Cali: late on this but happy New Years, I hope everyone is having a fantastic time this year. And with this New Years come the New Years update, featuring Chapters 7 or 8 to …..at least 11, enjoy.

Ichi

I was back in my bed with Grimoire laying down right beside me. It had been a few hours since Rouge and Neptune had left and I had Grimoire clean up my house a little bit. It was kind of how I left it, with a few things here and there that the thugs had used. I had to get my sheets washed, because I think they were fucking girls on my bed, Since they dared to disrespect my house so much, I'm glad that I killed them all off.

"Ichi," Grimoire spoke up.

"Hm?"

"You said that you had seen Nepgear in a dream?"

"Yeah."

"Interesting…"

"Why?"

Well from what you told me it sounds like you two shared the same dream."

"Yeah?"

"Did you two really get that close?"

"We must have." I said as I looked up at the ceiling. I got up out of the bed, which made Grimoire jump. "Relax, I'm feeling better now."

"Alright…" Grimoire followed me downstairs to the couch and we sat down. "You think that girl will be okay?"

"I hope so, I don't know what the hell those idiots gave her but it wasn't something meant for human consumption. I can only imagine what the doctors are dealing with right now."

Histoire

I was inside my archive room. Which was a room with data constantly being sent out and sent in, the only reason that this place was possible is because I used my status as a Yggdrasil interface to change the space to suit my needs. To those not on the whitelist however, this looks less like the datascape it is and more like a room with bookshelves that go on for miles. I heard a knock on the door while I was processing new data and I commanded the door to open. I looked over and saw Dr. Osman. I floated over to him, dusting off my black and white graduate robe.

"Yes Dr. Osman?"

"I hate to interrupt your work, but I have some interesting news to share."

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"A new variant of Starstruck?" I asked as we walked down the hallway of the hospital he ran.

"Yes, it apparently is a variant that is intended to be an aphrodesiac, while the effects of it is different, the chemical basis of it is still similar enough, this girl was forcefully given this and she ingested it, from what the witnesses had said. She's currently running a fever and she has been unresponsive for quite some time."

"So why is it that you brought me then?"

"As the one who handles all of the information in the city wouldn't you want to document this? to make sure we know what we're dealing with next time we come across this?"

"Fair point, what about the people who force-fed her this? Are they arrested?"

"They're dead from what I've been told, the witnesses don't remember the assailant."

"I see," we entered the room and I was surprised to find Neptune and Rouge in there."NEPTUNE!?"

"HISTOIRE!?" Neptune jumped up from her seat.

"You know her?" Rouge asked Neptune.

"Yea she used to be my Oracle when I was CPU, do you know her?"

"Of course, I work for one of her colleagues, and she tends to be around when I have to report to him. And Histoire how come you don't greet me?"

"Sorry Rouge, what are you two doing here?"

"Well, we brought her." Neptune directed my attention to the girl in a hospital gown who was in the bed.

"Who is she?"

"Ein, Vert's younger sister."

"So Vert has a younger sister...but why is she here?"

"For school."

"I see…"

"Is she going to be okay?" Neptune asked Dr. Osman.

"She'll be fine, she's unconscious but as long as we rid her of the toxin in her system she'll wake up soon."

"What's soon?"

"A few weeks, but no more than that. It seems that a component of the drug is a histamine that is used as an aphrodesiac. It has a strange duo effect, however this is something that we've been finding in assassination victims."

"Do you think the candidates that have been killed were given this?"

"Who knows, did you ever hear anything about a supplier from whoever gave her this?"

"He said he had a friend he got it from but he didn't give a name."

"I see. Histoire, can you call Raphael?"

"Of course."

"Thank you." I floated out of the room and into the hallway and brought up a holographic panel and began to dial Raphael's number. It rang for a few minutes and I heard Raphael pick up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi Raphael."

"Ah Histy, what do you need?"

"Dr. Osman needs you to come to the Central Hospital. he's currently dealing with a Starstruck victim."

"Well since it's you calling I'll come by, give me a few minutes."

"Thank you Raphael."

"No problem." He hung up and I flew back into the room. Dr. Osman was putting something into IV bags when I came back.

"Okay, as long as we keep these hooked up we should be able to counteract this toxin."

"Thank you Dr. Osman." Neptune said while bowing.

"It's my job to help the people. Have you informed any of her family members?"

"Ah…..I should do that."

"I'll do it," I volunteered.

"Do you have Vert's number?"

"Uhm, come with me?"

"Sure," Neptune followed me back into the hallway and she told me Vert's number. I hopped onto her shoulder and I opened my mouth and Vert's voice came out.

"Yes?" Vert said.

"Ah, Hi Vert,"

"Hello Neptune,"

"How are things going for you right now?"

"Eh….things are a little troublesome but I'm fine, what about you?"

