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Here we go, final chapter. It feels so weird to not write any more on this story.
Chapter 100
"Goodbye, Nepsy." Kurome whispered as she gave the chains one last hard pull.
Neptune could feel her soul holding on by strands that were quickly straining and about to snap. "Please..." She whimpered, looking at Kurome as tears came out of her eyes. "Don't."
Kurome didn't answer as she continued to pull on the chains.
Neptune's spirit screwed her eyes shut, preparing for the end when the chains suddenly jerked and there was a sound of metal hitting metal, which caused her to open her eyes in shock as a pink energy blade cut through the chains, severing them. "H...Huh?"
"What the hell?!" Kurome asked in shock as she looked at her chains stupidly.
"YOU UTTER PIECE OF CRAP!" A familiar voice had Kurome and Neptune both turning their heads, just in time to see Kurome get hit in the face by a white blur, causing the spirit to cry out in pain.
"Fufufufufu..." Another voice spoke up and Neptune could only stare in shock as the spirits of Green Void and White Void appeared in front of her. "To think that we'd finally get to vent our frustrations on the source of our suffering after so many years." Green Void smirked as she held her scythe in front of her.
White Void snarled at Kurome. "It's you... You're the utter piece of shit that made Voids, it's your fault that Red Void murdered my best friend! It's your fault that I was so horrible to my little sisters!"
"Indeed," Green Void glared at Kurome. "To think all that everyone suffered was because of you."
The next thing Neptune knew, a hand was on her soul's shoulder. She turned her head and saw Black Void next to her. "Hang on, Neptune." She pulled the sickles out of Neptune's soul. "Leave her to us." Her hip blasters pointed up and shot the arms that were holding Neptune in the air apart, but Neptune found that she wasn't falling right away.
"But..." Neptune gasped as Black Void pushed her soul back into her body. "I should..."
"You said that a CPU is supposed to be a guardian goddess." White Void said, her voice lacking all the hatred in it from the last time they met. "Then it's about time we started fucking acting like the guardians we were supposed to be."
"How are you all here?" Neptune asked and all three of them pointed at the manifestation of the Fearicite in the sky.
"From Fearicite we were born, to Fearicite we return." Black Void told her, smirking. "Don't worry about us."
"If you think," Kurome growled at the three spirits. "That three dead CPUs will be enough to defeat me, you have another thing coming!"
"...Three?" A new voice spoke up and Kurome's eyes widened as she turned around to see three other CPUs behind her. "Sapphire Void, Red Void... I do think that she's mistaken about something."
"Indeed, Emerald Void," Red Void nodded and more and more CPU spirits started to form around them. "And it's not just us Voids who are here to deal with you."
A spirit formed next to Neptune and smiled at her. "Look after my younger sisters, Chrome and Filyn, for me." The spirit said to her. Neptune looked at her in surprise. "Even we Hearts have a bone to pick with this one."
"Yeah..." White Void looked back at Neptune. "I know that they won't accept it, but please tell Rom and Ram that I'm sorry for all that I did to them."
"Do the same for me with Peashy." Green Void told her.
"And tell Uni that I love her." Black Void told Neptune.
Kurome growled in frustration. "No! I was so close! I won't let you stop me!" Kurome screamed as a megaphone appeared in her hands. "Even if you try, I won't die. I can't die. So long as hatred exists, so will I!"
"That's where you're wrong." Red Void told her. "When we're done with you, you won't exist ever again."
A portal appeared behind Neptune and Nepgear popped her body through it. "Neptune!" She grabbed Neptune and pulled her back. "Are you okay?"
Neptune smiled lightly. "I will be." She looked back at the Voids. "I'm sorry that I couldn't save any of you."
"Don't apologize," Green Void told her.
"After all," Black Void smiled as she looked back at Neptune.
"You saved us by killing us." White Void finished for them. "And now we'll save you and the rest of the worlds."
After Neptune was pulled through the portal, it closed and all the CPU spirits glared at Kurome. "If you hadn't pooled all the Fearicite together," Black Void told Kurome, "we wouldn't have been able to come together like this."
The next thing Kurome knew several spirits were grabbing her from every which angle as they all ascended to the manifestation of Fearicite in the sky.
"Let me go!" Kurome thrashed and struggled but she couldn't move as she was dragged upwards. "Let me go! I need to have my revenge on Gamindustri!"
