And it's time yet again for the disclaimer of the day! I don't own Hyperdimension Neptunia as it belongs to Idea Factory, and Compile Heart. I only own Nyx, Black Sister Nyx, Bushi/Ultra Bushi, and this plot.
Now to answer laster chapters question: To many so I'll just list who got it right. So congrats to jmcdavid, and fireuser3 for getting it right: . Without further ado...Let's Make It Showy!
Nyx marked off another day on the calender in the room she shared with Uni and Noire as she woke up early to meditate. While at first she didn't understand why anyone would do it at first she now had started to take it up herself.
She found it help to get her prepared mentally for the day while also letting her reflect on things. As she got changed into her clothes she heard gunfire going off, and finishing getting changed she rushed out to find the source then sighs just seeing Neptune was practicing.
"Good morning Neptune." Nyx greeted and Neptune stops firing.
"Oh hey little Nyx. Moring." She greets with a smile and waves at her.
"So..." Both start looking at the other wondering what the other was doing up so early.
"...I decided to get in some early morning meditation before breakfast." Nyx said and Neptune nods.
"That's good. I decided to do a bit of practice..." Neptune said and Nyx looked over toward the tree stump that Neptune used for training. It was riddled with holes and bullets and Nyx sweatdrops.
"Uhh..are you really practicing? It looks more like your letting off steam." Nyx states and Neptune gives a nervous laugh as the younger girl just looks at her.
"Alright I'm letting of some steam! It's just ugh..." Neptune starts gripping her hair annoyed.
"It's your mom right?" Nyx asked having watched Purple and Neptune interact.
"Of course it is?! I mean she's overreacting don't you think?" Neptune said as Nyx shrugs having not had parental figures except for her older sister back home.
"I don't know Neptune. I don't exactly have parents you know." she replied.
Neptune groans "Right, but you still have your Noire right? Hasn't she ever overreacted?" Neptune asked Nyx.
"Yes." Nyx says instantly thinking back to the whole Leanbox visit incident.
"Though every overreaction has a reason. Like for me well...I was and am still a new candidate. Noire was worried that something would happen to me if Vert was around." Nyx added on.
"Okay that has a point, but by not letting me see Nepgear she's also kind of punishing her. It isn't fair." Neptune says and Nyx nods.
"Well the only thing you can do is wait or try and make things up with her. Your mom will come around. I'm sure about it." Nyx says and hugs her.
Neptune returned the hug "Thanks little Nyx. I needed that." She told her.
"No problem." She says and the seperate.
"Well I've got some things to do. Talk to you later Neptune." Nyx said and then took off as Neptune waved and looks back to the stump.
"Well now that I've let out some frustration time to actually practice. I'm going to come up with something that'll surprise even mom." Neptune said to herself taking out her gun.
Meanwhile Nyx walked, but as she did so she suddenly felt cold, and then like someone had knocked her over the head with something hard.
She could only come up with one reason that she be feeling this sudden pain "Rom and Ram are arguing again...did they forget Rei hasn't removed that spe...OWW!" She began to think, but her thoughts were interupted as she felt a searing pain in her leg.
Limping as quickly as possible, and gritting her teeth through the pain she made her way to the kitchen suddenly began struggling for breath.
Taking notice of Nyx's condition Uni who had actually woken up early decided to step in seperating the twins "Okay enough you two. Or have you really forgotten about something?" Uni says with a glare and nods her head towards Nyx.
The two didn't instantly know what she meant "You mean like how Ram is..." Rom started as Uni cleared her throat and tilted her head towards Nyx.
Seeing Nyx hurt and in pain reminded the two of the spell which still hadn't been removed, and Ram came running over "I'm so sorry Nyx. Here let me fix you up." She says chants a spell making a few handsigns. Afterwards green energy hit her seeming to ease some of her pain.
"Thank's Ram. What happened though?" Nyx asked.
"Well..." Rom and Ram started looking away.
"They got into another stupid fight." Uni said aggitated.
Nyx groaned at this and calmed herself a bit yet was still a bit angry. Even since coming to this new dimension she had actually started to develop a bit of a temper. Her temper wasn't as violent as either of the Blanc's nor was it as intimidating due to her appearance it came off more as cute.
Nyx bit her inner lip and gave the two her best glare "Can you both not do that! I mean your literally hurting me to!" She says raising her voice, and while this outburst slightly surprised Rom and Ram, Uni couldn't help but just give a small smile and chuckle.
"Chill Nyx. Look I'm pretty sure they won't do it again. Anyways what's going on today Rom? You woke me up, and unintentonally woke up Ram." Uni says turning to the Lowee candidate.
"Oh right! Well today is actually a festival held in celebration of Lowee's founding." Rom explained and Ram groaned.
"That's why you seem much more annoying today." Ram muttered and Rom glared preparing to slap Ram, but then stopped recalling the spell so not wanting to harm Nyx more she stopped settling on ignoring Ram.
