I couldn't resist! I wanted to write the epilogue for Hyperdimension Overclocked. I'm glad that everybody enjoyed the last chapter. I hope I didn't make you cry too much.

Around a year or two (Hyperdimension Time)/A Few months later (Andrew's dimension time)

At Gamindustri, it seems that everyone is settling down for a ceremony of some sort, everyone in Gamindusri is gathered for each of the four goddesses to announce something. Purple Heart appears in a purple dress as she is walking towards everyone on some high-tech floating platforms. Did she make those or are they always there? "Thank you all for coming to this ceremony. We would like to introduce everyone to the greatest hero that Gamindustri has ever known!"

The other three goddesses stand besides Purple Heart as they bring down an object veiled by a red velvet tarp. "This is the statue of the hero that has stayed by our sides even when things looked bad. We will always remember his honor and the memories we shared with him." Purple Heart almost gets teary eyed, "We will always remember…" She unveils the statue, "Our GPU!" She presents everyone a cybernetic statue of Andrew's GPU form, and it's a pretty huge statue.

Everybody claps as they see the statue before their very eyes, they all like it. White Heart says, "We will place one of these statues at each of our nation as a symbol of his bravery and dedication to us CPUs!"

Of course, all of the CPUs' friends are here as they applaud from the reveal of the statue as they know the GPU all too well, they also get emotional as they see the statue, Nepgear, IF, Compa, Uni, Rom and Ram stand beside each other as they see the statue from the front row, wearing their best formal outfits.

"That is one great statue…" Someone from the crowd says.

IF turns towards the sound of the voice and sees a man in a black tux wearing a fedora, she couldn't make out the face but he has brown hair, "Is that…?" She gasps.

No one pays no mind to IF's curiosity as everybody is focused on the ceremony. Purple Heart continues speaking, "I hope that everyone will appreciate the hard work that this dear GPU has done for us and perhaps will inspire you all to help us grow."

Everybody begins applauding and cheering as they hear this, it seems that they indeed are going to do that. The man in the fedora tips his hat.

IF still continues to look at the guy and then whispers to Nepgear's ear, "Doesn't that man look familiar to you?"

Nepgear looks at to where IF is pointing and she shrugs, "I don't know… sorry, Iffy."

Purple Heart then says something, "There's this one last thing I must stay to everybody about this GPU…" She then transforms to normal, "But, I think that I should do it in this form, ok?"

Everyone begins gasping as she suddenly returns to normal. Neptune continues to speak, "So... this GPU is actually very dear to my heart. We've known each other for a while and has grown closer every day. Becoming the bestest of friends until a point where that I don't feel that way about him anymore. Maybe, I feel even more for him, perhaps… love."

Everybody takes in what Neptune says to everyone, of course Neptune's friends actually know this already. Neptune then says, "So, give it up for the GPU! The greatest ally a CPU could ever have!"

Everybody cheers as they all enjoy seeing the greatness of the GPU statue and can learn from it. The man in the tux nods and just walks off nonchalantly. And the ceremony comes to an end as everyone cheers and fireworks go off, the man walks away from the crowd. This actually catches the eye of IF as she tails after him.

IF catches up to him and shouts, "Hey, guy! Hold up for a second!"

The man stops and turns around, he is also wearing sunglasses and black gloves, obviously trying to hide his identity. He doesn't say anything but all he does is raise a hand, waving at IF.

IF asks, "Who are you exactly? You dress like you are trying to hide something. It seems pretty suspicious."

The man just gives IF another wave and places his hands into his pockets and turns back around from where he's walking and walks off.

IF doesn't follow him then but looks at him suspiciously. She meets back with the crowd.

Neptune also begins to say something else, "Oh! Forgot to mention… I'm opening a festival celebrating this awesome sauce of a GPU tonight! I hope everybody will be there! It will be way past cool!"

Everyone cheers and here ends the ceremony once and for all. The CPUs meet up and they transform back to normal, Noire says, "You didn't even mention a festival, Neptune!"

Neptune laughs, "Yeah… I kinda wanted it to be a special announcement for all at the end. Check it out though… bam!" She presents them tickets, "Wanna go, Noire?"

Noire thinks about it, "Tempting offer but maybe it's a bad time, Neptune. Because I still have to repair Lastation from that catastrophe of a boss fight that wrecked up almost half of it!"

Blanc nods, "And recovering the people that lost hope on us due to us getting brainwashed is still going."

Neptune frowns, "Ah, what?! But… this is a big moment for all of us. Do you remember who this is for?"

Vert nods, "I understand that, but without him here, anyway, this is going to be hard to even have this festival happen."

Noire transforms, "Think about it for a bit, Neptune." She flies off.

The others transform and they fly off to their respective nation.

Nepgear frowns, "I know that you are trying, sis, but they got it worse than we did."

IF suggests, "I might be because this ceremony was more beneficial for your nation than it is for the other nations."

Neptune thinks about it, "Huh, haven't thought about that."

Compa nods, "Well, Nep Nep… maybe they'll turn around. They could work hard then finish early and be on time for the festival."

Neptune smiles, "Yeah! You know just what to say sometimes."

