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A Nasal Cannula is that tube that doctors put into your nose when you're in the hospital to help with breathing.

Chapter 63

Histoire looked at the doctor as he came out of the medical room with worry. "How is she?"

"She's doing fine." The doctor reassured her. "I've been observing her for the past five hours and comparing her vital signs from the last time I examined her to now. Considering what you told me she went through, it's amazing that she's not worse off." He shook his head. "Her vital signs are stable, if weak right now." Histoire nodded. "Since she's already sleeping, it's best we keep an eye on her, we have a nasal cannula in her nose in case she has trouble breathing and we'll have at least two medical staff on hand at all times for the next three days."

Histoire nodded, knowing that Neptune would be out of the danger zone if she made it through the next three days. "Would it be okay if her family was allowed to see her?"

"Lady Nepgear can, yes." The doctor nodded. "I'd like to keep the amount of people visiting to a minimum though while she's recovering."

"Well, more than Nepgear, but I'll make sure to let the others know." Histoire said before pursing her lips. "...Would it be okay if I could see her for three minutes?"

"Of course." The doctor said and led Histoire into the room. "Just keep your voice down, she needs to sleep."

"Of course." Histoire said as she floated in and saw Neptune sleeping on the bed peacefully. She let out a soft sigh as she saw her charge laying there peacefully. If not for the monitors and other devices hooked up to her, Histoire would swear that Neptune was just sleeping peacefully and not trying to recover from blowing herself up. She floated over to Neptune and gently squeezed Neptune's hand. "You need to take it easy and recover, Neptune. Your daughters would be so heart-broken if you died." She pursed her lips softly and sighed. "So would Nepgear and Uzume... And so would I."

She knew that Neptune probably wasn't hearing her. She didn't care.

"Just rest well, Neptune." Histoire smiled softly.

(-)

Thirty minutes later...

"So that's what's going on, huh?" Blanc asked softly, shaking her head. "Damn moron. Sometimes I wonder if she really wants to die but thinks that the only way to go out is heroic sacrifice or something."

"Well, that would fit with Planeptune CPUs." Uzume muttered, her hand over her right eye and her voice was softer and a bit deeper than usual. "Just drawing upon my memories as Kurome, she's the one who had all the answers, I'm just starting to get them, but considering what I did and what Uranus did after me before Nespy and Gearsy were born, I guess you can say that all Planeptune CPUs are complete idiots who try and kill themselves for whatever reason."

There was a touch of venom in Uzume's voice when she felt a hand on her shoulder and she jumped in surprise. "Ack! Ah!" Her eyes widened as she lowered her hand. "I'm sorry, it just..."

"It's okay." The bigger Neptune smiled at her as she lowered her hand from Uzume's shoulder. "After all, you fused with your other self, so you probably have some of her thoughts creep into your head once in awhile." The smile on Neptune's face was so pure that Uzume looked away, her cheeks turning red as she continued to speak. "If you need to talk about anything, I'll listen."

"Thanks, Nepsy." Uzume smiled and blushed as the others looked at her. "Sorry, I just... You know, having a bunch of memories slam into your head from different perspectives..."

"We know." Vert said softly, giving Uzume a knowing look. "The five of us had similar experiences when we had to reconcile the differences between what happened while we were brainwashed and when we weren't." She saw the troubled looks on Ouya and Stadia's faces and shook her head. "No, no, do not worry about any of that, we have time to talk about it now."

"Well, there's only one thing to do." Noire said as she stretched her arms above her head and grimaced as she felt her shoulders pop. "How about we play some games?"

Blanc nodded. "Yes, that sounds good."

Uni, Rom and Ram all sweat-dropped as everyone but the three of them and Histoire shuffled out of the room and towards the living room. "You know... I was thinking that they were different from our sisters, but I guess they're plenty similar."

Rom giggled. "I'm kind of glad." She smiled as Uni. "It's... A little weird seeing Blanc with boobies."

"Yeah, but she's also fat." Ram pointed out.

"You shouldn't say that." Histoire admonished Ram. "Many women have a hard time losing weight after having children." She sighed at the expectant look that Ram was giving her. "Yes, she has a bit of a pudgy belly, but it's still rude to point it out."

"Meh." Ram huffed, crossing her arms.

"She has bigger boobs than the three of us and your sister put together." Uni deadpanned. "So maybe you shouldn't be so hard on her?"

"I think it's kind of nice." Rom smiled nervously. "She's soft and cuddly." Rom fidgeted as the others looked at her. "I... Um... Crawled into bed with her last night, she was really snuggly and comfy." Even if this Blanc was a bit on the chubby side, at least she was comfortable to cuddle against.

