...plague them with blight.
Vert.
Green Heart.
A proud goddess of will with kindness.
Not far from her friends - the fellow goddesses.
Yet... she could not help but feel helpless.
Before such monster.
Behind her is a broken form of the most powerful goddess she knew - Purple Heart. Not far from her is an armless corpse of a goddess hailed from Lastation. Last but not the least, is the soulless shell of Blanc slumped besides a tree.
"Haa... Haa... Haa..." Vert clutched her shoulders as she gritted her teeth in pain as she looked to side to see it twisted. Each movement she do, pain would course through her body. Blood is flowing down to her chin, dripping below the dark soiled-ground, mixing with her sweat and saliva.
Cries of the CPU Candidates can be heard around her, the purple to Neptune, the twintails to Noire, and the twins to Blanc.
While she feel sad, more than anything in moment, that was not in her thoughts.
Foremost, she needs to protect them.
Before her, a monster hailed from beyond the world.
That deathly white hair which flow around the violent winds.
Standing with a sinister smile of no tomorrow.
Dark yellow eyes that brought nothing but plagued-piss destruction to life wherever she looked.
Dressed in red and black outfit, she looked normal.
But Vert, understood.
No, everyone understood.
That before them is nothing normal.
That... thing before Vert is similar only in title.
A goddess.
But no way in hell it represents like one.
"Aww, that's... sad." Yoruno Sora said as she made a sad expression before making a dark and thin smile that made Vert's blood freeze in her veins. "I was kind of expecting more resistance from that."
"You... fucking bitch..." Purple Heart uttered as she coughed out blood, her chest exposed, showing blood and her ribs - deeper is her heart.
"N-No, onee-chan, p-please don't talk..." Nepgear cried as held her big sister's hand, shaking in fear. Her hands glowing, a healing spell. A spell in vain.
The world... is crying.
"So noisy." Sora said as she looked up, all she could hear are the souls of people she massacred left and right. Men, women, children and monsters. None were spared - even the world. The cries are made up of either in pain and anger, all directly at her.
But the Outlaw Deity merely grinned before looking back at Vert who widened her eyes in fear.
Air!
She felt herself choking as an illusion appeared behind the monster before her. It was large, dark and terrifying - more than any darkness she faced. A pressure the being before her is exerting is immense.
"No..." Vert whispered. She tried to stand but she let out a cry of pain, she looked down again. That's right, her legs, both of them, are cut in half from the knees. "Damn... it..."
What the hell just happened...
Nepgear looked down only for her attention to be distracted as she saw a peculiar chocolate-haired young woman standing on a grassy field.
"U-Um," the Planeptune CPU Candidate called out to a civilian. "This place is dangerous, so let me guide you out of here, miss."
The person then turned to her.
Nepgear widened her eyes in awe. She could help but be captivated by those bright blue eyes. Those beautiful sky-like glitter caught her breath away. She stared at those eyes for who knows how long, unmoving and amazed. Those eyes are the eyes who simply walked with the light, that even her Shares are flying around in happiness.
She smiled. It made her heart flutter and her cheeks flushed in embarrassment.
"A-Ah, sorry for staring." Nepgear could not help but feel happy nonetheless as smile remained on her face. She looked away to hide her creepy smile before trying to calm her flushed expression. "A-Ahem, hopefully the beautiful miss could move away from here as this place is very dangerous, even a Doggo could be lethal."
"Ah, no problem, I'll be leaving then."
It's a simple sentence, a response, but for Nepgear, it felt like a holy scripture. She do not know why she was having these exaggerated thoughts from a mere stranger.
A strange love not in a form of romantic nor friendship, but like that of a reverence in its casual form.
The CPU Candidate could not help but stare at the back of such beautiful lady. She cannot help but reach out her hand.
Ah. Please don't go away.
...
When she finally disappeared, the young woman could not help but ran towards her. Is it longing? A sudden addiction.
What she was doing is creepy.
But something weird and alien exploded from her.
Nepgear just wanted to look at her.
But upon reaching the spot, she was nowhere to be found. She could only see a small village - no beautiful lady in sight.
"Hey, Nepgear, what are you doing here?"