"Too bad," Red Void told her, "for all the people and CPUs that were tormented because of you, it's time for you to pay the price."
"NOOOOO!" Kurome screamed as everyone entered the manifestation of Fearicite, which evaporated into nothingness, which caused the red sky to turn back to normal.
On the ground, Neptune, Nepgear, Croire and the other Neptune all looked up in awe as it disappeared. And while Histoire was also there, she was smiling as she could feel not only the Fearicite disappearing, but also Kurome's very being.
"...There was still some good in them, huh?" Neptune whispered softly, smiling to herself as tears started to fall from her eyes. "I...I'm so glad."
Histoire lowered her head slightly. "To all the CPUs who ever existed in Gamworld, thank you, all of you, for stopping that monster."
(-)
The next day in Lastation...
Steamax entered a dimly lit room. It was a very large room that had been used to house the C.I.D. when it wasn't in use. "I got your message, come on out." He said when he walked past the eighth pillar.
"You really are spectacular." A male voice spoke up and Anonydeath walked out from behind a shadow. "So where is the other one?"
"Do you mean me?" A third voice spoke up and Brave walked into the area from another shadowed portion of the room. "I've been here all night, waiting for you two."
"Great!" Anonydeath clapped his hands together. "Now that you're both here, I wanted to inform you that I've been busy since that big battle, gathering information and compiling it together."
"And we should trust you, why?" Steamax asked Anonydeath.
"Because, Steamboy," Anonydeath waggled his finger, "I used to work with Kei and Noire, remember? I knew all sorts of dealings that were going down. I had to re-establish contact with all of these people, but I think you'll want to deal with them sooner rather than later." He pulled out a flash drive and tossed it to Steamax. Turning to Brave, Anonydeath spoke to him. "And how would you like to deal with the remains of Azna=Leb's organization?"
"...They will be a problem, huh?" Brave nodded as Anonydeath sent him some information. "So that's where their warehouses are located, huh?"
"The reprogramming of the Progbots hasn't completely gone through yet." Steamax told him. "Take as many as you need and take out those warehouses, I'll deal with these people."
"Affirmative." Brave nodded and turned to walk off.
As Brave walked away, Steamax turned to Anonydeath. "I do not trust you, but if this list is accurate, then that's almost all of the leaders of commerce and finance in here except for a few."
"The ones that aren't in there are as clean as can be, all things considered." Anonydeath told him. "The dirtiest thing I can find with the head banker is that he threatens to call loans in before they're due with high interest rates if people don't do what he says."
"Very well." Steamax nodded and disappeared.
"Hmm, I guess I should go and get ready now." Anonydeath said and left.
(-)
In an unknown location...
"So gentlemen," an old man spoke up as he sat at the head of a table with everyone in the same room as he was, "are we in agreement?"
"Yes." They nodded.
"To think that Kei would try to rule this nation without us." A young man smirked, getting chuckles from the rest. "That little girl running things now is nowhere near as bad as her bitch of a dead sister was. It's too bad that she's not as sexy as Black Void was. I would have loved to have deflowered a goddess."
There were more chuckles in the room.
"Anyway," the man at the front of the table continued, "we have everything ready now, we'll get our troops, those enhanced progbots and..."
"Die." A soft voice said from behind the old man.
"And die, yes." The man nodded, before his eyes widened. "Wha..?!" He found that he was having trouble trying to finish that sentence as his head was currently on the table and his body was on the floor.
The air behind him shimmered and Steamax appeared with a sword that was dripping blood, his eyes glowing. "I was afraid of this. Unlike with Lady Noire, I will not allow Lady Uni to deal with traitors like all of you. Your armies are being decimated as we speak thanks to Brave." Steamax threw several ninja stars, hitting everyone in the room in either their heads or throats, killing all of them instantly. "I refuse to allow Lady Uni to be done in by a conspiracy to overthrow her."
(-)
In another part of Lastation...
Brave's sword erupted in flames as he swung it out at the enemy progbots, cutting through and melting them while the progbots he brought with him were destroying equipment, progbots and even people who tried to fight back. Brave opened his shoulder cannons up and fired a blast, killing several workers and destroying even more progbots in the process. "Remember! No one who was working here gets out alive! I refuse to let this cancer to spread!"
The progbots beeped an affirmative as they destroyed more and more of the building they were in.
