Author's Note
Guess who's baaaaack~
That's right! It's a me! Shiena! And here with the sequel to Love in Time of War!
This was the first full week of my college life and I must say, it's going well so far. I'm really paranoid when I'm in a new area, but I'll get over it once I'm use to the environment. Anyway, I had some time since I got Friday off along with Saturday and Sunday, so I decided to write the first chapter of LITOH.
I'm sure I mentioned that LITOH is based on Re;birth 3 but I decided to make it different. Also the story with Re;birth 2 yet to happen, so anything related to Re;birth 2 like the CFWs does not exist yet. I might make this series into a trilogy, I don't know depends on how this story goes I guess. If I ever do feel like writing about Nepgear, Uni and the twins, I will. Now back on topic. While we follow Neptune and her adventure in Ultradimension, I'm also gonna be writing a story for the Hyperdimension. Neptune's adventure in the Ultradimension will technically be the same as the game with a few minor touches. I think this story will mostly be showing Noire, Blanc and Vert since I'm not changing much of Neptune's adventure. I'll just make a couple chapters to show how far Neptune have gotten.
Now, as for Noire, Blanc and Vert's adventure, yes, the Hyperdimenion will be for the other three CPUs, there will be a lot of new stuff that doesn't really follow the Re;birth 3 game. That's what I decided to do with this story since Re;birth 3 never really showed what happened to the Hyperdimension other than Histoire explaining the situation. I thought writing this in Hyperdimension's perspective would be fun!
So I planned out most of the chapters, like small notes and stuff, but I haven't written them yet. I don't know how this story will turn out, but I hope you all will enjoy it. I'll try my best to make it just as great as LITOW... Hopefully.
With that all said, enjoy the first chapter of Love in Time of Heresy!
P.S. Thank you Nanya for fixing my grammar mistakes and becoming my beta reader. Don't know what I'd do without you.
DISCLAIMER: Hyperdimension Neptunia does not belong to me. HDN belongs to Idea Factory and Complie Heart. They're the awesome genius people that owns it and created it, so please don't sue me.
Gamindustri… a land over which goddesses, otherwise known as CPUs, rule. This large landmass is made up of four nations, each ruled by one of the four CPUs.
CPU White Heart rules over Lowee.
CPU Black Heart rules Lastation.
CPU Green Heart rules over Leanbox.
And lastly…
CPU Purple Heart rules Planeptune.
Each nation battled over dominance of the land and shares, keeping each CPU in top form, creating balance. Memories of the battle against the Deity of Sin, otherwise known as Arfoire, and her schemes remain fresh in Gamindustri's mind…
The four nations banded together and managed to thwart her ambitions. With a new era, Gamindustri have returned to their peaceful ways of life, but peace did not last. As the curtains rose to a new war, the CPUs face their new challenge.
The goddess of Planeptune have gone missing. A riot have been spreading throughout nations. And the love and friendships between the goddesses will be threatened.
The age of revolution have started for the CPUs. This was the Love in Time of Heresy.
Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Virtua Forest
Date: August 20, 2019
Time: 10:13 A.M
"Huh? The CPU… disappeared?"
"Damn, hardcore! You've already gotten the hang of that ability."
"Um… what ability? Me…? I did this to the CPU…?"
"Yeah! Hahaha, freakin' awesome! This is way more interesting than just observing that old hag last year!"
"I… I did this…" She chuckled as her eyes dulled, "I did it. Me! It was all me!"
Her power really influenced her. Much different from that Arfoire person. I'll have to observe Neptune's movements in that other dimension too. I'll let this Rei run rampage for awhile…
???, Gamindustri, ???
Place: ???
Date: ???
Time: ???
"Welp, I'm falling. Totally falling, you guys… You probably have no idea what's happening, unless you played my game version, but I'll give you a recap." She cleared her throat and explained, "My name is Neptune, Goddess of Planeptune. I've bravely fought against an evil self-proclaimed god in the last fanfic, highly recommend you read that. It's called Love in Time of War. Really good, by the way. Anyways, so after that, I ended a thousand year war, maybe longer, with the other goddesses and brought Gamindustri into peace, but a year later I'm scolded by my oracle to do work for my nation because I slacked off too much, but lord and behold, I'm stuck here in this position. Falling out of the sky." Neptune crossed her arms as she nodded, "Yes, I'm sure you're all wondering why I'm falling out of the sky, well ya see…"
-FLASHBACK-
In the Virtua Forest, Neptune cried out as she slashed her blade against a dogoo. She worked her body to the bone to clear the monsters in the area while gaining some experience as well.
