Hello there, it is I. I bring you a less than usual one-shot, warning up-front if you don't like yandere stories just skip this one lol. I'm not the biggest fan, but I had an idea, so I wrote it down. I don't know how well it turned out but I thought it'd be a cool idea to try, now obviously Nepgear is really OOC here, but that's kinda the point. Regardless I hope you all enjoy it!
-marketvalueneps
Synopsis: Uni seems to be struggling with a little issue, she's being watched and she doesn't know by whom, so she elicits Nepgear's aid, but when this doesn't go as well as she would have hoped, how will she deal with the fallout?
Creeped out didn't even begin to describe how Uni felt in the last few months. Disgusted, scared, livid, annoyed all were apt descriptors for her current condition. It was strange, it really shouldn't be possible. For however long it had been going on, Uni was being watched. Whenever she was in her room, she felt something or someone nearby intently watching whatever she was doing. Sometimes it was even multiple presences outside, although during those cases it usually was only one watching her.
She had tried talking to Noire about it, but when she did Noire seemed to share a similar sentiment in exacerbation, tiredness, and anger. However, this person/people were, they were good at what they did. When Noire and Uni had tasked the force of the basilicom to track and find whoever the hell these people thought they were, they were unable to turn up anything. Truthfully, this was the beginning stages of the genuine worry in the women, they were goddesses, idols looked up to, it only came with the job that sometimes people were a little too fanatical. But they were simple-minded hardcore nationalists, and were apprehended easily. Whoever this person was, they were good.
Uni considered for a moment that it could possibly be the stealthy ninja robot, Steamax, but she found a few flaws with this assessment. For one, Steamax wasn't just good, he was damn near perfect, if he didn't want to be detected at all, he wouldn't. But more importantly to Uni, he wasn't one to do that, at least not anymore, he was shy, not a stalker. Uni was very confident in this assessment as she had drilled the said robot personally to ensure he was not responsible. Although Uni noticed he seemed even dodgier than usual, which led to the third point. Steamax had largely been leaving Uni alone for the last few months. She hadn't seen the robot unless she went out of her way.
So, it came to be Uni had zero real suspects for who this person was, at least not someone she knew. She also had considered K-sha at some point, but that wouldn't explain why the person was focused on her, and not Noire. Uni was getting sick of this, whenever she went to engage or capture the perpetrator, they always managed to outmaneuver her, which was an incredibly difficult task in and of itself. Uni considered her sight to be elite even amongst her peers, for someone to be able to evade her on more than a few occasions was simply ridiculous.
To say it was something that was weighing on Uni's mind would be an understatement. How was she just supposed to sleep away the fact that someone was out there somewhere, watching. Who knew what they wanted with her? They were good, so who's to say they weren't also skilled in combat. Uni was confident in her abilities, but what if this person was to attack her in her sleep? Would she be able to process and act quickly enough? Uni had taken to sleeping with one of her pistols close by, but perhaps it wouldn't be enough.
It would also appear she wore her worked and tired state more than she knew. On a particular day she had messaged and met up with someone she thought might be able to help with her issue, and so she sat at the table in her room, sitting across from her was none other than Nepgear, who already looked worried even before Uni said a word.
Uni yawned as she took a sip of her drink, a particularly strong brew of coffee she had taken to drinking in recent weeks, and as Nepgear looked on she was worried by the state her friend seemed to be in. She knew Uni was one to skimp on sleep, but this was just ridiculous looking.
"Uni? Are you ok?" She treaded carefully as she asked her question, her tone laced with worry. Uni furled her nose as she more or less slammed her cup on the table, eliciting an 'eep' out of the gearhead.
"No! Some bastard is watching me, and I can't catch him!" Uni spat out, and for a moment she couldn't help but notice a change in her friend's face. Her eyes seemed to fade out for just a moment, Uni considered it for a moment before assuming it was but a result of the sleep deprivation. "That's why I called you, you should be able to set up cameras around the perimeter right?" Uni crossed her arms as she looked at her friend, who seemed to consider it for a moment.
