How's everyone doing? This chapter is short, but I have been busy with life, also the new Neptunia game finally came out so I've been putting some of my time on that. It's sad that Noire's voice had a change, but it is what it is. So far, the new voice has started to grow on me.
Chapter 26- Hidden Secrets
"Well, you two look presentable." Said Ultra Noire with a sarcastic tone that was only lightly harsh. They had just walked into the living room of the Basilicom to find Nepgear and Uni in their normal outfits.
"Noire, sweetie, let's just leave this as it is." Said, Ultra Neptune, as she rubbed Ultra Noire's shoulders to release some stress. Even though they had agreed to let the candidates tell their sisters that they had slept together, Ultra Noire still felt bitter about the events.
"I hope you're not going back on your promise." Said Uni with a cautious look at Ultra Noire.
Ultra Noire crossed her arms and looked away. "I already agreed that I wasn't going to say anything. While I don't agree with what you two did, I can't say anything about it." She sighed trying to get the very idea of Uni in such a way out of her mind.
"Why is that? You told us that it's different for you two and yet I still don't see it." Demanded Uni as she and Nepgear walked to the kitchen to make some breakfast.
Both Ultra Noire and Neptune joined them in the kitchen. Ultra Noire looked a little torn from Uni's words that she heard. "Look Uni I acted very harshly with you only because I see you as my little sister okay. In my eyes, you're still young, and it was a big shock to see you like that with Nepgear. I need to accept that you're old enough to make your own decisions."
"Noire…thank you" Uni was now starting to see why she was so mad. She cared about her, and she couldn't help but let out a small smile at how honest and kind she was.
There was a loving silence in the air as Uni felt like hugging her, but they held themselves with both being too timid to do it. Instead, Ultra Noire just smiled brightly at her.
"We should probably get changed before Histoire wakes up." Said Ultra Neptune to Ultra Noire.
Ultra Noire nodded, but before she left, she went up to Nepgear with a serious face. "You treat her right, you got that?" said Ultra Noire with an intense stare at Nepgear.
"O-Of course, Uni is everything to me." Said Nepgear with white eyes and dark outlines.
"Good, Keep it that way." Said Ultra Noire with a smile before she walked away leaving Ultra Neptune to catch up with her.
"Goodness…she can be intense when she wants to be." Said Nepgear as she relaxed.
"I really didn't expect that from her. It makes me more nervous what Noire will actually think when she finds out." Said Uni.
Nepgear started to sweat at the fact that the Noire of their dimension would react more aggressively. While she did have Noire's consent to dating Uni, she hated to think that she might end up being more hostile when it came to how overprotective she was. A thought of whether her sister and Noire have been in a similar situation entered her mind but was immediately dismissed at imagining her sister doing such lewd things.
"Hey, Nepgear, you there?" said Uni as she waved a hand in her girlfriends face.
"Huh, oh it's nothing. I was just thinking." She said with a smile.
"That's cute and all, but let's start on making breakfast I'm starving, and I think we should make breakfast for everyone else too." Uni gave Nepgear, a kiss on the cheek that made her blush.
"Sounds like a plan, but I think at this point we should be making lunch with the way our morning went by so quick." Said Nepgear.
"Now that you mention it, that does make more sense. Okay, let's do lunch." Agreed Uni. They both smiled at each other and started getting everything set up.
[Planeptune- Noire and Neptune]
Noire, Neptune, IF, and Compa had just left the Café that they were in and started to make their way to the Basilicom. "Ugh…I'm full." Complained Neptune as she walked with a sluggish pace while Noire walked next to her. They were just a few blocks away from the Basilicom, yet Neptune looked like she wasn't going to make it.
"What did you expect, Neptune? you eat almost all of the pastries that were in that box." Said Noire with a scolding face.
"I kind of regret buying all of those, but I didn't think you would eat almost the whole box." Said IF with a sigh as she walked with her fiance.