"Well, your sister is in the hospital."

"...I'm sorry can you tell me that again?"

"Your sister is in the hospital."

"...I'll be there as soon as I can."

"But Ver-"

Click!

Vert had hung up before Neptune could finish her sentence. Neptune sighed.

"Don't worry she'll be fine."

"I hope so. I just hope that Digit returns soon, I feel like he'll be able to fix this."

"Well anything is possible with him."

"Wonder what he's doing right now.."

Digit

"-Nation!" I yelled as I sliced the dragon Arkan in half. It collapsed in the city and I breathed heavily, my hands on my knees. I had relived my previous life, but I'm not sure why. Next thing I knew I was hitting the reset button on the console in Yggdrasil. After I did so, instead of appearing in The Graveyard , Judge had appeared in front of me.

"Answer this question for me, did you waste your life?"

"No, I didn't"

"Why is it that you wish you go back then? Do you feel that you have done your job?"

"That's it though, I haven't. I have those close to me that I need to get back to, and I feel like I should protect all of Gamindustri, for eternity."

"Eternity is a long time,"

"I know."

"Are you willing to fight me for the right to return to those you love?"

"Yeah," I summoned Croire and pointed it at him. " I'll do anything to go back."

"Very well then." With speed I wasn't able to track, he slashed my chest. It didn't bleed and I didn't feel anything. "Let's see if you can destroy me." I dashed towards him and sliced him in half with Croire. He shattered like glass and he turned into a light and vanished. I opened my eyes once again to find myself in the colosseum, but a gate was in front of me. I looked at my chest, there was a long white gash across my chest, but it didn't hurt or anything. It worried me and I looked at the gate , which began to open. I looked back at Mercury and Arfoire, who were smiling, though Mercury's smile was bittersweet.

"Mercury, thanks for all you've done, I'll be sure to come back." I said.

"Your final trial hasn't ended yet." I heard a voice say. I looked around with a puzzled look.

"You okay Digit?"

"Yeah…."

"Make no mistake, this is the real world,"

"Who's talking to me….."

"Digit, are you okay?" Croire said.

"I think I am… uh but thanks for everything Mercury, I'm indebted to you." I bowed to her and I opened the gate. I couldn't see what was inside other than a blinding white light.

"I'll see you around Digit," Arfoire said. I nodded and walked into door, walking into the light.

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I opened my eyes to find myself in a white room with blue wireframes of various furniture. I walked through the room , every object seemed to be a wireframe, except for a single white chair that was floating. I blinked and walked towards it and it turned around, a woman with red hair and green eyes in a white robe was sitting in it. She looked familiar but for whatever reason I couldn't remember where I met her.

"Hello Digit, it's been a while." She said.

"Uhm, who are you?"

"I'm hurt, after all I've done for you, it's me Magna."

"Magna? You look….different."

"Since I'm in Yggdrasil I'm bound to look a little different, being its admin and all."

"So...why am I here?"

"You need a body to return to the world in, and I've had one waiting for you for several years."

"You knew I'd beat the three gatekeepers?"

"Of course, you are a hero after all." She looked to my right. "I see that Croire is with you."

"Hello Magna." I jumped when I heard Croire beside me.

"You two know each other?"

"We have a long history, then she became tainted in Arkan's first rampage."

"First rampage?"

"You think you were the first to face Arkan? that was the second time he arose. The first time he was defeated by-" Croire began.

"That's enough Croire." Magna interrupted her.

"I knew her even before she-"

"Shush, he doesn't need to know anything about that."

"What is your relationship exactly?"

"That'll be explored later." Magna suddenly began coughing.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Anyways Histoire will show you the way to your new body." On cue, I saw an adult Histoire, the one that had been corrupted by Arkan, walk towards me. She was now wearing a white and green robe and her blonde hair was now black. Her eyes were also a bright green color. "So you opted for a new look."

"Yes, and Digit, it's been a while." Histoire walked towards me and hugged me tightly. I blushed as I felt her breasts press against me, but I returned the hug. Croire looked jealous and Histoire seemed to notice her for the first time.

"Histoire." Croire said flatly.

"Croire." She responded in the same manner.

"Histoire, I'll need you to go back with Digit."

"Why is that?"

"Remember when I told you about you-know-who?"

"Ohhh….right. We said that-"

"If I remember right you just need to input the code to take you to the holding room for Digit's body."

"Ah, right." Histoire summoned a panel and input a code. A circle appeared around us and the scene faded to a room with a dark skinned boy with long black hair in a tube. He wasn't wearing any clothes. I took a look at Histoire, who just shrugged.

"So how is this supposed to work?"

"Well, you're actually only a soul right now, so just walk into the body." Histoire said as she motioned to the tube.

"I'm not intangible you know."