"Hmm" She put a hand to her chin "Sure… I think I can do that" she offered, and Uni raised an eyebrow, usually, if she gave Nepgear an opportunity to do something like this, she jumped at the chance.
"Usually, you're a bit more excited to do your weird tech junk" Uni pouted, taking another sip of her drink, and Nepgear looked around a bit,
"Is that so? I guess it's just that I'm worried about you is all… I don't like the idea of someone making you feel uncomfortable, so I'm trying to take this seriously" Nepgear pointed out, nodding along with her words.
Uni placed her cup down before sighing a bit, "Well that's good I guess, I just want whatever the hell this is to stop. That weirdo has some nerve!" She gave a mock punch to emphasize her point, and Nepgear looked on,
"Yea…."
Throughout the next few days, Nepgear would spend extensive time installing and testing the camera systems she installed, with thorough supervision from Uni and Noire to ensure the scope and stability of the system. The biggest plus of what Nepgear envisioned was that the cameras could be accessed remotely from the N-gear. So, in the case of the perpetrator/s showing up, Uni or Noire could simply check their mobile device without alerting them.
Throughout the whole process, Uni couldn't help but notice that Nepgear seemed strained about the whole process. Which Uni couldn't help but feel slightly guilty about? I mean even if she did consider the fact that the ends justified the means in this case, she could have been nicer perhaps. Uni considered it as she walked down the long hallway towards her room, maybe she should do something nice for her?
"Hmm… She could always use a few part upgrades for her gun component, I mean what girl wouldn't want an upgraded gun?" Uni thought aloud,
"I think that's mostly in your little world…" Uni turned to face the deadpan voice, finding it to be that of her own sister, and Uni rolled her eyes,
"Well it should be most girls" she crossed her arms, and Noire chuckled slightly
"I feel like most girls would prefer a cute wardrobe update… But I guess I shouldn't complain, we really should thank Nepgear when we can, now let's see if our sick creep falls for it" Noire spoke confidently and Uni soon nodded, as the two gave a short rundown of their plan of action before making their way into their respective rooms.
For a moment Uni feared that their actions would have alerted whoever it was that was watching. Although on the other hand, if just the act of the cameras being there was enough to deter the person from watching her, then it should be considered a success. Even if somewhere in Uni's heart she wanted to personally send the creep to hell. But if she didn't have to lose sleep anymore, she figured that'd be good enough.
As Uni laid in her bed, aimlessly scrolling through some mindless articles and chirper posts, sometimes chuckling at the misadventures of her friends. Apparently, Rom and Ram had managed to build a full log cabin esque room fully out of candy. As impressive as it was Uni was more so impressed that they managed to work together long enough and not just eat it all first. Filing under things she should ask about later.
Waiting with bated breath Uni was beginning to think that maybe the person had been sufficiently intimidated. But almost as soon as the thought occurred, she felt a chill run through her spine. A feeling unfortunately not all too uncommon. Smirking slightly, Uni opened up the proper feed,
"Alright, you creepy bastard let's see who you are" Uni looked at her n gear, chuckling. This person was gonna have an awful bad surprise when Uni got her hands on the- "Hold on… what's going on!" Uni shot up as she looked at her feed, clicking between the many feeds, only to see that all of them only displayed static. Uni could feel her heart drop, as the color faded from her vision.
She had been there when Nepgear ran her final check. They all worked. Flawlessly. Which left one option. Whoever was out there disabled the cameras. In a few moments, as Uni stared at the broken feed, she could feel the feeling in her gut evolve. Fear turned to anger. Apprehension turned to aggression. She was tired of this. This will stop, tonight.
"Ok, you bastard good luck" Uni planted hard as she dove out the nearest window, transforming into Black Sister as she fell, quickly reorienting herself and shooting upward, focusing a moment she tried to deduce where the presence was. She figured they already were planning and making their escape, but with how sudden Uni's movements were she figured she might have been able to catch them by surprise.
