Author's Note
Helloooooo, my lovable readers! So first I want to thank all of you for the wonderful reviews. Sadly, some of you are guests, so I can't reply to you on your reviews, but those who aren't guests, I hope I was able to answer some of your questions while not spoiling anything of course. I mean I can spoiled Ultradimension stuff, since, ya know, it follows the game, but everything in Hyperdimenion I'm keeping my mouth shut.
And someone asked this how Neptune became a CPU, well Neptune became a CPU, in Ultradimension, by consuming a CPU Memory, this is common knowledge for Neptunia lovers that seen the games, if not, go play or watch re;birth 3. In Hyperdimenion, Neptune was created as a CPU, either go read the prequel if you want my version or go play/watch re;birth 1. Hopefully that answered your question.
Anyways, I also want to thank Nanya for fixing up my chapters. They're such a big help. And I appreciate everything they do for me. Go check out their stories if you haven't. I know a large portion of you also follow Nanya.
That is all so far for this Note, see at the end of this chapter. XD
DISCLAMER: I do not own Hyperdimension Neptunia or the characters, except for Lenna, and some of the lines/scenes. HDN belongs to Idea Factory and Complie Heart.
Lowee, Gamindustri
Place: Basilicom
Date: August 21, 2019
Time: 12:02 P.M
The brunette hastily tapped against the keys on the keyboard. She wanted to get as much typed down before she forgot important details and plot points. This was going to be her masterpiece. Definitely an award winning novel. The story was based around two rulers that had fallen in love during a time of war. She would deny that the story has anything to do with her friends, yep, nothing in the slightest, but since she needed more content to make it spicy…
The CPU clicked on a single button and a small facecam popped up on her computer screen. It rang three times before it was answered and the screen showed the image of a familiar twin-tailed girl. "Hello, Noire," she greeted.
"Blanc? Is there something you need?"
"Yes, I have this question. It's always been on my mind…"
"O…kay? What is it?" Noire asked.
"I'm just curious, so please don't make a big deal out of it…"
Noire tilted her head in confusion. "Sure?"
"You and Neptune are lovers, so… Who's the dominant one?"
Noire eyes widened as her face turned completely red. "W-Why would you ask that?!"
"It's for research, now answer," Blanc demanded.
Noire narrowed her eyes. "What kind of research?"
"Nothing important that you need know off. So please, are you the dominant one? Or would that title go to Neptune?" Blanc questioned.
Noire sighed, knowing that Blanc wouldn't leave her alone unless she got an answer. The black goddess squirmed as she glanced away from the screen and silently mumbled, "…le…rt."
"Sorry, could you speak up?"
Noire took a deep breath and announced, "Purple Heart." The redness on her face reached the tips of her ears when she answered Blanc's question.
Blanc blinked. "Purple Heart? Why not just say Neptune, since they are the same person?"
"Well," Noire tapped her fingers as she explained, "Neptune mostly always goes into HDD during our intimate times. Besides, she's more cuddly than sexy in her human form. She actually doesn't think that she's sexy in her human form, but-"
"You do?" Blanc voiced.
Noire hesitantly replied, "...Yes."
Blanc smirked, "...Lolicon."
"WHAT!?" Noire screeched. "I am not!"
"Well, thanks. This will definitely help me with my story…"
"Story? Wait…" Noire narrowed her eyes as she questioned, "You aren't using my love life as-!"
The white goddess quickly interrupted, "Good chat, Noire. I'll talk to you later."
"Hey, wait!"
Blanc hurriedly ended the call before Noire could scold her. She chuckled as she wrote down the valuable information she got from her friend. She was riding everything on this one story. This wasn't like anything she had written before, and she was getting fired up.
Lastation, Gamindustri
Place: Lastation City
Date: August 21, 2019
Time: 2:51 P.M
The dark haired girl exited the Guild. She had just finished her monster clearing quest. "Goddess, why are the monster being so active all of a sudden? At least I'm getting shares out of it."
"Look, it's Lady Uni!"
Uni turned around to see a couple children waving at her. She smiled and waved back.
"She waved at us! Lady Uni is so cool and hard working just like Lady Noire!"
Uni giggled at their reactions. Uni may have had some pretty solid critics from the populace, but her reputation was slowly rising, even among the more strict people.
I'm sure that Noire will be proud of this. Alright, gotta return to the basilicom. That paperwork won't finish itself after all.
Uni skipped down the street towards her home. Noire was away in Planeptune so that left Uni in charge. While she had never ran Lastation alone before, it would be a good experience, but her oracle was also here to help her if she needed. Plus Noire was only a small phone call away if things got too crazy.
"CPUs shouldn't exist on our Gamindustri!"
