Hyperdimension Neptunia is owned by Compile Heart, Idea Factory, Sega and whomever else worked on it.

Someone wanted me to go back to the Hyperdimension, so here you go. It's not very long, but you'll like it... Maybe?

Interlude: Hyperdimension 5

Nepgear smiled as she walked into the living room. "How are you, Croire?" Croire gave her an annoyed look. "...That bad?"

"Damn right." Croire shot back at her. "Even with all the food and stuff I've been taking, I still need... At least..." She shook her head. "Three hours? Maybe?"

"...And you can go then?" Nepgear asked, hopeful and Croire nodded.

"Heh, yeah, I'll go and get your dumb big sister back." Croire just ignored Nepgear's thanks. "Though, it might not be a bad idea to give her a call and let her know what's going on. She said it was one day here and one month there, right?"

Nepgear nodded at Croire. "Yeah. So three hours here should be... Almost four days there?" Croire nodded and Nepgear had a melancholic look on her face. "Hey, Croire... What's the dark side of the dimensions like?"

Croire shook her head. "You don't want to know." When Nepgear gave her a look of pleading, she shook her head. "No way! You really don't want to know what kinds of twisted things exist on that side of dimensional space. You thought Zerodimension was freaky with the monsters? Those things wouldn't be out of place with some of the worlds on the dark side of the dimensions."

"...Is it really that bad?" Nepgear asked while sitting down near Croire.

"I once ended up in a world where there were only ten kinds of life forms." Croire had a mixture of disgust and awe on her face as she remembered that world. "Nine of the ten wanted to kill and eat you." She smirked at Nepgear's dumbfounded look. "Oh, and the best part? The tenth one just wanted to kill you."

"...That's all that was there?" Nepgear didn't think it sounded too bad, though it was rough if everything wanted to kill and eat you.

"The first creature I ran into was a giant centipede that had the head of a bear and the tongue of a snake."

"...That's a lot more terrifying then." Nepgear conceded. "Do you think Neptune's okay?"

"Well, have you given her a call?" Croire asked Nepgear, who looked troubled. "...Lemme guess, it didn't go through?"

Nepgear shook her head. "No, I got a "could not be completed" message."

Croire nodded, "figures. Considering you're calling to the other side of dimensional space, there's a time difference between the dimensions and who knows what else, it's a miracle we can even talk to her at all."

"...Croire, I really am worried about Neptune." Nepgear gave the dark-skinned fairy a worried look. She clasped her hands in front of her. "This isn't like when she was trapped in Plutia's world. At least she and Plutia became friends and the Noire there also became her friend, so she had help and it wasn't too bad. But she sounds so tired and worn out every time we talk this time."

The door to the living room opened up and Uzume came walking in with a sealed bag in one hand. "Oh! Crosy! Gearsy!" The redhead smiled at them. "Glad you're here."

"What's with the rupee bag?" Croire asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Heh heh," Uzume grinned at Croire. "I figure Nepsy might need some help, so Histy and I were working on getting her some stuff that'll give her an edge. Crosy can figure out where she is if the phone's on, right?"

Nepgear frowned in confusion. "But Croire can't open a portal right now..."

"I can," Croire interrupted Nepgear, "just not one big enough for anyone to get through." She gulped at the look that Nepgear gave her. "Before you get mad, I've only been able to do it for the past ten minutes."

Nepgear pouted at Croire. "If I had known, I would have made some pudding for Neptune and sent it to her." She grabbed her hands and fidgeted. "I... I don't know why, but everytime I think about how she's doing, I feel a cold void in my chest, like something really bad is happening and I don't know why."

"No wonder everyone calls you a siscon." Croire smirked as Nepgear denied what Croire had said. "So where's the other Neptune anyway?"

"There were some bugs that she hadn't seen before in Virtua Forest, so she wanted to see them." Uzume answered.

"And she's trusting me to not run off on her?" Croire asked as she raised an eyebrow out of disbelief.

Uzume chuckled and pointed at Nepgear. "You think you'd escape her if you did?"

"Fair point." Croire sighed and hung her head.

"Anyway, Gearsy, where's the phone?" Uzume asked and Nepgear pointed to the kitchen. "Cool, I'll go see if I can get a hold of Nepsy and we can send this to her."

Nepgear nodded and sighed as Uzume left the room.

"You know the other CPUs have been calling and wondering what's going on with your sister." Croire told Nepgear, who nodded. "Well, just letting you know."

"Thanks." Nepgear smiled at her.

Histoire floated into the room about six minutes later. "Ah, Nepgear, I was wondering if..."

Suddenly Uzume's voice was heard yelling throughout the Basilicom. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!"

Nepgear felt her blood turn to ice as her face paled. Grabbing Croire, she ran for the kitchen and hoped that she was wrong.

End Interlude: Hyperdimension 5

I did the math, this works out. As for what's happening, you'll have to wait and find out.

Aren't I horrible? And this is what happens when you ask me for stuff. *Evil grin*