Notes

So here is another chapter of Nep Thunder, I really enjoyed writing it so I think I am going to put out another 2 chapters before starting chapter 30 for The goddesses and Maikel. Also there is a lot of shit going on so I need something on the brighter side for once in my life that isn't just developing deeper into my Neptunia obsession.

Or my masochism that is caused by playing War Thunder.

Also Before I get to the whole tournament thing between Vert and Maikel I am going to do that whole hanging out with Nepgear thing, then get to the action. So Chapter three should start out with Maikel and Vert in game, but that could change.

One last major thing the Tank specs are going to be there just for the interested people so that has no bearing on the story you can skip that,

Other than that I think it's time to start typing

Location: Planeptune Tower

Floor: 2

Time: Day

Perspective: Maikel

Current Action: Trying to call Nepgear

*Dial tone*

*Punches in Planeptune Towers number*

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Phone picks up*

Maikel: "Hello…"

Operator: "Hello sir, how can I help you today?"

Maikel: "Can I get put through to the goddesses quarters please."

Operator: "May I know what for Sir?"

Maikel: "Business…"

Operator: "What kind of business Sir?"

Maikel: "Miss Histoire called my company to get a quote for some damages caused by Miss Neptune Again"

Operator: "Okay, give me a minute sir."

Maikel: "Thank you"

Maikel always had to use some excuse to get past the operator if he wanted to call anyone on that floor. Whether it was just to say hi or to get something from Histoire that he may have forgotten to take when he moved out of the goddesses quarter down to his apartment on the second floor. This frustrated him to no end but nothing would change how Histoire felt, she didn't see it necessary for Maikel to have the phone numbers of either Neptune and Nepgear when she is always at the basilicom.

*Ring*

Maikel: ("Why am I feeling nervous about this")

("I have done it a thousand times")

*Ring*

Maikel: ("Maybe it's because of how I feel about Nepgear?")

("Nah, that can't be it! Maybe because it's been so long since I have talked to anyone up there because of work.")

*Ring*

Maikel: ("Yeah that's gotta be it!")

("I haven't talked to Nepgear or Histoire in just over a month and a half even though I go up there everyday to supervise Neptune")

*Someone picks up the phone*

?: "Hello?"

Maikel: "Hello, Histoire"

Histoire: "Oh, Maikel"

"What has you calling at this time"

"Shouldn't you been at work right now"

"Don't tell me Neptune dragged out of her office finally to go out and play at an arcade"

Maikel: "No, I have the day off so I have no idea what Neptune is up to right now"

Histoire: "You have the day off?"

"How, making sure Neptune gets her work done should be a 24/7 job"

Maikel: "I was informed that Neptune had gone to do something in Lastation"

Histoire: "I sent her off to go have Noire teach Neptune how to be a proper goddess."

"But once did I ever say to your supervisor that you have the day off!"

Maikel: "Really, my supervisor didn't make any note of that to me"

"All I was told is that I have the day to myself while Neptune is gone so I figured I could call up there to see if Nepgear could come hang out"

Histoire: "Well she once she gets back and you get up here to get Neptune's paperwork done for her"

Maikel: "Why can't you do it then"

Histoire: "Because I am about to go back to an important business meeting with the other three orcales"

Maikel: "If it's so important then why were you able to take a call"

Histoire: "The four of us all a agreed that a 15 minute intermission could be use at the halfway point of the meeting"

"Now if you will excuse me the meeting is about to start backup"

*Hangs up*

Maikel: "Well shit"

"That didn't go as planned"

("At least Nepgear hadn't been dragged to Lastation with Neptune")

With a heavy sigh Maikel got up off his computer chair which he had wandered over to while talking with Histoire on the phone. The sigh was one that could be described as for fuck sake Neptune, you couldn't have done the paperwork before going to laze around in Noire's basilicom. Maikel put the phone back on the charger next to his couch, walked to the entrance of his apartment to grab his coat. It's rather breezy in Planeptune around that time of year so it's best to have a jacket just in case.

With any other sigh Maikel opened the door out to the hall, walked down the hall to the elevator. Conveniently the elevator door opened, inside was a tired and beaten up Nepgear who had just come back from doing a Rank S quest for the guild with IF, Compa, and the Leanbox idol girl herself 5pb.

Maikel: "Nepgear…"

Nepgear: "Hey… Maikel…"

"How's it goin'..."

