HEY O, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !
sorry for the wait, It's still not my holiday yet though. still busy with a lot of stuffs.
just info : there's a scrapped chapter about christmas, it's nothing serious just a sweet flashback. but I'm afraid that I ruin it cause I don't know much about christmas eve so I just scraped it.
anyway heres the long lost chapter ! kudos to : KuroGem1208 for fixing this trainwreck.
"*Huff* *Huff* Alright, just one more time! You can do this Neptune!"
Neptune, in her Goddess form, is training somewhere deep in the forest, far from the city where she can focus and train without disturbances. Bruises and injuries are all over her body, caused by high-speed flying disks and stuffed dummies (Plutia Voodoo doll), which are thrown by a machine borrowed from the guild. This training is meant to sharpen her reflexes.
She swings her blade left and right, but she misses a flying disk and it hits her leg, making her groan in pain.
"Grrrr! Nepgear is right... I'm becoming more and more stiff and lazier around Plutie. Years after years I've spent there just to sleep and run away from my responsibilities and now that is gone... this is all my fault."
She cleans her feet and after a moment she senses something. Something is watching her. She stands up, looks around and finds a little girl hiding under the shadows of the trees. "A little girl, here? How?" She approaches the girl and greets her. "Hey there my child, don't be scared..."
The girl looks tired and has a dirty hair. "Ummm... hello Lady Nep- I... I mean Lady Goddess Purple Heart." The girl is lowering her head as if she's embarrassed. "I am really sorry for interrupting your training..."
'This kid must have been lost...'
"Oh... It's okay my child, you are not interrupting me. I was just about to end my training anyway... hey let me fix your hair and clean you up okay?" Purple Heart kneels down and cleans the kid's dress, but she realizes that her dress is the about the same design as her usual parka dress back in HyperDimension. After being done with the kid's hoodie, she continues cleaning her hair and she realizes her hair having the same color as herself. "Ohh you have cute purple hair too... and that hoodie... it's my favorite too ! Perhaps you are a fan of mine?"
The little girl's face lightens up after being praised by her favorite goddess and nods several times. "Yes! You are the best CPU ever! Lady Purple Heart! Someday I want to be like you!"
Neptune smiles after being praised by the kid. "Thank you. It really means a lot to me." Neptune looks around to make sure they are safe. "Hey, are you lost? This is in the middle of forest, it can be dangerous for a little child like you." But Neptune is actually worried that a girl like her can be caught by the Seven Sages.
"Well yes... there's was a witch or... a really old lady, she was summoning some monsters when I was playing in the park, and the monsters chased me until I was lost here."
"Are the monsters still around?" Purple Heart is concerned about the girl's safety.
"I don't think so My Lady, I hope..." Says the purple-haired little girl.
"Good... anyway, what is your name?"
"Oh yes My Lady! My name is Ne-" Suddenly, their conversation is interrupted by a sound of movements in the bushes.
"QUICK! Hide behind me!" Purple Heart commands the little girl to follow her order so she could protect her. "SHOW YOURSELVES!" Purple Heart summons her blade and points it to the direction of the sound.
Bzzzt*
Bzzt*
It turns out it's just a ladybug. but not the usual one.
"Huh? Is that..." The taller girl is surprised by what she has discovered. A ladybug almost tenth time bigger than the usual size, with a rainbow colored pair of wings. "That's just a bug... but still..." Neptune looks back at the girl who's showing signs of fear.
"I... wh-what is that?"
"Hey it's okay, that's just a ladybug. Why don't we go see it?"
"Uh... Okay... " The girl is still scared, but she still follows behind the CPU. "It's... not going to eat us?"
"No, it's not scary. I heard this is a rare species." The girl is inspecting the bug, its unusual size and color. "Hey, how about this?" Purple Heart summons a note out of her inventory and gives it to the girl. "Now, try to catch that bug. Don't worry, it's not going to bite."
The smaller girl takes the notebook and asks: "How am I going to catch it?"
"You just have to open the note and aim towards the ladybug."
