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

I just HAD to get this chapter out! Been wanting to do it for some time. Also was listening to Limit Break X Survivor sung by Jonathan Young while I wrote this chapter.


Chapter 50

Uzume growled as she saw her other self disappear. "Listen, everyone," she gave them a determined look, "if my other self really did send that many monsters to Hyper Dimension, you need to get there and stop them."

"But..." Nepgear tried to protest and Uzume shook her head. "Uzume..."

"You're the CPUs of Gamindustri." Uzume told her. "Well, most of you. Your job as a CPU is to do what's best for the citizens, right?"

"But..." Nepgear sighed as she saw the determined look on Uzume's face. "..What will you do?"

"I'm going to go face her." Uzume told Nepgear. "As banged up as she is, there's no way she'll be capable of fighting back."

Nepgear nodded before walking up to Uzume and giving the redhead a hug. "This is goodbye, I guess."

Uzume smiled and hugged Nepgear back. "Maybe. I was a CPU a long time ago, the fact that I got to meet you, Nepsy, the other Nepsy and all the rest of you." Her eyes teared up as she looked at the group. "Even if it was short, this was the best time I've ever had. Thanks everyone."

Nepgear let go of the hug and nodded before walking over to her big sister and kneeling down so Neptune could get on her back. She stood up and nodded to Uzume again before everyone took off and ran for the portal.

Neptune turned her head as she was carried on Nepgear's back and the last thing she saw was Uzume's smiling face. '...She's not planning on coming back, is she?'

After they were gone, Uzume closed her eyes and took a deep breath before slowly letting it out. "Nepsy, Gearsy... You two protect your worlds. Be the best damn CPUs for your people."

(-)

The group ran through the various hallways as they made their way away from the ruins of Planeptune with Noire leading the way. "We're almost out of here." Noire called back.

"Got'cha!" The others said.

Neptune realized that Nepgear wasn't running as fast as she normally could have and mentally sighed, knowing she was slowing her sister down. "...Hey, Nep Jr.," she smiled when she felt Nepgear slow down a little bit, "you were going to say something before Kurome showed up, after Stadia said that I put the people ahead of myself. What was it?"

"Is now the time?" Ouya asked as she, Stadia, Plutia and Peashy all ran with Nepgear.

"Well, I'm curious, okay?" Neptune chuckled softly.

"Well..." Nepgear trailed off and sighed. It took her a little bit of time to remember what she was going to say. "I was just wondering, how can you serve your citizens if you're not happy?" She smiled nervously. "I mean, I was no good for Planeptune when I was going through my mental breakdown."

Neptune was silent as she thought about what she heard. '...Have I really been wrong this whole time?'

Memories of the way things had been after freeing Gamindustri from the alien invasion, of being brainwashed and later freed from mind control, from the desperation she had felt for years, the frustration of dealing with people who wanted to take revenge on innocent people, the awkwardness of dealing with the Mole People again decades after the fact, the reconciliation that took decades, the happiness that she felt with the other CPUs, including her daughters, the anguish of never being able to know her other children, the raw pain that all of them had felt after the Dinosaur Cultists had shattered their peaceful reality, the fact that she had left it all behind to come back to Hyper Dimension. '...Why did I really want to come back?'

"You know why." The voice of the Frozen Queen of the North echoed in her head as everything disappeared and she was standing in an area of pitch darkness while staring at her Mole Queen self. The Frozen Queen just looked at Neptune dispassionately. "Deep down, the reason you came back, was it because it was your goal? Was it some sort of obligation you felt to the people of Hyper Dimension?"

Neptune was about to answer when an angel with long, pink braided hair entered her mind. "...I..."

"You wanted to leave because, deep down, you couldn't handle the pain and suffering and loneliness anymore." The Frozen Queen told her. "I would know, you shoved it all onto me. You can't be with your husband or children, you can't be with your daughters, and you hurt your relationship with your last remaining daughter and your adopted sister."

Neptune looked at her other self. "...What should I do?"

