Author's Note
Surprised to see me so fast? It hasn't even been a week yet and a new chapter is out?! Well, what can I say? I'm just deeply in love with all of you! And the fact that I'm trapped in my house with five feet of snow, so I have nothing do.
Anyway, this chapter was actually a part of chapter 6, but it got way too long, so I had split it. Hence why chapter 7 is out so fast. Now you don't have to wait so long for this chapter! Yay! Well, hope you enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: Hyperdimension Neptunia belongs to Idea Factory and Compile Heart. Some of the lines and scenes belong to them along with the characters, so don't sue me. This is a fanfic, I'm just borrowing them for my own fantasies.
Lowee, Gamindustri, Other dimension
Place: Basilicom
Date: September 17, 1997
Time: 5:10 P.M
Neptune, Noire and Plutia stood in a cold, dreary cell at the bottom of Lowee's Basilicom and looked around.
Neptune pressed herself against the cold rusty bars and announced, "Okay! Recap episode start! Us three snuck into Lowee to find Blanc so Noire could whine to her…"
"It's not whining!" Noire protested while interrupting Neptune.
Neptune rolled her eyes at that. "It's so whining."
"Uh huuuuuuh..." Plutia nodded. "Noire was whining soooo much back in Planeptune that I got mad at her and that's why we came here."
"Can I continue?" Neptune asked, getting nods from the other two, "Anyway, instead of Blanc, we found someone named Mr. Badd and fell into the Seven Sages' trap, then we were tossed into the brig! But we aren't gonna rot away in this dinky cell. As long as we have credits, we can walk right out!"
"Shut up!" Noire bonked Neptune on the head. "Seriously! Consider the situation before you make jokes like that!"
"Oh, oh! My name is Plutia, buuuuuut some people call me Plutie… I love making stuffed dolls and transforming…"
"Don't pick up where she left off!" scolded the black CPU.
"Awwwwe…" Plutia pouted. "Neppy and I practiced sooooo hard for this recap too…"
"I know, right? We were just trying to brighten up this dark place with our bright story! How rude y'know. Besides, you got into it too!"
"Only because you said I was whining when I clearly was not!" Noire retorted as she rubbed her forehead. "I can't… I just can't deal with you. I'm already having a headache from falling into that stupid old man's trick! Where in freaking hell is Lowee's CPU!? I have a lot of complaints to complain to her!"
"W-Who's calling me?"
"Huh?!"
The three goddess turned to look deeper into the cell to see a small brunette sitting in the corner with her head pressed against the wall. Her eyes were dull and her clothes were dirty. There were also some dried blood on the corner of her lips and her hands.
"Woah! Blanc!" Neptune rushed to her side to check if she was alright. "You okay? What happened?!" She didn't know much about anatomy, leaving that for nurses like Compa, but she knew enough about basic injuries and bandages from taking care of her own injuries when she was in the war that she could at least see if Blanc had anything out of place or not.
Blanc looked up to see the three goddesses. "You three? What are you doing here?" It didn't make sense to her and she couldn't think of a good reason why they would be in Lowee in the first place.
"I should be asking you the same thing." Noire said as she crossed her arms in annoyance.
"Noire, not right now!" Neptune snapped.
Noire was taken aback from Neptune's outburst. The girl was always so carefree, she had never seen Neptune this serious unless she was in her HDD form.
"Wow… Neppy's angry."
"What happened, Blanc?" Neptune asked. "I need to know who did this to you."
"W-Why do you care so much?" Blanc grumbled, though she could admit it was... Not bad to have someone act so concerned with her wellbeing.
"Because we're frie-!" Neptune bit her tongue. The Blanc here didn't consider her a friend. She wasn't the same Blanc that she fought with and knew. Neptune felt her heart break and it took everything she had to not cry. Everyone I meet that's a friend isn't really my friend. She mentally sighed, but ignored it and spoke up. "Because we're here to help."
"Help?" Blanc asked, her voice soft and confused.
Neptune softly smiled, "Whether you like it or not, you're kinda stuck with us in this dumb cell. Might as well tell us what happened."
