Disclaimer: I do not own any of the material of the Hyperdimension Neptunia series or the Halo series in this story as they belong to Microsoft, Compile and Idea Factory…
With Nepgear and the girls...
As the girls went back to the Basilicom, Mina welcomes them back.
BGM: Lite Light – Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"Welcome back, you four- ooh, who's the new visitor?" Mina asked.
"My name's Broccoli. Nice to meet you, nyu" Broccoli introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you, Broccoli~san" She smiled. "So, what's bring you girls in the Basilicom?" Then she asked them.
"We need to borrow a room" IF answered.
"Borrow a room?" Mina questioned.
"We found a way to restore the Mascot!" Nepgear explained which shocked the Oracle.
"Heavens! Is that even possible?" She doubted.
"Nope. GAMERS magazine had an article about repairing discs, nyu" Broccoli explained.
"Well... That's a bit... Surprising..." The Oracle sweatdropped. "Any who, let me get you a spare room. Follow me, ladies" She then walked to the spare room as the girls follow, she forgotten that Rookie is awake. "Oh, I almost forgot. Your friend is awake since your recent arrival" She informs them.
"Eh?! Rookie's awake?!" IF's eyes widen which everyone's attention as she fake coughs. "*Fake cough* *Fake cough* So, is Rookie alright?" She calmly asked.
"Yes" Mina simply answered as she put her index finger on her chin. "But Ram~san suddenly dragged him right after his recovery into a game competition... I don't have the details, sadly..." Then Rom came.
"Oh. Hi, Rom" Nepgear waved at Rom as she smiled.
"Hi, Miss Nepgear" She quietly responded.
"Where's your sister?" She asked.
"Ram took him to a game racing competition because I promised him to save my big sis back at the city" Ram answered which surprised the girls.
"...Did Rook-Rook promised to save their sister?" Compa asked.
"Yes, Rookie and I were lost till we bump into Rom. She was looking for her pen but Rookie has it and gave it back to her, I don't know how he got her pen" Nepgear continued. "Then Rom asked us about Blanc, I explained to her what happened to her and she cried, but Rookie calmed her down and we promised her to save Blanc and the other CPUs" She finishes the explanation which surprised everyone.
"Wow! I didn't know he's warm-hearted" RED was surprised about Rookie's personality.
"That's very nice of him~" Compa smiley commented.
"Yes he is. We shou-" Then IF soon got cut off.
"So that's the reason why IF loves him~" RED teased as everyone blushed but IF blush like a tomato.
"CAN YOU STOP WITH THE TEASING?!" IF snapped and bonked RED in the head.
"OW! BAKA!" RED shouted in pain.
As they sweatdropped of this random moment, they suddenly heard Ram's voice, yelling throughout the hallway.
BGM: Comedic Time – Megadimension Neptunia VII
"WHAAT?!" Her scream jumped everyone in the hallway.
"What the goodness?! Was that Ram?" Nepgear asked.
"I'm afraid so, she's usually screamed in rage if she loses. She's very competitive…" Mina explained as she sighed, then Ram screamed again, throughout the hallway.
"WAAAAAAAH! IT'S NOT FAIR! IT'S NOT FAIR! IT'S NOT FAIRRRRRR!"
"And~ she's crying..." IF sighed.
"I'll get Ram and Rookie" Rom then ran off to the sitting room to get them.
"So, let's borrow a spare room and hope that we can repair the Mascot" She hoped, everyone nodded as Mina led them to a spare room and they started repairing the Lowee's Mascot.
END BGM
With Rom...
As the girls are repairing the Mascot, Rom ran to the sitting to tell them the good news as she came in the sitting room, she loudly calls them.
"Ram! Rookie!" She loudly called as she was patting. "*Pat* *Pat* Miss Nepgear is repairing the Mascot!" She shouted which shocked both.
"Eh! She's repairing the Mascot?!" Ram questioned and her twin sister nodded. "Come on! We got to see this!" She jumped off the couch and the Twins ran to Nepgear.
'Heh. These kids...' Rookie shook his head, amused as he follows them to see Nepgear and the girls.
The Rookie
Location: The Basilicom's Hallway
Five days after drop...
As Rookie and the Twins running through the hallway, Rom went inside the spare room, both him and Ram followed and went inside the spare as they saw the Oracle and the girls watching Nepgear who's fixing up the Mascot. IF was the only one who noticed him and the Twins as she suddenly hugged him which surprised him as he hugged back, the Twins looked at each other and giggled, both stopped hugging and they watched Nepgear, putting the pieces back together.
