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Chapter 16

Chrome was the first to notice when doors to the cell area opened up and two guards walked in. When she saw what they were wearing, she ended up blushing softly. 'Okay, it's been years since I thought about anyone in that way, but those two are pretty hot.'

"Nep woah!" Neptune gawked at the two men. While they had leather armor on their arms and legs and had a mask on their heads, the fact that their abs, chests, and thighs were all bare and the only thing keeping them somewhat decent was the piece of cloth over their privates was rather distracting. "Hang on, buddy! There are kids here! Go put a shirt on or something!"

"Our apologies that you feel uncomfortable," one of the guards said as he walked over to the door and unlocked it, "but Lady Vert is allowing all of you to go free, if you," he pointed at Neptune, "would be willing to meet with her in private after today's big event is over."

"Uh..." Neptune had a confused look on her face. "Why would Vert wanna meet with me?"

The men looked at each other and shook their heads. "You'll find out soon enough. Come, follow us, Lady Vert has a public spectacle for you all to enjoy first."

"So we're just being let go?" Chrome asked with a raised eyebrow as she followed after the guards. It was taking all of her control to not stare at their ass cheeks as they walked. "I'm surprised."

"You ended up in here." One of the guards explained to her. "Lady Vert has no problem with people trying to run free. After all..." That guard turned to look at the group. "If you can get through the maze without getting caught in a trap, getting raped or dying, you deserve your freedom. Though I can't guarantee there are any boats at any of the docks waiting for you."

"Hey!" Neptune spoke up, "how come when we all lost in those traps we ended up in that cell?"

The other guard spoke as the group walked through the corridors of the castle. "Lady Vert has made a game out of it. If you can escape Leanbox to the ocean, you can leave. But if you fail, you end up in prison and then she will think up a suitable punishment for you."

Behind them, Ram leaned in close to Rom and started whispering. "Why do those boys wear so little?" Rom shook her head.

"I don't know..." Rom trailed off and blushed softly. "They're nice to look at though." Ram nodded and blushed as well while she watched the boys walking. For some odd reason she felt the urge to run up and grab the butts in front of them.

"Yuck..." Filyn shook her head. "Why can't they put some pants on at least?" The group turned a right corner and Filyn walked into the corner of the hallway and fell back. "OWW!"

The next thing she knew, Chrome was next to her while the group stopped. "Filyn, you okay?"

"Yeah..." Filyn rubbed her forehead. "Just surprised me is all." She cursed her lack of depth perception and how she sometimes missed things that others could see because of the fact that she only had one eye.

"Be careful," one of the guards said to Filyn, "Lady Vert would hate to see someone as cute as you be any more damaged." The guard suddenly gulped as the air itself seemingly started to chill. "Uh..."

"First of all," Chrome spoke up, her voice absolutely acidic as she looked at the guard, "my sister is not damaged just because she's missing an eye. Understand?" The guards nodded and tried to avoid her anger. "Secondly, if you ever say that again, I'll have your balls before you take three steps. Understand?"

"Yes, ma'am! We're sorry, ma'am!" They said instantly as they tried to ignore the way her eyes gleamed in anger.

"Good." Chrome nodded, glad they understood.

"Woah, Chromey!" Filyn's good eye widened. "Since when were you like this?"

Chrome smirked at her. "Since when wasn't I?" She knew that Compa, IF, Gust and Linda would all be staring at her in shock if they were there. She looked at Neptune and a small smile came to her face. 'Who knew that having someone like her around could inspire such hope?'

Idly, Chrome wondered how the others were doing.

(-)

Back at the ship...

IF, laying on her front on the bed naked, sighed in relief as Linda rubbed her legs down before running her hands up to her butt. "H...Hey! I'm ticklish!"

"Sorry, I always find your butt interesting with the way the colors blend, mix and swirl." Linda admitted before giving IF's rear a gentle swat to let IF know that she was done.

IF sighed and relaxed. "Is that why you always put the cream on the blue parts of my skin first and then the red and yellow parts?" The darker skin always got treated last and IF wondered if this would ever fully heal or if she'd have to deal with skin that couldn't keep moist for the rest of her life. 'Fucking White Void.' She grumbled to herself.

"That and I think it's neat." Linda said, shrugging. "Plus the blue and darker skin swirls around on your butt like water in a drain."

"You just like slapping my butt." IF commented with no heat in her voice.

Linda chuckled but didn't deny it. "Hey... IF..." When IF gave her a questioning look, she continued, "what do you think about this whole world trip?"

IF sighed and looked away. "I don't know. It would be good if that Nep girl can kill the other CPUs off and then disappear from our life forever."

Linda didn't say anything. She wasn't sure if she felt the same way. "I wonder... She says she's from another world. I wonder what it's like."

"What? You want to go on a vacation?" IF asked her.

"No..." Linda shook her head. "...I want to leave." IF jerked in surprise. "Think about it, IF. This Nep girl says she's from another world, we know she's a CPU, but she's so... Different." Linda looked a little troubled and she sighed. "If the rest of her world is like that... I'd like to go there."

"...Oh." IF said and looked away, a troubled expression on her face. "I-if that's what you want, then what can I do about it?"

