Hyperdimension Neptunia is owned by Sega, Idea Factory and Compile Heart and whomever else worked on it.

I almost didn't get this one done today.


Chapter 41

"What the heck?!" Black Sister gasped as she saw Yellow Heart. "...The heck?!" She couldn't believe what she was seeing. She looked down at her chest and gave it a sad poke. "...WHAT THE HECK?!"

C-Sha gawked as she looked at Yellow Heart. "...And she called me Miss Busty when she can turn into that?!"

S-Sha's eyes were green and an annoyed look was on her face. "S-Sha, were you ogling that CPU?" A screen popped up with two options, one for yes and one for no, appeared on it. The cursor went back and forth a couple of times before flashing on yes. "...Bad S-Sha."

S-Sha blinked as her eyes went back to red. "...Great, now E-Sha's pouting in my head. ...No, I cannot just sleep on the couch, we share the same body. ...I don't even have a pool table... How did you get a pool table into my head? How are you throwing it outside?"

White Heart shook her head and looked up, her eyes going white and blank as she saw Yellow Heart. "What the..?!" As Yellow Heart hovered there, her large boobs bouncing just as she idly floated, the dark energy started to fade and she reached up to touch her chest. "WHAT THE HELL?!"

Leaning against the wall, Green Heart looked to see what the commotion was and, like Black Sister and White Heart, openly gawked at Yellow Heart. "...Those things are gigantic!"

"If Miss Busty's calling them big, they must be super big." Neptune said with a wide grin on her face. "Maybe I should see if super busty will let me feel her boobs? They might even be better than yours."

Green Heart's eyes suddenly teared up as she looked at her boobs. "...No! My boobs are the best, they're plenty large for most people and they don't sag and they bounce! They're full and firm and soft! There's no way that my boobs could possibly lose to hers!"

"I dunno..." Neptune tapped her chin with a smug look on her face. "I bet her boobs would be a lot more awesome than yours."

"NOOOOO!" Green Heart cried out and fell to her knees as the black aura dissipated.

Across the room both Uzume and Croire watched in disbelief. "You..." Croire sputtered as she saw both White Heart and Green Heart's dark auras dissipating. "Have GOT to be freaking KIDDING ME! All that it took to get them back to normal was a freaking pair of over-sized boobs and jokes about them?!"

Uzume just palmed her face in her hands. "...What did I do to deserve this? I just want revenge on the people who betrayed me and I can't even get reliable..." She trailed off as there was a throat clearing noise. "Yes?" She asked, before crying out as she was slammed by something hard that sent her crashing into the wall.

"My, my, my..." Iris Heart said as she lowered her sword before grabbing Croire and squeezing so hard that the dark-skinned book fairy started to choke and sputter. "You are such a pain." She walked towards Uzume, who was pushing herself to her feet. "I thank you for the chance to talk to Neppy again, but I'm... Very irritated that you lied to me."

Uzume, who had slid to the floor and was sitting with her legs and arms spread, just grinned at Iris Heart. "I have to admit, you are terrifying." She snapped her fingers and the shadows themselves seemed to move before changing and transforming into shapes.

"...A..Arfoire?!" Purple Sister gasped as she saw all of the witches.

"The Deity of Sin?!" Black Sister gasped as she saw all of the red bug-like creatures.

"And that's their true form..." White Sister Rom trembled as lots of rabbit-like creatures appeared at the same time.

"What's going on?" White Sister Ram asked as the entire group found themselves surrounded by the various forms of Arfoire.

"I told you," Uzume smirked as she stood up while Iris Heart looked around at the numbers, "I was once Planeptune's CPU. I fought against the Deity of Sin in my time as well. These ones aren't quite as powerful as the Arfoire that I fought, but for what I need, she'll do."

"Lovely." Black Sister groused as she looked around and saw Gray Heart and Stadia surrounded by various Arfoire and her true final self. "Dammit, I can't..." She trailed off as she heard a laughing sound. "Who's..?"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Iris Heart threw her head back while squeezing Croire even harder. "I have to thank you, Uzume..." Her eyes gleamed and Uzume could only stand still as those eyes seemed to paralyze her. "I'm going to have SO..." A look of pure glee came to her face as her body started to glow, "...much..." She turned around and her hair started to flutter, "...FUN!"

"HIDE!" Gray Heart and Stadia yelled as they dived for the ground while Iris Heart suddenly shot forward and used her sword to swing at the Arfoire closest to Purple Heart, which revealed that her sword was a snake-chain whip sword and it blasted the Arfoire into the air and away from Purple Heart before wrapping around her body.

