Author's Note

Hey guys, I'm back with another chapter! I took my time with it, but hopefully, it came out faster than the last chapter. I want to apologize to you all that have been reading my work. I was on the edge of deciding whether to continue this or not, after all, I wrote this fic just for funnies. Don't panic, I decided to keep it going. I got some encouraging words and I realized that there are people that still love reading my work. And I don't want to disappoint them by stopping the story in the middle of a turning point. It will also bring shame upon my author status. So for my love of HDN and for you guys, I shall see this story to its end!

With that said, please enjoy Chapter 19.

DISCLAIMER: As always Hyperdimension Neptunia belongs to our lovable Idea Factory and Compile Heart. Compile Heart are the geniuses that created the games while Idea Factory are the geniuses that hook our gullible selves to the franchise. What a great combo to make us give them money.


Planeptune, Gamindustri

Place: Planeptune City

Date: August 30, 2019

Time: 5:43 P.M

Black Heart looked down at her left hand and flexed her fingers. She moved her finger up to touch her orange strands that were once white. Her blue eyes then glanced down to look at her right hand, which was holding onto the large railgun. She lifted it up to get a closer look at the contraption. It was light for a weapon that's almost a yard long.

"This is…"

The Duel Revolver.

Black Heart blinked as she looked around. A voice just rang in her head. I… didn't imagine that, right?

Black Heart looked down at the park to see everyone looking at her. They looked shocked, surprised. Black Heart surprised herself as well. She didn't know how to feel, but she definitely felt better. Refreshed even.

"That was some show you put on!"

Black Heart turned to look at Rei who carried a smirk on her face. "Rei Ryghts…"

"So what? You got a new prostitute unit, a new hair dye, and a new toy. You think that will help you defeat the mighty me?!"

Black Heart opened her mouth to speak, but it felt like it was someone else that spoke. "You do not belong here, CPU of Tari." It was strange to the black goddess. It was her body, yet, she felt like it belonged to someone else. "Return to your rightful dimension."

"Oh ho?!" Rei crackled. "I didn't take you for a wise one, Black Heart!"

The black goddess felt like she should panic. CPU of Tari? She doesn't know anything about the goddess of Tari, but it didn't feel strange to her. To speak these words. She wondered why.

"Yes! I am the CPU of Tari!" Rei revealed. "I have been a goddess longer than any of you brats!"

"If that's so, then I would have remembered you. But that can't be because Tari never existed in Hyperdimension."

Rei frowned, "You know nothing…"

"But as the True Goddess of Gamindustri, I know everything."

Ah… It's her…

Sorry, Noire. I hope you don't mind me intervening…

Black Heart giggled as she touched her heart. She still has control over her body. She felt unbelievably warm… almost hot. She wanted to move. She wanted to fight. She wanted to win.

I see we both have something in common.

Black Heart smirked, "I want to fight."

Then let me help you.

"It's time to end this, Rei Ryghts!" Black Heart pulled her trigger and two large beams shot out of the muzzle.

Rei's eyes widened in shock and rapidly dived down to avoid the attack. Black Heart chased after her with great speed as her ponytail fluttered behind her. She felt excited. Not a single bit of strain or fatigue. She felt so energized. It felt amazing to the black goddess.

"You bitch!" Rei swung her staff and brought down lightning from the dark clouds.

Black Heart twirled around and avoided the lightning strikes. She was flying so swiftly. So elegantly. So effortlessly. Almost like she was dancing. She never felt so alive!

"Sis looks like she's having fun…" Uni voiced as she watched Black Heart flying circles around Rei.

Histoire smiled, "She does… Doesn't she?"

"Tri-Color Order!" Black Heart fired three times at the other CPU.

"Light of Domination!" Rei countered the skill with her own and the six orbs of energy exploded in blue light.

Black Heart rushed through the smoke created by the explosion and was right in front of Rei. The black goddess turned her body and raised her leg, kicking right into Rei's side. The blue-haired goddess grunted as she was flung back.

Black Heart positioned her aim at the other goddess. "EX Multi Buster!"

Uni gasped, "That's my attack!"

Two yellow lasers shot out of her weapon and hit Rei directly. Black Heart then flew in and raised her Double Revolver over her head and slammed it down like a hammer on Rei's shoulder, sending her down to the ground. Black Heart grinned as she felt the adrenaline pumping through her bloodstream.