The death of many important people and the destruction of various labs and facilities across Lastation would last late into the day, finally ending as the sun began to set.
Walking onto the Basilicom grounds, Brave looked around for a moment before nodding. "How did things go on your end, Steamax?"
The air shimmered and Steamax revealed himself sitting in a nearby tree. "Very well. I only targeted those who were close to Lady Noire's council and the ones who directly funded them. The rest are either useful idiots or had no clue about what was going on. Thankfully the number I had to deal with wasn't as much as I initially thought. How about you?"
"I lost all my progbots," Brave told him, "but all the factories and workers of those factories have been dealt with."
"Good." Steamax nodded to him. "The last thing Lady Uni needs is to bloody her hands if she doesn't need to. You continue to guard her in plain view."
"And you'll continue to defend her from the shadows." Brave finished for him and Steamax nodded. "...I do like it. Should our lady ever need to fight, we must make sure to ensure that that she never distrusts or dislikes humanity like her sister did."
"I agree." Steamax nodded.
For Uni's sake, there was nothing they wouldn't do to ensure that she would be protected.
(-)
A couple of days later in Lowee...
"Are we all ready?" Financier asked over the megaphone as she looked at the crowds. "Alright, we've contacted Planeptune and..." A purple and black portal appeared in the city square. "Alright, everyone, go through that, that'll take us to Planeptune."
Rom, Ram, Linda and IF helped direct traffic into the portal before following after everyone else had gone through. Once they were through, the portal closed.
Which was a good thing as the winds in the nation started to pick up while dark clouds formed over-head and it quickly turned into violent storms that destroyed buildings with ease.
(-)
In Leanbox...
Chika sighed as the people of the nation made their way through the portal. Several of the more pregnant women had to be helped through as they were having trouble walking. "I don't know how I feel..." She sighed softly.
"Well..." Compa spoke up, smiling. "Nep Nep said her world is really nice and so are the CPUs there. Besides, you said you missed her, so you'll get to see Nep Nep again before we leave."
Chika perked up and nearly fell over as the ground began to shake violently. "Let's get going."
"Everyone else is through, Chu." Warechu said as he, 5pb. and Gust walked up to the group with Peashy and Filyn following after them.
"Alright." Chika said and looked around, sighing. "I know it's weird, but I'll miss this place."
"...Even the breeding pits?" Compa asked.
"I was born down there, so yes." Chika nodded and walked through the portal, followed by Gust, Warechu, Compa, Peashy and finally Filyn.
Moments after the portal closed, several giant tentacles burst through the walls and ground as an inhuman scream was heard.
(-)
In Lastation...
Standing at the top of the steps to the Basilicom with her arms crossed, Uni watched as people went through the portal. Progbots and Brave were keeping things organized and orderly so that no one was trampled or pushed over. "Steamax," she said without looking anywhere, "has everyone been evacuated?"
"Yes." Steamax replied to her. "Even the criminals in lock-up are ready to go through."
"Good." Uni said as she watched the crowd of people slowly thin out as they went through the portal. "I wonder what Neptune's reality is really like."
"One that's not ruled by fear, hate and death can't be too bad." Steamax told her. "Besides, you can think of this as a fresh start. You don't need to be a CPU in that world if you don't want to."
Uni was silent as she mulled over that as the last of the civilians went through the portal, followed by the security forces as they pushed several criminals through the portal.
After everyone was done, Brave, Steamax and Uni stood in front of the portal. Looking at her robots, Uni gave them an uncertain look. "I don't know what I'm going to do in the future."
"Whatever it is, Lady Uni," Brave spoke up, "I will follow you."
"Same here." Steamax nodded.
"Thank you." Uni smiled and the three walked through the portal to Planeptune.
Several moments later, a massive earthquake ripped across the land, causing the buildings to shake and collapse, crashing into themselves and quickly turning what was once a shining city into a large pile of rubble.
None of the progbots that were patrolling the empty city survived.
(-)
In Hyperdimension...
Standing in front of the Basilicom, IF looked around in some annoyance. "Jeez, Nep. You go and disappear for like twelve days and now you need every guild member in Gamindustri to show up at the Basilicom and for what?"
When a large purple and black portal suddenly ripped open in front of the Basilicom and people started walking through it, IF got her answer. "Oh, that answers that."