"Huh!?" Uni immediately stopped her skip and turned her attention to the tall light haired women. "Wait… isn't that the girl that Nepgear was talking that's the leader of some weird group?"
The woman handed out pamphlets to different people as she yelled, "C-CPUs are not needed! They all need to disappear!"
"Well, that's not good," Uni mumbled as she walked up to the women. "Excuse me."
"Eek!" The women jumped away and held up her arms in fear. "I'm so sorry!"
Uni was surprised by the action. "Huh? I haven't said anything yet?"
"Oh, um… you're a CPU. You're gonna punish me, aren't you? I'm sorry for causing so much trouble…"
"If you know you're causing trouble, why don't you just stop?" Uni asked.
"But I can't… I need to get rid of CPUs from… from Gamindustri…"
"That's a problem for me."
"I'm so terribly sorry! O-Of course it's a problem for you. What am I saying to a CPU? I-I'm so sorry."
Uni looked around hesitantly to see people giving them weary looks. She didn't want to turn this into a commotion if she didn't have to. "It's alright. Why don't you stop handing those…" The candidate caught sight of the fliers and flinched. There were some weird drawings and writings on it. She almost doubted that anyone would even bother to read something like this anyway. "...handing those fliers out…"
"B-B-But I must. My group isn't doing so well, so I need recruiters…"
Uni internally smiled, Well that's good to hear, for me at least.
"S-So…" The women gulped and shouted, "I-If you're gonna stop me, then… Then I'll make you disappear too!"
Uni was taken aback by the outburst, her eyes went wide as she yelled in shock. "Say whaaa?"
"Oh no! What have I done!" She cowered back in fear. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it." Tears began to form in the corner of her eyes.
Uni began to fear that she would start crying as well. "Um… It's alright! I see that you are quite passionate in what you are doing, so don't cry!" The Lastation candidate was afraid people might get the wrong idea if a grown woman suddenly started crying in front of her.
"I'm so sorry!" The woman cried and ran away.
"H-Hey wait!" Uni reached out to stop her, but the woman was already gone. The goddess stood there as she watched the person run, not even chasing after her. "What is wrong with her?" She noticed that people were staring at her and she blushed. She lowered her head and made her way towards the basilicom. "I'll just worry about her if she appears again…"
Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Basilicom
Date: August 21, 2019
Time: 3:12 P.M
Noire was having the hardest time trying to focus at the moment. With Blanc using her girl talk to get information on her love life so the Lowee CPU could write a better story, and Noire knew, no matter how much Blanc would deny it, that the Lowee CPU was using HER love life for her novels, and with the fact that Neptune was missing, it was really affecting her ability to concentrate.
"Has it really only been two days?" Noire asked, even though no one was in the room with her. Despite the fact it had been only two days, it felt... So much longer than that.
"To think, just over a year ago, the Console War came to an end, we got our little sisters and now Neptune's off in some other world without me." Noire sighed softly.
It felt so... Surreal to know that there were other dimensions out there. Especially since the one Neptune ended up in had another version of herself.
Noire wouldn't lie and say that she didn't have any insecurities. Even though Neptune had figured out that the other her wasn't her girlfriend, she couldn't help but worry that Neptune would, in a moment of weakness, fool herself into thinking that the other her was her girlfriend and then the two would...
Noire stopped herself and sighed as she placed down her pen. She stretched her arms and looked at the documents. Even though she had agreed to do Planeptune's unfinished paperwork while Neptune was out, she just felt melancholic, even if she was trying her best to be a good girlfriend for Neptune. "I hope Uni's doing well on her own." She knew that her sister was capable. "After all, she's my little sister," Noire smirked to herself, knowing that if Uni paid attention to her lessons on how to run a nation that she'd be just fine.
"Same can't be said for Nepgear," Noire muttered to herself, though she slapped her forehead at that. "No, that's not fair, you know Uni would feel the same way if you disappeared like Neptune did, Noire." She knew that if Neptune was there, she'd be teased for talking to herself. The only thing that made anything bearable at that moment was the fact that Neptune seemed to be doing well in the other dimension so far.
With all her worries about Neptune and her other self, Noire realized that she couldn't handle being in a long distance relationship. The same dimension was easy since she could just fly to her girlfriend whenever she wanted, it didn't take long to get from Lastation to Planeptune after all, especially after the four landmasses crashed into the ocean and Lowee, Lastation and Planeptune became one continent while Leanbox stayed as its own island nation in the West, but another dimension was an entirely different story.
Noire was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard knocking coming from doors. She sat up straight and said, "Come in!"
The door open revealing a tall blonde woman in a purple suit. "Lady Noire, I have brought more documents."
