Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth: Generation of True Gods

Chapter 6: Lastation Final: Secrets Revealed! "I'll be Your Friend"

AN: Sorry guys! It's been months hasn't it...

Tetsuya: Yep.

Arisa: Yep.

Akako/Aoko: Yep!

AN: But hey! I'm not dead yet! Neither this story! Also everybody, this chapter is uploaded the day this fanfic came out!

Akako: Are we gonna have an anniversary?

AN: Of course! This story isn't finished but hey what's the fun!

Everybody: Yeah!

AN: Everybody get ready! And viewers, get reading to this chapter now!


-Lastation-

It was like a standoff.

Between the thief and Tetsuya, who was staring at her in shock.

"…!" He couldn't speak due to the shock, though he didn't appear that way on the outside.

"Hahaha! Are you really that shocked to see my face after 8 years?" she said, her green eyes brightening.

"…" He still didn't talk for a few seconds till his expression changed to a serious angry one. "Why are you here?" He spoke in a condescending tone towards her.

She laughed again, making it feel like she's mocking him, "Wow! You still haven't changed that tone you use for me, huh?" She rubbed her head while laughing it off.

"Well you haven't changed that annoying personality of yours after 8 years."

"Sorry, but that's how I am you know."

"It can be quite distasteful."

"Only to you."

After that, they stayed quiet again, still looking at each other eye to eye. While he still glared, the thief's smile disappeared as she reached for something in her jacket's pocket. The action made Tetsuya suddenly cautious. When she reached for the thing, her hand was posed as if she was about to throw something at him.

"Here." She lightly threw the object to Tetsuya who caught it with one hand and looked what it was. To his shock, it was his wallet that she had stolen from him.

"I don't really need it because it's Japanese money and Gamindustri doesn't use Japanese currency as you noticed."

He now spoke in a rough voice. "Huh? You know my money is from Earth?"

She lightly chuckled. "Of course, but I haven't gone there yet."

But… then she said: "Or I don't want to go back to Earth…"

Tetsuya stood there quietly, glaring at her for what she said.

"Come on, when are you going to stop making that face, it's annoying you know."

"Well I'm sorry." He sarcastically said, while flashing his canine teeth towards her.

"Well, hmph, you were really rash at first, but now you're calm huh? Never would I see the day where I see a relative of mine that is a monster turn into a quiet human being."

He scoffed at her. "Enough with the theatrics. Now let me ask again: what are you doing here?"

"…" She stayed quiet with another sly smile and placed her cap on her head again, which threw a shadow over her face. She turned away from him.

"Nothing, I just wanted to visit Lastation for some business."

"Did that 'business' mean looking for me?"

"Heh, probably, but it's more than that."

"…I see."

Tetsuya turned his back and began walking away; the thief promptly looked back at him, "Huh? Aren't you going to ask more or chase after me again?"

He stopped and turned his face slightly for her to see. "Nah, because I know you'll be there anyway. And plus-" He paused for a second before looking away from her again.

"I get the feeling you're spying on me anyway…" He started walking again, with his back to her. The thief stood for a while, the wind gently blowing her long pink hair, before she too walked away. She smiled and said:

"Heh, you're intuition never surprises me… who knew we were connected into a fantasy world like this…"

The girls waited for Tetsuya to return as Arisa somehow convinced them to not worry. Nepgear used the time to think about the thief's appearance. It was weird, maybe they mistook the thief for a friend they knew.

"…" Her fingers fidgeted, Nepgear vaguely realizing that her hands were sweating. She wiped her hands on her skirt but the sweating wouldn't stop. She really was worried about him. She hoped he would be fine.

As they waited, Tetsuya finally came back.

Nepgear was the first to notice and called out his name "Tetsuya-kun!" Everybody looked and walked towards him while Red ran to him first.

"Jeez Tetsuya, you shouldn't leave my wifeys in a worry! You should've let them take your wallet!" Red expressed in an angry but a jolly voice. This prompted an annoyed sigh from Tetsuya, who wondered if she was being serious or sarcastic.

"First off, they are not your 'wifeys'. And plus, my wallet had my money and other stuff in there." He rubbed his head. IF came close and pushed Red away. "Forget her, you got your wallet?"

He nodded "Yeah." He showed it before quickly putting it back in his pocket.

"But still… It's pretty rare to have a thief steal money rather than games…" Compa said. This caught Tetsuya's attention.

"What do you mean by that Compa?"

She had a finger to her cheek. "Well… Not that much people steal money unless it's are very very VERY high amount but it's mostly games."

"After all, this world is connected with games." Arisa spoke.

"…I see…" He lowered his head a little before Arisa gave a clap.

"Well, we better find a hotel to sleep in… I feel sleepy…" She yawned with a hand over her mouth.

"…It's not even night yet and we just came back from Planeptune…"

But he gave a large sigh, "Hah… fine, we'll find one, I'm pretty tired too." He complied as he rubbed his head and yawned too.

"Yeah." Akako said rubbing her eyes.

"Me too…" Aoko also rubbed her eyes too.

"Me three!" Red yelled out loud. She wasn't even tired though. Is she just going along with the situation?

"Yeah, yeah, fine, let's go." IF said as she signaled everybody to follow her.

-Lastation Hotel-

IF had managed to track down one hotel that was cheap to use. Everybody decided they would spend the night at the hotel for the entire day, resting and talking. And the one paying for the bills would be Arisa.

"Why do I have to PAY the bills!?" Arisa immaturely yelled out loud. Tetsuya blankly looked at her and said, "Well you do have the check from the Christmas tournament. Thus, you are paying for it." He then looked away and Arisa and the others swear they saw something devious on the monotone boy's face.

"Mmmmmhhhhhh…!" Arisa puffed her cheeks and had a big tic mark on her head.