Neptune and the others look back at the GPU statue and gaze at it. IF turns towards her side and gasps, "I-It's that guy!" She freaks out.

Neptune asks, "What guy?"

IF points to the man in black, "Him!"

Neptune looks at him for a while and says, "So what? He likes the statue, what's the deal with that?"

IF says, "Doesn't he look suspicious? And by suspicious, I mean familiar?"

Nepgear sweatdrops, "Oh goodness…"

Compa looks at him and shakes her head, "I haven't seen him before."

IF asks Neptune, "Go ask him something, maybe he'll reply."

Neptune nods, "Alright! I'm always good at asking strangers random stuff." She goes over to the guy, "Hiya, stranger! What's the haps and stuff?"

The guy looks at Neptune and just waves, not saying anything.

Neptune replies, "Not much of a talker, huh? That reminds me of a buddy I know. He's actually this GPU here. His name is Andy… hey! You should go to the festival since you look like you admire him."

The man in the black tux taps his foot, he then turns around to Neptune and gives her the peace sign, his sleeve rolls down revealing something crucial that identifies him automatically.

Neptune catches a glimpse of this and says, "W-wait! Are you…?"

The man removes his fedora and sunglasses and reveals himself, "How's it going, Neptune?" He was Andrew all along!

IF's eyes widens as she saw this, "I knew it!"

Neptune couldn't believe her eyes, "A-Andy? Is it really you?"

Andrew smiles, "Yep! Want more proof?" He shows her Xelor that his has on his wrist that Neptune caught a glimpse of.

Neptune begin having tears to form, "Andy!" She then hugs him tightly.

Andrew groans as he feels the hug, "Too tight! Ugh…"

Nepgear gets excited as well, "Andy!" She hugs him, too.

Andrew groans as he feels more hugs, "Oof! OK… that's enough guys."

IF shakes her head, "It isn't enough. Welcome back, Andy." She hugs him followed by Compa.

Compa says, "We missed you, Drey Drey."

Andrew laughs, "I missed you guys, too."

They all pull away except for Neptune as usual. "What brings you to these parts, Andy?"

Andrew replies, "Well… I watched the ceremony and it looked cool. I then went to check out the statue a bit closer."

IF asks looking at his outfit, "What's with the shady look?"

Andrew explains, "I'm not one for attention and if you guys noticed me, then you would have dragged me into the ceremony thing and that's just too much for my liking."

Neptune says, "Don't worry, you could just come to the festival and show everyone how amazing you are."

Andrew laughs and shakes his head, "No… way. I'm not one for the celebrity thing."

Neptune nods, "Ok!" She pulls away from the hug and presents him tickets, "Bam!"

Andrew gasps, "Wow! You shouldn't have!" He says this as he plays along.

Neptune smiles, "But I did! It's a shame that the other CPUs couldn't go."

Andrew nods, "Yeah… well, time to help them so they can go!"

Nepgear giggles, "That's so nice of you, Andy!"

Andrew nods, "Yep! It's great to be back in Gamindustri."

Neptune asks, "For good?"

Andrew shakes his head, "Not exactly."

IF asks, "What's the occasion?"

Neptune assumes, "Did you come all the way here just for me. You're so sweet!"

Andrew chuckles, "Well… I'll be glad to explain everything."

They walk back to the Planeptune Bascilicom and on the way, Andrew explains how he got back to the Hyperdimension.

The day that he left Gamindustri and returns to his home dimension, he wonders if the whole thing was a dream, "It… can't be, can it?" He looks at his clothes, "It can't all be a dream. I won't accept this." He checks his mail, "My email about the watch has to be in here."

It wasn't, "Son of a…" He takes a deep breath and relaxes, "My grandfather is a jokester, all right. Faking me out to see if I really dreamt all that but the one thing he forgot." He checks his right wrist and… "Aha! My grandfather's watch isn't there. He didn't account that I wore the day I went to the Hyperdimension, did he?" He chuckles for a bit and sighs sadly, "I miss them, already."

Fast forward to when Andrew's parents return from work, "Son, we're home!" They call out. Andrew goes downstairs and greets them, "Hey mom and dad."

They can tell that he looks off, "Something wrong, sweetie?" Andrew's mother asks.

Andrew shakes his head, "Nothing. I just… it's nothing."

Andrew's father replies, "Well, son… is dinner ready yet?"

Andrew nods, "Yeah, I just finish making it. I already helped myself to my serving so you two are welcome to have some."

Andrew's mother says, "I thought we could have a dinner together."

Andrew shrugs, "Well… I just have a lot going on to think about."

Andrew's father nods, "Well, let us know if you need anything."

Andrew nods, "Will do." And with that Andrew heads back into his room.

Fast forward to the day Andrew returns to the Hyperdimension. "Sigh… Christmas vacation is here, and I still feel lonely without Neptune and the others." Andrew looks at stuff on his computer, "Was it really the last time I'll see them?"

As he messes around with his computer, his parents call for him, "Andy, come quick! There's someone you should see!"

Andrew goes downstairs without no hesitation, "What is it, mom?" He looks at the person at the front door, "G-grandpa?!"

Richard greets Andrew, "Andy! It's been ages!"

Andrew's father asks, "I don't understand it, dad… I thought you died at a car accident."