"We did get all those treats so that Nep-Nep wouldn't get mad at the fact that we didn't call her for so long. Nep-Nep, you should probably cut down on the treats for a while or else you might start getting kind of chunky." Said Compa with a smile.
"It's all good there Compa. I can just transform over and over to burn all those calories. I call that my HDD burn." Said Neptune looking pretty proud of herself.
"That doesn't sound healthy, Neptune." Noire placed a hand on her chin as she started to realize that Neptune had started to look a little more on the chubby side. It was hard to notice with Neptune's hoodie dress, but it was there if one looked close enough. A lingering thought crept into her mind at the idea of some creep looking at her Neptune with a detailed eye.
"Umm…Lady Noire, what's wrong?" said IF when she noticed that Noire looked like she was in pain.
"Huh? Oh! It's nothing." She pushed those unexpected jealous thoughts out of her mind. "You know, you can call me, Noire without the formalities."
Compa and IF looked at each other hesitantly and then smiled at Noire. "No problem, Noire." They said in unison making Noire smile lightly.
"It feels kind of weird that you don't call Neptune like that while you do to me so just go with my name. I won't be offended obviously."
"That's good to hear." Said IF with a smile.
"I can't wait to see Nepgear and the others. It's been too long." Said Compa with a glee in her voice.
Noire and Neptune looked at each other with a somewhat worried look on there face at the fact that it was unavoidable to deter them from finding out stuff that was left out when they gave them a recap. The things like Ultra Neptune being a CPU, the share balance with Uzume, the other Noire being here and in a relationship with the other Neptune, including Nepgear and Uni's relationship was all going to be a shock to them.
[Planeptune- Basilicom]
A little while went by, and soon Nepgear, Uni, Ultra Noire, and Ultra Neptune were sitting at the living room table. "I guess Uzume already headed out. I just checked her room, and her bed was already made." Said Nepgear with a sigh as she spoke quietly to Uni.
Uni gave her a sad smile and interlocked her hands with Nepgear's underneath the table. "She must be an early riser."
"This looks delicious." Said Ultra Noire who had her regular outfit on while Ultra Neptune was dressed in her hoodie dress.
"Totally, this sandwich looks mouthwatering." Said Ultra Neptune with a happy smile on her face as she bit down on the sandwich.
Nepgear and Uni had put together a few sandwiches composed of mayo, lettuce, tomatoes, ham, and cheese. They also cut some apple slices along with some oranges.
Nepgear removed herself from her sad thoughts and gave the Ultra pair a smile. "It's not that special. We were going to make pancakes and eggs, but we thought It would seem odd to do that at this time." Said Nepgear with a shy voice.
A laugh was heard coming from Ultra Noire. "That's ridiculous, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and it's never too late to have some, but this is equally sufficient I guess." Said Ultra Noire in a matter of fact kind of tone.
"Weren't you the one who was going to make breakfast?" said Ultra Neptune with a raised eyebrow and a smile on her face.
"Huh…ack!" It dawned on her that she was originally supposed to make breakfast, but with the whole incident that happened in the morning, she completely lost sight of that. "I…I wasn't trying to sound stuck up, it's just-"
"Noire, it's fine, I wanted to make breakfast too, but that didn't go as I planned. You don't need to feel responsible for not making it. Let's just enjoy this meal." Said Uni, trying to calm down her dimensional big sister from spewing random words.
Ultra Noire blushed and took a big bite of her sandwich to stifle her running mouth. She still had a habit from talking big, but she felt grateful that Neptune was always there to keep her conscious of that.
A few minutes passed and Histoire emerged as she rubbed her eyes. "Good morning everyone." She said with a big yawn.
"Histoire, good morning to you too, I'm glad that you're finally up." Said Nepgear with a smile.
"As am I, oh dear. I'm not usually adamant about oversleeping, but I guess I needed it." She said, feeling like she gained some insight into Neptune and her sleeping patterns.