Walking deeper into the forest to look for more monsters, she mumbled to herself, "Working, working… Lonely, lonely…" Neptune stopped in her tracks and voiced, "Wow, so this is loneliness. Am I unable to function by myself? I dunno what to do on my own…" She let out a sigh and smiled, "Well, props to my sweetheart. I'm not envious that Noire handles loneliness so well, but I can respect it. It's one of her good points after all."
"Urrrrp! Where am I…?"
"Whoa!? What was that sound?" Neptune questioned as she looked around in alert. "Is someone retching nearby?"
"Yikes! I'm sorry! So, so sorry! Er, I mean, is… is someone there? Oh good… I'm saved…!"
Neptune found a tall woman tumbling out of the bushes. She immediately recognized the women from yesterday. She wore the same blue striped black suit and black rimmed glasses. She carried an exhausted expression like she has been lost in the woods for awhile.
"Please help me! I've been lost for such a long time…"
"Well howdy my doody! You're that Citizens Group whatever from the other day. You said your name was Rei… something?"
"Huh…?" The women looked up at Neptune and yelped, "GAHHHH! Th-Th-The CPU!" She quickly turned to run but was stopped when Neptune instantly got close and latched onto the collar of her suit.
"No, no! Don't run away again! Honestly, I don't care who you are, I just need someone to hang with!"
"Ch-choking… Please let out of my collar…" Rei begged.
Neptune immediately let go, causing the woman to cough and wheeze. "Oops, my bad. You okay?"
"Wh-Why would a CPU be in a place like this?"
"Because I'm working hard, like that dependable and exemplary goddess that I am!" stated Neptune.
"Um, honestly, I don't think that's true…" said Rei. "If it were, I wouldn't have formed my group…"
Neptune felt a pang in her chest as she gripped onto it. "Gah, my pride! You've got a pretty razor blade tongue, huh? I slack off for a few months after the Console War and I'm already labeled as the lazy goddess?"
"I-I'm so sorry!" apologized Rei. "I said such rude things when I don't have the right to badmouth you…!"
"Meh, I don't care," shrugged the purple goddess. "Did you say you're lost?"
"Er…"
Neptune smiled as she placed her hands on her hips. "Have you been lost since you ran away yesterday? That's amazing! You're a savant at poor navigation!"
Rei groaned as she slouched her shoulders in disappointment. "Ughhh…"
"I guess I shouldn't worry about it, but you're that group's leader… How's that… uh… going for you?" she hesitantly asked.
"Bad… It's not "going" at all…" admitted Rei.
"I see! Just as I deduced," said Neptune. "That actually helps me out! If you were super dependable, I'd have to work even harder to prove you wrong."
"No need to point out the irony…" pouted Rei.
"I'm totally dominating this chat, huh? You say words now. It must be fate that we met again, y'know?"
"Um…" Rei sighed and tried saying what she really thought about the CPU of Planeptune. "Why do… Why do you…?"
Neptune leaned in slightly as she asked, "Sorry, can you try turning up your mouth volume? I can't hear you."
"Why are you so blunt?!" she shouted as she stomped her foot against the dirt ground. "I'm clearly in distress, but you…"
The goddess jumped back in shock from the loud outburst. "Whoa there! No need to yell." She felt like this situation might get a little out of hand, so she tried to calm the woman down. "Look, you're right, I'm super sorry. We just met, so I shouldn't be so conversational or whatever."
"Why would you apologize to me? How do you remain so composed?!"
Neptune had no idea how to react to that. "Well what the heck, man! How am I supposed to act…?"
"I already know more than anyone just how much of a sad sack I am! But why do I have to hear it from a CPU's mouth? Why!?"