Richard clears his throat, "I did, but I didn't die from it. I had amnesia for a while and lived far away from here and when I recovered who I was, I came all the way back, simple as that."

Andrew's father frowns, "And about mom…"

Richard frowns, "Yeah… I miss her, too. Anyway! I'm here for Christmas and that's all that matters!"

Andrew's mom suggests, "You should stay with your grandpa for Christmas, Andy!"

Andrew sweatdrops, "What?"

Andrew's father nods, "Excellent idea! You two need to get to know each other and this is the perfect time to do so. I say go for it."

Richard nods back, "I do say that's a rather excellent idea! We can go right now!"

Andrew's mother says, "We would say that you should stay for a bit, but we don't have the time for family fun time as we are busy bees."

Richard nods, "I know that too well from what I remember. So, are you ready to go, Andy."

Andrew thinks for a moment and says, "Sure."

Richard smiles, "Excellent, and oh! I forgot to give you your early Christmas gift, Andy." He pulls out Xelor and hands it to him.

Andrew gasps as he sees he watch, "Is this who I think it is?"

Richard fake laughs, "I have no idea what you are talking about! It's just a plain ordinary watch!"

Andrew's mother inspects the watch, "It looks lovely, dear!"

Andrew's father comments, "It looks expensive…"

Richard mentions, "Oh, I am also dabble in tech engineering so I whipped this watch up for Andrew."

Andrew's father says, "That might have to do with all the video games you used to play, dad. That's where Andrew got his introvert personality from."

Andrew chuckles, "You would be surprised."

Andrew's father cocks an eye at Andrew, "What was that, son?" Not understanding his comment.

Andrew laughs, "Nothing, dad."

Richard says, "We have to go now. Got a big trip back from where I live now."

The parents wave goodbye to their son, "Bye!"

Andrew waves bye back and Richard and Andrew heads over to the park. Andrew asks, "So… am I really heading back?"

Richard nods, "You bet you are! And… I have to say that I didn't come back for you by choice."

Andrew asks, "Huh? Someone forced you?"

Richard shakes his head, "No… no. I've seen the goddesses from time to time and it's clear to me that they want you back. Mostly Neptune."

Andrew asks feeling happy, "They… miss me?"

Richard nods, "I also can't really read Noire well. She's says this stuff like, 'It's not like I miss him or anything.' When she talks to Neptune."

Andrew laughs, "Me neither. Also, Blanc is hard to read, too. She usually keeps things to herself unless she gets pushed too far. Then, she gets scary."

Richard walks towards the bench and sits on it, "Well, just let me know when you are ready."

Andrew asks, "Did they tell you to come get me or they say to you that they missed me?"

Richard shakes his head, "Don't tell them this, but I spied on them with one of my micro cameras."

Andrew sweatdrops, "I'm sure that's an invasion of their privacy and they'll get onto you if they found out."

Richard shakes his head, "I don't use it for anything else other than knowing that they missed you."

Andrew nods, "Ok…"

Back to the present, Andrew covers his mouth, "Wait… I wasn't supposed to say that." Andrew sweatdrops, "Eh… please don't tell the other goddesses, ok?"

Neptune nods, "You got it! It's cool that he only used it to know how we are feeling. It kind of worked out since we got you back."

Nepgear comments, "Your parents seem really sweet, Andy."

Andrew nods, "I know, they are. It's a shame that they are always busy all the time."

Neptune beams, "It's great that they are! That's how you were able to come over here on your holiday time."

Andrew nods, "I suppose." He then realizes something, "Hey… I've always wondered… since you two are sisters, do you guys or the other goddesses have parents?"

Nepgear shakes her head, "Not that we know of. We're goddesses, we're ageless, so we have no need for parents."

Andrew thinks about that, "Huh, I guess that makes sense. It also means that I'll die before you both… but I don't want to think about that." Andrew thinks about something, "I suppose Histoire could classify as your parent, Neptune and Nepgear."

Neptune nods, "Huh, that sounds likely. She does act like when, especially when she gets Pissty when I don't do my work."

Andrew nods, "Yeah."

Neptune then says, "So… where did you get the sweet tuxedo and that nice fedora, Andy?"

Andrew explains, "My grandfather. He got them for me for the ceremony."

Nepgear smiles, "That's so nice of him, Andy! I'm sorry I couldn't recognize you from the crowd."

Andrew chuckles, "That was part of the plan, Nepgear."

They find themselves back at Planeptune's Bascilicom, Neptune shouts out, "OK! We're here! You remember this place, right Andy?"

Andrew nods, "Only too well, Neptune."

They enter inside and goes into Neptune's sanctuary, "Yo, Histoire! Guess who's back in town!"

Histoire appears and bows at Andrew, "Welcome, back, Andrew."

Andrew didn't know how to greet Histoire so he bows back at her, "Thanks, Histoire."

Histore asks, "What's your objective now that you have returned to Gamindustri?"

Andrew replies, "I'm going to help the other CPUs so that they can make it to the festival."

Histoire nods, "You mean that festival Neptune made to celebrate you?"

Andrew nods smiling, "Yep! That one. I think I can do it before tonight."

