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

And here's the second Epilogue chapter, it's also insanely long. Longer than most of the chapters, now that I think about it.

Since I can't answer guest reviews via PM, I'll say this, no, I don't hate Neptune. I'm just so sadistic that both Esdeath and Iris Heart are in awe of me. Mwhahahahahahaha!

Epilogue 2

"Morning, Compa." IF said as she looked at her friend.

"Morning, Iffy." Compa smiled at her as the two walked through the Basilicom. "How have you been adapting to this world?"

"Better than I thought I would." IF admitted and she blushed softly. "Linda certainly has liked it. Too bad she, Gust, Warechu and Mina are helping Brave, MAGES., Cave and B-Sha over on the Western side of the city." Fortunately, there hadn't been too many problems, but things were only going to get worse if something wasn't done about them soon.

Compa giggled and put her metal hand over her mouth. "I wonder why Nep Nep wanted us to meet her in the living room?"

"I dunno." IF answered her and shrugged. "We've been here for almost a month and it still feels weird."

"Hey!" Neptune, who was sitting in her wheelchair with a blanket over her legs, smiled at them. "Iffy! Compa! I'm glad you two came."

"Well, the most we've done is lounge about and go walking around outside." IF told her. "Your city is so... Different."

Neptune giggled. "Well, I figure that it's been long enough and I found some people that I know you'll want to see." She smiled at the confused look that IF gave her. "Come on in, girls!"

When the door to the outdoor patio opened and four people walked in, IF's eyes widened and she gasped while her eyes started to instantly water. "It..."

"We're here, Lady Neptune," the one with red hair spoke up, smiling at her. "What did you need us for? Oh! It's IF."

"M...Marvy?" IF asked, her voice uncertain. "CC2? Falcom... And Falcom?" She recognized the dusky-skinned cat-like girl and Falcom almost immediately. What was most surprising was that she was seeing two Falcoms, one when they were younger, who had a ponytail and one who had short hair, was a bit taller and curvier, which IF knew Falcom only developed like that when she had grown up.

"Hey!" CC2 smiled at IF. "It's been awhile since I saw you, but what happened to your skin? Did you play with body paint or something?"

IF took trembling steps before she suddenly broke into a run and hugged the first person she reached, which happened to be Marvy.

"Huh?" Marvy looked at IF, who was crying while hugging her. "What happened, IF?"

Neptune smiled at them. "Well, see, this Iffy's from another world and she was friends with you four, but you all died in a fire and she's the only one who survived, so I thought it would be nice for her to see you again."

Compa smiled as she looked at IF. "Nep Nep," she looked at Neptune, smiling happily. "Thank you. You have no idea how much this means to Iffy."

Neptune smiled and her eyes lit up as two new people walked in. "Nep Nep! We're here and... Huh? How come I see another Iffy and me? And why does the me have metal arms?"

"Huh?" Both IF and Compa turned to see the newcomers enter the room.

Neptune smiled. "Compa, Iffy! Meet Full Metal Compa and Blazing Girl Iffy from my latest adventure."

"Wow!" Full Metal Compa smiled as she saw the newcomers. "These are your Iffy and me, Nep Nep? That's so cool!"

"Well..." Neptune trailed off as another IF and Compa walked in behind them. "I also invited my daughters too."

"Dang it, Nep-ko!" The new IF yelled, blushing hard. "Don't call me that! It's embarrassing!"

The newly arrived Compa just smiled in amusement. "It's okay, Iffy, we're basically sisters since Nep Nep is our mother." She giggled when IF groaned in dismay.

"...Nep..." The Hyperdimension IF gave her long-time friend an exasperated look. "I trust you have a really good story, right?"

"Uh huh," Neptune nodded, the amusement on her face was palatable. "But there's others who should be here soon." She turned to the glass doors that led out onto the patio as they opened up.

"Jeez," one of the newcomers groused in annoyance. "First you disappar for twelve days for no reason and then you don't want to see us for almost a month."

"Calm down, Noire..." The tall blonde next to her said. "Let's just be thankful that Neptune's back and wants to see us again."

