So, this is the interlude between chapter 1 & 2. This is gonna be relative short, and only show the relationship development between Naruko and the main characters. As you know, Naruko is not Shikamaru, so sitting around for 3 years doing nothing doesn't really appeal to her. She is basically like IF, going out and doing missions for the guild frequently. Neptune and Plutia go with her occasionally, but only when the mission has the promise of rare loot. Also this chapter is completely original. Nothing from the game is being written into this. I might get a little personal with Noire since her situation is close to what I'm going through now, i.e. being alone most of the time with limited friend interaction while I used to be like Neptune, very annoying but could connect with anyone. I also want to say that I am a straight male, and that my writing is mostly from either my knowledge of the characters and how some of my female friends act.

Fear. Pure unadulterated fear is what went through Noire and Neptune after they got back to the Basilicom. Iris Heart was the only one who didn't transform on the way back, and once they arrive, she grabbed Naruko and told them that they were next. The entire time, they heard Naruko crying out in both pain and pleasure and Iris Heart laughing maniacally. It went on for several hours.

Finally, the screaming stopped and Plutia walked out, smiling as if nothing was wrong. Naruko walked out about 10 minutes later with a fucked stupid look painted on her face. They both smelled of blood, sweat, and most heavily sweat.

"All right you two. Follow me, it's your turn." Plutia led Naruko by her hand, as she was still out of it.

Noire and Neptune said their prayers and made peace that they would no longer be innocent maidens anymore.

1 hour later

That bath was literally the most nerve-racking experience Noire had ever experienced in her life. The whole time, she thought that both Naruko and Plutia would rob her of her innocence. Instead, they were all just washing each other and nothing else happened. Okay so maybe some minor groping did occur by Neptune, but it was not nearly as traumatizing as she thought it would be. If anything, she was mad at herself for thinking it would actually happen. Despite what Naruko said about Plutia being a sadist, Noire knew that she would probably forget about the favor being owed to her. It was also because she knew Iris Heart that she should have known she got off from watching her squirm, so the thought of Noire on edge for hours probably was the joke. Oh well, at least she didn't owe Plutia or Iris Heart any favors. (NOT!)

Now they were all just talking in Plutia's room, eating and playing video games. Noire thought she should at least enjoy it while it lasts, because tomorrow morning, she would be off to create her own nation. Lastation really was the best name for her nation, despite that it was Neptune who first brought it up. Though Neptune's world did sound interesting. She would have loved to have a sister, someone who would be by her side no matter what. It was going to take a while for her to make Lastation into the best nation, so the chances of her seeing Plutia and Neptune soon is slim to none, since those two would rather lay about all day. Despite Naruko's sadomasochism, she really seemed like a good person and has an extremely good work ethic. Plus the clones would make the work she would have to do as CPU much easier and could focus more on improving the technology out there over maintenance.

Next morning

Noire was ready to leave, but a part of her really didn't want to leave. Plutia was her best friend, and leaving her alone did not sit right. Neptune's talk of stealing Plutia away from her did not help her thought process. She looked around for Naruko, but it seems that she already left this morning since her bed was made. Noire bid farewell to Histoire, who was up already and working, and left the Basilicom to go establish her own nation.

6 months later

Noire was enjoying life as a CPU. While still gathering believers, her nation was still very weak right now, which is very understandable. Currently, she is behind Planeptune in shares, but she assumed that to be because of Histoire and Naruko's hard work. Right now, she was working on a project she liked to call the Scout system that would greatly help extend her influence. It was still a major work in progress, but the idea for it made it her want to work that much harder for it to succeed. When she wasn't working and wanted to blow off steam, she was mostly making outfits for cosplay. She was so thankful that Plutia taught her how to sew, because it would be a nightmare to have to buy everything.

After signing the fiftieth form for the day, this one asking about more money to improve the instruments her scientists were using to help develop new software, she heard a knock on her door. Noire was very surprised, as she had no meetings planned out today. Standing up from her desk in the elegant manner she wants to present to her people, she briskly walks to the door.

