Author's Note

I'm not dead, suckers! Ahahahaha!

DISCLAIMER: 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.


Planeptune, Gamindustri

Place: Virtua Forest

Date: September 10, 2019

Time: 3:35 P.M

Black Sister and the two White Sisters flew towards Planeptune. They avoided the city and headed towards the vast forest where Hostoire said Neptune and Nepgear would appear.

"You think big sis and the others are doing alright?" asked the older White Sister.

"Don't worry, Rom, I'm sure they are doing just fine! It's Blanc we're talking about after all!" stated the younger White Sister.

Black Sister nodded. "Ram is right. They will be fine. They're the CPUs after all. Let's hurry towards Nepgear and the others."

The three candidates dove down towards the forest. They caught sight of something shimmering in an opening. The three looked at each other and nodded. That must be the portal. As they closed in toward the ground, they saw a group of people coming through the portal.

Black Sister immediately caught sight of the purple hair and couldn't help but feel happy to see her best friend. "I see Nepgear…"

"Neptune too!" yelled the younger White Sister.

"I see another big sis," stated the older White Sister.

"This is awesome! Right, Uni?" When the pink-haired candidate turned to look at Black Sister, she found the candidate had disappeared. "Eh? Where'd Uni go?"

"Down there," said the older White Sister.

"Hmm? Ah!" the younger White Sister saw Black Sister zooming down toward the group at high speed. "She's gonna crash like that! Uni wait!"

Black Sister didn't listen to the younger White Sister as her eyes stayed put on the purple haired-girl. "NEPGEEEEEEAR!"

"Hmmm?" Nepgear looked up and her eyes lit up. "Uni? Uni!" Nepgear happily ran over as Black Sister flew towards her. Nepgear opened her arms, expecting a hug from her best friend. "Oh, Uni, I miss-!"

"Ora!" Black Sister reversed her dive position and kicked Nepgear square in the face.

Nepgear yelped as she fell back from the impact. The poor girl held her nose as small tears appeared on the side of her eyes. "What was that for!?"

"Hmph!" Black Sister stood over Nepgear with a stern expression. She crossed her arms as she looked down at the purple candidate like she was trash. "That's what you get for leaving without saying anything!"

"Ah, looks like we should have held Uni back," said the younger White Sister as she landed down with her twin.

"W-Well... she's always been upset with the fact that Nepgear disappeared on us," said the older White Sister.

"Hahaha, looks like Nepgear's gonna get a fill of Uni," laughed the younger White sister.

"Uni… Aren't you happy to see me?" Nepegar whimpered.

"Happy? Happy, you say?"

Nepgear quivered from the blank expression Black Sister gave her. The cold green eyes tore through her being as if it was ice. "U-Uni?"

Black Sister suddenly gripped Nepgear's arm and pulled her up. Nepgear yelped, expecting to feel pain, but instead, she felt a warm embrace instead. "E-Eh? U-Uni?"

"Of course, I'm happy, you dimwit!" Black Sister shouted.

Nepegar blushed at the contact but returned the embrace. She has finally reunited with her friends again which made Nepegar emotional. She was the only candidate in the Ultradimension and couldn't connect that well with the others. Seeing Uni again really gave her the feeling that she wasn't alone. "I missed you too, Uni!"

"Who's missing who, you dummy!" Black Sister cried as she tightened her hold.

The twins looked at each other and sighed. Wanting to join in with their friends, they hurriedly walked over to the purple and black pair.

Feeling the other presence, Nepgear pulled away from Black Sister to see the White Sisters. "Rom, Ram."

"Welcome home, Nepgear!" they cheered.

Nepegar felt a wave of fresh tears. With a big smile, she announced, "I'm home!"

The two White Sisters jumped onto Nepgear for a hug, which was happily returned. Black Sister watched the scene unfold and remembered that they weren't alone.

"So where's my hug?"

Black Sister turned over to see Neptune with her arms wide open. The Lastation candidate looked away and stated, "You're not getting any hugs from me."

Neptune pouted, "Boo! Why is Nepegar getting all the love? I'm the protagonist here."

Black Sister only rolled her eyes. "We're gonna give you a quick rundown of what's going on. I understand you all just got here, but we have no time to take breaks."

"Wow, you're really starting to sound like Noire!" Neptune chirped.

Black Sister blushed, "R-Really?"

"Don't get distracted, Uni," snickered the younger White Sister.

Black Sister quickly cleared her throat. "Sorry. I'll explain as we fly." She activated her fight system along with the other two White sisters.

"This is quite urgent," Vert said as she transformed.

"We are in a crisis," stated Blanc as she also transformed. "Makes sense that they want us in battle real fast."

"Plutia, don't transform, I'll carry you," Noire said as she transformed.

"Whaaaaaaat? No fair," Plutia pouted.