The Frozen Queen reached up and removed her mask to give Neptune a look of understanding. "...Can you live with yourself if you don't do what you want to do?" A small smile came to her face. "Deep down, you know what you need to do."

Neptune blinked and realized that they had entered Zero Dimension. "Hey, Nep Jr., can you put me down?"

"Neptune?" Nepgear asked and stopped, causing a ripple effect with everyone else stopping as they realized something was going on behind them. "What's wrong?"

Neptune just gave Nepgear a tired smile. "Well, with how worn out I am, I doubt I'd be much help against any monsters that you have to fight."

"I guess..." Nepgear conceded and blinked as Neptune suddenly glowed and transformed. "Wait, what are you doing?"

Purple Heart gave Nepgear a solemn look. "I realized something important, you were right, Nepgear." She turned around and started walking back towards Heart Dimension. "I did lose part of myself years ago. And I know it's hypocritical of me to say this, but for once... I'm going to be as selfish as I've ever been." She looked over her shoulder and smiled at everyone. "I thank you all for your help, but head back to Hyper Dimension without me."

"Nep, what are you..?" IF asked and Purple Heart gave her a gentle look. "Nep?"

"IF, take care of Compa, okay? I realized that I wasn't around much, but thanks for everything."

"Mom?" Stadia asked and Purple Heart sighed. "What are you doing?"

"You were right about one thing, Stadia..." Purple Heart said softly with her eyes closed. "I can't get the happy ending every time." She opened them before turning away from everyone. "So I'm not going for the Happy Ending, I'm going for the Golden Ending." Her wings formed on her back. "What's happening in Heart Dimension is a Planeptune affair, leave it to Planeptune CPUs, just go and save Hyper Dimension."

The others watched Purple Heart fly off with varying degrees of surprise and shock.

"FINE!" Stadia yelled as she was engulfed in her own light. "I may not have ever had the chance to act like it before, but I'm a Planeptune CPU too, damn it!" Rainbow Heart looked at the others and gave them a salute before flying after Purple Heart.

"They're right." Gray Heart said and looked at the others. "Forgive me, but your dimension isn't my home. And I might have to fight you thanks to my programming." She bowed before turning and flying off.

Peashy and Plutia looked at each other, nodded and transformed before flying off after the others.

Nepgear looked conflicted as she watched everyone fly off.

"Gear..." IF said softly, smiling at Nepgear. "What are you waiting for, girl? That's your family, isn't it?"

Vert pouted but sighed as she saw Nepgear's face light up. "Nepgear, I do hope that you'll come home, I still need to learn how to cook that souffle you said you'd teach me."

Nepgear nodded and transformed before flying off after the others.

"Ruling by emotions rather than logic," Blanc shook her head, "only a complete failure of a CPU would do that." When Rom and Ram gave her a confused look, a small smile came to her face, "heh, but for that group, I can't say that it doesn't fit them."

Uni shook her head and sighed. "We should go." In the distance they could see a large portal open in the middle of seemingly nowhere and they knew that if the monsters were heading to Gamindustri, it would be through that portal.

"Of course." Noire nodded and the group ran towards the large portal in the distance.

There was one person who didn't run off in either direction. "...Hey, Crostie," the larger Neptune looked at her Nepnote. "I need to do something."

"Sheesh, fine, whatever, not like I can stop you." Croire muttered as a portal opened up near them. "Though I wonder what you're planning on doing."

Neptune just grinned at the NepNote and ran through the portal.

(-)

The group transformed part way to the portal and flew the rest of the way at high speeds. As they got closer and closer there was a large group of monsters that were trying to move forward, but the progress seemed to be stopped.

"What's going on?" Green Heart asked in confusion.

"Hey, Blanc..." White Sister Ram frowned in confusion. "What's that?" She pointed at the portal itself. "It looks like people are there."

"There's no..." White Heart trailed off and her eyes widened in shock. "Wait, there are!"

At the portal itself were four people cutting, stabbing, blasting and kicking the monsters away from the portal.