Noire lightly chuckled, "Neptune sure was behind on her work. You weren't kidding, Lenna."
"She has been taking it way too easy after the end of the Console War. If Histoire didn't scold her, Planeptune wouldn't be able to compete against the other nations." Lenna walked up to the side of the desk and place the stack of papers down.
"How're Nepgear and Histoire doing?" asked the black CPU.
"They are still looking for a way to bring Neptune back."
Noire looked down, glumly. "So they haven't found a way."
"Lady Noire, are you alright?" Lenna worriedly questioned.
Noire leaned back against the black cushioned chair and sighed. "Not really. I'm just worried about Neptune."
"Lady Neptune is strong! She can take care of herself, so there is nothing to worry about, Lady Noire."
The goddess smiled. That's not what I'm worried about, but… "Thank you, Lenna."
"If you need to talk, I'm here to listen. I've listened to Lady Neptune when she needed to complain or vent plenty of times after all." The former oracle smiled at the Lastation goddess.
Noire chuckled, "Will do."
Lenna bowed her head and quickly left the room, leaving Noire alone once more. I wonder what Neptune's doing right now…
Noire found that her mind always seemed to wander back to Neptune. It felt like there hadn't been a day that she wasn't thinking or worrying about Neptune. I guess that's just how much I love that purple idiot. She couldn't complain. After all, if not for said idiot, they'd still be fighting and they wouldn't have sisters, peace or be friendly rivals now instead of enemies.
"Um… Lady Noire?"
"Huh?" Noire was taken out of her thoughts again when Lenna came back in. "Did you forget something?"
"Actually, I just got a call from the Guild saying that there were some problems with a group that was protesting against the CPUs, or in other words, you…"
Noire groaned, "Must be that Citizens group." She stood up and stretched her arms. "Don't worry, I'm on it."
Planeptune, Gamindustri, Other Dimension
Place: Basilicom
Date: November 20, 1995
Time: 4:19 P.M
It had been a year since her last contact with Noire and Histoire. Neptune was starting to worry that they might have forgotten about her. She knew it would take time for them to find a way to bring her back, but she didn't think it would take this long! Noire... She pouted as she thought about her girlfriend. She really wanted to see her Noire again. A year apart from her lover was just too long! And while the other Noire looked close enough to her Noire that she didn't forget what her lover looked or sounded like, it just wasn't the same. She pretty much resorted to teasing the other Noire to satisfy her own frustration. And even that wasn't satisfying! The reactions, while similar, just weren't the same!
"Neppy?"
A knock came from her guest room door. Neptune sat up from her bed and said. "Come in!"
The door opened to reveal a girl with long, braided, light purple hair who wore a cute dress. "There you are!" Plutia, CPU of this world's Planeptune smiled as she saw her friend.
"Hey, Plutie! What's up?"
"Histy's all pissty again…"
"Oh pooh!" Neptune fell back on the bed of her guest room. "But we just came back from Lastation!"
"She's kicking us out again…" Plutia voiced. "She doesn't trust us when we learned so much from Noire…"
"So what? Do we just leave?"
"Histy's really red right now that we started to slack off right when we got back…"
Neptune sighed and she jumped out of bed. "To Noire's place it is!"
Lastation, Gamindustri, Other Dimension
Place: Basilicom
Date: November 20, 1995
Time: 1:32 P.M
Plutia and Neptune entered Noire's office. Neptune had noticed how this office's floor was covered in metallic tiles and the walls were covered in steel plating. There were many computer screens monitoring the halls around the basilicom.
Lastation's basilicom was completely different from her dimension's, but the city wasn't that much different. Neptune couldn't help but notice that there were some things that were the same, like how most things were angular and symmetrical.
"Hey Noire! We came to see you again!" Neptune announced. "We made mini Histy mad again, so we're back!"
Plutia chuckled, "Hehehe… That's why we're back…"
At the work desk, Noire looked up from her paperwork and pouted. She didn't say anything as Plutia skipped up to her desk with Neptune following.
"But for real, this dimension's Histy is such a baby when she's mad. She's got no funny bone installed!"
"We thought we'd learn how to work reeeeeally hard from you until she calms down…" said Plutia.
Noire only crossed her arms as she furrowed her eyebrows even more with her dramatic pouting. "Hmph!"
"Ummmmm…" Plutia didn't like the expression Noire was making. "Are you mad, too…?"
"No. Not really," Noire responded.
"But your face is sooooo angry… Neppy you see it too, right?"
"I can't tell. Noire's a pisspot all the time, whether it's in her face or in her attitude."
"What!?" Noire shrieked. "Don't call me a pisspot! That makes no sense! Don't talk like you know me! I'm different from your Noire!"