To her shock, and somewhat delight, it would appear the person had yet to move. Their presence unmasked, and unmoving… right at the top of one of the towers of the basilicom. Wasting no time, Uni used all her power to push off her glyph as she sped up the tower, and in a moment that seemed to carry on forever, the person at the top simply waited for her. Training her weapon on the spot Uni shot up, and into her view, she saw the person finally revealed to her.
In all her wildest imagination, in all her degrading nightmares, she never considered how bad she would feel looking down her barrel at what finally awaited her. Immediately her weapon dropped to her side, her transformation breaking as her body shook as she looked at the figure calmly kicking her legs over the edge, humming a tune that Uni, if she were in her right mind, would likely recognize.
"Y-you? Wh-" Her voice shook as she looked on, her heart sinking lower than it ever had in her life. Slowly the figure turned her head, face with a wide smile. Somewhere in Uni's mind, she prayed to any higher power that would listen to wake her up. This nightmare frankly wasn't funny.
But it seemed she would have no such luxuries as the person before her stood up, lilac hair swaying slightly in the breeze,
"How are you tonight, Uni?" Nepgear asked, voice ever sweet. But Uni wanted to vomit. "Goodness, you don't look well" Nepgear tilted her head with worry,
"W-w-why…" Uni could barely stand as she looked at her friend, was it really Nepgear that had been watching her all this time?
"Hmm? What do you mean?" Nepgear tilted her head, the innocent act seemed to snap part of Uni's mind,
"Why the hell have you been watching me! What the hell is wrong with you!" Uni yelled out, and almost immediately Uni wished she could take back the words. As soon as the words left her lips, she saw Nepgear's face distort, her kindness replaced by a crazed look that made Uni's stomach churn even further.
"Well, I had to make sure that no one else would ever look at my Uni ever again" She simply explained, and Uni sunk further as she looked at the sheer disgust on the face of her friend, "You know, Uni, its kinda funny, I thought I'd be able to keep it together, I'm better than sis, right? Sis is supposed to be the out-of-place one right? I'm the good girl..."
"Wh- s-so the other person that's been here?" Uni quickly read into the words, if what she was saying was true, could Noire be in real danger? Nepgear chuckled a bit, as Uni trained her eyes back on the terrifying form of the planeptunian,
"Hehe~ Ohh yeah, sis is probably talking to Miss Noire right now," Seeing the look of horror on Uni's face, Nepgear quickly amended, "Oh but don't worry, Noire will be fine. And so will you, so please put back on your usual pretty face" Nepgear forced her crooked face into a smile as she looked intently at Uni,
"Wha?" Uni seemed far past what her mind could comprehend. She was still so lost, her best friend had been intently stalking her for seemingly months, somewhere in her mind she just wanted this to be some stupidly bad taste joke. It's the only way her mind could explain what she was seeing. "Haha, this is a pretty stupid joke you know that Nepgear."
"What do you mean?" Nepgear crooked smile faded as the look from before took over,
"Haha, I get it I forced you to build those cameras when you didn't want to, doesn't mean you have to do all this!" Uni's laugh was strained and did nothing to hide the turmoil she felt.
"Oh, that? I just wanted to make sure I could take them all down easily if I wanted to~ I wanted to see you. So, I very well I couldn't have you just find me with some cameras" Nepgear added
"Why!? What's wrong with you. Nepgear!?" Uni was beginning to break, none of this made any sense. The kind, sweet, always reliable, responsible, tentative Nepgear? This wasn't Nepgear, right?
"Oh, I must assure you I am feeling fine, though if you must know when I decided I simply had to take matters into my own hands? Hmmm, when I overheard you talking about that disgusting ninja" Nepgear's tone faded fast, and she practically spat out the last words,
"S-Steamax?" Uni was beginning to get scared of this Nepgear, the way she spoke was unhinged and she seemed to be teetering.