Histoire gets a surprised look on her face, "That's a lot of work to do considering how much damage they need to repair. Are you sure you can handle it?"

Andrew activates his watch and transforms, "Sure I can! I am so itching to get out there and help my fellow goddesses! Now, if you excuse me…" He opens the door, "I'll be paying a visit to Lastation."

Neptune stops him, "Wait! You just got here! Can't we do something together before you help the other goddesses?"

Andrew mentions, "Well, I could, but judging how I know us, we will lose track of time and then I won't have time left. Don't worry, I won't be gone for too long."

Neptune nods, "OK. I guess I can't argue with that."

Andrew gives them a piece sign, "See ya!" He runs off.

He heads his way to Lastation to reunite with Noire, it really didn't take him long to get there as he is very fast. He heads inside the nation, "Huh, she finished repairing it. Cool."

As he walks he get weird glances from nearby people, he gets reminded, "Oh right the statue, err…" He waves to the people.

They reacted with cheers as Andrew acknowledged them, "Sigh… I really don't need this much attention." He zooms off looking for the Basclilicom.

Everybody makes a lot of clamor which gets the attention of a certain CPU, "What's going on here?" Noire heads outside checking what's the fuss is about.

One of the citizens exclaims, "The GPU… he's here!" Another one says, "He noticed me!"

Noire couldn't hardly believe it and says, "I don't think he would be here, he wasn't at the ceremony so it's probably-" She then sees Andrew looking around, "It is him!"

Andrew turns around hearing Noire, "Oh, hey Noire."

Noire walks towards Andrew looking all huffy, "Hey, Noire? That's all I get?! After you have been gone for a few years?!"

Andrew scratches his head, "A few years? But it has been only a few months in my dimension." He then notices something, "Eh, Noire?!"

She goes in to hug him, "Don't you ever try to scare me again! I nearly thought you would have been gone forever!"

Andrew hugs her back and pats her back, "There there, Noire… also I'm going to help you all so that you can attend Neptune's festival."

Noire gets a confused look and breaks from the hug, "You are doing that? Isn't it tonight? Are you sure you can help us all before the festival?"

Andrew shouts confidentially, "Sure I can! There's nothing that I can't do!"

Noire nods, "Well, ok then. Come inside and I'll get you started."

A while later… Noire looks at all the work that Andrew has done and she nods, "I'm impressed! You do complete tasks just like you said you would."

Andrew laughs, "I told you! I'm so fast! Anyway… I better go to Leanbox next. By the way, you are attending the festival, right?"

Noire thinks about it and nods, "Yeah…"

Andrew gives her the tickets, "Then you'll need these." He still has some more left and gives some to her and he says, "Be sure that Uni can attend ok?" Andrew gives her a wave, "Well, I must be off! I got more CPU helping to do!" He's about to take off when he is stopped by Noire.

Noire shouts, "Wait! Can't you stay for a bit? You know… so that we can catch up, it's ok if you can't… I'm just wondering." She blushes as she says this.

It just eats up Andrew on the inside and he can't resist but he has to, "Oh… how I very much so want to catch up, but I need to help Vert and then Blanc. We can meet each other at the festival though."

Noire nods, "Ok…"

Andrew runs off and heads to Leanbox, as he arrives he gets greeted by a very angry fellow, "You!"

Andrew stops and then waves nonchalantly towards the individual, "Hey, Chika!"

Chika shouts at Andrew, "You promised that you would get Vert to hang out with me! She hasn't done that!"

Andrew sweatdrops, "I don't understand… I thought that she would. What happened?"

Chika explains, "Well, she is more into her games than me and she even has this stupid statue of you in Leanbox! She's putting too much time into merchandising your likeness!"

Andrew scratches his head, "What?" He looks around and sees other things GPU related, "Oh… I see."

Chika shouts sounding very sad, "You've seen what you have done?! She pays less attention to me now."

Andrew replies asking, "Have you talked to her about this?"

Chika nods, "Yes! A bunch of times! I always got the 'I'm very busy' line! It's all your fault!"

Andrew transforms to normal and frowns, "I'm so sorry, Chika. I really didn't know."

Chika replies, "You better fix this or else I won't let you see her ever again!"

Andrew sighs, "OK… um… ok. I'll go talk to her."

Chika mentions, "I'll be watching just in case you don't do it."

Andrew nods, "OK, I got it." He walks towards the Bascilicom. He goes towards the door that Vert's bedroom is in, he knocks on the door, "Vert? It's me, Andrew."

No response, Andrew tries knocking on the door again, "Vert? Are you awake or something? Or just into playing a game?" He opens the door.

Vert turns around, "Andy?" She looks at him with a smile, "I was wondering when you are going to be showing up here, Andy." She gets up from her seat.

Andrew realizes that she seems pretty calm from reuniting with him, "I'm glad to see you, too, Vert. Can we talk abou-"

Andrew gets interrupted by Vert's melons sandwiching his head, he should have expected it by now but it always gets him off guard, "I'm so glad to have you return, my GPU. Shall we begin a marathon of glorious games?"

Andrew muffles some words as he tries to let go of Vert, he pulls away saying, "Th-that's not why I came here. Gasp! I…"

Vert pulls him back in, "Why how could you not agree to such an amazing offer?"

