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Morning arose in Sylph Village. The sun rising over all of Gamindustri, lighting it with its almighty light. People in the village began to walk through the streets. Men going to work, women walking towards stands and such, buying clothing, foods, and water. And now, we close in on our True Protagonist...

Neptune slept in his room, with his covers nearly off him, as he mumbled.

"Hrrrmmmm...nooooo...5 more minutes..." Neptune mumbled. He tried to lay on his side, but...he felt something around his waist.

"..." Neptune slowly opened his eyes. He threw the blanket off of him, and instantly blushed, and had this expression on his face: O_O.

Noire hugged his waist, with a smile on her face, but here's the catch...she's Bare. Nepping. Naked.

"...I'm going to die..." Neptune whined quietly, sounding emotional. But then, he realized something.

"Nepgear is still asleep, whilst Uzume doesn't wake up early! Which means, if I can just get Noire back to her room...I can make it seem like she just stripped! I am so smart! S-M-R-T!" Neptune thought as he forced Noire's grip of him. He got up quietly and carefully, and EXTREMELY carefully, lifted Noire up. He silently exited his room, and looked down the hall of Noire's guest bedroom.

"Okay Nep...keep it together...! One step at a time! Nice and slow! You got the girl...! You're almost there...! You got a way out of this life and death situat-!" Neptune whispered to himself, but he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks, for he saw the one thing that could blow his cover...Nepgear.

She was wearing a big purple t-shirt that was obviously too big on her, as she rubbed her eyes, tired.

"NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO...!" Neptune pleaded in his mind that she wouldn't notice him, holding a naked girl in his hands. Nepgear didn't notice his existence near her at all. She merely walked the opposite way, and entered a room. She closed the door silently.

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"I'm saved...!" Neptune thought as he silently entered the room Noire was sleeping in and set her on her bed. But~ we all know where this scenario is about to go.

Noire grumbled a little...and began to open her eyes...

Neptune's heart dropped deeper than Atlantis. He was dead; Plain and simple.

Noire opened her eyes halfway, regaining her sight...and she then saw Neptune. She paused for a moment, still a bit out of it, as she immediately opened her eyes all the way, and shot up.

"N-N-N-N-NEPTUNE!? W-W-WHY ARE YOU-!?" Noire yelled at him, most probably waking up Uzume and Nepgear...and then she realized she was naked.

Noire slowly looked at herself, as she slowly blushed pure red. She began to think...Neptune in her room, at the start of the morning...herself naked...adding it up all together...

...

...Noire began to grow a death aura around her, as her hair covered her eyes, and she covered herself with a blanket.

"Neptune...what's the meaning of this...?" Noire asked, seemingly calm, but was at the heights of anger right now. Neptune fell to the ground, retreating with his feet until he hit the door. "W-W-Wait a minute! T-This isn't what it seems like! I mean, this is a cliche seeming thing to some of the readers, but-!"

"PERVEEEEEEEEEEEEEERT!"

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!?"

The rest of the morning ended with some breakfast. The four were at the table, Neptune had a blood red slap mark on his face, while Noire ate quietly, still angered by Neptune's little action, for which she believed he did something. Uzume was confused as hell, but decided it'd be best to not even ask about it. Nepgear also didn't know what had happened, but to her, it'd probably be something funny.

Noire had a different attire than the armor she had once wore and the previous clothing she had. Which consists of a dark gray tank top that exposes her stomach with a blue ribbon in the center and a matching skirt with blue highlights on the pleats. On her arms she wears detached sleeves that are open at the upper arm but attached by a black strap and buckle. Her leg wear consists of over the knee blue socks and dark grey boots that match her tank top.

After eating, everyone decided to go out. Taking Nepgear with them (In her normal toddler attire) everyone went towards the pub to get a quest. The inside wasn't futuristic as one would expect. The inside was wooden, with a few nice places here and there, with a woman playing a harp, giving a peaceful vibe inside. Behind the counter was assorted wines and drinks, ranging from all types of flavors and sizes.