"It happens Histoire, no need to feel lazy about it." Said Nepgear.
"I suppose." She flew towards the kitchen counter to brew some coffee. "I take it that your weapons showcase ended?" said Histoire as she turned around to look at Uni and Ultra Noire.
"Um…yeah. It sure did. Sorry about making you uneasy earlier today." Said Uni with an awkward smile.
"It's fine as long as you didn't end up breaking anything. Noire, I hope you can find better restraints next time when you show Uni your sword." Said Histoire as she grabbed a small cup and filled it with coffee.
Ultra Noire swallowed nervously at the fact that she was being scolded at by Histoire. This made Ultra Neptune chuckle lightly to the side that did not go unnoticed by Ultra Noire.
"So, how did you two sleep last night?" said Histoire to the Ultra couple.
"We slept super good, those pillows are so comfortable." Said Ultra Neptune without blushing, unlike Ultra Noire. Ultra Noire nodded leaving the talking to Neptune.
"I'm really glad. Just so you know, I agree with Neptune's decision on letting the two of you stay here during your vacation. I just hope that you don't neglect your nations for too long."
"We really appreciate that," said Ultra Neptune.
"You two are on vacation?" said Uni.
"Yeah, we are. I was helping Neppy situate herself into life as a CPU. Her people love her and right now her shares are high so we thought a little vacation before work would help." Said Noire.
Everyone except Ultra Neptune looked at Ultra Noire with white eyes and dark outlines.
"W-What?" said Ultra Noire.
"Are you really my sister?" said Uni bewildered.
"Goodness." Said Nepgear.
"I have to say Noire, I would have figured you to be strict and assertive with your teachings especially since your helping her with her console and the fact that she is your girlfriend."
"Histoire, there is nothing to fear. While a vacation is one thing, it was Neppy's idea to come and visit you all, but I do have Mr. Badd and Vert keeping an eye on things though."
"I see." Said Histoire, feeling happy that Ultra Noire had things monitored.
"Her people…? So what's it like and what's your nation called?" said Nepgear who looked interested.
"Oh…um…it's amazing for starters with my people being the best and for the name, well it's a working progress. I have a few, but I'm still deciding." Said Ultra Neptune who looked shy at the subject.
"Hmmm…" They all heard a sound of thought come from Histoire who stared at Ultra Neptune with an analytical eye.
"You okay there?" said Ultra Noire with worry in her voice.
Histoire laughed at herself and shook her head. I must still be tired. It's just…I don't sense any different share energy other then Planeptune and Lastation in the room. I try to focus on your direction, but I can't feel anything other then Lastation energy which I'm sure it's Noire over there."
Ultra Neptune grew pale as she lost her ability to speak.
Both Nepgear and Uni saw this and looked worried.
"H-Histoire, you're probably still tired. Neppy obviously has energy and who knows, her share energy is brand new, so maybe you don't know what you're looking for." Said Ultra Noire with sweat on her face.
"But-" Histoire stopped and thought for a second. "I guess that could be it. I do have a habit of sensing energies at random times and it would seem that it might be inaccurate right now. I do not object that she doesn't have share energy it's just- nevermind." she let out a sigh and put her troublesome thoughts away. "I apologize for being nosey, Neppy."
"It's fine, Histy. Don't sweat it." Ultra Neptune felt bad that it was her fault that she was making her second guess her instincts.
Time moved forward as they finished up there lunch. Before long, there was a knock on the door that made everyone alert.
"I wonder who that can be?" said Histoire.
Nepgear walked to the door, and when she opened it, she was bombarded with a tackle by two small girls that sent her flying back.
She let out a scream as joyful cries drowned out hers. "What's up Nepgear!" cried an energetic girl with a pink coat and pink hat.
"Morning, Miss Nepgear." Said the other girl who sounded shy and respectable with a blue coat and blue hat.
"Ram, Rom!" cried Nepgear when she regained her senses.