Blanc sighed, "Fine." She explained how she found out that her minister was actually a member of the Seven Sages. She ended up battling him, but because her shares were low, she couldn't win.
Mr. Badd ended up broadcasting the entire battle throughout Lowee and her believers, one by one, disappeared.
"Mr. Badd again, huh? We encountered him while looking for you," said Neptune as she thought about the situation some more. The Seven Sages are really doing some damage… It doesn't look like it's going well for their Gamindustri. Actually… if there's a Seven Sages group here, is there one back home? Never heard of them until I came here… I'm sure Noire can handle stuff back home. I have to handle some things here, that's for sure.
Noire scoffed, "To think you have appointed a member of the Seven Sages as your right hand man. How stupid can you be?"
Blanc grumbled, "You don't need to tell me that. I already know I messed up…"
"Yeah, Noire. Take a chilly pilly, will ya?" Neptune voiced.
"I feel bad for Blanny…" Plutia murmured.
"W-Why am I the one being criticized?!" Noire pointed her finger at Blanc and yelled, "It's all her fault to begin with!"
Blanc sniffled as her blue eyes began to tear up. She felt so dirty and used. Just how could she have been so stupid? She should've known something was going on when her shares just kept on dropping. She was such an idiot! And to make it worse, the Lastation CPU, as young as she was, was completely right. Everything was her fault! Everything! Blanc couldn't help but cry out as the tears began to fall.
Noire panicked and Blanc started to wail. "Huh?! W-Why are you crying?!"
Neptune sighed, "You did it again, Noire. What's with you with making people cry, wow! Are we sure that you're a good guy?"
"I didn't do anything!" She defended herself.
Plutia kneeled down in front of Blanc and comforted her. "Don't cry, Blanny…" She reached out to give the sobbing girl some comfort.
Blanc sniffled and gritted her teeth. She slapped Plutia's hand away in anger. "I don't need your pity!"
"Owwies!" Plutia flinched back while holding her hand.
"Plutia!" Noire was instantly by her side checking her hand. "Are you hurt?"
Plutia softly smiled, "No, I'm okay… She just surprised me…"
Noire sighed with relief, but then she glared at Blanc. "Hey! That's not nice, y'know!"
"Shut it, you! It's all because of you…" Blanc wiped her eyes as more tears fell. "It's all because of you that Lowee is falling?!"
"Woah there, Blanc!" Neptune tried to calm down the brunette.
"How's it my fault that Lowee's falling?! Isn't it because of how incompetent you are?" Noire shouted.
"Shut up!" Blanc snapped. "Ever since Lastation showed up, everyone's been scurrying towards you. I had enough to deal with Planeptune, but Lastation too?! I'm the only true goddess on Gamindustri! I was the only one keeping everyone safe and happy! I won't let some newbie CPUs come in and take away all my hard work!"
Noire scoffed, "And look where you are now…"
Blanc clenched her hands together and silently cried. "I've been betrayed by the one person I trusted most! You don't understand anything! I never asked to be a CPU! I tried my damn best! You don't know my pain!"
Plutia lightly patted her head. "It's okay. I get it. I also never asked to be a CPU either. But we're here now as Gamindustri's protector. Let's all do our best, okay?"
The white CPU looked at Plutia's soft caring eyes. "Y-You…"
Plutia gave her bright smile. "Let's all be good friends, yeah?"
"Waaaaah!" Blanc warped her around arms Plutia and cried into her chest.
Neptune stood up and dusted her hands. "Man! Who knew Plutia could say such encouraging words, right Noire? …Noire?" Neptune turned her head to see Noire glaring at Blanc with jealous eyes. "Oh…" Neptune looked down sadly, but shook her head. No! That's not Noire! There's no reason for me to feel down or jealous! She thought to herself.
Such thoughts rang hollow in her head when her heart felt like it was going to burst and she wanted to continue Blanc's crying.
"It's okay, there, there," Plutia patted Blanc's head gently.
The brunette sniffled and leaned back, "Thanks, and sorry."
