DISCLAIMER: I do not own Hyperdimension Neptunia, the characters, and some of the lines/scenes. HDN belongs to Idea Factory and Complie Heart.
I once again thank Idea Factory and Complie Heart for this wonderful franchise! I hope the Neptuniaverse keeps on living strong for those Neptunia lovers!
Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Planeptune City
Date: August 15, 2019
Time: 10:05 A.M.
The sun beat down on the large city of Planeptune. People happily chatted as they walked down the newly built streets and roads. The buildings stood tall with shiny titanium walls as beans of light reflected off of them. The city was slowly being rebuilt. Many of the populace have returned to their newly built homes thanks to the hard work of their goddess, but reconstruction has yet to end as other parts are still being constructed under the guidance of a Guild Agent.
A tall woman with blue hair huffed and puffed under the harsh sunlight as she followed the brunette through the construction site of the eastern part of the city. "Ugh, I'm done… I can't move another inch…"
IF sighed as she turned to face the woman dressed in a black suit. "C'mon, Rei, it's too early for a break. The city still needs repairing, and we need the person who destroyed it to work herself to the bone!"
"But, um, did I really destroy it?" Rei hesitantly asked while tapping her fingers together. She looked around to see ripped-up roads that were being paved over by other workers and shattered glass windows that were being replaced. "I don't think I have the power to, personally…"
IF frowned, remembering the days when Rei invaded Planeptune while it was under Noire's protection. "Yeah, you sure did. I saw it myself."
Rei pouted, "Awww… I don't remember any of that at all…"
IF sighed, "Well, I got the details from Nep, so… I won't say it's completely your fault, but them's the breaks." She turned to continue working. "Come on, let's keep it up."
Rei whined, "B-But… I can't work anymore…"
"Iffy, Rei!" A bouncing woman with light-colored hair ran over to the pair. "I bought you both some yummy electrolyte-rich refreshments!"
IF blushed seeing the girl. "Oh, Compa!"
Compa smiled. "I didn't want you guys to overwork yourselves."
IF cleared her throat as she tried to calm her blush. "Well… in that case… Maybe we can take a break now."
Rei happily cheered, "Y-Yes! Thank goodness…"
IF turned to the construction workers and shouted, "Okay, break time everyone!" As the workers stopped their machines, the brunette turned back to her friend. "Thank you, Compa."
"Of course! Lady Vert also asked me to drop this off for you." Compa also handed over a phone along with the refreshments. "This was the newest Leamia X released in Leanbox."
IF smiled at the smartphone. "You didn't have to go all the way to Leanbox to deliver this to me…"
Compa waved her hands to show that it was no bother. "I was already coming back from there, so it was more convenient for me to make the delivery than have the goddess of Leanbox fly over for something like this. I know how much you prefer the Leamia over the NGear phones."
"I'm actually starting to like the LGalaxys more from Lastation, but whatever the case, thank you, Compa. I appreciate it." IF lightly scratched her neck with embarrassment. "This means a lot to me…"
Compa's cheeks were dusted red. "You've done so much for Planeptune despite being from Leanbox. It's the least I can do for you."
"Get a room…" Rei muttered.
IF blushed as she glared at Rei. "No refreshments for you!"
Rei's eyes widened in horror. "E-Eh?! Wait, I need them! I'm so tired!"
IF ignored her and continued her conversion with Compa. "I'll let Lady Vert know I have received her gift."
"You should let her know later," Compa advised. "She's a bit busy…"
IF raised an eyebrow and questioned, "Peashy?"
Compa felt a single drop of sweat on the side of her face as she remembered the scene when visiting Lady Vert's office. "Yeah…"
Leanbox, Gamindustri
Place: Basilicom
Date: August 15, 2019
Time: 11:38 P.M.
Chika moved the papers around on Vert's desk, trying to organize them as best she could. She could see a lot of the documents had not been signed and she began to worry if Vert will ever get the work done today. The commotion behind her says no.
Taking a deep breath, the oracle turned around to see Vert and Ultra Vert hogging around the small blonde child. "Lady Vert," she called out.
"How unfair! We had decided that today was MY turn!" Ultra Vert complained
"Unfortunately for you, only twenty-two hours and thirty-eight minutes have passed since I took custody of Peashy," informed Vert.