"Hey, cut that crap out! I just told you two that she could still be injured!" cried an older girl behind them with a white coat and brown hair.
Both girls ducked their heads in an attempt to avoid the shouting.
"Come now, Blanc. They haven't seen Nepgear in a while, and it was unavoidable that they would act this energetic." Said a calming voice behind the girl in white who was Blanc.
"Vert?" said Uni as she walked over to Nepgear to help assist her.
A girl wearing a green dress smiled at Nepgear and Uni. "How have you two been?"
"Umm…we have been good." Said Nepgear, a little speechless.
"Come on now girls, let's give Nepgear some space." Said Vert with a kind voice.
"We don't want to!" shouted Ram as she held on to Nepgear's neck tightly.
"Listen to her before I crack both of your skulls together!" shouted Blanc with a shadow looming her face with a flaring eye.
"Aww, no fun." Said, Ram, as she and Rom pulled themselves from Nepgear.
"I'm sorry about that, Nepgear." Said Blanc with a now calmed voice.
"Oh, it's nothing, Blanc. Our wounds have healed up nicely, and I was just surprised that all of you showed up." Said Nepgear with a smile.
Vert smiled. "We thought it would be appropriate to give you to a few days of rest before we saw each other again, but now that you're healed…" a glint in Vert's eyes sparkled as she grabbed Nepgear and gave her one of her special hugs. "…oh, my dear Nepgear! If I could have been there, I would have made sure that no monster ever graced your wonderful face again!" said Vert with a dreamy look on her face as she pushed Nepgear's face in her breasts.
Both Blanc and Uni gritted their teeth at the events playing out in front of them.
Uni became infuriated that not only was she pushing her lover's face into her boobs, but she was proclaiming that she could have done a better job at protecting Nepgear. Her mood went down when she realized that she could back up her talk, but regardless of that, she was not going to stand around seeing this.
"T-That's enough, Vert," said Uni with an iron will as she pulled Nepgear back.
"Cut it out already." Said, Blanc, as she also pulled Vert back.
"Such sweet departure." Said Vert with a smirk on her face as she moved her eyes to gaze at Blanc. The two groups of girls stayed like that until they realize how the other was looking at each other.
For Blanc, she had a mad face while she dawns a blush, and for Uni, she looked less presentable as she looked very territorial with her breathing being heavy and she clutching onto Nepgear as if she was a kid with a toy.
Vert couldn't help but raise an eyebrow with a smile as she saw Uni's expression. She formulated her ideas that she kept for now.
Blanc sighed. "As we were saying before Vert's actions, we waited for a few days to give you two some time to heal, plus Rom and Ram had studies that they needed to finish before the weekend.
"Studying sucks, Blanc!" said Ram as she shook her tiny fists.
"I would have like to play with my coloring book more." Said Rom in a quiet voice.
"That too, but we both wanted to see Nepgear and Uni!" added Ram.
"The way you two act I wouldn't be surprised if you caused Nepgear and Uni more damage." Commented Blanc with an every growing temper.
"It's fine Blanc, I understand that they had studies to do, but at least all of you are here now." Said Nepgear with a smile.
"Nepgear is right, why don't we all get situated instead of yelling in the hallway?" said Histoire who had floated in between the two groups.
They all agreed, and they went to the living room.
"Whoa! Blanc wasn't kidding when she said that old Neptune was here." Said, Ram, as she and Rom ran up to the Ultra couple who were standing in the living room.
"O-Old?" said Ultra Neptune as she the two girls stood next to her.
"Long time, huh?" said Ram with a happy smile.
"Nice to meet you again, Miss Neptune." Said Rom.
Ultra Neptune recovered from her shocked state and shook both of the girl's hands.
"You must be other Noire. Right?" said Ram as she focused her attention to Ultra Noire.
"Other Noire?" she said, feeling devalued as a person because of that.
"How's other big sis." Said Rom in her shy voice.