"If you're done crying, then get off Plutia!" Noire pulled the Planeptune CPU away from the brunette. "And tell us how to get out of here!"
"Umm… Even if I tell you, we can't get out. This cell was made to hold CPUs," explained Blanc.
"Noire lift an eyebrow. "Made for CPUs?"
The white goddess nodded. "If I ever managed to catch Planeptune's CPU. I also planned to make another one since you showed up."
"Well, it certainly works, if you couldn't get out. It looks like you've been down here for awhile," said Neptune.
"One night actually."
Noire groaned, "Great! Just great!"
"Oh heavens. I seem to have found you in a pickle."
Neptune recognized that voice anywhere. "That sultry, sophisticated voice could only belong to…!"
The tall blonde woman walked in front of the cell and smiled. "Yes, It is I."
"Vert!" Neptune happily called out. "You're still alive! I thought that old guy captured you and, seeing that you weren't around when we woke up, I thought you died!"
"Please don't kill me off just because the author never mentioned me after our greeting." Vert gave Neptune a hurt look.
"Y'know, I think I like you better than my Vert. You break the fourth wall just like me," Neptune voiced while giggling.
"Fourth wall?" Vert asked in confusion.
Noire pinched Neptune's cheek. "That's not a good thing." She really didn't want to deal with the insanity of having two people like Neptune around.
"Ow, ow, ow!" Neptune moved away and rubbed her left cheek. "You're so mean, Noire."
"Whatever, anyway…" Noire turned her attention back to the blonde on the opposite side of the cell. "Where'd you go? You disappeared without a word."
"Don't concern yourself with some trivial details. But because I did, I can reappear and bail you out." She gave them a grin.
"You have the keeeey, Vert?" Plutia asked with hope in her voice.
"Hehehe." Vert smirked as she held up a silver key.
"Huh? Is that the master key you got there?" Blanc asked.
Vert crossed her arms and puffed out her chest, acting all smug. "Indeed it is."
"Woooooow… How did you get it?" Plutia asked as pushed herself closer to the bars eagerly.
"One of the guards was clutching it as if it were a very precious treasure. One moment please." Vert shoved the key into the lock and unlocked the cell. "There you go."
"Sweet!" Neptune pushed the door open as Vert moved to the side. "Thanks for twisting your wrist, Vert."
"Yaaaay!" Plutia jumped out of the cell and spread her arms open. "Freedom!"
Vert giggled, "Hmhmhmm, I'm glad to be of service."
"This'll be a cakewalk now that we're free! Let's go back and kick that old man's assssssss-!" Neptune's eyes widened with horror as light surrounded Plutia
The little girl was then turned into a tall woman with iris-colored hair. A mischievous smirk graced her face as she puffed out her chest. "It's time I pay that bald man back for his services."
"Plutia! Why'd you transform!?" Noire shrieked.
"Oh my…" Vert felt a cold chill go down her back as she took a step away. That's right! Know wonder the name Plutia sounded familiar! My intel gathering warned me about her transforming! She's really, REALLY dangerous in that form!
"It's her again…" Blanc stepped back into the cell, hoping that the bars could give her protection from the scary CPU outside of them.
"It's Sadie!" Neptune screamed.
Iris Heart chuckled, "I'm sorry, my sweet sweet Noire. But thinking about that old man just got me turned on. I'm not usually on the receiving end, but he was nice enough to treat me really well so now I have to return the favor ten fold."
Noire could feel her form shaking. "I-Is that so…"
Iris Heart licked her lips as her eyes dulled. "Let's hurry before I let out my frustration on you four."
"Okay, let's go!" Neptune urged. "No need for Sadie to turn on us!"
Vert nodded, "Agreed."
Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Basilicom
Date: August 23, 2019
Time: 6:23 P.M
A knock came from the door and Noire announced it was unlocked. The wooden doors opened and a girl with light creamy-colored hair wearing a peach sweater and a plaid skirt entered.
She made her way up to the desk and greeted, "Hello, Noire."
