she doesn't seem mad to me, at least from my point of view. At least Uni is still here with us, to make the trip more… bah, I don't know.

"Come on Thomas, let's see Histoire." Uni says, directing me toward the Nep Tower as the locals seem to call it and something I remember from HDN The Animation which I absolutely loved! Well, I should move onwards, don't want to be left behind again. When me, Noire and Uni head through the streets, something in the crowd catches my eye.

"Huh…" Where I'm looking at appeared to be some sort of stick with the end part curved and a hat was seen near it. Just as I drew closer, the person noticed me from afar and moved towards my direction. "What's this? Someone has spotted my presence."

"You there! Are you part of the organization?! Answer me!" Is she talking to me? Yeah, that should be obvious… and the part she said at the end. The organization..? Hmm… this reference is very familiar to me. Oh yeah! That's from ****** ****. Oh, why is it censored? This person did ask me a question. Hmm… eh, I'll just deny it, not like I have any other options.

"I'm, uh… not part of the organization." I seriously doubt she'll buy this, after all, she is supposed to be a "mad scientist" who is directly correlated to a certain mad scientist from a different show. Her name should ring a bell but I haven't played Rebirth: 1 in quite some time.

"How long are you going to stand there? Come on, let's go!" Uni grabs my collar from behind and pulls me away from the girl wearing a long blue colored dress who eyed me down before turning away. After a rather short while, we finally arrive at the Nep Tower. So this is it huh? Up close, it does look… interesting.

"Hmm? Was that Uni?" A voice was heard from behind us, something which was very familiar to me. I know its a girl but I can't seem to put my finger on… oh. Now I remember, of course! The second person Neptune, CPU of Planeptune, met in Rebirth: 1. "Oh, hey IF."

"Hey Uni. Here to visit Nep?" IF asked Uni, not noticing I was standing next to Uni who was now conversing with IF. It's fine, really, I'll just stand here and happily listen to my music while Noire grows impatient. "Iffy, there's someone next to Uni."

"Your right. Hey, who are you?" IF directed her attention toward me, lowering the volume and I took my headphones off. When I look at IF… wow, she must have a dozen phones on her. It's crazy, man. It's crazy. That's unimportant. I'll introduce myself. "I'm Thomas."

"Nice to meet ya Thomas. I'm IF. You'll most likely see me around the Guild. Are you here to see Nep as well?" I nod at her question, the girl eyeing the phone I have in my pocket, barely able to see it from where she's standing. Why would she want to look at my phone? It's not interesting. "I'll be joining you then."

With that, Compa and IF proceed to walk alongside me, Noire and Uni inside an elevator which led to the top of the Nep Tower. Why such a building was given a name is beyond me. Well.. wow, the view from here is, amazing! Simply exquisite. "Tom-Tom?"

"Hmm?" I look around for anyone else named Tom-Tom, only to realize Compa was referring to me. I seem to remember Neptune given the nickname Nep-Nep by Compa since apparently, it's too difficult to pronounce Neptune. Eh, I'm not judging, just saying. "Are you feeling alright?"

I nod at Compa's question and wait for the elevator to reach the top floor which didn't take as long as one would expect. When we finally arrived, the doors opened, revealing the living room where I get to meet three more important characters. "Neptune, for crying out loud, get some work done!"

"But Histy, I've been working for the past two hours! Don't I deserve a break?" Neptune complained about working to Histoire, as per the usual. I find this humorous mainly because this seems to be a recurring joke in the series, the games and the manga which I did read although I haven't read all the HDN manga's, I plan to. One day. That and Histoire's absurdly long lectures.

"No! If I left you take a break, you'll just slack off for days! Get more paperwork done and maybe, just maybe we'll discuss this break of yours." Histoire yelled at Neptune who resumed her paperwork, albeit with a bit of sass while the rest of us who arrived were apparently being ignored. Makes sense, I'm fine with this. "Histoire, I think we have some visitors."

Nepgear takes notice of those gathered in front of the elevator, Histoire floated over to see who had just arrived. Out of all the people she noticed, I was the only one who stood out among the crowd. Is it my hair, weight? Height? Your guess is as good as mine or greater. "Your right, we do have some visitors and a newcomer. Who might you be?"

"Who, me? My name is Thomas." I introduce myself and happily shake Histoire's hand who immediately brings it back. Huh… I guess it's because of my big hands. Hmm? Oh, Nepgear is walking towards me. Is she? Whenever this happens, it's usually the person behind me that the person wants to see. "I'm Nepgear, CPU Candidate of Planeptune. Nice to meet you…"

I proceed to shake Nepgear's hand after she formally introduced herself to me which was very nice. She looks very… nice. Not much else to say. What's this? When I turn my gaze toward an object on the floor near the sofa, I recognize it as an Xbox and move towards it. Upon further inspection, this appears to be an Xbox 360, very similar to what I had back at home. I should probably ask if it's ok to play this before starting it up. "You can play it if you want!"

As if reading my mind, Nepgear appears behind me and grants me permission to use the Xbox 360. When I booted it up with a light tap on the power button, the Xbox came online and I grabbed a controller which was still plugged into the back of the Xbox. To my surprise later, however…

"...?" I silently looked confused as I look at the tv screen, the profiles I see look exactly the same as back at home. Not only that but when I open the game disk tray, I noticed the 1st Prototype game was inside. How did this happen? This can't be possible. Could it?

"Of course it's possible! The two controllers, the Xbox 360 gaming console and game disk… all came out of nowhere!" Neptune proudly said while pointing at the Xbox 360. The classic cricket sounds could be heard as a result.

"Nep, we don't have time for your nonsense. We need to know how this kid arrived here!" Kid? Really? In no possible way am I a kid. Mean, look at me… I'm 5"11, I sound like an adult.

"But it really happened Iffy! It was all poof! Right here!" Neptune points to the sofa where she goes to explain but almost no one listened to her. Histoire's look… it's the same as before. Is she not surprised or…?

"*Sigh*. Very surprisingly, in this case… Neptune is, well... correct." It takes but a moment for this to sink in with everyone but me and Histoire yelling "WHAAAAAAAT" at the exact same time.

"How did my Xbox 360, controller and one of my games appeared in this world?" I proceed to ask with Histoire trying to come up with an answer as to how it arrived and remembers something just as important, if not more. "To answer your question, I'm not entirely sure. It is such a strange thing, to happen out of nowhere. Since you said that, that would imply you are from a different dimension, correct?"

"Yes." I nod at Histoire's question who begins pacing, er, floating back and forth with the others, myself included, curious as to what Histoire is thinking about. "Hmm… I'll need some time to come up with a logical answer. Give me three days. Thomas, for now you may rest in Nepgear/Neptune's room."

"Say what?! Why are you letting a boy sleep in our room?! That room's reserved for me and Nep Jr. only!" Neptune jolted out of her seat in front of Histoire and began arguing with Histoire who didn't seem to be in the mood for this nonsense. No wonder… it's nighttime. I wonder if there's a guest room here.

"Neptune, it should be alright. We do have an extra bed in our room, right? He just needs to leave the room whenever we're changing." Nepgear decided to speak up, surprising Neptune that her older sis has betrayed her. Neptune then began complaining that she'll have to share a room with a guy. Curious as to what day it is, I decide to check on my phone.

"Hmm… November 17th, 2017. Only 10 more days…"