Neptune smiled and moved the wheelchair around to face them. "Noire... Vert... Blanc..." Her eyes watered up. "I missed all of you."

Noire had a concerned look on her face as she looked at Neptune. While Neptune looked tired but healthy, but there was a sense that she was fragile, like a porcelain doll or a plate of fine china, and would shatter with only a little bit of pressure applied to her.

Both Vert and Blanc had similar feelings as they looked at their friend. Before they could say anything, a yellow blur ran into the room yelling loudly. "NEPTUNA!" The cheerful voice cried out and leaped at Neptune.

"ACK!" Neptune cringed, waiting for the crash.

"NO!" A new voice was heard and another yellow blur rushed into the room, crashing into the first yellow blur, sending both blurs to the ground, which were revealed to be two Peashys. "No hurting Neptuna! She doesn't need bad tackles!" The other Peashy said while pinning the first Peashy to the floor.

"Oh wow!" A voice spoke up. "Lookie, Rom! Uni! There's another Peashy!"

"Uh huh..." Rom said in a soft voice as she and Ram, both in their pastel coats, Rom in her blue coat and hat and Ram in her pink coat and hat, looked at the scene. "Where did the other Peashy come from?"

"...Did Nep-ko decide to adopt another Peashy?" Ultra IF asked as she looked at Neptune.

"Nope." Neptune shook her head and smiled as the Ultradimension versions of Noire, Vert and Blanc came into the room after their Hyperdimension counterparts. "Hey, where's Plutie?"

"Neppy!" Said person ran into the room after everyone. "Sorry, I overslept."

Hyper Noire frowned softly. "So, Neptune... Why haven't you called us since you got back? And why do you look so worn out?"

"Because Nepsy's been working," Uzume said as she, Umio and Histoire came into the room. "And she should be resting."

All the newcomers looked at Neptune in absolute shock and Neptune just giggled while sticking her tongue out. "Anyway, everyone! Come on out!"

Uzume stepped to the side and everyone watched as another version of Rom, Ram, Uni and two Nepgears, one in a maid outfit and one in her normal outfit walked into the room, followed by a girl with red hair in twin tails and an eye-patch and finally an older-looking woman.

"Oh wow!" Ram's eyes gleamed as she and Rom ran up to their counterparts and discovered that the other Rom and Ram were slightly bigger than they were. "Cool! Now there's another me and Rom! We can play all the party games now!"

Her counterpart giggled nervously. "Well, that might be fun."

Rom looked at her counterpart and timidly reached out a hand. "H-hello."

"Hey." The taller Rom smiled at her.

"Wow, there's another me?" Uni said as she walked towards her other self, who seemingly oozed a level of confidence that Uni wished she had.

That Uni wasn't even looking at her, instead she was looking at the two Noires who were standing next to each other with an expression that bordered on disbelief. "...N...Noire?" Both of them nodded in confusion and before anyone could say anything more, the Uni from Gamworld was running up to Hyper Noire and hugged her tightly, sobbing openly.

"Ack!" Noire jerked in surprise and her face turned bright red. "H-hey, what are..."

"Noire," Neptune interrupted her. "Let her cry." Noire gave Neptune a confused look and Neptune sighed. "I promise, I'll explain it, okay?"

Both Blancs walked over to the taller twins and they looked confused as both of them gave them guarded, if not outright hostile looks. "What's wrong?" The Blanc with the red miko outfit asked.

"Rom, Ram," the woman behind them said softly. "Calm down, they aren't the same person." She sighed when they remained tense. "Just relax, okay? No one will hurt anyone here."

"Sorry," Rom said and let out a small sigh. "It's just... Some bad memories is all."

"I see," the Blanc in the blue outfit nodded, "I can..." She trailed off and narrowed her eyes. Walking forward, she stopped in front of Rom and grabbed the girl's shirt and pushed it against Rom's body. "...B...Boobs?"

Rom glared at her. "Yeah, so?"

Blanc let go and took a step back, an utterly defeated look on her face. "I can't believe it, even my younger sister from another dimension has bigger boobs than me."

