ReWrite the Past

by Kurogems1208

After 7 years living in this lifeless and corrupted Gamindustri, we destroyed the world and the dimension, and left to go to the next dimension. However, what we didn't expect that we have run into another Gamindustri which is at the timeline we want it to be. In this new world, we will try to intervene and hope the future won't end up like our previous one. Rated T for now.

10. The story of the lost world

Disclaimer: I own nothing besides my OC and this story. Anything else is belonged to their respective producers.

Sorry for the long delay. University stuffs need my full attention, and some problems in my life (nothing bad, but troublesome and time-consuming).

And this chapter will be the before-chapter of the last one. Yes, this story will reach its end. I will write my next story instantly after that, and it will be a crossover. Which one? Keep it in mind that my stories will always be surrounding Kuro and his adventure. I might write another stuff, but not now. I will update my profile in the future as well, if you're confusing with the timeline in the future.

For now, hope you enjoy reading chapter 10 of this story!

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Airbus, Kuro's POV

Adam: "So, may I ask what happened back then?"

"Let's just say I let my guard down. And Magic hurt my friends."

"I'm not talking about you beat Magic up, I would be the same if I was you. I'm talking about the transformation. When the heck did you have that?"

"From the beginning. I will tell the story when we return to the Basilicom."

"Man, you sure surprised everyone with the event. From what I heard from the girls, you were electrocuted, then you appeared before them and pushed Magic out with that form of yours, and now you recruited her with a few words. What else can you do? Destroy the world?"

"Done that before."

"Ah, yeah. Forgot about that. Sorry if I offended you.

"Don't worry. That's my own doing anyway."

"So, what's your next move now?"

"With Magic on our side, we have a clear way to fight Arfoire now. However, the Goddesses are not strong enough, and they do not have the necessary information to deal with her."

"So, you are going to lay everything on the table today?"

"Maybe. But they need some times to rest before the plan occurs. They are locked up for 3 years."

"Well, that's your call. I'll help whatever I can."

"Thank you."

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Histy's POV

Chika: "What's the meaning of this? Why are you letting our enemy stay with us?"

Kuro: "She's on our side now. Give her a chance."

Chika: "Like I would! I cannot forgive someone who hurt my dear Vert! You should say something about it, too!" She turns to Vert.

Vert: "Well, I am having my doubts too, but, like Kuro said, we should give her a chance. She didn't really kill us before."

Chika: "But…"

Kei: "As much I dislike her as you are, Chika, do not let your emotions cloud your mind. It'll make our work here much harder to deal with."

We are not having a good meeting, that's for sure. Because we cut our call with Nepgear short, we didn't really know what happened after Sachiko was in panic mode. After the group returned, we were happy to greet the CPUs, however we nearly took a step back when we saw Magic. I mean, yes, we're surprised when we saw Brave before, however we found out that he was tricked and he was actually a good person at heart. But about Magic, we cannot have the same judgment. Chika even pulled out her spear and nearly stabbed the CFW, if Kuro did not interfere. Of course, it would cause a commotion, however when we looked around, nobody aside from the Oracles and the travel group was moving. When I looked at Kuro again, I saw his left eye has changed, meaning he has done something. Then mature-me explained that he has stopped time. And Kuro just pushed all of us to the meeting despite our protests. And it led to this.

As much I want to believe Kuro, I cannot simply trust Magic that easy. "I'm sorry Kuro, but I have to agree with Chika at this point. We cannot simply take your words about Magic turning to good side that easily. If she has a plan to…"

Kuro: "No, she doesn't. You can have my words for that. If she turns her back on us…" The room is chiller. "I will take care of her by myself." And it went through instantly. "Well, you gave Brave a chance, let's give her one too."

Right now, the four CPUs in their human forms, the Oracles and Kuro are sitting around the table in the Meeting Room, the others are in the different room now. Even mature-me is not in the room, probably trying to take an eye on Magic.

I tell Kuro: "Well, we need to discuss with each other first. Can you…"

Kuro: "I know. But I will stay here, you might need me soon. I won't listen if you want." Then he turns himself into Shanghai, and flies on top of Mina's hat and lay himself there, his eyes closing.

A little silence.

Neptune: "Uh…Did we miss something before? Did everything just transform easily like that?"

I sigh: "That's just Kuro. You'll have to get used to it."

Noire is in her 'unamused' face: "Is that the same person before? I thought he would take this more seriously."

Kei: "He's random, that we don't even know how he would act next."

Vert: "Though, I have to admit that he, or she now, is cute." She pokes Shanghai, who tries to lazily swat her hand away. "Does he do this often?"

Chika sighs: "Should we deal with the matter at hand first? What's your opinion on this?"

Blanc: "Before we answer, let me ask you first: How much can we trust Kuro?"

Mina answers first: "Well, I can't say I didn't trust his judgment, but…sometimes we can't understand his plans at all."

Kei: "The fact he knew too many things about us gives him a lot of advantages. He will use them for his plan for sure. What kind, I don't know."

Chika: "He knows how to deal with us, even he knows our weaknesses, but he never exploits it to blackmail us or anything. Even when we found out his secrets, he just told us to keep quiet until it's the suitable time."

Suitable time… "Kuro, turn back to your normal self please." He complies. "Is it the right time to tell everyone about you?"

Kuro closes his eyes. After a few moments: "Let me call the others first. They need to know too."

I nod. "Of course. You can head out." Kuro leaves the table. About a few minutes later he comes back with the group.

After everyone is comfortable in their seats, and with a drink in their hand, Kuro starts his story: "First, about my origins. You know that I called myself Kuro, right? Well, if you haven't figured it out yet, that's not my real name. I don't use it now because, if you look at how my name is written, you will pronounce it wrong instantly."

Neptune cuts in: "There's no way that's right. You're just jealous because your real name is not good as ours, right?"

Kuro chuckles a bit, then he flashes his real name in front of him. "Well, how do you pronounce this word?"

Neptune: "That's so easy! That's *censored sound*! That's mean, Observer! Why did you do that?"

Sorry, we need some privacy for this.

Neptune: "Man, that sucks. Well, is it correct?"

Kuro smiles: "That's wrong of course."

Before Neptune can say more, Noire cuts in: "Stop it Neptune. Don't persuade him so much. If that's his privacy thing, then we should respect it."

Neptune teases her: "You are afraid that if you didn't keep his secrets, then he would spill your embarrassing ones, don't you?"

Noire turns red: "What? There…I don't have that kind of…"

Kuro suddenly has some kind of packages in his hand: "Oh, I have a lot here. Noire exclusive too."

Noire jumps to him and tries to grabs it, but it vanishes instantly: "Give me that, Kuro!"

Kuro: "Don't worry. It's safe with me. You don't have to worry about it being spread around."

Noire nearly protests, but she returns to her seat, her face is red: "You better keep it. Otherwise…"

Kuro: "You have my words. Where was I? Oh, yes. I was just a normal teenager who was a university student, having my own life and dealing with my own problems. But, one day, after a good night sleep, I woke up to see a torn ceiling that's not in my room. I got myself up, and saw that I was in some kind of school. And, well, I think you can guess what school it is."

Mina nods: "Its name is Heavenly Host, right? Sachiko has told me about it."