She hadn't felt like this since the Console War. This feeling of rush. Of thrill. Of power. It was fun… Fighting was fun! Blood. Blood! She wanted to see her opponent bleed.

Black Heart suddenly frowned. No! I shouldn't be thinking like that…

A large ball of electricity suddenly shot up. Black Heart quickly moved back to avoid it. Then Rei abruptly appeared in front of her and thrust her staff like a spear. Back Heart didn't have time to move, but her body reacted on its own.

The black goddess caught the staff before it made contact with her body. Rei became shocked by the instant reaction and tried to move back, but Black Heart had a tight grip on her weapon. Black Heart glared at the opposing CPU and threw her up into the air. She then aimed her railgun at Rei and shot out multiple lasers as it crashed against the opponent, causing more smoke.

Rei zoomed out of the smoke and raised her staff, creating multiple small orbs of lighting. She swung her staff down and threw it all towards Black Heart. "Let's see how you avoid this!"

Black Heart didn't plan to avoid it. Because if she did, the attack would be going towards the park. She fired at the orbs, her laser causing the orbs to explode on contact. She let out a sigh of relief as she managed to destroy them, only to panic when more balls of lightning shot out of the cloud of smoke. She cursed under her breath when the orbs shot passed her.

She turned around, hoping to fire at them, but instead, multiple spears shot up from the park and made contact with the balls of electricity. Black Heart looked down to see Green Heart waving at her. The CPU relaxed upon seeing her friend.

"Don't worry about us!" Green Heart shouted. "We got this area covered!"

"Leave it to us!" said the White Sisters.

"Go get her, big sis!" Uni cheered.

Black Heart nodded and returned her attention to the enemy at hand. "With my friends by my side, I have nothing to worry about!"

Rei gritted teeth in frustration from seeing the goddess brimming with Shares. She doesn't understand. Her people should have lost faith in her. They should be despising her! So why? Why? "Why is she being powered by Shares!?"

"I can answer that."

Rei gasped when Black Heart thrust her barrel against her abdomen. The blue-haired CPU panicked at the sight of Black Heart's cold blue eyes.

"It's because the people of Lastation and Planeptune believe in her."

Rei began to quiver under Black Heart's presence. This isn't right! This bitch never had such an intimidating presence! Rei glared at the orange-haired CPU. "Who are you!?"

The Lastation goddess smirked, "I am CPU Black Heart! You better remember because I'm the one that has beaten you! EX Multi Buster: Empress!"

A bright blue light formed in between the two muzzles and Rei's abdomen. The blue-hair goddess could feel a burning sensation on her midsection. Once Black Heart pulled the trigger, two large lasers shot out, but it missed. Or, more like the attack disappeared into a hole that ripped out in the air.

Black Heart's eyes widened as she stared at the swirling purple and blue clouds. Then it shrunk and disappeared. "What was…" The goddess looked around and noticed that Rei also disappeared. "Where did…?"

"Man, that was a close one, huh? Though, I never expected to see this! My buddy would be fascinated to see that form of yours."

Black Heart whipped around to see Rei with another figure. It was the fairy that Black Heart saw a few days ago in the forest. "You!"

"Huh? Me? My name is Croire, though I don't think you'll be needing it. You certainly beat the crap out of his old hag, huh?" Croire chuckled as she pointed to Rei.

The said goddess growled, "Shut up, Croire. I only underestimated her."

"Not likely. Your counterpart was using her powers, so you were weakened a bit," explained the fairy,

"What!? Why didn't you tell me!?"

"Well, I was gonna warn you, but you were already in battle."

"Tch, just get me out of here."

"Best thing to do right now." Croire opened a hole in space and moved to the side to let Rei through.

"This isn't over, Black Heart!"

Black Heart recovered from her shocked state and tried to fly over to Rei to stop her from leaving. "I'm not letting you go!"

Rei smirked as she entered through the portal. Croire waved and zipped into the portal before closing it. Black Heart flew through the empty space where the portal used to be. She groaned at the fact that she let Rei escape. "Damn it… I was so close too…"

Suddenly, Black Heart's ears picked up the sound of claps and cheers. Looking back at the park, she could see the crowd of people clapping with smiles on their faces. Black Heart flew over and landed down on the soft grass, giving the people a short wave.