"Uh oh, I knew it… she is mad…" Plutia confirmed.
"Only because she just ticked me off!" Noire blamed as she pouted at Neptune.
"Hey, think of a calm blue ocean, and then look at how sad Plutia's face is. And besides, my Noire gets mad too, but she's still much nicer than you," Neptune added.
"Don't compare me to the other Noire! And it's both your fault that I'm angry!" Noire snapped.
"Awwwwwe, boo-hoo… Noire…" Plutia tucked out her lower lip as she furrowed her eyebrows, making a sad expression.
Noire flinched and glanced away, trying not to make eye contact with Plutia. "Ugh! H-Hmph! Just because you make that face doesn't mean I'll forgive you. I mean, we haven't seen each other for so long. I was happy that you two were depending on me…"
Plutia suddenly burst out in tears and cried, "Waaaaaah…!"
"Huh?" Noire panicked and stood up from her black wheeled chair. "Jeez, are you crying?! Why?!"
"Wow, you made her cry," Neptune said. "You're such a bully, Noire! Noire bullied a girl to tears! Even my Noire never bullied a girl to that extent."
"N-No, I didn't…!" Noire denied. She quickly walked around her desk to be by Plutia's side so she could comfort her. "Come on, it's okay… So stop crying, please? I'm sorry…"
Plutia sniffled, "You… won't be mad anymore…?"
Noire smiled and said, "I won't be upset with you two. I promise, okay?"
"Oh, okay." Plutia's face immediately cheered up as she wiped the remaining tears away from her magenta eyes. "Hehehe…"
"Phew…" Noire sighed with relief. "Yeah, there you go. Smile like you always do." Noire loved it when Plutia smiled. Much better, and safer, than when she was upset. Noire had to fight the urge to shiver at the thought of a truly upset Plutia.
Neptune couldn't help but get jealous at seeing Noire giving those lovey-dovey eyes to Plutia. She wasn't even her girlfriend, but she looked so much like her girlfriend and that was a problem. The only way to keep her emotions in check was to make fun of this Noire. "Noire, it's because you react in such weird and huffy-puffy ways that things get all complicated."
"Stop making me the villian!" Noire yelled.
"Uh oh… are you getting mad again?" Plutia whimpered as new tears formed.
Noire immediately place her attention back on Plutia. "N-No, I'm not… Ugh, fine! Let's go. You came here to learn how to work, right?"
"Uh huh," Plutia nodded.
"Then let's get going. I have a few quests to do, so you two can give me a hand."
Plutia cheered, "Yay!"
"Oh yaaaaay," Neptune grumbled, though at least Noire wasn't giving Plutia anymore lovey-dovey eyes, which made things easier for her. It wasn't fair to this Noire, Neptune knew that, but she couldn't help how she felt.
It just wasn't fair that she couldn't be with her girlfriend and had to have someone that looked so much like her girlfriend close to her.
Sometimes I wish that I had ended up in a dimension where there wasn't a Noire. While it would suck, at least she wouldn't be feeling this way.
Leanbox, Gamindustri
Place: Leanbox City
Date: August 21, 2019
Time: 6:37 P.M
"What is that girl doing!?" questioned the tome. "Given her all this power and she's still a wimp! First she ran from the Lastation's CPU and Candidate and now she's running from Leanbox's."
She watched from afar as Rei Ryghts ran away from the blonde woman in green. While Rei had been handing out her awful pamphlets to the citizens of Leanbox, Vert, the CPU of Leanbox, have came to confront her. Rei started to ramble and apologize for every little thing and gone off running, leaving behind a very confused goddess.
"That girl is useless! I'd thought that she could cause some trouble since she's the counterpart of her in the other dimension… Damn it!" cursed the blonde fairy. "I'm gonna have to give Rei a little confidence boost. If this doesn't go according to plan, she's gonna laugh in my face! Grr!"
The small tome flew after Rei in hopes of creating chaos on Gamindustri.
Author's Note
Well, it seems like our lovely Rei is once again running away like the coward she is... or is she?
So, I don't think I mentioned this in the beginning Note, but the first part of this chapter was inspired by a conversation I had with Nanya. I was going through suggestions that I have written down from people and I came across the 'Blanc asking Noire who was the dominant one in the relationship.' I thought it was funny so I added it in for more content, cause originally this chapter had less than 2.5k words. So thanks Nanya for always pinging me weird and funny skits and I might or might not use.
And that's it! I will give a tiny spoiler on the next chapter. Let's just say Rei gets a bit over-confident in Lowee... Yep that's all I'm gonna say. So until then, byyyye!
-Shiena