Kuro: "Yes, that's right. Oh, and you should go out now." The four ghosts start appearing, in their normal forms.

The Goddesses are surprised. Ghosts are not exactly normal around here. Neptune starts first: "Woah! We have real ghosts right here! Quick, we need the…" A brick out of nowhere suddenly falls on her head. "Ouch! What's that?" Then a note appears in front of her, she grabs it and reads: "Brick pill: 1000000 credits. What the heck is this?"

Kuro: "You know what it is. And lucky for you the Creator didn't charge you more. Anyway, the kids here are the 'citizens' of that place. And my first meet with them are not…very pleasant."

Vert ignores that and looks at them: "I heard that they're protecting our nations. For that, I thank you all."

Sachiko smiles: "Don't worry. Giving happiness to people is what Kuro wants, so we're just helping him with it."

Blanc recognizes: "Your voice…you're the one who shouted before right?"

Sachiko nods: "Yes, I am. All of us were so panic at that time."

Blanc closes her eyes: "Given the situation back then, I understand. But why did you ask Magic to run?"

Magic asks: "I want to know the same thing. We're enemies at that time, why…"

Sachiko: "Because we don't want to see bloodshed, okay?"

Kuro: "I will tell you the reason why. But first, I have to tell you about this school first." A hologram appears, and it shows a hallway of a school, but it seems…off. "Normally, it's a primary school for kids. However, this dimension…is the result of some bad events in these kids' past." He told us the story, the one appeared in the normal world's newspaper, not the uncovered stories, except the part when the Headmaster pushed Yoshie that Kuro told them, and we are disturbed by it.

Neptune: "Wow, that Headmaster dude and his son are so evil! I bet you didn't forgive them right?"

Noire: "If that kind of Headmaster is here, he would be in jail instantly."

Vert hugs both Emerald and Tokiko, during the story time, a little too tight: "Oh poor kids! Don't worry, I will treat you with all I have!"

Blanc doesn't say anything, but I know that she is pissed too. Or she is thinking about writing a story about this, who knows? Not me, for sure.

Kuro shakes his head when he hears Neptune's question: "I haven't told the full story mind you. Although, the Headmaster is extremely scared that time, and a scared human can do reckless things. Anyway, I had to dodge everything they tried to throw at me, while I tried to save everyone who were still alive out of their demises. I did success and managed to give the kids their normal minds back at the same time, but…" He stops. Us Oracles know why he stopped there.

Magic asks: "But what? You are hiding something?"

Kuro sighs: "Should I tell you directly? Maybe…" He is mumbling but no sounds come out. And then… "Let's just say, I traded a life, in cold blood, to save the others."

Silence. That shocked the CPUs, two CFWs, and anyone else who didn't know about this.

Adam says first: "Damn, and I thought you're a pacific person. You have some kind of separate personality or something?"

Kuro shakes his head again: "No, that's the only kill I did without keeping my emotions in check. Because I knew that, if I left him alive then he would kill everyone I tried to save. And well, from the situation before, the kids feared that the event was reappeared again."

Magic and Brave nod in understand, much to our surprises. Magic says first: "From what I think here, you understood that's wrong to kill him, but to have a good future, you have to do the wrong thing, right?"

Kuro nods: "Yes. I'm surprised too. I hope that's why you organized ASIC?"

Magic: "A part of it, but yes."

Before any of us could tell anything, he claps his hands: "Well, that kill aside, there's a hidden story after the one I told you. Insert the real background story here."

Everyone looks blankly at the ghosts, tries to comprehend what they just heard.

After a moment of nobody talking, Kuro continues his story: "Yes. You heard it right. And I knew about it, that's why I also saved them too. But, because of many timelines being occurred, I had to spend a year to do so, even when I already died half a year after I arrived there. During that time I also gained the control to darkness too."

Blanc looks a bit surprised: "Wait, you died? I thought the form before was just the transformation?"

Kuro: "That's how I really look like. What you are seeing now is my 20-year-old appearance. I hid it not so hide my secrets, but because I don't want to scare anyone, that's all."

Everyone nods. That form is not easy to watch.

Kuro: "So, after a year, the Creator teleported me out of the dimension, but I could still go back at anytime, except my old world though. And, the next one I landed into was mature Histoire's dimension... Do you guy need a breather first?"

Kei: "I think we should. The story is not easy to listen to, you know?"

Kuro: "Of course. Suit yourself." Then he goes out.

A little silence.

SO, anyone has questions?

Noire: "A lot. First off, who are you? You sound like Kuro."

That's because I, Kuro and The Creator are basically the same. Our roles are just different, that's all.

Noire: "All right. Second, why is The Creator so cruel when he pulled Kuro out of his normal life?"

To answer that, let me ask Blanc first. From what we remember, you like to write, right?

Blanc: "Yes, I am."

Have you ever thought of writing a story, which you ARE the main character?

Blanc: "Yes, but what does it relate to…"

Have you ever thought that you CAN TALK to the characters in your own stories?

Blanc: "…No."

That's the different between the Creator and you. I and Kuro never existed before, he just thought we're his imaginations. However, because of that, we're born, or in my case, created. He was just thinking that: "What if I can go to Heavenly Host and save everyone?" That's where Kuro jumped in. His purpose was to help The Creator filling the role. When Kuro was teleported to the dimension, our thoughts were connected, and from that, we knew that multiverse theory is real. And of course, we knew what would come to us, we just have to do our best to create a best ending for everyone. And the Creator is writing the story right now, so that our existences never be erased.

Vert: "Is that…the reason you know too much about us?"

Not just us but the people from The Creator's world too. There're multiple games and stories about you already, he just wants to change a bit to have the best ending in all possibilities.

Noire: "So there're people watching all of our activities. That sounds disturbing."

Don't think about it much. You just have to live for yourself. Besides, not all of your activities are known. We only know what we have seen. The fact that there are two Arfoire here creates a storyline that hasn't been existed, at least to the Creator's knowledge. If there's one existed already, tell me.

Neptune: "Bah! Whatever! If people want to see our life, then let them. We will show them how awesome we are! Right, The Creator?" Another brick falls on her head. "Hey stop that! Your character is already breaking the wall, why do you do this to me?" A few more. "Hey! It would kill me for sure!" The last one has a paper with words stuck on it. She reads: "'The door is done. You guys can freely talk to me'. Nice! 'But don't do it too often, okay? I won't answer everything.' Well, okay. No need to tell us twice!"

Kei stops her: "Can you stop for a moment? Kuro gives us a few minutes to calm down, not to create this." Neptune complies.

After a few more minute, Kuro comes back in, with…

"Kuro, that's…"

Kuro: "She needs to go out for a while, okay?"

Uni: "Is…the one…"

Kuro: "Yep, you saw her before. Let me continue the story." He sits back to his chair. "When I was teleported there, The Creator just let me laid down on the ground. And I hate you for that." This will be like Dante getting stabbed every time, so be quite. "Why do you like to do things like that? Anyway, I was teleported right outside of Planeptune, however I didn't recognize it instantly because of the dark theme around me. And this girl…" He is pointing over his head, which has a Dogoo pouncing on. "Is the first sentinel being I met. She was running from the other monsters, which were corrupted, so I eliminated them all. Then she basically followed me around. After that, we went to the direction where the Planeptune's tower was, and saw the whole city site being broken apart. We walked around and found out where we were, and then we heard the gun shot. Would you tell the story, Marvy?" Right now, they are sitting in a circle with no table, and Kuro is in the middle.