"You actually are, just try it." I walked to the tube and I put my hand on the tube. It phased through the outer casing. I took it out and looked at Histoire and Croire."Oh, you should go with him as well, your link might be disrupted if you don't." Croire walked over to me and she held my hand, I knew she was doing this for another reason but I'm just going to say she's doing it so we go in at the same time. We took a step back and jumped into the tube.

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It felt like an eternity but then it was probably a split second before I opened my eyes again and the tube had opened, letting the liquid inside rush out. I took a step out of the tube and I breathed in, my god how good it felt to actually breathe. The 'living' I did in The Graveyard really had no merit,you had the senses but they were nowhere close to when you're alive. It felt good to be in a body now, I could smell, I could experience everything a living being could now. I looked down and noticed I was still naked and I blushed. Histoire was looking away from me with a blush but I noticed she was trying to steal a peek at me.

"Uh….can I get some clothes." Histoire summoned a panel and put in a code and a wardrobe appeared in front of me. "You better not look," I said aloud, knowing Croire could hear me.

"I wouldn't look at you naked." She said.

"Sure you wouldn't." After putting on some boxers I chose a simple white long-sleeved shirt and black jeans, along with some blue wardrobe then disappeared. "How am I supposed to get back to Gamindustri?"

"We go through the portal Magna prepared." She motioned for me to come over to her and I did so. She then put in a code and the room changed once more, this time to literally blank space with a portal in it.

"Didn't do any decorating for this huh?"

"There'd be a possibility of things falling through there and into Gamindustri, we can't have that. I mean we have had lights falling recently.

"Lights?"

"Yes, lights." I took a look at the portal.

There's the gateway I can take home.

I clenched my hand.

This is it.

"How long has it been?"

"Six months."

"What!?"

"When you were fighting the gatekeepers, when you defeated one of them it distorted time each time, there were three time distortions recorded, your first fight took about a month or two if I remember right. Time gets interpreted differently in The Graveyard, however you did spend seven years there. It's just that the sense of time shifts frequently."

"W….wow…."

"Now, let's go shall we?"

"The new Gamindustri…..I'm excited to see it!" I broke off into a run, which surprised even Croire, who gasped in response. I jumped into the portal and Histoire came in behind me. The second I jumped through I heard a voice that I couldn't recognize.

"Everyone has a price. Everyone must sacrifice to get another chance."

I felt an intense pain surge through my head and I cried out in pain. I gripped the sides of my head as the pain became more intense. I felt my breathing become ragged and I was afraid I was about to die. The pain went away and my breathing was heavy, I felt like something was just ripped out of me, but I'm not sure what.

"Your price has been paid, enjoy your new life."

"Digit, are you okay?" Croire asked in concern.

"Y-yeah….tch….." I felt myself losing consciousness as we came out of the other side of the portal.

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"Nnngh…" I woke up to find myself inside what seemed to be an apartment. It was in fairly decent shape, but it gave me a feeling that it was on the poorer side of town. I rubbed my neck and I looked around the room. The walls were a light seafoam color and it had wooden floors that looked like it was recently cleaned. I stood up and took a look around the room, there didn't seem to be anyone else in here. I opened a door and was greeted with a bedroom. Its walls were a yellow color and it had a dark oak flooring. The bed had a black and yellow cover and the sheets were white as well as the pillows. There was a bumblebee plushie as well as a picture of two girls, one with yellow hair and lilac eyes, wearing a brown outfit with a yellow….minishirt? halftop? And the other was a girl with black hair and yellow eyes. Her outfit was black and white and had a black bow on her head. I heard the sound of rushing water when I had walked in and then I heard it cut off. I looked around the room for a minute before deciding to leave….but I was too slow to leave because the door opened and a girl walked out, who seemed to be driving her hair with her towel. Her hair was a blondish color that seemed to be a mix of blonde and orange, and her eyes were a light blue. Her pale skin seemingly glowed with the droplets of water on her body. She looked at me and froze and I did the same. I felt my face growing hot, an all too familiar feeling for me.

"Why do I feel like I'm in some sort of cheap harem fanfiction made by DarkCaligo…." I felt a pain in my head when I said that.

"Who are you?"

"Heh? You're not going to attack me or anything?"

"Why would I attack you? I just wanna know who you are."

"I mean most girls would be like 'kyaaaaaaaaa! pervert!' or something." The girl looked at me blankly and simply blinked.

"What's a pervert?"

"How old are you?"

"Me? I'm…..22." A bead of sweat dropped down my neck. She had to think about it for a second.

"Uhm, my name is Digit, nice to meet you." I held out my hand on reflex. The girl smiled and walked over to me, still naked and shook my hand.

"Hi Digit, my name is Peashy, but some of my friends call me Pea."

"So uh…..Peashy, could you maybe…"

"Huh?"