Maikel: "A lot better than you right now"

"What the hell happened to you out there"

"It looks like you got hit by a truck"

Nepgear clothing was ripped in various places, her hair looked more like she had been up drinking all night and was now really hungover, there was a mix of bloody bandages, bruises, cuts, and scrapes of various sizes all over her body. Her normally cute face had been sullied by two bright purple shiners

Nepgear: "Oh this is nothing, Compa had to use two Revival pencils on me and IF"

Maikel: "That's even worse you fucking died twice"

Nepgear: "Well here I am aren't I"

Maikel: "Nepgear… that's not the fucking point"

"You died…"

"TWICE"

"What if Compa and the other girl had also died"

Nepgear: "Maikel I get that you care but you seem to forget just who I am"

"I know that I can rely on Compa to not get killed in the heat of battle and heal me and everyone else even if they die mid battle"

"And then after the battle patch everyone up"

Maikel: "Well just be more careful next time"

"Also do you mind if I come with you back to the quarters"

Nepgear: "Sure, and there is no need to ask me you know you're welcome at anytime"

"And I will take that into consideration next time I go into battle just because you're my best friend"

"Once we get back to my place I am going go make some of my special Nepbull to get some of my energy back and to ease the pain of these wounds"

Maikel: "How is that going to help ease the pain"

Nepgear: "Well… that my secret"

Maikel: "What kind of booze do you put in the Nepbull"

Nepgear: "WHAT THE GOODNESS MADE YOU THINK I AM GOING TO DO THAT"

Maikel: "Nepbull restores energy but no where on the can does it say that it eases pain"

"So it's kind of obvious that you would be putting something like that into the drink to 'ease the pain' of your wounds that look rather nicely patched up by Compa"

Nepgear: "Well I can't deny that but what makes you think I would put alcohol in it"

"I put Nepphine into the Nepbull so help with the pain"

Maikel: "A painkiller in Nepbull, isn't that on the same level as taking prescription medication with alcohol"

"Also so much for a secret"

Nepgear: "I have been doing it for goodness know how long"

"Nothing bad has happened yet other than getting somedays I feel really nervous for no good reason, I get a lot of muscle aches and pains, I find it hard to sleep some nights, and in some rare occasions I get really nauseous for some reason"

Maikel: "Nepgear all those things you have listed are all signs of withdrawal from Nepphine"

Nepgear: "How do you know that, you not a doctor or nurse"

Maikel: "Well I have a caffeine addiction and I got Compa to tell me signs of caffeine withdrawal"

"But she went a head told me about Nepphine, alcohol, and various other drugs withdrawal symptoms"

"So please stop with the Nepphine"

Nepgear: "Well you maybe my best friend but making a claim like that"

"I will have to check with Compa myself"

"But until then I am going to go make my Nepbull cocktail"

Maikel: "Fine but after this one you will stop with the Nepphine"

"Well now that I have made things kind of really awkward in the elevator it makes hard to ask this"

Nepgear: "Ask What?"

Maikel: "I was wondering if you would what to hang out for the rest of the day if you had any free time"

Nepgear: "Sure, but I'll have to ask Histoire though"

Maikel: "I phoned her already"

"She said it was alright"

Nepgear: "You asked ahead of time"

Maikel: "Is there a problem with that"

Nepgear: "No it's just that I wasn't expecting you to do that"

Maikel: "What's that supposed to mean"

Nepgear: "Ever since you have found that game Nep Thunder you have always seem to have some excuse as to you can't do anything or you say that you are too busy with work"

Maikel: "Well my job is just babysitting Neptune while she does her work and I am to get her to work by any means so yeah give her a couple threats like destroy every pudding factory in Gamindustri or bar Neptune from Compa's baking and that was enough to get her to work"

"Speaking of which I have to do that paperwork if I want to hang out with you"

"So what I am saying is that there is no real work involved with the job but if it gets Neptune working then I will use it"

Nepgear: "Well that is fair and all but, I am talking before you got that job"

"In that period where you a solid month off because Neptune was doing all that work, yet all you did in that month other than live was play that game Nep Thunder"

"Every time I called you to make plans for later in the day within the hour you would cancel in favor of playing that game"

Maikel: "I couldn't just stop playing when I am on a 20 or thrifty match winning streak"

"I mean I am now the best player in Planeptune because of that month"