Marvy nods: "At that time, we're busy fighting back the monster hordes. Once in a while the monsters would come and attack. When Kuro came, of course we didn't know yet, we're being pushed back to our last stand."

Neptune interrupts: "Hold on! My nation's military is not that bad, right? And even if there's trouble, I would help you all."

Tekken says, sadly: "If the CPUs were still there, the monsters couldn't go in the city site for sure."

All the Goddesses, minus the Candidates, are eye-widen when they heard that.

Marvy: "Yes, all CPUs were dead at that time. That's why we had to deal with the monsters, small to big, by our own strength. The monsters became more vicious when you're gone, and the safeguard of Gamindustri was not working anymore. All nations at that time are overwhelmed, and the number of citizens was extremely low. And due to CPUs conflicts too…"

Wait what? "What do you mean by that? The CPUs fought each other in that time?"

Kuro claps his hands: "Histoire…" His voice is a little cold. "I will tell you all later."

Marvy looks at him a bit, then continues: "Anyway, before the monsters could break through the last defense, Kuro came in with his Dark form and destroyed every monster. After the slaughter, he just stood in the middle of the battlefield and looked at us. He probably saw our terrified faces at that moment, so he turned himself back to normal, and backed away a bit. We only dared to go out and repair our resistance stronghold, but not anywhere near him because we feared he might attack us too. In the next few days, he just killed any monsters, except little Dogoo here, and still kept space to us so we could rebuild things back. After we were able to hold on our own again, we re-established our communication and called the other nations and heard the same result: All of the monsters in the city sites of every nation were killed by him. We were appreciated for his help, but…because of his display, we wouldn't dare to say a thank to him directly. And, can you guess who was the first one to do so?"

Everyone thinks about it.

I take a guess: "Is it you?"

Marvy smiles: "Sorry, not me. Even when I have seen many things before, his Dark form is still scared me a bit."

Kei: "Red, maybe? I think her personality wouldn't be affected by him."

PRed: "Well, I was not affected, that's true, but I'm busy protecting my wifeys from him."

Mina: "I don't think IF and Compa could do that either. Or was it Histoire herself?" Me?

Marvy: "Your guess is nearly right. However, she was discussing with the others about pushing the monsters further back when it happened, so no."

Chika: "Did neither of you from the past approach him?"

CC2: "I was in Lastation, and Tekken was in Leanbox at that time."

"So who really did the miracle?"

Marvy looks at Mina: "The later." The later? Mina only said…wait…

"Compa? I'm sorry Compa, it's a bit rude, but…didn't she scare things like Kuro's dark form?"

Marvy nods: "She's scared, of course. But her bright personality took place, and she approached Kuro."

Compa is surprised too: "I…did that? My other self is so cool!"

Marvy smiles: "Yeah, we're surprised too, even IF. When she reached him, we're expecting him to turn back with a dangerous face. But, he only talked to her a bit, and smiled when she said our thanks to him. Then she just took his hand and led him to us. And well, people started to open with him more." She takes a small sip from her drink. "He told us about his past, but didn't tell everyone about The Creator or The Observer yet. Only to the Oracles and some of us. We could understand that though, having someone who is more powerful than what you've known before watching us is not comfortable at all. But he's still a trustable person, and a good one at heart."

Noire: "I can believe he's a good person, but trustable…are you sure?"

Kuro deadpans: "I'm right here, Noire."

Noire: "Doesn't mean we can trust your words, yet."

Kuro: "You have your point, but…anyway, I will continue from here, Marvy. Thank you for telling the story from your view." Marvy smiles and nods. "After that, I just went around Gamindustri and helped people out. A year later, I decided to see if I could use the power of the CPU, so I asked Histoire to go to the Sharicite Room. I then used a little bit of my darkness to see the energy's reaction, and to her surprise but not mine, the energy started following where the darkness was spreading but didn't combine with it. Then I started absorbing, but not combining the energy, and…you can say that I became a CPU from that time."

The Goddesses once again are surprised. Neptune recovered first: "Woah! You turned yourself into a CPU? That's a bold move from you. Did you do that to impress everyone?"

Kuro shakes his head: "No, that's just a small test, and it just worked. The following days were me absorbing the other nations' Sharicite power. The Oracles were a bit upset at first, since someone who was not suited to use it actually could use the power nearly flawlessly. But then, when they saw my work, they just let me use it, but they made me a promise to use it to protect people. Of course, that's a fair deal, and that's my intention anyway."

Chika asks: "How did my other self react to…"

Kuro: "Very depressed. You nearly lost all of purposes to live. Luckily Cave and 5pb. cheered you up a bit to continue your work. That goes to you too Mina, but you're less emotion than Chika just a little bit."

Of course, they are the one taking care of CPUs the most. It will be devastated to them when the ones they look after died.

Kuro: "You took the hit too, and Kei, but you two got over it quite easily. Anyway, after I turned myself into CPU, I had more authority over things in Gamindustri, but I decided to only use it when things are needed a leader, otherwise I was just like this. And a year after that, I confessed to my love. Can you guess who?"

Everyone do their first thing: try to compare Schwarz and Weiss to everyone in the room. And…the similarities…

IF's face is getting red, and Compa's eyes are widen: "Wait, they are…"

Kuro scratches his head: "Yeah, you're my wives back then." I think my description was clear enough for you to figure out already.

The ones who already knew just smile, the ones who didn't though…

Skip the shouting and 20-question…

Neptune: "HOLD UP! NO WAY WE LET THIS PASS! Kuro, are you trying to make joke here? IF and Compa are a couple, and you put yourself into their lives?"

Kuro chuckles: "Knew this would happen. No, Neptune. IF and Compa was NOT a couple when I confessed to them, however I did recognize their feelings towards to each other, but they're too embarrassed to confess to each other. So I decided to confess to them, and later made them confess to each other."

IF looks at Kuro and shouts: "That's why you had that plan in your notebook?"

Kuro: "Why else..."

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Kuro's POV

That shocked them a lot, hehe. "Why else do you think I had it? Do you think I would make such an important plan in just a few hours? It took me nearly 3 months to think about it, and made it in motion."

Vert: "Oh my… You really loved them that much?"

Kuro: "All I want is to give them happiness. So I did it. They were embarrassed, and beat me up after that, but I didn't really care. We're no longer hidden any secrets to each other, and lived a good life…" I trail out. The memories…

Neptune turns to my children: "Is that the truth, you two? Are IF and Compa your mothers?"

They nod. Weiss: "Well, it's a bit weird to us when we grew up. Because, first, we have a very important person as our father. Second, we have the same dad. And third, he didn't look older, even when we turned 6 and our mothers looked more mature than him. "

Schwarz: "We thought our father died before and Kuro was just our older brother. But when we asked everyone, they all confirmed that he's indeed our father, so we just dropped the question."

Everyone nods in understand. But then Blanc turns to me: "But how did you give birth to them? You are dead, right, then how can your body still function normally?" That gives me stares from everyone.