"Sis!"

Black Heart turned around to see Uni, Green Heart, Histoire, Kei, and the White Sisters. They all have a relieved expression on their faces.

Histoire floated closer and looked at her. She looked at the weapon first, then to the wings, her hair, and then she looked at her face. The tome tilted her head as she stared into Black Heart's blue eyes. "How do you feel?"

"Histoire, I feel-" Black Heart was cut off as she suddenly felt hot. Hotter than before. She took in a deep breath as her head suddenly began to pound painfully. Something was wrong.

Green Heart noticed how Black Heart's eyes widened slightly as her pupils contracted. "Noire?"

Black Heart's transformation gave out and she fell to the ground. The world was spinning around her and it gave her a headache. Noire closed her eyes hoping to stop the dizziness.

Uni panicked and ran to Noire's side, holding her up to a sitting position. "Sis!"

"Someone call a nurse!" Kei ordered.

"Sis? Sis! Sis!" Uni called out to Noire, but she got no response.

Histoire flew above Noire's face to see flushed cheeks and a line of sweat over her forehead. She reached out her hand to feel the burning skin. "This is bad. Her system is being overheated."

"What's going to happen to her!?" Uni asked.

"Someone called for a nurse!?"

Uni looked over to see IF dragging Compa with her. "Over here! Noire collapsed!"

Compa kneeled down by Uni and pressed her hand to Noire's forehead. "She's burning up really badly. We need to get her to a hospital," said the nurse.

"This is bad," voiced IF. "Most buildings have been destroyed and the basilicom is out of commission."

"My nation," Green Heart announced. "My nation has yet to be tampered with. I can easily organize a room for Noire."

Histoire nodded her head. "It's the best choice. Please take Noire there."

"I'm coming too!" announced Uni. "She's my sister."

Histoire nodded and then turned to the Guild Agent and Lastation's oracle. "Can I ask you two to watch things over here?"

IF saluted, "I'll be helping out in clearing the monsters."

Kei nodded, "I shall see what I can do."

Histoire smiled, "Thank you."

"We should get going," Green Heart urged. "Noire seems to be worsening."

The black goddess was taking fast and shallow breaths as she quivered in Green Heart's arms. "N-Neptune…" She turned her head from side to side before resting it on Green Heart's chest. Her body hurt. She felt like she was being burned alive. She began to whimper and gasp in agony. "N-Neptune…" She wanted to see Neptune. Noire felt like if she saw Neptune, the pain would go away. "Neptune…"

"Hang in there Noire, we're gonna get a doctor," whispered Green Heart as she hurried towards her nation.

Leanbox, Gamindustri

Place: Hospital

Date: August 30, 2019

Time: 6:59 P.M

Vert sighed as she sat out in the hallway with a Uni and Histoire by her side. Noire was currently in the emergency room undergoing whatever it was that the doctors needed to do.

"Will Noire be alright?" Uni murmured.

Vert softly smiled and patted Uni's head. "Noire will be just fine."

"We can't get our hopes up, something like this isn't normal," said Histoire.

"Speaking of 'isn't normal,' what was that form that Noire took?" Vert questioned. "What did she call it? Mode Uranus?"

Histoire sighed, knowing she will have to explain sooner or later. "That was Noire undergoing a transformation after absorbing Planeptune shares." The fairy looked at the Share Crystal in her hands. "And at this very moment, those are the very same shares that are causing Noire harm."

"I-I don't understand," said Uni. "Why is Noire being harmed by the shares?"

"Yes. Aren't they what keeps us alive?" Vert added.

"They are, but the shares that you absorb are different from those of Blanc, Noire, and Neptune. Vert, you are made to use Leanbox's shares and Noire was made to use Lastation's shares. Same goes for the others that use their respective shares."

"I see… So what is happening to Noire? Since you said she absorbed Planeptune shares?" inquired Vert.

"Right now, Lastation and Planeptune shares are at war within Noire's body. Noire can only convert shares from the Lastation's Share Crystal because that's how she's built. If her body were to overrun with Planeptune shares…"

"W-What would happen to her?" Uni asked, worriedly.

"She will die."

Uni gasped, "Die!?"