Histoire shook her head. "Why don't you three go into the living room and play with them? I'll call if I need anything." They nodded and ran after their alternate big sisters. After they were gone, Histoire sighed softly. "I'm sure that things will get better around here."

Everyone just needed to relax and calm down.

(-)

In the living room...

Blanc narrowed her eyes as she leaned back, using Vert's boobs as a pillow. Between the action on the screen and the fact that Rom was laying down and using her belly as a pillow, she had every right to be upset.

Especially since Plutia was using that damn witch to knock hers and Stadia's characters off the screen while giggling about it. "Urgh, I forgot how frustrating that damn witch was to smash against."

Vert just giggled as she had her pocketed monstrosity character knock Ouya's character off screen, before she yelped as a giant laser beam came out of Noire's character, blasting Vert, Peashy and Nepgear's characters clear off-screen. "Ahhhh!" The three of them yelled at the same time, their eyes white and blank.

Ram and Uni both cheered their alternate elder sisters on, but in the end, Nepgear, using the blue bomber, won when she sucked everyone else into the black hole and blasted them all away.

"...Fighting to save the world..." Plutia, Peashy and Blanc all softly sang while Vert and Noire both hummed a tune.

"...I don't get it." Uni, Rom, Ram, Nepgear, Ouya and Stadia all said at the same time.

"It's an old cartoon." Noire reassured them. "It was off the air for centuries before you two," she nodded to Ouya and Stadia, "were born. There's no way you could know about it."

"It was a really bad cartoon too." Plutia said while giggling. "But the opening was good." The others nodded in agreement.

"How the heck do they remember it then?" Uni asked as she, Rom and Ram each grabbed a controller and added themselves into the brawl. "Huh, where's Uzume and Neptune?"

"Oh, they went for a walk." Nepgear smiled. "Uzume wanted to see how much Planeptune had changed and Neptune likes to be outside more than inside." Part of Nepgear wanted to go with them, but she thought it was more important to be near her elder sister in case something happened.

Besides, it was nice to just relax and play games with her friends after dealing with a world-ending crisis. And if something important needed her attention, then Histoire would let her know.

(-)

Elsewhere in Planeptune City...

Uzume tilted her head and blushed as she saw a lingerie store. "Wow, in my time they didn't have specialty stores on the streets. In malls maybe, but not ones right next to the street." Before she could say anything, she felt hands on her shoulders and she was pushed into the store. "Ack! Nepsy!" Uzume's face was bright red as she looked around. "Th...this..."

"Come on, Uzume! Let's get you some new underwear." Neptune grinned at her. "Besides, I need some new undies myself. Crostie's been teasing me that my boobs will sag to my knees if I don't get some sort of bra to support them soon." She waved to get a clerk's attention. "Besides, you probably need new panties."

"...Well, I guess I haven't had new panties in almost a century." Uzume conceded, though she was still blushing. "But they're all so... Skimpy!"

Neptune giggled at her. "Don't worry, they have more practical ones in the back. The skimpy ones are to lure women in looking for fun times with their husbands or boyfriends." As the store clerk got close, Neptune smiled at her. "My friend here needs some help finding some new underwear. I already know what I want, so go ahead and help her out."

Uzume found herself stuttering as she was taken to the changing rooms where she was stripped out of her clothes, leaving her standing there naked while the clerk wrapped a measuring tape around her body to get measurements of her chest, waist, hips and butt. "Do you need to measure how much my butt sticks out?"

The clerk, who was kneeling behind Uzume, looked up and nodded. "Well, yes, because certain panties might be too tight and slip up in-between your butt-cheeks when you're jogging or even walking. You don't want a wedgie when you're busy trying to walk, do you?" She smiled at Uzume, who blushed. "My husband complains about his underwear sliding up when he's walking and it's so annoying that he has to adjust so much. So I just want to make sure that we get the right kinds of bra and panties for you." She looked at the orange panties that were on the chair. "Hmm, you seem to be a sporty girl, don't worry, we have the proper kinds of underwear for you."

Uzume nodded and hoped that she didn't end up with something weird and uncomfortable.

After getting the measurements down, the clerk left Uzume standing in the changing room naked and alone while she went to find some underwear that would fit her.

Uzume blushed softly and fidgeted as she looked at the curtain. "...Man, there's just that between me and everyone seeing me naked, it's kind of..." She trailed off as the curtain was flung open and Neptune stood there, smiling. "NEPSY?!"

"Hey, Uzume, I got what I..." Neptune trailed off, her eyes wide as she saw that Uzume was standing in front of her, naked. "Oh, sorry, didn't realize you were still changing."

Uzume stared, her face red and eyes wide. "Ah... Nepsy..." She trailed off as she realized that there were some people who were looking her way, one of them was pulling out a phone even. "People can see me." She pointed out while turning to the side in embarrassment. Walking around naked wasn't a big deal, but getting naked or getting caught being naked when she wasn't ready for people to see her naked was a problem for her.