"Hi Noire, how is it going?" Noire was even more surprised that Naruko was at her door, more so that Plutia was not with her. She did not think that the blonde would actual want to visit her since they were not that close and only knew each other for less than a week.

"Naruko? What are you doing here? If you came because you wanted to bug me, I'm hard at work to improve Lastation."

"Who do you think I am, Neptune? I came here because I wanted to see a friend I haven't seen in half a year."

A friend. Growing up, Plutia was the only girl that wanted to be around her. It was not because of she acted or anything, but for some reason, people just saw her as a loner. Plutia was the first to really reach out to her and Noire would always treasure that friendship. That was also another reason why she desperately wanted to become a CPU. If she did not become one, she would continue to grow older and eventually die, while Plutia stayed young and made new friends.

Neptune's comments about her being "Lonely Heart Noire" hit a little too close to home than she was comfortable with. She knew that Neptune couldn't possible know exactly how she felt, but Neptune did know her dimension's Noire, so it might be possible.

To see Naruko actually here for her and no other reason warmed her heart so much. "R-Really. You came just to see me?"

"Of course. That is what friends do. Plutia and Neptune would have come today, but today just happened to be that blue moon where they actually do something. Neptune was really excited about something and grabbed Plutia before I could offer them to come here." Hearing that Neptune was getting closer to Plutia did not help Noire's mood. Plutia will probably forget all about her. "Hey, no more negative stuff. I may not be able to read your mind, but I can sense the sadness rolling off you in waves. Plutia may not show it all the time, but she does care for you. Neptune too. They just have a unique way of showing it. Neptune told me some of the most fun she has had has been butting heads with her Noire. Now, how about you tell me how your nation is progressing. It looks like it is coming along well."

For the next couple hours, while Noire was doing her work at the same time, the two just talked and enjoyed each other's company. Noire felt awful about how she thought of Naruko before. She went form being the third most annoying person she knew (first was Iris Heart, second was Neptune) to being her second favorite person in the world. The tales she had of her home village were so interesting that she wished she had time to visit. Naruko's friends Ino and Tenten seemed like the two people she could relate the most with. One was all about fashion and a little bossy, while the other was a hard worker who was trying to master all kinds of different weaponry. She could definitely respect someone like that.

Noire even talked to Naruko about her love for cosplay, with the promise that Plutia and Neptune would not find out. Through their talk, Noire realized that Naruko was literally the perfect model for anything clothing since she could literally transform into whomever she wanted to. Noire could get a full 3D view of how her outfits would look on her and make modifications without having to remove the clothes. It was a dream come true, and she was enjoying herself for the first time in months.

Naruko, who really disliked shopping because of Ino, enjoyed seeing Noire happy. Noire reminded her a lot of herself when she was younger. Instead of playing pranks, Noire put every ounce of her focus on improving Lastation. It would fine if she were making time for her friends. While it was Plutia and Neptune who were largely at fault for not visiting Noire, those two are known for being lazy and weren't expected to go out of their way. Noire, however, was very tsundere in that she didn't want them, mostly Neptune, to know that she missed them. Her biggest problem was her pride. Naruko, being the person she is, made the first move so that Noire would be more accepting.

4 months before Chapter 2

Noire could say without a doubt that Naruko was an amazing friend that anyone would be lucky to have. Naruko's visits changed from once a month to twice a week for the last few years. Apparently she is not as active as she was back when she first got here as she already got over a 50 million credits by the fourth month she arrived in Gamindustri. Shadow Clones for the win.