"She's doing okay." Said Ultra Noire, not really knowing what to say since she has only seen her a few times recently.
"So what's the deal with you two? Are you like best friends or something?" said Ram with no hesitation to better understand the events that she had been absent in.
"E-E-Excuse me?" said Ultra Noire with white eyes and dark outlines.
"Yeah, Blanc said that you two helped out Nepgear and Uni back there and it seems weird that the two of you are together since your from different dimensions." Stated Ram who was not shy at talking about things that confused her.
"Actually Ram, we are from the same dimension. I met Noire a while back when I decided to return home from my travels. And to answer your question, yes we are friends, the greatest friends ever." Said Ultra Neptune as she brought Ultra Noire in close for a one-armed hug. Both Ultra Noire and Ultra Neptune looked over to see Blanc who looked relieved that they said that because they knew that they were more than friends with the events that happened in the forest.
"Wow." Added Rom.
"That makes sense. I would have said that at least you're honest with your friendship to Noire then our Neptune, but not after what happened in Lastation yesterday." Said Ram with a devilish smile as she took out a folded up newspaper page that was in her pocket and showed it to the both of them.
"Best friends…dance stage!" said Ultra Noire in confusion as she read the headline.
"What?" said Both Nepgear and Uni, walking over to see the newspaper article.
The four girl's faces had sweat on their faces in disbelief.
"I see that your all figuring this out right now. You must all have been lazy today because your copy of the newspaper was in the front door when we came by." Said, Blanc, as she pulled out a newspaper and handed it to Histoire who read it for herself.
"Oh, Neptune." Said Histoire with a sigh.
"This has got to be Neptune's work. Oh, sister what have you gotten yourself into." Said Uni with a sigh.
"I don't see what's the big problem. They always orbited around each other never truly expressing each other's friendship. So this is just them admitting to the public that there friends." Laughed Vert. She smiled again to add something. "Or maybe there is something more going on." Said Vert.
Uni and Nepgear flinched at Vert's hidden meaning while Ultra Neptune and Ultra Noire started to feel unsure about themselves in this conversation.
"Not this again. Vert, can you stop your crazy theories before you start putting weird thoughts into Nepgear and Uni." Said Blanc with an annoyed look on her face.
"Well, speaking of Neptune being the topic, where is she right now, Nepgear?" said Vert as she turned her head to look at her surroundings.
"She is…um..." Nepgear felt trapped from the fact that she didn't know whether she had the right to tell them her big sister's location. Vert and Blanc were great friends, but if her sister had withheld that information, then she had a good reason.
Histoire could sense Nepgear's anxiety and knew what had to be done. "Neptune went off on a guild quest that needed utmost attention." Said Histoire with a firm tone in her voice.
"Oh, really?" said Vert.
Nepgear and Uni looked at Histoire with shocked expressions since she just lied.
"Yes." Said Histoire.
Vert nodded in understanding, yet she did not look convinced. "It must be urgent to be sent off this early, but not urgent enough to ask us for help or to even take her sister along." Said Vert with a smile as she walked in front of Histoire.
"Neptune is thick headed when it comes to plans. She convinces herself that she can undertake a task without putting her sister in danger." Histoire did not waver, and she knew that in the depths of her that this lie was a justifiable one.
"Who are you calling thick-headed?" said a voice that came from the entrance hallway. In the entrance hallway stood Noire, Neptune, IF, and Compa.
"Neptune." Said Histoire.
"Neptune!" said Nepgear.
"Oh, jeez, it's Neptune." Said Uni.
"I-I'm here too." Said Noire with an indifferent look on her face.
"And big sis. I was going to say your name too." Said Uni with a nervous laugh.
At the sight of Neptune, Ultra Noire felt like she wanted to leave the room as fast as possible, but Ultra Neptune placed a hand on her shoulder to calm her.
"Hey, that must have been a fast guild quest if you came back so soon." Said Blanc without any intention of disproving or remarking Histoire's claims.