"Huh? Like thi- whaaa!?" The girl does what she's told, and the notebook starts shaking and then it 'sucks' the said bug into it. "It's pulling it inside? And... now is in the book..." Says the girl after seeing the Rare Ladybug in one of the pages of the notebook.
"You did it! Good job! It's not scary now right? Here, stick this tape so it cannot escape." Says Purple Heart while doing so.
"Wow... it's beautiful..." The girl says happily.
"Alright my girl, let me take you home. It can be dangerous here if you're not careful."
'Especially when the Sages are still around.' Neptune reminds herself of the current danger.
"Oh okay my lady but ho-" Suddenly the girl is lifted and picked up by Purple Heart. "But but... Is this okay my lady?"
"It's fine, it's safer and faster when we search for your house by flying above the forest." Says the CPU while holding the girl. "Alright, where is your home?"
After spending almost half an hour finding the house, they finally locate it.
"Thank you very much, Lady Purple Heart. You really are the best CPU!" Says the girl cheerishly.
"You're welcome." Purple Heart replies.
"Oh almost forgot, this belongs to you My Lady." Says the girl while showing the NoteBook earlier.
"Keep it, my child. How about you fill it with more rare species for me? Just be careful next time, and don't even try to run into caves or fall into one. Show me your collection when we meet again, okay?"
"Really!? Thank you my Lady! I'll take a good care of it!" The kid smiles cheerfully. "See you later, Lady Purple Heart!" The kid runs to the front of her house and waves at the purple goddess before going inside.
"See you later-" Purple Heart stops and thinks. "Oh, I haven't gotten her name yet. Oh well, I'm sure that I will came across her again someday..." Suddenly Purple Heart's face turns serious. "These children... I won't let the sages get them.. I won't fail, not again." A pause. " ... I need to be stronger so I can be someone that-"
The world around her suddenly changes... and herself follows...
"- SUCH AN IDIOT!"
"You're right.. I really am an idiot."
"Wait! No no! That's no-"
Without another word, Neptune smiles sadly and drop her 'present' as she ran towards the balcony of the Lastation Basilicom's upper floor, which is hundred meters above the ground. Then, she steps on the edge... and she jumps off it...
Midnight
"Haaah!?"
Neptune wakes up from her sleep. The purple haired goddess has the same dream over and over since she got to this dimension with Noire. And it always causes her to suddenly wakes up in the middle of the night. "I get the first one... my old memory... but the later dream..."
"I... might be overreacting that time... but I don't really know what happened to my... heart, or feeling, that time, I felt like... I was being crushed from the inside." Neptune's heart hurts remembering that time, and her eyes start to wet. "I should've tried to contact her or something... But instead I acted like a coward. I've missed her so much yet I can't-... *sigh* I need to apologize to her, it's the least I could do."
Neptune looks around and finds a glass with straw on it, and she manages to grab it with her hands. "Wait... what?"
Dimension ???. Same time.
"Crap, this isn't going anywhere. And if I'm gone for too long, she will suspect that I'm the one who did it." Says the dark tome to herself while sitting on one of tree branches. "I've travelled to multiple Dimensions, yet I can't find whomever that I accidentally hit and Im way past my power Limit"
Croire is tired and she wants to give up. "I... My past self would want to destroy this world or mess with it." She looks up to the moon, and she realizes that she's no longer the same person anymore. "It's cold... usually Nep would... keep me warm at night and Histy..." A pause as her eyes began to feel heavy. "I like her when she wraps herself arou-" And Croire starts to sleep in the middle of the night in an unknown Dimension.
Compa's house, SuperDimension. Morning time.
"Good morning, Nept-" Noire is stunned and surprised to find out that Neptune manages to move her hand and try to turn on the TV with the remote. "It... worked? Thank goodness." Says the black haired goddess with a low tone as she approaches the smaller girl.
"Oh hey! Good morning Noire!" Says the purple goddess as she is struggling to lift the remote controller as her hand is still rather 'shaky'. "C'mon how is this so difficult? I've been doing this for YEARS!" Neptune is raging over her stiff movement.