Andrew pulls away and shouts, "It's about Chika!"

Vert then begins listening, "What about her?" She finally pulls away from Andrew.

Andrew takes a deep breath and says, "Well, she really wants some more time with you more than you know. She in her own words, hates me now and I feel like you owe it to her to have some time with her."

Vert frowns, "I should have payed closer attention to her."

Chika appears, "Vert!" She tears up with joy.

Vert says, "I have no clue why I haven't listened to you. Please forgive me."

Chika rushes at Vert and embraces her, "I already have."

Andrew smiles, "Now… can you think of her as your sister. She would clearly want that."

Vert looks at Chika and says, "Is that true?"

Chika nods, "Yes! More than you know, my goddess Vert!"

Andrew asks, "So… can I count you in to the festival?"

Chika nods, "Yes! Thank you so much, Andy! I'll be sure to help Vert with her tasks so we can make it in time."

Andrew smiles as he hands the tickets to them, "Great! Now that's taken care of…" He then transforms, "Lowee, here I go!" He runs of to Lowee to help Blanc, if she needs help, that is.

He eventually arrives at Lowee looking around the place, "Been so long. I almost forgot how everything is. Huh, there's the statue of me. Damn, they work fast."

Rom and Ram look outside and sees Andrew, "Big sis! I think Andy's outside!"

Blanc calmly says, "Last time, you were just tricking me. I'm not falling for that one again."

Ram shouts out, "No! For real this time! He's out there!"

Blanc says more loudly, "I said no! Nothing you will do will make me look!"

Andrew calls out, "Hey, girls! Is Blanc there?" Waving at Rom and Ram.

Blanc gasps as she hears his voice, "It can't be?" She goes out.

Rom and Ram giggles, "She looked."

Blanc replies to them, "Shut up…" She looks out the window and sees Andrew, "It is him." She then runs off to meet him outside.

Andrew can see that she's doing that and taps his foot to wait for her, he eventually transforms back to normal and continue to wait for her.

Blanc heads outside and just stands in front of Andrew, "Hi, Andy. I'm happy to see you again." She says calmly.

Andrew smiles at her, "I'm happy to see you, too, Blanc. Do you… wanna hug me or…?"

Blanc nods and goes over to Andrew to hug him, Rom and Ram joins in but they just jump out of the window instead of using the door like Blanc. She scolds, "How many times have I told you to not do that?"

Ram replies, "Sorry, Blanc but that was way faster! Andy would have done it that way, too!"

The twins hug Andrew alongside their big sister. Andrew asks, "Are you going to the festival? I know that you are the busiest but…"

Blanc says, "I would but I still need some work to do."

Andrew nods, "I knew you would say that. I'm going to help you so you can go."

Blanc nods agreeing with that, "Thank you, Andy."

With that, Andrew gets to work helping Blanc with everything. It's pretty much how he helped the Ultradimension version of Blanc, but not for three days, that's for sure. A few hours later.

Blanc then says to Andrew, "That should be good enough. Thank you so much for helping me."

Andrew beams at Blanc scratching his head, "It's no problem, Blanc. I'm always happy to help you all."

Andrew hands Blanc the tickets, "So, I'll see you there?" He asks.

Blanc nods, "Yes, we'll be there."

With that, Andrew teleports back to Planeptune with all of his tasks done. He transforms back to normal and dusts his hands off feeling satisfied with the work he did. "Well… let's see what Neptune has in mind for the festival." He returns back to the Bascilicom and enters back to the sanctuary.

Neptune greets Andrew happily, "Andy! You're so amazing! I believe that you accomplished all of your goals?"

Andrew nods giving her a thumbs up, "You know it. So, what do you have planned?"

Neptune mentions, "Well, Histoire has the checklist for that so you could ask her."

Andrew laughs at Neptune's usual solution to shortcuts, "Alright. I'll go ask her, then." He was about to head over to Histoire but his sleeve is being tugged.

Neptune was the one tugging it, "No, let's have some fun for a bit. You're done now so what do you say?"

Andrew mentions, "But, we're going to have fun at the festival, right?"

Neptune nods, "I know but, the other goddesses will want to have fun with you and I just want a little time with you all to myself."

Andrew can see she's giving him the puppy dog look, "Ugh, that look, so… effective."

Neptune laughs as she feels like she's winning, "I gotcha, Andy!"

Andrew tries shielding himself from it, "Just… can I just see what Histoire has for her list?"

Neptune shakes her head, "Nope! That's a surprise, and since this festival is for you. We can't have that, can we?"

Andrew looks at her and says, "I guess not."

Neptune could tell that she defeated him and shouts, "Now, let's have some fun together!"

Neptune drags him to where she has in mind for fun, well… it's games. Andrew looks and says, "Wow, video games, cool." He doesn't seem too excited for this which surprises Neptune.

Neptune shouts, "Whoa! I thought you would be excited!"

Andrew nods, "I am excited. I just… prefer to talk to my friends for a bit."

Neptune's eyes widen, "Whoa! You would rather be social than to play games! Talk about one hell of a character development! Or are you out of character?" She looks at Andrew closely as if she's going to dissect him or something.

