Welcome! I had this idea come to me one day, and I just had to write it down. Now, this is officially a sequel to an earlier chapter, which is a first. This is a sequel to Ch. 9, I have a few more sequels planned in the future, so keep your eyes peeled for those. Those of you who have read other stories on this page should know, I am a big Uzume Adult Nep fan, so if that's your thing, and even if it's not, I hope you enjoy!
Synopsis: The Neptune of the ultra dimension comes to Uni one day with an idea so crazy, so shocking, it may shake gamindustri to its very core!
Uni was sure not prepared for a knock on her bedroom door at, looking down at her phone, 10:28, and she sure wasn't prepared for whoever it was to continue rapidly knocking. The only two people she could think of that would ever be at her door at this hour would be A. Noire, and B. Nepgear, and neither of those people would knock in such a way. So with a raised brow, Uni made her way to the entrance of her room. With a sigh, she opened the door, certainly not prepared for what awaited her,
"This had better be important" She scoffed,
"Why heyy there future not so sister-in-law!" Of all the people Uni would have guessed was there, the Neptune of the ultra dimension was damn near the bottom of the list,
"Miss Neptune, what are you doing here!?" Uni narrowed her eyes, as she used the frame of the door to prevent the intruder from entering her room,
"Hmmm well, my ol trusty pea shooter kinda… stopped working… and I remembered how you offered to teach me how to maintain it that one time, so this was the only thing I could think of hahaha" The older woman scratched her neck as she explained the circumstances leading up to her being in front of her door. "And I thought I told you to drop the 'miss' thing, c'mon you're a goddess, and I'm just some bug hunter" she added, and for a moment Uni considered it, before sighing, opening the door, allowing entry,
"Jeez alright, I'm only doing this cause the way you treat that poor baby is criminal!" Uni pointed, as she continued "Got it? This is a one-time thing!" Her finger was pointed directly at her as she closed the distance between the two, leaning forward as she glared into the travelers' very soul,
"Ok ok…" Neptune whined as she took a seat, summoning her pistol, checking it, before handing it off to the 'master'
Cracking her knuckles before taking a seat, Uni quickly disassembled the gun before analyzing all the parts, throwing out the ones that were either outdated, or broken beyond the point of return. The way this poor thing had been treated made Uni's heart want to break, and it was truly sad to see just how incompetent Neptune was, even if she was older.
But, that wasn't the only reason she was helping the clueless dimension hopper at the moment. No, there was another reason…
"Tsk, seriously, how long have you used this thing without caring for it!" Uni lectured, and Neptune had her eyes distinctly trained on her boots at the moment,
"Uhhh like maybe 6 years…." She dejectedly said, and if looks could kill, then surely Neptune would be dead where she sat. But, as Uni thought it over, something occurred to her,
"Say, Mi-, Neptune, where is your, uh, partner? Prisoner? Slave?" Uni tried to find the right word to describe the being,
"You mean Crosty? I left her with Uzume, I think she went to Planeptune to say hi to everyone, why?" Neptune explained,
"No reason, just, shed usually get on your case too" Uni added as she oiled the worn barrel,
"Haha, why do you think I left her?" Neptune scratched her neck, and Uni could only deadpan at the woman. After a few more minutes of relative silence passed, Uni stood up as she dusted off her dress,
"Well, that's all I can do, for now, it's still not gonna work, and you'll have to order some parts. I can show you where I usually get mine, and then I can show you how to properly take care of this baby." Uni crossed her arms as she explained the situation,
"Thank you~ I can definitely see why Nepgear loves you so much" Neptune brightly smiled, "I thought you were all tsun, but I guess not"
"We- well. A-as I said this is just a one-time thing, and I- I-" Uni's words caught in her throat, as she tried to summon her will. After receiving a curious glance from the purple-haired drifter, Uni took a deep breath before continuing, "I wanted to thank you for that day… even if that was stupid, it… it meant a lot to me, and to Nepgear. We… we wouldn't be together right now if it wasn't for that, so thank you, Neptune." Uni nervously gave her thanks, and Neptune couldn't help but smile as she put her hand around the younger girl,
"Aww, don't mention it! What else are nosey sisters for!?" She patted her back, "So, are you two happy?"
"Y-yes" Uni had a small smile on her face as she thought of the last few months, and how she had spent them with her new girlfriend. Of course, not 5 minutes after they had gotten together, in part due to the 'assistance' of the elder Neptune, Uni and Nepgear had to explain themselves to Noire, which went about as well as could be expected. But, even considering, Uni had never been so happy in her life.