"S-Sha?" Vert stared in surprise as S-Sha cut down three monsters in one strike.

"And that's B-Sha!" White Sister Ram pointed out as B-Sha blasted a monster with her bazooka.

"That's K-Sha." Black Heart said as she saw K-Sha mowing down a few dog-like enemies.

"And that's C-Sha." White Heart said as she watched C-Sha use a giant sword to cut down a few monsters of her own. "Shall we join them?"

"Of course." Green Heart said and the group picked up speed before materializing their weapons and diving into the crowd. "I hope you don't mind us joining the fight."

"Not at all." S-Sha said with a small smirk. It was then that Green Heart realized that all four of the Gold Third were in their transformed states. "It's a good thing we stopped for a bathroom break." She smirked as she saw, in the corner of her eyes, both B-Sha and K-Sha blush as they were reminded of what they had to do before they came back.

"Well excuse me for needing to use the bathroom!" C-Sha grumbled as she kicked another monster in the head.

"It worked out in the long run." S-Sha admitted as she stabbed upwards into a bug monster's gut before slicing upwards and cutting it in half. "We got here just in time to see all the monsters heading for this portal."

Black Sister blasted more than a dozen monsters at once. "Well, in that case, let's help protect Gamindustri from here."

"Right." The others nodded as they continued their fight.

(-)

Heart Dimension...

Kurome looked up as Uzume landed across from her. The two stood in front of the ruins of Planeptune's Basilicom, the doors were destroyed, there was a fountain that was cracked and broken with no water coming out of it and rotted trees and broken cars. "So you came, huh?" Kurome asked and narrowed her eyes.

"Of course I would." Uzume told Kurome while throwing her arm to the side. "As a member of Planeptune, I can't let you destroy it."

"You took your time." Kurome said and smirked. "Just so you know, I've recovered enough that you won't have an easy fight." She stood straight and held her arms to the side. "So do you think you can win by yourself, me? I control this world, I have the power of Tari, I have the power of Delusion." Kurome's smirk became a psychotic grin. "Your chances of winning are zero!"

Uzume had a determined look on her face as she pulled out her megaphone. "Even if they're zero, I'll fight. I'll keep on fighting and change that zero!"

"That's a good attitude to have." A voice that neither Uzume nor Kurome expected to hear caused them both to look up as Purple Heart, who was looking a bit tired, landed next to Uzume. "But I think I'll help you out."

"Nepsy?!" Uzume gasped. "What are you doing here, you idiot?!"

Kurome frowned in confusion and looked up to see Rainbow Heart, Gray Heart, Yellow Heart, Iris Heart and finally Purple Sister all flying in. "...Well, this is a bit unfair, huh?"

Purple Heart gave the others a confuse look. "Why are you all here?"

"Because none of us could stand to see you run off and get your sorry ass killed." Iris Heart said while Rainbow Heart, Gray Heart, Yellow Heart and Purple Sister all nodded. She smirked as she looked at Kurome. "Besides, I have some frustration with this bitch to work out still."

Uzume blinked a few times before chuckling and transforming. "Well, Uzume thinks it's super dee duper awesome that all the Planeptune CPUs are here together."

Kurome narrowed her eyes. "If it's come to this... Then..." She raised her right hand up and snapped her fingers as blackness swirled in front of her.

"What's going on?" Gray Heart asked and gasped as the blackness took on a new form, her face going pale. "N...No way."

In front of them were the six Mole Queens, but there were two others that only Purple Heart, Rainbow Heart and Gray Heart recognized.

"It's... Us..." Rainbow Heart muttered as she looked at herself. Or rather, the her that was used as an enforcer of the Mole Queens. While the outfit that both the other Rainbow Heart and Gray Heart were wearing were similar to what they were wearing now, they were pitch-black and they wore visor-masks over their eyes. "But those others..."

"That's me," Iris Heart said as she looked at the Mole Queen who was wearing a black and purple crop top over her breasts, black biker shorts on her legs, short boots on her feet and had a mask on her face that was nearly identical to what the Frozen Queen of the North had on her face. Her eyes were bright green while her hair was a dull yellow in color.