Andrew sweatdrops and holds up his hands, "I'm not out of character! Honest!"

Neptune then asks, "Then we finally got your out of your shell and it only took 22 chapters to do so."

Andrew looks away, "Not necessarily, I was like that for a while."

Neptune tries observing Andrew, "Hmm… so I guess we molded you to be a good protagonist, huh?"

Andrew nods, "Sure, I guess you can say that. Can we not talk about this? I don't think the fourth wall likes this."

Neptune shakes her head, "Nah, the fourth wall is a masochist here, it just loves to be broken and mostly by me!"

Andrew nods, "OK, so let's play a game, then?"

Neptune raises an arm, "You know it! I'll get the pudding and you can pick out a game!"

Andrew nods giving her a smile, "Alright then." As Neptune leaves, Andrew faces the TV and looks at the games, picking one out. "I want this to be a special time with Neptune. One that will determine the times we had with each other. Who knows how long it will last." He tries his best to pick out a good game for them to play, "What could I play that will mean worthwhile to us? Xelor, what do you think?" He looks down at his watch.

Xelor shouts out, "How should I know?! I do not know Neptune so it's useless to ask me."

Andrew gets put off by Xelor's hostility, "Whoa, Xelor… what has gotten into you?"

Xelor beeps, "I didn't get any lines until now! I'm very angry at the writer for ignoring me!"

Andrew frowns, "Sorry, Xelor. You know that you could say anything at any time."

Xelor grumbles, "Well, the author didn't think so and this conversation is only happening so that you could have someone to talk to."

Andrew picks up a game, "Well, what about this game? Does this look good for Neptune and me to play?"

Xelor shouts, "It's always about you and the goddesses, it's not about what I want!"

Andrew chuckles, "Whoa… are you jealous?"

Xelor replies, "I want some more lines, damn it!"

Andrew realizes, "You're breaking the fourth wall."

Xelor beeps, "So?"

Andrew smiles, "So, that means you are part of Neptune's club."

Xelor pauses for a bit and then speaks, "Damn it. Well, I guess there's no going back, is there?"

Andrew nods, "I guess so. Now… back to the task at hand, finding a game to play with Neptune."

Xelor suggests something, "Perhaps a visual novel game."

Andrew looks at Xelor confused, "A what?"

Xelor explains, "A visual novel. It's where you read a story and you can see things happen. It's sometimes interactive."

Andrew asks, "And why would I want to play something like that?"

Xelor beeps, "Well, maybe you two would roleplay and then you would get set in the mood for something… intimate."

Andrew blushes as he hears that, "Whoa! I know that you're trying to help but that's kind of strange to me. I'm not sure if it'll effect Neptune at all. That's something that would work on Vert and I think Neptune would just laugh at it or something."

Xelor pauses for a bit and says, "You're right. Maybe just perhaps the surefire game, Road Brawlers."

Andrew nods, "Good going there. That's our game, you know. And maybe that's just the ticket for a good time."

Andrew picks the game and puts it into the console, it boots up and Andrew notices something, "DLC? What, is there a Dungeon Lackey Catalogue in this game?"

Xelor beeps, "Nope. That's downloadable content. The actual DLC."

Andrew laughs, "Sure it is. But what's available?" He checks it and he suddenly gapes in awe, "I'm… in the game? Well, my GPU form is at least."

Xelor mentions, "Yeah, since the CPUs are also in charge of the games, they can do that. I guess one of them put you in the game since they knew that you play it with Neptune."

Andrew nods, "Huh, neat." He selects the DLC and logs into his account, "Oh, I get it for free. What a surprise." Andrew downloads the character and puts the game back on the title screen, "Ok, I hope that this will be good to go for a good time."

A bit later and Neptune returns with the pudding in her hand, she mentions, "There was only one left so we have to share half. I hope that you don't mind."

Andrew nods understandably, "Of course. It's not like this is the first time that we have to share pudding."

Neptune sits nearby Andrew who has the controller in his hand and is sitting on the floor next to the TV, "Oh, Road Brawlers, our usual game. What do you have up your sleeve, Andy?"

Andrew replies, "Oh, you'll see, Neptune. You'll see."

Andrew starts the game and heads the character selection screen, "Heh, heh…" He chuckles looking at himself in the game.

Neptune looks at it, "Say what? Is that who I think it is?"

Andrew nods, "Yep, I was surprised as well when I saw it."

Neptune laughs and says, "Well, guess who I'm playing as." She selects the character.

Andrew looks upset and says, "What gives? Why can't I play as him? It is me, after all!"

Neptune replies, "Because you can do that in real life. I just wanna see how you fight. Unless you want me to give that watch a go." As she reaches for Xelor.

Xelor shouts, "Out of the question, Neptune! Who knows what might happen if someone other than Andrew uses the GPU form. It might overload from your own HDD form and I might go haywire."

Neptune laughs, "You're so easy to mess with, Xelor! That's why I like you!"

Xelor didn't what to say to that but says something anyway, "You like me?"

Neptune nods, "Of course! I tease anyone that I like. That reminds me, I need to tease Andy some more while he's here."

Andrew sweatdrops and says, "Joy…" With a deadpan tone.