"And the second best in the world only behind the goddess of Leanbox"

Nepgear: "That's great and all but that has nothing to do with you canceling plans you made with your best friend over a game"

"I'm not gonna lie, every time you agreed then cancelled the plans it was like being stabbed or shot"

"Every time you said yes that gave me hope that you hadn't really changed but…"

"The month went by with you crushing my hopes every single time again and again without fail"

Maikel: "Well…"

"You can blame some of that on Neptune for turning me into a lazy asshole"

Nepgear: "Another valid point to make but that once again that doesn't have anything to do with you playing Nep Thunder and canceling plans to hang out with me…"

"You know just forget I said anything"

"I never told you any of this, and in regards to your question I would love to hang out"

With that the doors of the elevator opened up and Nepgear spirited before Maikel could even get a word in. Maikel stood there in shock, the things Nepgear just said to him really hit home. Maikel knew he fucked up during the month but doing that, during the month Maikel thought something like this might come up. He just didn't expect to be from Nepgear his best friend and love interest.

All that Nepgear mentioned happened just over four months ago. In that time frame not a single person ever said that to Maikel, "Hey this puts a massive strain on not only our friendship but, our trust in you". But, those people are not the ones to blame, nor is it Nep Thunder's fault. It's Maikel's fault for being an idiot, he could have left his computer to go out with Nepgear. The game wasn't going anywhere fast, unlike Nepgear who could still die from being too injured or not having enough shares.

By this point Maikel had moved into the living room of the quarters, still speechless from what Nepgear had told him. He plopped down onto his favorite coach, in the past when Maikel did this it was so he could play videogames, whether it was alone, with Neptune, Nepgear or both of them together. Doing this only made Maikel feel even worse about the whole thing, this was the spot where her first met Neptune and Histoire which he cared deeply about.

To Maikel it felt like he was trying to drive a square into a round hole. You can't put a sapure there unless it's with force, force damages and breaks things. Maikel damaged the relations by getting the square through the round hole with Nep Thunder. Maikel knew that his only chance to fix his mistake and to prevent any more damage would to be to go hang out with Nepgear today. Because he didn't know where Nepgear had run off to Maikel didn't bother to go chasing after her. Maikel went straight to Neptune's office to do the paperwork so once he is done with the paperwork he could go find Nepgear to to being her out.

To get to Neptune's office Maikel would have to walk past the elevator in the direction Nepgear ran. This made him uncomfortable just because he didn't know why Nepgear ran off like that down the hall. At the time Maikel hadn't seen that Nepgear had started crying while talking about what he did to her feelings. Maikel at the time didn't know that Nepgear was currently hiding in her closet balling her eyes out because of having to say that. If it wasn't for the fact that Nepgear's closet just so happened to be her workshop for building robots and computers, Maikel would have been able to hear the crying had it not been for the sound proofing Nepgear had been forced to install.

30 minutes of doing paperwork

Maikel: "And…"

*Thump* (Maikel approving the construction a shopping/recreational center to rival one in Lastation)

Maikel: "Done"

("I don't get how Neptune fins this so hard")

("Now it's time to go find Nepgear")

Before Maikel even got a chance to get out of Neptune's chair the door swung open with enough to punch a hole in the wall and to break the hinges.

Histoire: "Chika was it necessary to break the door down like that"

Chika : "Well it got his attention didn't it"

Histoire: "That's not my point"

"Did you need to break the door down by the way you are now paying for the damage"

Chika: "No I didn't, and why so I have to pay for something you your basilicom"

Histoire: "Because you are the one who damaged it"

Stood in the door was the oracle of Leanbox Chika Hakozaki who conveniently moved back to let Histoire and Nepgear in. Maikel still unaware that Nepgear had been found in her room crying, wonder why she had her head down. As a result from the crying the area around Nepgear's eyes were a deep red colour while her eyes had gone bloodshot, that was from crying for nearly a half hour straight.