The miko-clad Blanc sank to her knees while looking up at the sky in pure despair.

"Oh wow!" Ram suddenly grinned as she got behind her counterpart. "This me has a really big butt too!"

"HEY!" Gamworld Ram yelled and put her hands over her butt as she turned around, blushing hard. "I can't help it that I have a big butt!"

Hyper Vert was giggling at the antics, but then she looked at the redhead and her eyes widened. "Noire, Blanc... Look at the redhead."

The Noire that was getting hugged tightly while she returned it awkwardly, looked at the redheaded little girl and her eyes widened as she gasped. "N...No way." Memories of another redhead with a similar face and hairstyle entered her mind. "That..."

"I know that she looks like that villain," Neptune interrupted her, "but her name's Filyn."

"Filyn..?" Plutia blinked and tilted her head. "But that name rhymes with villain. Are we sure she's not a bad guy?"

Filyn face-faulted. "GAH! Why does everyone do that?!"

Chrome gave Plutia an angry look, but she took a deep breath to calm down. "Neptune, I think we should talk about what happened while you were in our world."

Neptune nodded. "Well, it all started when I wanted a pizza pocket and I used the microwave after Nepgear gave me a new phone."

"You shouldn't have done that." Both Noires, Verts and Blancs said at the same time while deadpanning.

"Awww..." Nepgear pouted. "That's not fair."

Neptune giggled in amusement. "I sure did miss this. Come on, everyone needs to sit down and listen." She smiled as the Falcoms, CC2, Marvy and all three IFs and Compas grabbed some chairs and moved the couches around before plopping themselves on the couches. Both versions of Peashy ran to sit near Neptune while the CPUs moved to the couches with the Gamworld CPUs sitting behind Neptune while her other friends sat on the couches opposite of her. Uzume and Umio grabbed some chairs and sat down not far from the group while both Histoires floated into the room to observe.

"Well, imagine my shock when I'm flying through the air, not able to transform and there's a bunch of trees down below."

Everyone listened with rapt attention as Neptune told them the story of her adventure in Gamworld and what Lowee was really like.

As the story progressed and the confrontation with the Void of Lowee happened, both Blancs, along with the smaller Rom and Ram stared at Neptune in shock as she told them what White Void had done to her little sisters.

When Neptune got to the part of White Void stomping on Rom, both Blancs suddenly stood up, growling audibly. "NEPTUNE!" They both yelled at the same time.

"ACK!" Neptune jerked in surprise, her eyes white and blank in shock.

"Tell me that you killed that bitch." Hyper Blanc growled as the air around her was crackling and sparking.

"Because if you didn't, I'll be more than happy to hunt her down and rearrange her body in the most painful way I can think of." Ultra Blanc snarled, her eyes glowing red.

Next to Neptune, both of the Gamworld twins were tense with Ram trembling and Rom fighting the urge to charge up her magic. The memories of what White Void had done to them when she lost her temper came flooding back in force and it was taking everything that they had to not try to blast these two look-a-likes at that moment.

"Well.. I fought her..." Neptune scratched her cheek. "And she had another form called a Nightmare form. She kind of looked like a big beast of some sort. Like a big cat or something?" Neptune shrugged, it wasn't important. "She really beat me up good, but I got rid of her weapon. Chromey here used it to kill White Nightmare."

"Oh." Both Blancs calmed down and looked at Chrome before bowing at the same time. "Thank you so much for killing her." They said at the same time.

The bigger versions of Rom and Ram stared at the Blancs in shock as the urge to fight the two Blancs faded and they relaxed.. "...Big sis Neptune..." Rom said softly. "Is... Is this what you meant when you said that you knew our real big sister?" Neither of them had ever seen Blanc ever calm down until she had vented her anger and was panting and grinning.

Neptune nodded. "Uh huh. I told you that the real Blanc would never hurt you two."

Both Blancs straightened up and looked at Neptune in surprise. "Neptune?" They asked at the same time.