"If my body do not function normally, then how come I was electrocuted by Magic back then? I was dead, however my power keeps my body to work like normal human unless I changed the function on my own. And don't try to use logic here, me being here broke all kinds of logic already."

That silences them. Then Adam asks me: "Uh, do you have any proof? I know that the kids claimed you're their father, but about their mother…"

I materialize a picture in front of everyone. On the background of the picture is the flower gate, I stood in the middle wearing a suit. And right next to me were IF and Compa, they were wearing wedding dresses. I was holding their hands, each of them had a black ring on their ring fingers. The three of us were smiling happily.

Most of them are resembling a fish now. IF and Compa's faces are redder now, and IF holds her hands up to try to hide it. Adam whispers: "Wow, you have wonderful ladies here. You lucky bastard."

"Thanks for the compliment. Oh, and Histoire, can you give me the ring back?"

Everyone shouts: "Ring?" Histoire pulls out the exact same ring they saw in the picture and gives it to me.

Neptune: "Wait…Does that mean Histoire is your wife too?"

A little heretic moment after that…

After they stop shouting: "No, I asked Histoire to keep it, so that I could know if she was in trouble or not during our travel. I just gave her when we headed to Lastation, not before that mind you."

Everyone nods. Noire suddenly asks: "Wait, then where're your rings? You're supposed to have one, two in your case, right?"

I make the rings on my hands appear, each of them…

The CPUs notice the power from it. Nepgear asks me: "Those are familiar power. Are they Sharicites, Kuro?"

"Yes, they are. And the black rings are Anti-share crystals."

They know about the crystals for sure, but…

Neptune: "If that's the case, then how can't we detect the power?"

"Although they are Anti-share crystals, I have modified it so that it won't hurt Histoire, and essentially you all."

Vert crosses her hands together: "The modification was before or…"

"Right when I got the crystals. If the crystals were in effect, I couldn't use my God power. Of course I could activate it to counter the power and you all, but I don't have any reason to."

A silence. Mina asks me: "If the black rings were for IF and Compa, then why do you have it with you?"

That question…

Kuro, if you're not ready, then you don't have to…

I agree, if it's too much for you now, then…

"No…" I pause. "I will tell you. I will…tell you all the full truth."

Nepgear: "Do you mean…the conversation between you, mature Histoire and Yoshie?"

Uni: "Yours with the members from your past?"

I nod. "7 years ago, it was just a normal day for all of us. Even my family was having a nice, relaxing day with each other. Then…all of the monsters appeared, from outside and the underground of the cities to our surprise, and started…destroying everything. That threw all of us off guards, and nearly everyone got killed during that day. Only a few powerful people survived, and we immediately gathered the remaining and run directly to her whereabouts. But…during that, we slowly lost members, and…the last one to go down were IF and Compa. They sacrificed themselves to keep the monsters out of us, since because we're their family, and I was the only one capable to beat her."

Blanc notices that: "Her? Do you mean Arfoire?"

"Yes, yes and no." That puts everyone in confusion.

Noire: "You mean you're fighting Arfoire, but not Arfoire? What does that mean?"

"You remembered Arfoire when you rescued Histy, right? That's not the one I fought. The one I fought was Deity of Sins, or more likely a DoS' possessed."

Emerald: "DoS'…possessed?"

I nod. "DoS has the ability to possess a person. And it has the same name with Arfoire, at least in this world. The previous one, they're the same person."

Kei notices how I said: "The last one to go down? I thought there're survivors?"

"That's a lie."

Schwarz and Weiss look at me in disbelief. Schwarz: "What do you mean father? Then what happened in that night?"

Weiss: "You led us back to Histoire, and then you went off to find survivors, and then returned to tell us the survivors were recovering right? Then…"

"Then I told you two to go sleep. After that, I told Histoire the truth: No one else survived that day. Either they're dead and were reincarnated, or were teleported to another places like the four here. All of survivors you saw during 7 years were delusions I created, so that I could raise you until you're strong and know enough about the world." I stand up and walk to them, and bow. "For that, I apologize to keep that secret for too long. I don't expect you to forgive me, but please, don't hate Histoire for keeping it. She just wants the best for you all."

I close my eyes, because I don't want to see the looks on their faces now. But then, I receive a hug from someone, and I see Weiss when I open my eyes, and Schwarz is standing next to her.

Weiss begins: "Father, you have done many things for us. Even when your actions are questionable, we know that you only do it to give happiness to us. We cannot hate you for that."

Schwarz continues: "Besides, we already suspected that, since people's activities were weird, like nothing ever happened. So either they were hiding their pain, or you had something in it. And now you confirmed it to us. Of course, you told us a good reason, so we cannot judge you much. But, don't do something like that again, father. Let us know about your pain, let us share it together, okay?" And he gives me a hug as well.

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Mature Histoire's POV

Kuro is having a look of surprised on his face now. He told me he was expecting a lot of hatred from them, and he would accept it all. But, now, once he knew that his kids don't hate him, but understand what he did, he cannot say a word. When his children hug him, he hugs them back, tears flowing on his face, and he's sniffling too.

After a few minutes, he stops making sounds. Weiss pats his back and says: "So, father, let us return to the story, right?"

No response, no reaction at all. Schwarz attempts to push him out a bit: "Father, I know you like to hug, but…" But when Schwarz and Weiss release their hugs, Kuro collapses to the floor instantly, which startles all of us as we rush to check on him. Weiss tries to shake him up: "Father? Father? What happened? Answer me!"

Don't shake him, Weiss. Let him get some rest. I will teleport him to his room, and I will answer your answers in his place.

Kuro's body then glows, and then turns into data bits, probably the teleport The Observer has said. Then a light appears out of thin air, and then a Kuro-look-alike replaces him. Instead of the lab coat, he wears a black jacket, black gloves, a black scarf that covers his lower face, and a black fedora. His eyes don't have any malice in it, and they are normal by any means.

Schwarz looks at him, worry and a hint of anger in his eyes: "What happened to our father? Tell us now!"

The Observer, or T.O: "He hasn't slept for over 7 years. He fears about how you react to the truth, and the guilt of his mistakes. So, when you said you didn't hate him, he lets the exhaustion come to him, and, well, that's the result."

Most of us are having worry written on our faces now. Brave however: "So that's true, huh?"

I turn to Brave: "You knew that he hadn't slept for that long?"

Brave nods: "When we're stuck at Lastation before going to Leanbox. That's just a small exchange, that's all."

Weiss asks T.O: "Then what can we do for him now?"

T.O: "For now, just let him rest. After a day or so he will wake up, then do whatever you want to him."

Everyone is redundant about that, but decide to drop it, for now. Then Neptune asks him: "So, that's how you normally wear?"

T.O's expression shows that he is smiling : "Well, The Creator kinda likes this kind of 'cool and mysterious', that's why I'm like this."

Noire: "And the color black? It seems you're obsessed with it. It's not like I didn't like it, my land is the same, but…"

T.O: "Yeah, our clothes are mostly in dark color. Easy to wear without worrying about mixing clothes."

Vert looks at his eyes: "Your eyes are not like Kuro's. It's a little… how to say it…"

T.O: "Not human-like?"