"Compa, it's good to see you," said Noire. "Sorry to call you up like this."
"It's nothing." Compa reached into her fanny pack and pulled out a small white bottle. "Here is the medicine for your headaches. I'm not sure if it works on a goddess, though, since it's meant for humans."
"Even human medicine works on a goddess to some extent. Thank you."
"You are welcome. Only two pills a day. Don't go overboard. It's not healthy," Compa instructed.
"I understand. I'll take them later."
"So how are you doing?" Compa asked in worry.
Noire smiled, "I am fine. I only have some headaches here and there. Nothing major. It goes away whenever I'm in HDD."
"That's good to hear," said the nurse. "But I'm asking how you're doing emotionally."
"Oh…" Noire leaned back against the chair and sighed. "I'm… not so sure. Maybe feeling a bit lonely…"
"Missing Nep-Nep?"
Noire nodded, "A bit. I know she's been gone for only five days, but it feels like years to me. I'm worried about her; always thinking about her. Wondering if she's eating okay, getting enough sleep, if she's thinking about me, too… Is it weird for me to feel this worried?"
Compa smiled as she shook her head. "It just means you love her."
Noire slightly blushed, "I do…"
"Nep-Nep is one lucky girl to have someone always thinking about her."
"I think I'm the lucky one…"
"I'm sure Nep-Nep is just as worried about you as you are for her," Compa said.
Noire glanced out the window as she whispered, "Maybe she is…"
Lowee, Gamindustri, Other dimension
Place: Basilicom
Date: September 7, 1997
Time: 6:42 P.M
"I'm so so soorrrrrrrrrry!" cried out the large man. "Everything I did was wrong!"
"I can't hear you, pig! Squeal louder!"
Neptune stood on the sidelines with Noire as she watched Iris Heart and White Heart harass one of the members of the Seven Sages, Mr. Badd, for his wrong doings. After meeting Mr. Badd, he had revealed a mech suit that looked… Rather comical and hilarious, but was fairly powerful. Even though there had been four CPUs facing him in it, it took everything they had to take him down. Which they did, thankfully. Neptune didn't want to think what would happen had they failed.
But after the battle, well… That was when everything went downhill for the other party that is. Blanc was still pissed about what Mr. Badd did to her, which was understandable, Neptune supposed, but apparently Plutia was so turned on from the battle that she was venting her frustrations onto Mr. Badd. And the entire event was being broadcast, live, around the world by a rat.
"Glad I'm not in his position." Neptune muttered softly, getting a nod from Noire. "And really, who knew Plutie was such a diva anyway?"
Noire and Neptune both winced and shivered as the two transformed CPUs stomped on Mr. Badd's back. "Isn't he a bit old too?" Neptune asked, remembering some of her soldiers who got up there in age during the war and their bodies got stiff more easily and their muscles cramped up more easily too.
"Isn't this getting out of hand?" Noire questioned, actually feeling bad for the man. Sure, he deserved some punishment for what he did to White Heart, but this felt just... Too excessive.
"Um… maybe, but I don't want to get in the middle of that," said the purple goddess as she pointed to the other CPUs bullying the poor man. "Do you want to get in their way?"
Noire thought about it as she watched White Heart and Iris Heart do their thing. "Yeeeaaaah, no thank you."
Neptune nodded and turned to the camera, "Remember viewers never mess with Sadie."
Mr. Badd curled up as he screamed, "Gah! Please stop shouting…!"
"Hahaha! How dare you try and speak like a human, you swine!" Iris heart chuckled. "Stay on all fours and squeal!" Iris Heart lightly tapped Mr. Badd with the tip of her sword.
"Ack, Stop! Please stop poking my piggy toes with such fervor! M-Mercy…!" he begged.
Seeing that this might get too harsh for the viewers, Neptune pulled Noire and herself in front of the camera, so they could cover most of the harassment that's going on behind. "S-So, um, yeah! As you've just seen, the stuff that went down today was all the Seven Sages' wicked scheme. And now we go to Reporter Noire, for her professional opinion."