Neptune winked at them. "What? You think I wanted them to think that White Void was their sister when I know you two would never hurt them?" She knew that White Void, after dying and being freed from the Fearicite's influence, was a lot nicer and kinder, but no one needed to know about that right now. "Well, after that, I was kind of banged up and I couldn't walk for awhile, so I helped Rom and Ram, with Chrome's help, get the public to like them and even solved some problems. Besides, we had to fix some airships before we went to Leanbox."

Ultra Vert frowned softly. "I'm almost worried about what that Leanbox was like."

"...Well, it was more like Lewdbox than Leanbox." Neptune giggled while blushing hard as she remembered some of the things that happened there. Or how Chika had given her kisses whenever the two had been alone for any length of time since arriving in Gamindustri.

Which was thankfully not too often as Chika offered to help manage the paperwork so Neptune could rest and recover more.

Neptune shook her head and then described what happened in Leanbox, and although she toned it down, as she didn't think they needed to know about the overly sexual things that happened, it was near impossible to describe Green Void in any way but lewd.

When Neptune explained about the fact that Green Void had killed six previous sisters and was going to execute Peashy when they arrived, both Verts suddenly jumped to their feet, a furious expression on their faces.

"HOW DARE SHE?!" Hyper Vert screamed in anger. "I WOULD RATHER DESTROY MY GAMING COLLECTION AND CHOP MY OWN BREASTS OFF THAN HURT A LITTLE SISTER!"

"Especially six cute little sisters!" Ultra Vert continued, a truly distressed expression on her face.

"Well, I fought her after that, she then turned into her nightmare form and..." Neptune paused. "...It was like she merged with a spider and naughty tentacles for that form and she nearly, um..." She turned bright red. "Did... Very bad lewd things to me and everyone else before I broke her Fearicite Crystal and then Chromey killed her."

The Peashy from Gamworld looked at Hyper Vert in confusion before standing up and walking over to her. "...Do you mean it?" Vert looked down at her. "...You wouldn't hurt Pea?"

Suddenly Peashy was grabbed and lifted up into a hug as Vert openly cried. "No! I could never hurt a little sister! I would never do something so cruel! I've wanted a little sister so much since Neptune, Noire and Blanc all have little sisters."

Neptune smiled. "Well, about that, Verty... Hey, P-ko." Both Peashys looked at her. "I meant the one getting hugged by Verty," she ruffled her daughter's hair. "Would you like to have a little sister?" Vert stared at Neptune in absolute shock. "How about it, P-Ko? Do you want to get to know your real big sister?"

Peashy looked confused. "Neptuna... Does this mean I won't see you again?"

"Nope!" Neptune smiled at her. "After you get settled in you can come back and visit any time."

Before anyone could say anything more, Peashy was put down and Vert walked over to Neptune before shocking everyone by grabbing Neptune and hugging her tightly, smothering her face into the blonde's breasts.

"I think you're going to kill her if you keep her smothered in your boobs for too long." Chrome commented, an amused expression on her face.

Vert just smirked at Chrome. "And do you really think I haven't hugged her like this before?" Still, she let go of the hug and Neptune plopped back into her wheelchair, her face slightly red.

Neptune had a goofy grin on her face as she giggled. "Well, that was pleasant."

"Pervert." Both Blancs muttered, though the one in blue was thinking about ways she could use this in a future book.

'Too bad Vert didn't kiss Neptune.' Hyper Blanc thought to herself, that would have been some prime book material right there.

Not far away, Marvy giggled in amusement. "Well, that's interesting, huh? So, Lady Neptune, what happened next?"

"Well," Neptune looked at Chrome, who nodded. "There was a fifth nation, known as Eden, but it was a short trip." She looked at Plutia and bit her lip before sighing. "The Void of Eden..." She pointed at Plutia, "was you."

"EH?!" Everyone gasped with Ultra IF suddenly going pale and trembling at the thought of a Iris Heart that was even scarier than Green or White Voids had been.

"...Neppy?" Plutia had a sad look on her face. "...What did I do?"