"Oh please, Uni, don't say that thing's name," Nepgear asked almost sweetly, but Uni felt her body firing every possible signal that this was not normal.
"W-what did you do?" She asked, almost scared of the answer,
"Oh Uni, don't worry about that thing, it won't be bothering us anymore" Nepgear sweetly added, and if Uni needed any more reason to believe that this situation was not safe, she certainly got it. Quickly Uni's brain began processing all the possible routes to escape, outmaneuvering another CPU would prove tricky… but if she was able to meet up with Noire? They might be able to-
"Uni?" Nepgear's voice called out, Uni swallowed hard as she looked over, "You wouldn't leave me, would you?" Nepgear's voice almost sounded hurt, shaking slightly, there was something else hidden beneath the tone, a desire, something Uni couldn't figure out,
"N-Nepgear?" Uni spoke quietly
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but there's no way you would have listened, and someone as important as you deserves everything" Nepgear spoke almost rambling, "No one else is allowed to get close to my Uni, so I just had to make sure no one got any wise ideas is all" Nepgear practically pleaded, and Uni didn't even know what she was experiencing anymore,
"What are you talking about?"
"Seeing that disgusting trash bot made me realize that there could be others that thought they were allowed to get close to you, and I realized that's not ok. Sis even told me about that weirdly obsessed human. She's really lucky Sis said she would handle her, I heard she even tried to kill you…" Nepgear frantically responded
"What would you have done to her?" Uni asked, petrified of the answer
"Oh, don't worry about that~ Sis said she would handle her. She won't be in any mortal danger, but she certainly won't mess with Miss Noire again. Sis probably won't be very nice though..."
Uni's mind was beginning to get overwhelmed, the raw emotion in every word Nepgear was saying was something she had only ever experienced on one other occasion: with K-sha herself. Was Nepgear really like her?
"Why are you doing all this?"
"Because I love you silly" Nepgear spoke gently, her voice far more akin to what it usually sounded like, but with a far more noted sense of desire laced within, and Uni felt her knees buckle at the intensity of the declaration.
"Wh-what?" Ok, she was indeed dealing with a full-blown yandere Nepgear. This was not good, she needed to get out, but… as Uni racked her mind, she felt Nepgear close the distance between the two, whispering softly in her ear
"Oh Uni, won't you understand, I love you. I'll give you everything you could possibly need~ No one will ever get in our way~ I'll give you everything~. Just stay with me." Nepgear's voice was quiet but did nothing to hide the wanting in her voice. As she spoke, Uni found her body growing weaker and weaker. Uni was barely able to find her voice,
"I-I… You? Nepgear?" Everything in Uni's mind told her to run, but her body refused to move. What was it? Was it that perhaps somewhere in Uni's heart, she didn't want to leave?
"Uni, you'll stay with me, right? Forever?" Nepgear pulled her close, wrapping her arms around the small figure of the goddess, Uni finally collapsed under the pressure, her knees giving out, as Nepgear took her in her arms. Cooing in her ear as Uni melted in her embrace, "That's a good girl~ I'll never leave you again. I'll give you everything~" Nepgear spoke sweetly as she carried Uni.
Uni didn't know when she got into her bed again, she didn't know when she changed into her nightdress, she wasn't sure if she even did it herself. She wasn't quite aware of when Nepgear fell asleep, arms tightly wrapped around her.
Uni wasn't quite aware of when she became ensnared by the trap the girl had laid for her. Uni was quite sure, however, that it wasn't exactly a trap she wanted to break free of.
She wasn't sure she wanted to leave. Nepgear would be there. Forever and ever and ever and ever...
Welcome back, if you're here then you made it through this random rambling of a story, so congrats on that, I guess.
Gigarot- Thank you, I'm glad my effort was not all for not, and let me say, I very much am a fan of that AU so I may very well write another entry into that, so keep your eyes peeled. I do have to say, I'm a huge fan of the Ram I made, she did end up as a great mix of personalities. And of course. Blanny is the biggest chunni.