"Ooookay…" Neptune was really sweatin' now. "I think I flipped a very weird switch in her brain. Nepgear and Noire are never around at times like this…"
The woman dropped to her knees and started to burst out crying. "W…W…Waaaaaaah!"
"Oh…" Neptune stepped back in shock, having no idea how to fix this. "Great, now she's crying on my shoes! A grown woman totally just started bawling in public! If I think about it, I am indirectly at fault huh? Hey, I said sorry, so stop crying. Uh, please," she begged. "My reputation will tank if someone sees this situation…"
"You apologized again! Why do you insist on mocking me?! Wahhhh!"
"B-B-But I wasn't!" Neptune stuttered. "No good. There's no consoling her. But now I kinda feel like crying… Someone, anyone…help!"
Rei sniffled as she wiped her tears, but more keep falling. "CPUs shouldn't… CPUs shouldn't…"
"Ugh, Yeah, okay! I'm a CPU, and I shouldn't have been rude. Stop crying, okay?" pleaded Neptune.
"CPUs should all just disappear!"
"Oh okay." Neptune took a step back away from Rei. "If that's all it is, I'll just disappear on back home. I don't normally mess up like this. I mean, I'm supposed to make folks smile, not cry like that. Hmm?"
Suddenly, a dark purple flame was emitted from Rei's body. It swirled above her into a giant ball of energy. It slowly levitated over Neptune, but the goddess backed away in shock. "Holy mother of smokes! What's that dark ball thingy!? It's creeping me out!" The dark flames expanded and swirled around Neptune. "Hey, stop Get offa me!"
While this happened, Rei continued to cry. "CPUs… CPUs… should disappear!"
The dark energy resonated with Rei's works and ripped open a hole in front of Neptune. It rapidly swirled around sucking everything in it.
Neptune's dug her heels into the ground as she felt the suction force. "Wh-Whoa! Am I getting sucked into it or something!? Nope, I'm falling in! But why…? Ahhhhhhhhhh!"
-End of FLASHBACK-
"Well that's a gif of it. That's how I got into this situation. But I mean, this always happens, so I'm used to it. Something like this won't make me panic. I've been through worse. Still… I've been falling for quite awhile now. Long enough for me to give a flashback. We're reaching uncharted territory with this flight length…"
Neptune looked around her to see nothing but the vast blue sky while passing through some puff of clouds at a fast rate. "Uh… this velocity is no joke… wait! I'm sensing that I might be in danger! That's bad, isn't it? It's super bad news, right!?" She looked around some more and the fear finally settled in that she started flapping her arms around. "Gaaaaaah! What do I do!? What do I do!?
Looking down, she could see land pass the thick clouds. "Oh! I'm closing in on ground… Wait…" She really began to panic now. "I'm closing in on the ground! Huh?" Neptune held her hand above her eyes, thinking that it would make her see more further down. "What're those ant-like blobs?" As she got closer, Neptune could make out what they were. "Girls? A pair of girly girls!? Oh no… I'm falling fast and my current landing trajectory is… Oh Nep! Move move move move mooooooove!"
Planeptune, Gamindustri, ???
Place: Virtua Forest
Date: November 28, 1994
Time: 4:01 P.M
"Heeeeeey, Noire, slow doooown! I can't walk sooooo fast," the shorter girl called out.
The pigtailed girl turned around and huffed, "You're just slow. That's what you get for not exercising, Plutia."
"But exercising is tiring," whined Plutia.
The two girls walked through the forest together in search of a desired item. The day was great for scavenger hunting with magnificent weather. The sun was bright, lighting up the beautiful blue sky and the clouds were big like cotton candy.
Plutia sighed and looked up and smiled. "It's a beautiful day out."
"AAAAAH! Move move move move mooooooove!"
"Huh?" The purple-haired girl squinted her eyes as she noticed something in the sky. "What is that?"
"Come on, Plutia! That CPU memory isn't gonna look for itself," said Noire.
"There's something in the sky… I think it's a person… and they're… falling?"
Noire scoffed, "What? We're out in the middle of nowhere, so how and why would someone fall out of the sky?"
"Um…" Plutia concerningly looked up and then back at Noire. "The thing is, Noire… from where you're standing… at this rate you're… Um…"
Noire crossed her arms. "Spit it out already."