Naruko spent about two days of the week just relaxing with Plutia and Neptune in their Basilicom and the remaining days of the week doing more difficult jobs. She has long gotten the hang of the weapons in this dimension and has learned how to use a katana. She used to have an aversion to swords because she said, "that was Sasuke-teme's shtick." However, after running out of kunai and learning that a Bo staff was not the best weapon against some of the monsters in some areas, she decided a change of weaponry was needed. Being the awesome kunoichi she was, she was able to use it without being hindered at all when she is doing ninja stuff. Most of her knowledge was gained from sparring with Neptune and Noire, who had completely different styles.

Naruko told her that Neptune said that the plot would be picking up soon so she should also being out doing missions to keep her skills as sharp. Noire was only able to go with Naruko once in a while because ever since the Scout system was finished, Lastation has become increasingly popular. So much so that people from Lowee have joined. Noire was so glad that all her hard work was paying off. Pretty soon, she will be able to delegate duties so that she could spend time with Plutia and even Neptune. Naruko never really talked about their relationship, mostly because she knew it would make Noire uncomfortable. She just knew that they were very happy. She would not tell Naruko, but she has started to develop feelings for her. She was just so comfortable around and Noire was able to just be herself. They have a lot of fun together, but she could not interfere with the relationship between her two best friends. Oh well, time to get back to work. Hopefully by the time the plot comes around, since it was better to just roll with whatever crazy theories Neptune had than question them and get a migraine from trying to understand Pudding-for-Brain's thought process.

Omake- Naruko's backstory Part 1

"So, Naruko, I was wondering… How is you ninjer world different from Naruto's?" It was just one of those days the girls were relaxing in the Basilicom when Neptune had the rare cross her mind that didn't involve playing video games.

"Well, I actually met the Naruto you're talking about once. At least, I think did. He came to my world saying that he was bored and wanted to break the fabric of reality without causing any problems. Anyway we talked and I was surprised at how stupid he is. I mean, he has a lot more raw power than me, and is better at on the fly plans, but he is the densest idiot I have ever met. He saw Hinata flirting with me right in front of him and asked me if we were good friends."

"Wow! It's kind of a shame that he isn't here. It would be fun to have someone like that here!"

"No, it wouldn't. He did not seem to have the same amount of patience that I have with you girls and would probably force you girls to go on more missions with him. Probably make you work harder since he really wanted to be Hokage and your job as CPUs is pretty similar. Anyway, give me a bit of time to read through the manga and see what was different. We mostly sparred when he was over where I won because I kicked him square in the nuts. Even with all the bijuu inside him, he was still talking at a higher pitch for a good hour afterwards."

Four hours later, Naruko came back to them with her response. "Okay, I know that he was an idiot, but he took my loneliness and just became so overly dependent at other people's opinion. I was never friends or even liked Sakura as a person because she was a fucking fangirl who wanted Sasuke's dick. Seeing Sasuke constantly sexually harassed was one of the few reasons I felt sorry for him. If he had said he left to escape them, I probably would have let him go to Orochimaru without a fight, even if the pedo did want him for his body. Anyway, I was already friends with Hinata before I graduated from the Academy and worked on her fighting style. I did fail the graduation exam twice, but it was because I took them early and the proctors were assholes who rigged my exams. I did have the same genin team as Naruto, and it was a train wreck waiting to happen because both Sasuke and I did not like anyone else on the team. Haku is a girl in my world and I was a lot closer to Team Kurenai than the manga said. Once we got back from the Wave mission, I met Anko-chan who was eating dango at her stand. We became fast friends and she decided to train me since Kakashi was not doing it. She also helped fully develop Hinata's fighting style later on which was a whole lot more powerful than her juuken in the manga."

"What was so special about it Naru-chan…" Plutia was paying full attention after Anko was mentioned.

"Well, it is based off a poison that Anko heard about that could be replicated through juuken. Basically it shut down the ability to move completely with a numbing sensation, but amplified pain. Anko was really proud of Hinata when it was done and Kurenai-sensei had to fight tooth and nail to keep Anko from influencing her anymore."

"That seems really familiar." Neptune stopped and thought about where she heard this ability before. "Oh yea. That sounds like the crazy scientist from Bleach would loved to experiment on people."

