I don't own any of the characters in this. This is a fanwork, not for profit, derived from Compile Heart's "Neptune" series. The characters and settings are copyright their respective owners

*Ding Dong* The bells ring cheerfully throughout the building, leaving a pleasant painful wonderful feeling in everyone's ears. The sky is blue as can be, with birds joyfully chirping in the air, and the sun beaming its rays of wondrous light to chase away all the stormy clouds that one might experience. A day that's beyond perfect.

"Congratulations Uni!" A familiar black-haired goddess says with a bountiful smile, patting a smaller version of herself on the head, water building up in her tear ducts. This smaller version of her is in the most beautiful white dress, even inlaid with sparkling pearls. Everything about it is perfect. A perfect dress for the wrong perfect day.

"Thanks big sis!" Uni responds with a jubilant grin, barely able to hold back the well of excitement that threatens to pour out of her and fill up the church. Her happiness is infectious, and around her is a gaggle of girls of all sorts and all colors.

"It's too bad little Nep couldn't make it, since she had to fix a strange network error that's affecting all of gamindustri right now," A purple-haired goddess laughs, no worries or cares in the world.

The rest of them seem to share in the sentiment, as they laugh like rich girls at a pool party.

"How's the groom holding up?" Noire questions a woman who resembles a boy with gray hair, holding a clipboard.

"He's noticeably nervous, but the other CFWs are helping him through it," the woman, Kei, states without even looking up from her clipboard, "everything is currently on schedule, and we can likely commence the ceremonies in a couple more minutes." She adds, then walks off to take care of some business or another.

Uni lets out a sigh, "where are you Gear?" She questions under her breath, not wanting anyone else to hear her. It is the only imperfect moment in this celebration overflowing with cheer and excitement.

In the far distance, If one looks closely, extra super specially close, then they might see the phantom of a mirage of purple that instantly appears and disappears, in less than the span of a blink. Uni rubs at her eyes, nothing is there. "Must have just been my imagination!" She says with a simple smile to her friends and family who pay her no mind.

"It's truly an amazing feat that we were able to raise up the entirety of the former ASIC," the green goddess comments, sipping fine tea from an embroidered cup.

"A simple feat for a goddess like myself, utilizing the superior technology of Lastation," Noire smirks, folding her arms across her chest. "I'd do anything for the well being of my super sweet, perfect little sister," she finishes with a beaming smile directed towards the now blushing twintailed girl.

The picture off perfect relationship between the two sisters is making everyone jealous, but they don't say anything, for this is a time to be happy and celebrate. So the small talk persists until the boy like girl pops up again.

"We are ready to commence the ceremony then," the girl states, then looks at the group with a piercing glare, "Everyone get in position, this must be successful at all costs, this is for Lastation's future," she commands then walks off, likely to the groomsmen to inform them that it is time. Time for the moment that everyone has been waiting for.

Time passes, the ceremony progresses without any issues, and it is now time for the most important set of events.

"Is there anyone here who finds fault with these two's holy matrimony?" Kei questions, scanning the crowds. For a surprisingly long time, but no one makes any attempt to say anything, "then-"

"Hold it, de gozaru!" Comes a mechanical voice from the back of the church. Everyone turns to face the voice, but are greeted with empty air.

"Stemax!?" Uni questions, directing a wrong beaming smile and shining eyes at her loyal ninja friend showing up to whisk her away.

"What are you doing, taking my one true love from me!?" Brave questions, gallantly holding out his sword, reflecting tears the visage of Stemax's stern metal face.

"I am protecting Uni-dono from making a mistake, de gozaru," he answers, holding Uni tightly to his side, like a unfair dashing prince.

Uni just doesn't know what to do, two dependable men are fighting for her. It is beyond her wildest fantasies. "You shouldn't fight, I love the both of you. That level of aggressiveness isn't needed." She turns around and faces Kei, "Is there any reason I can't marry," a girl, "them both?" It is the, don't be stupid, best solution for this little conundrum.

Kei stands in thought as everyone gazes intently towards her. Then, this isn't right, opens her mouth, "I don't see why not, It's not like you're trying to marry a leader from another country or anything. That could cause a pretty huge," why? "problem after all." When did it get so dark? "Just think of the fallout. The chaos. The pain," it hurts, "but marrying both of these men makes perfect sense otherwise."