"Well okay. You're gonna get squashed by the falling person."
Noire rolled her eyes as she stated, "There's no way a person would just be falling out of the sky, Plutia. I think you're seeing-AWK!"
Plutia gasped in surprise as something, or someone, crash on top of Noire. The person was a short girl with short purple hair. She had on a crop hoodie over her purple dress and striped stockings. Plutia kneeled down next to the girl and asked, "Are you alright?"
The girl rubbed her head as she repeated, "Ouch, ouch, ouch. Man that hurt."
"I'm surprised you survived from that high," voiced Plutia.
"Oh, I've been through worse, but hey! Who are you?"
"Who, me? I'm Plutia!"
"Plutia? Can I call you Plutie! What a nice name! Totally sounds like a magical girl who loves takoyaki or something. Well, nice to meetcha! My name's Neptune! Everyone's favorite protagonist!"
"Nept… Nepta… um…" Plutia struggled to say the girl's name. "Neppy, Nep…Umm…?"
Neptune chuckled, "You can call me Neppy or whatever you want. People, for some reason, have a hard time pronouncing my name."
"Okay! It's nice to meet you, Neppy!" Plutia greeted.
"Yeah, same! Anyway, where am I?" Neptune looked around and found the area familiar. "It looks like Planeptune, but also not."
Plutia giggled, "This is Planeptune, silly."
"Oh no, that can't be right. I know Planeptune like the back of my head and this is not Planeptune."
"Oh really? This isn't Planeptune?"
"Nope!" Neptune stated.
"Uh…do you mind getting off me?"
"Hmm? Who said that? That voice sounds familiar…" Neptune looked around to see no one but Plutia.
"Down here."
"Down?" Neptune looked down to find that she was sitting on someone. Out of shock, she yelped and stood up. "Holy seat cushions! I didn't even know you were under me. Totes sorry."
Noire finally got up and dusted her black skirt. "Really now." She huffed and then crossed her arms in irritation. "Landing on top of someone and then forgetting them is really quite rude."
Neptune's eyes lit up when she realized who it was. "Sweetheart!"
Noire instantly blushed. "Who are you calling 'sweetheart'?!"
"Oh Noire, don't be mad. I'm really sorry for falling on you."
Plutia tilted her head in confusion. "Noire, do you know Neppy?"
"No!" Noire claimed. "And don't act like we know each other!"
Neptune gasped, "What?! But we do!"
"No, we don't! I have never met you in my life," said Noire.
"Awe, come on. Don't be mean to your girlfriend," Neptune pouted.
"Noire, you have a girlfriend?! How come I don't know about this?" Plutia asked.
"That's 'cause I don't, Plutia!" she shouted.
"Oh, now that hurt," Neptune voiced.
"Alright, listen here, girl," Noire growled. "I don't know who you are or how you know my name, but stop sprouting lies!"
"But they're not…" Neptune mumbled. "Man, did I fall on you that hard to give you amnesia or something?"
"Excuse you, are you sure it isn't you who has amnesia?" Noire questioned. "You did fall from a great height, and I'm quite surprised you survived."
Neptune suddenly remembered all the countless death scenarios she encountered and rubbed her head. "I've survived worse."
"Well, we should bring you to Planeptune's Guild. They can take care of you and you might want to stop by the hospital to check that head of yours," suggested the dark-haired girl.
"Planeptune? Oh yeah, where are we?" Neptune asked.
"Like I said," Plutia happily voiced. "This is Planeptune."
"Oh, no no no, this is not," Neptune denied.
Plutia pouted, "Why don't you believe me?"
"Plutia isn't lying, this is Planeptune," Noire defended the girl.
"I know it's not Planeptune. I'm it's CPU, so of course I'd know what Planeptune looks like," Neptune revealed.
"Neppy, you're a CPU!" Plutia squealed. "Wowie! I didn't know you're Planeptune's CPU…" Her face suddenly twisted in confusion. "Wait… I thought I was Planeptune's CPU?"
Noire groaned, "That's because you are. Neppy or whatever, it's highly doubtful that you're a CPU."