"Guild quest? I don't know about any guild quest at the moment." Said Neptune with a raised eyebrow.
Histoire wanted to facepalm herself with Neptune picking such a bad time to come back.
"I see." Said, Vert, as her eyes landed on Noire.
Blanc saw this and rolled her eyes at having enough of this matter. "Then where were you?" said Blanc.
"I was with Compa and IF. They just recently came back to Planeptune, and I had to give them the old Nep greetings that they know and love." Said Neptune with a grin on her face.
"And we can see that you were hanging out with Noire." Vert was not letting up as she continued to pry into this theory that she had.
Neptune closed her mouth in response to that. Noire's attention was held when she caught sight of the newspaper that Ultra Neptune was now holding. She gulped but quickly formulated a counter. "There's nothing new that we can tell you that that newspaper hasn't provided." She hooked her arm around Neptune's neck who looked surprised by it. "We were hanging out when Neptune received a text from IF and Neptune being Neptune, wanted me to tag along. We're best friends, obviously." Said Noire with a smirk on her face.
Blanc narrowed her eyes and sighed. Vert looked back at Histoire with a curious look. "Why lie, Histoire?"
"Vert, stop being a dummy! I bet Noire didn't want her privacy out there and Histoire was just fibbing to avoid telling you the truth. It's like how Blanc tells us that she's locked up in her office, but in reality, she's out doing who knows what in Leanbox with you."
Blanc's eyes widen in shock while Vert blushed to herself.
"Ram, I don't think you should have said that," said Rom to her sister.
"How the hell do you two- never mind," she said with a sigh at herself for being so careless.
Vert looked sad now that she ended up causing Blanc some stress from her nosey antics.
"Everyone, calm down! This is supposed to be a happy day." Cried, Neptune.
"What are you blabbering about, Neptune?" said Blanc, trying to move away from the topic of her and Vert.
"Well, today my two bests friends are getting married to each other!" Neptune moved away to show IF and Compa behind her.
"Compa, IF, I actually didn't see you back there." Said Nepgear before the words that her sister said finally sunk into her. "W-What!? Married!?"
"That's right, me and Iffy went off on a vacation to better understand our feelings. We now know that we love each other so much." Said Compa with a bright smile.
Both Nepgear and Uni had white eyes with dark outlines unable to take in this surprise. The other's looked shocked as well but maintained a level head.
Vert's sadness went away at this new turn of events. "What's this? My dear Iffy is getting married!" Vert with new found joy, rushed to IF and gave her a warm hug that submerged IF's face in her breasts.
Blanc bit the inside of her lip to avoid screaming from Vert going at it again.
"Ah! L-Lady Vert, that's enough hugging!" Said Compa as she pulled back IF who looked dazed.
"Forgive me Compa, but this is just splendid news. Have you two decided when you want to hold the ceremony?" said Vert.
IF finally came back to reality to address her question. "We…um…actually haven't discussed it that much yet. We're still settling back in Planeptune."
"My that won't do. IF, if you would like I will be happy to pay for the expenses of the wedding if you decide to marry your love in Leanbox."
IF's eyes widen as her heart fluttered. "L-Lady Vert, that is a very generous offer, b-but I c-couldn't possibly do that to you." Said IF with a small voice.
"Nonsense, you and Compa have not only been valuable friends to us CPUs but have saved us countless times in the past. I would love for a Leanbox born like you to marry the one you love in your homeland."
IF looked like she wanted to jump out of her skin in excitement. The offer that Vert was presenting to her had been one of the ideas she had in mind, but she hadn't told Compa how she felt to be married in another nation.
"What do you think, Iffy?" said Compa as she held onto IF's hand. "If we accepted, we wouldn't have to worry about saving up the money for the wedding, but is it still too soon?" Said Compa with worry.