Chrome answered for Neptune. "...Eden was my nation sixty years ago." She gave Plutia a stern look. "You came into the world, stole my nation, stole Filyn's eye, stole the lives of everyone who lived there, turned it into a swamp and even stole your own little sister's life."

"...Oh." Plutia looked really troubled by that. "...Do you hate me?" She asked while looking at Chrome.

Chrome closed her eyes. "...Hate is too soft of a word for what I feel towards you. However, I made a promise to Neptune to not hurt you if I met you. And I got my revenge on the monster that did all of that stuff."

Plutia didn't look happy, but she nodded and had a very uncomfortable look on her face.

"Well..." Neptune continued, "after that, we got out of Eden as it collapsed and..."

"Neptune," Histoire interrupted her. "Is that why you called me and asked me about what happens if a Sharicite crystal is shattered?" Neptune nodded and Histoire sighed. "I really had no clue you were suffering so much."

"Well... It got worse." Neptune explained about how she had, sometime before Eden, had gotten possessed by the Fearicite that she had shattered in Lowee and Leanbox. "And then we went to Lastation..." She looked at the Noires who were looking very uncomfortable to know what they were like in Gamworld. "...Things weren't quite what we were expecting though."

"Mind if I help tell the story?" Gamworld Uni asked and Neptune nodded.

The two started to talk about what happened in Lastation and all the twists and turns that the adventure went through at that time.

"To think Kei was so obsessed that she tried to become a CPU..." Hyper Noire sighed softly. "And to become Dark Black on top of it."

"You know," Ultra Noire said, "the me of that world sounds like she wasn't evil at all."

"She wasn't." Neptune, Chrome and Gamworld Uni all said at the same time.

"She even sacrificed herself to save the city and everyone in it." Chrome continued to speak. "I hope no one minds, but I need to get up and stretch."

"Yes, I agree." Histoire said as everyone but Neptune got up from where they were sitting and stetched. "How about we get some food delivered up here and you can continue the story. I assume that Planeptune is the final stop?" Neptune nodded. "Okay, let's come back to the story after we all have a chance to walk around and stretch then. An hour perhaps?" The others nodded, that sounded good.

Chrome was about to leave when she felt a tug on her clothes. Turning, she saw Plutia standing next to her. "Yes?"

"Can we talk in private, please?"

Neptune watched, frowning in concern as Chrome nodded at the two left.

"Neptune," Hyper Noire spoke up as she walked over to the small CPU. "...Why haven't you tried to get up? And why are you in a wheelchair?"

Neptune just gave Noire a wry smile. "I can't feel anything from my waist down, Noire." Noire's eyes widened in shock. "I'm getting better, but..." She grabbed the blanket and pulled it up and focused as she tried to lift her leg. "See? I can move my leg a little bit."

The leg had barely moved.

"Neptune..." Noire said softly. "Dammit," she growled in anger, "if only..."

"Noire," Neptune stopped her, "I'm glad that you, Vert and Blanc weren't there."

Mental images of the redheaded Noire falling from a nuclear explosion and dying in front of them still haunted her. "Because..." Neptune's eyes watered up. "It was... So hard... To fight against my friends and..." The next thing she knew, Noire was hugging her and Neptune hugged her back, crying into her friend's chest.

Noire held Neptune as the smaller CPU trembled and cried. 'Neptune... I wish I could have been there to help you deal with what you went through.'

She knew that the story she was being told wasn't everything, but even so, it was bad enough.

After all, she had never seen Neptune look so worn out, tired and just plain defeated in her life. She rubbed Neptune's back and let her vent her emotions out. At that moment, Noire was worried that Neptune was like a glass figurine that was easily breakable.

'I won't let you get broken, Neptune.' She thought to herself.

(-)

"This is..?" Chrome looked around as she and Plutia got off the express lightway. "A forest?"

"Neppy sure upgraded Planeptune since I was here last, before we had to either walk or fly to or from the city, now we can just ride a stream of light to get out here." Plutia said before she was bathed in a white light. "We're near the portal to my world." Iris Heart said and turned around to face Chrome.

