*Plutia POV
" are you...okay...?" I asked the mysterious girl.
" What's up?" she asked in an energetic voice. "Oh, don't worry, I'm a seasoned sky-faller!. It's going to take more than a fall like that to harm me, or to make me lose my memory again."
" Whoooooa, a seasoned sky-faller…!" I said in awe of her accomplishment.
" Sorry to freak you out. I'm Neptune. Nice to meet you!" Neptune energetically introduced herself.
" Oh, oh, I wanna introduce myself too... I'm Plutia. It's nice to meet you..." I said excitedly.
" That's a cool name. Like the name of a Magical girl that loves takoyaki!" she complimented.
" What's a takoyaki…?" I asked her.
" Never mind. Plutia, huh? That's a little long for me. How about I call you Plutie?" Neptune responded and gave me a nickname.
" Ooh cool… a nickname. I'll give you one as well… How about Neppy!" I said giving her the nickname Neppy. "I wanted a nickname, but… Tur never gave me one…" I said a little sad at that fact.
"Um, Who is Tur? That sounds like a guy name. Is he like…" Before Neppy could finish her sentence, something underneath her move and pushed her away.
" ..." Tur appeared from below Neptune, he had scratches, dust, and pebbles covering him. " ... Just how long were you going to sit on me?!" Tur spoke with a pissed off tone in his voice. He didn't look happy at all.
" Oh, hehe, um... sorry about," Neppy said looking a little scared. " I didn't mean to fall on you or anything." with that said Tur took a deep breath and now just looked irritated.
" I came out here for a little break, only to be hit by someone falls from the sky. That is my luck after all." Tur spoke in a hushed tone. "So, your Neptune. Where are you from exactly?"
" Oh, I'm from Planeptune, I'm the CPU there," Neppy responded. I was happy to meet her and confused by what she said; Tur seemed confused and surprised by her claim.
" Um...CPU of Planeptune? There are only two CPUs of Planeptune here and that's me and Plutia." He said confused. "Are you sure you're okay?" He asked.
" Wait... What!? You two are CPUs... But I thought guys couldn't become CPUs!" she shouted in disbelief, and was intrigued by what Turiel said. Tur decided for the three of us to head inside, and he would try to explain things.
" I can sense some CPU energy emitting from you Neptune, though it is minuscule," Turiel said to Neptune. " Though… I get the feeling that you're not from this world. What year is?" he asked.
"It's 20XX. Right?" she asked. I thought it was 1992.
" I see," Tur said starting to walk back and forth. " This world's year is 1992, you're from a different dimension or time period. I hope it is the former of the two, otherwise, that's a little foreboding for the future." Tur said, piecing everything together.
"So, can you tell me how do I can get back home?" Neppy asked Tur.
" Will... How did you get here in the first place?" Tur asked. Neppy explained that she ran across a blue-haired lady who was crying. She tried helping her and only made things worries. After that, she said that 'I wish you didn't exist'. The next thing she knew she was falling from the sky and crash landed into the Basilicom Balcony on top of Tur.
" Uhm… I'll have Histoire look into this, and see what she can dig up about this. From the sounds of it. You were teleported out of your world by a wish or command from the woman." Tur thought aloud.
" So… you're saying I pissed off my world's admin and got kicked or banned. All man, that's lame." Neppy said.
" What do you mean kicked or ban? Are you going to be able to return home?" I asked. Tur inhaled and exhaled slowly before speaking.
"Why must you break the forth so soon after introduction." Tur seemed a little annoyed.
" But, that's my thing, I always break the fourth wall," Neppy explained. " I just cannot break the fourth wall. It is what the fans want. That and this beautiful face and me eating pudding too. Am I right?" Neppy asked. I wasn't for sure what the two of them were talking about.
" Fair enough… just don't break it so much that the fourth wall is completely destroyed." Tur explained.
" You got it." Neppy agreed. "So, now what?" she asked before an idea popped into her head. " Oh, is there a Lastation, Lowee, and Leanbox in this world? I want to see who is their CPU's are."
"Um, there is a Lastation. Noire rules over it. There is also a Lowee that is ruled by White Heart, I think her real name is Blanc. I have never heard of a Leanbox." Turiel answered Neptune's question.