"A festival?" Uni and Nyx inquired interested.
"Yeah it's some boring old tradition. Blanc uses it to not only further gain the support of her people, but to honor the past. There's tons of food, games, and the best part is the fireworks." Ram told them plainly.
Rom glared "It's a pretty great tradition if you ask me. After all Lowee is the oldest of the four nations." Rom said.
"Given it's run by a child looking old hag, and her annoying tag along." Ram retorts, and both glare, but before they could do anything Uni grabbed hold of Rom, and Nyx grabbed Ram.
"Enough!" The two Lastation girls said and threw the two at each other and they bang their heads against once another causing both a headache, and Nyx possibly the start of a migraine.
"Look you two have to stop! Why are you both still doing this?" Uni asked deciding that enough was enough, and that before breakfast they were going to get this whole situation sorted out.
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After a bit of searching they decided the most private place to talk was Rom's room in the basilicom. It was larger than most of the other rooms, but that was given since the room was originally meant for two people.
"Okay here's how this is going to work. You both will have the chance to explain without the other interupting." Uni said.
"Yeah right! No way neither of us will interupt the other." Ram says.
Rom nodded to her "Yeah! She'll just twist the situation to make her look like the good one." Rom said.
Uni glared stopping them from interupting her "Should either one of you interupt the person who interupted will be slapped hard." Uni said.
"What! That's not fair! You won't be hurting us only you know!" Ram said.
Uni smirked "That's the idea. Neither of you like to see Nyx hurt right?" She asked and they nodded.
"Then neither of you will interupt the other. So Nyx won't get hurt to." Uni said.
Nyx frowned "I hate this idea. Anything that puts me in pain is a bad idea." She says and Uni gave her a glare that pretty much told her to deal with it.
"So who wants to go first?" Uni asked.
The twins looked between one another and Ram sighed "I say Rom should. Give her a chance to say her piece." she said.
If Rom was surprised she failed to show it as she stood up off the bed "This whole situation goes back a few years you see. Ram was being moody one day, and she been annoying as of late." Rom started and Ram grits her teeth not wanting to retort and cause herself and Nyx by extension to be slapped.
"Annoying how?" Uni asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Playing pranks, doddling on Blanc's books, and practicing magic without supervision." Rom listed off.
Ram just glared gritting her teeth and waited for her chance to explain her side of things.
"So to try and spend time with us both we went on a quest. It was suppose to be a simple fetch quest, but things got hairy." Rom said and shiver recalling how several Artic Fenrir's had just showed up out of nowhere.
"We got into a fierce battle. Then Blanc went to end it which she did, but...there was a unexpected consequence." Rom says glancing to Ram then back to the two.
"I don't like where this is going." both thought.
"Ram got hurt during Blanc's attack. After we finished the fight we headed home to Lowee to get her treated." Rom said and the two flinch at the thought of how badly hurt Ram may have been.
Rom took in a breath as she continued "When me and Blanc came to check on her a few days later she was gone. We couldn't find her, and worse was the fact neither of us could feel her share energy." Rom said and Ram crossed her arms looking away.
This was the point that Ram had left rejecting being a CPU Candiate of Lowee "When we did find her though it was in Leanbox nearly a week later. Apparently Ram had gone all the way from Lowee to Leanbox." Rom said.
"That's when you both found out she was now Leanbox's CPU Candidate right?" Nyx asked and Rom nodded.
"It...It didn't only hurt me, but made me so angry! Why?! Just why did you leave?!" Rom says looking to Ram at the end eyes still tearing up.
"What's worse though is that she never apologized for the pain that she put us through when we found out! It was like...like...like she was happy she had hurt me and Blanc!" Rom finished and gave a small sob before sitting down and looking away.
Uni flinches then looked to Ram "Okay Ram. It's your turn so how about you tell us your side of things?" she asked the other candidate.
"Okay, but my story actually goes further back than the day of that fight." Ram said calmly.
"You see a lot of stuff has always been difficult for me, and I was slow when it came to learning. Especially magic." Ram said and Rom looked at her and despite still having some tears it was clear she didn't believe her.
"Though what got me though was...Rom was and is a magical prodigy. It just annoys me so damn much!" Ram says stomping her foot.
Rom looked at her about to say something, but Nyx looked at her shaking her head to which Rom stopped herself.
"Why'd it annoy you Ram? Shouldn't it make you happy that your sister is so good?" Uni asked.
"Of course I was...at first." Ram says and sighed.
"Then well...I started being forgotten by Blanc and others." She added on and Nyx urged her to continue as Rom stayed silent.
"It was little things at first. Like there was this time Blanc promised to take me out for lunch after our magic lessons. Or the time that she was going to take me to get some comics." Ram continued.
"It eventually though became a bigger problem as time went on. Blanc spent more and more time with Rom, and our oracle...our oracle who babysits us forgot my name! I kept getting mistaken for Rom!" Ram shouts hands gripped into fists relaxing a bit.