Without no choice, Andrew picks the guy that he normally uses and not himself. They start playing.

Neptune wrecks Andrew's character with the virtual version of the GPU, "Wow! Amazing! You are so OP in this game, Andy! This armcannon is super cool and super effective!"

Andrew grumbles and asks, "Yeah, and how about not spamming it? I can't even get to you!"

Neptune denies that, "Nope!" And she continues to slaughter Andrew and having the time of her life doing so.

Andrew can't help but enjoy this as Neptune has that grin on her face, "At least she's happy."

A while later, Neptune cheers as she has defeated Andrew countless times with the GPU character, "Woohoo!" She raises her arms in victory.

Andrew doesn't even care that he lost a bunch of times, just as long as he's with Neptune, "Well done, Neptune." He smiles.

Neptune faces Andrew and says, "I think I'm going to main your GPU character, Andy." Smiling ever so big at him.

Andrew nods, "Alright, then. It seems that you are pretty skilled with him to me. I didn't even stand a chance."

Xelor clears his virtual throat, "Should you two be getting ready for something?"

Neptune gets reminded, "Oh crap, the festival! Um… Andy, would you mind if we flew over there?"

Andrew shakes his head, "I don't mind at all. Go right ahead."

With that, Neptune transforms into her HDD form and says, "You're so sweet, Andy. Let us hurry." She picks up Andrew and she flies to the festival.

They eventually arrive at the festival, it's pretty much at the same place that the Autumn festival was at, "Wow, pretty cool Neptune." Andrew says looking around and seeing everything. He even sees kids cosplaying as his GPU form, "Ugh, I'm famous." Feeling really sheepish at seeing all of this now.

Neptune smiles, "You are really adorable sometimes, Andy." She transforms back to normal, "Now, let's meet up with our buds!" She grabs Andrew's hand and leads him to everybody else.

Neptune and Andrew heads off to the plaza where the other goddesses are at, including the candidates. Andrew waves at them, "Hey there, girls."

They look like they were discussing something, looked pretty serious. Neptune asks, "What's up? It can't be more important than having our precious GPU back."

Compa walks towards Neptune and Andrew and says, "Well, Nep Nep. It actually is." She shows Neptune a flyer.

Andrew then reads it, "'No to goddesses.' What?"

IF explains, "We've gotten this flyer from a random woman, we have no idea who she is or what she wants."

Andrew nods, "Oh. So, what should I do?"

Noire replies, "Well, you could ask her what she wants. She's trying to get our people to lose their faith in us."

Andrew looks around and asks, "Do you think she's around here?"

Noire asks, "Why would she be here?"

Andrew shrugs, "Perhaps to advertise her supposed strike against CPUs."

Vert nods and asks, "Maybe you should walk off on your own and try to find her. If we were to come along then she wouldn't come to us."

Andrew smiles, "Great idea, Vert." He walks off.

Blanc then turns to Neptune, "Now, while he does that. Let's get the party that we made for him ready."

Neptune ask, "Wait, is that flyer real?"

Compa shakes her head, "Nope, but it's the perfect way to get him to leave on his own."

With that Andrew walks around the festival, he scans the area for the woman with the flyers. "Huh, you think it would be easy to find her considering she has a stack of papers in her hands."

Xelor asks, "How does that make it easy?"

Andrew shrugs, "I dunno, I'm just saying that because I want it to be easy." He continues to walks around and after 15 minutes someone calls out to him.

"E-excuse me, sir…" A woman calls out to Andrew, she seems to be shy.

Andrew looks over and sees the woman, she wears a black suit and blue hair. "Can I have a moment of your time, sir?" She calls out.

Andrew looks at her and says, "That's her. I have to keep it calm or otherwise she might run away." He nods and walks over to her, he gives her a wave, "Hey."

She waves back, "Hi, I'm Rei Ryghts. Would you consider joining my organization?"

Andrew asks, "What is your organization about?"

Rei replies, "I want to get rid of the goddesses and have the people decide what we want."

Andrew then asks, "Well, what do you have against goddesses?"

Rei then says, "I hate them! They should all just vanish."

Andrew lets that sink in and then says, "Why?"

Rei replies, "They give no concerns to us and we can be better off without them."

Andrew puts a hand to his chin, "Hmm… I kinda don't see that. They seem to care a lot about us to me."

Rei says, "How would you know?"

Andrew didn't want to say what he is just yet, "Well… I kind of seen what they did. They didn't seem too bad to me. Well, can I ask why are you doing in a place that's a festival for the GPU?"

Rei nods, "Of course… the GPU. How could I forget him? He's also to blame. He's an abler to the goddesses, making us suffer."

Andrew thinks to himself, "What suffering? I don't see any suffering anywhere." He says outloud, "So, how do you feel about him?"

Rei says to Andrew, "Not a fan of his work. He should disappear as well."

This hurts Andrew to hear, he frowns, "Oh…"

Rei then realizes something, "Wait… are you? You're the GPU, aren't you?!" She points at Andrew.

Andrew replies, "Well… yeah, but-"

Rei then shouts, "S-stay away from me!" She tries to run.

Andrew says, "Please! Let me help you! I'm not bad, honest!"