Vert nods. T.O pulls out a mirror from nowhere and stares at his reflection: "Strange… Is something wrong with them? Or…"

Vert: "Well, it's normal enough, but I don't feel… any emotions…in it."

T.O: "OH! That's what you meant. Don't worry about it. 'Eyes are the window to the soul'. If someone could read my eyes, then maybe they can find a way to find The Creator and hurt him. That's why my eyes don't hold much feeling in it. You have to look at my actions if you want to know how I am."

Blanc asks him: "What're you going to do now? I don't think Kuro would be happy when he sees you…"

T.O: "I will be around, until he wakes up. We kind of have an agreement about it: If he's not himself, then I will appear, or things go out of his hands."

Everyone nods. T.O then says: "Well, if you don't have anymore questions, I suggest the other CPUs to return to your nations, and some of members from the past to accompany them, and announce your return. Your people will be extremely happy that their Goddess has come back for them. Also, in this weekend, Kuro has booked the hot spring for you all, so you shouldn't miss it." Then he turns to Adam: "There's something I want to talk to you about the future, we'll talk later, okay?" Adam nods.

Everyone then walks to the living room's balcony of the purple sisters, and waves goodbye to the other nations' CPUs when they fly away, along with a few others. Most of the people left have gone out. After that, T.O turns to IF and Compa: "Can you stay here, I need to talk with you about something." T.O turns to me and whispers in my ears: "Can you make Kuro's bed a little bigger?" I give him a question look, but then I see a room of some kind in his left eye, and when I look closely…

From question look to deadpan: "Really?"

T.O: "7 years are too much for a human. Hope you understand."

"I understand, but…" I look at IF and Compa: "Do you think they will agree?"

T.O: "Well, even if they don't, we should give him something to remember."

I nod, and start walking to Kuro's room.

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Adam's POV

After mature Histoire walked away, I ask T.O: "So, you need a favor from us, like Kuro…"

T.O interrupts: "Well, that's IF and Compa's case, but with you, The Creator has a plan for you. I will tell you later."

I nod. He then turns to the couple: "Well, this is a bit sudden but…can you sleep with Kuro tonight?"

He would have a hand print on his face if he didn't step back instantly. IF shouts: "What kind of request did you ask us? You…you…want us to…?" Both of the girls are having red faces now.

T.O: "Uh…Currently, how do you understand how I meant 'sleeping'?"

IF is a tomato now: "That's sensitive subject! Why did you…"

T.O stops her: "Then you're wrong. I just want you two to stay on the same bed with him, that's all. You just have to sleep normally, don't worry about him doing anything to you. Well, maybe he will hug you two, but that's it."

I give him a deadpan look. "You're asking the impossible here. Why do you expect something like that to happen?"

T.O turns to me, possibly smirks judging by how his eyes look like now: "You didn't know how many girls before wanted to sleep with him, just to get a hug from him. He likes to hug, that's all, and he wouldn't do anything to the girls without their permission." He turns back to the girls: "Well, your answer?"

IF is about to continue her protest, but Compa speaks first, her face is still red: "I…don't really fond of the idea, but may I ask why you asked us to do so?"

T.O: "Think of it as a nurse taking care of her patient, okay?"

IF: "HOW CAN THOSE TWO BE RELATED TO EACH OTHER?"

T.O: "Because… if you agree, I will show you, during your sleep, one of his peaceful moments in his life. You will understand that he would be very happy if you do so, and his mood might lighten up after that."

Awkward moment passes…

IF: "Let…us…think about that first…Compa, let's…return to our room, for now."

Compa: "O…kay…Iffy…"

After they walked away…

"What was that, dude? You can't just ask something like that… They wouldn't agree…"

T.O: "Maybe…maybe not…worth a try, though…"

"You guys are weird…"

"Got that a lot before…"

"By the way, you said you wanted to speak with me about something right?"

"Yeah… if our timing is right, you're going to have an adventure with Kuro about a year or two from now, in another universe."

"OH... May I ask how I have that honor?"

"Not exactly honor, you know. You're going to have a hard time, but with Kuro, it'd be easier. Also, you'll turn back into your 17-self."

"Wait what? I will be de-aged?"

"Don't worry, when you return back, you'll be back to normal."

"Okay, that's alright. But why me?"

… "Adam is not your real name right?"

… "You know?"

"The Creator has his way. So, you should pack up and tell your family now. They would be extremely worried if you suddenly disappear."

"That's fair. So, one year from now?"

"Well, Kuro and Neptune's next adventure will take 19 days and it will take place a few months from now, so I think one year. When the teleport happens, I will tell you, okay?"

"That's fine to me. Anyway, I think that's all for me?"

"Yes, that's all. Also, about the hot spring…"

"No way I'm participating."

"Why not?"

"First, all CPUs will be there. Second, the gender ratio is unbalanced. Third, my wife might kill me if I go there."

"Fair point. Suit yourself. Let me walk with you out."

"Alright. Lead the way."

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?, ?, IF's POV

Why did I agree to that?

Compa and I have come to Kuro's room, much to my protest, and did as T.O asked us to. Well, it's true that Kuro didn't do anything, aside from hugging my Compa, but still… Mature Histoire even changed the guest room to his previous room too, which means the bed is fit for all three of us…

"Wakey-wakey sleepy head."

Compa's voice… It seems it's morning now. I try to open my eyes, but for some reasons I can't.

"Is it morning already? I don't want to…" That's my voice, but sounds…older.

"Hehehe, you look so cute when you try to go back to sleep, IF. But we need to wake up now. It's already 8 in the morning."

"…"

"Alright, I do this, and you wake up, okay?" Then I feel something pressing against my lips. It's wet, sweet, and my lips are full of it… Then it leaves my lips, and my eyes suddenly open by their own. In front of my face is Compa, beautiful and cheerful as usual, laying right next to me. She is smiling as her eyes are staring at me.

'I' pout: "You don't have to do it to wake me up, you know?" My face is probably pink now, because: "But you're so cute. I can't help it."

I noticed that she is wearing a pink nightgown…Nightgown… I remembered that we both wore pijamas last night, and she never wore a nightgown before. Doesn't mean it didn't fit her though, she looks great in it, but…

Wait, if she's next to me, then… the feeling in my lips…

Both of us start sitting up and getting out of bed, then I start walking to the wardrobe. It has a full-body mirror on it, and I look at my reflection. Or… Kuro's wife's reflection. I'm looking at a mature self of me, with black nightgown on, my hair is a bit of messy since it's a bit too long, my curves look thinner than mine and her chest… I'm so jealous now. Even if they're not too big, they're noticeable.

So this is what T.O told us before. This is one of the peaceful moments of Kuro. But why am I looking in my other self's view now?

Do you want to see the view of Kuro? The other person?

'Well, if you put it that way…Wait, I thought you're with Kuro in that time?'

No. During the time Kuro lived with you two, we weren't there. We decided that we let him have his life in privacy, for the time being. You're watching it as a flashback now, so don't worry about interrupting their life.

'Oh, then… where is Compa? Is she…'

Well, I think we should separate you two from your other selves, for better conversation.

Immediately after, I'm pulled out of mature-me and from Compa's side, Compa. We float to each other instantly.