"Huh?" Neptune's eyes went white and blank and she stepped inside, closing the curtain behind her. "Sorry, Uzume."

"It...It's okay..." Uzume's face was bright red as she covered her chest up. "I wasn't really prepared to expose myself like that."

"...So if you were prepared to expose yourself, you'd be okay with it?" Neptune asked with an amused smile on her face. Her smile faded and her face turned red as Uzume gave her a small nod. "Wow, Uzume, I didn't know you were a nudist."

"I think the term is streaker, you idiot." Croire said from inside the Nepnote. "Either way, if a CPU ran through her city naked, it would cause shares to increase, but people would be more inclined to do lewd things in public."

"Let's not do that then." Both Uzume and Neptune deadpanned.

"You know, if you want to be naked in public, there's nude beaches out there." Croire told them, "at least you won't have to worry about someone doing something you don't like when you're there."

A moment later, the curtain opened up and the clerk came in with several items in her hands. "Alright, so I have..." She trailed off as she looked at Neptune and then at Uzume. "Miss, if you're going to do that kind of stuff in here, you should know that we have a policy of opening up the curtains and letting everyone watch as you lewd each other." Both Neptune and Uzume blushed brightly upon hearing that.

"That's not why I'm here." Neptune shook her head. "I got my stuff and I was telling Uzume and then she was naked and I got in here and..."

"Please wait outside the changing room for your friend." The clerk said and Neptune nodded, quickly slipping out. "Seriously," the clerk huffed and then smiled at Uzume, "okay, so let's look at these and you tell me which ones you like."

Uzume nodded, still blushing.

(-)

A few minutes later...

After getting dressed and paying for their clothes, Uzume and Neptune walked out of the store with Uzume blushing while Neptune just smiled happily.

"How are you not..." Uzume trailed off as she looked at Neptune.

"What?" Neptune gave her a confused look. "It's just underwear. It's not like we bought candy lingerie for some sort of kinky threesome with tiny me's husband or something." She giggled at the look Uzume gave her. "Oh, don't give me that look, I wasn't really thinking of doing that."

Uzume let out a sigh of relief. "Oh good, because I'm still a virgin, Nepsy." She blushed even as Neptune laughed and threw an arm over her shoulders.

"There's nothing to be ashamed about, Uzume." Neptune smiled happily at her friend. "While I've dated a few people, the farthest I ever went was holding hands and maybe some kissing, but nothing more."

"...You've dated people?" Uzume asked and Neptune nodded. "Really?"

"Well, I went on a date one time when I overheard this cute boy talking about how he wanted to go to a party where a girl he liked was going to be at, but he needed a date, so I went with him. I saw them again a couple of months ago and they had gotten married a year ago in their world." Neptune smiled happily. "They're still super cute. Ooooh! It almost gave me cavities just looking at them."

Uzume blinked a few times before smiling at Neptune. "That was really nice of you."

Neptune's smile just increased. "Come on, let's go! There's lots of the city to see, isn't there?"

"Yeah." Uzume nodded as the two continued to explore the city.

(-)

Elsewhere...

Looking at the group that came into her office, Histoire narrowed her eyes. "You know that you're not welcome here at this time."

"Oh?" A female voice said as the group split apart, revealing a woman who wore pink shoes, a tube top with pink and black on the front with white sides. Her legs, shoulders, arms, hands and even the top of her fairly impressive chest were all exposed, though her breasts were slightly smaller than Vert's chest was. She had light blue eyes and long, pink hair done up in a long braided ponytail that went down her body, almost touching her knees from behind. On her back was a pair if white wings. "Come on, Histy, we're friends here." She smiled.

"Don't call me your friend, Angel of Avarace." Histoire shot back.

The Angel slapped her open palm on Histoire's desk, causing the desk to shake. "Don't call me that, if you have to call me anything, call me Vulcanus or Artina."

Histoire didn't bother flinching. "I have lived with Iris Heart as the CPU of Planeptune for over a thousand years, you don't scare me." She huffed. "Either way, you're several days early."

"Well, I thought I'd come down and collect my payment." Artina smiled at Histoire. "Or is there a problem?"

Histoire glowered at Artina and the Angels, wishing that one of the CPUs was there at that moment.

I know the month is almost over, but to everyone thought that the story was about to end in a chapter or two...

April Fools! XD

Because of a review I got, my mind started to race and think and, well... Instead of wrapping things up quickly, why not have another short arc? So yes, this story isn't over yet.

Plus, well, Nep wanted the Golden Ending. Guess we need to do the bonus chapters to get it.