" So why don't we invite Noire here, or go and see her in Lastation?" Neptune asked
" um, I actually want to see Lastation. I wonder what it will look like, and I have some international things I want to talk to Noire about." Turiel Noted as he pondered.
" Will then, It's settled. We head to Lastation!" Neptune jumped up and shouted.
"Hurry! Let's go to Lastation." I said agreeing with Neptune.
" Let get some things together then we can go then," Turiel said as he left for his office. We meet up at the base floor Turiel had a small backpack with him. We then headed off on our adventure because we hadn't done one in three years and we need to clear the path out of monsters, so we can travel to Lastation later. We began traversing the Jet Set Range.
* Turiel POV
Plutia, Neptune, and I started adventuring through the Jet Set Range. I had taken the lead followed by Plutia who was walking close to my right and Neptune behind the both of us.
" Isn't there a faster way of getting there, like fast traveling, or something?" Neptune asked annoyed. " In my world, we had a teleporting system where you just hover over the place you want to go and hit X."
" We have something similar… but, first, you must clear the dungeon in order for it to work." Plutia replied.
" You know it doesn't hurt to get out of the Basilicom once in a while and travel this vast world, and not just Laze around," I remarked to them. I tried to ask Plutia to do some small things, but that was apparently too much to ask of her. We hadn't even really been building our relationship or done much together other than interacting with each other while eating and playing video games, and of course, sleeping together. We haven't been on a date or did 'it' since the group bath we took. It not like I can take Plutia as a love partner, she just looks and acts too much like a loli. I've started to think of her as more of a friend than a love interest, at least in her human form.
" Hey Tur, you there? Hello, Nep to Tur, Nep to Tur, come in Tur, over." Neptune started poking at my back. I stopped and turned around only to see that Plutia was resting near a tree that I had walked passed her.
" Oh, sorry about that. I was just thinking of a few things." I said sheepishly to Neptune.
" Why are we taking a break? It's not like we did much other than walking. We haven't even encountered any monsters in the area." I commented.
" Maybe someone else came throw and cleared them out for us," Neptune responded cheerfully. "Don't worry about it. now, come on, let's have a short rest."
With that said we both walked over to the tree and took a small break before we continued. After the break, we continued on with no monster encounters. I couldn't shake the feeling that something is afoot. We decided to stop near a tree and bridge to take another break.
" This has been an uneventful adventure…but, it nice to get out and about. Although… I wish we had a road to Lastation. I don't like walking this far. It makes me sleepy" Plutia said exhausted from our trek.
"I can agree with you there sister. Why haven't you guys build a road or had Noire do it?" Neptune questioned.
" That is one of the things I wanted to talk to her about. I didn't want to build the whole road to there, so I am going to ask her to build her half and to link you to our civil engineering team." I replied to Neptune. " I have other things, like setting up a communication line, joint partnerships, and other things."
" You are like the exception to all of the Planeptune CPU," Neptune noted with stars in her eyes.
" Yawn." Plutia yawned while stretching her arms in the air and closing her eyes." I still think sleeping the best though. But spending time with you is also reeaaally nice too."
" Don't worry Plutie, when we get there you and me can get 40,000 winks," Neptune said cheerfully. Just then we heard two wolves howl and then they appear. They had dark blue fur. They also had blood red eyes, and two horns protruding from their head. They were both staring at me drooling and growling at me.
" Um… They don't look so friendly..." Plutia remarked
" Yeah, I agree, let's transform and deal with them," Neptune shouted. Both Turiel and Plutia had transformed, but Neptune tried to transform, to no avail.
"Just stay behind us Neptune, we can handle them." Crimson Heart told Neptune. She was saddened by the inability to transform, but want to fight with her new found friends.
* battlefield POV
The battle started with Iris Heart and Neptune taking the one on the right; while Turiel attacked the one left. Turiel used his 'Scorching ray' only for the wolf to dodged it and began charging Turiel. Iris Heart had wrapped her lash around the wolf and spun it around for Neptune with her katana to slash. She was able to injure the wolf and growled in pain by the deep wound she inflicted, then Iris Heart turned her lash into a sword and began swinging at the wolf. Sending it flying. Back to Crimson Heart, he tried to keep the wolf that was charging him. It had jumped on top of Crimson Heart and tried scratching and biting him. Crimson Heart was able to hold the wolf back and kicked it off, only suffering minor scratching. Neptune noticed this and came to his aid.
