Episode 9: Shipmates

Vert is talking with the other CPUs who are visiting her about her new relationship with each of them giving their opinions. "Wow Vert, good work getting a guy," Neptune said feeling happy for her friend as they are eating some snacks.

"Thank you Neptune," Vert said.

"Gee you having a boyfriend now, not like I can't get one because I can," Noire said.

"Yeah in your dreams Lonely Heart," Neptune teases Noire as she gets fluttered and defensive.

"Oh shut it Neptune," Noire said.

"So how long have you be a couple for Vert?" Blanc asked.

"It's been a week since we started and never been happier," Vert said as Gene comes into the room to hand the ladies some sweets.

"Here you go girls," Gene said appear in an apron to have strawberry flavored cupcakes on the plate.

"Thank your sweetie," Vert said to kiss him on the lips.

"My pleasure," Gene said as he goes away.

"Wow these are pretty good," Blanc said taking a bite out of the cupcake.

"Yes Gene is quite the cook," Vert said.

"Indeed, so got any new games Vert?" Neptune asked.

"Well I have gotten Mortal Kombat. You want to play with me?" Vert asked.

"Yup I am going to win," Neptune said with pep in her voice.

"Prepare to be flatten by my skills," Noire said.

"In your dreams, I'm a pro at this," Blanc said as they have multiple matches.

"No, I lose," Neptune complained as Noire is soon got destroyed by Blanc.

"Damn it, that was cheating," Noire said as Blanc has a smirk on her face.

"Nope, all skill. Okay cow tits, time to face the music," Blanc said.

"You're talking smack now but I will win," Vert said as their match with Gene coming into the room to Vert and Blanc having an intense match.

"How did it go?" he asked Noire and Neptune.

"We lose," both said at the same time.

"I can't believe I got beat by Blanc. I must be rusty," Noire sighed as Blanc is about to lose with Vert using her fatality to end her.

"I win but I'm the Goddess of gaming after all," Vert said as Blanc is quite upset.

"Bullshit, I hate these controllers," Blanc gripping on her Xbox one controller.

"Or maybe you are not used to a real controller," Vert teases her.

"What the hell does that mean," Blanc said.

"At least my controller doesn't need AA batteries," Noire said boldly.

"Touché Noire," Vert said.

"Vert, your show is about to start," Gene said.

"Okay you girls, time to go," Vert said.

"Wait why, the fights were just getting good," Neptune said.

"It's time for story time and I don't want you hogging my spotlight," Vert said.

"Okay fine, let's go," Noire said as the three go out the door with Gene and Vert being in her room.

"Well time to start," Gene said as Vert sets up her web cam with her viewers to watch.

"I want you to sit with me," Vert said patting her hand on the nearby to sit beside her. "Well hello Internet, I am your lovely host Vert and this is my new boyfriend. Say hi to everyone Gene," Vert said as Gene shows a big smile to wave to everyone.

"Hello everyone," Gene said.

"If you are curious, Gene is not a girl despite his feminine appearance. He is 100% man," Vert said for Gene to brush aside his shoulder length hair to show his delicate face.

"Sorry Yuri fanboys, I know you want to see Vert sucking Nepgear's nipples but that's not going to happen," Gene said reading some of the crazy comments on the last livestream.

"Well anyway, it's been awhile since I posted one of my stories. I have been enjoying Gene's company for the past week," Vert said as she giggles.

"Basically dates, hanging out and making out. Lots of make out," Gene said with a stupid look on his face.

"What can I say, it's quite exciting. Anyway on our quest we need to cross the sea towards Planeptune to destroy their Dark Spires and gain the help of old Planeptune CPU Uranus. Let's go," Vert said as it switches to Vert and her team preparing to go to Planeptune for they are at the docks.

"It's okay for you to come with our Histoire?" Vert asked with Histoire within her tome packed inside Gene's backpack.

"Yes, you will need me to revive Uranus and with my magic I can be a great aid in battle," she said using her magic to talk within their minds.

"Cool," Gene said.

"Well I can't go with you Vert since I have to watch over the nation while you are gone," Chika said.

"That's fine. What about you guys?" Vert asked the others.

"Well we will help Chika manage order in Leanbox until everything is secured," Cave said as Cave, Mages and 5pb will stay behind to help Chika.

"We will catch up later," Mages said.

"Okay, we will see you on the flip side," Gene said as their ship arrives for the four to board the ship with the four girls waving farewell.

