"So what do we do now?" IF asked the group, "Shin just let out his backstory, so what do we do now?"

"I don't know. I think we were trying to find a way to free Histoire, right? I mean we do have all the key fragments..." Compa was the one to inform the party.

Neptune was still in her HDD form and gave a nod. She suddenly turned to Shin, "Shin, I think you have some catching up to do with your teacher. Namely leveling her... if you so choose."

Shin nodded and grasped his teacher's hand and escorted her out of the home.

Vert took the time to give a slight smile to Blanc, "Oh my, already holding hands, even after a long separation. You need to step up your game, Blanc."

"Huh?" She could only voice so little.

"Plus they must really trust each other after their ordeal. You have a clear disadvantage, Blanc." Neptune joined in.

"What?"

"For one's heart to be happy another must inevitably shatter." Vert winked.

"What the hell are you two on about?" She was clearly annoyed.

….

"You don't have to fight if you don't want to." Shin said as they made it to the first dungeon he fought in.

To his surprise his teacher cusped his cheeks, "I should be the one saying that to you. Listen, Shin." The teacher sighed, "I know no matter how many times I apologize it can't make up for what I've done. At an age where you weren't legally a man you had to fight and it was because of me. If only I-"

She didn't expect the silent boy to flick her head.. not at all, "What's done is done. Look to the future, not the past. I forgive you."

"Bu-"

"I forgive you, holding malice against you wouldn't do anything now."

The teacher just smiled, "I wonder who's supposed to be the teacher here?"

It didn't take long for the two to find a single Dogoo. Shin opted to stay in the back and see how Yuko would fare off against the opponent.

….He honestly didn't expect her to pull out a spear from nowhere. In quick, but jagged movements she thrusted the spear in rapid succession. The Dogoo didn't stand a chance.

Yuko did a small pose, "A teacher shall always lead by example."

Shin gave a sigh. It would appear that she already knows about victory quotes. It probably won't be long before she adds things to go along with her level ups. She has about sixty to go so it won't be long. Well he could do that thing where he fights in a high level area and she still levels up, tremendously even, but she wouldn't get combat experience that way.

Speaking of he didn't notice a couple of more Dogoos surrounding his teacher… they were dealt with just as quickly as the last one.

"So this is leveling up?" Yuko asked as she clenched her fist, she felt a bit stronger too. Shin smiled seeing his teacher in a good mood… seriously who was the one that was supposed to be the mentor?

After a couple of level ups Yuko found a giant Dogoo. Shin was ready to back her up, but not immediately. She needed to work by herself to level up for now. He'll just throw a healing pod or two her way, for now.

Yuko jabbed at the giant slime dog before jumping a fair distance away. She ran around the giant Dogoo and took jabs at it. This repeated action would go on for a while.. before it got smart and slammed its body in her to send her flying.

Shin's instincts told him to help out, but he stopped as his teacher gracefully landed on her feet. In a surprising turn of events she threw the spear at the Dogoo, causing it to stumble. She held her hands together and chanted a single word.

"Agilao"

The monster would find its contract with life to have expired. Once again his teacher did a pose, "No matter how strong you are you must have a reason for being so."

Shin clapped at her good performance, certainly better than what he would expect from his teacher. She keeps this up she'll catch up in no time.

Those words would held true as the duo quickly found themselves traversing all over Planeptune to fight whatever monsters for Yuko to train with. There were a few close calls here and there, but nothing permanent death like.

The two found themselves in a random diner in Planeptune, simply taking the break from fighting for a while. Her level was in the fifties.

"So, Shin, who do you like?"

A brow was raised.

"Don't play the fool. I'm your teacher, I can provide you with some dating advice if you want me to."

"Have I gotten soft?" Shin questioned.

His teacher smiled, "Yes, but in a good way. Personally, I don't find it possible that you don't have a crush on one of those girls."

"Blanc." He answered.

"And why's that?"

For perhaps one of the few times in his life.. he blushed, "I guess you could say it's because our personalities are similar. She's also adorable in that hat. I can't explain it well."

His teacher smiled at the usually stoic boy, "I know that feeling well. Did you voice your opinion yet?"

"No, but maybe after this is all over…"

"Sounds like the perfect time, don't want to admit it at a bad time now, do you?"

The boy nodded.

"Make sure to wear a-"

A quick stare from the boy earned a chuckle from the teacher.

"Kidding. Kidding." She gave a sigh of relief, "It feels good to be able to laugh and have fun."

Shin nodded. Should he save this world, maybe he would never have to fight again? However...

"Are you sure you want to fight?" Shin asked his teacher the only question on his mind.

"Yes. Why do you ask?"

"No reason, just worried about you, that's all."

Shin was not expecting an immediate hug from his teacher, "I guess you weren't joking when you said you've gotten soft." She let out a small giggle, Shin could barely hold his smile as he hugged it out with his teacher.

….

Ganache tapped his foot impatiently as he waited right next to this… witch known as Arfoire.