Chika whimpered when her call has been ignored. "Please, Lady Vert. You promised you would finish the paperwork today…"
"That means you cannot have her for one hour and twenty-two minutes longer." Vert held onto Peashy's arm.
"Ow! Don't pull on me! It hurts, Bert!" Peashy whined.
"Awwwwww, she called me Bert again!" Ultra Vert cooed.
Vert smiled. "Whenever she calls me that, I feel as though my heart will melt."
Chika made her way over to the trio, hoping that her voice would be heard if she was closer. "Lady Vert, I don't think now is the best time to play with Peashy."
"It hurts! Ouchies!" Peashy cried when the two Verts pulled her back and forth. "Mommy!"
Chika huffed, having had enough of this fiasco. "I apologize, but this is for your own good!" The oracle lift Peashy into her arms and walked away from the two green CPUs.
"Chika, what is the meaning of this?" Vert asked.
"I shall return Lady Peashy to Ultradimension. You had promised that you would finish today's paperwork after playing with Lady Peashy yesterday."
"And I, of course, will finish those after my one hour and twenty minutes with Peashy," Vert assured.
"Be a responsible goddess, Vert. I shall take Peashy off your hands. Let's go back and play, Peashy." Ultra Vert held out her hands to take the blonde off of Chika.
"No!" Peashy cried as she hugged Chika. "No more! I don't like it when you pull me around, Bert! I hate you!"
"What!?" Ultra Vert stepped back in shock. "H-Hate…?"
"Th-That wasn't directed at me. You must be referring to that Bert, right? …Right?!" Vert desperately asked.
"I hate both!"
Vert began to tear up. "N-No…!"
The two Verts slumped to their knees as they were heartbroken.
Chika only sighed from the saddened state of her goddess. "Oh, Sister Vert…"
Peashy huffed, "Forget it! I wanna go home to Mommy!"
Chika looked at the child and smiled, "Oh yes, of course, Lady Peashy. It seems like I'll be the one to take you to Miss Rei. It will be my first time heading to another dimension. I wonder if there's another me over there…"
Peashy hummed in thought. "I don't know. I never saw anyone like you."
Chika chuckled as she carried Peashy out of the office. "Well, I suppose that's fine. I don't even know what to say to myself." Before she closed the door, she lightly yelled, "Oh, and Lady Vert! I expect the papers to be finished when I come back after dropping Lady Peashy off!" She got no response, but Chika didn't wait for one as she closed the door.
"Let's stop by Ploot's place!" chirped the blonde.
"Oh? Is Miss Rei in Lady Plutia's basilicom?" Chika asked.
"Mommy is busy with her group thingy. Ploot's place has pudding!" Peashy explained.
"I see. That is much easier than taking you to Miss Rei. I'm afraid I might get lost. I do believe Lady Blanc, Lady Noire, and Lady Neptune are all in Ultradimension. I can ask for directions from them if need be."
Lowee, Gamindustri, Ultradimension
Place: Basilicom
Date: August 4, 2014
Time: 2:05 P.M.
"Hey, buds! I made some tea! MY SPECIAL BLEND!" A green large robot in an apron rolled into the living room of the Lowee's Basilicom with a tray of tea cups.
"Thank you," Ultra Blanc voiced.
Ram jumped up and down. "Yay! Copy's here! Hey, lemme ride on the top of your head again!"
Rom inched closer to Copypaste. "Me too…"
Copypaste chuckled, "Oh, what a simple request to fill! Up you go!" He lifted the two candidates and place one on each shoulder.
Ram laughed, "Ahaha, awesome! I'm up so high!"
"Ummm…" Rom began to quiver. "Maybe it's a bit too scary after all…"
Sitting by the wooden table, Blanc watched her sisters making sure they aren't harmed. "Surprised you can stand all this noise."
Ultra Blanc sat on the opposite side as she watched the scene before her. She lightly chuckled, "Once you get used to it, it's not that bad. I actually think your little sisters are louder than him."
"Whee! Hahaha!" Ram laughed as she clung to the robot.
"Eek!" Rom yelped, afraid of falling off.
Blanc smiled from seeing how much fun her sisters were having. "I can't deny it, but like you said… It's not bad once you get used to it."
"In that case," Ultra Blanc smirked, "Let me have one."
Blanc gleaned at her counterpart and harshly stated, "I vehemently refuse."
"Hey, Copy, dance around, or something!" Ram requested.
"All righty, just grab on real tight so I don't dance you right off!"