Compa asks first: "So this was our room in Kuro's previous world? It looks lovely. Can we decorate like this in our room, IF?"

I blush a bit: "Well, maybe… But…" I mumble: "Maybe later…" I shout to T.O: "Hey, how long do we have to watch?"

That's your choice. But I think the maximum would be a day.

"I think that's enough." Then we hear someone knocking on the door. The past IF, or PIF, walks to the door, opens it, and greets Histoire.

"Oh, Histoire. Good morning."

Histoire smiles: "Good morning to you as well. Kuro asked me to wake you girls up, but it seems you are ready for the day."

Past Compa, PCompa, after changing to her regular clothes, notices Histoire: "Good morning Histy! Do you know where Kuro is?"

Histoire: "He is cooking right now." Kuro? Cooking? "He didn't want to wake you too early, since you had done a lot of work last night. And his real reason…"

PIF blushes: "Yeah, I can guess. Anyway, about our kids…"

Histoire: "They're with him right now. Do you need anything now?"

PCompa shakes her head: "We will be there for a few minutes. You can go ahead." Histoire nods and leaves.

After about 10 minutes of preparation, our mature selves start walking to the dining room. There are few people in the room already: toddlers Schwarz and Weiss are waving their arms excitedly in their chairs, don't remember how it's called, the chair specific for small kids, with the pink Dogoo bouncing on the table and making dog-like features, Histoire is talking to someone on the phone, and Kuro is making a few more foods…while wearing an apron in place of the lab coat…

Compa giggles: "Kuro looks so funny in the apron."

I ask T.O: "I'm not judging, but how good is Kuro when it comes to cooking?"

Good enough. I mean, he's 20 years old, he needs to fill his stomach by his own sometimes, you know.

"Fair point."

Also, combining with the knowledge of the victims before, it helps him a lot.

"Also, what's about the apron? That's not like him at all."

Nah, that's just him fooling around. Just for some laughs.

"Make sense."

PIF walks to Schwarz and brings him up: "Who's my little baby?" He smiles cheerfully when he sees his mother and reaches his arms to her. The same to PCompa and Weiss.

Kuro walks to the table, plates of food on his hands: "Glad you two have waken up. You had quite a night yesterday."

PIF: "Yeah, but it's still usual stuffs, just…more and more things occurred."

PCompa: "What about you Kuro? Did you have a great night?"

Kuro: "Same as usual: being chased around by both sides."

PIF facepalms: "What did you do?"

Kuro: "Don't blame me. They just decided to."

PCompa giggles: "You have rotten luck with people, don't you?"

Kuro shrugs: "Maybe. Well, we should enjoy our meal before it runs cold. Histoire, you join us too."

After the breakfast, with lots of stories and laughs, the family goes out of the Basilicom and heads to the nearby park. Kuro uses his morning there to play with his children with PIF and PCompa, and talk with the citizens who are there too. In the afternoon, they just walk around the city and help people while bringing Schwarz and Weiss with them.

Compa looks very happy, but sad at the same time: "They are so happy with other. It's a shame that they're separated now."

I talk to T.O: "Is this his best moments? Because I don't feel like so."

He doesn't play favorite in this one. Every moment he spent with his family is and always will be his best moment. Nothing could top that.

I nod. Then the scene changes to… Neptune and Nepgear's rest place. At Neptune's, her katana is stabbed right on top with her bokken, and Nepgear with her beam sword. The whole family is there, the kids are asleep on their mother's arms, the background shows that it's sunset. Only the sounds of the leaves flowing with the wind can be heard. , and Kuro are having solemn looks on their faces now.

"Uh, T.O, this is…"

I said 'peaceful', not 'good' moment.

"Really?"

PIF walks to Neptune's grave: "It's been a while, Neptune. From the time you guys were gone, people have met a lot of bad things. Monsters rising, people being killed more, and nothing can really stop them for a time. But, now, with Kuro, we can rise Gamindustri back to its glory time again. Just you wait."

PCompa: "Yes, like IF said, we're returning our world back to the one you girls had been keeping with your power. Even with you gone, we will always remember what you have done for us all."

Kuro: "I have taken your role as the sole God of the Gamindustri, and I will follow your dream to the end: I will make a world where people will live peacefully without constant scaring all the time, and protect everyone with all of my power. Rest in peace, and let me continue your work."

Everything suddenly blurs at this point. Compa calls out T.O in panic: "What…what's happening? Why does…"

Compa, calm down. It's nothing to be scared about. You're just exiting the memory.

That calms down Compa: "Oh. I was scared for a moment."

Don't worry, we'll never put you in harm with this. By the way, it's time for you to wake up now. It's morning in the current world.

And after that, we wake up.

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Weekend, after hot-spring event, was planning to do so, but maybe in the future, Neptune's POV

"Man, I really hoped the boys would come too. Then the event would be more entertaining. Why didn't you force them to do so?"

Don't even bother Neptune. Kuro had a bad time with it before and he's knocked out, and the gender ratio is too unbalanced. And we thought that we should let you have more freedom when we're not there.

"But the hot spring is a MIXED one. That's it, next time I will pull them in, no matter what."

You can try, but I won't write it down.

"OH COME ON! That's unfair! I did that for all the readers out there. You should be grateful about my efforts for you all!"

Noire interrupts our conversation: "Neptune, stop talking with him. Even though I have to agree though, the boys deserve something for what they have done for us. But it's not like I want to…" She mumbles at the last part.

'She is speaking it out loud! Don't try to hide it!'

Let's just say that… I don't like how she acts like that. I do like Tsundere like her, don't get me wrong, but overacting like that… You better fix that, Neptune.

'Why would I do that? Why don't you tell Kuro to do so?'

I have some proofs about your…

'DON'T YOU DARE! THAT'S OUR SECRET! You are not spreading it out!'

Noire notices how I am acting, and how my face looks like, she asks me: "What are you two talking about?"

I wave my arms in panic: "Nothing, nothing concerns you after all! Anyway…" I have to change the subject, so I turn to the whole group. "We should go back to my place now. We have some games to catch up!"

Noire looks at me disapprovingly, but then drops it: "Well, I suppose so. You have done a lot of work, unlike before."

I pout: "Hey, my 'Don't you dare! Damn, nearly got you'. I did my work all the time, before too!"

Vert smiles: "Well, you did your work, only when Histoire yelled at you."

Blanc says in her slow tone: "We have to give her credits, though. She did her work more that before, her reward should be something like that." Thank you, Blanny!

Suddenly Weiss' N-Gear rings up, she looks at it and says, in surprised: "A message from my father!"

Broccoli asks: "Kuro woke up, nyu? What did he send you?"

Weiss looks at the message, then frowns: "This is it, huh?"

Everyone is giving her a question look. Nepgear asks: "What did he write, Weiss? Why are you…"

Weiss gives her N-Gear and Nepgear speaks it out loud: "If you girls receive the message, then go back to Neptune's place. Time for the final information. But, take your time to have fun first, I can wait. Sign: Kuro."

Uni speaks: "Final information? That sounds serious."

Ram: "That message would be more serious if the last sentence is not occurred. You ruined it Kuro."