There were a few pregnant women in the front that looked like they were about to go into labor any moment and Compa and the other Planeptune nurses quickly rushed to assist them. As the wave of people didn't slow down, IF quickly started issuing orders to the guild members to help get people clear of the Basilicom so others could come through.
As the wave continued unabated, IF mentally swore at her friend for not giving them enough of a warning about this. "She better have a dang good story to tell."
"If you're talking about Lady Neptune," a maid spoke up, causing IF to look at her. Next to the maid was a blue haired woman and a woman with short, red hair and horns on her head stood next to her. "Do not worry, she will." The maid smiled at IF. "My name is Financier and this is Mina." She gestured to the blue-haired woman, "and Artisan," she gestured to the redhead. "We'll help direct the people." IF nodded, thankful for the help.
"Oh, there's one more..." Mina trailed off as a large robot walked through that some of the people recognized as CFW Brave. Everyone tensed up for a fight and Brave just ignored them and started to help direct traffic and making sure that no one fell down or got lost.
Privately, IF could admit it was nice to have a big, scary robot directing traffic, but she would certainly need to keep an eye on him for now.
"And there are others too." Financier pointed back to RED, B-Sha, Cave and MAGES., who were all helping direct traffic as well.
(-)
Meanwhile inside the Basilicom the workers were busy answering phones and signing papers while Umio, Histoire, Nepgear and Uzume were directing traffic and making sure that people got what they needed.
"I hope Nepsy gets back soon, this is..." Uzume stopped speaking, as did everyone else. In fact, everyone just stopped as a black and purple portal opened in the main room.
Everyone watched as people started to walk out of the portal. The first one through the portal was recognizable to Nepgear and Histoire as Chika walked through the portal.
The next arrivals shocked everyone in the room.
Peashy, Rom, Ram, Uni and Steamax all came through the portal, though all of them had slightly different looks than they were used to. After them was Compa, IF, a blue-haired bunny girl, a slender girl with green hair and the large rat, Warechu, who was close to Compa. What was most shocking to everyone about IF and Compa was how IF looked like she had multiple colored skin and some scars on her body while Compa had metal hands and arms.
A small girl with red hair done up in twin tails and an eye-patch walked through, followed by the older-looking Neptune. And finally, at the end, a wheelchair was pushed through the portal as the CPU of Planeptune came through, being pushed by a Nepgear in a maid outfit.
The final woman that came through the portal had everyone gasping in shock.
"...What?" The woman looked around in confusion and looked at Neptune, who was giggling. "...Do I REALLY look that similar to this Arfoire person?"
Neptune nodded while giggling. "Uh huh. I told you, didn't I?"
"NEPTUNE!" Nepgear suddenly ran up to her sister and grabbed her, pulling her into a hug. "You're home!" She had questions, lots of them, but for right now, she was just happy that Neptune was home and alive.
"Nepgear!" Neptune smiled as she hugged Nepgear back. "I'm home."
Before anything more could be said, Histoire's voice came from Neptune's pockets. "I do appreciate a touching scene, but could you let me out of here already?"
The sisters broke the hug and Neptune reached into her parka's pocket and pulled out a damaged tome before opening it, revealing a badly injured Histoire. "Sorry, Histy, but I wasn't going to let you stay in that world. So this way, if you really are linked to the fate that world, we'll know soon enough."
Histoire from Gamworld sighed and just smiled softly. "To give someone who failed like me another chance, you really are the hope of the world."
"Excuse me," the native Histoire spoke up, "I want to say, before anything else... Welcome home, Neptune."
Neptune smiled at her. "I'm home, Histy. I'm home everyone. And I've got a heck of a story to tell you."
The End
And that's it. There's no more to the story. I hope you've enjoyed the ride and...
"HOLD IT, BUCKO!"
Uh, Neptune, what are you doing here?
"You can't just end the story like this! Sure, it's a nice ending, but it feels incomplete!"
...How so?
"Oh please, I saw you write a continuation after this."
...No fair, you peeked!
"Hee hee hee! You can't fool the main character!"
Alright, fine. I was planning on surprising everyone but I guess I'll announce it here. There's more to come everyone. The main story's done, time for an epilogue now!
"Mwahahahahahaha! For all the torment you put me through, I get to spoil your surprise!"
See you tomorrow everyone. Sheesh! You'd think she was mad at me or something.