"Ah ah ah..." Iris Heart grinned as she pulled on that Arfoire and launched her at Uzume. "Bad girls need to be PUNISHED!" She then spun around and her chain whip wrapped around the necks of all three other Arfoires that were surrounding Purple Heart before she displayed an impressive amount of strength and snapped her chain sword up, launching the Arfoires into the air. "NOW FRY!" She yelled as her sword glowed with energy and crackled with lightning before sending a surge through the sword and causing all of the Arfoires to explode violently.

The violent explosions forced everyone, including the Arfoires in all of her forms, to look away. When they turned back to look at Iris Heart, they could only see a woman who looked like she as covered in shadows, except for her eyes, which glowed a demonic red, and a large grin on her face.

"FEH!" White Sister Rom cried out as she fell on her butt and tried to get away from Iris Heart, who was far too close to her.

"Hmm?" Iris Heart looked at her. "While cute, you aren't my target." She turned to Purple Heart, who was struggling to get to her feet. "Are you back to normal, Neppy?"

Purple Heart grimaced and gripped her head. "Ngh... Mostly."

"Good." Iris Heart said.

The next thing anyone knew, Iris Heart slashed at Purple Heart so hard that she sent the other CPU into the wall.

Iris Heart walked over to Purple Heart, a cold, angry look on her face as she ignored all the yells of surprise from everyone else. "That, Neppy, was for sealing me into my human form in the first place." She stabbed her sword into the floor and grabbed Purple Heart by her dress and lifted her up. "And I have more to vent when this is over. Are we clear?"

Purple Heart grimaced and nodded. "Crystal."

"Good." Iris Heart said and let go of Purple Heart, who collapsed onto her ass before throwing Croire at her, who gasped as she could finally breathe again. "Watch this trouble-maker." She said as she pulled her sword out of the floor and made her way to the nearest Arfoire. "Alright, you ugly witch, bug, rabbit thing... I have over three hundred years of anger, frustration and rage building up in me." She declared as she stalked forward. "And you are ALL going to help me vent!"

Across the room, Yellow Heart slammed her claws into one of the rabbit-Arfoire's gut and literally tore her in half before spinning and slicing the giant bug Arfoire in half. "Ouya! Stadia! Are you two okay?"

"...Big Sis?" Gray Heart asked as she looked at Yellow Heart, who nodded at her. The next thing that Yellow Heart knew, Gray Heart was hugging her tightly.

Yellow Heart dismissed her claws and hugged Gray Heart to her chest gently and smiled. "It's been a long time since I could hug you like this." She rubbed Gray Heart's back. "Welcome back, little sister."

Gray Heart sniffled and nodded before letting go of the hug. "...I don't think we've ever hugged in HDD." Both of them giggled and Yellow Heart helped Rainbow Heart to her feet.

"Thanks." Rainbow Heart said and looked away. "...Sorry for all the problems we bring."

"Eh, don't worry about it." Yellow Heart smiled at her. "We're all Neptuna's kids, trouble's part of our middle names."

"Do we even have last names?" Rainbow Heart asked in confusion before looking around as more of the Arfoires started to grin and magical energy started to build up. "Well then, I think we need to..." She trailed off as they were blasted from behind. "What?" She asked as the witches collapsed and turned into data.

"You two have lots of questions," Black Sister said as she and the White Sisters walked towards them. Black Sister shot a few more of the Arfoires. "If you die, then you won't be able to have them answered."

Not far away, S-Sha and C-Sha were back-to-back, both of them with swords in their hands as they took on the most common form of the Deity of Sin. "Heh, never thought I'd get to kill something that almost destroyed Gamindustri."

S-Sha smirked as her golden eyes glowed. "Finally something interesting. Let's see how you like being nothing but a memory." She said as white and red orbs surrounded her before flowing into her blue sword. "HA!" She rushed forward and slashed the Deity of Sin several times before jumping away and throwing her sword at it. "Now fry." S-Sha snapped her fingers as a large meteor came out of a portal and crushed the Deity of Sin.

"Heh, can't let you make me look bad in front of Blanny." C-Sha said as she noticed that White Heart, Black Heart and Green Heart still hadn't fully recovered yet. "Let's end this stylishly then." She rushed at the True Deity of Sin and launched a kick at it. "Atatatatatatata!" She yelled while kicking it over and over before doing a back flip to knock it away. "Sheesh, what a pain!" A blaster formed over her right arm and she flew into the air. "EAT THIS!" C-Sha yelled and fired a blast that engulfed the True Deity of Sin, causing her to explode.

Not far away, B-Sha and Orange Heart were facing several Arfoires at the same time."Hey..." B-Sha looked at Orange Heart. "Think we can do this with some style?"

"Uzume thinks we can!" Orange Heart gave B-Sha a thumbs up before thrusting her right hand out while B-Sha put her left hand behind it. "Let's do this super cool!"