"And once again, Nii-san is fighting Arisa…" The battle between adopted son and adopted mother had begun… on the ground, childishly pulling at each other's cheeks and hair.

"Ahahaha…" Nepgear gave a small laugh.

-Later at night-

Hours passed till nighttime came around. Tetsuya was the first to go to sleep.

"Good night." He said towards the girls.

"Good night/GOOD NIGHT!" The only one who yelled was of course Red.

Just as he was about to close the door, Arisa said something, "Ah, Tetsuya, one more thing!"

"What…?"

"Just remember, no sneaking in our room or-"

"Good night." He immediately slammed the door.

"Hey! Listen to your mother!"

"Go to your room, old hag."

"OI!"

"….What the heck….?" Tetsuya said in a monotone voice through the door.

IF sighed and the rest of the girls laughed at them.

The girls shared a room together while Tetsuya had his own room to himself. Red jumped on her bed, rolling around on it.

"Phew… Today's almost been a rough day." Arisa said as she stretched and let her body go down on the bed.

"Well I guess you can say that…" Nepgear says as she sat on her bed. She then looks at Akako and Aoko who too also began rolling on their bed, which they were sharing.

"Hey… Akako-chan, Aoko-chan." Akako and Aoko stopped and looked up to Nepgear. "What?" They said at the same time. Typical twin behavior.

"Are you related to Tetsuya-kun at all…?"

The twins stared at Nepgear in silence with blank looks. Finding the question a bit embarrassing, Nepgear began waving her hands. "I-I mean it's that… you don't really look like him… or something… you know…"

"We are."

"Huh?"

"We are related. To Nii-san." Aoko answered. Akako nodded at the same time Aoko said it.

"But… it's difficult." Aoko began pulling lightly on the sheets. Nepgear and the others looked at the twins in confusion as they started listening as well.

"What do you mean?" Nepgear said, giving her a questioning look.

"Um…" Aoko looked at Arisa and the woman sighed, getting up.

Arisa answered, in a very blunt manner. "To be blunt, Akako and Aoko, are Tetsuya's half-siblings."

Everybody now looked shocked. The twins only looked down, whilst Arisa wasn't shocked at all. "They were already with me but they are very much siblings."

"…So do you know the mother?" Compa calmly asked.

"…" Arisa looked down as well. She looked up, "Yes I know who the mother is but I won't say I..." Arisa temporarily stopped talking for a few seconds before continuing.

"I don't know the mother's name." She looked at the other side of the room.

Now, IF asks. "What about the father?"

"… Don't know."

"…" The room became silent again, this time Red was actually staying quiet until-

Red yelled out. "D-Does that mean… Tetsuya, Akako, and Aoko don't have a dad at all?!"

"…." People in the room looked at Red in confusion with Arisa shrugging her shoulders.

But she gave a small smile.

And after Red's outburst, no one asked anymore questions and eventually fell asleep.

Nepgear was still awake though, curiosity swirling around in her mind. When Arisa said with no hesitation that Tetsuya and his younger twin sisters were half-siblings, she was kind of weirded out how Arisa would say something that should have been reserved for close friends.

'Tetsuya-kun wouldn't say that…. Would he?' She thought and thought until she felt her eyelids slowly closing and promptly fell asleep.

-Rebeat Resort-

After the one-night at the hotel, everybody geared up after having breakfast and went to their destination: Rebeat Resort.

Tetsuya came up to Nepgear's right side and asked, "Did you have a nice sleep?"

"Eh! Oh goodness, don't scare me like that, Tetsuya-kun…"

"…I was just asking a simple question. So did you?"

"Yes I did. What about you?" He nodded to her question. As they saw no monsters approaching them, Nepgear decided to take a chance to ask him about a certain something.

"U-Um… Tetsu-"

Before the CPU Candidate could even finish saying his name, Red exclaimed and pointed to something. "That monster must be our target!"

"Okay, everybody! Let's go and defeat it!" Arisa yelled out pulling out her sword while everyone got out their respective weapons.

"E-E-Ehhhhh!" Nepgear yelled and saw Tetsuya had already gone ahead. 'Just when I was going to ask…' She thought in a despondent tone. But she got her light beam saber out.

"First blood!" Arisa yelled. She slashed the red dolphin-like monster with ease. And then another slash with two hands on the grip of the sword before backing away. "You're next Tetsuya!"

"…Got it." As he slowly pulled out his twin blades, he changed his grip on the one with the red jewel on the pommel so that he was holding it in a normal style other than his usual reverse grip style.

He shouted "Strike Dash!" He threw the blade like a boomerang and it slammed the Sea Hunter before coming back to Tetsuya.

"Let's get him while we have the chance!"

"Right!" Everybody yelled and came at it with an entire team attack. Red went first and whacked the dolphin with her yo-yo.

"Eat this!" Red yelled as she let out another whack at the monster. "Alright, go get them, my wifeys!"

'….Like I said… what about me…?' Tetsuya gave a blank stare at Red as he waited for the girls to do their attacks. However-

"Wrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaagggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The Sea Hunter let out a roar and rammed into Akako and Aoko.

"Waugh!"

"Ah!" Both screamed as they landed on the ground. The monster swayed back and forth to blow the girls away. Compa flew towards the twins, landing on top of them.

"…Owwie…" Compa squirmed as tears lightly came out from her eyes. Though she didn't know that she was on top of the twins.

"Even though it hurts…" Akako started.

"It…. Feels good to feel… 'this'." Aoko finished. Compa's breasts were pressed on top of the twins' heads.

"Akako-chan, Aoko-chan!" She wringed both the twins back and forth to see if they were okay but once again she didn't notice her breasts were hitting them again.

'…Hey, perverted twins….. KNOCK IT OFF!' He thought loudly in his mind, glaring at the twins. Whilst still looking at them, he didn't notice that IF had been sent flying towards his direction.