The way guild quests work in Sylph village, is that it doesn't require that far of distances. Usually, it's either farm work of lumber. Sometimes, it would be monster elimination. But it always is connected to the well being of the forest, not Planeptune itself.

Sylph Village was an isolated village, not connected to the brutality of the nation, which was why it was so peaceful.

As soon as they entered the pub, they were greeted by the pub keeper.

"'Ello lads, what can I do for ya bunch?" He asked, while drying the inside of a glass beer mug with a rag.

"Any quests? News or any sort?" Uzume asked, putting a elbow on the counter.

"Rumor has it that ASIC is lendin' aid to the Rebel Army of Lowee." The pub master said, getting a twitch from Noire.

"What's ASIC?" Neptune asked, confused. Noire looked at him like he was crazy. "You mean you don't know that?!" Noire asked, surprised at the new piece of info presented to her.

"Huh? Are they a big deal?" Neptune asked. Noire sighed and began to explain.

"ASIC is a secret group who work in the shadows, and have been around for at least 20 years. They usual give out medicine and food to the less fortunate and provide shelter in hidden places. No one knows about it, and those even suspected of having ties with ASIC are executed on sight. Their leader, Arfoire, has made the CPU angry by doing this. Including the Rebel Army of the newly formed nation of Lowee, she'll be furious if this reaches her ears." Noire explained.

"Wow...so they're like secret agents from an anime or whatever!"

"Well, sorta. The only thing they do that really does damage is graffiti on government buildings and stuff like that, but if not that, they're a organization that work against the CPU." Uzume said, correcting him.

"Yeah, and the Rebellion Army is rumored to have ties with Leanbian family, the most noblest family in Gamindustri." The pub master said.

"Oh, that family..." Noire said. "Personally, I don't exactly enjoy them..." Noire said.

"Aw, they're not that bad. I mean, they don't really do anything wrong." Uzume said.

"Well, a monster quest came in a few hours ago, but that's pretty much it for the interestin' stuff kiddos. Ya want the quest?" The Pub Master said, as Neptune went over to the quest board, while Uzume listened to why Noire didn't exactly "Adore" the X-Leanbox family.

-Take out 20 Dogoo

-Take out the Ancient Dragon

-Recover a Magic Tome

Is what it had said. Neptune ripped the paper from the board and held it in front of the Pub Master. The Master nodded his head.

"Alright, shouldn't be too much trouble for the Dragon Slayer, so have fun." The Master said with a smirk as he went into the back.

"Anyone can slay a dragon, why is everyone making a big fuss over that?" Neptune sighed as he kneeled down in front of Nepgear. "You're gonna go and see the old man or stay here and be good, right?" Neptune asked, and the small Nepgear nodded cheerfully.

"Uh-huh!"

"Alright, let's go!" Neptune said, as Uzume and Noire stopped their conversation and followed him out of the bar, leaving Nepgear, who sat at the bar. She was given a glass of Nepple Juice shortly after by the Pub Master. (Equivalent of Apple Juice). The Pub Master leaned on the counter while looking at the assorted wine bottles behind him...

"The Grand Library...huh...?"

Walking down a dirt path through the woods, none of the three really said anything on the way there. Heir destination wasn't very far, just on the other side of the forest, and inside the Cavulas Cave; the place where it asked to recover a Magic Tome and defeat the monsters. Noire was back into the black knight armor she was given for some reason, but maybe it's just preferred.

She totally wasn't threatened to wear it again by Gust. Nope, not at all.

"Hey Nepsy? Mind if I see that quest?" Uzume asked, and Neptune looked behind at Uzume, while reaching into his pocket and handing her the crumbled quest sheet.

"Did'ja have to crumble it up...?" She mumbled as she read through the quest.

"20 Dogoo, an Ancient Dragon, and a Magic Tome?" Uzume asked, re-reading the quest aloud.

"It should be easy. Let's finish this up and go home." Neptune said, who had the Trinity Blade attached to his back.

"...Hey, Neptune?" Noire asked, getting Neptune's attention.

"What?"

"That sword...if you don't want anything to do with it, why do you carrying to around." Noire asked, and Neptune remembered he had the weapon on his back.