"Alright! I'll follow your lead!" B-Sha yelled as a powerful burst of energy escaped from their hands, engulfing several of the witches in a powerful explosion.

As she watched the various Arfoires explode, Uzume let out a suffering sigh and stood up. "I'm glad that the scary one prioritized going after the Arfoires than me." She sweat-dropped as she watched Iris Heart stomp on the True Deity of Sin's head and started using her chain whip to strike the thing over and over while laughing. "...I think it's time to get my real body back." She disappeared before reappearing in front of Purple Heart. "Sorry, Nepsy." Purple Heart gasped in surprise as Uzume punched in her in the stomach so hard that she lost her grip on Croire. "I need Crosy for a little bit longer."

"Let's get the frick out of here!" Croire yelled as Uzume nodded and both of them disappeared.

"HEY!" Neptune yelled as she jumped to where the two had been before landing on the floor, face first. "GRR! Dang it, Crostie, you jerk!"

(-)

Uzume and Croire appeared somewhere else in Heart Dimension and Croire panted hard. "HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT BITCH IS SCARY!"

"I agree." Uzume said and gave Croire a stern look. "Do you remember that power of Tari that you gave to Arfoire?"

"Yeah?" Croire looked at Uzume with uncertainty. "What about it?"

Uzume held out her hand. "We're close enough to Hyper Dimension now that I can materialize in that dimension with no problem, I'll go retrieve the console with my body in it. But I'd like some insurance for something in the future."

Croire raised an eyebrow before shrugging as a dark, inky power came out of her book. "Fine," the power floated over to Uzume, who smiled as she felt it flood her body, "so now what?"

Uzume snapped her fingers and a large being formed behind her. "Dark Green will go and deal with them, I'm taking Dark Black with me to Hyper Dimension." She twitched as the dark power of Tari surged within her. "...Or maybe I'll take a bit of time to get used to this first?"

"What should I do?" Croire asked as Uzume sighed softly.

"Stay in this dimension." Uzume chuckled and pulled out a crystal. "Should my other self and my juniors... Though Nepsy is older than me, hmm... Well, if the other CPUs get uppity, you can use Dark White to deal with them. They should be tired after dealing with Dark Green after all."

"You expect them to win?" Croire asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Not at all." Uzume shook her head. "But I'd rather have insurance in case they do win." She turned to leave before twitching and grimacing. "Ngh... I think I need more than a few minutes to get used to this power." She sighed and shook her head. "Lovely."

(-)

Iris Heart looked around and narrowed her eyes as there were no more of the enemies around them. "Well... That was fun for all the while it lasted." She muttered and walked over to Purple Heart, who was getting off of the floor. "Have fun on the floor, Neppy?"

"Sorry, that other Uzume sucker punched me and took the tome." Purple Heart said as she got up. She looked around and saw Noire, back in her human form, trembling on the floor. "...Sadie, what did you do to her?"

"She was still having trouble with the dark energy," Iris Heart explained, "so I showed her some TLC, just a small amount, really." Purple Heart gave her a flat stare. "Nothing permanent and nothing broken, it was no worse than that time you slapped Vert to get her to straighten up." Iris Heart smirked at Purple Heart before sobering up. "We're going to have to explain things to them."

"Yes." Purple Heart nodded before she was grabbed by Iris Heart. "...Sadie?"

"You and I have a LOT to talk about, Neppy." Iris Heart said with her eyes narrowed at Purple Heart.

"...Yeah, we do." Purple Heart nodded and sighed as Iris Heart let go of her. "...Ouya, Stadia, are you two okay?" She mentally grimaced at the twin looks of disappointment, fear and loathing on their faces. "...Where do you want me to begin?"

Rainbow Heart transformed back into her human form and glared at her mother. "I dunno, how about how you went BACK to those bastards after they brainwashed and raped you, mother?!"

Purple Heart sighed and hung her head. "It... Wasn't quite like that." She then gave Iris Heart an annoyed look as the group came close. "And you know it wasn't quite like how that tome put it."

"She never technically lied." Iris Heart shrugged at Purple Heart.

"WELL?!" Stadia yelled in frustration and anger. "What was it?!"

Purple Heart sighed and nodded. "Very well," she began as all the CPUs but Iris Heart, herself and Yellow Heart transformed back into their human forms. "I'll explain things."

"I bet it was Stockholm Syndrome." Compa whispered to IF, who gave her a confused look. "Well, if they were captured, brainwashed and still loved the men who did that, what else could it be?"

"...Maybe?" IF muttered as Purple Heart began her story.

To be continued...


I hope Sadie got to Sadie enough for everyone. She's a character, that, despite how I write my Nep fics, I don't feel like I can do her justice.

And yes, it's time for a flashback chapter that will, hopefully, answer things in a satisfying way for everyone.