"That's me." Yellow Heart pointed to the bustiest of the Mole Queens. She was wearing a long-sleeved shirt with a vest over her chest and padded pants while being with no shoes on her feet. Her eyes that were seen through the mask on her face were purple with her hair being maroon in color.

"Noire," Purple Heart pointed to the Mole Queen that was wearing boots, cargo pants and a white tank top with red eyes and red hair, "Vert," she pointed to the Mole Queen with gray-colored hair who was wearing a full-body suit that covered her from head to toe, the eyes that were looking at them were bright blue, "and Blanc," she pointed to the smallest of the Mole Queens, who had black hair and deep black eyes while wearing a mini-skirt and open vest with a small bra covering her chest.

"They're in HDD?" Purple Sister asked and Iris Heart nodded.

"We were sealed in our HDD forms but lacked any power during that time."

"Six of you, six Mole Queens, two assassins and me." Kurome smiled at them. "So what will you do now?"

Before anyone could say anything, several shots rang out and the Mole Queen of Noire jerked forward several times before falling flat on her face. The Mole Queens of Blanc joined her as something cut through her legs, chopping them off and then Vert as several sharp objects cut suddenly pierced through her body.

"WHAT?!" Kurome gasped and spun around.

Everyone stared in absolute shock at what they saw.

"Jeez, even after all these years you do nothing but cause us endless trouble." Black Heart, though she had a gray outfit and twin pigtails in her HDD form, stood there with a smirk on her face.

What was shocking to Orange Heart, Kurome and Purple Sister was the eye-patch around her right eye and the metal arm on her left shoulder to her hand with a giant cannon on it.

"Now, now..." Green Heart, who was wearing a black outfit that hugged her sides and kept her nipples and crotch covered, smiled as she held a spear in her hands. "It's been awhile Neptune, Plutia, Peashy... Oh! Ouya?! Stadia?!"

"Aunt Beru Beru?" Gray Heart stared in shock. "...When did you cut your hair?"

"Oh?" Green Heart smiled and fluffed her much shorter hair, which barely touched her shoulders. "I'm short hair in both forms now. I forgot you hadn't seen my new look before you were sealed up."

"Hey, brats." White Heart smirked as she walked out from behind Green Heart. "Been awhile."

"BLANC HAS BOOBIES?!" Purple Sister yelped in shock and surprise as she saw that this White Heart was a little more busty than Uni when her friend was in human form.

"But... How?" Purple Heart asked in surprise. "There's no way you could have..."

"Yoo hoo!" Neptune smiled as she poked her head out from behind everyone while the portal closed. "I thought that it might be a good idea to get some back up and I thought that the Miss Busty that almost took my virginity and her friends were a good idea."

Green Heart sighed and looked somewhat embarrassed. "Well, can you blame me? I thought I was having an erotic dream, because I never thought I'd see a Neptune with an adult body, so I just went along with it."

Kurome growled and snapped her fingers again, causing the Mole Queens that had been taken down to reform. "Well, that evens the odds, huh?" She lowered her hand and frowned. 'I can't beat them like this, even if Nepsy's weak, the others aren't, so how can...' Her thoughts trailed off as her hand brushed against her pocket. Frowning in confusion, she reached inside and pulled out a small white stone. "This is..."

"Uh... When did she get a CPU Memory?" Black Heart asked as she stared at Kurome in shock. "If she's compatible with it, she'll be able to become a CPU."

Kurome blinked and her eyes lit up. "Noiresy! You're brilliant! Thanks!" She grinned as the rock glowed brightly. "It's been so long since I've done this! TRANSFORM!"

Everyone stared as Kurome was engulfed in a white light that crackled with dark energy.

"Delusional Orange is here!" Kurome, in a high pitched voice similar to Orange Heart, said as she finished her transformation.


What? You thought that CPU Memory wasn't going to get used?