"Tetsuya!"

"Weh?"

*BAM!*

IF slammed towards Tetsuya, which kicked up a big dust cloud that covered the both of them. Luckily, Tetsuya caught her but something felt weird.

*Boing*

…Boing?

*Boing* *Boing*

This sensation, this mysterious sensation… Tetsuya knew it and he was in for it.

"…Tetsuya….." Indeed, the pink haired man was still holding her but one of his hands just had to grab a sensitive body part.

"….IF…" The dust cleared out and it showed something to everybody. Tetsuya's right hand was on her arm.

His left hand on her… breast.

"Ah- Ahahahahahahahahahahaha…" IF began to scream.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

*SLAP!*

…Tetsuya Yuugita was sent flying as the sun shone on him and his twirling through the air. As if in slow motion, Tetsuya swore he saw a bright light not from the sun but from the heavens for some reason before he lost conscious. Afterwards, he woke up a few minutes later and discovered the rest of the girls defeated the monster due to IF, the MVP, being in rage mode.

While glad everybody was fine, he could definitely feel IF's animosity from the deadly aura she was emitting.

"Yeeeeeeah! And that's that!" Red yelled out loudly with her arms in the air and doing some victory dances with Akako and Aoko.

"It didn't take much time at all, did it? Let's get back to that town." Nepgear said. She gave a worried glance to Tetsuya as Compa applied medicine to the cheek that IF slapped at.

"Okey-dokey. Here you go, Tet-Tet. Huh…?" Compa looked over to the side. Tetsuya noticed and asked, "What's wrong Compa?"

Compa pointed towards the object that was close to them. "Wait a minute, I see something over here…" They looked at it. It turned out to be a big black rat that looked like it could walk with two legs.

"Chu…" It made.

IF looked at the rat in disgust and tried to drag Compa away from it. "Yuck, that's one oversized rat. C'mon Compa, just leave it there." But to no avail, Compa wouldn't budge as she let go of IF's hand and went to the rat.

"No way! The poor baby looks hurt… Just hang on, Mouse-san. Let Nurse Compa patch you up."

'P-Poor baby…?' Tetsuya thought as he looked blankly, though a bit weirded out, at the mouse Compa was patching up.

"Ch-Chu…?" It gave a louder response. Compa looked more closely at the rat to the point that she was in front of his chubby face.

"How do you feel, Mouse-san?"

"Ah!" The rat blushed and looked surprised.

"What's wrong?" Compa questioned towards the animal. It twiddled its fingers for a bit before asking a weird question.

"Chu! Er, um… C-Can I get your name…?"

"Of course! I'm Compa. It's nice to meet you, Mouse-san."

"Compa-chan… Compa-chan, huh…? Mmmmm, chu!"

"Oh! Where are you going?" Compa raised a hand to the rat but he had already run off.

'…Seems similar to someone…?' Tetsuya thought as questions floated in his mind.

"That mouse was…talking, right? I'm not hallucinating, am I…?" Nepgear said in shock. Tetsuya just put a hand on her shoulder while Arisa, Akako, and Aoko just nodded their heads.

"Yeah. A monster, or something else? Oh well, whatever. Compa, you ready now? Let's go."

"Aw, Mouse-san…" She was dragged away by IF.

"Sh-Sh-She's so adorable! An angel! My adorable angel, Compa-chan!" The mouse yelled out loud, with hearts in his eyes and more floating around him.

But that saying suddenly got Tetsuya a chill down his spine and he looked around to see nothing. He thought at first that he was getting a bit cold but what his mind was currently processing now is:

"…I feel a little bad for some reason…" Unknown to Tetsuya, a blue aura surrounded him but it disappeared after a few seconds. The group noticed it, especially Nepgear and Compa.

-Lastation-

"Hey again, Gramps! We pummeled that monster you wanted us to defeat." Red yelled towards the 'old' young soldier.

"G-Gramps!? C'mon, I know this is an anime-inspired world, but I'm only in my twenties…" The soldier exclaimed.

"Ehh, nobody cares. Besides, boys are really gross. C'mon, out with the info already!"

'…Then, what about me…?' Tetsuya thought while putting a hand on the cheek that IF slapped earlier.

The soldier regained his posture and said, "O-Oh, um, all right… Hematite, was it? I saw some when I wandered into Septent Resort. I believe those pesky Tae Kwon Cats enjoy collecting gems like that one."

"Septent Resort, Right? Okay, thanks so much!" Nepgear bowed towards the soldier and they quickly headed off but Tetsuya couldn't help but wonder how a common soldier would know about the Hematite. He erased the thought and focused back on their objective as he placed a chocolate Pocky stick between his lips.

"….Pocky sure is the best thing to distract you with huh?" He placed another one between his lips next to the other stick.

But he knew he couldn't erase the image of him accidently groping one of IF's breasts as she still glared at him while he sweat-dropped. And Nepgear kept looking at him.

-Septent Resort-

Septent Resort looked similar to Rebeat Resort because it was actually almost right next to but it had different monsters in the area. It had little monsters so the group easily avoided them. But then Red shouted out loud, "But how can we level up or learn skills!"

'…What the hell is she talking about?' Tetsuya thought as his face turned into his normal blank expression.

Ignoring Red, the group continued on and IF pointed to a certain group of monsters. "There. Those must be the cat monsters we were told about."

"If we can take the Hematite, we'll be able to get the information we need! Okay, let's go!" Nepgear brought out her beam saber while everybody else followed.

After the twins got their weapons out, Tetsuya got between them and said to them, "…Akako and Aoko, you guys rest a bit first. If the battle takes long, I'll switch out with you guys."

"Nii-san…"

The twins gave a smile to each other and moved out to the area where the monsters were.