"Neptune," she corrected. "And I can prove it right now, HDD activate!"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Nothing happened," Noire said, already predicting the fact.
"WHAAAAT! But why! I worked so hard to gain shares too! Wait… where are my shares!" Neptune panicked. "NOOOOO!"
Noire sighed as she shook her head, "This girl's a lost cause."
"Poor Neppy," Plutia said.
Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Basilicom
Date: August 20, 2019
Time: 12:36 P.M
It had been almost three hours since Nepgear had gotten mad at Neptune and forced her to take quests on her own. She was just wanted to prove her Lastation friend wrong about her big sister using her as a maid. She only known Neptune for a year and was always helping her in order to learn how to be a proper CPU. But ever since the Lastation candidate pointed out how she was following Neptune's selfish demands like a servant and doing all her chores and work, Nepgear began to think that Neptune was just being lazy.
She realized that she was just spoiling Neptune instead of actually learning anything. She wanted to believe that her sister was the remarkable CPU she was during the Console Wars. So she decided to sit out and tell Neptune off. She wanted to prove that Neptune was still the responsible and hard working CPU she heard so much about from Histoire's stories.
But now, with the minutes turning into hours, Nepgear was starting to worry and regret her actions. "Maybe I should've gone with her, I really hope she's alright…"
Planeptune, Gamindustri, ???
Place: Basilicom
Date: November 28, 1994
Time: 5:38 P.M
After showing Plutia and Noire that she actually knew how to fight, Neptune managed to warm her way into Plutia's heart. Now they were friends, except for Noire because she didn't trust her still. They were currently back in Planeptune's basilicom. Neptune was quite surprised to see that Planeptune was different from what she remembered. For now, she was arguing with Noire in the living room while Plutia sat on the couch hugging her plushie.
"Oh my goddess! What do you want from me, woman!?" Neptune cried out.
Noire groaned, "Ugh, this feels hopeless. She must've hit her head really, really hard."
Plutia's expression saddened. "Awwe, so Neppy is gonna die…?"
"I'm not gonna spin the bucket! If I up and croak, the author will type 'Neptune died'!" Neptune said. "You're so stubborn, Noire! More so than usual. I mean, pretending not to know me is a good joke for a few minutes, but it's starting to become every hurtful."
"I'm not pretending. I really have no idea who you are," said Noire, truthfully.
"And there you go again! Then how come I know all your secrets?"
Plutia's eyes sparkled. "Whoooooooa, you know her secrets…?"
Noire became tense, but she challenged, "Yeah, right. Fine, let's hear all about me. Come on, don't be shy." Though she was a bit shy herself, hoping that none of the things Neptune said are actually her secrets.
Neptune smirked, "Hmph, there's nothing I don't know about my Noire! I'll leave the intimate stuff out since we have an audience." She glanced towards Plutia. "But I'll start with an easy one. Noire, you're the CPU of Lastation!"
"Ooooh! Wow, Noire… You're a CPU, too…?"
"No, Plutia, I'm not. Well, not yet… But Lastation sounds like a pretty cool name…"
Neptune smiled as she thought about her girlfriend. "And you got a kid sister named Uni!"
Plutia gasped, "Gosh…! I had no idea you had a little sister…"
"Because I don't. If I did, I would have introduced you."
"And thirdly, the clincher! Noire has no friends!" Neptune stated.
"Gah!"
"Awwe," Plutia sadly voiced. "You don't have any friends? That's sooooo sad… Waaaaait…" Plutia's sad face turned to one of puzzlement. "Does that mean we aren't friends?"
"Wh-What are you talking about!?" Noire blushed as she tried to say, "We're, y'know, we're… f-friends…"
"We are?" Plutia smiled, "Yaaaaaay…!"
"Huh?" Neptuen looked at Plutia and then at Noire, then back to Plutia. "Plutie, this is gonna be an itty-bitty awkward question, but are you really her friend?" Neptune asked.
"Uh huuuuuh! My beeeest buddy," Plutia confirmed
"H-Hey! Don't say something embarrassing like that out loud!" Noire couldn't help but feel all warm and giddy inside, even though she's trying to act cool.
"A friend, huh? Noire… actually has… a friend?" Neptune's face suddenly turned pale. "Noooo! She's a clone. This Noire is totally fake. You're not my girlfriend!"