Histoire: "Maikel…"

Maikel: "Yes…"

Histoire: "You have got some explaining to do about this"

Maikel: "About what"

Historie: "Do I really have to point it out"

Maikel: "Point what out"

Histoire: "NEPGEAR"

"LOOK AT NEPGEAR"

Maikel: "What about her"

"She doesn't look ny different from when she ran off the elevator"

Nepgear produced to lift her head to revealed that she had been crying to Maikel. Upon seeing this he had a sudden wave of guilt, now whether or not this was intentional Maikel didn't know. What Maikel did know it that he didn't like this feeling even if he was a massive asshole to people he didn't know or like. A good example of this would be when Maikel first met Noire on a business trip to Lastation while he did the odd jobs for the basilicom. Maikel had just come out of a Anime/Game shop to pick up some new games for his console. While talking to the store clerk on the way Maikel hadn't notice or even hear the door open.

Right when before Maikel was about to step out of the door he ran straight into Noire, who had been coming to check the a new cosplay outfit she had been wanting to make for a while now. This is what caused Noire to get a restraining order on Maikel for being a 'pervert'. When Maikel had ran into Noire she had gotten knocked over, but in an attempt to save herself from falling onto the ground she latched onto the nearest thing which just so happens to be Maikel's leather jacket sleeve. So Maikel got pulled down with Noire, they fell in just the right way that Maikel tongue got forced into Noire's mouth by the force of the impact.

That didn't last very long, because Black Heart had appeared by the time Maikel's tongue was fully in her mouth. For the next hour Black Heart had been chasin Maikel around trying to kill him because he 'forcefully' took her first kiss away from her. Once Noire had calmed down enough to see what she had been doing she apologised to Maikel but, Noire said that he was to never come back to Lastation. Maikel agreed to this and proceed to call Noire a crazy bitch, at which point Noire knocked his lights out and dragged his ass back to Planeptune.

Histoire: "Well…"

Nepgear: *sniffle

*Reaches up to wipe nose*

Maikel: "Nepgear…"

"I am sorry"

"I know I fucked up massively"

"There is no way i could ever make up for what I have done"

"Frankly I don't deserve this second chance"

"If I really was your best friend I could have put down the mouse and keyboard to come out and joined you then"

"But now…" "I can't"

Nepgear: "Why can't you now"

"Is it because you really hate me or something? Have you just gotten bored of me so you want me to get all depressed so i will just go off and die somewhere "

"Or do you want me out of the way so you can have Neptune all to yourself"

Maikel: "No…"

"And where in the flying fuck did you get that that idea"

Nepgear: "Bullshit…"

Everyone but Nepgear just took a step back, the normally calm collected and dosil Nepgear just swore. To everyone that heard it (Maikel, Histoire, Chika, Kai and Mina who are off screen) it felt like the apocalypse was nigh.

Maikel: "Nepgear… you just…"

Nepgear: "BIG DEAL I JUST SWORE... IT'S NOT LIKE YOU DON'T DO IT ALL THE FUCKING TIME"

Hear Nepgear say fuck made Chika faint for some odd reason the other two ran for it. Histoire had nowhere to got so she just had to endure this.

Maikel: "Nepgear… please"

"Calm down"

"I will explain why i can't leave Nep Thunder now"

"And will you please stop yelling and swear cause you are really scaring us"

Nepgear: "FINE"

Maikel: "I did some thinking while doing Neptune's paperwork for the day"

"Well I got all this 'free time' because of my Neptune babysitting job"

"So I thought Hey maybe Nepgear might want to join me in Nep Thunder"

"So I figured that while we were out on the town we could do some browsing of computer parts and build you a gaming PC after we get back"

"I could teach you what I know and how to play the beginning of the game to you and once you feel ready you could start playing on your own without my help"

"Who knows maybe you could become as good if not better than me at the game"

"So what do you say"

"Will you join me on Nep Thunder"

The look of sadden on Nepgear face faded slowly but her normally bright smile had yet to return. This look concerned Maikel because this look reminded him of something you would see in an anime when someone became psychologically broken from torture or killing someone when they didn't mean to.

Nepgear: "Only if you promise me that you will never do that to me again"

Maikel: "Well I can promise to try I can't make any guarantees about that

"So how 'bout we get on with hitting the town"

Nepgear: "Sure"

And we have once again reached the end of a chapter

So this is now going up much later than i wanted but I have been so lazy with this, and I have no excuse for this other than pure laziness. I am sorry to anyone who wants chapter thirty of the goddesses and maikel but that isn't going to be out until next week some time.

And the next chapter of this is going to focus on Nepgear and Maikel, so this is going to be a longer one maybe around 5-6k words this chapter is just over 3.6k words so it takes awhile to type

So without anything else to say this means

MissNepgear OUT!