"Put some clothes on?"

"Oh...okay!"

"I'll wait outside." I walked out into the main room and sat on the couch. She's one strange girl, something seemed kind of off about her but maybe I'm just imagining things. She came out a few minutes later wearing a black and yellow hoodie with two drawstrings with puffballs at the end of it. She had two red beads in her hair and she was walking towards me. "So you brought me here?"

"Uh-huh. You fell from the sky and landed in someone's farm. I found you unconscious so I took you back here."

"And what is, 'here' ?"

"My house silly."

"Oh, so you live here by yourself?"

"Mhm, where are you from by the way?"

"I'm from Planeptune."

"Planeptune!?" Her eyes went wide with surprise.

"Yeah, this isn't it?"

"Nope" She shook her head. "You're in Edonia."

"Edonia?"

"Mhm,"

"Where's Edonia exactly?" Peashy brought out her phone from a pocket and went through several menus and then showed me a map. She pointed to Edonia, then to the other countries.

"We're just across the ocean from them!"

"Just huh?"

"It's not a long ways away, I mean look at how far it is from the other countries on the map."

"Peashy, you know these things are to scale right?"

"Scale? What's that?"

"It's…...never mind." I sighed. "Looks like I'll be here for a while, anyways what do you do for a job?"

"A job? I don't have one."

"Then how do you-" I was interrupted with a knock on the door. I saw Peashy open the door and three kids in raggedy and baggy clothes were carrying what looked like groceries.

"We got your groceries Pea!" One of the kids said.

"Thank you guys,"

"Uh, how did those kids get those?" I asked Peashy.

"We stole em'!" Another kid said.

"Huh!? Why is that?"

"We don't have any money,"

"But, that's no reason to steal."

"We don't have parents so it's not like we could have asked them to get it."

"I see….but still Peashy, you seem old enough for a job, why don't you have one?"

"Ah...well…"

"Places won't hire Peashy because she's uhm….." one of the kids began, they motioned for me to come down to their level and I knelt down to hear what they have to say. "She's kind of stupid, but don't say that she is because it makes her upset."

"I see, thanks for the tip."

"Uhm, Pea who is this?"

"This is Digit," Peashy motioned to me. The one who had whispered to me was a little girl and seemed to be the only girl out of the three. She was wearing a short sleeve shirt that was obviously too long for her and I couldn't see anything else. She had long black hair that was tied into a ponytail on the side. The other two appeared to be twin boys that had blonde hair and green eyes. They both were clad in green shirts, but one wore brown shorts and brown pants, none of the three seemed to have shoes. "Digit, these three are Kaede, Kaen, and Shizuku." She pointed to the twins , then to the black haired girl. Okay so the twins are Kaede and Kaen , and the little girl is Shizuku, got it.

"Nice to meet you guys, but really there's no need to steal. I can go get a job if it'll help, it's bad to steal."

"But I think it'll be bad to try to get a job when The Selection is going." Shizuku said.

"Selection?"

"The whole city has been turned into a battleground, the last one standing is said to become the CPU to Edonia."

"I see,"

"It's weird because anyone in the city can enter."

"Anyone huh? So the city's a colosseum…" I remembered what fallen Lowee was like and I sighed. I then looked at Peashy.

"So we have to do this,"

"We just need to get someone in charge right? How about Peashy?"

"Huh? Why Peashy?"

"I think Peashy would be a good CPU, something like 'Golden heart' or something."

"Eh?"

"I think Peashy would be good at handling politics."

"Huh?"

What you don't think so?"

"Why is that?"

"Just have faith in me alright? Besides I feel like Peashy is the type who should come up from the slums and become someone important."

"I don't get this guy," Kaede said, a bead of sweat dropping down his neck.

"Me neither." Kaen agreed.

"I think I get where he's coming from" Shizuku said.

"So, first since this is a test of brawn, let's see how strong you are Peashy." Peashy blinked at me, looking at me blankly.

"Huh? Whaddya say? I didn't get what you guys said."

"Peashy," Shizuku said while putting her hands on her knees and leaning forward, a funny sight because she was looking up at someone taller than her while she did this. "He wants to see your punch."

"My Pea punch? Okay!"

"Pea punch?" I asked as I turned towards her. In that same moment I saw a fist coming towards my face.

It was at this moment I knew,

I fucked up.

Doo Doo Doo! Doo Doo Doo! Doo

Cali: Now that Digit is back in the real world, his journey begins! In Edonia! And with Judge defeated , the election in Planeptune must be over, but what will unfold at the end of the "six month" campaign. and What is the deal with the lights that have been falling, what else have they been doing? These many questions will be answered in due time, and also what the hell exactly is going to happen in the second part of the campaign. You'll see soon, very very soon. Also How do you guys like Dark Dimension Peashy?