She makes a run for it and then Andrew raises his arms, "Sigh…"

As Rei thinks she make it away from Andrew, she bumps into someone, "S-sorry…" As soon as she sees who it is she gasps, "Y-you…"

Andrew in GPU form holds his hands out to Rei trying to calm her down, "I'm not going to hurt you, I swear. Can I please get you to see that CPUs aren't that bad?"

Rei shakes her head, "No… you won't understand."

Andrew nods, "I can understand, I'm a human like you."

Rei shakes her head, having tears now in her eyes, "You can't… you can't understand. I hate goddesses and I hate you!"

Andrew then mentions, "You sound just like my grandfather when I first met him."

Rei then says, "You mean Vox Magna? I wanted to follow his example but then he turned to the goddesses and it's all your fault!"

Andrew shouts, "My fault?! He's my grandfather, he would trust me. Trust me, too."

Rei shouts out, "Never!" And she leaves, crying.

Andrew frowns watching her leave, he transforms back. "Wow…" He returns back to the CPUs.

Neptune sees Andrew coming back, "He's coming! Quick! Finish everything up!"

Andrew returns and sees all the stuff they did, a big cake, gifts, balloons, a whole sort of fun things. He still feels really messed up by what Rei said to him.

They shout, "Surprise!" Not knowing what happened with him

Andrew temporarily gets over about his gripe with Rei and smiles, "It's… great." Just so he doesn't worry about his friends.

Noire tells Andrew in her usual Tsundere way, "Neptune did this for you. We… care about you a lot."

Even Chika is there surprisingly, "Even me even though you're the focus of Vert's attention."

Nepgear mentions, "Actually, it would be me." Smiling at her with a hint of a sweatdrop.

Andrew smiles looking at the effort they have done for him and feel really good about it, "Thank you."

IF says mentioning, "Compa made the cake for you."

Andrew smiles, "Thank you all." He started to feel teary eyed, in a good way.

Neptune says looking at Andrew, "Oh… he's getting emotional." She smiles while she teased at the GPU.

Andrew looks at the cake, "Um… is this…?" His eyes widen as he sees what kind of cake they got him

Compa then says, "Yep! Cheese cake!" She smiles sweetly feeling that Andrew likes the cake.

Andrew asks, "H-how? How did you know it's my favorite?" Surprised by they knew at all.

IF replies mentioning, "Your grandfather told us you love it."

Neptune exclaims happily, "We hope that you'll stay with us forever and ever, Andy!" Although exaggerating it as usual.

Andrew laughs, "Me too!" As he's used to Neptune's exaggeration, he plays along with it.

As that goes on, Rei runs at an alleyway catching her breath, "That GPU… how dare he mock me? He's…" She busts out crying. "So inconsiderate of my confidence."

Someone appears from the shadows of the alleyway, "The GPU, eh?"

Rei panics and looks around, "W-who's there?"

The voice replies, "Oh, just a fellow who wants the GPU dead as well. And, for the added bonus, I'll get rid of the goddesses for free of charge."

Rei says asking the mysterious voice in the shadows, "You… want to get rid of the goddesses?"

The voice laughs manically, "Yes! I do!" The voice sounds exactly like Andrew's GPU form but deeper, intimating as well.

Rei gulps intimidated by the creepy voice, "Ok… can I see you so I know I could trust you?"

The voice reveals himself and he seems to look like Andrew's GPU form but the armor is completely black, the circuits is grey, his eyes are red instead of blue. "How's it going?"

Rei backs away seeing the figure showing itselt, "A-another GPU!"

The "GPU" shakes his head denying this, "I'm what you call an Anti-GPU. I want the exact opposite of the GPU, to kill the goddesses. Pretty much what Vox Magna's original goal was. With his prototype suit."

Rei feels a bit better but not enough to become fully confident, "O-ok…"

The Anti-GPU says introducing himself to what he wants to be called, "Call me, the Phantom GPU, yeah… that sounds cool. I'll stick with it for now. And you will help me!"

Rei sweatdrops, "M-me?" Not fully into this idea.

Phantom nods, "Yeah, you can do it. You just need more confidence; I'll help you every step of the way."

Rei says, "You're mocking me… just like the GPU did earlier."

Phantom shakes his head, "Don't be stupid. If you want your goal to be done, you must have confidence. You have me to do it. What do you say?"

Rei then nods, "O-ok…" Still not that confident in herself but still wanting to make an effort on this.

Phantom extends his hand, "Shake on it." Making it a team up between him and Rei Ryghts, it's official now.

With that… the two join alliances. But, who is this Phantom GPU and why and how does he have Vox's old GPU stuff? Find out next time! BTW, story's extended!

Review Replies!

AIYF Productions: Sorry, I kind of was aiming for that. Now, everything's kind of normal with a new foe lurking in the shadows.

HeroOfTimeXDS: Nope, it's going to continue a bit more.

Geod Pony: That was my intent. It was supposed to bring the feels.

Soulsq3: Yep, new arc!

Guest: Yes, yes, yes and yes, yes and yes! It will continue!

Magical-Death: Xelor is kind of getting better with Neptune. It mainly has to do with the original intent of his creation being gone and of Andrew's feelings for her.

That's it so… happy reading!