She looked behind her as the Black CPU Candidate landed on the ground and a small light flashed before dying out. It is Uni in her human form.
Ah, that's right.
"I was just here waiting for you." Nepgear smiled warmly at her as Uni could not help but blushed at that stare.
"D-Don't stare like that, it's a little embarrassing. We still haven't told this to our sisters to anyway." Uni said as she went beside Nepgear and laid her head on her shoulder, her attention soon went to the grassy and breezy plain. "It's beautiful, right?"
"...yeah. It's beautiful."
She had seen this place numerous times before. However, something changed, she couldn't put a finger but it feels like something is missing.
Nepgear could not help but turned her head to the side, wondering about that lady she saw again. She shook her head and told Uni, "Hey, how about we have a nice walk?"
"Sounds good!"
...
Yeah.
This is fine.
Nepgear closed her mouth. Utter shock and despair painted her facial expressions as she watched the...
The...
The m-monster before her placed its hand on Vert's head, looking down on the green goddess with a smile of amusement.
The Goddess of Leanbox was weak. Too weak. She's on her wits end too. Everyone was exhausted and beaten up beyond relief.
That... smile. That damned smile.
Why the fuck is it still charming to her?!
Nepgear had a mixed of emotion, most of which are fear. Insane to add happiness to see the same lady, although drastically different from the one she had seen before.
"You know, it's only a few years since I stayed. But I did enjoy the company you guys provided." Sora said before she kneed Vert to the face.
No...
Nepgear flinched in horror as she heard a crack, out of view, she could only imagine the terrifying dent on the face of a motherly goddess that is Vert.
"No... Vert..." Neptune hoarsely cried out with blood flowing out from the side of her mouth. "Don't... not her..."
"Oh? You're still alive?" The Outlaw Deity said in a small surprise as she looked over the gorey condition of the purple goddess. "I suppose exposing you to radiation and adding a mixture of yersinia pestis wasn't enough, huh?"
No... No...
Sora then grabbed Vert's disheveled hair before throwing her to the side. However, the force in which she was thrown away was too much as the green goddess was sent flying to the side, bouncing on the rough ground.
Nepgear shook as her gaze met hers.
No... No... No...
Stay away...
"Nepge-"
"No." Neptune interrupted Sora. "If you do anything to my sister, I'll fucking destroy you."
Suddenly, there was a bright flash of ray that came from behind Nepgear. She recognized that beam.
It landed straight to the face of the Outlaw Deity who simply took it all without moving.
"Nepgear!" Uni said as she landed to her side, quickly grabbing her arm. "We need to get out of here!"
"No!" Nepgear said as she held her big sister's hand tight. "I can't leave onee-chan here behind!"
"GET A GRIP, NEPGEAR!" Uni suddenly screamed.
Nepgear, scared, looked at Uni with surprise. Her left eye was missing, an empty socket, dried blood was flowing out of it. Ah, that's right, that monster literally scooped it out in front of all of them.
Because of the shock, Nepgear was not prepared as Uni quickly yanked her. The grip she was holding to Neptune was broken.
"No, sist-"
...
Suddenly, a fountain of blood appeared.
From where? You may ask.
Nepgear, frozen in shock could only see Uni's head flying off her headless body. The head of the Black CPU Candidate landed on the side as her headless body simply stood there, with the body twitching now and there.
The cries of terror from the twins are the only noise she could hear. Nepgear, still struggling to look at the still, headless body of her beloved in front of her.
"No... Uni..." Neptune cried out in pain and anger, but she could not do anything, she remained there, lying on the ground.
"I know you did that multiple times but you should've learned from that by now."
The Outlaw Deity said as she emerged from the dispersing smoke, unscathed and still has her smile.
Nepgear, mind in complete stillness, simply looked to the approaching Yoruno Sora before her.
Approaching? It's more like she's already in front of her.
Sora slightly looked down at Nepgear with her yellow, predatory eyes. Her shrunken purple eyes are a pleasure to behold in front of the Outlaw Deity. She could help but darkly smile as she licked her lips.
"My child." Sora said. "Offer yourself to me."
...
Nepgear... This is it.
You only need to offer yourself.
And it will be over with.
...
Come on...
...
Come on~