"No, it's not too soon. I gave you a ring as proof of my commitment and love for you. It doesn't matter if it's sooner or later as long as I fulfill my promise to you." IF lifted her hand that was being held by Compa to show her the ring she gave to Compa.
"Oh, Iffy. Then let's do it." Said Compa with a smile on her face.
"Are you sure? Because I thought you wanted to get married in Planeptune."
"Iffy, I know how much Leanbox means to you, and if it would make you happy, then I will be happy too." Said Compa.
IF wanted to kiss Compa with all her passion, but she knew that there were so many people here, along with little ones so she held her close instead.
"Ah, dang it." Said Neptune with a pout. "I was holding it off until we were alone to tell you guys that I wanted to pay for your wedding in Planeptune, but why for Vert to steal my thunder." Said Neptune with crossed arms.
Compa smiled and chuckled at Neptune. "Nep-Nep, thanks for the offer, but I think I also want to be married in Leanbox. I hear that this time of year is especially beautiful in Leanbox."
"Hey, Nep. I don't see why we can't throw an after party here." Said IF as she gave Neptune a good pad on the back.
"Yes! I'm down with that, Iffy!" said Neptune with a jump.
The Basilicom grew rather chatty after that, with Compa and IF explaining to the others how they came to be engaged. After that, IF asked Ultra Noire questions of her being here and why she was with the other Neptune.
Ultra Noire, a little reluctant, told them that she was spending time here because she was on a vacation with the other Neptune. That would have been the end of it if it wasn't for Ultra Neptune adding that they were together as a couple. She said this part close to IF's ear to avoid the little ones from hearing it and after getting a signal from her counterpart that IF and Compa knew that they to were a couple.
Needless to say, that this new information made IF's face resemble an open mouth fish.
After a little more time, the chatter died down and Blanc stood up from her seating position on the couch. "It's been a nice talk, but I have to go. I actually wasn't going to stay that long and just drop off Rom and Ram to hang out with Uni and Nepgear."
She walks over to her little sisters to give them both a hug and looks at Vert with hidden anger. Vert swallows with unease and gets up as she sees Blanc leave through the door. "I'm afraid I must go to. There are important matters I must attend to." She gives everyone a farewell and quickly makes her way to the doorway.
"Dang, I was starting to enjoy everyone's company." Said Neptune.
"It's understandable that they must be busy with work, sister." Said Nepgear. She felt a tug at her sleeves and turned her head to see Ram.
"Come on, Nepgear. Let's go hang out!" said Ram with an excited smile.
"I want to hang out with Miss Uni and Miss Nepgear too." Said Rom.
Uni looked nervous since she didn't know what to say to them because she wanted to have some alone time with Nepgear. "Umm…well."
"I think it's a good idea, Uni. It's been a while since the four of you had hung out together. Now don't be rude and say no." said Noire with a smile on her face.
"Noire is right, they came by just to hang out with you two, and I know that you two have missed them." Agreed Neptune.
Uni did miss the twins, and she realized that she was getting kind of selfish for wanting to spend her time with Nepgear. "Okay, let's head out!" said Uni with excitement.
"Yeah!" said the twins together.
"What about you, Nepgear? Are you coming?" said Uni.
Nepgear didn't need to think it over as she got up. "Of course I'm in," said Nepgear. "Will see you later!" she said as Rom grabbed Uni's hand and Ram grabbed Nepgear's. They left the Basilicom, leaving Neptune and Noire with their Ultra counterparts and with Compa and IF. The room grew silent again as both Noire's avoided there gazes.
Histoire sighed to herself feeling that fatigue was still plaguing her even though she had slept longer then she expected. "I will be in my room if anyone needs me." She floated next to Ultra Neptune who she made a face. It appeared that Histoire was still having trouble getting through her false readings.
"I hate to keep up this trend off people leaving, but I think me and Compa have to be heading out too." Said IF.
"What? You too guys?" said Neptune.
"Sorry, Nep but we still have a lot of things that we have to do like move Compa's things into my place and let other people know that are close to us."