Neptune chuckled and went into HDD, "We don't want Sadie just yet."

"So what's going on?" Nepgear asked as she followed her sister into HDD."

Black Sister flew as she explained, "As you all know, my sister and the other CPUs are fighting Rei in the heart of Planeptune City. Rei has put up a kind of force field to keep us out."

"But we can easily break through by punching a hole with our share energy!" The younger White Sister added in.

Black Sister nodded, "Ram is right. We can use our shares to get through, but it will quickly repair itself so someone has to let their share energy flow until everyone crosses."

"Huh, sounds easy enough," said Black Heart.

The forest slowly disappeared and was replaced with rubble and broken buildings.

"Woooooow, Neppy! I never knew your City let monsters freely roam!" Plutia chirped as she looked down at the ripped-up roads.

Nepgear hesitantly chuckled, "We usually don't…"

"This looks awful," Green Heart commented as she saw a pack of Fenrirs chowing down on a human corpse.

Purple Heart had a grim look as she murmured, "Yeah…"

Planeptune, Gamindustri

Place: Planeptune City

Date: September 10, 2019

Time: 3:49 P.M

The group landed just a little way from the center of the city to take everything in. The planeptunian sisters were horrified.

"Yikes! Why's everything such a mess?!" Neptune voiced.

Nepgear looked around with saddened eyes. "How horrible… our city…"

"Woooooow, Neppy, you were living in such a messy, busted-up city…?" Plutia asked.

Noire sighed as she crossed her arms. "I figured the city would be kind of messed up with you as the CPU, but… this is a bit much, isn't it?"

Neptune stomped her foot and claimed, "No! You're all saying untruths! It's not my fault or anything!"

Uni huffed, "Well, until yesterday, it was a gorgeous city, but now…"

Noire softly smiled, "I know, I know, I was joking."

Uni blinked. "A joke…? No way! My strict, serious sister knows how to tell jokes?!"

Noire's smile dropped as her expression was replaced with a puzzled one. "Is the other me really that stiff? Hearing how shocked her little sister sounds makes me worry…"

Nepgear chuckled, "Ahaha. She only acts super strict in front of Uni."

"And over here, there's…" Blanc looked over to the little girl in blue.

"Eep!" Rom quickly hid behind Nepgear.

Nepgear jerked slightly from Rom's sudden action. "Goodness! Rom?"

Neptune giggled as she watched how the little girl hid behind Nepgear. "Behold the wild Rom in its natural habitat, hiding behind the foliage of a tall Nep Jr…"

Plutia's eye sparkled as she cooed, "Awwwww, your little sister is so darn cute, Blanny…"

"I'm still shocked. What kind of attitude does the me over here take with these small kids?" Blanc asked, concerned.

"She's very protective of them," Nepgear answered. "Rom's just super shy since she knows you're not her real sister, so…"

"Come on, we can sort that out later," urged Noire.

"Oh, right. Let's hurry and stop the Rei from this dimension!" Nepgear voiced.

Blanc nodded, "But before that, we need to head over there."

"Whoa!" Peashy ran around as she laughed, "So much stuff is broken! Ahahahaha!"

Ram chuckled, "It's pretty hilarious, huh? Let's explore the ruins with Rom later!"

"Peashy, please dear! It's dangerous, so don't run around too much," Vert worriedly cries as she chased after the tiny blonde.

"Ummmm, it doesn't feel like we have enough tension for the final boss…" Plutia mentioned.

Neptune blinked in amusement. "Wow. Even Plutie's making those kinds of comments now. But… yeah, she's right. I gotta buckle up and take myself for a serious spin. Yep!"

Uni sighed, "Please pull yourselves together. While we're dilly-dallying, our sisters are still risking their lives to fight Rei! Please, take this seriously!"

Rom came out from behind Nepgear and nodded her head. "U-Uni's right. We can't let our guard down. We need to go. I'm… I'm worried about Blanc…" She began to tear up a bit. "I… I don't want to see big sister in a hospital again…"

Ram frowned when she heard Rom's words. Images of Blanc stuck in bed while wrapped in bandages plagued her mind. She clenched her hands as anger filled her heart. "Rom's right. This isn't the time to play! I can't let big sister down again!"

Nepgear has heard that Blanc had been hospitalized, but she didn't know how serious it was. All she knew was that Blanc and Noire have been seriously injured, but because they were CPUs, even with serious injuries, it should be easy to heal. Nepgear couldn't see the big picture, but she did understand that the twins and Uni had gone through a lot.

Neptune smiled, "This is my first time seeing Ram be serious."

