Chapter. 25

Quincy swung his spear down on the figure who blocked with both of its blades. "Enough games! Who are you?!" The figure shoved Quincy's spear head away but Quincy struke it in the side of the head with the other end of his spear.

The figure staggered back from the hit and Quincy swiped his spear and hit the figure in the legs to make it fall. When the figure was on the grounds Quincy ran his spear through its chest. "Now talk! What do you want? Why are you attacking the other nations?"

The figure knocked the spear out of Quincy's hand with it's sword. Quincy backhanded the figure as waved his other hand to conjure a new spear down on the figure.

The figure stepped back to dodge, Quincy kicked the spear to send it spinning into the figure then summoned another spear to impale the figure.

The figure breaks apart to distance itself from Quincy. When it reformed Quincy threw his spear at the figure, impaling it in the arm. Talk! Willingly or I'll make you talk!" Quincy threw another spear into the figure's leg.

The figure stepped back as its arm and leg turned to static, causing the sears to fall out. "Hundred spears!" Quincy clapped his hands then slowly pulled them apart as one hundred spears formed around him. "Last chance." The figure stayed silent. "Fine."

The spear flew at the figure, several of them stabbing into the figure's body. The figure dispersed into static and faded away. Quincy dispelled his spear and turn back to the other just in time to see Nepgear kiss Tech-u. She changed into her human form and passed out, Tech-u also changed into his human form to catch her.

As Quincy ran back to his brother the other CPUs hovered around them. Neptune rested her hand on Nepgear's forehead what happened to her? I've never seen something like that happen."

"There are a number of reasons." Commented Vert as she drew closer to Nepgear. "We should get out of here and let her rest."

"Screw that!" Shouted Blanc. "You take her back, we'll keep going and find that punk!"

Noire sighed. "As much as I would like to agree with Blanc, if something has effected her here it might have effected us too."

Quincy's phone rang, he quickly answered. "Hat? Okay slow down. Hat that's not slower that's louder." Everyone looked to each other confused as all they heard was quacking. "Okay we'll be on our way." Quincy hung up. "We need to go back Histoire has found out something the crystals in In-D and she's here in the Basilacom."

Neptune nods. "Hopefully she can help my sister too." Neptune holds out her arms. "Tech-u give her to me, I'll carry Nepgear."

Vert swooped in behind Tech-u and grabbed onto him and Nepgear. "No need I'll carry then both!" Vert sqeezed Tech-u and Nepgear.

"Please let go..." Tech-u spoke as half is face was being pressed in Vert's chest. Ver ignored Tech-u and flew off.

"Get back here!" Neptune chased Vert with her sword ready.

Quincy noticed that Blanc and Noire made no efforts to leave. "I know you want to go deeper but to run in blind would be too rash. Let's go back and hear what Histoire has to say then we'll come right back."

Blanc tapped her finger on her axe head then growled. "Fine, but I'll drag you back here if I have to, to open this gate."

"Fair enough." Blanc took off after the other two. Noire sighed and followed as well. "Right then." Quincy clapped his hands and summoned a motorcycle. "You know how ride-"

IF climbed and looked at Quincy. "You getting on or not?" Quincy smiled and rode on the back, holding to IF. IF Revved the engine and drove to the surface.

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Everyone had gathered in Quincy and Tech-u's home, the CPUs were back in their human forms, Nepgear laid on the sofa while Histoire hovered over her. "And she turned into that form when she went HDD?"

"Yes, and there was a glow in her pocket before it happened." Explained Tech-u.

"So what was it you wanted to tell us?" Asked Neptune.

"And can you hurry it up?" Asked Blanc.

Histoire nods. "Very well. "I've sent some time looking into the shard that Quincy gave to Neptune and the remains of the monster that attacked Planeptune. Though the monster's is stronger they both have the same energy signal. The energy signal of an old enemy. Arfoire."

"WHAT?!" All the girls shouted.

"But we defeated her years ago!" Screamed Noire.

"How is she back?" Asked Vert.

Blanc clinched her fists. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's beat her ass again!"

"Question." Quincy raised his hand slightly. "Who or what is Arfoire?"

Histoire was the first to answer. "Arfoire was, well, is an enemy of Gamindustri."

"What does she do?"

"Arfoire was originally Gamindustri's only goddess. However, she could no longer take this burden and requested that I make four other goddesses to take her place."

"You can just... Do that?" Quincy and Tech-u looked to all the goddesses then back to Histoire.

"Yes, but I lost that power when I left the home of the goddesses, Celestia. Arfoire and I created the four CPUs, Neptune, Noire, Blanc, and Vert and gave them a quarter of the power of a true goddess."

"So you're all her daughters in a sense?" Asked Tech-u. The goddesses turned away, Noire and Vert looked ashamed, Blanc looked angry, Neptune was tapping her index fingers together.

Histoire broke the silence. "Arfoire is the direct cause behind the Console War, putting the four CPUs against each other as a distraction so that she could plunge Gamindustri into chaos by filling it with monsters and shaking the faith that the people had in their goddesses."

Quincy quintet. "What? Why would she... So she made four goddesses to replace her, then wanted to destroy them, so she could be the only goddess again?"

Histoire nods. "Yes. All of this is to become the being known as the True Goddess. Her plan took a turn for the worse when the CPUs teamed up against Neptune and banish her to the world below."

"World below?"

"This world is Gamindustri, the world above is Celestia. When Neptune fell I called out to her and request her aid in breaking a seal keeping me trapped."

Tech-u placed his hands on his hips. "So Arfoire was the only goddess, which by default makes her the true goddess. She couldn't handle the pressure so she made Neptune, Blanc, Noire, and Vert. Then turned them against each other so people will loss faith in them and turn to Arfoire, making her the true goddess again. Am I the only one here not getting it?

Quincy took up his thinking pose. "That's very much a 'I'll pay you for a hamburger tomorrow, if you give me one today.' line of thinking." Quincy folded his arms. "So the CPUs teamed up and took Arfoire down."

"Yes, and that brings me to the next thing I found out. The energy from the shards is the same as Arfoire." Histoire locked her gaze with Quincy and Tech-u. "And both of yours." Histoire now had everyone's full attention. "When you two were born you were meant to be goddesses like the others, but with Arfoire's power so wild and close it twisted you both. You both have Arfoire's power within you, making you closer to her then the others, as close a blood. True sons of Arfoire."

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