BGM: Lite Light – Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"So... I put this here, then..."
"I see. You creating a replica disc with the materials gathered to bring the Mascot" Mina figured.
"Broccoli was kind enough to tell us about this method" She explained.
"You're welcome, nyu~" Broccoli beamed as the Twins are excited.
"Whoa! This is so rad! Lowee's Mascot is gonna come back and be fine, right?" Ram spoke.
"Uh-huh, uh-huh" Rom happily nodded as Nepgear continued repairing the Mascot.
"And now I put this doodad in with the thingamajig and... I did it!" She finally finished repairing the Mascot and cheered as it starts to glow brightly.
"Hmm? Where... Is this?" As the Mascot been restored, it seems confused.
"Score! The Mascot's back!" RED fistpumped.
"Yes" Mina agreed. "It's wonderful to see you again. Do you remember who I am?" The Oracle asked.
"Lowee's Oracle..." The Mascot answered then it panicked. "What's going on here? Last I remember is that a soldier tried to protect me from that wicked underling but then I was destroyed after that... And yet-"
"We repaired you and brought you back!" Nepgear finishes its sentence.
"I see..."
"But, I don't remember a Lowee soldier protecting you" Mina pointed.
"It was not a Lowee soldier... It was... Him..." The Mascot stares at Rookie as everyone turned around and was surprised to see him.
"Eh?! Where did he come from?" Compa asked.
"He just came with us a few minutes ago" Rom answered.
"Oh..."
"I would like to thank you both for protecting me and bringing me back" The Mascot thanked them both.
"Oh, you don't have to thank me, I'm just doing my best…" Nepgear blushed.
"Miss Nepgear's cute when she blushes" Rom smiled which make Nepgear blushed even more.
"A-am I... T-that c-cute?" She asked as Rom quietly nodded.
"Hey! Don't cheer up that CPU dummy!" Ram angrily demanded.
"But Ram, you and I giggled when that girl hugged Mister Rookie" Her twin sister pointed at IF as she reasoned with Ram, IF blushed as well.
"Eh? W-wh-what a-are you t-talking about?" IF asked as she trembles, RED smirked and gets involve.
BGM: Minicar – Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"Oooo~ Looks like you're-" RED was soon bonked on the head by IF. "*Bonk!* OW! BAKA!" She shouted in pain.
"What have I told you about teasing my relationship!" IF yelled at her ear.
"But you two make a good couple" Rom stated while looking away, lightly blushing.
"Whoa, since when you know about romance?" RED surprisingly asked.
"Mmm? Hmmm... We... We..."
"We read one of our big sis' romance novels" Ram helped Rom as she was... Broken for a few seconds.
"Uh-huh, it had the holding hands, the hugging, the kissin-" Rom listed a few romantic things in the novel as her twin sister was disgusted about the last part.
"Kissing? Ugh! I hate that part! It's so disgusting and gross!" Ram commented, crossing her arms as everyone inside the Basilicom, blushed like a red tomatom but for Mina... Her eyes are shadowed.
'What the hell are those children reading a romance novel... Written by their big sister?!' Rookie was suddenly shocked at the Twins, reading a romantic novel.
"Heavens! What have I told you children NOT to read these types of books, you two are not old enough to read those!" Mina lectures them.
"Hey, We're CPU Candidates! We don't age, Mina!" Ram corrected. "Plus! You don't even bring enough paper for us to draw so, we have to draw on big sis' books" She added as Mina twitched her eyes.
"…Lady Blanc will be greatly upset if you keeping drawing on her books, even when she's absent!" She pointed.
"Sorry for interrupting your conversation but"The Mascot caught everyone's attention. "What happened to the seal?" The Mascot asked.
BGM: Lite Light – Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"Oh yes. Ahem... Right after you were destroyed, the seal was soon broken and the Killachines are on an uprising" Mina explained. "We need to seal the Killachines away as soon as possible" Then she sighed. "It pains me to treat you as nothing more than a tool, but-"
"No need to feel that way" The Mascot interrupted. "Time is of the essence... Knowing this..." Then the Mascot turns to Nepgear and Rookie. "Sister of Neptune and the armored soldier" The Mascot describes Rookie's appearance. "May I ask a favor of you two?"
"Yes? What is it?" Nepgear asked.
"As you two have known, fighting is not my forte. I am unable to return where I must reactivate the seal" Then the Mascot requested. "Though it may burden you two but may I ask that you escort me to my destination?" The Mascot asks.
'Well, sure thing' Rookie accepted as he nodded.
"Of course! You didn't even to ask..." Nepgear agreed.