"...Want to come with me?" Linda asked and watched as IF stiffened in surprise. "If she can take us with... I want you to come with me."

"Linda?" IF looked at her friend in confusion. Linda had a conflicted, nervous look on her face and IF nodded, smiling softly. "If she can take us with her... Sure. I wouldn't mind going with you."

"Thanks." Linda smiled at her.

(-)

Back at the castle...

"We're here." The first guard said as doors opened to an open courtyard. "Just go stand in the crowd and remember miss..." He looked at Neptune, "Um... Nepthyune?"

"Close enough." Neptune deadpanned at him. "It's Neptune though." She didn't mind that people couldn't get her name right, but it was beyond tiring by now. 'Hmm, maybe I should find a way to set up some language classes across Gamindustri when I get back so that everyone can say my name more easily?' It was a thought at least.

"Right, anyway," the man cleared his throat, "Lady Vert would love to see you after the event is over."

Neptune nodded and the group made their way to the front of the crowd. While there was a lot of people there, the place wasn't too crowded as everyone was spread out. 'Considering there are cameras and screens on the walls, I bet there's a lot of people watching this inside the place.' She thought to herself.

Up above everyone on a stage, Vert, wearing her tiny robe that barely covered her nipples and only just barely covered her crotch with shadow and kept the bottom half of her bare ass revealed, smiled at everyone.

"...Considering that's how she dresses normally, I'm almost afraid to think what her HDD form is." Neptune whispered as she pinched her nose to stop herself from getting a nosebleed. 'Damn, if my Verty dressed like that, she might have succeeded in stealing Nep Jr. away.' Heck, if Vert ever walked around Leanbox or even her Basilicom like that, she probably would have stolen away most of the world's shares on that alone. 'I know that Chika would have died from a massive nosebleed.' She thought to herself, thinking about the Leanbox Oracle that had left some time ago.

"Oh?" Chrome looked at Neptune in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"Well," Neptune giggled softly, "Verty-poo in my world has an outfit that shows off her under-boobs and I asked her how she keeps it over her nipples and she said that there's tape and pasties or something."

Chrome sweat-dropped but supposed that would work.

"Greetings everyone!" Vert spoke up as she stood next to something covered by a large sheet. "I'm glad that you could all come out here." Her eyes lit up in happiness as she spied Neptune. "And my special guest is here too!" She squealed and jumped off the stage, running and bouncing over to Neptune so much that it was a shock that her breasts didn't pop out of her robe. "Hello, cutie, can I have your name?" She asked, her voice becoming sultry.

"Um... Neptune..." Neptune sweat-dropped heavily. She wasn't expecting this from this Vert. Though she was getting the same feeling of wrongness from Vert that she got from Blanc, Vert seemed... SOMEWHAT more friendly.

"Oh!" Vert suddenly hugged Neptune into her large breasts and reached down and hiked up Neptune's parka to grab her bare butt. "You're so cute and... Ooooh! Going commando? How bold..." Vert purred in delight as she fondled and squeezed her perky and perfect rear end in her hands before whispering to the struggling Neptune, who was pressing on Vert's large tits to get free. "When I'm done with this event, I think I'll show you a really good time."

Neptune stiffened as she felt Vert's fingers brush up against her slit from behind. "Hey! Watch it, lady! I just met you!"

Vert let go and stepped back, chuckling as she turned around and walked away, swaying her hips to draw attention to her ass. "After I'm done, we'll know each other..." She turned her head and purred while licking her lips at Neptune, "really well."

Neptune shivered, for some reason her every instinct was telling her to turn and run for Lowee and not stop until she found a way to rip a hole in time and space and get back to the Hyperdimension.

"Anyway..." Vert jumped back up on the stage with ease, "we're not here for the sex show, that comes after the main event!" She chuckled and pulled out a serrated blade. "As some of you know, recently my seventh younger sister came into this world." Vert sighed heavily. "Rose, Violet, Jade, Ruby, Opal, Bouquet..." She pulled on the sheet, revealing a young girl in tattered clothing being suspended in mid-air by chains on both arms and legs, holding her in the splits formation. "Every single one of them before I allowed to transform into Voids before I ended them..." Vert looked at the girl who was looking at everyone with a despondent look. "But I think I'll just have the execution now and save myself time and trouble."

Rom, Ram and Filyn were all staring in horror as they saw Vert's blade start to glow and crackle. "NO!" The three yelled at the same time.

Chrome glared and squeezed her hands into fists. 'Dammit, if only...'

Neptune, however, didn't hear a single word that Vert had said after she revealed who was under the sheet. "No..." Her face had gone pale and her pupils shrank as she couldn't believe who it was. "It... It... NO!" Neptune screamed as Vert held up the glowing and crackling blade high into the air.

"P-KO!"

To be continued...

...Uh oh.

Now how many of you were able to figure this out ahead of time?

Also, sheesh, the Verts from Hyper and Ultra would give their left tits to have little sisters and here an evil version of Vert is killing hers off!

And before anyone says anything, yes, Vert wanted to strangle her sister earlier, but she changed her mind. Either that or she just wanted to flay P-Ko for a bit before choking her to death.