Rom: *nod, nod*

Weiss sighs: "So, anymore plans before we return?"

The past crew is having worried looks towards… Nepgear? Marvy says: "We don't exactly have one, but what about the others?"

The Oracles, IF, Compa and 5pb. shake their heads. 5pb. says: "Not me. My schedule is free until the Deity of Sins is gone."

Cave: "And I'm with her."

Broccoli: "Broccoli don't have anything to do, nyu."

Red: "Me neither."

I turn to Magic: "What about you?"

Magic shakes her head: "I suppose I should follow you. The members can handle by themselves without me. This piece of information seems very important."

Mature Histoire is having a grim look on her face, and I try to cheer her up: "Come on, Big Histy. Don't be so down like that after our fun time.", which fails miserably. She says: "No, we should return now."

I want to ask more about it, but then drop it and lead everyone out.

When we enter the meeting room, Kuro is sitting in the middle, his hand is holding a rusty sword, and sitting next to her is a woman we have never seen before. Brave and Schwarz are already there.

Kuro: "You girls are here, sooner than I thought."

"Well, everyone doesn't have another plans, so we decide to head back here instantly. We don't want you to be alone for too long now, shall we?"

Kuro: "Appreciate your concern. Now, you all may take a sit now." My attempt to lighten the mood fails again.

After everything has settled, Kuro says to the woman: "You should introduce yourself first."

The woman nods. She turns to us: "Greetings everyone. My name is Uranus, one of the Goddesses before your generation. I was asked by Kuro, to give you some info about how to defeat Deity of Sins."

Blanc says in surprise: "You are Uranus? THAT Uranus?"

Vert turns to her: "You know something about her?"

Mina answers: "Her info was in the library, in a little bit further back. The record said that she, along with the other Goddesses managed to seal Dos away, but with the cost of their lives. I'm surprised that Kuro found her. Where did you find her anyway?"

Kuro: "In the depth part of LAN Castle. With this sword right next to her…" He's mentioning the sword on his hand. His tone is a little bit too dark.

I point to the sword: "If my guess is right, that sword is the thing that sealed it, right? We just have to do it again, right?"

Kuro shakes his head: "No, not 'seal it'. Vaporize it would be a better choice."

Noire: "Is that… a little extreme?"

Kuro: "Note here, I'm talking about Dos, not Arfoire. We will modify the sword to have two purposes. Anyway, Uranus, tell them Dos' weakness."

Uranus nods: "Its weakness is anything related to positive feelings. ANY kind of happy thoughts would do the trick."

"That's awfully sounded like Overlord Momus' weakness."

Kuro: "That's darkness for you. So, what's your happy thought?"

"You mean my desire to have unlimited supplies of pudding until I fall into food coma?"

Noire 'You typed a lot of time with her name, you're trying to do it again? Maybe…' looks at me uninterested: "If that's what we need, then we would have easily defeat her from the beginning."

Uranus: "One person's desire is not enough. You need to gather all of your strongest desires and unite it to ensure your victory. And it's not even guarantee to defeat her completely."

Red: "Well, to me, my strongest desire is to find the best collection of wifeys."

5pb.: "Singing for a global audience."

IF sighs: "You girls…"

Nepgear: "If that's it, then it's simple." Everyone is looking at her. "Our will to protect Gamindustri. Like Kuro, who is trying his best to protect his family and his friends, we want to protect the world we live and love. That's our strongest desire."

"Aww… Nep Jr. has grown up so well. I'm so proud of you!" I hug her, which makes her jump a bit, but she returns it after: "Hehe, my big sister is praising me…"

Uni: "Well said, Nepgear."

Ram: "You look way cooler after that, Nepgear!"

Rom: "Uhm…So cool…"

"But what will be the price?" A question, from Kuro. Everyone is confused. Nepgear asks: "What do you mean?"

Kuro: "I mean what I said. You remember my story, right? I had to kill a person, in order to save the others. My price is his life and my life. What will you do? Will you save this world's peace without an innocent's death? Or will you sacrifice anyone for it?"

Chika outbursts: "What kind of question is that? There's no way we let anyone die because of the world peace."

Nepgear raises her hand: "Chika, let me do the talking."

Chika: "But…"

Vert holds her hands: "Let Nepgear do it. I think she has the answer."

Nepgear pulls her chair closer to Kuro: "Kuro, I know you had a dark past, that made you be careful with everything. But, you were human before, you had no power during that time. You had no choice back there, only one correct path is open for you and you had to take it. But, that's our difference. We have a better choice here, and we will take it. No matter how it looks, it's wrong to take a person's life to achieve something that's relevant to him and he has nothing to do with it. This is my answer: We'll save this world, and protect everyone's life from harm."

Kuro and Nepgear are staring at each other, Kuro with his left eye glowing with darkness, Nepgear with our symbol in her eyes and determination in it. We feel the tension filling in the air. Then, everything returns to normal, Kuro lays his back to his chair, his eye has returned to normal, and it has a feeling of…relief in it. He says: "Thank you for your answer. I'm satisfied that my work has grown fruit. What about you, Schwarz, Weiss? Have you got rid of your hatred towards Nepgear?"

Everyone shouts: "WHAT?" and looks at the mentioned people. If they feel uncomfortable with it, they don't show it. Schwarz says: "You're correct, Father. Thanks for clearing everything."

Weiss: "For your question, yes, we have got rid of it for a while. I'm grateful that our time won't happen again."

"Wait, wait, wait… Hold up. You guys hated Nepgear? She did nothing wrong, right?" They didn't answer. "Right?"

Kuro answers: "Not exactly. We don't hate her, not personally. It's her actions that we hated."

Uni looks worried: "Did Nepgear… Your Nepgear…do something wrong?"

Kuro looks at everyone, we're having looks of doubts and fears in our eyes now. Kuro puts the rusty sword on his legs: "Tell me, what's the problem you could tell when you saw this sword?"

Chika looks at him: "Problem? Is that because it's too rusty?"

Kuro: "No, the problem lies on what its core power is."

Kei: "May I ask what it is?"

Kuro: "Take a guess."

Nepgear takes a guess: "Sharicite?" No respond.

Uni: "Nuclear reactor?" Neither.

Rom: "Magic?" No.

Ram: "Come on! Tell us already!"

Kuro suddenly stands up and points the tip of the sword…right before Nepgear's face, just a millimeter before it hits her.

Nepgear was too surprised and terrified to do anything, but we stand up instantly and point our weapons to him. Brave asks first: "What's the meaning of this, Kuro?"

Kuro looks at Brave: "Don't worry. No blood will be spilt in this room."

Kei: "We may believe that you're an ally, but we cannot take all of your words that they're right. Explain what you're doing now."

Kuro looks at Kei, then looks back to Nepgear, who is shaking in her fear, then: "Uranus, tell them how you…empowered the sword."

She looks reluctant, but she says: "Along with me, there're three more Goddesses. We weren't able to fight Dos before we had the sword. But, to use it, we had gone through an agreement. And that agreement was…"

Emerald looks at her, and realizes something: "Uranus…The sword's power…is the CPU's lives, isn't it?"