"Hah! You don't need to tell us, Nii-chan!"

"…Just reminding…" He quietly said.

But before they could take action-

"Halt, cretin! Drop the Hematite, nice and slow…" A familiar female voice suddenly called out of nowhere.

Nepgear looked at the person who yelled. "Huh?"

It was none other than Uni. "Hmm? Ack! N-Nepgear!?" The lavender-haired girl showed happiness upon seeing her.

"Yay, it's Uni-chan! You were looking for Hematite, too?"

Uni blushed before putting up a façade and saying, "W-Well, yeah, but what do you think you're doing here!?"

But her façade faded quickly. "Erm, uh, I mean, what I meant was… I'm sor-… No, wait… I'm not mentally prepared for this…"

"I'm so happy that you're doing well. I mean, we left on such a sour note and all…" Nepgear wasn't really paying any attention to Uni's words.

"Did Kei-san ask you for help, too? Why not team up again and beat the mean cat monsters together?" She asked.

However, once again, she put another façade, though it looked fiercer. "D-Don't get ahead of yourself! I…I have something to say to you, y'know…"

Uni then did a 'ahem!' and crossed her arms. "S-So, like, you listening? I'm only gonna say this once in your lifetime, so pay attention."

"Yippee! I'm so happy you're here! Now I know we'll get the Hematite without any trouble!"

…Again, Nepgear wasn't paying attention since she was really happy Uni was here.

"H-Hey, I thought I told you not to get ahead of youself! Grr…"

"…Uni." Tetsuya said as he placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Wah! T-T-Te-Tetsuya!" Uni blushed deeply and moved away from him.

"It's very surprising to see you here."

'…You don't look surprised though…' The Yuugita family thought as they looked at him.

"Yay! Tetsuya-kun and Uni-chan together!" As repeated again and again, Negear was not listening. The family thought she was probably an air head… like her sister and a certain pink-haired boy.

Uni began to lose it and yelled out loud pointing to them. "Ugh! Screw it! Y-You'll never get your precious Hematite and live to tell the tale, you two!"

"Huh? Why are you being a bully? Are you…still mad at me…?"

'Now she's listening!?' The whole Yuugita family looked at Nepgear in disbelief.

"Shut up, you dolt! I said you won't get it, so you won't get it! Never!"

"Y-You're being so mean today… Fine! You can't have it, either!"

"You guys are acting like kids right now…" Tetsuya calmly said as he put himself between them.

"Wait, what? You're mad at me now? Then, let's just find out who can get to it first, shall we!?" It looked like they weren't listening to Tetsuya.

IF put a hand on her head. "*Sigh* Retract the claws, girls. We have monsters patiently waiting for us, remember?"

"I'm so sorry about them, Scary Monster Horde-san. Can you wait a little longer?"

"Bleh." The monsters unenthusiastically said.

While distracted, the Underling appeared. "The hell…? Are the brats arguing? Hmm, in that case, this might just be the ideal chance… Hehehe…"

"I'll smash 'em both at once. Just gotta find some monsters to help me…and those will do nicely." She looked at the monsters waiting for the group to finish.

"Hey, so… Can I beat these things up yet?" Red said with a bored look.

"Let 'em be for now. We have to let this other cat fight resolve itself first." IF said while putting her hand down.

"Sorry again, Monsters-san… I brought a thermos of tea, so please allow me to pour us all a cup."

'When did she prepare that!?' The twins thought as they intertwined their hands and looked at Compa in shock. However, they didn't notice one thing.

"Grrr!"

"Go! Do the thing that you usually do!" The Underling yelled but the group couldn't hear as she was far away from them.

"Grr? Uh, Grrrrrah!" The cat monster began roaring in rage.

"Yikes! Wh-What's wrong? Was my tea too hot!?"

"I don't think cat monsters care about tea really…" Tetsuya said while still blocking the CPU Candidates.

"Enough with the jokes, Compa! And you, Nepgear, stop arguing and help us take care of this!"

Nepgear snapped out of it when she heard IF. "Huh? What the goodness!? The monsters are on a rampage! I'm on my way!"

"…Coming."

"Coming, IF-chan!" The mother and son went their way leaving Uni behind.

"Hey, wait! I didn't say we were done talking!" She stomped her feet.

There were three of them so IF, Red, and Compa took the left, Tetsuya, Nepgear, and Uni, who for some reason suddenly joined, took the right, and Arisa took the cat on the front. Akako and Aoko rested and drank Compa's tea, viewing the battle before them.

"Uni, I don't remember you joining the group. It must be hard for you to find friends or a group to work in, huh?" Tetsuya said to her.

"Huh!? That's not true… I-I just wanted to get the Hematite, that's all! Working with you bunch is easy after all…"

"Uh-huh…. Acting like that again… I bet that's one of your cute points Uni." He casually said as he rushed to the cat monster.

She blushed at his compliment. "Wh-What!?"

"…" Nepgear just looked at them in silence.

"Hey Nepgear!" Tetsuya yelled.

"…Wah!" She snapped out of it as she realized that Tetsuya had his hand on her cheeks. But then she started pinching it.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" He let go.

"….Wh-What was that for, Tetsuya-kun?!" Nepgear yelled out, but in a cute manner.

"To get you concentrated and have a little… fun. We gotta focus on the enemy right now."

"Yeah, lovebirds! Concentrate first, flirting comes later!" Arisa yelled out swinging her sword.

"L-L-L-L-Lovebirds!?" Nepgear blushed deeply as Uni looked on in shock and jealousy.

"You shut up, old hag!" Tetsuya picked up a pebble and threw it at her head.

"Owie! I'm gonna give you more homework later if you dare throw another one, snotty brat!"

Tetsuya looked away with boredom. "Yeah, yeah whatever…" He then brought out his weapons.