Noire took offense to Neptune's words. "What!?"
Plutia became shocked by the news. "Oh, wooooow… I had no idea you were a clone this whole time, Noire!"
"I'm NOT A CLONE!" Noire sternly stated. "You really need to stop believing every little thing she says!"
"Whoa, what's going on? L-Let's be kool with a K, Neptune. Become one with the kool…" Neptune took deep breaths to collect herself. "I've determined that the girl before me is absolutely a clone with the same mannerisms and all…"
"Stop talking about me like you found something out! Stop it right now!" Noire snapped.
Plutia tilted her head as she wondered, "Are you two arguing? Heeeey, no Fighting…"
Noire rolled her eyes as she scoffed, "Not like I want to or anything! It's just that this girl is so… ugh!"
"I… I know! We've gotta blast the pseudo-skin off this robot clone! Proton cannon, FIRE!"
"You will not let it go, will you!? If you don't stop with this clone nonsense, I'll get pissed!"
Plutia's eyes dulled as a tinge of anger boiled in her chest. "You two really are arguing… I don't liiiike that… If you don't start playing nice, I might get angryyyy…"
Neptune felt a chill go down her back. "M-My spine just froze."
"Oh crap! W-We won't fight, okay? We won't… so… calm down, please?" Noire pleaded. She then glanced at Neptune and muttered, "Hurry up and apologize!"
"Uh, y-yeah. We're… um, sorry."
Plutia instantly became happy as the dark aura disappeared. "Oh okay. Hehehe… That's much better…"
"Wh-What was that cold feeling?" Neptune questioned. "And not cold like cute penguins… Cold like… murderous penguins…"
"I don't know who you are or what that nonsense is that you spew, but don't upset Plutia if you value your life," warned Noire.
"Oh really? I don't get it, but that sounds like good advice." Neptune took the other girl's warning to heart.
"I'm sooo happy that you two made up," Plutia chirped. "Oh yeah, Neppy, you hit your head and now you're confused, right?"
"Um no. At least, I don't think so…" Neptune was bit confused now. This was Planeptune, but not Planeptune and the one before her was Noire, but not Noire and then there's Plutia who's apparently the CPU of Planeptune as well, and her HDD wasn't working either… Neptune couldn't grasp what was going on. Where is Histy when you need her, she thought.
"Well, until you feel all better, stay here," Plutia insisted. "I'll take goooood care of you…"
"What? No, no. I mean, thanks, but were you listening to the words my mouth was wheezing."
Noire groaned with displeasure, "You can't be serious, Plutia. You'll let some weird girl you don't know stay here?"
"Hey! I'm not weird!" Neptune claimed. She was still having seriously mixed feelings about the Noire in front of her. Despite the fact that this Noire looked and sounded like her Noire, her attitude was just so grating. Especially when she said such mean things. It almost made her want to cry.
"I'm aaaaaalways serious…" said Plutia. "We all know that a CPU helps those in need, don't we?"
"True, but what if she's an underling for the Seven Sages? That'd spell major trouble."
"Seven Sages? What're they?" Neptune didn't recognize those names. Were they food? "Do they come in dark chocolate?"
"Don't worry! Neppy isn't a bad girl," Plutia said.
Noire glanced at Neptune and voiced, "I guess…. The odds are really low for them to employ someone this empty-headed."
"Aw c'mon, what're the chocolate sage things? Tell me, tell me!" Neptune chirped.
"Pipe down!" Noire growled. "I'm not obligated to tell you anything."
Neptune pouted, "You're so mean. Don't use my girlfriend's face like that."
"What!? This is my face!" Noire shouted. "I can't believe someone would date you. She's either dumb too or just using you."
Neptune twitched in anger. Normally she was an easy going person that could just go with the flow of whatever conversation or situation she was in, but when someone dared to insult her girlfriend, well, she wasn't just going to sit back and let them. Especially when Noire wasn't around to defend herself from... Well, herself in this case.
"Noire isn't dumb! She's the smartest and most hardworking CPU out of the four goddesses on Gamindustri!"