"Well isn't that cute, I'm happy for you two." Neptune smiled as she began to take her to leave, but, as she got close to the door, a thought occurred to her, with a finger to her chin, she turned around, "Oooooo, I just got a great idea~" After receiving a glance imploring her to continue, Neptune clasped her hands together, "We should go on a double date!" Neptune proclaimed. And for a moment there was a dead silence in the room, as the words took a moment to process in Uni's mind.
Double: having a twofold relation or character: dual. Date: a social or romantic appointment or engagement
Now- what did those words mean together?
"EHHHH!?" Uni's face shot to a wonderful rose shade as she finally interpreted the meaning of Neptune's words, "W-w-w-w-what!? What are you even saying!?"
"Mmm, don't you think it'd be so cute~ You and Nepgear, and Me and Uzume~" Neptune sweetly explained, and for a moment Uni's confusion outweighed her embarrassment,
"Wait? You and Miss Uzume? You two are dating?" Uni asked, this would be the first she had heard of this,
"Hmm, I mean basically," Neptune said with her finger on her chin, and Uni couldn't help but smack her forehead with her hand,
"What do you mean basically!" Uni was dumbfounded, what did that even mean?
"Well… I mean we aren't like official or any of that jazz, but we basically go everywhere together and were like super-duper close. And. Cmon. A girl knows when they're being looked at." Neptune cheekily explained, and Uni couldn't help but feel her eyebrow twitch,
"That's not good enough!" Uni pointed at the ditzy bug hunter, "You have to actually talk to Miss Uzume!" Uni ordered,
"So then you'll agree to the double date? Sweet~" Neptune pumped her fist in the air as she took off out of the basilicom, with Uni soon giving chase,
"Wait! NEPTUNE!" Uni yelled, but to no avail. And for a moment, she couldn't help but send out a sympathetic prayer to Noire, and well, Uzume. They put up with far too much.
After letting out a deep sigh, Uni walked back to her room, flopping onto her bed, as she considered what had just transpired, coming to but a single conclusion. There was absolutely no way she was gonna get out of this, huh? If Neptune knew what she was talking about with Uzume, then those two would easily be able to convince Nepgear of this idea, and it's not like Uni could go and say no to her, right? Grumbling into her pillow as the minutes ticked by, she mentally prepared herself for what surely was going to be a disaster.
"Hmmm pick up pick up pick up pick up" Neptune mumbled to herself as she wandered the streets of Lastation, it was exceedingly late by this point, and she had no intention of walking all the way to Planeptune, so her only hope resided in-
"Yo, what's the big deal Nepsy? You take off, tell me to babysit Crosty, then call me at an ungodly hour?" The voice of the red-haired tomboy rang through Neptune's eardrums, letting out a sigh of relief, she put the machine to her mouth as she began,
"I'll explain later, can you have Crosty teleport me to your location, I really don't wanna walk all the way back…" Neptune whined, and she could hear a sigh on the other end of the line,
"Ugh, fine, where are you even?"
"Lastation"
"Now why the hell are you there?"
"Didn't I say I'd explain it later"
"What the freak ever!" Uzume loudly complained, and Neptune couldn't help but chuckle, before hearing in the background, "Yo! Crosty! Nepsy needs you to zap her here!"
"Are you freakin' kidding me! Where the hell even is she! Does she know how hard it is to find a freakin' human in a dimension!" Neptune could hear the voice of her ever-eager assistant loudly complaining and exchanging a few more words with Uzume. During this Neptune sat down on one of the nearest benches, where she waited for about 5 minutes before seeing an all too familiar portal open up in front of her,
"Why hey there Crosty!" Neptune waved,
"You have got to be fuckin kidding me, I'm not a bus!" The butterfly woman grumbled before the two stepped through the portal, appearing in Planeptune's basilicom once more.