The monster rushed to him and used its claws to try to slash at him. But Tetsuya countered it with one sword, holding down the small monster.

"Much easier than the dragon we fought!" He yelled holding back the monster. He then yelled, "Nepgear! Uni!"

"Alright!" Uni yelled, readying her assault rifle and begin shooting at the monster.

'I-I… can't be held back too!' Nepgear tightened her grip on her saber.

Arisa smirked, looking at the furious-looking cat monster, while holding her sword, which was a modern-looking katana. The difference was the handle didn't have the traditional handle but the handle for a modern knife.

"This going to be easy… be prepared!" She said, settling into a posture before the monster began dashing towards her. She avoided the swipes easily with her great reflexes, playing with it. It was like a kid trying to punch an expert martial artist.

"Alright, chance!" She jumped and brought her sword down with a downward swipe. By only one slice, the monster already disappeared.

"*PSSSHHHHHH!" The twins spurted out their tea as the sound of the slice Arisa made was heavy. Tea liquid was going down their chins and mouths.

"Woah… Arisa took it down…with just one hit!?" IF yelled in shock. Arisa gave a thumbs up to praise herself. Tetsuya slapped his hand on his head and sighed.

"Showoff…" Nepgear and Uni were teaming up while he was waiting for a chance to go in and attack.

"…Now!" He dashed in between the girls as they parted. The twins began cheering.

"Go, go, Nii-san!"

"Go, go!" Using only one of his twin swords, he slashed the monster and it disappeared. The trio high- fived each other.

At the same time, IF's group also finished, with Red landing the final blow.

The Underling look shocked. "I guess some sad fodder mobs aren't enough. Whatever, I guess I'll go easy on 'em today…" And she sneaked off once again.

IF picked up the Hematite. "Great. We have Hematite now, too. Have you two kids calmed down yet?"

"Yes… I'm sorry about that…" Nepgear bowed and apologized.

"…" Uni remained quiet.

Compa examined everybody to see if there were okay. "Then everyone is happy and healthy! Let's go back to Kei-san, and…"

Finally, Uni said out loud. "Wait."

"Uni-chan?"

All of a sudden, Uni transformed. After the pillar of light disappeared, Uni now had white curly pigtails, light green power eyes, a black combat suit, and a huge black rifle.

"Nepgear, let's have a duel. If I win, I want you to hand the Hematite over to me."

"Jeez, you two are still going…?" IF sighed.

"I need to defeat you fair and square, Nepgear." Uni proclaimed, pointing at her.

Nepgear looked unusually confident and said back to her, "I see. I accept your challenge."

"Is it really okay?" Tetsuya asked IF, but IF backed away a few centimeters from him while glaring at the same time.

'…Still is angry…'

Red waved her hand before she began cheering. "Let 'em be. It's a serious showdown between star-crossed wifeys! Do your best, my wifey goddess!"

"Thanks for understanding. Don't you dare go easy on me! I'll never forgive you if you do." Uni readied her giant rifle.

"I have no intention of holding back. I can't… I won't lose ever again!" Nepgear also transformed into her HDD form.

She held her gun blade before dashing towards Uni.

The group watched the CPU Candidates fight. Tetsuya came next to Arisa and whispered to her "…Why are you allowing this, Arisa?"

She laughed. "It looks fun to watch. I've always wanted to see CPUs fight for once you know!"

"…" Tetsuya remained quiet before Arisa gently elbowed him.

"Hey, hey! Would ya accept if you were in this situation?" He didn't look at her as he he continued to watch the fight. The answer he would probably give is-

"Yes, right?" Still, he did not look at her but he answered her question.

"…I don't care."

"You're such a pushover."

"Shut up." He glared at Arisa, which took his attention away from the fight.

"Ouch… That hurts." She said in mock sadness. He sighed and looked back. It looked like Uni was about to win until Nepgear at the last minute used her special move.

"Mirage Dance!" Already, she was in front of Uni and started slashing at her. Uni slightly panicked and Nepgear let out her final slash, a slash the naked eye couldn't see. The Lastation CPU Candidate fell and transformed back to her human form.

"I lost… I'm still too weak…" She sadly whispered. Tetsuya looked at her whilst everybody went to Nepgear.

Nepgear transformed back to her human form as well. "I win."

"H-Hmph. I let you win, of course. But I'm only gonna do that once, you get me!?" Uni ran away from the group. Tetsuya sighed at her obvious façade and went to Nepgear.

"Is this really what you wanted to do, Gear-chan?" Compa put a hand on her shoulder.

"I…don't know. Uni-chan…" The Planeptune CPU Candidate looked at the direction Uni, though she was long gone.

Though she wasn't visible, Uni was still in Septent Resort. She began to cry.

"She's strong, even when she's all by herself… But she has so many friends to help her, too…"

She looked down at her hands. "And what do I have? Just look at me, I'm…I'm…"

-Lastation Basilicom-

After that, the group went back to Lastation, going to the country's Basilicom. Arisa gives Kei the Hematite.

"We meet again. It seems as though you even procured the materials that I requested." Kei said.

"Big Brother is watching us, huh?" IF said sarcastically to Kei. It looked like she was talking about the guard who told them where the Hematite was at.

"Kei-san, could you tell us where to find the Mascot now? It's been so long-we really need to hurry…" Nepgear begged.

"If it's been so long, what's a few more moments? It probably won't change the situation tremendously." Kei said before she switched topics:

"First, I'd like to hear about what happened three years ago in the Gamindustri Graveyard."

"Oh… Right…"

-Few minutes of talking-

After Nepgear finished talking, Kei let out a breath of relief. "I see. Noire is still alive. That's a weight off my shoulders."

"If you were that worried, why couldn't you have been a tad more cooperative," IF sarcastically said once more. Kei merely shook her head.