Ram smirked as she puffed her chest out. "You don't know Neptune, but Rom and I have matured a lot over the past few weeks." Her smirk quickly fell from her face. "Because we had to…"

The air suddenly became heavy and Neptune felt like she struck a landmine. She knew of Blanc's condition at the time and what trauma the twin has to go through. She didn't mean to remind them of that. "R-Right. Let's hurry and kick Rei's butt! We can't let my friends do all that fighting alone, let's go!"

"Yeah, let's go!" Peashy cheered.

"Stay behind me, Peashy dear! It's dangerous!" Vert warned as she went after Peashy.

"We will defeat Rei Ryghts so don't worry," Noire assured.

Uni smiled, "I know we will, but we still need to be careful. The barrier is just up ahead."

The group moved deeper into the city. Since this was Planeptune City, Neptune and Nepgear knew the way, also that the red barrier was quite noticeable, but their pathway wasn't easy as monsters interfered with them. Uni, Rom, and Ram transformed to quickly make work of them. They walked forward with no problems thanks to the candidates, long-range attacks. The monsters weren't able to move close at all. Nepgear was shocked to see how all the monsters were one-shotted.

"Oh goodness! You three have become much stronger!"

Black Sister smirked, "We've been trained for war, so of course."

"If we can't do this much, Rei would have killed us all already," stated the older White sister as she recalled how useless she was when she watched White Heart fall.

"So we trained like mules!" claimed the younger White Heart.

"Mules? Why is that the comparison?" Black Sister chuckled.

Nepgear felt a bit left out. She could see how the other candidates have gotten closer to each other. She felt a bit sad that she couldn't grow strong together with them, but she hasn't been slacking. She's been training while she was in the Ultradimension too. She won't be left behind!

"I see the barrier!" Blanc said as she pointed ahead to the transparent red wall.

As they walked closer, they saw a figure standing by the barrier. Neptune halted in her steps and felt her heart thump from seeing the dark-haired girl. She had kept in contact with her during her time in Ultradimension, but seeing her in person was different. Her eyes instantly teared up as her heart pounded louder.

"Oh, my sister must have been waiting for us at the barrier," said Black Sister. "We could have opened the barrier ourselves, she didn't have to wait."

The pink-haired candidate squinted her eyes. "Noire seems to be doing something?"

Noire had her screen open, so she didn't notice the group approaching her. She had been trying to contact Blanc and Vert for a while but she had gotten no responses from either of them. She had a really bad feeling and wanted to go help her friends, but she was told to stay behind and help Neptune get through the barrier, she can't just drop her task.

The black CPU mumbled to herself, "What should I do? What if Blanc and Vert were defeated already? Can the two of them really hold off Rei while waiting for everyone else to come? Maybe… maybe I should use Mode Uranus again?" Noire looked down and lightly touched her stomach. "It should be healed enough…"

Noire huffed and closed her screen, deciding to just head straight to where Rei was. She figured that Histoire would have told Neptune how to get through the barrier and if they do need a quick escape, they can wrap themselves in share energy and fly through the barrier. Noire didn't know how well that plan will go, but it should theoretically work if share energy can punch through this barrier.

"Neptune will be fine without me," Noire concluded as she placed her hand on the barrier.

"Noire?"

The black-haired girl flinched when she heard the familiar voice. She slowly turned around to see bright purple eyes and a head of messy hair. "N-Neptune?

She didn't even notice the other people around her. All Noire saw was the short girl that she had dreamed of seeing since the day she left. Emotions that she locked away suddenly burst through and tears fell from her red eyes.

"Neptune… I-Is that really you?" Noire took a step toward her. "I'm not dreaming, right?" If this was all just in her head, Noire would definitely break down and curse the world for playing tricks on her.

Neptune burst out crying as she ran toward the black CPU. She wrapped her arms around Noire's waist and cried into the girl's chest. "Noire! Noire!"

"Neptune!" Noire cried out as she instantly returned the embrace. She couldn't believe she was holding the other girl in her arms. She thought she would never be able to again.

"I miss you, Noire! I miss you so much! I'm sorry I took so long!"

Noire nuzzled against those soft purple locks that she missed so dearly. "I miss you too, Neptune. I'm so happy to see you again."

The two didn't let go of each other. For Noire, it was weeks, but for Neptune it was years. Neptune didn't plan on letting Noire go at this moment. She never knew how much comfort it gave to be able to hold her loved one again.

Noire wished this moment could last forever, but it couldn't. They had a duty to do and she can't make the world wait for them. As must as she hated it, she had to let Neptune go and so she did. She pulled back from the embrace, but she kept her hands on the girl's shoulders. Neptune-"

Her words were cut off as Neptune moved to kiss her lips. Noire tensed up at the sudden action, but she quickly returned the kiss. It's been so long since they last touched each other. Locked-up emotions came pouring out for both of them as they tried to convey their feeling in this single kiss.