The crowd, why are they so sinister, all cheer together, "hooray! Hooray!" Till it starts becoming chanting. And then the fire comes. Painful, consuming, searing fire. And everyone is smiling. Except her. The purple. The weeping purple. The suffering purple. The purple that is taking her sword and holding it up to her neck, but a white shadow is in the way. The young candidate unsuccessfully blissfully ignores the scene and revels in her own un happiness. Even when the red starts pooling, she will not stop. As her eyes taint with crimson, she only pushes harder. When the pearls start rolling on the ground, and the white shadow lies flat against the ground, she still continues-

"AAAAGHHHH!" Nepgear's lilac eyes shoot open, sweat pouring down her bangs, tears evacuating from her eyes and breathing slightly difficult for her. A familiar figure rushes into the room, a flat chested brunette by her side.

"Ge-Ge! What's wrong!?" She questions the lilac girl with wide eyes. While it isn't uncommon for Neptune to wake up startled from a silly dream, Nepgear is usually much better composed. This had to have been something more serious than pudding growing legs and leaving the refrigerator.

"I had a terrible nightmare, I even...I," she pauses, struggling to find the words, "k-k-k-I put my sword, a-a-a-and then the white-the white-and the pearls-the blood-…" she stammers, no coherent story producing and her eyes like one freshly returned from the war.

Compa wraps her arms around the girl's slender frame, "Take a deep breath, and can you tell us what happened in that dream?" she questions with that child-like motherly voice of hers. IF also embraces the shivering girl, gently running her hands through the quaking purple hair.

Nepgear does her best to go over the events, breaking down near the end, but she makes it through. And once the tears are finally slowing to a halt, "Now, I'm no dream interpreter, but I'd say you want to be in a relationship with your friend." IF remarks, Compa agreeing with a joyful nod.

Nepgear wipes away one last vestige of a tear, "but we're already going out, Uni-chan confessed to me some months back."

Both Compa and IF find themselves reeling a bit from this revelation. They knew the two were really close, but they had no idea they were already going out. Compa looks frantically towards her best friend, signaling for help of some sort, like a drowning nurse. IF looks back, shrugging, no clue herself how to handle the situation. Compa puts her hands to her face, mumbling about things like "how can I help Ge-Ge!?" it is then that IF seems to have a revelation, "maybe you should propose?" She suggests suddenly. An answer so obvious, considering the dream.

"I felt really silly after that. I should have realized that that was what the dream was trying to say," Nepgear finished, having been relaying this to the crowd.

"And it turns out it was brought on by Uni here trying to hint at Gear that she wanted to get married with little things," IF added with a chuckle.

"Like 'accidentally' getting a candy ring on her hand on valentine's day," Compa gave one such instance, stifling a laugh

"This blockhead is a pain to get things like that through…" Uni complained, crossing her arms, "b-but she's my blockhead!" She finished, pulling Nepgear in close to her, crimson awashed.

"There's something I don't really understand," Kei spoke up, lifting a pen from her clipboard.

"What is it?" Nepgear questioned, and everyone else looked in Kei's direction.

"What is it that got IF-san to realize the answer?" Kei answered simply.

"That is true, I was curious about that myself," Histoire piped in.

"Iffy saw my engagement ring!" Compa answered immediately, showing off a simple gold band with gemstones embedded.

"Though it's already a proper marriage ring now," IF said with a flushed face. Further embarrassed by the fact that she was getting bothered by just saying this.

"Nepu!?" Neptune reacted accordingly. The rest gasped, but their reactions weren't nearly as intense.

END

But not completely. More ideas are flowing on through. Another one shot to complement this totally not actual story with chapters. They are one shots!...probably

So it got a little violent and dark again. If you drew parallels to the conquest end, then you would be onto something. Who is next? I wonder that myself. I think I know who I want to do, and I have an idea to further continue uni and Nepgear's story, but those are not the same thing. That will come later. Anyway, thanks for reading, and sorry for how slow these come out. Till next one shot~