"You have your priorities and I have mine when it comes to saving our CPU. But for my plans to come to fruition, I needed the materials that you so kindly obtained for me."

"It's time to fulfill my end of the deal. Here. I wrote down the last known whereabouts of the Mascot." She gave a piece of paper to IF.

"Thank you very much. We can finally…" Before Nepgear was about to finish her sentence, Kei interrupted to her.

"But let me warn you of something. Your request will more than likely be denied outright."

"What's that mean?" Red asked Kei.

"You'll find out soon enough. I wish you luck with your next negotiation." Kei said, though she sounded sarcastic.

…Or was she not?

"Sounds real sincere, coming from you." Arisa laughed at IF's sarcasm as they all left. Kei continued to look at the direction the group exited before putting a hand on her chin.

"Hoshikawa Arisa… I've heard about you… But that man." She recalled people saying rumors about some punk with spiky pink hair with flame-like bangs.

"…Was he just looking at me weird?"

-Septent Resort-

"Man, back again at this place…" Arisa whined. They followed the directions listed on the paper as they scouted out the place.

"Oh, Mascot-san… Come out, come out, wherever you are…" Compa said, going all over the place.

"We were given legit directions…The Mascot should be around here. I doubt the Oracle would lie, but…"

"Oh, everyone, look! I found an area that resembles where we found Planeptune's Mascot!"Nepgear pointed to the aforementioned area.

Everybody ran to it and looked at the blue orb.

"There! I think that's the Mascot. Excuse me, Lastation's…Mascot…?" Nepgear asked, getting a closer look at it.

"Hmm? Planeptune's CPU…? No… The CPU Candidate…" A voice came out of nowhere, but it was easy to tell that it was coming from the orb.

"This Mascot is wide awake." Compa sayed whilst also looking at it closely.

"Must mean that the Shares situation is a lot worse here in Lastation than it was back in Planeptune." IF claimed and Arisa nodded.

"Um, so basically… We'd like you to come with us!" Nepgear immediately said and bowed toward the orb.

"How sudden. Do you truly believe that I would follow you without first confirming your intentions?"

Nepgear began to explain. "The CPUs are all held captive in the Gamindustri Graveyard, and we need your help to save them all!"

"I see. I sensed unusual fluctuations, but hearing that all the CPUs are being captive is a shock…If true, that only strengthens my argument to not accompany you."

"Aw, lame. Why?" Red pouted.

"My sole purpose is to protect this nation during the CPU's absence. Leaving now would cause the nation to lose any and all divine protection yet remaining. This is unallowable. It is, after all, part of the pact we Mascots made with the True Goddess."

"So you're saying its fine to let the CPUs be held captive." IF glared at Mascot.

But the Lastation Mascot retracted what she said. "As I said, my purpose is merely to act as the CPU's proxy in her absence. Not instigate a rescue attempt."

"But…" Nepgear tried to say something convincing but she couldn't think of anything.

"…" Tetsuya was trying to say something as well but he couldn't think of anything at all. After all, he still didn't know much about Gamindustri.

The group wasn't alone. It wasn't the monsters. And this time it wasn't the underling who got in their way. It was the other one, a mouse; the same mouse Compa saw and saved. "Hmm… Where is she? This is the only place I haven't looked around in, chu…" The mouse wandered around the area while still holding the disc he always held on his paw.

"*Sigh* Oh, my lovely Compa… We've been apart since that day… Why did I run? Damn my shyness, chu!" He squeaked loudly in shame…

But then, he saw Compa and said, "Huh? Oh, great. I miss her so much that I'm starting to hallucinate. My sweet angel Compa, chu…" However, he got a closer look and saw that Compa really was there.

"Or, wait. That's no hallucination! That's Compa! My lovely angel, chu!" He began running towards her and the group. The voice caused Compa to look up.

"Huh? Oooh, it's Mouse-san!"

"You…remember me? That makes me so happy, chu!" For some reason, the family noticed the rat had hearts in his eyes.

…Yes, hearts in his eyeballs.

"Not now. We're in the middle of something here." IF tries to shoo him off but to no avail as he said, "You shut up, chu! There's nothing more important in this world than Compa!" But it then noticed the Lastation Mascot and pointed to it.

"Whoooooooa! I-I-Is that the Mascot!?"

"Mouse-san, you know about the mascots?" Compa asked.

"I'm so lucky, stumbling on both my angelic Compa and the Mascot!"

"I have a great idea, Compa. Let's beat the crap out of that Mascot together, chu!"

"Huh? Beat it up…? Why would you say that?" Compa said in shock, putting both hands on her mouth.

"Hey, rat… are you…?" IF looked in shock as she knew what affiliation he was in. Yes, it was quite noticeable that he was in ASIC.

"If we smash the Mascot, we'll get a massive reward, chu! And if you help, my dear Compa, I'll help you join ASIC as a special VIP member!"

"Oh, I see! This little mousey is more like a weasel!" Red pointed at him.

Compa puts her hands on her hips and yelled at him. "Don't do something mean like that to the Mascot! If you do, then all of Gamindustri will…!"

The mouse interrupted and said out loud, "Exactly! Gamindustri will be one step closer to being under total domination through ASIC, chu! With no CPUs and nobody left to believe in 'em, Gamindustri will be completely under our control!"

The rat 'ahem!' and said to Compa, "To summarize, my sweet angel Compa, please join us before…"

However, Compa retorted. "Bad Mouse-san!"

"C-Compa-chan…?" The rat looked in shock to Compa.

"I've been traveling with my bestest friends to help save the CPUs, so… Th-That makes us enemies!" She exclaimed to the rat.

"Dun-dun-DUNNN! Enemies… S-So, are you telling me that you don't like me that way?" The rat despaired as the figurative glass broke.