Rom squeaked as she held onto Copypaste tightly as she was getting dizzy from the movements. "Eek…! I'm gonna fall!"
Seeing how chaotic it was getting, Ultra Blanc angrily warned, "Hey, don't get too crazy and put a hole in the wall like last time!"
Blanc mused, "He put a hole through your wall?"
Ultra Blanc sighed, "Yeah, long story."
"I have heard your basilicom became a battleground." Blanc pulled out a notebook and pen from her inventory. "I heard snippets from Plutia, but do tell me this story from your point of view."
Ultra Blanc shrugged, not seeing the harm. "Well, it all started when I placed a member of the Seven Sages as my secretary…."
Blanc smiled as she started jotting down notes. Sorry, Noire. I just can't pass up this juicy content!
Planeptune, Gamindustri, Ultradimension
Place: Central Park
Date: August 4, 2014
Time: 3:26 P.M.
Birds chirped as they flew through the blue sky. A light breeze rustled the leaves of the tall trees that were around teh city park. Neptune plopped down against the yellow sheet as she sighed. Plutia flowed and spread her arms out.
Noire placed the basket down as she looked at the two purple CPUs. "Don't fall asleep on me now."
"Ha, that's Plutie's thing, not mine," Neptune chuckled. "Besides, I earned this after working my butt off this morning. Both Lenna and Histoire would be proud of me!"
Plutia let out a yawn. "The sun is sooooo warm. I wanna nap…"
"The other Noire will be upset if she finds you asleep when she gets here," Noire said.
Plutia pouted, "Where is she anywaaaaaaay? She's always early."
Neptune sat up and looked at the sky. "It is weird for her to be late. Noire's always so punctual." She then looked at her Noire and smirked.
Noire raised an eyebrow and stated, "I never said I was always punctual, I just try my best to be on time."
Abruptly, a harsh wind blew past them, and a flash of light blinded their eyes for a second. The three CPUs blinked their eyes trying to get their vision back.
"Sorry for being late. Badd's daughters all returned to normal, so I had to handle that real quick."
Plutia stood up and ran to the black CPU with a big happy smile on her face. "Noooooire!"
Ultra Noire blushed when Plutia hugged her. "Hope you haven't been waiting long…"
Plutia beamed, "Not at aaaaaaall! I'm glad you could make it!"
"So those little monsters finally returned to normal, ey?" Neptune asked.
Noire lightly bumped her girlfriend on the head. "Please word that better next time."
Ultra Noire only rolled her eyes. "Neptune will only be Neptune. And yes they did. It was quite surprising considering I didn't do anything on my end."
Plutia giggled as she released the Ultra black goddess. "Well, I'm happy for him!"
Ultra Noire nodded her head as she sat down on the yellow sheet. She looked around and inquired, "By the way, wasn't Uni and Nepgear joining us too? Was I not the last one late?"
Neptune snorted, "Oh, no you're the only one late."
"Uni and Nepgear are training over there." Noire pointed across the path walk to see two girls not far away.
They watched how Uni grabbed hold of Nepgear's shirt and threw her over her shoulder. Nepgear's cries could be heard clear as day as she touched the ground.
"U-Uni, can you be less rough?" Nepegar whimpered with tears in her eyes.
"Oh, come on, Nepgear! I'm doing this training for you! After that last sparring in Leanbox, I noticed how your fighting style changed. We got our ass kicked by Rom and Ram because we couldn't sync up!" Uni voiced.
Nepegar whimpered, "I didn't think I'd change that much…"
"Up on your feet! Rom and Ram are always together so their teamwork is always top-notch! You're the only one I can be in sync with, so I can't have our teamwork fall apart!"
Nepgear sighed as she rose up. "But why are we sparring against each other? If it's about teamwork, shouldn't we be fighting together? Not each other?"
Uni blinked and realized that the purple candidate has a point. "Huh… I guess I just enjoy sparring against you." She lightly chuckled at her own mistake. "Let's do some combo attacks, not in HDD, though. Don't want what happened with Vert's Basilicom to happen here."
Nepegar nodded in agreement. She's just happy that she doesn't have to get thrown around by Uni anymore. She doesn't like fighting with Uni because she doesn't want to accidentally hurt her.
"Try not to spar for too long!" Neptune called out to them.
Nepgear waved her hand. "Okay!"