"Neptune, take it easy okay? I understand that you're frustrated, but you need more time to heal so your hand can move properly." She kneels beside the purple goddess and helps her turning on the TV. "You know you can count on me right? It makes sense if your hand is still feeling a bit stiff now, just give it some times." Says Noire with a smile. "Now... what channel do you want to watch?"
"Dengekiko News or Famitsu one, both are fine." Neptune replies.
"Alright then." Noire scrolls through the channels and finally finds the Famitsu Breaking News.
"Hey everyone! It's me, your Friendly Reporter Famitsu! We got reports from Lastation that: Today, the CPU of Planeptune, Purple Heart along with Lastation CPU have made a statement that they will have a future project together. Witnesses have seen them eating together and discussing something, and while this is pure business relationship, that doesn't stop some citizens to think that this relationship is more than meeting the eye-"
Suddenly Noire turns off the TV as she has an embarrassing flashback. "Umm... nothing important on TV anyway... " States Noire shyly for some reasons.
"Hey Noire, I want to see how we look like in this Dimension ! Why are you doing that!" A pause. "*Gasp* Oh I know, you already knew what happened between them, don'tcha!? "
"NOOO! Of course I didn't! I mean, we haven't get to explore this world yet, have we?" Says Noire with a blush on her face, she's trying to hide what she has seen.
"Huh, that's right! But, are you going to the city with Compa after this?"
"Well yeah, I have several personal things to buy too." Noire replies. "I just need to wait for Compa..."
Suddenly the peach haired girl comes in with her usual sweater, looking ready to go. "I'm ready! Now we just need to wait for Iffy~"
Suddenly the front door opens and reveals IF standing there. "Hey, am I late?"
"Nope~ you just arrived in time!" Says Compa.
"Good. So you guys are going to the city right?" IF asks to make sure.
"Yeap yeap! Please lend us your help Iffy!"
"Don't worry Compa, I just need to babysit her anyway. You can count on me!" A pause as she notices the time. "Anyway, just go already. If you are late. the things you want to buy are going to be sold out."
"Oops, you're right, thanks Iffy! Let's go Noire!" Says Compa with enthusiasm.
"Hey Noire, you could transform and take Compa with you, it's faster that way." IF suddenly brings the matter up.
"Yeah... transform... right..." Noire replies with an awkward tone, remembering that she can no longer transform.
'Wait, something feels off here...' Thinks Neptune.
"Bye bye Iffy, Nep-Nep!" The girls heads out and wave their hands.
One Hour Later.
"Oh wow ... So there's more of you out there? Across different Dimensions? " IF asks out of curiosity.
"Yep, and you might notice that I knew Falcom before, and where she came from." Neptune says.
"Yeah, about her 'home'. She didn't talk about it too much." A pause. "So what's in there?"
"It turns out that there's a bigger, hotter, and more mature version of me originated from there." Neptune tells IF about her bigger self. "She's the human version of me, her bod looks like Noire but a little bit taller. It makes me... feel jealous a bit, but she's no match for my CPU self!"
"Wow, and I remember you talked about someone named 'Plutia'. Who is she?"
"Plutia, or Plutie, is the Planeptune CPU from UltraDimension or Falcom's home Dimension. She's... I don't know what to tell ya..." Neptune doesn't know what to call Plutia. Are they best friends, or does Neptune ever had a crush on her, she isn't really sure. "She... I lived in her home for like... almost 20 years I guess, and raised several kids together."
"Raise kids!? Are you two lovers!?" IF is surprised to find out about Neptune having kids. "How in the - how can you get pregnant!? Wait, can a CPU get pregnant?"
"Whoa hold your horses Iffy! We are not lovers... I guess..." A pause as she's not sure about what she said, because Neptune definitely has a complex relationship with Plutia. "But those kids, they are not biologically related to us. They are orphans that Plutie took to our Basilicom. She turned the Tower into Orphanage and DayCare of some sorts."
"Oh. I kind of feel bad for them. Who are they? The orphans I mean."
"Oh don't worry Iffy, they are fine now, I'm proud of them. And their names are Peashy, Compa and the last one is you."