"That's right! I really hate bad people, and bad monsters, and anyone who makes Gamindustri a bad place!"

"H-H-Hate!? You hate me!? Boo-hoo-hoo-chu!"

Red laughed and pointed again. "Lookit! It's a spinning like a top!"

"No, no, no, no! My tender heart is shattering to pieces, chu… All my love will go to my job, then…"

"That said, I'm gonna get rid of you all in the name of ASIC, chu!" The rat yelled out loud. Then, a Fenrir suddenly appeared.

"So much for that delusional drama. Let's take out the trash, Nepgear."

"Huh? What the goodness!? When did an enemy appear?" Nepgear looked at the monster with wide eyes.

"Man, you really get tunnel vision when you're focused on something. C'mon, it's about to charge!" IF complained as everybody charged.

"Chuuuuuuuu!"

...

-2 minutes of battle-

Arisa easily defeated the rat by bonking the rat with the pommel of her katana. The real battle started with the Fenrir. Akako and Aoko switched with Tetsuya.

But all of a sudden, Arisa yelled out. "Hey! This kinda reminds of the time we teleported that Fenrir!"

"Yeah, that sure was a close one…"

"Mmh…. Ah." Aoko realized something as she looked at her brother. Tetsuya's face turned blank, listening to their conversation.

"….What…?" He said, in a 'calm' voice.

"….Uh-oh…" The females in the family said. The only male stood up and started yelling while pointing to them.

"What the hell does that mean! Doesn't that mean that you guys really followed us everywhere!?"

He ran to Arisa and shouted in front of her. "I was wondering why that big wolf suddenly disappeared! It was you guys all along, huh!?"

Arisa put out both hands in defense. "Ahaha… There was totally a good reason why Tetsuya….. ahahahah…" As they argued, the Fenrir became impatient and rushed in to attack both of them.

"WRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHH!"

"STAY OUT OF THIS, YOU DAMN WOLF!" They both yelled, Tetsuya getting his weapon out. They both slashed the wolf with tremendous strength, causing it to recoil in pain.

"You suddenly just remembered this and you didn't even tell us!"

"Well, I'm sorry if I forgot!"

"Maybe your age is catching u-"

*Crack*

Instantly, before anyone knew it, Arisa began twisting Tetsuya's arm. "Ow ow ow ow ow ow!"

"…What ya say, you goddamn brat!" She began twisting even further, making it more painful.

"Ow ow ow ow ow! Uncle! Uncle! Uncle, WOMAN!"

"…Um, should we wait or stop them…?" Nepgear looked at the twins.

They both say together: "Let's wait; I'm pretty sure their fight can beat a Fenrir unless it comes to us."

As expected, the strong Fenrir was beaten by a quarrel… just adding 5 minutes of beating it and 5 more minutes of fighting finally caused an angry IF to separate them.

"Oof… I lose the game of love, I fail at my job… This is the worst day of my life, chu!" The rat fainted.

"So… that was one of the evils plaguing Gamindustri?" The Lastation Mascot asked.

"Yeah. And now that stupid rat knows exactly where you are." IF said.

"So it would seem. Perhaps it would be wise of me to go into hiding for the time being." The Mascot reasoned out.

"If that's what you're planning, why not come along with us? We can keep you safe and hidden." Nepgear tried to beg again.

But once again, it restated, "I have already said such a request cannot be granted."

"Yeesh, you're really stubborn. The whole world's like this now, but only your nation matters?" Red annoyingly said to the Mascot.

"…" It remained quiet and thought about what the rat said.

'With no CPUs and nobody left to believe in 'em, Gamindustri will be completely under our control!'

"So…no matter how hard one tries, some things simply cannot be protected alone… CPU Candidate…"

"Yes? Have you decided to join us?" Nepgear said.

"I… cannot abandon this nation. I cannot break the pact made with the True Goddess…"

"Then…there's nothing else we can say to convince you…?" She asked.

"What I can do is offer my power, while my physical self remains here. Accept a portion of my power…"

"Huh? Goodness…!" Energy suddenly hit Nepgear as she felt refreshed.

"Though I can offer little, I ask that you help the CPUs and all of Gamindustri…"

"Thank you so very much! We'll make sure to save everyone!" She bowed.

However-

"…Something's weird about that boy… I sense….-

"…Immense amount of Share Energy… coming from him."

-Lastation-

"Okay, we've wrapped up pretty much all our business in Lastation, but…"

"We couldn't get the CPU Candidate to help us, huh? What'll we do?"

"It really is a shame… It'd have been so sick if I had two cute CPU wifeys…" Red pouted.

"Uni-chan…" Nepgear said in a worried tone. She must have been worried that she and Uni hadn't made up yet.

"No point in sitting around, moping. Let's head to the Basilicom and give our report." IF stated.

-Basilicom-

They entered and bumped into Kei Jinguji, who was waiting for them. She clapped her hands and said,

"Well done. I'm surprised to hear that such a stubborn Mascot agreed to lend you some power."

"We're the ones who came to deliver the report. It'd be really awesome if you wouldn't do it for us." IF responded to the Oracle.

"Our next step is to visit Lowee, but before that, could we meet with Uni one more time?" Nepgear asked. Tetsuya nodded.

"Please."

"Hmm? That's really up to her, since she dramatically dove under my desk the moment you all arrived." Kei pointed to the desk next to Tetsuya.

Kei was right after Uni suddenly popped out of her hiding place. "Hey! Don't be a stool pigeon!"

"Oh, hi, Uni-chan! I'm so glad I got to see you."

"Uh, h-hi, Nepgear…Tetsuya." Uni rubbed her head before blushing.

"I know I asked already, but… Uni-chan, won't you come with us and help save our sisters?"

"No! At least…not yet."