"Neptune has arrived!" She emphatically declared upon walking into the main room, looking around to see more or less the full cast was there for the evening, still yet to go to sleep for the night. Neptune of the younger variety was, expectedly, laying on one of her beanbags mashing her way through one of her games, with Nepgear and Uzume seated on one of the couches behind her, and in the distance, Neptune could spot IF, Compa, and Histoire chatting away,
"Oh, hey sis, where were you?" Nepgear amicably greeted the newest addition, and the redhead who was seated next to her stared at her partner for a bit, before adding,
"Yea, Nepsy, what were you doing in Lastation?" She asked,
"Oh, just paying a visit to my dear not-so sister's lover girl" Neptune cheekily explained, and Nepgear nervously scratched her neck,
"What were you visiting Uni for?" Nepgear did her best to continue the conversation, and Neptune tried her best to look anywhere else at the moment,
"Uh… well that's…" Her silence was for a twofold reason. A. because she didn't want to get made fun of anymore for her inability to maintain her weapon, and B. because it was just now occurring to her the "deal" she made with Uni, it was one thing to say it, but it was gonna be another to actually talk to the target of her affections, "I was there so she could look at my weapon, you know, cause she kinda an expert on those things" Neptune eventually explained, and Nepgear nodded for a moment,
"She certainly is, I consider myself pretty well versed when it comes to those types of things, but even then, she sure has shown me a thing or two" Nepgear, ever eager to brag about her girlfriend, added on about the woman's knowledge of all thing's firearms. Although it appeared, one of the people present wasn't as thrilled by Neptune's explanation as the others,
"Wait, are you serious! Bwahaha! Not only did you break your gun, but you also had to bum repairs off your sister's girlfriend!?" Crorie mocked from her confines, and Neptune pouted, unable to come up with something to respond with, which was a rarity for the woman,
"Haa, I'm sure Uni was more than happy to" Nepgear assuaged the situation as much as she could,
"Ohh I'm sure she was happy to deal with this whole dumbass" Croire, still in one of her moods, it appeared, devolved into getting into it with Nepgear and, as Neptune looked on, also glancing to her side at the tomboy who was seated. She steeled her nerves, taking a deep breath, as she thought over what she should do.
Surely Uni wouldn't go spilling what she had said, and even if she did, Neptune could probably play it off as a joke. But did she even want to do that? Letting her eyes rest on the orange goddess, she couldn't help but think about all the adventures they had been through, and all they still had to do. There wasn't another person Neptune wanted to be with, to camp out in the wilderness with, to go on crazy adventures that nearly killed them. To live with, Uzume was the only girl she had ever met that would keep up with her.
"I got somethin on my face Nepsy?" Apparently, she let her eyes linger for a little too long, nervously she laughed,
"Ohh… uh nothing. Hey… Nepgear?" This was it, taking a deep breath, and confirming the Planeptuinan was listening, Neptune solidified her resolve, "Me and your lovely girly friend also had a great idea~" She sweetly said,
"Uni did?" Nepgear tilted her head, which certainly didn't sound like her, to go make plans, especially with Neptune. She had made it known on a few occasions she didn't feel all that comfortable around the bug hunter.
"Mmhm~ I said that we should go on a double date!" Neptune could feel her heartbeat in her throat, but she somehow managed to channel all her shame into more boldness,
"Eh?" Nepgear had reacted less explosively than Uni, but she still looked just as confused. And it appeared she wasn't alone, the whole room had heard the declaration and were intently watching the scene in front of them with barely hidden intrigue and confusion,
Although. The one who seemed to be interested in this the most was none other than the ancient CPU next to the gearhead,
"What the hell are you talkin about Nepsy? You and who?" She asked, her tone aggressive and wanting immediate answers. Swallowing the lump in her throat, Neptune looked over to the redhead,
"Why you, right Uzubae?" She winked, and immediately Uzume's face shot to a shade that matched her own hair.
"W-wha? M-me and Nepsy?" She rambled, before feeling the aforementioned woman latch onto her arm,
"Awwww c'mon Uzume~ We're always together anyway" Neptune sweetly said, ignoring the overwhelming sense of apprehension and embarrassment in her own system,
"..." For a moment the whole room was silent, shocked by what they saw. And Neptune could feel the feelings in her gut starting to overwhelm her, even if she felt far less shame than the average person would, she wasn't invincible to the troublesome emotion. But just as it almost became too much for her to bear, it appeared there was salvation for her yet,
"Hmmmmm don't you think Uzume and Nepsy would be like totally super-duper cute together, right Gearsy? Awww I can see it now, Me and Nepsy, and Gearsy and Unisy walking through town, we'll spot a super cute ice cream place to cool ourselves off, and-" Looking around for a moment, before realizing what she had done, Uzume cleared her throat, "Oh…" Uzume could only feel her embarrassment grow,
"Uzume?" Neptune asked,
"Uh… so yea, I guess goin out would be pretty dope" She tried desperately to salvage any of her already plummeting reputation as she could,
"Aww~" Neptune latched herself around her arm tighter, before suddenly, standing up, forcing her partner to walk with her, taking off, with a yell she left, "Alright, Nepgear, I'll let you know the details later~ See ya!" The new pair took off, leaving behind the shell-shocked room.