"Muhhahaha!" Arfoire made the same damned annoying laugh, it will surely be her downfall. Luckily he never indulged in such inconveniences, "The CPUs will soon be here and I will finally have Neptune's power! All we have to do is wait for them to take the bait. Setting up Histoire as a trap we then-"

"There is no need to repeat the plan to me. It will go off without a hitch I, insultingly, assume."

"Quiet you mortal! That tongue of yours won't be spewing out garbage after I become a Goddess… no a God!"

Ganache shook his head, "A Goddess and a God are the same thing. Just a change in vocabulary, due to the genders associated with them."

"What did I just say about using your tongue mortal!"

"Please, you're just as mortal as I am."

"Not after I become a God."

Ganache sighed at her incompetence, "Gods and Goddesses, they only exist because humans strayed away from the True Creator. He offered them kindness and love, but instead the humans bites back on the hand that feeds them. Nonetheless He continued to show his love and support, no matter how many times the humans will abhor Him. It won't be long before He realizes His mistake."

"What utter nonsense are you speaking of!?" Arfoire pointed her spear-lance-whatever it wanted to be- a blade on a stick towards Ganache.

"The truth." Ganache simply relayed. Metatron has taught him many things. He knows that it is useless to try and worship these Goddesses. They do not realize that they are on the bottom of the food chain when it comes to godhood.

"Don't you dare speak to your future God like that!" Arfoire was ready to strike, while Ganache coldly stared at the woman before him. It didn't take long for a smile to form on his face.

"Do you realize that you are at the bottom of the food chain? A power hungry fool like you shall never receive the reverence of a True God. I do say watch your tongue. However, my actions aren't against you or the Goddesses. It's against that damned boy, you can thank Metatron for that."

"There you go spouting your nonsense like that again! You're lucky I'm showing my benevolence-"

"That's where you're wrong. I am showing my benevolence, not you."

"Do you wish to di-"

"I didn't expect to walk in on an enemy civil war!" A familiar, annoying, voice yelled out. This caused the two to turn to face a group of CPUs and two humans. It was quite obvious who spoke that line, no one has an annoying voice like Neptune's.

The opposing group already had Histoire in their hands, locked up in a book, and ready to get out of there.

"Damn it, Nep!" IF yelled at the ditzy Goddess.

"We could've gotten out of here and let them fight! With any luck they would've destroyed each other!" Noire shouted as well.

"Honestly." Vert added with a small sigh.

Arfoire looked at the CPUs and at Ganache, "You imbecile! If you hadn't started blabbing your own mouth we would've caught them in our trap!"

"Where is that boy?" Ganache completely ignored Arfoire.

"Boy? You mean Shin?" IF said.

"He's not here right now, but I can relay a message to him if you want me to." Compa lightly joked.

"Yeah! It's just us versus you right now!" Blanc yelled out.

"I pray that you have something in mind." Ganache stated as he turned towards Arfoire, ignoring the group.

"Way ahead of you, but after this is done I'll be personally dealing with you." Venom was shot out of her voice, but Ganache was immune poisons.

"You can take all the time you need."

Neptune was getting a bit frustrated, "Hey don't ignor-"

IF slapped a hand over the CPU's mouth,"You can continue on we can patiently wait." She was hoping to get out of here without a fight.

Arfoire was not amused in the slightest, "Nice try, but I already have the upper hand! Come out, CPU Breaker!"

A machine just like the ones made by Ganache spawned into reality. This prompted Noire, Blanc, and Vert to transform and IF and Compa to get ready for battle.

"Come on, Nep-Nep, transform!" Compa yelled.

Neptune shook her head, "I got a completely bad feeling about this, namely the curb stomp variety."

IF sighed, "We're high level. There is no way we can get a B.S curbstomp this late in the game."

"Tempting fate~" Neptune teased.

"Fine then, be that way. Compa, let's do this!"

"Right!"

"More machines? How many does it take to beat before you realize we can beat their asses in two!" Blanc shouted in anger.

"We'll destroy as much as we can!" Vert shouted.

"No matter how many you lay before me, I'll mow them down!" Lady Black Heart gloated.

As the party, minus Neptune, prepared to fight, Arfoire laughed. "Muhahaha! I'd follow Neptune's advice. You don't want your fragile little heads flattened now do you?"

"Shut it! Let's fight!"

As soon as the battle began the CPU Breaker swung its axe, knocking down all of the members that were participating in the battle in an instant.

"Told you so." Neptune said as she still held Histoire in her hands, she even made the small book do a flip by tossing it in the air.

"N-not now, Nep." IF weakly called out.

Not even a couple of seconds later Arfoire was already holding her blade on a stick towards the neck of Compa.

"Eep!" Compa gasped in surprise.

"Now you know exactly what I want Neptune. Give me your power and I'll let her live." Arfoire sadistically smiled.

"Nep, don't do it." IF weakly said.

"Yeah, Nep-Nep. Just forget about me. A Goddess is more important." Compa said, being careful of the large blade at her throat.

"Just get out of here and run!" Vert shouted.