"Well..." Neptune said as he pulled it out. "For starters, I lost my bow back up north."

"Oh yeah..."

"Secondly, I don't really have any other weapons, and the old man kept nagging me about my destiny or something, so I just took it with me." Neptune answered. Noire stared at him and then nodded.

"But don't you think it's important?" Noire asked, getting the attention of Uzume and Neptune. "In the past, there were a group of Heroes who had legendary weapons capable of defeating the CPU, but all of them are scattered across Gamindustri. You found one of them and pulled it out for that matter, so shouldn't you take it as something...important?" Noire asked, which made Neptune stare at her.

"...Well, I'm not into all that confusing stuff." Neptune answered back, making Noire give a look of slight surprise and she even gave a 'huh?'

"I just wanna live a peaceful life. Adventures and stuff like that sounds fun and all, but...I don't know...maybe when I know a little bit more and I don't get nagged about it, which is probably the reason I don't want anything to do with it."

"Because you get nagged?"

"Because it gets forced onto me. It's a cliche! I decide when I get to go on adventures and stuff!" Neptune responded.

"That is something you'd say..." Uzume exhaled with a smile. Eventually, they were then greeted with an open field, and a opening in a hill. It looks like it had been dug open for some reason, and a cold wind blew from within it. There was also a abandoned village nearby. A few houses ranging from about 6 that were molded, nearly torn down, and looked so fragile that it could break completely at any given moment. There was a larger house that looked like a wealthy person lived there, but that too was in no better condition. But it still stood, with some holes in the roof and some mold here and there.

"Wow...so this is Cavulas Village..." Uzume said, observing the surroundings and enjoying the peace, even though abandoned. "It's a bit quiet here...Is there really Dogoo around here?"

"They're probably in the cave." Noire pointed towards the cave, which had freezing wind blowing out of like slowly. The three walked towards the cave, and at first sight into it, it was dark.

"Alright, so let's go!" Neptune exclaimed, entering the cave. His sight quickly disappeared into the darkness of the cave, and both Noire and Uzume quickly followed after him.

"Neptune! Wait a second! Don't rush in without thinking!" Noire yelled, running after him. While running inside the cave, you could barely see a thing. Only very small lights spawning from crystals inside faintly lit the cave, but enough so they the two didn't run into any walls of rocks. The temperature inside the cave was, as expected, cold. It felt like 10 Degress inside, which was bad for Noire and Uzume (And every Neptunia Character) because they had the brilliant idea of wearing skirts! Or... short shorts(?) for Uzume...either way, they most probably should've dressed a bit more carefully.

"Man, it's freezin' in here!" Uzume complained as she crossed her arms, trying to warm herself. Noire was in the same boat.

"Yeah...it's freezing in here...where the hell is Neptune at?" Noire complained as well, as she looked around.

Then...the slimy noises began. Noire felt chills go up her spine, despite the cold temperature in the cave, from the sound.

This was a sound all to familiar to her. Something that she knew all too well. Uzume heard it as well, and she had the same reaction. The two slowly looked behind them...and saw...them.

The most vile creature know to mankind that put all other monsters, even demons, to shame...

Dogoo.

Noire and Uzume went pale at the sight. This monster...was a threat to all girls(Neptunia Chracters specifically)! Noire readied a black lance with a blade on it, but did not pull out her gun. Uzume readied two dual knives and got in a stance.

"Heh! I didn't think you would use a lance! Heard you use a gun!" Uzume asked with a confident smirk as she wa sprepared to take down the monster of all monsters.

"I can also use a rapier and Gun, but I can use a lance, though not always preferred." Noire said, spinning said lance. "I just don't have ammo for the gun!" Noire answered with some disappointment.

"Huh? Why didn't you buy some?"

"Neptune stole my money!" Noire wanted to yell, but the Dogoo were t going to give them that chance...the battle had begun then and there.

Neptune walked through the cave which he had entered, with his sword, the Trinity Blade, in his hands.