"Other me huh.. so how is her life now?"
"She's doing great, though she relies on me a lot instead of Plutia, even though she doesn't want to admit it." Says Neptune with proud filled in her voice.
"You really took a good care of other me huh? Thanks Nep for making her as great as I am." A pause. "But hey, why did the other me rely on you more though? Is she scared of her or something?"
"Ohh that's cuz..- " Suddenly the purple goddess remembered about that other IF's trauma was caused by Iris Heart. "Actually on second thought... never mind hehe."
Beep* *Beep*
"Hello Falcom? What's up?" IF answers the phone call.
"Yyyeyayayayahhhh IFFFF! I. ALLLMOSST BRERRHH THEREEE!" Falcom sounds like she's being thrown at high speed.
"HOLD ON FALCOM!" Someone else can be heard on the other side of the phone.
"Huh? Okay then..." IF shifts her focus back to Neptune. "Hey Nep, there's someone else coming over."
"Ohh. I wonder who the other one is..." Neptune is curious.
The front door opens and reveals Falcom with a messy hair and dirty face. "Ow ow.." And several small bruises. "Hey, is Compa home? Can I use her shower?"
"Oh she's out right now, but I'm sure Compa doesn't mind." Neptune replies. "But hey, what happen to y-?" Neptune is interrupted by the other visitor.
"I'm really sorry Falcom! I'll try to be more careful next time..." She then notices Neptune staring at her. "Oh? Is she... "
"Oh hey there!" Neptune greets her. That girl turns out to be Nepgear from this Dimension.
She was carrying Falcom while flying during the phone call. "Are you really my distant sis- I mean... Neptune?"
"Yeah, I come from another Dimension, we call it HyperDimension. And hey it's in the game title too!" Neptune lives to break another 4th wall.
"Goodness... is it true that you have a sister too?" Nepgear asks out of curiosity.
"Yep, my beautiful angel of little sis, Nepgear or nickname NepJr. She looks like you too... well now that I mention it, it's weird to see you alone and not with Uni." Neptune mentions about the close relationship that Nepgear and Uni have. "In my dimension, you two are inseparable, it's like you two are glued to each other."
"Uni? You mean Noire's sister?" Nepgear blushes a little. "She.. and I aren't that close... but I really want to spend more time with her." A pause. "Sis- I mean Neptune, I'm sorry I couldn't get here sooner. I don't believe what IF said at first but..."
"But our vid convinced you, right? Or..." A pause as she notices something. "Ohhh I get it! You came here because of that nickname thing right!?"
"Umm... yeah." Says Nepgear shyly. "That, and it looks like you and Noire really needs my help so I came. Sorry for taking way too long si- I mean Neptune." Nepgear apologizes and gets closer to Neptune, who is still lying on the sofa.
"Hey hey don't worry. I'm sure you and your big sis got other more important things to do." Neptune raises her arm and pats Nepgear hands, and that event makes IF jump in surprise.
"WHAT !? HOW IN THE - How did your hand move - I mean, it's a good thing but Compa said that you were PERMANENTLY PARALYZED."
"Whoa calm down Iffy! Sorry to - WHAT!?" Neptune is equally surprised by the revelation that she should be unable to move forever. "HOW THE NEPPP!"
"WHAT THE GOODNESS! All of this shouting are making me panic!" Nepgear starts to have a panic attack.
"Whoa whoa okay calm down Nepgear! We just got into a major plotpoint! Alright Iffy take a look at this!" Neptune waves her hand around a bit but her movement is still stiff. "See? My hands are able to move just about recently. And you said about me being paralyzed forever?"
"Well... I glad that you can recover from such pain. But Compa did said that." IF states.
"Wait Neptune.. is that bad !? Ohh noo what should I do ? what should I doooo !?" Nepgear starting go get more panic "oh Please my lovely Sis help meee !"
"Hey! Nepgear, it's fine okay?" Neptune holds Nepgear's hands to calm the CPU Candidate down. "I need your help okay, Nepgear? But first, I need to think about what Iffy just said." Neptune is trying to make sense of the situation.