"That sounds a lot like Orochimaru."

"He was a tiny bit more ethical with his practice, but used methods from that one-eyed old man."

"Oh that is a horrible combination. Anyway, during the Chunin Exams, I laughed my ass of when Sasuke got his ass kicked by Lee. I didn't have a problem during the written exam since Anko told me how Ibiki loves to fuck with people's minds. The Forest of Death was pretty much the same, but I found Karin after Sasuke saved her in the forest and first found out that the Uzumaki were a clan. During the Preliminary exams, I used seduction to knock out Kiba, followed by a swift kick to the nuts for some sexist things he said. Also as a favor to his sister Hana. After Kakashi abandoned me to fight Neji, I was completely done with him and didn't want anything to do with him. That pervert Jiraiya was much more attentive to me than Naruto because I had no shame in staying in his version of me. Anko taught me that if you could extort someone, do it as much as you could. During the actual fight with Neji, I really let him have it for injuring Hinata. She really held back against Neji because her style was not fit to be used on comrades yet and she loved Neji as a brother. Anko and Ichiraku won a lot of money from the bets they made on me since the odds were really in Neji's favor. After the invasion, Anko celebrated with me at a bar and had a great night partying. Because I defeated Gaara and what I showed in my battle with Neji I was promoted to chunin, but only after Tsunade came back. When Jiraiya and I left to go get her, I was confronted by Itachi and Kisame and Itachi immediate got me in Tsukuyomi."

"Yikes! Don't tell me he did the mindrapy thingy that he did to the emo and scarecrow!"

"Yea…No one can do that to my Naru-chan but meeee…"

"Nah, Itachi told me everything about the Uchiha Massacre since he wanted me to understand more about Sasuke and about Akatsuki's plans for the Jinchuriki. He also did it because he saw me as a little sister. He was the weasel masked ANBU who saved me multiple times when I was being chased by mobs. I thought it was weird how after the Massacre I never say him again, but didn't think much more on it since I was 8 at the time. Any way, Tsunade was less pissy with me when we met her, but she still made the bet with me. What she didn't know was that I knew the secret to Shadow Clones and managed to learn how to do the Rasengan with one hand at about three times the speed of Jiraiya. I think that the fact I was a girl had to do with why I had better Chakra control than Naruto. Once we got back and Sasuke was healed, he immediately started to go for kill shots and Kakashi tried to lecture both of us for our actions when I was only defending myself. Once I got promoted, I asked to be removed from Team 7 and made an apprentice to either Anko or Jiraiya, and Tsunade was happy to do it. The rest pretty much progressed the same way except that Tayuya survived and was brought to the Leaf. She gave up information in hopes for protection against Orochimaru and lived with Anko for a while."

"Wow, I didn't think that you were that different from Naruto, but I was wrong. Still, I'm glad that you are here with us. This playthrough is already a lot of fun, minus the mental scarring."

"Don't worry Neptune, more is on the way."

"I am a little afraid of that. My innocent mind has already started to be corrupted. You and Iris Heart are never quiet and Histoire is starting to have nightmares from how often she is around and teasing her."

Chapter end

So this was literally written today and finished. Like I said, a lot shorter and had more to do with understanding the characters. I really had fun writing this and hope you guys didn't mind the sappiness. I know it wasn't as funny as the last chapter, but I want to stick close to Victory, and Noire being around to see Plutia and Naruko interaction would go against that. I will say that once again Plutia and Naruko were trolling Noire and Neptune. They were only fucking for about 4 hours out of the 6 they were together. The rest of the time was getting to know each other better and just enjoying each other's company. Iris Heart does have a soft side, as shown when IF was kidnapped. Naruko's interaction with Noire was genuine and was not part of any plan. Even Iris Heart isn't that cruel to fool with Noire's mind like that. I might do these interludes between each chapter, or during major time skips, so if you have any ideas for omakes, please tell me.