"Hm...I probably shouldn't have went ahead. I already got lost." Neptune said, trying to navigate his way through the cave. It was so dark he could barely see anything! Maybe if he used magic! Yeah! He knows a little bit of magic, which he demonstrated against the Nightröth. He focused magic into his hand, and fire spawned on his palm.

"Haha! The protag prevails yet again!" Neptune yelled...until he noticed that he was in front of a door. The door was made of metal, with some gold designs on it, with a large emerald gem on it. It stood at almost 20 feet tall, as Neptune stood in front of it.

"Wow...this looks like plot advancement. You can tell because its a fancy door inside a cold cave like this...and its big." Neptune said, explaining his logic to himself. He tried to push it open, and it didn't budge at all. He put his sword in it's shealth on his back, and then undid his magic.

"Okay...I know how this works..." Neptune mumbled as he spit in his hands, clapped them together, and rubbed them together. He bent his knees a bit, extended his arms at the door, and opened his palms. "Open Sesame!" Neptune yelled. A moment passed...

...

"...Darn...this always works in the games and movies..." Neptune mumbled as he scratched his head. He began to think of a password the could possibly open the door...but really, none came to mine. After a few moments, he decided to just try any that came to his head first.

"Uh...Pudding?"

...

"Games?"

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"Sleep?"

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"...Pudding?"

...

"...Gaah! Why is it so hard!" Neptune yelled out as he walked up, and kicked the door. Hopping on one leg while holding his foot in pain, a mechanical creak was heard. Shortly, the door opened up. The doors split in two, with the entire gem going with the right side of the door, and stopped when completely open.

"..." Neptune simply stared at his work. "It worked...it was painful, but it worked..." Neptune mumbled, as he slowly stopped hopping and walked into the room. At first glance, it was dark. However, he wasn't standing on rock, but rather nice patterned carpet. Slowly, lights came on.

Inside, it was a huge library, with about 10 floors. Books were neatly kept in shelves, and it wasn't even dusty. On the ground, were wooden tables and chairs in rows, these didn't have dust on them either. In the center of the library, was a green pillar that looked like a hologram, and it also had screens circulating around it. There were rows of light that were leading to the pillar, which, at the center of it, held a stand. It held a small tome with a green orb on its center.

Neptune, who slowly walked into the library, approached the stand that had the time on it. At first, he thought that this had to be a trap with some type of monster appearing as soon as he took the tome. However, something told him that the area seemed clear of that danger. The library was too well kept for a monster to be in here, and who would keep a monster inside of a or Ray like this anyway?

He stood in front of the stand, and he looked around the tome to see if it really was a trap. Something like this was far too suspicious. So, deciding he'd just deal with any type of trap that would've awaited him, he slowly lifted the tome off the stand...

...

Nothing happened.

"Hm...looks like that this wasn't a trap then." Neptune said, amazed at this. He inspected the tome, turning it around a bit...until he decided to open it, and see if something awesome would happen! However...when he did open it, nothing happened.

There weren't even words.

It was a blank book. Flipping there the pages, there wasn't anything written inside of it. Not a note, story, spells, anything.

It was blank. Through and through.

Sighing in disappointment, he put the tome inside his jacket and looked around. "Well, this was a complete bust. I thought something cool would've happened like in all those games!" Neptune complained. He had thought something cool would pop out, but no, there wasn't any type of surprise like that. He was about to go look for something tart might've been able to sell for a good price, but-

Before he could, a scream was heard. It came from within the cave, as Neptune looked back. Realizing that it belonged to Noire, Neptune rushed out of the door, while unsheathing the sword from his back. Disappearing inside the darkness of the cave, Neptune was out of sight...

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...It was then, footsteps from inside the Library were heard...

I apologize for for not updating this story, I promise I'll update this until it's caught up with my other stories! And a little notice, the story will be entering Arc 2 soon, and in a different perspective! After Arc 1, there will be one short post arc chapter, and then the story will enter Arc 2!

I would like to thank soberan 123 for help in the story. The ASIC thing was his idea, so a big thank you to him!

At any rate, I hope that you will continue to enjoy the story! Until next chapter!