" Are you okay dude?" Neptune asked.
" Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about me." Crimson Heart said annoyed with her.
" Jeeze. Chill out, bro. Oh, wait, your all fiery and stuff. You are also very hot in this form." Neptune said noticing this. While they were distracted Iris Heart was having a one on one with the other wolf and winning. The wolf Crimson Heart had kicked off, started to charge at them. Turiel used 'Fire Bolt' to hit the wolf. It harmed the wolf but didn't stop its charge. It was then, that Iris Heart kicked the wolf she was fighting into the one that was charging at the others. This caused both of them to be sent flying off.
" You gotta be kidding me. What happened to the almighty and powerful Tur I know and love?" Iris Heart mocked Crimson Heart for his minor defeat.
" It's not my fault that I don't get a large increase in Physical stats." Crimson Heart said pissed at this remark.
" Let me patch you up, Darling." Iris Heart used her sp healing ability to heal Crimson Heart's wounds. "Do you feel better now? Darling?"
"Yes...thank you Plutia. I'm going to burn these fucking wolfs to cinders." saying that Crimson Heart conjured flames in his hands, and through what looked like his 'firebolt' only, when it made contact, it exploded sending fire within a few feet radius around the contact point. This injured both of the wolfs and nearly killed the one Neptune and Iris Heart was fighting.
" There you go, that's more like. Now let's finish this fight so I can get some rest." Iris Heart said as she charged at them, with Neptune following behind and Crimson Heart using his new spell one last time before going back to firebolting. Crimson Heart's spells were dodged by the wolf, and when Iris Heart and Neptune tried attacking the wolf it began running away at breakneck speeds. Iris Heart was too sleepy to give chase, Crimson Heart wasn't fast enough to catch up to it, and Neptune couldn't fly. The Three stood there and examine the other wolf they managed to kill, it didn't turn into ones and zeros but instead, it was slowly dematerializing; similar to how flames would cause embers of wood to fly away.
* Turiel/Crimson Heart POV
Iris Heart walked up to me and reverted back to Plutia. She stood next to me and leaned on me.
" Hey, Turiel can you give me a piggyback ride to Lastation? Please…" she asked me making a puppy face.
" ...eeh... I guess, let me revert back to human form first." I said exhaling. I returned back to my Human form and knelt down to give her a ride. " The moment we get there you're walking on foot all the way to Noire's Basilicom. Got it. I'm staying in this form, it's tiring being in this form."
"Hey, guys," Neptune said looking around.
" Yes, Neptune?!" I asked Neptune.
"I feel like we're being watched by something scary," she said worrying. I began walking to LLastation while she stood there. "Hey, wait for me," Neptune said catching up with me and a snoozing Plutia. We continued walking to Lastation without any trouble, although Neptune, and then me started to feel like we were being followed. I stopped to look around for a second, only to see a quick flash of dark blue light. After that strange event, we kept walking until we reached Lastation.
The city was as large as Planeptune with what looks to be metal beams interconnecting overhead. There is also a massive pair of crystal wings, looming over the city. There were many factories humming along, skyscrapers with a more rough shape and sharp corners. The city looked like a steampunk's dream.
'I didn't know Noire was into steampunk things.' I thought of seeing Lastation.
"Okay, Plutia. You can wake up now." I said to the snoozing Plutia who was reluctant to wake up. I knelt down to let her off.
" I don't wanna" Plutia wined nuzzling herself more into my back. " Your back is so comfy, Tur."
"Plutia Please get off. Please, you can sleep when we get to Noire's Basilicom." I asked Plutia nicely. She then sighed and then got off my back. We continued onto Lastation's Basilicom. We got there, and guards were standing around the entrance. We told the guards that we were there to meet with Noire, and he said Noire mentioned that we were her friends, so he let us in to speak with Noire.