"...And what do you want?" Chrome asked, her eyes showing nothing but contempt and anger. When Iris Heart's sword formed in her hand, she responded by forming her mace. "I see, time to die then?"

"Sort of." Iris Heart said. "I'm sure that Neppy wouldn't like it if I killed you. So... I won't, but I know you want to vent, so..."

"How utterly kind of you." Chrome said, disgust dripping off of her words. "Just so you know, if not for Neptune's request, I would not hesitate to kill you."

"Fair enough." Iris Heart smiled at her. "So bring it."

(-)

Back at the Basilicom...

"Don't you want to give Neptune a hug, Blanc?" Rom asked and Blanc shook her head. "But..."

"I'll talk to her later." Blanc huffed softly and looked at the taller Rom and Ram, who were standing a few feet away from them. "...I know I can't undo what my other self did. But, even if you can't stand me, I'd like to get to know you two."

"...It...It's hard." Gamworld Rom said softly. "I'm looking at you and I'm expecting you to try and beat me up."

"I see..." Blanc said softly, looking incredibly hurt.

"Hey," the red Blanc gave Rom a stern look, "we're not going to do anything to you two. We aren't the monster that hurt you." She sighed at the way they flinched. "I'm sorry, to find out that there's a version of me that would... Who could do something so horrible to you two..." She trembled and balled her hands into fists. "How could such a thing be allowed to happen?"

"I'm sorry too." Gamworld Ram said to the others. "It's just... Ever since we were born until big sis Neptune saved us, we were beaten and abused."

"That can be hard to overcome." Hyper Blanc said softly. "...Would you like to play some games?" The otherworld twins gave Blanc a confused look as she pulled out a small case. "There are six portable consoles in this with the latest version of our fighting party game." She had a nervous look on her face. "Do you want to try Ultimate Smash?"

"...I guess we could try." Gamworld Rom answered her.

"Thank you." Hyper Blanc smiled.

It was a start, but that's all Blanc, both of them, wanted. After all, it hurt to see Rom and Ram, regardless if they were older-looking or not, be scared and distrustful of them.

(-)

Standing on the outdoor patio just outside the living room, Gamworld Uni stared into the distance as she felt, rather than saw, Steamax nearby. "If you have something to say, other me, please tell me." She turned to look at the Uni of this world.

"...I know what it's like to have an aloof older sister suddenly disappear on you." Uni told her other self. "It was awhile ago, about a decade or so, when my big sister was captured by a group of villains known as ASIC and were basically sealed away for three years."

"...You got your sister back, I'll never get mine back."

"That's not completely true." Noire, this one from Ultradimension, said as she walked out onto the patio. "I think Neptune wanted you to meet us like this because, while she's a bit of an idiot, she's got a lot of empathy in her."

"Yeah, she does." Gamworld Uni nodded. "I... I want to be a good CPU for my sister's sake. I promised her when she was dying. But I..."

"If that's all..." Noire smirked at Uni, "why not come live with me?"

"HUH?!" Both Unis looked at Noire shock.

The Ultradimension CPU rolled her eyes. "Well, I helped teach Neptune how to do CPU duties. You think I can't teach someone who's obviously smarter than she is?" Noire's face turned slightly red, "besides, it would be kind of nice to have someone around the Basilicom that I can talk to about stuff and do stuff together."

Hyper Uni gave Noire a flat look. "You're jealous that Vert got a sister and you don't have one, aren't you?"

Ultra Noire's eyes went blank and white with black circles around them. "Nowa!?"

"Figures." Hyper Uni giggled at that.

Gamworld Uni nodded. "I'll tell you right now, I might be hard to deal with."

"That's fine," Ultra Noire told her. "I'm not the easiest person to deal with myself."

(-)

Another part of the Basilicom...

"I am so jealous right now." Ultra Vert said as she, Hyper Vert and Gamworld Peashy walked through the Basilicom. "Neptune just up and offers Peashy to you?" She started to tear up and pouted. "I want a younger sister as well! It's unfair!" She stomped her foot and Hyper Vert gave her a flat stare.