Histoire nodded, "Foreign shares are like poison to other goddesses."

"Well, that's something nice to learn, since we have been fighting for shares all those years back…" Vert commented.

"You were fighting for people's faith. The Share Crystals absorb those faiths and convert them to shares. In Noire's case, she mistakenly absorbed shares from the wrong crystal, or at least, I hope it was a mistake… Undergoing a transformation like that… I could only conclude that it was a defense mechanism to burn those foreign shares out of her body."

"Then what about now? If she still has foreign shares in her body, wouldn't the best way to get rid of it is if she undergoes that form again?"

Histoire shook her head, "Her body is already at its limit. She won't be able to access HDD until she's rested, though, with the pain she's going through, I don't think she can do anything else but struggle."

"So what should we do?" questioned Uni.

"All we can do is wait," answered Histoire. "As long as the Planeptune shares don't take over her system, she will be fine."

"I have another question," Vert voiced. "Uranus… You said that name as well…"

Histoire let out a shaky breath. "I guess I should start from the beginning. I had hoped to avoid this topic."

"Please. The name sounds important and…" Vert knotted her eyebrows in confusion, "somewhat familiar…"

"Yes. You remember when I explained how you and the other goddesses were created right?"

Vert nodded, "We were created using the True Goddess' powers along with the people's prayers."

"Yes, and the name of the True Goddess was Uranus," said Histoire. "She was also the predecessor of Planeptune."

"If Planeptune had a predecessor, does Lastation?" Uni asked.

Histoire smiled, "All the nations did. Though, the nations didn't go by Planeptune, Lastation, Leanbox, or Lowee. Years back during Uranus's reign, the nations were known as Land of Purple Progress, Land of Black Regality, Land of White Serenity, and Land of Green Pastures."

"What was it like back then?" Uni questioned, excited to learn more about the past.

"Gamindustri wasn't as advanced as it is today. There were only tiny villages and small towns. Everything was different, but one thing that didn't change was the war."

Vert blinked, "War?"

Histoire gave the green goddess a sad smile. "History does repeat itself no matter how much you despise it. Don't think that your generation created the first-ever Console War. Back then, like you four, the goddesses were also at war with each other. The only difference was that a goddess did claim the title of True Goddess."

"And that was Uranus…? The goddess of Planeptune," Uni voiced.

Histoire nodded. "Yes. Uranus killed the other three goddesses and took their powers, becoming the sole ruler of Gamindustri. But that's when she realized her mistake. Killing the other goddesses didn't unite the world. It became stressful for her. She had to take care of monsters on her own. She couldn't save everyone that she hoped she could. Back then, she only had to worry about her Land, but now she had to worry about four different lands. She couldn't be in four places at once and she slowly became depressed. That's also when the four Quartets were made."

"The story is being connected," voiced Vert.

Histoire giggled at the fond memories. "I was also created then. I helped Uranus with her problems and her friend, I'm sure you recognize the name, Arfoire also helped."

"I remember you saying that Arfoire used to be good," said Vert.

"Yes. She was a very good friend to Uranus. So good of a friend that Uranus tasked her with something that no one else could do."

"What was that task?" asked the black candidate.

"As you know, in the story of the four legendary Quartet. They defeated an evil goddess."

Vert frowned, "Uranus knew what would become of her…"

"Yes, with the stress of being the True Goddess and her uncontrollable powers of four different goddesses, she slowly began to feed on the negative energy from the people. She feared that she would cause harm to her loved ones and asked Arfoire that if she ever turned evil, she will lead the Quartet to kill her."

"That's quite a tragedy," commented the green CPU.

"Indeed it is. Arfoire hoped to find another way, but Uranus continued to ask of her until the very end. As you know, Uranus gifted us a crystal that contained her power, and the other goddesses powers, which led to the birth of you four."

"Yes, I remember. The story of how we all came to be was something that I could never forget," said Vert.

"Soooo… If you and sis, along with Blanc and Neptune, came from the same person… wouldn't that kind of make you guys like… sisters?" Uni questioned.

Vert blinked, and then her blue eyes sparkled. "That would! Wouldn't it?!" She turned to Histoire with hopeful eyes. "That would mean I have sisters! Well, older sisters, since I'm the youngest."