"I'm going too, nyu!" Broccoli wanted to join the group as Compa has a question mark on her head.
"Why, Miss Broccoli? We're going to a very scary, dangerous dungeon" She explained.
"There strengths in numbers. I can be very helpful, nyu" Broccoli reasoned.
"Well, no need to bite the hand offering to feed us, right?" IF joked which Rookie facepalmed as she glared at him. "What?"
'That's a worst joke I ever heard...'
"We really grateful for your help" Nepgear bowed.
"Don't mention it, nyu" Broccoli beamed.
"Hmm?" She then saw the Twins staring at her, silently.
"..."
"...Mmm?"
"Um... It would be really nice if Rom and Ram came with us, too. They'd be a big help" Nepgear reasoned.
"Okay, I wanna-"
"N-no! Stupid Rom! We can't go!" Ram interrupted.
"Why not?" Rom asked.
"...Um..." Ram thought of something fast to prevent her twin sister coming with them. "Cuz... We're Lowee's CPU Candidates, we gotta stay here and the city, duh!" She reasoned.
"B-but..."
"Aww, that's too bad. *Sigh* Guess I can't force you to come with us" Nepgear sighed.
"No you can't! So, me and Rom are gonna play by ourselves at our room. Come on, Rom!" Ram soon drags her twin sister away.
"But... But... But... Wait... Ram..." Then they're out of sight.
'Wow, now she got herself a broken record player...' Rookie saw how Rom was repeating until she was dragged away as Mina sighed.
"*Sigh* They're still just kids, after all" She stated. "I'm truly sorry to task you with such a burden when it should be dealt with by Lowee authorities..." She apologized.
"There's really no need to apologize" Nepgear sweatdropped. "We'll be going now!"
"Yes. Good luck to you all on your quest" Mina said her goodbyes to the group as they exited the Basilicom and escort the Mascot to the World Labyrinth where the Mascot reactivate the seal.
Back with Rom and Ram in their bedroom...
Meanwhile right after the group left, the Twins went inside their room as Ram was looking inside their draws, she pulls out a box of crayons and a blank paper.
BGM: $100– Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"Hey Rom, let's draw pictures. I'm getting really good, you know!" She suggested.
"..." Rom stood there, silent...
"Don't wanna? Then... Video games!" She then grabbed a Nintendo 3Ds with a few games on her hands. "Mina just brought us some new stuff!"
"...But, Ram... I wanna... Help Miss Nepgear and Mister Rookie..." Rom wanted to helped them as Ram refuse.
"No! I said no, so no! Okay? No!"
BGM: Tear Drop – Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"*Sob* *Sob*" Tears starts raining down from her eyes.
"Gah! Why are you crying?! I didn't do anything! Stoppit!" Ram demanded.
"They're doing their best to protect Lowee... *Sob* And we just playing around... I don't like it *Stiff*" Rom pointed.
"Oh get over it! It's not like WE were the ones who asked to do it!" She stated.
"But... They're promised that they'll save our big sister..."
"Huh? So, what're you telling me? You like them more than me? Huh, is that it?!" Ram angrily questioned.
"I like Ram best..." Rom answered.
"Of course you do! So, let's just play and then-"
"That's why I want you to come and help Miss Nepgear and Mister Rookie with me" Her twin sister interrupted.
"Oh..."
"Please, Ram... *Sob* Pretty please? *Sob* *Stiff*" Rom begged as she gave her those crying cute puppy eyes.
"Ugh! Stop crying! Stop looking at me with those stupid puppy dog eyes!" Ram demanded.
"But Ram... I missed Blanc... Do you?" She asked as her voice softens.
"I..." Ram then stopped as she asked her about missing their big sister. She stares at her, sobbing with tears. It reminded her as she closes her eyes, looking back to that night, three years ago...
A couple of years ago...
Before the events of the ASIC conflict, Gamindustri was once had four large, floating islands. These lands are Planeptune, Lastation, Lowee and Leanbox, surrounded by other small, floating islands that had one way to get across the gap, it was terraportation.
Meanwhile at the Lowee's Library...
At the Lowee's library, there was a quiet and introverted girl who was reading a novel she booked out. She has short sandy-brown colored hair with dull blue eyes and a big white cap. Wearing an opened white jacket with powder blue markings, dark brown lining, and light colored brown fur, inside the white jacket was a white dress as she has power blue sandals with a white ribbon around in her right leg resembling a bandage. As she walks out of the library, she soon got a call from none other than the Tome, Histoire.
BGM: Blanc's Theme – Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1
"Blanc, can I borrow you for a moment?" The Tome asked.