"Uh… Did my older self just?" The younger Neptune asked, blank-faced, her game still on behind her,
"I think so Nep. Congrats?" IF blankly responded,
"But don't you think that's so cute? Right Iffy?" The nurse seated next to the brunette sweetly clasped her hands together,
"What the fuck did I just witness? I want to vomit" Crorie, on the other hand, seemed to have a distinctly different reaction to the scene that just transpired,
"Uh… she didn't even wait for my response" Nepgear nervously laughed, before she withdrew her phone, sending a few messages to her own partner. And, as was expected, said partner quickly caved, and accepted the idea.
Meanwhile, outside the basilicom, the new duo walked in more or less silence, after taking a moment to recuperate themselves, they took to sitting on one of Planeptunes many benches,
"Hey… Uh, Nepsy?" Uzume quietly began,
"Hmm?"
"Ya really mean it?" She sounded apprehensive at the question,
"Mean what?" Neptune didn't seem to get the question,
"Bout wantin to go on a d-date with me?" Uzume's voice was barely audible, yet Neptune still latched herself around her arm again,
"Aww, of course I did Uzume, I love you, you know?" Neptune smiled, her tone genuine, and Uzume couldn't help but melt into the embrace, leaning her head over on the woman's shoulder,
"Mmm…" Thinking over her life, Uzume didn't understand how she could have gotten to where she was now, throughout her whole life, it seemed that everything was just another obstacle for her to overcome. Yet, did it really matter? If that was what led her here… "I love ya too, Nepsy" then it didn't matter. The two stayed like that, in a comfortable silence, till they eventually felt the allure of sleep beckoning to them after who knew how long, and they quietly made their way back to where they were sleeping that night, together.
After a few days of planning (done exclusively by Neptune and Nepgear), the so-called day of fate arrived for the women. Making sure she was at her best, Uni found herself situated in front of her mirror putting extensive detail into making sure her look was as flawless as possible. Not only because she needed to make sure she looked her best for Nepgear, but also because, as a goddess, it was important to make sure one's public appearances were as good as possible, right? Or at least, that's what Uni reasoned to herself. Yet, as she clicked her tongue, still not satisfied with how her hair was sitting, she heard a soft chuckle at the door of the room,
"Say, how long do you plan on doing up your hair? Not even I'm that bad" Noire chuckled as she looked on as her sister turned around and shot her a glare,
"Now we both know that's not true" She rolled her eyes,
"Ha maybe. But even you usually don't go on for this long, what gives?" Noire gave a curious glance, perhaps it was nothing, and Uni was just having a bad hair day, by the true goddess Noire knew about those. But, also, Uni had been in here for at least the last hour, and taking a moment to look over her younger sister, in one of her nice outfits consisting of a thin long-sleeved black shirt and white skirt belted to her waist, with complementing black thigh high socks. Her hair was held in its tails with cute pink ball ties (which Noire considered had to be on purpose). She looked perfectly fine, so Noire figured something had to be up,
"Uh… nothing" Uni looked nervous about it, whatever it was, and Noire couldn't help but raise an eyebrow,
"Say, haven't you and Nepgear been on more than a couple of dates already?" Noire asked with her hand on her hip,
"Yea… but never with 2 other people… two that I don't even know that well and are super close to Nepgear…" Uni added the second part under her breath, but it was, nonetheless, picked up by the older woman,
"Hmm" Noire considered the words for a moment, before coming to what she figured was the correct conclusion, "Are you afraid of those two stealing Nepgear's attention?" She asked,
"Urk…" And judging by Uni's reaction, Noire assumed she hit the nail on the head,
With a sigh, Noire walked up to her sister, "C'mon, do you think Neptune, any Neptune, would ever do that to someone? Besides, Nepgear is dating you, right? She said yes to you, no one else" With Noire's tone, it almost sounded like she was scolding the young woman. But, after a moment to consider it, Uni soon had a smile on her face once more,
"Yea, you're right, thanks, Noire" Uni gave her sister a quick hug, before making her way out, well not before Noire ruffled her hair a bit, slightly disturbing the look she had worked so hard on, "Noiiiirree" She whined, fixing her hair for a moment, before taking off, towards the meeting spot they had picked out.