Histoire felt a single sweat drop roll down the side of her head. "Ummm… You aren't really related by blood per se since you were created with powers from your predecessor's that Uranus took…"

"Nonetheless, it's undeniable that we came from the same goddess!" Vert countered.

The tome stuttered, "T-That… That is true, b-but…"

"Oh, this is such great news!" Vert squealed.

Uni sighed, "Maybe I shouldn't have said anything…"

Vert gasped, "Uni, my dear, it makes us sisters as well!"

"I-It does?!"

Vert squealed as she brought Uni in for a hug. "This is the greatest day of my life!"

"H-Help!" Uni's voice was muffled by Vert's chest. "Can't… Cant breath…"

"Vert, please." Histoire tried to pry Vert's arms off of the poor candidate.

"Lady Vert…"

"Hmmm?" Vert looked up to see the doctor that was supposed to be helping Noire. She quickly dropped Uni and stood up with a worried expression. "How is my older sister doing?!"

"Huh?" The doctor blinked in confusion. "Sister?"

Historie cleared her throat as she hovered next to Vert. "She means Noire. How is she?"

The doctor shook his head. "We did what we could, but as I thought, a goddess is much different from a regular human. Wounds are something we can help with, but if it's an internal problem we can't really help with that. We did an X-Ray scan but found nothing wrong. We can't find the cause of Lady Noire's condition. All I can tell you is that she has a terrible fever that could potentially be dangerous for her."

Histoire nodded her head. "Thank you. May we see her?"

"Yes, of course. We have moved her down to the room next to Lady Blanc."

"Thank you," said Vert.

"I am happy to be of help."

The doctor left and Vert guided Histoire and Uni to the room that Noire was currently in. They could hear coughing and loud painful whimpers from behind the door. The group opened the door and quietly entered. Noire was gripping the bedsheets as she gasped for air. Her face was flushed red as large drops of sweat formed on her head. Many wires and IVs were connected to her arms as the heart monitor showed fast heartbeats.

"Sis…" Uni took a seat next to the bed. She touched Noire's hand and quickly retracted feeling the scorching skin. "She's burning badly."

"She needs to cool down," said Historie.

Uni jumped back up to her feet and announced, "I'll grab a bucket of cold water and a towel!"

Vert smiled, "That would help a lot."

Uni smiled, "Be right back!" The candidate quickly ran out the door before closing it.

Vert sat down in the seat that Uni was in and looked at Noire with a pained expression. She gently moved her dark bangs to feel the scorching heat. Vert bit her lower lip in torment. With both Noire and Blanc in bed and Neptune in another dimension, she was the only CPU left on Gamindustri. I'm gonna have to fight against Rei…

Suddenly an idea popped into her head. Vert stood up and looked towards Histoire. The tome gave the green goddess a puzzled look as to why she was giving a stern expression.

"If Noire can undergo a transformation with Planeptune shares, does that mean I can too?"

Histoire's eyes widened. "What are you saying?! Do you not see the state Noire is in? If you do the same, I can't guarantee that you will come out alive as Noire did!"

"Then what about Lowee shares? Or Lastation shares? I've been thinking. Maybe it isn't just shares, maybe it's compatibility? Noire was able to actually take Planeptune shares from the Planeptune's Share Crystal because she was compatible. Meaning she didn't do it by mistake. She did it on purpose…"

"Even so, it's too dangerous, Vert," Historie warned.

Vert took a deep breath. "Like Noire said. I refuse to be a burden to my friends. I will find a way to beat Rei Ryghts once and for all. Even if it means sacrificing myself!"

The green goddess walked out of the room with a determined look in her eyes. That's right… If Noire can do, so can I!


Author's Note

Oh no, Vert going off on her own... That doesn't sound good!

So this chapter was made to give you guys a little bit more info about the story of the True Goddess from LITOW. I really love the lore that HDN has with the heroes and the pre-successors, but they never really go in-depth with it. We as that players always have to piece it together with our own theories and they aren't confirmed either. I honestly want more mainstream games than just spin-offs and remakes, but beggars can't be choosers I guess. Hopefully, we get more material from the remake of Re;birth 1 they're doing. I know that story will be the same, but I hope they add just a little bit more history to it.

Anyway, thank you for reading and I'll see you all in the next chapter! Shiena, out!

-Shiena