"Histoire? How unusual for you to contact me" Blanc pointed.
"There's someone I'd like you to meet. Can you please come by?" Histoire asked.
"Yes, I'm on my way" She accepted as Histoire hung up on her, she quickly asked herself. "Meet me? I wonder who?" She soon went into her HDD form and flied out of Lowee as she went to the Fantasy Zone which is basically futuristic bridges and gateways, whatever...
At the Fantasy Zone...
Blanc went inside the Fantasy Zone as she met with Histoire who has a different appearance. Now she has a loose purple dress with spiked ruffle lining, along with gold accents and a loose green-teal tie... Also, she's younger...
"Histoire, I'm here" Turned back to her normal form as she was suddenly smack by a book at the side of her face. "Ouch! The hell was that?!" She questioned as she saw the Twins, Rom and Ram.
BGM: Rom and Ram's Theme – Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1
"Yay! Strike one!" Ram fistpumped.
"That looked painful..." Rom said, honestly as Histoire frowned.
"Now, now. Ram, that's wasn't nice of you. Books are for reading, not throwing" Histoire stated.
"...Kids?" Blanc has no idea what's going on.
"I'm sorry, Blanc. It's looks like Ram started the tone off badly..." Histoire apologised.
"*Sigh* It's okay. They're just kids so I'll let it slide" Blanc accepted. "And? Are these kids who you wanted me to meet?" She asked.
"Yes. Their names are Ram and Rom, they're your younger sisters" Histoire explained which shocked Blanc into silence...
"..."
"...Um... Blanc?" The Tome tilted her head as Blanc started to think about something.
"...Wait, let me if I ever had younger sisters..."
"Um, no. They were just born actually"
"Hmm? What do you mean?" Blanc asked.
"With the previous battle, your shares inflated and new goddesses were born" Histoire explained.
"Shares are so convenient" She frowned as well as Histoire.
"Don't say that..." Then she sighed. "Now, in your case, twins were born, which is quite rare... Please take care of them" She requested as she forgotten something. "Oh, and no pampering. It's isn't good for them" She reasoned.
"I'll see what I can do" Blanc accepted as the Twins smiled.
"Look forward to it, big sister!" Ram joyfully hopped.
"Y... Yes... N-nice to... meet you"
"Nice to meet both of you, Rom. Ram" Both twins smiled and soon hugged their big sister as Blanc slowly smiled at them. 'I guess it won't be that bad'
END BGM
Well… Everyone knows that raising children is not that easy... After Blanc meeting her younger twin sisters, Rom and Ram, she thought it would be easy... But it's not... during those years before the ASIC conflict, she have to deal with her little twin sisters, drawing on her books, teach them how to be CPU which in one lesson, she taught them that milk makes their... Breasts grow... I don't know where that came from... And deal with them calling her flat which the Leanbox's CPU always tease about... Until the event of the sudden share drop and the creation of the Gamindustri Graveyard appeared out of thin air. Blanc put Mina to babysit the Twins as she gone to join the other CPUs at Planeptune's Basilicom and investigate at the Gamindustri Graveyard then... You'll all know what happened at the Graveyard… After the CPUs were captured and held captive, the entire continent was left in the dark as the global population began to abandoned the ones they always putted faith into.
A few weeks after the CPU's investigation...
It's been a few weeks after the CPU investigation at the Gamindustri Graveyard, everyone was about to put their faith to the ASIC instead of the CPUs as the Candidates and the Oracles tried to prevent ASIC from stealing their shares.
At the Lowee's Basilicom in the silent night. Ram was lying down in her bed with her blankets covering her as she wears her pink night pajamas, she soon wakes up in the middle of the night as she stood up and saw that Rom wasn't in bed. She panicking looked around the bedroom, jumped off her bed and ran out of their bedroom as she whispers for Rom.
"Rom? Rom, where are you?" She walks through the dark hallway as she saw that the french doors that leads to the garden backyard was opened, she rushed to the french doors and saw her twin sister, standing there, wearing her blue night pajamas with a paper on her left hand and a plushie on her right hand.
The plushie Rom was holding looks like it has white and dark blue French maid's outfit with an apron, long sleeves and a red scarf with a big white bow ribbon on its back. A white maid headband on its silver hair with long braids with green bows at the ends as it has a smiley face with blue eyes.
Ram went outside the Basilicom and she shivered as it was cold at night. 'Jeez, how is she still standing there in the cold like THIS?!' She wondered then she called for her. "Rom! What are you doing here?! You're get a cold!"
"..."
"Rom! Get inside now, dummy!" Ram ordered.