"I see…"

'If I went with them right now, I'd only be a burden…' She thought.

But something unexpected happened from Nepgear. "*Sniffle* *Snort*"

Uni was shocked and shouted towards her. "Wh-What!? Why are you crying!?"

Nepgear tried to wipe the tears but they keep coming out. "B-Because, we became good friends, but all we do is fight…and now, we…we'll never be BFFs, and now…"

"Our spat has nothing to do with it. Hang on! You're talking like we'll never see each other again!"

"Huh? So…you wanna hang out later?"

"Tch. W-Well, maybe when I feel like it, maybe I'll…you know, think about it a little. Maybe."

"Uni, you're acting like a Tsundere again." Tetsuya rubbed his head in annoyance, receving an annoyed stare from Uni who started yelling at him while blushing some more: "Ts-T-Tsundere!? Y-Y-You bastarrrrrr….dddd!" She could see the hidden smirk Tetsuya had which was covered by his blank expression and smile.

Nepgear wasn't listening to their conversation and held Uni's hands. "Really? For really reals!? It's a promise, okay!?"

"I…I said if I feel like it, and not…ugh! Fine, fine. I promise, okay?"

"Quite the character, aren't we? I never thought I'd see the day when Uni could look so…happy." Kei smiled and closed her eyes.

Uni looked at Kei in anger and yelled, "Hey! Wipe that stupid smirk off your face right now!"

"Gear-chan, we should get going." Compa said.

"Although necessary, I do apologize for keeping you here for so long. Best of luck on your travels." Kei uttered to the group.

IF rubbed her head and sighed. "Stop it. You creep me out when you say anything remotely selfless."

"I'm wishing you luck because of the projected difficulties I foresee with Lowee's CPU Candidates."

'….Candidates…..?' Tetsuya had thought.

"Huh? Plural?" Nepgear said his thought out loud.

Just as everybody was about to leave, Tetsuya went to Uni. "Uni."

"T-Tetsuya, aren't you leaving?!"

"I'm sorry." He gave a slight bow.

"Eh? W-Why…?"

"It's just that in that Christmas Event, I actually thought I was going to give you something since you appeared but then you disappeared… Why?"

"U-Um… That's because…. I had a stomachache!"

"Oh… Okay." He believed in her lie. Afterwards, he gave out a hand.

"Huh?" She questioned his action.

He claimed, "Hey, besides Nepgear, I'll be your friend."

"Wah! W-W-Wh-Who would want to be friends with a mean, monotone, stupid, pink-haired guy like you!"

"…That kinda hurt…"

"B-B-But…" She extended her hand and shook his hand.

"But for your sake, I'll be your friend! Don't get the wrong idea, okay, you idiot…"

"Mh. Thanks. By the way….. Don't be a Tsundere okay." He cheerfully said in a monotone voice before he quickly dashed away from getting hit.

Uni blushed even more and yelled out with her hands in the air. "Wh- You, you baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssstttttttttttttttttttaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrdddddddddddd!"

Kei merely laughed at the two, "Uni seems to really like this man… I remember he thanked me but…"

-Flashback-

Kei Jinguji is mistaken sometimes for a guy due to her appearance but in actuality she's a girl.

And this was what Tetsuya Yuugita said to her in secret: "Hey Kei-san, are you a guy?"

-Flashback ended-

She actually felt angry for some reason even though she was used to it, but perhaps it was because he was a guy as well.

"….An interesting boy indeed…"

"Hoshikawa Arisa got an interesting boy… but I do remember her, one time, taking down a building because a bomb was there…. It was a lot of damage, Hoshikawa Arisa."

She didn't seem very happy in the last part of her words.


Tetsuya Yuugita Event:

-At the morning of the hotel the group were in-

Arisa: Hey, Nepgear, IF, and Compa, can you guys wake up Tetsuya. I think he's still sleeping.

Nepgear, IF, and Compa: Okay!

-Tetsuya's room-

Compa: Wow... he looks deep asleep...

IF: I guess he had a nice sleep... alright time to get the blanket off him!

*Flip*

-Back to Arisa, Akako, Aoko, and Red-

Red: What's taking them so long...?

Aoko: Hey do you hear a scream?

Akako: I think it's coming... from outside?

-Outside the girl's room-

Nepgear, Compa, and IF: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Arisa: Woah! W-What happen you three!?

Nepgear: T-T-T-Te-Tet-T-Tetsuya-k-kun...

Compa: Is...

IF: FRICKINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!

Arisa: ...Oh... that's normal sorry girls, I totally forgot sometimes he fully undresses himself because he thinks it's too hot. Sorry!

Nepgear: ...

IF: ...

Compa: ...

Akako: They looked traumatized.

Aoko: You guys didn't see... that part right...?

Nepgear, Compa, and IF shook their head.

Arisa: Whew... like I said sorry! It's a big and bad habit. I'll go wake him up okay?

Akako/Aoko: They still look bad...

Red: ...WOAH...


AN: Phew... my longest chapter right now so far... 25 pages...

Arisa: Well, at least hardwork paid off...

Akako: And besides, it's time for the anniversary party!

Everybody including AN: YEEEAAAAAHHHH!

AN: Sorry guys, the last part here is going to be short so I'm going be with the party for a bit. But thank you so much for reading my very first fanfic! I'll be sure to improve and don't get flamed too much...

Tetsuya: By the way, where's the Editor...?

AN: Oh, she's at her computer as usual.

Arisa: That's just like her...

AN: Yeah, if she doesn't get too much sunshine! She'll probably be fa-

-Pie throw-

AN: WAUGH!

Aoko: She could hear us...

Arisa: Yeah but let's get the Anniversary party started!

Everbody: Yeah! Keep reading this fanfic everybody!

(Everybody eats and drinks.)