"Um, let's see…" Noire stood to the side a bit and glanced at the scene before her. "Soooo, it might look like we're coercing a confession, but his deeds are all documented fact." She then leaned in close to Neptune and asked, "I know it's probably too late for me to even ask, but is it really okay for us to broadcast this?"
Neptune tapped her chin in thought, "Hmmm, I wonder…" Seeing as how Iris Heart was stepping on Mr. Badd with her heeled shoes, she decided, "So um, hey, mum and pops of the world, cover your little spawn's eyes and ears real tight!"
Noire deadpanned, "Yeah, it's definitely too late for that."
"R-Rat! Stop recording… please! Try to honor the wishes of your fallen comrade…!"
Iris Heart looked towards the camera to the rat behind and warned, "You do realize what will happen to you if you listen to him, right…?"
Warechu shivered as a chill went down his spine. "Oh, man… Sorry, but I gotta be Lady Plutia's loyal servant, chu!" claimed Warechu.
Iris Heart giggled, "That's a good little pet. Unlike this filthy hog!" The busty CPU grabbed onto his grey hair and started to pull.
"Ow, Stop! Please don't pull out my precious remaining hairs one by one! That really hurts, somewhat!"
White Heart had enough and voiced, "Tch. I'm done for now. I can't believe I let this piece of crap manipulate me… What an embarrassment."
Mr. Badd looked up from his arms with hope in his watery eyes as he said, "Y-You mean, it's finally over…? The gods of business have spared me…"
Irish Heart pouted, "Awwe, you're tired of him already? That's fine. I'll continue to enjoy him all by myself…" She looked over Mr. Badd with a sinister smile as she summoned out a whip.
Mr. Badd could feel his heart drop as he screamed, "Noooooooooooooo!"
Neptune pressed closed to Noire as she whispered to her ear, "Um, so, even if we gotta force her, shouldn't we end the show?"
Noire shivered when she felt the warm breath against her skin. A blush appeared on her cheeks, but she quickly turned her head to White Heart and Iris Heart, so Neptune didn't see. Just observing the other two CPUs caused her to cringe. "Yeah…" Noire agreed as she turned back to the camera. "Dear viewers, this concludes the Seven Sages' emergency apology press conference!"
White Heart marched up to the camera before it was turned off. She gripped the edge of the frame and yelled, "Hey, you idiots, watching TV! Don't you DARE think about losing faith in me EVER AGAIN! If you do, you'll suffer the same punishments this jerkoff got!" The goddess pointed over to Mr. Badd and Iris Heart to show the viewers.
Iris Heart was, at that moment, swinging her whip against Mr. Badd's behind making him yelp and squeal. "Take this! And that! Yah! HAAAH!"
"S-Someone save meeeeeee!" Mr. Badd cried out.
"Yeah, okay. Cut the camera!" Neptune announced, seeing that this was a good place to end off before it got to be too much for anyone to handle. "That's enough!" Even though the broadcast ended, Iris Heart didn't stop her "treatment" of Mr. Badd. Everyone had to stand there and watch the scene play out before them because they were too afraid to stop the sadistic goddess.
"AH AHAHAHAH! Squeal for me more!" Iris Heart laughed as she roughly slammed the whip against his bottom.
"No mooooore! Please!"
"We're gonna be here for awhile," Neptune claimed.
"Yep," Noire voiced.
Neptune sighed, "Maybe my friends back in my dimension are doing something more productive than this, not that this isn't, but…"
"Just not toying with their enemies," Noire finished for her.
She nodded, "Yeah." Privately, Neptune hoped that Iris Heart only did this to her enemies.
Author's Note
So chapter 6 and 7 are mostly filler chapters, just checking it to see how Neptune's doing mostly. I know many of you want development for the Ultra characters, I ain't gonna focus on them until later into the story. They will get their development because I have something planned for Plutia and Ultra Noire, but just not now.
Next chapter will be the tipping point for where the boulder falls. Yes, the climax is almost among us! I can garentee that you will be on the edge of your seats! So until next time, see ya!
-Shiena