The others that were watching shed tears of joy for their friend that finally returned to their lover. Vert covered Peashy's eyes while Black Sister and Nepgear covered the White Sisters' eyes. The scene before them was quite beautiful despite the condition of the city. It was like straight out of a romance scene.

"Why are you covering my eyes?" inquired the younger White Sister.

"Because this is something that children shouldn't be seeing," stated Black Sister.

"But shouldn't we hurry inside the barrier?" asked the other White Sister.

"Let's give them a few more minutes," Nepgear replied.

"I do wish to break them up, but it would be quite rude in this scenario," Blanc voiced.

"We are in no ruuuuuush, right Noire!" Plutia claimed as she looked at their Noire who had a very sad expression. "Noire?"

Plutia was very happy for Neptune, but seeing Noire like this made her worried. Plutia knew how much Noire loved Neptune, so seeing this would probably break her. The purple-haired girl reached out and took Noire's hand.

Noire winced and looked at Plutia to see her giving an empathetic smile. Noire didn't shake Plutia's hand away, instead, she tightened the hold. She knew Plutia was worried about her, so she gave a smile back to assure her friend that she was alright even if her heart hurt a bit.

"I'm okay."

"Reeeeeeally?" Plutia questioned.

Noire nodded, "Really."

Plutia didn't push further and only smiled. "It's not good to bottle up your feelings, Noire. If you need someone to talk to I'm aaaaaall ears!"

Noire appreciated her comfort. "Thank you, Plutia."

She thought it would hurt a lot more when she sees Neptune reunite with her counterpart, but it wasn't as bad as she thought. Deep down, even if she was jealous and upset, she was truly happy for Neptune.

Noire looked back at Neptune who clung to the other Noire. "Be happy Neptune." That was all she wished for.

Planeptune, Gamindustri

Place: Planeptune City

Date: September 10, 2019

Time: 3:53 P.M

In the middle of the city, Rei Ryghts sat on a hill of debris as she swung her leg back and forth.

Croire flew around the blue-haired girl and questioned, "Hey, why'd you stop? There's more to destroy, y'know."

Rei picked up a pebble and flicked it away. "Why? Because I'm tired. I want to take a break."

Croire scoffed, "Liar. You're not worn out at all."

Rei groaned, "Such a noisy flea. Maybe I should plug in my bug zapper."

Croire shouted, "Stop calling me an insect! Hurry it up. I'm freakin' bored."

Rei glared down at the two bodies that lay motionless below the pile of rock and monster corpses she was sitting on. "There's no more need for me to attack. All the CPUs have come over here now."

Croire blinked. "Huh? They're all in this dimension? That was faster than I expected."

Rei chuckled as she stood up and walked down from the pile she was sitting on. "Soon, everything will be gone! Ahahaha! I can't wait to crush them and then their nations!"

Croire innocently asked, "Do you think you can win?"

"Haaaaah?" Rei turned her head to look at the fairy. "What's this? Mocking me, are you? Because if you are I'll kill you! A mere insect thinks I can't win?!"

"Whoa, I was just askin' just in case!" Croire held up her hands as if she was surrendering. "After all, Black Heart has beaten you before."

Rei huffed, "Hmph. What a rude bug. What happened with Black Heart was a mistake. I let my guard down, but now that I'm at full strength, I will remove the CPUs from this world with little effort and with plenty of energy to spare!" She clenched her hand and smirked. "After all, their existence is completely unnecessary…!"

She reached the bottom of the pile and stood in front of the unconscious blonde who was bleeding on her head. Rei reached down and gripped her hair, lifting her up with little effort.

"Isn't that right, Vert?"

The blonde groaned and cracked her eyes open to glare. "Y-You won't… get away with this!"

"Oh? You're actually awake. I thought I knocked you out cold."

Vert spit out blood on Rei's face. "Go to hell."

Rei snapped and slammed the girl's head into the ground creating a hole. She left Vert there and walked past the body. She moved over to the other body and picked up the unconscious brunette. She threw Blanc over next to her Vert and dusted her hands.

"Still want to ask if I can win, Croire?" Rei turned to the short-haired fairy with murderous eyes.

Croire laughed, "Nah! You are definitely gonna win!"

"That's what I like to hear. I'll make sure to kill those CPUs, unlike my counterpart! Ahahahahahaha!" Rei crackled as the cloud above roared with thunder. "Come Black Heart! Let's have our rematch! Come at me with Mode Uranus again! I'll make sure to pummel you to the ground along with the others!"


Author's Note

Heya guys! Hope you enjoy this chapter that took 2 years to write! And after 2 years, Neptune and Noire have finally reunited! Horray!

Now, the big question. Will this story finally be off of Hiatus? Ah ah! No. This story will still be on Hiatus. I'll just post whenever I finished the next chapter. So I'll see ya guys in another 2 years! Bye bye! \( ᐛ )/

-Shiena