"Maybe we should spar too?" Ultra Noire suggested. "What do you say, Noire?"
"You want to spar with me?" Noire asked.
"I'm a little curious about that other form of yours-"
"No!" Neptune hugged Noire's arm and glared at Ultra Noire. "She will not use Mode Uranus! Not under my watch!"
Noire blushed from her close contact. "N-Neptune…"
"It's not like we're fighting to the death? What's wrong with sparing a bit?" Ultra Noire questioned. "And didn't she mention how she wanted better control of that form's power? A little training would help a lot."
Noire agreed with her counterpart's thinking. "She does have a point, Neptune."
The black goddess hadn't heard from Uranus the last few days, so she could only train herself. Uranus was still around, and Noire would often feel her presence when visiting Planeptune. It seems she was still the only one that would notice her presence in Neptune's office, but Uranus hasn't reached out to Noire since that day.
The purple CPU rapidly shook her head. "No! It's too risky! What if she dies this time?!"
"Now, you're just exaggerating, Neptune," stated Ultra Noire.
Plutia giggled, "Neppy is soooooo protective of her Noire! It's cuuuuute!"
The Ultra black CPU grumbled as she crossed her arms. "Maybe a bit too protective."
Neptune smirked, "You'd understand if you have a lover of your own, Noire."
"I too have a-" Ultra Noire cut herself off from finishing that sentence. She glanced at Plutia as her face turned bright red. "I-I… I have a… lo…ver"
Neptune couldn't help but start teasing. "I'm sorry, what was that? You don't?"
Ultra Noire's nose scrunched up as her eyes furrowed with anger.
Plutia's face saddened as she looked at Ultra Noire. "Y-You're breaking up with me, Noire?"
Noire jerked as she tried to speak. "Wha-! No! I mean-!"
"Ooooooooh." Plutia looked down as tears glossed over her eyes. "I guess the few days we were together were not good. I'm sooooorry."
"No, Plutia! I didn't-!" Ultra Noire waved her arms around trying to explain.
Noire sighed as she shook her head. "Look what you did, Neptune."
The purple goddess giggled, "She needs to learn how to be honest with her feelings for Plutia."
"You're a dolt, you know that?"
Neptune placed a kiss on Noire's cheek and stated, "But I'm your dolt, right?"
She looked into Neptune's dazzling purple eyes and smiled lovingly. "Yes. You're my dolt. And I love you for that."
Neptune blushed as she leaned in for a proper kiss. Noire happily pressed her lips to her lover and pulled her closer.
Planeptune, Gamindustri, Ultradimension
Place: Virtua Forest
Date: August 4, 2014
Time: 4:16 P.M.
The tome flew through the sky as she watched the cities of Gamindustri flourish. She clicked her tongue and flew to the forest near Planeptune. Hovering beneath the trees to stay hidden, she mumbled to herself.
"Aan, It's all peaceful now. So boring…"
There was nothing happening. Nothing interesting for her to record. Now that her friend was hibernating away, Croire had a lot of time alone. "If I screw things up all over again from this place, maybe it'll be interesting again! What should I do this time…?"
"Oh, it's a super-giant fly! Yaaah! Caught ya!"
Suddenly, a net flew over her head, knocking her down to the ground. "Gaaah! Wh-What the hell?! A butterfly net? Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?!" She try to fly up, but the net kept her down. She couldn't escape.
"Wowzers, it's a talking fly? Score! It must be a rare spawn! Like, super-rare!"
Croire felt teh net behind lifted off teh ground. She tried to fly through the crack but was caught by a hand. She struggled against the hold as she was taken out of the net by this person. "Hey, don't grab me so tight…!" Her eyes widened to see who it was that captured her. She could never mistake those purple eyes. "Wait, it's YOU?! How did you figure out I was here?!"
"Aww, but it just talks nonsense." She pouted. "That stinks… I wanted us to be able to chat."
Croire gave her a confused look. "Huh? You don't… recognize me? Then… you're from this world…!"
"Meh, whatever! I'm gonna show this off to all my buddies! After that, it's gonna be my specimen!" She happily jogged off with the tome in her hands.
"Y-Your specimen?!" Croire struggled as if her life depended on it. She becomes her prisoner, she'll never escape. What will her friend think if she finds out?! She can't stay with her! "Hey, c'mon dumbass! Lemme go! Now!"