"..." She stood there in silence as she looks up to the sky, Ram followed her and both saw a bright, full moon, shining down Lowee then... "*Stiff* *Stiff* *Sob*" She began to cry.
BGM: Tear Drop – Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"Rom?" Ram looks down to her, seeing that the moon shines on the bushes with red roses on it. She saw Rom looking at a drawing, it's a drawing of Blanc with Rom and Ram on her sides, she soon walks to her.
"*Sob* *Sob*" Rom felled to her knees with tears falling from her eyes.
"Rom? What's wrong?" Ram quietly asked.
"*Sob* It's big sis... She hasn't come back... *Sob*" Rom answered.
"…Big sis will come back, she'll be fin-" Then she was hugged by her twin sister, dropping both the drawing and the plushie.
"I... *Sob* I miss her... *Sob* Waaaaaah~" Rom quietly cried.
"Shhhh~ Don't cry, you crybaby" She confronted. "Come on, let's get back to our room before Mina find us out in the cold" Then Rom nodded as she picks up her drawing and her plushie and both walked away.
Ram stopped and looked at the moon as it is still shining bright. 'I hope she'll come back soon...' She hoped that Blanc will come back but the question is:
"How long?"
END BGM
Present...
'It's been three years and big sis hasn't come back from the Graveyard...' Ram soon opened her eyes as she saw her twin sister, staring at her with those sad puppy eyes then she sighed. "Rom... I do miss our big sister..." She honestly answered.
"*Sob* R-really?" Rom asked with a surprised look on her face.
"Well, duh... Of course, I miss big sis! Remember what happened at that night, three years ago?"
"Uh-huh... I cried on that night..."
"That's why you can't go with them" Ram reasoned with her.
"Huh? W-why?" Rom asked.
"Because... *Sigh* Because I don't want you to cry again!" She answered.
"But… Ram, that was a long time ago... I can take care of myself" She pointed.
"You don't even defend yourself..." Ram muttered, sweatdropped.
"So, can we help them? Pretty please?!" Rom begged with cute puppy eyes, closer to Ram's face and she finally accepted it.
"Okay! Okay! Fine! We'll help them..."
"Yay! Let's go help Miss Nepgear and her friends!" Rom went into her HDD form and flied off.
"More like help the CPU dummy..." Ram angrily muttered as she went into her HDD form and joined her, then both went outside of Lowee to the World Labyrinth.
Back at the Basilicom...
Meanwhile, Mina was at the balcony of the Basilicom, sitting on a chair next to a table with a opened umbrella. It was sunny at the afternoon as she was drinking some tea then she suddenly saw the Twins went out of the Basilicom.
BGM: Flowering Night – Touhou: The Memories of Phantasm
"It's seems that the Twins have decided to help the travelers..." Mina sighed.
"Yes... Also, tea's ready" Mina wasn't alone. She was with a black and white maid, she's pale-fair skin with light brown eyes and pale blonde hair with two hair clips. The maid pour some tea on Mina's cup as she thanked her.
"Thank you, Miss Chamberlain"
"Please, just call me Financier" The maid suggested.
"Okay then, Financier" Mina nodded as she looks at two bright lights.
"So, the CPU Candidates have finally doing something for Gamindustri"
"Indeed... I truly missed Lady Blanc"
"You mean that Bookworm?" Financier asked which Mina glared at her.
"Don't call her 'Bookworm'" She frowned.
"Sorry, Lady Mina but... Honestly, she really need to socialize instead of locking herself in her room, reading books…" Financier honestly commented.
"*Sigh* I guess you're right..." And both looked at the two bright lights that was fading into the distance, hoping that they'll prevent the disaster that occurred many years ago.
END BGM
Author's notes:
Well looks that Neptune isn't waking up at my bedroom. So, nothing too special in this chapter except the flashback with the CPU Candidates born in Re;Birth 1 that carried on to Re;Birth 2. I think I should make more flashbacks, probably from Uni and Histoire.
And YES, Financier is still in the Hyperdimension Neptunia series but only appeared in the original, Re;Birth 1 and Megadimension (She was in Hyperdevotion Noire but don't think she's involved in that game...)
…It may be canon that Gamindustri WAS just a bunch of floating islands with only one transport then felled and turned into a Continent.
And, the plushie that I described is a reference and I think some of you viewers might know who is it as I might have putted too much detail on the plushie...
Also, if you are getting annoyed with the BGM, just ignore it. I'm trying my best not to make it a big problem like... Not making this a fucking episode that I forgot to animate. You know that some authors used BGM in their stories, right?