"Oh my dearest Vert, come back to me soon," Chika said.

"Don't be a baby Chika," Cave said as the ship sails away to be onto the open sea heading for the nation of Planeptune.

"Wow the view is wonderful," Vert said as she is on deck of the ship with Gene rubbing the back of his hand along her beautifully curved back.

"A beautiful deep blue just like your pretty eyes," Gene said as Vert always like his sweet talking.

"You spoil me my dear," Vert said to give him a soft kiss on the cheek.

"Only the best for my Lady. So what do you want to do?" Gene asked.

"Well I want to look around the ship to see if they have a food court," Vert said.

"I am quite hungry myself," Histoire said as they go inside to see an area where they serve food for the passengers.

"Oh that smells good," Gene said.

"Let's dig in," Vert said as Red Sister is flying over the sea trying to find the ship where Vert is at. She looks down to see her new cybernetic arm has replaced her fleshy arm she loss against Gene in their battle.

"Red Sister, you have one last chance to prove yourself. Don't waste it," Brown Heart voice echoed in her mind.

"Damn it, big sister you said you will be always being there for me and now your dead," Sal thought as she is about to cry again. "I need to be strong. I need this or your death would be for nothing," Red Sister said to fly at high speed across the sea.

Back with Vert and the group Histoire is out to be eating some of the delicious food at a table. "This is a quite good," she said as she is eating fried chicken with the others eating some food as well.

"Yeah it is," Natal said eating a cheeseburger.

"Ditto," Gene said to eat into a slice of pizza.

"I agreed," Vert takes a bite out of a chicken sandwich covered in honey mustard. "Hmm, this sauce is fitting for a Goddess like myself," she said happily eating her sandwich.

"It's nice to eat with friends," Histoire said as they finish their meals. "We should sit tight and enjoy the cruise until we arrive on Planeptune," Histoire said.

"Hey can you contact our Histoire?" Vert asked.

"No, no respond at all. I might fear the worst has happened," Histoire said as they depart with Natal sitting on the chair looking at the sea.

"Wow it's so pretty," he said.

"What are you looking at little buddy?" Gene came by to sit with him.

"Just looking at the sea, it's very pretty," he said.

"Indeed, it's so calm and peaceful. Just how I like it," Gene said.

"So Gene, I'm happy for you being with Vert," Natal said.

"Thanks, it's a long time coming," Gene said.

"So how long did you like Vert?" he asked.

"About almost as long as I worked for her. I gotten to know her better and I fallen for her due to her kind motherly personality and her geeky tendencies as well. Not to mention she is the most beautiful woman I had ever led eyes on," Gene said.

"You seem very devoted to her Gene," Natal said.

"Yeah I'm quite attached to her," he said.

"So what my favorites boys doing out here," Vert said with a big smile on her face.

"Just hanging out on the side of the ship," Gene said.

"Okay, I'm going to go. Bye," Natal said to go off leaving the two behind.

"Oh I got these box of cinnamon sticks. They are quite good; do you want some?" she asked.

"Yeah, they smell good," Gene said.

"Oh but let me feed you?" Vert asked.

"Oh okay," Gene said as Vert let's out a cute yelp.

"Yeah, now open wide," Vert pulls out of the cinnamon sticks with Gene opening his mouth with Vert slipping it inside. "How does it taste?" she asked.

"Good, more please," Gene said as she is feeding him.

"Of course my dear Gene," Vert said to keep feeding him tasty desserts. "Oh Gene, I wonder something?" she asked.

"Shoot," he said as Vert looks like face is red.

"Did you date girls before me?" Vert asked.

"Well I did date a few girls. Why?" he asked.

"Well I want to know how I stack up," Vert said as Gene laughs at this. "This is not funny Gene," she scolded him.

"It's silly, you are a Goddess. You are in your own league," Gene said.

"Oh I see," Vert said laughing halfheartedly.

"Why the question?" Gene asked.

"Well I am making sure I'm not making a mistake," Vert said for Gene put a hand on her lap to softly squeezing it.

"Relax, you are doing fine. Just be yourself, that's why I like you so much in the first place," Gene said as Vert's heart feels at ease.

"Yes, sorry I was being silly," Vert said.

"No biggie, come on. Let's explore the ship," Gene said as Vert is holding his hand tightly.

"Alright, oh by the way. I want to know if you want a pet name?" Vert asked.

