There's a story poll on my page. It's about what I'll write after all the short OC stories have been written and uploaded. With that being said, your feedback on that would be greatly appreciated.

{Chapter 11}

Nepgear and I followed Histoire down a long series of corridors and turns to eventually reach a door.

Histoire turned back to us, looking at me specifically. "Before we try to give you a new voice, I just want to make sure that you also want to take down Viridi, am I correct?"

I nodded.

She smiled. "Good. Then I shall provide a brief history of this situation so that you can understand everything a bit better. Just follow me into this room."

"U-Um, Histoire?" As the door slid open, Nepgear called to her. "S-Should I be coming in too?"

Histoire nodded. "Yes. As a CPU still in training, you should be acknowledged about as much as possible."

"R-Right..."

Without anything else to say, we both followed Histoire into the dark room. The door behind us shut and left us in a dark room, dimly lit by floating orbs dancing in the skies like fireflies.

"Histoire, what is this room?" Nepgear asked.

"This is a room where the history of all things is stored, similar to what I do," Histoire explained. "While I can record and store history in my Tome, this room is like a physical version of history. All history has been recorded and stored in this room. That includes the history that came even before me."

Histoire then began floating around the room, peering at the many orbs. "Let's see now... Ah, here we are."

Histoire tapped on several of the orbs and they all froze in place. She then scooped them up and floated over to the both of us with them, letting them roll to our feet.

Nepgear picked one of them up and stared at it; I did the same. However, all I could see was a glowing white sphere.

Nepgear looked back up at Histoire. "These contain memories, right? How do we see them?"

Histoire took one of the orbs on the floor and showed it to us. "Watch."

We did as Histoire instructed and watched her tap the orb twice. As its glow became brighter, an image projected right above it. However, it was blank.

"This is just an example," Histoire explained. "Just do as I had done with the orb."

We did as instructed and tapped on the cold orbs. Like Histoire's orb, the orbs we held in our hands projected light into the room. Unlike Histoire's orb, the orbs we projected combined into one beam of light in the air.

The beam then displayed a young man with pale skin and silver-white hair. At first, I didn't recognize who it was. But when I saw the man's eyes, I instantly knew who it was.

"That young man was once Viridi," Histoire confirmed. "That was him before all of this happened."

Nepgear and I looked back to Histoire. "Histoire, what do you mean by that? What exactly happened?"

"Watch the projection," Histoire instructed. "It'll explain everything..."

Third Person POV

The three of them all stared at the projection, the projection of Viridi before he went insane.

The projection showed the four CPUs and Histoire all surrounding a green Share Crystal. So many shares filled the crystal that it was glowing and emitting an extremely bright green light.

Histoire stared at all of the CPUs worriedly. "Are you four sure about doing this? About creating a new CPU?"

Purple Heart nodded. "Yes, we've all agreed to this and this is for the best."

"But why?" Histoire asked. "Why would you want to create a new CPU? The CPU Candidates are next in line. So why make a new one?"

"You're forgetting, Histoire," Green Heart started. "When ASIC was taking over, we had nobody, no CPU, to help keep Gamindustri in order. Even if Nepgear and the other Candidates did grow from it, we had nobody to help maintain balance and stop ASIC's plans while we were gone."

"That's why we're creating a new CPU," Black Heart said. "We need someone here to help protect Gamindustri while we're absent. At least, until Uni and the others become full-fledged CPUs."

"I suppose so..." Histoire admitted, sighing. "However, are you sure this new CPU will be strong enough to help protect Gamindustri?"

"They will," White Heart confirmed. "After all, that crystal is overflowing with shares from all of Gamindustri. Plus, we'll be putting our own shares into it also."

Histoire sighed. "Do as you wish, but I do sure hope you all know what you're doing..."

"I promise, you won't regret this, Histoire," Purple Heart swore.

The four CPUs clasped each other's hand and closed their eyes. White share energy began pouring from the CPUs and into the crystal; it was now glowing as bright as a star.

The share energy stopped flowing from the CPUs and the share energy emitting from the Share Crystal was now glowing green.

As the CPUs opened their eyes, the share crystal created an even brighter green light and blinded the area.

"…" The light faded and a young boy stood where the Share Crystal had once been. He had silver-white hair, pale skin and a pair of green eyes.

"…" They stared at him as he stood there and looked back at everyone.

Histoire was the first to speak. "S-Sir, who are you?"

His attention turned to Histoire and he answered. "My name's Viridi, I'm a CPU."

They all stared at him in shock. "No way, it actually worked..."

The projection faded for a moment before changing to a projection of Viridi in a training room, fighting off many Ancient Dragons. Histoire and Mina, the Oracle of Lowee, watched from a place high within the room.

"What do you think, Mina?" Histoire asked. "It's astonishing, isn't it?"

Mina nodded. "Yes, it really is. He's only been training for several days and he's already performing astoundingly well! It's as if he's been a CPU for years."

Histoire nodded. "Yes, it's hard to believe it's only been several days."

"It must be because of all of those shares from the people and the CPUs," Mina suggested. "After all, the way Viridi seems to fight seems to be a unique mixture of the way the four CPUs fight and his own."

"Mhm," Histoire nodded. "We'll be tracking his progress to see how it goes..."

The projection then changed once again. It showed Viridi, sitting on a bench somewhere in Planeptune. The people who passed Viridi shot him dirty looks and muttered things.

However, Viridi did his best to ignore it all and continued eating his sandwich.

"Hey, is that the boy?"

"Yeah, that's him. The new CPU..."

"He's such a freak..."

"Really? I think he's kind of cute."

"No, that boy's just a freak! He's just a wannabe CPU!"

"Shh! Quiet! He'll hear you! Come on, let's go watch that movie."

Viridi finished his sandwich and looked up into the sky, sighing.

He eventually returned to Planeptune's CPU and went to his room, laying on his bed.

The screen faded once again. Now, it showed Histoire sitting with Neptune.

"I'm worried about him, y'know?" Neptune asked. "I think it's cause of how the people treat him."

"It could be because of that," Histoire agreed. "If there was anything I could do, I would. After all, he lives a quiet life inside our Basilicom."

The projection then changed for a final time. This time, it showed Viridi in his CPU form. Gamindustri was in ruins and Viridi floated over Planeptune.

"Viridi!"

He turned around to see Purple Heart flying towards him. She stopped in front of him. "Viridi, why are you doing this!?"

"Why? Why you ask?" Viridi turned to face Purple Heart. "Because power is the answer! If I have power, I can become complete! Power is what makes me whole, not any of you! I'm the real CPU here!"

As the projection faded, Histoire sighed and looked over at Nepgear and Samantha. "Viridi really used to be a good person. However, he was always lonely. It was because of this loneliness that he decided to try to fill that gap by getting stronger. However, that only fueled his desire for power and Viridi changed."

Nepgear shook her head. "That's so sad..."

Samantha nodded. She now thought that maybe if she would've known that, she would've thought things through before she had chased down Viridi with the intention of murder.

"Because of this, I have a request to ask you two," Histoire started. "If you see Viridi again and have to fight him, I want to see if you can save him. Despite what he's trying to do, I believe there's still good in him."

Nepgear nodded. "We'll try. After all, people change. He deserves another chance. At least, that's what I think..."

Histoire smiled. "Thank you. Now, why don't we get you that voice, Samantha?"

She smiled and nodded.