Vert looks at her in surprise: "That cannot be it, right my little sister? Surely there's another way to…"

Uranus stops her: "No, your sister is right. I had killed the other Goddesses to seal Dos' away, with my own life as well. But you can see, it's not enough. She has come back."

Everyone is having looks of horrified in their face. I try to connect the dots, and…no…it can't be, right?... Nepgear is too naïve to do something like that…

Kuro: "Your fear is right, Neptune. In this moment, our Nepgear chose… the dark path… and…the other CPUs…had fallen because of her."

Nepgear is crying now, because of the fear of nearly being stabbed, and the review of horrible truth: "No, no, no…"

Kuro continues: "She managed to seal the Dos, like Uranus here, and after that she hid somewhere because she thought the world would be better without her. But… a year later, she was corrupted by the Dos itself, and started controlling the monsters and killed anyone that's unfortunately in her way. That happened for two years before I was teleported there. You know the rest…"

Mina asks him: "But then…why did you help her now?"

Kuro: "Because, our Nepgear picked the wrong choice, that's all. She never wanted the world to reach its end. After I managed to destroy Dos for good, but she's slowing dying, she confessed to me. She regret everything she had done, and she hated herself for letting Dos control her body and restrain her control over her body. She wished she could undo everything. She asked me to tell anyone who's alive that: she didn't ask for forgiveness, but she wanted us to remember what the CPUs had done for them. I had no reason to hate her, she's just a normal girl without her power, but the others were not so forgiving." He turns to the past crew: "So, that's her last words. I hope you understand her after that."

They look at each other, trying to comprehend the story. Then they lower their weapons, and Marvy says: "We believe you. That makes sense for everything now. Nepgear may have killed the others, but she's a good girl at heart."

PRed: "My wifey may have done bad things, but I know that, somewhere in her she's still herself."

Tekken: "It's all the Dos' faults, not hers. People will forgive her, for sure."

CC2: "Thank you, Kuro, for telling us the last truth."

Kuro nods, then looks back at Nepgear, who is trembling because of everything: "You see, Nepgear. We're always by your side. You should ask us to help you, don't try to take the problems by your own. You have your friends and your family to back you up. And about this sword…" He lifts the rusty sword up, in his left hand a black-purple sword appears which is similar to the rusty one, and he swings the rusty one to the black one, shattering the former. We jump in surprise, not because of the similar of the black sword, but his sudden action, that's all.

Then a box appears, the pieces of the sword fly into it. When the box closes, Kuro gives it to Nepgear, who is still scared, but stops crying: "Nepgear, I will help you in rebuilding the sword. This time, we'll use the Sharicite we're holding, it will be the core power of the sword so that it won't backfire at any of us, or anyone with a good heart. But for now, I want you to hold the box and rest, the story is a bit much for you to take. When you're ready, we'll begin." He turns to us. "If you want to help, feel free to say it." He looks at Uranus: "You can go now. Thanks for your help." Uranus nods and disappears.

He was about to go out, but Magic calls him back: "Wait. You need to explain about that sword."

He still has the sword on his hand. He raises it up a bit, examines it: "This one? It's the rusty sword when it came to full power. Don't worry about it, I have full control over it." He makes it disappear and leaves the room.

After that, everyone lets out the breath we held unconsciously. I then walk to Nepgear: "Nep Jr., are you alright? Speak to me gal." I try to lighten her mood. The story is a lot to take, especially Nepgear.

Nepgear looks at the box in her hands, then wipes the tears on her face: "I'm fine, sis. But I need some time to think about it."

Uni walks next to her and lifts her arm up: "Come on, let me lead you back to your room."

Nepgear says thanks to Uni, and they start walking out, back to our bedroom.

If only…

*Head smashes to the table*

'Woah, what's that? Dude, I thank you for not writing the sentence, but why are you…'

No, not that, the previous one…

'When Nepgear and Uni went out? What's the matter?'

What about Brave?

'Brave? OH! You mean…'

I will have to apologize him later…

'Nah! No need. He knows about it. Uni is just luckier than him, and he accepts that.'

But…

'Just let it slide, don't worry. Besides, it's his love live, not yours.'

Marvy suddenly asks mature Histoire: "How much did you know about this?"

Histoire: "Which one? You might need to specific it."

CC2: "All right. First, about Nepgear being corrupted?"

Histoire: "I only had suspicions about it before, being confirmed by Kuro 7 years ago."

Tekken: "About him having the sword?"

Histoire: "Right after he killed her and took it."

PRed: "Did you know how he reacted when he found out the truth?"

Histoire: "He said he's relieved because Nepgear was still Nepgear. I think that's enough for you to understand."

They nod. I look at everyone, and they're still trying to swallow it. Well, time to go back to little old me.

"Well, that's the story guys. How about some games to lighten up the mood?"

It works, for one part.

Noire scolds at me: "Are you kidding me? After that and you want to…" She was stopped by Histy out of everyone. Histy looks at me: "Neptune, can you do me a favor? Lead everyone who wants to play to the main room." She turns to everyone else: "The others can go somewhere else, doing their own things. I will make the pool, the one in the animation during the R-18 Island event but in the Basilicom with IF, Compa, Peashy and the Candidates…, you can join with me if you want." And she floats out of the door.

Everyone is having a surprise look on their faces now, even mature Histoire. IF says first: "What…just happened to her?"

Compa: "She looked like a different person just now."

Magic takes a glance to mature Histoire: "Did you do something to her?"

Histoire is thinking. Then she answers: "I'm using Neptune's way to speak here. I think she nearly fried her circuits and she needs to cool it down. There's a few times like that with me before, and Kuro gave me some cold drink for that."

I look at her: "…I didn't know you could make a joke."

She turns to me: "If he's not in serious mood, he's like you, but he also tried not to make me mad at the same time. He sometimes even pulled me to do some shopping with him, much to my protest."

Blanc asks: "But you enjoyed it?"

She smiles: "It's a good time, for sure. Even when I said I had work, he just threw all of them into his personal hammerspace and pulled me out of my chair. He insisted that I shouldn't work too much for my own good. But spending time with him made me relaxed at the same time."

Red: "May I ask how good he is in bed?"

That sudden question…Histoire's face is completely red. "W…Why are you asking that question?"

Red: "I heard that you slept with him before right? I thought you have done more than that…"

Including me, everyone is blushing hard now. Vert, however: "OH MY! You have to tell us, now. Did he do something with you?"

Histoire shouts in embarrassment: "NOTHING I TELL YOU! He asked me to do so because…" She calms down for some reasons. "No, you know why already." Oh.

Vert immediately drops it: "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't think that through."

Histoire waves her hand: "It's fine. He slept with me because that's the last sleep for him in 7 years. He felt a bit lonely, so he asked me to do so. It's just a help of a friend, nothing more."

Not wanting to be more depressing, I pull every CPU in the room: "Now now, no need to interrogate Big Histy anymore. Let's play some games to cool our head now. And cut the story now, mister. I think this goes far enough."

No need to tell me twice.

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Chapter 10 end.

Yeah, hope it sastify your thirst for this chapter. (If you have it).

Last of needed information are reviewed. Next chapter will be the... wait, I'm sorry. There will be an epilogue chapter that'll foreshadow the next story I will write. Wait for it.

Nothing else to say. I will see you in the next chapter!