"Several days ago we decided to let Noire do the talking to you. I mean she's your closest friend right? We thought that it might have reduced the pain of hearing that kind of thing"
"Wait... Noire... she said that it was only temporary... that means-"
Shopping District of SuperDimension Planeptune.
"This city looks different, and yet it has the same feeling as Planeptune back on my home." Noire gives out her opinion.
"Hearing that makes me want to go there, hehe... ohh this is it Noire. We will separate from here, and then we will meet near the Planeptower okay?" Says Compa before parting ways with Noire.
"I'll try to not get lost, thanks Compa. I'll see you later." And then Noire walks into her desired destination, near a park. She sees some people gathering around there, some of them are wearing parka dresses that look identical to Neptune, but she chooses to focus on her task.
"Is that Ms. Black Heart?" Says someone.
"Looks like it is... well you might want to hide those Doujins." Someone on the group replies.
"It's not a doujin anymore if it's based on reality!" Says the other person.
"Well I ship Lady Nep with her too. I mean, I heard about rumors going on about them being finally in a romantic relationship. Gosh I really need their pics!" Says the maniac one. She's the one that holds a flag. "Should we ask her ourselves?"
"What!? Are you crazy or just straight up stupid? She's a goddess! Show some respects!" The other one replies. "If you want to ask her, then use a question that is not too 'direct'!"
"Well I could just give our new 'Nepping' (Neptune Pudding) for her, since Lady Neptune loves pudding. And ask a not-too-direct question while at it..." Says the other fan in the club.
"You're a genius! Alright, we'll wait until she gets out of that store!"
Several times later.
"Alright, this is enough I guess. Can't believe my hobby can be usefu-" Says Noire before being interrupted by a pair of Neptune fans.
"Excuse us, Lady Black Heart."
"Uhh yes?" Noire freezes on her track.
'How do they know this is me? I'm wearing Compa's sweater and - oh yeah my twintail and my signature ribbon, of course... Should've worn glasses or something. I mean, I'm not their Black Heart...' Thinks Noire.
"We just saw you and we wanted to give you this Pudding. If you see Lady Purple Heart, tell her that we are here to support her !" The fan girl of Neptune gives Noire a bunch of special Puddings.
'Oh wait, I did promise Neptune to bring Pudding.., well this takes care of that I guess.'
"Thank you very much... and I'll tell her when I get back home, we're together right now so I will tell her myself." Noire just says that without thinking straight. "I'm really sorry but I have to go now. Ne- Purple Heart is waiting for me." Noire smiles and walks towards the Planeptune Tower, where she needs to meet up with Compa.
"Lady Nep and Nowa are living together? The rumors are true! NEPNOWA IS REAL! *Squueeeezzzeeeee*" The both girls scream happily because of it and run into the other FanClub members.
Compa's house of SuperDimension.
"*Gasp* What.. I feel something.. there's a disturbance in the forc- I mean Share..." The purple goddess feels something happening.
"So you really are using our share Neptune, that's why there are three CPUs using the Share, last time I checked." Nepgear explains.
"Yeah sorry.. ,that explains why I can recover... Why would you do that Noire..."
"But Lady Neptune, you just said there's a disturbance. What does that mean?" Falcom asks while drying her hair after the bath.
"I feel this nation's Share increasing fast. It's like something big happening and make the citizens happy. It's like when I and my friends defeated the Deity of Sin, yet this is different." Neptune explains about the thing she felt.
"Whoa Nep you're a Jedi?" IF jokes.
"It's over villain! I have the high ground now!" Falcom joins.
"You underestimate my Power!" Neptune shouts, clearly into the situation.
"Hee hee..." Nepgear just stands there, not understanding the full references. "I should've watched that movie with Uni back then..."
"Well I can help you with that Nepgear, if you really want to get much closer to Uni." A pause as Neptune gives Nepgear a smile. "But I need your help Nepgear..."
"Umm yes, what can I do to help?"
"I need you to increase this nation's share, pronto." Neptune replies.