"So I resorted to the one thing I thought would guarantee to get me attention, and that was pulling pranks. Small or big as long as they got attention." Ram calmed smiling.
"Huh? Though wouldn't that only get Blanc angry at you?" Nyx asked a bit confused.
"Yeah it did, but she was talking to me. Sure she was scolding me, but I finally got her attention, and would try to talk to her between the scolding. Though one day she said something that just got to me." Ram says and glanced to Rom.
"She said to me 'You're so annoying. Why can't you be more like Rom'?" Ram quotes and Rom began to understand a bit.
"Ram..." Rom muttered low so none would hear.
"After that I was 'moody' as Rom put it for some time, but the fact was that I was angry over being compared to my sister. I mean sure she is older, but I'm not her!" Ram said.
She then stomped her foot "Why should I have to be Rom to get attention? Why should I know how to do magic well to be praised? Why did everyone just forget there was two CPU candiates?" Ram asked out loud and then takes a breath calming herself.
"When that day happened I was trying to help, but kept my distance. I saw a small group of weakened Artic Fenrir that I could finish. I hoped maybe if I finished them myself maybe...just maybe Blanc might praise and actually notice me." Ram told them.
"That didn't happen though did it?" Uni asked.
"Yeah. I had come up with a spell days prior that could have taken out multiple foes at once! It would have been amazing!" Ram said slightly excited then sighed.
"Though it didn't happen. Out of nowhere Blanc came down attacking them and causing a massive explosion which I was caught right in the middle of. I...I still remember the pain, and the scream that followed it." Ram finished.
"So what made you want to go to Leanbox then?" Nyx asked curiously.
"Well when I woke up in Lowee's medical ward I had lots of time to think. I pretended to sleep whenever they came to check on me." Ram explained.
"I couldn't understand why she actually attacked me. It didn't make sense because I was in plain sight...then I tought maybe...maybe she attacked me because just like the Artic Fenrir she wanted me gone." Ram said.
"At that thought I began to despise being the CPU candidate of Lowee, I despised how talented my older twin was at magic, and I despised Blanc for hurting me and ignoring me." Ram said.
"Uhh...Isn't that a bit much?" Nyx asked.
Ram shakes her head "At the time I felt nothing but hate and anger for them. Then thoughts of Vert came to me. When she first met us she was so kind and caring, and whenever I called her she took time to talk, listen, and comfort me." Ram said smiling to herself as Rom looked away.
"I...I more than anything wanted to be Vert's little sister. She cared, and even though she wasn't our sister she always put mine and Rom's safety first. She was also very funny." Ram said and laughs a bit.
"So with thoughts of Vert, and wanting to leave Lowee for good I left that night. Though when I left, and tried to transform I found that I couldn't." She then added on and shrugs not really having an explaination for it.
"It took me all night, but somehow I manged to get myself to Leanbox. When Vert first saw me she was surprised, but I refused to explain just telling her I wanted to leave Lowee. That I wanted to live in Leanbox." Ram told them.
"Then they found you a few days later. How did you become Leanbox's CPU candidate though?" Nyx asked and Uni rubbed her chin.
"No clue, but as big sis Vert once said Gamindustri has it's ways of balancing things. So I guess since I somehow seperated myself from Lowee and whatever I was connected to I was connected to Leanbox." Ram said.
"And you've been living in Leanbox since then." Uni finished and looks between them.
"So something you two want to say?" Uni then asked.
The two looked to each other "I...I'm sorry." They both said to one another.
"I should have been paying better attention and seen you needed help." Rom says.
"I shouldn't have been pulling pranks for attention." Ram said.
Uni got between them "Okay don't go doing that. We get that your both sorry. So what are you going to do about it?" She asked the two.
They both looked at one another, and hesitantly gave each other a hug "Love you sis." Rom said.
"You to." Ram replied pulling away.
"Though this doesn't mean I'm coming back to Lowee as it's CPU candidate. They already got themselves a very good one." Ram added on.
Rom smiled "Though that won't stop you from visiting right? I mean your still me and Blanc's little sister." Rom said.
Ram bit her lip "Yeah...Blanc. I should talk to her to." She says.
"Oh yeah. You guys have a lot to catch up on." Nyx said and the four get up leaving the room. As they left around the corner a certain agent had somehow gotten inside the basilicom and was watching them. Her red eyes watched them very closely as she had gripped in her fist a tape.
"It's finally time." She muttered and headed off.
Chapter 11 AKA more filler is done and over with, but we have one situation perhaps handled. Now though if only Neptune and Purple/Magic could make things up properly...or is something drastic going to have to happen? Well anyways now with my longest running story done with I can focus more on this story. Anyways one with a shoutout question: Name a removed character from a previous Super Smash Brothers game that is returning in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. Until next time this has been decode9!