After a peaceful flight, Uni touched down in front of one of Planeptune's oldest landmarks, a statue of the first CPU of Planeptune, the placard so old and faded it was illegible at this point. But that wasn't important, if Uni recalled the first CPU of Planeptune was named…
"Uni!" Cutting her off from her line of thinking was none other than the girl she was there to meet,
"Oh hey, Nepgear" She smiled,
"Did I make you wait long?" She asked, pulling her girlfriend in for a quick hug, before the two took seats on a bench near the statue,
"No, I just got here" She pointed out, looking over, she couldn't help but notice that Nepgear also seemed to put a lot of effort into her look, wearing a long-sleeved white dress with an accompanying white beanie with a trademarked Planeptune N on it. "You're l-looking cute today." Despite having been dating her for a few months at this point, Uni didn't think she would ever be able to compliment the girl without stuttering like a schoolgirl. It wasn't her fault she was so darn cute!
"Hehe, well, Uni is looking cute too" Nepgear added, in truth, she thought her girlfriend's attempts at flattery were absolutely adorable, and it was just yet another thing she loved about her.
"W-well, Noire helped me pick this outfit out, and you know how good she is with clothes haha" Uni rambled on a bit, and despite this, Nepgear gladly listened to every word she said, "Like this one time we went out, we passed this clothing store she had never been in, I swear I've never seen her like that, I only bought like one outfit or so, but by the time she was done, you shoulda seen it, I don't even know how she carried all those bags, or where she keeps all those clothes" Yes. Every word. Chuckling a bit, Nepgear couldn't help but think that sounded an awful lot like someone she knew,
"Hehe, yea, me and Histoire have to restrict Neptune's access to money, if we don't, she'll buy every game and sweet she finds" As the two laughed at the stories of their sisters, they couldn't help but remember exactly who it was they were waiting on,
"Speaking of, where is Neptune anyway… well not Miss Neptune Neptune, argh you know who I'm talking about" Uni grumbled at the confusing manner in which she had to speak, there being two versions of everybody made everything confusing!
"Hmmm. If she's anything like sis we might be waiting for a while, hopefully, Uzume can get her on the right track haha" Nepgear spoke with her finger to her chin, and Uni couldn't help but look at the ground in anguish, but soon a thought occurred to her,
"Though, I am certainly surprised by Neptune and Miss Uzume" She pointed out and the girl next to her nodded her head,
"Mhmm, I think it came as a surprise to all of us, well especially to me and sis, well considering how much she likes Miss Noire" Nepgear absentmindedly spoke, only realizing what she said after she heard a soft gasp beside her,
"Miss Neptune… and sis?" Uni seemed shocked by the information, sure she was well aware of Noire's habits by this point, and certainly had been able to deduce by this point that she definitely looked at her Planeptunian counterpart in a certain way, but Neptune? She was as enigmatic as they came. Although, it figured, if anyone would be able to have that sort of information, it would be her own sister,
"Oh! Uhhh… you didn't hear that!" Nepgear soon stumbled out,
"Uh huh… I wonder how much a certain robot general would pay for information like that? I have Steamax on speed dial you know" Uni winked as she teased,
"Uniiii" Nepgear pitifully whined,
"Ok ok," Uni laughed as she put her hands up, defending herself.
And so, the two sat there, and they sat there, and soon the minutes turned to an hour. Although, despite this, the two didn't appear to be any more upset or worse for the ware. It certainly wasn't every day that they just got to sit down and talk. What with being goddesses and all, they rarely were afforded the spare time. They only seemed to notice the passing of time when eventually they were brought out of their little world by a voice calling to them,
"Yo! Gearsy! Unisy! We're here!" Uzume yelled as the red and purple-haired duo finally made their appearance. Standing up and stretching their muscles, only then did the candidates look down at their phones and notice how late the other pair was,
"Oh goodness you two, why are you so late? Didn't we agree to meet at noon? It's 1:09!" Nepgear pointed out, and the pair in front of her exchanged a look before Uzume glared at her new girlfriend,
"Nepsy, what the hell!? You said 1!"