"You said there's something that makes the citizen happy recently. It could be anything, but I really wants you to fully recover though..." Nepgear thinks about the situation.
"That's why I need you to find it, and share it or do something about it." Neptune requests.
"I've heard about recent rumors... could that be it ?" Falcom says.
"I've check on Nepgram and people start posting a pudding pic using #TheLoveIsReal. I don't quite get it, but it just happen recently." IF is scrolling over her phone, checking the blogs.
"I never heard about it before, but if that's what makes the share raise then I'll try my best to find and improve it!" Nepgear is pumped up.
"Now that's the spirit! I'm counting on you Gearsy~"
"...What? Can you say that again?" Nepgear isn't sure about what she just heard.
"I am counting on you Gearsy~ I've said that I'm going to give you a cute nickname right? There it is." Neptune smiles at Nepgear.
"Ohh wow... umm... can you say it again... please?" Nepgear is so happy that she wants to hear it again.
"Gearsy, you can also call me Second Sis if you want~" Neptune grins and transforms. "Please do your best Gearsy~" And says it in her smooth and mature voice.
"Hyaaa! Ohhh~ *Bonk*" Nepgear feels so happy that she falls to the floor and passes out.
"Wow, the Siscon is strong with this one." IF jokes again. "But Nep, where did that nickname come from? Did you call your sister that?" The Guild Agent asks the Purple Goddess.
"Nope, it's used by my friend Uzume. She always uses '-sy' in people's names." A pause. "When I met her back in her Dimension, she called us Nepsy and Gearsy. Nep Jr. loves it, and she said it's a cute nickname."
"Ohh I see..." IF cringes a bit.
"Soo, is no one going to help Nepgear up?" Falcom asks out of the blue.
Afternoon
Compa and Noire are already home, but Noire is not in the group.
"Hey Compa, do you have any idea why Noire is not coming out from that room? There's something that I wanted to ask." Neptune is pouting.
"I don't know much about it either Nep-Nep. She told me that she needs a room and she said it's something important to do."
"Well... that explains why." Neptune sighs.
"Did you miss her that bad Nep?" IF asks.
"Lady Nep from this dimension is kind of clingy towards Noire too." Falcom states.
"Every Nep is the same, I think?" IF guesses.
"Guys! It's not that I miss her or anything!" Neptune imitates Noire's tsundere-ness. "I just happened to get some unfinished business, that's all!"
"Hahaha! That's a good one Nep!" IF and Falcom burst out a laugher together.
"Well maybe she'll come out shortly..." Neptune tries to be optimistic...
Nighttime
Falcom and IF has already returned to their own house, but Neptune still can't sleep because Noire isn't there yet.
"Noire..." The Planeptunian goddess looks up to the ceiling. "Gahh, am I getting kinda clingy towards her?" A pause. "I was fine before this, heck I didn't even see her face directly for months..."
Neptune's heart feels weird, as if feeling a little 'lonely'.
"Maybe I do miss her... I don't care about my condition now. I want her here... right now... ri*yawn*ght by my side..." Slowly, Neptune starts closing her eyes and driving herself to sleep.
Not long after that, footsteps can be heard from the back side of the house.
"Neptune are you still-" Noire finds Neptune sleeping peacefully in the couch. "- awake...and of course she's asleep." Noire sighs and feels bad leaving Neptune for a whole day. "It's already this late huh~"
"...Why can't I take my eyes off you..." Noire stands in front of the sleeping goddess and decides to crouch down to see her closer. "She looks so much cuter when she's sleeping." A pause. "Her cheeks... they look soft..." Noire pokes Neptune's cheeks. "Why do I suddenly want to kiss her... Nonono! Bad Noire! What were you thinking!? Maybe I am just tired.." Noire looks at Neptune once more. "But... she is just too tempting..."
Noire gives up and gets closer... and closer... to Neptune's face, and gives her a quick kiss on her right cheek. Her own action makes herself blush and her heart beat much faster.
"Goodnight, Neptune..."
Alright guys Next up is a short chapter about what happen to IF and Big Neptune back in Hyperdimension. see ya.