"Oh yes, I don't. What do you have in mind," Gene said.

"You are my Angel because you are like a guardian angel who protects his Goddess and you are good and sweet to a fault?" she asked as Gene looks flustered.

"True and yours is Princess because you are beautiful, elegant, wise and kind mixed in one curvy package, Princess fits that to a tee," Gene said with Vert's turn to be red in the face.

"It's quite fitting for me Angel," Vert said.

"Right back at you Princess," Gene said as they enjoy each other's company with Red Sister seeing the ship from a distance to summon a Darkling to make it possess a powerful sea monster. "I am too weak now, time for the monster to do the dirty work for me," Sal tosses it into the sea.

Histoire is resting in their room as she senses something coming. "Oh no, a Darkling is nearby," she said as she floats out of the room to see Natal nearby. "Natal, there is trouble. Darkling is nearby," Histoire warned as she contacts Gene and Vert with her magic. "We have a Darkling nearby. Prepare yourselves," Histoire said.

The water bursts upwards for a massive sea serpent to towering over the ship as it breathes them down with its wide gaping maws. "Oh shit, that is a huge snake," Gene said as the sea serpent is firing a high pressure beam of water to tear into the dock of the ship.

"We have to protect the ship," Vert said activates her HDD form to unleash multiple explosive orbs pounding into the serpent tanking her spells. "That isn't good," Vert said as the monster roars at them.

"Man, it needs a breath mint, badly," Gene said as Vert activates her Lily Unifier to fuse Gene into her to gain her chakrams to fire bolts of lightning at the monster giving it a pain shock.

"Lightning Lance," Vert casts a big yellow spear from the sky to strike the monster to stab into its side for it explodes blowing chunks of flesh onto the sea.

"Lady Vert, watch out," Gene said in her head as the beast slams it tail onto the ship making shake up causing Vert to lose her balance. The tail cracks against Vert launching her into a wall making a big dent in it. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yes, I'm okay," Vert said as the sea serpent is possessed by a Darkling warping into a twisted version of itself with the markings of the Darklings covering its body. It shoots a dark pulse at Vert as she evades the beam and casts down lightning bolts to hit their mark but they are not effective.

Natal jumps off the rails and kicks the side of the beast's head making it recoil backwards. "Energy Rain," Natal charges up his gauntlets to pump out waves of laser pellets to slam into the beast.

"Wow its hide is pretty tough," Gene said.

"Yes, we need to break it in," Vert said gripping her chakrams as suddenly the serpent is lifted out of the water with the others looking surprised.

"What in the world," Natal said as the serpent is incase in a magic orb.

"Everyone stay back," Histoire said as her tiny hand was glowing with potent magical energies lifting the monster higher into the sky away from the ship. "This is the end, Implosion," Histoire unleashes a quick burst into the sphere for it collapses on itself to crush the serpent and violently blasts it into a million bloody pieces scattering across the deck and the sea. "Anyone up for some raw sushi," Histoire said with a halfhearted giggle with the monster's head crashing onto the deck behind Histoire.

"Are you serious?" the three said at the same time.

"Why did you that before?" Vert asked as Histoire is in distressed.

"Well I need time, about three minutes to set up the spell. Thank you for being a good distraction," Histoire said as Vert reverts back to normal with Gene reappearing beside her.

"Any who that's over and now we can sail into Planeptune," Gene said as Red Sister looks on in disbelief.

"Are you kidding me, that Histoire kill that monster so easily that Green Heart using her Lily Unifier had a hard time with. Great, better retreat for now. I will have my revenge on you Green Heart," Sal said to fly away.

It cuts back to Gene and Vert in her room. "Well that finally ends the Leanbox arc and we going towards the Planeptune arc," Vert said.

"Hey Lady Vert, I got to ask you a question?" Gene asked.

"What it is my precious Angel," Vert said in a sweet tone which made Gene melt but he gains his composure.

"I want to know since Super Dimension Histoire is so much more powerful than our version since she killed that empowered monster in one hit that you can't kill in your HDD form empowered by me. What stops her from being overpowered in the story?" Gene asked.

"If you noticed she said she need three minutes to execute the spell. The more daunting the task, the long it takes. From 3 seconds to 3 months; etc.," Vert said.

"Oh I get it, that's clever. I'll give the developers their due credit," Gene said.

"Well folks time to go into Planeptune to meet some old friends. Catch you all later," Vert said as they both wave for the screen turns off.