"Uh… whoops? Teehee~" Neptune tried her best at a cute act, which was immediately ignored by her new girlfriend,
"You can't just teehee your way out of that… sorry we made you two wait, mad uncool of us" Uzume apologized to the pair they would be with for the day, who both waved off the apology,
"Don't worry about it"
"I'll forgive you, this time"
Nepgear and then Uni spoke as they both let the women off the hook
"Now I'm really glad we left Crosty with Umio, man she woulda ripped us a new one…" Uzume pointed out and her and Neptune both shuddered at the thought,
"Well, I'm glad you left her anyway, not like we need her annoying voice yelling at us anyway" Uni huffed as her and Nepgear made their way over to join the new arrivals,
"Crosty can be a bit rough around the edges, but she's fine… most days" Neptune defended her friend, and Uni looked on with a raised eyebrow, before shaking the thought off, deferring to Nepgear, who started,
"So, where do you want to start?" She politely offered, and after a moment of thinking, Neptune put her hands behind her head,
"No clue! What's even in the area?" As casual as ever, Neptune looked at the other 3 girls with her,
"Wait, hang on, wasn't this your idea?" Uni asked, dumbfounded
"Hmm she told me you two thought of it together" Nepgear explained, and soon Neptune could feel the eyes of the firearms enthusiast descend upon her,
"Well before Unisy tries to shoot her, why don't we start walking, and see what we spot?" Uzume offered, standing between the two,
"Sounds good to me"
"Ooo you always have such good ideas~"
"Hmph"
And so, the unlikely quartet departed, walking down the streets of Planeptune's capital city. With how wide the city's many sidewalks were, the group was able to walk in one line with the two pairs having a small space between them. As they walked, Neptune couldn't help but look over at her younger sister, hand interwoven with her girlfriends, with a nod, Neptune slowly reached her hand down, grasping her own partners. Hesitating for only a moment, Uzume soon returned the gesture.
Subtly Uzume looked over at Neptune, who gave her a brilliant smile, dissuading any doubts the ancient CPU might have held, casually the two slipped themselves back into the conversation,
"And then she fought me, one of the toughest fights I ever had…" Nepgear, it appeared, was explaining the first time her and Uni had met, and said adolescent looked like she wanted to be anywhere else on the planet at the moment,
"I was… different back then, ok?" Uni tried to justify, and Nepgear only chuckled,
"Of course, we all were. We've all come so far don't you think?" Nepgear smiled, and from Uni's perspective she might as well have been staring at the sun with how bright her girlfriend was,
"Urk…"
"Man, you don't give good first impressions do ya, Unisy?" Uzume gave a hearty chuckle, causing Uni to grumble more, before Uzume cupped her chin, "See Gearsy was there when me n' Nepsy first met, we were fighting Arsnore or whatever her name was, and she was really givin' it to us, then Nepsy showed up, and gave us her weird ass drink and then we beat the snot outta that pop up purple hag!"
"Ugh… even remembering that wackjob gives me the hibbie jibbies" Neptune shivered, remembering the time said witch was sent after her to kill her, under the order of Kurome, "If you all hadn't been there, I definitely would have bit it" Neptune offered her gratitude, and the other women smiled, for a moment before Uzume stopped, receiving looks from everyone else, she scratched her head for a bit,
"Uzume?" Neptune asked,
"I uh… wanted to apologize for that actually, have for a while, but uh… I'm really sorry about trying to kill you" Uzume looked down,
"You aren't the same as her" Neptune immediately said, and Uzume cringed for a moment,
"I know that… but-"
"But nothing" Neptune cut her off, and all the while this scene played out, the two candidates could only look on, concerned, but also understanding it wasn't their place to step in,
"I still feel really twisted up about it…" Uzume quietly added, and Neptune glared at her,
"Uzume you big dummy! Kurome was a big baddie, I don't care if she was the 'original' you, or you are 'the same' that's a bunch of fooie! We're here now, aren't we?" Neptune lectured,
"I know I know, I just… somewhere in me I always felt I needed to apologize for that,"
"Well your apology is unneeded and even if it were, it would be accepted, now let's enjoy our date you big dummy" Neptune huffed as she once more grabbed Uzume's hand, and marched forward, and after staring at one another for a moment, Uni and Nepgear joined them once more, and the group continued their walk, conversing lightly, until after a few minutes, Uni spotted something that caught her eye, turning to face the elder of the purple-haired women, she began,
"Oh hey, Neptune, there's a weapon store up ahead, you can probably buy those parts you need there" Uni pointed ahead to one of the buildings,
"Would you guys be cool with that?" Neptune asked the other two girls
"No problem with me"
"Sounds cool"
With a nod, the group entered the building, and as Neptune and Uni made their way into the section of the store devoted to guns, Nepgear and Uzume aimlessly walked around, looking at various parts. As Nepgear was looking at a particularly expensive and nice beam saber, Uzume gently started,
"Hey, Gearsy?" She didn't know how she wanted to start this, but she figured she needed to start somewhere,
"Hmm? What is it, Uzume?" Nepgear asked, as she tested various intricacies of the weapon,
"What's it like to be dating someone?" Uzume seemed embarrassed by the question, especially since she was asking her own junior, but she felt she had no other choice,
"Hmmm, why do you ask?" Nepgear tilted her head as she placed the beam saber back in its display,
"It's just I don't really know what I'm doing" Uzume pointed out, and Nepgear pondered it,
"I mean, I didn't either, it's just like anything else, you have to learn along the way" Nepgear tried her best to phrase it,
"Yea, but what if I mess up?"