"There's four CPUs on Gamindustri? I thought there were only twooooo?" Plutia questioned.
"Noire is the most caring and kindest person I know. She'd do her best for anyone and that's why I love her! So Noire would never go so low as to use my feelings just to use me! She would never do that!" stated Neptune.
Noire couldn't help but blush from the complements Neptune spouted, even though it wasn't towards her. "Alright, I got it! Jeez you're starting to embarrass me now."
"That's right, you don't know anything about my Noire, who's much kinder than you, by the way."
"...Are you two…fighting?" Plutia asked.
Noire tensed up and quickly denied, "N-Nope! We have no intention of fighting at all, isn't that right?"
Neptune also tensed when she felt that same chill again. "R-Right! We're friends forever. Lookit how we hug and don't cringe!" Neptune wrapped her arms around Noire's waist for a hug. She noticed how her heart didn't race like how it would when she hugged her girlfriend. In fact, she also noticed that this Noire didn't carry the scent of lilies on her like her Noire.
"Ooh, how sweet." Plutia giggled, "Hehehe… I guess I misunderstood."
"Get off of me," Noire muttered.
"Oh sorry," Neptune released Noire and stood a couple steps away.
The pigtailed girl sighed, "I'll repeat myself one last time. If you stay here, do not make Plutia angry. Got it?"
"Y-Yeah…" Neptune stuttered.
"For now, we should file a missing person report to the Guild I guess? Do you remember where you live?" Noire questioned.
"Oh that's easy! I live in Planeptune's basilicom, but I guess not this basilicom. It's different, in fact this whole place is different from how I remembered."
Noire gave her a blank look. "You're making no sense."
"I'm telling you, I'm a goddess and I watch over Planeptune, but not this Planeptune!"
Noire repeated, "Again, you don't make sense."
Neptune was about to blow a fuse. "Oh goddess, where's Histy when I need her. Doesn't she usually show up at times like this to tell me that something is going on!?"
"Histy? Who's thaaat?" Plutia questioned?
"Huh? Histy? Oh, that's my oracle. She helps organize my schedule in the basilicom. She runs the nation in my place if I'm on a day off. Her actual name it Histoire but I call her Histy. She's a cute little fairy that sits on top of a book," explained the goddess. "I could really use her help right about now."
"Wow, you know Histoire too!" Plutia squealed.
"Yep!" Neptune suddenly blinked in confusion. "W-Wait… 'Too'?"
Noire chuckled, "We have someone like that around here, but she's out right now. She should be back in a few days, then we can get all this sorted."
"Yaaaay, then Neppy! Do you want to play some games?" Plutia asked.
Neptune gasped, "Do I? What games do you have?"
"No!" Noire yelled. "Plutia you still have work to do as a CPU. You can play just yet."
"Awwwwwe…" Plutia pouted.
"You promised the guild to take up on those quests, remember?"
"Yeeeeah…"
"Neptune, you stay here," she ordered. "Plutia and I will be out."
"Hey, I wanna come too!"
Noire narrowed her eyes in thought. "I don't know…"
"C'mon, Noire. You've seen me fight already."
"Pleeeeeeeease, Noire," Plutia piped in.
Noire sighed, "Fine. We could use some extra hands."
"Yes!" Neptune cheered.
"Yaaaaay!" Plutia cheered as well as she clapped her hands.
Author's Note
And that's the end of chapter 1. So this chapter is the start of Re;birth 3 as in the game with, y'know, LITOW memories. The next chapter will be the real start of LITOH because this story is gonna be mostly around Hyperdimension. You won't be seeing Ultradimension til a few chapters later. It's like Neptune being the main character, but not... Yeah. If I have to say, Noire would be the main character in this story... mostly... yeah... From what I have planned, Noire sounds more like the main character than Neptune.
Anyway! To get this out of the way, I don't have that much assignments as of now from my classes, but that will change in the future. It's pretty relaxing the first two weeks so I was able to get some writing in and post this chapter. I might be able to post chapter 2 pretty soon, but that depends on how busy I am.
As always, I don't have a schedule. I only post when I finish a chapter. I hope you guys can be patient with me once again and I hope to see you all in the next chapter! Peace out my dudes!
-Shiena