"You do realize that you're being unreasonable." Hyper Vert told her counterpart. "I do admit though, I am surprised as well. I was beginning to think that I would never get a younger sister of my own without resorting to other measures."

Ultra Vert raised an eyebrow. "What other measures?"

Hyper Vert blushed softly and had a small smile on her face. "Well... I entertained the idea of marrying one of the others and combining my nation with theirs."

Ultra Vert gave her counterpart a flat stare. "...You were trying to marry Neptune?"

"At least get her interested in the idea. It would also have other benefits for the both of us. The shares of our nations are usually very far behind Noire and Blanc, if we collected our shares, well..." She grimaced softly, "we'd still be behind them, but we'd be better off than we usually are. Plus I would have Nepgear as a cute little sister and Neptune's not too bad, when she's not poking fun at you at least."

"Um..." Peashy looked at Vert in confusion. "Do you like Neptuna?"

Hyper Vert thought about it for a moment and nodded. "Yeah, I was going to warm her up to the idea by dropping hints, getting close to her and being there, but as I did that, I found myself falling in love with the goofball." Her face turned slightly pink. "I admit, I never thought that I would, but I started actually desiring her." She looked at Peashy and sighed softly. "I can't complain about having a little sister now, but part of me still wishes that I could marry Neptune."

"Why don't you?" Ultra Vert asked her counterpart.

"A big reason for why I wanted to marry her is gone now!" Hyper Vert pouted as a cloud of sadness formed over her head.

Peashy tilted her head. "Huh? You need to marry her? Why?" Both Verts looked at Peashy who just smiled at them. "Neptuna likes you too, you know!"

Hyper Vert blushed softly. "Well, that's good to know. Maybe after things settle down we'll come back and talk things out with her."

Ultra Vert shook her head. "I'm sorry, I could never see myself with Neptune or Plutia in the slightest. If I had to have a romantic partner, I'd want one who was more mature."

"Fair enough." Hyper Vert nodded, she knew that Neptune could be very immature.

(-)

In the Basilicom living room...

"Neptuna..." Peashy looked at one of the CPUs she saw as her mother in confusion. "Are you okay?" The two of them and Hyper Noire were playing a fighting game together while everyone else was out and mingling.

"Well, I can't walk, I'm worried about Chromey and Plutie," Neptune sighed heavily. "It's been about an hour and I really hope that they're okay."

Suddenly Noire paused the game and in a flash of light became Black Heart. She grabbed Neptune and picked her up out of the chair. "Then how about we go check on them?"

"Nepwoah?!" Neptune's eyes widened and she looked at Black Heart. "You could have given me some warning!" She pouted at Black Heart but then rested her head against her friend. "Let's go!"

"YAY!" Peashy yelled as she transformed into Yellow Heart.

As they walked out onto the patio, the other Noire and both Unis turned to look at them.

"Noire?" Hyper Uni frowned in confusion. "What's going on?"

"We're just going to go check on someone, that's all." Black Heart told her. "We'll be right back."

"Bye bye!" Yellow Heart waved and she and Black Heart, who was carrying Neptune, flew off to look for Plutia and Chrome.

Gamworld Uni blinked several times, rubbed her eyes and then slapped her cheeks. "...Do all versions of Peashy have giant boobs or something?!"

Both Hyper Uni and Ultra Norie sweat-dropped, but they could understand it. After all, they had similar reactions when they first saw Yellow Heart.

(-)

In Virtua Forest...

Iris Heart found herself being knocked into a tree, where she hit hard and slid to the ground. Grinning like a savage, complete with blood coming out of her mouth, she spit out a tooth and tried to get to her feet, which was hard when her right arm was dangling by her side uselessly and she was showing obvious signs of damage to her legs. "My, my, you have so much anger in you, don't you?"

Chrome was looking like she had seen better days. There were cuts all over her body, her left eye was swelling shut and she was leaning heavy on her right side. 'Five broken ribs, I think my left leg is cracked and I'm bleeding everywhere...'

Still, she was enjoying herself, especially since Iris Heart wasn't holding back, outside of lethal attacks. "Now I see why Neptune was so terrified of facing a Void version of you."