"I mean we all mess up from time to time, don't we?
"Yea, but I've sure messed up a lot over my life, Nepsy doesn't deserve that" Uzume explained what was on her mind,
"I don't think sis is the type to care about that, I mean look around you Uzume, not only sis but all the people who believe in you, even if you mess up, they are still always there to support you when you need it. Don't you think so, Uzume?"
"Man"
"Hm?"
"You have gotten wise, haven't you Gearsy? As your senior it makes me proud, and it also means that I have to keep gettin better huh?" Uzume smiled as she put her hand around Nepgear's shoulder,
"O-oh, I look forward to it!"
"But say, what do you and Unisy do on your guys' dates anyway?" Uzume asked, this time more out of genuine curiosity,
"Oh we've done all sorts of things, but if you're asking to try and think of ideas, I think it's most important you do things that you both can enjoy together, like, I remember one time me and Uni went out for laser tag, even though she beat me every time, we had a ton of fun" Nepgear smiled as she explained, and as she continued, on and on she went, talking as much as she could about her favorite tsundere. And as she continued, Uzume couldn't help but think about how sweet it was, and in her mind, a memory flashed by. After being held up by the very tsundere, she couldn't help but remember when they talked it out, Uzume found it sweet how far Uni would go for Nepgear, and as she listened to the gearhead talk about her girlfriend, Uzume could see why those two were so good together.
"You two really are close aren't ya?"
"Well, of course, I love Uni after all" Nepgear flashed a genuine smile. With that, the pair soon found themselves looking for the other two, with this not taking long, as the two were still looking through many of the parts. From the looks of things, Uni seemed to be getting way too into it andNeptune'ss head was spinning at all of the information.
"And if you use this part, you won't need to maintain it as much, but you lose out on some functionality" Uni dutifully explained, and as Neptune saw the other two women approaching, she soon flung herself around Uzume,
"Uzumeeee! Make it stooooop!" She whined, and Uzume could only softly chuckle at the sight. Meanwhile, Nepgear gingerly walked up to the firearms enthusiast, who seemed to be pouting,
"I think you may have gone a bit far" She gently spoke,
"Hmph… how can she even use her gun if she doesn't know anything about it" She crossed her arms, as she continued pouting,
"Haa, I'll listen to you later if you want" Nepgear offered, and a small smile soon made its way across Uni's lips,
"That's sweet, but I'm sure you already know most of that," Uni pointed out, and in truth, she was right.
After finally detaching Neptune from Uzume, they were able to convince her which parts to buy, after consulting Uni, they decided on the best mix of functionality, price, and upkeep. After checking out, and thanking the employees, the group found themselves on the streets once more. With the day getting to be mid-day, especially in a nation that had a habit of having quite brutal summers, the girls were starting to feel the heat.
"Ugh, man this is one of the things I'll definitely say Lastation has over Planeptune…" Uni complained as she wiped her brow,
"I mean it could be worse, I've heard it can get nasty down in Leanbox at this time of the year" Nepgear pointed out. Of course, with 3 of the girls being Planeptune born and raised, they were used to the climate, even if they still were feeling the heat, they were used to it.
"Rom and Ram have it so nice…"
"Well at least till winter" Nepgear pointed out,
"I'd rather that than melt!" Uni loudly complained,
"But you know what the best part of the heat is?" Neptune butted herself into the conversation, and as Uni shot her a look, she saw that Neptune was seemingly pointing at something,
"Ice cream!" Neptune eagerly yelled as she spotted a stand set up down the street, only taking a moment to share glances, the group soon took off towards the humble stand. As they approached, they could hear the owner of said stand yelling to the gathering crowds on the streets,
"C'mon down! If you buy 4, I'll throw in a toy as a gift!" The group couldn't help but think that voice sounded awfully familiar, and as they waited in line, making their way towards the front, they caught a look at the small woman who was running the stand. Her blonde hair held in a signature hair accessory,
Finally, it was their turn, and as they approached the counter, the girl's eyes widened,
"Oh! It's big Nep-Nep, and everyone" B-sha seemed surprised to see them all,
"Heya B-sha, what are you doing running this stand? A duck ask you for grapes?" Neptune amicably asked the young woman, who rubbed her hands together, eyes almost taking the shape of a dollar sign,
"Hehe, it's such a great way to make money!" She said practically kiddy, and the other 4 could only nervously chuckle at the antics of their friend, "So, what are you all doing here?" She seemed curious,
"Oh, we're on a double date~" Neptune, ever the shameless one, quickly responded, and B-sha's eyes quickly took the shape of an ever-familiar arcade character,
"Oh…" She didn't seem to know how to respond, but after a moment, her businesswoman instincts took over, as she withdrew her notepad, "Well what can I get you?"