"We should also give Lady Vert a call to set up a date and place for the wedding." Said Compa. They each gave Neptune a hug and said there goodbyes to the Ultra pair as they made there way out.
With Histoire gone along with Neptune's friends, it was up to Neptune to set her goals in motion and not make the rest of the day awkward. "So, how about we all hang out?" she said with a cheeky grin.
"Neptune!" said Noire in shock.
"That sounds really fun, little me!" said Ultra Neptune who knew what her counterpart was thinking.
"Why not, Noire? Our little sisters are overshadowing us by hanging out together, so we need to maintain that momentum." Said Neptune as she got up and raised a hand in the air.
Noire could not understand Neptune at times. Her logic really did have a way of getting out of hand and it only seemed to further confuse her. "I really don't-" she stopped talking when Neptune got on her knees in front of her and gave her puppy dog eyes. "Please, Noire will have a fun time, and after that, we can go back to Lastation. We can even do anything you want when we get back."
Noire was blushing rather profusely as she looked at the two other occupants in the room. She didn't want to go, but she cursed Neptune for having such a hold on her. "Fine." She said with a defeated voice. Neptune did have her ways, but she was grateful that Neptune was one of two people that could make her fold so easily.
"Oh, Noire thank you." Said Neptune with a bright smile.
"Just please stop kneeling it's embarrassing." Said Noire who got up to pull Neptune back up."
"You got it my goddess you!" said Neptune further making her blush in anger.
Ultra Neptune laughed at the display and looked at her Noire. "So are you down to have an old fashion hanging out?" said Ultra Neptune.
Ultra Noire made a sound of disapproval and then sighed. She remembered that she promised that she was going to try and if staying in the Basilicom wasn't trying then something had to be wrong. She looked at her partner and could see how much she really wanted this. "Sure." She said without further complaint.
Ultra Neptune kissed her on the cheek. "Thank you."
She blushed but smiled none the less.
"I got to get something from the room I'll be back in a bit." Said Ultra Noire as she went off to the guest room.
Ultra Noire had left, and Ultra Noire focused her attention back at the other two. "Hey, do you mind if I can talk to Histoire? I need to ask her something." Said Ultra Neptune with a shy smile.
"Oh, yeah. She's in her room. We'll wait down in the Basilicom entrance if you would like." Said Neptune.
"Thanks, it won't take long." Said Ultra Neptune.
Noire and Neptune nodded and they left together out of the Basilicom.
[Histoire's room]
Histoire's room had a small bed that Histoire would use for sleep when she felt that her tome book wasn't comfortable. There wasn't that much in the way of furniture other than a large desk next to a large window with bookcases to the left and right of the desk.
Histoire was floating in the air with a book in her lap. She was completely lost in her own world when her analytical eye from before started bothering her. She quickly heard someone open the door with a familiar share energy emanating.
"Noire?" she said as she turned around, only to discover that it wasn't Noire. Histoire closed her mouth in nervousness at being unable to understand why this was happening.
"Neppy?" said Histoire.
Ultra Neptune was standing in the doorway with a small smile. "Sorry for not knocking, but can we talk." She said with a shy smile.
"About what?" said Histoire a little scared.
"About your little keen eye, you got going there. I just hate that it's my fault that you feel so unsure and I just wanted to clear the air." Ultra Neptune's voice was sincere and caring.
"Neppy, you did nothing wrong. It's just fatigue. Whatever I am sensing can't be right."
"Why? Because you called me, Noire before you turned around." Said Ultra Neptune.
Historie grew shy and unable to explain her reasons for doing that.
Ultra Neptune sighed feeling that she had to say something. "May I close the door?"
Histoire nodded and Ultra Neptune closed the door.
There will be some more soon. As a reminder, the flashback story only has one more chapter, but for now, I will be focusing on the main story. I will be introducing Vert, Blanc, and the other characters more so stay tuned.