Croire shouted, but the purple-haired girl ignored her cries. She only hummed to herself as she thought about how her friends will be impressed with her. She's probably the first to ever find a talking fly!
Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Basilicom
Date: August 15, 2019
Time: 5:00 P.M.
"And that was how Neptune, Plutia, and the other CPUs saved two worlds from one crisis."
Histoire smiled, "That sounds like a wonderful record in your tome, Histoire."
"Thank you. Do you have a similar record, Histoire?" Ultra Histoire asked through the screen.
"Yes, I do, but my record is mostly Hyperdimension events while yours are Ultradimension."
Ultra Histoire nodded. "That is understandable."
"Now, the other problem, though, it's not too much of a problem. The portal…."
Ultra Histoire hesitantly smiled, "Ah… Yes… The portal…"
Histoire sighed, "It has given no indication that it will be disappearing anytime soon. Or that it will ever disappear…"
"Yes. Was it really all right to have made something like that?" Ultra Histoire wondered.
Histoire shrugged. "I cannot say. Neptune and Plutia are happy about it. And the time intervals have stabilized thanks to our actions, so now both worlds advance at the same pace."
"Correct. Who would have thought we could so greatly impact both of our Gamindustris?"
"We'll just have to keep track of what crosses through this portal. It would be bad if the portal were to be used by the wrong hands," Histoire reasoned.
Ultra Histoire agreed. "I'll have a few guards patrol around the portal once in a while."
"Yes, I'll do the same."
"Then I shall end our meeting here. I promised to bring the pudding to Plutia's picnic," stated Ultra Histoire.
"Of course, thank you."
Histoire ended the screen and floated over to the large glass window of Neptune's office. The desk was cleared of paperwork that the purple goddess had finished this morning. The tome was quite impressed by the speed the goddess had worked in. Neptune had it in her if she actually tried as she did all those years back.
"So peace is slowly returning to both worlds." Histoire looked down at her tome and flipped through the pages to the section she was looking for. She gently rubbed her hand across the words, paying extra attention to Black Heart's section. "Uranus… Your goddesses are taking good care of Gamindustri. They are magnificent. Just like you were."
Histoire…
Histoire looked up at the glass to see a reflection of a tall woman with orange hair behind her. Her eyes widened in shock and turned around, but found that she was alone. She relaxed her shoulders and giggled. "I hope you can continue to watch over us, my dear friend. Let's experience this beautiful world together." Feeling the warm presence, Histoire admired the land before her.
Gamindustri… a land over which goddesses, otherwise known as CPUs, rule. This large landmass is made up of four nations, each ruled by one of the four CPUs. CPU White Heart rules over Lowee. CPU Black Heart rules Lastation. CPU Green Heart rules over Leanbox. And lastly… CPU Purple Heart rules Planeptune.
Each nation came together, united under the treaty of friendship, helping one another, keeping each CPU in top form, and creating balance. But even with a new era of peace on Gamindustri, the CPUs had faced their new challenge against a foe far greater.
Thanks to Purple Heart and Black Heart's communication across dimensions, our goddesses gained new allies and new powers to defeat an ancient goddess that plagued the lands of Gamindustri.
Their Love in Time of Heresy has pulled through and they have once again entered an era of peace, but as our goddesses learned, they can never escape the acts of war. The age of revolution may have ended, but the age of change has begun for our young candidates.
Author's Note
And it's done! Love in Time of Heresy has come to an end! Yaaaaaaay! I'm crying tears of joy! So much has happened when writing this story that it took a full two years! I can believe I finished another story on this site! I'm so proud of myself for seeing this journey to the end! Thank you all for sticking with me all this time as well! I appreciate each and every one of you! Thank you so much!
Now, for the next work. I have decided that I will continue third part of the Love in Time series. I have yet to decide on the title, so it's still a WIP. I don't know when I'll be posting it, but I'll be working on it. It will focus more on our little candidates this time! I'll also be working on another idea alongside it, which will also be a Neptunia fanfic, but it's gonna be a completely different AU from the Love in Time series. I hope you guys look forward to it!
So once again, thank you for following me on this journey of Love in Time of Heresy! I hope to see you again in my other works when I have them out! So until then, Nep out!
...
So...
Since I took a 2-year break in the middle of LITOH, I'll take the rest of my 8-year break now before going back to writing...
JK!
Well... Maybe I'll take a year break... (n_ n lll)