"Chocolate" "Strawberry" "Hmm… do you make pudding flavored?"
Uni, Nepgear, then Neptune responded, and B-sha nodded as she wrote it down, looking to the last girl in the line, who quickly burst out,
"Hmm… Uzume wants like the biggest, sweetest treat you have, I want all the flavors~" Uzume dreamily said, clasping her hands together, obviously, B-sha had no idea how to take this order, so as she stared blankly at the CPU, Neptune soon nudged her, dragging her out of the dreamy state, "Oh… uh… vanilla should do…" It was a miracle how Uzume still tried to deny it, but nonetheless, B-sha soon nodded, as she got to work on the cones. Soon producing the 4 requested items,
"It's on the house!" B-sha brightly smiled as she handed off the creamy delicacies, and the group could only stare dumbfounded at her. As if all asking the same question 'Who is this person, and what have they done with B-sha?'. Noticing the looks, B-sha soon looked away, a tad embarrassed, "You know, I'm not that bad, I look out for my friends…" She pouted, as the girls took their cones, they couldn't help but smile,
"Of course, we all do, that's why we like ya B-sha" Neptune was the one who spoke, and the rest of the girls soon mumbled their voices of agreement, and B-sha couldn't help but smile as she saw the group walk away, her smile growing even larger as she saw the ever-growing line to her stand.
With creamy delicacies in hand, the group continued their steady march, without a destination, they walked through the expansive city, along the way Uzume and Neptune recanted their many adventures, in this dimension, and others.
"You should have seen this one dimension, it was rad, it was like the hyperdimension, except all you little sisters were the older ones" Uzume recalled,
"Huh… Noire as my younger sister?" Uni seemed perplexed by the mere concept, while Nepgear simply placed her index finger on her chin,
"I guess not much would really change…"
"Oh, but you should have seen the Lil me! She was so cute!" Neptune squealed, "Also the Nepgear there was like super-duper responsible and stuff, and when we were there, the Uni there was actually visiting, she was kind of a hardass, like even more so than Noire usually is, we didn't get the time to see anyone else though"
And so that's how it went, with Nepgear and Uni telling one of their tales occasionally, and the group soon found themselves near the very center of the city, taking a moment to check her phone, Uni soon clicked her tongue,
"Man, it's already 5:30! I told Noire I'd be back at 6 to finish my work! Sorry I have to ditch you like this" Uni soon turned to face her girlfriend, giving her a small peck on the cheek "See ya later Nepgear I l-love you" Still the ever embarrassed one, Uni soon faced the other pair, "This was actually pretty fun, we should do it another time, k?"
"Aww, I had plenty of fun too, of course, we can do this again!" Neptune enthusiastically responded,
"Yea, this was pretty sick, you and Gearsy are fun to be with, we should totally try this again" Uzume gave her voice of approval as well, looking towards the adolescents,
"Of course, just let us know, I'm sure we can make time" This time it was Nepgear who spoke, giving both of the older women a hug, before turning to Uni, reciprocating her gesture from earlier, "I love you too, Uni, have a safe flight"
Uni gave a bright smile, before transforming into Black Sister, waving before taking off towards her home, and as she landed on the balcony, she was very quickly greeted by her sister,
"Welcome back Uni, did you enjoy yourself? I mean it probably was pretty hectic with Neptune but" Noire made small talk as Uni made her way in, looking for her work to be done, soon finding the task difficult as it was not in its normal location, "Oh, don't worry about the work, I handled it all" She winked,
"Noiiire, I said I'd handle it…" Uni pouted,
"My little sister deserves to enjoy her nights out, I know you are fully capable of handling this, now, how was your night?" Uni couldn't help the small smile that made its way across her features,
"We had a lot of fun; I really hope we can do it again. Nepgear looked like she really enjoyed herself too, and that makes me really happy"
Welcome welcome, I see the two regulars are back once more, i'll get to it,
end5- I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I hope this chapter was up to your tastes as well.
Gigarot- I think Uni could fall in love with Nepgear 100 times in 100 different lifetimes. Nepgear appreciates the true cuteness of Uni, no matter if she gets flater in HDD. As for the bed situation... who's to say a little cuddle didnt happen, I'll leave that up to the reader's interpretation lol.