Iris Heart raised an eyebrow. "Well, I can't say that I don't deserve some of the hate I get. Are you satisfied now?"

"Truthfully," Chrome narrowed her good eye at Iris Heart, "I'd rather end your miserable life right here and now, but I promised Neptune I wouldn't..." She sighed and let her mace fall to the ground and dismissed it. "And I can tell, Neptune was right. You're similar to Iris Void, but you aren't quite as bad as she was."

Iris Heart let out a sigh. "About time. Tell me something, what did the other me do to her sister?" When Chrome told her, Iris Heart became more and more visibly upset. "...Please tell me that you or Neppy killed her."

"I smashed her skull in personally." Chrome answered her.

"Thank you," Iris Heart nodded to her. "The mere idea of torturing someone to the point that they'd be in that condition disgusts me." Chrome gave her a disbelieving look. "Don't get the wrong idea, I do love to bully and torment people, but I try to never leave permanent damage on their body. Bruises and shallow cuts... Okay, so I tore out what little hair Mr. Badd had on his head..." Iris Heart sighed and touched down a foot away from Chrome on the ground, wincing as she felt her legs scream at her. "...Can I ask you something?"

"What?" Chrome asked as Iris Heart sat down.

"First of all, sit down, your legs must be killing you." She said and Chrome glared at her. "Hmm?" She looked at her sword and dismissed it. "Right, anyway, tell me, what's your relationship to Neppy?"

Chrome sighed and sat down. "...At first, she was just someone that I thought was annoying, but then she gave me hope when she started talking like my elder sister did when she was alive, about how a real CPU should have been. When she proved she could fight against a Void, I began to see her as that, just someone who could end the Voids."

"So you didn't care for her?"

"Not at first." Chrome admitted to Iris Heart. "I do admit that I promised to follow her so long as she fought against the Voids. That changed after awhile and I started to care for her." She shook her head. "Why am I telling you this?"

"Because," Iris Heart smiled at her, "you love Neppy just like I do." Chrome stared at her and Iris Heart sighed, "I know Neppy doesn't feel romantic love towards me, that's fine though. What about you?"

Chrome sighed softly. "...I do care about her, a lot."

"NEPTUNA! I FOUND PLOOT!" A voice yelled from overhead and both Iris Heart and Chrome looked up as Yellow Heart and Black Heart who was carrying Neptune still lowered themselves down to the the group.

"Chrome! Plutie!" Neptune stared at them. "What happened?"

"I felt that Chrome needed to vent." Iris Heart told her and sighed. "So I came out here with her and let her vent. How did you find us?"

"P-ko figured you were out in the forest." Neptune replied while giving them both a stern look. "But really, look at you two! Fighting for no good reason! Plutie!" She pointed a finger at Iris Heart. "This is the kind of thing that makes fans mad at you and makes them want to see you beaten up or worse." Iris Heart flinched and Neptune looked at Chrome. "And you're always so calm! I told you not to try and kill Plutie if you met her!"

"And I wasn't trying to kill her." Chrome protested, she sighed at the look Neptune gave her. "I... I'm sorry, I really couldn't stand to be in the same room as her for that long and not want to kill her. But I held back."

Black Heart smiled and shifted Neptune so she could push herself out of Black Heart's arms and tackle both injured CPUs to the ground as she hugged them.

"I... I had to fight against people that looked like my friends." Neptune whimpered as she hugged both Iris Heart and Chrome. "Please, no more."

Both Iris Heart and Chrome looked at each other and nodded while hugging Neptune back. Even if there were negative feelings between them, they could put them aside.

If it made Neptune happy, they could do it.

End Epilogue 2

Just call me Billy Mays, because... Wait for it...

There's MORE!

...What? I told you that I couldn't bring myself to end Echoes that quickly.

And yes, I planned the "Blanc gets sad when she sees Rom has bigger boobs than her" joke from the beginning.

As for Poofy, as that's been asked, sadly, Poofy went poof with Gamworld. Yes, Filyn's friend went away. I'll explain more later, I promise.