"We already have what we came for!" Noire shouted as well.

"Don't worry about us!" Blanc shouted.

Neptune didn't even listen to the requests as she held out her hands, "Okay."

"Nep, you idiot!" IF weakly shouted.

"Run! Don't you dare give her your power!" Blanc shouted, almost ready to get up and beat Neptune herself.

"Why, Nep-Nep?"

Neptune shook her head and transformed. Her mature self would do the speaking for her.

"Because you're my friend, Compa."

"Dumbass, don't give up your power just because of one person!" Noire yelled.

"Yeah, Nep-Nep. All you have to do is run an-"

"Don't you dare finish that sentence Compa. I'm not going to be selfish and let a friend die, so that I could live another day."

"Hey! We're all going to die if you freaking give her that power, so your selfish bullshit isn't going to help anyone!" Blanc shouted.

Purple Heart stared at the ground for a solid second, "Just get it over with already."

"NO!" Everyone basically shouted at the Goddess.

"With pleasure." Arfoire said as she pointed at the Goddess and drained her energy, causing the CPU to go back to her normal form.

Neptune shook her head. And everyone else slowly crawled back towards the Goddess.

"Yo-You idiot!" Blanc got back enough energy to stand up, everyone else followed suit.

"Hahahahaha!" Arfoire lamely laughed, "I finally have the power to become a God!" A smirk appeared on her face, "Come Overlord Momus!"

She summoned a grotesque being that held a giant eye, barely a body, and almost stump like legs.

"Damn it, Nep! You should've ran! Why didn't you listen to us?"

"This was no time for that kind of attitude!" Noire shouted.

"Now, she's summoned that….thing over there!" Blanc shouted in anger.

"Don't worry guys we got Histy, but I have a plan. We just need our legs for this one." Neptune suddenly said, intriguing the rest of the group, their anger suddenly forgotten.

Arfoire took her time to look at Momus and then towards Ganache, "Does your nonsense you were speaking earlier hold up now? As you can see I've already accomplished part of my plan!"

Ganache still looked as unimpressed as before, "I fail to see what you are talking about. All you did was gain another Goddess' power. Nothing you haven't done before."

"Quiet! I don't see you fighting the CPUs!"

"My only aggression is towards that boy. Who, might I add, isn't here right now so I have no reason to fight them."

"Then what about before?"

Ganache scratched the back of his hand and checked his watch, "That was under our contract and before my enlightenment under Metatron."

"You keep saying Metatron! Who the hell is that?" Arfoire was quickly losing her anger, thinking of her first victim as a God should be this heathen.

"The right hand of the Great Will."

Arfoire laughed, "Great Will? Let's see how great this Will is when I strike him down with my newfound power."

"Oh? You dare speak as though you even hold a speck of power against Him?"

"What of it? You going to try and strike a Goddess? The punishment is death, you know?" Arfoire was still acting like she had the upper hand.

Ganache just sighed at her incompetence, "You speak with such great bravado…. Attempting- No Daring to say you are stronger than the Great Will… you say that even though you couldn't kill the previous Goddesses and let them get away as we speak."

Arfoire's eyes widened and she immediately turned around to see the CPUs and two humans had managed to escape. Her anger could not contained as she struck the ground with fury and started to walk away, "This isn't over you incompetent mortal! After I deal with the Goddesses you are next! A human like you shall know fear from a God like me!"

She disappeared from sight, followed by Momus. Ganache was now alone and now he chose the best time to laugh. He actually laughed for a long time, it even managed to echo in the deserted area, "You foolish God."

"The thing about humans is that they are easily held back by their humanity. Even I was once held back by my human instinct to worship a Goddess. And it was all because she was flatter than a board. What you don't realize you weak God is that I rejected my humanity a while ago and embraced the angelic."

Two mechanical wings appeared behind his back and a bath of holy light shined from above, "The time is near Metatron! Together we shall smite that boy in the name of the Great Will!" Ganache was soon teleported out of sight, going to locations unknown.

…..

Everyone was already back in Planeptune, all trying to breathe for air. They've been running for a good thirty minutes or so.

"Nep, why did you-hah hah hah- do that?" IF said as she continued to gain her breath.

"Damn it Neptune!" Noire quickly shouted.

"You didn't have to do that Neptune." Vert managed to say.

"Yeah, Nep-Nep, you should've just cut your ties and run." Compa said.

Out of all the responses she could give, no one could've predicted that Neptune would immediately jump into Compa's arms and start bawling her eyes out.

"Nep-Nep?!" Compa held Neptune very close to her as the tears went from her cheeks to Compa's clothing.

"How did you think I felt during that whole situation!" Neptune squeezed onto Compa's sweater tightly, "Did you really think I would-" Neptune sniffed, "-let you die? Did you?" Neptune sunk even deeper into Compa's sweater, "I-I couldn't live with myself if I saved myself."

"Nep-Nep. Don't cry, or I might-" Compa was already starting to tear up as well.

"I-I'm sorry, Nep. I guess I was just being stupid back there." IF apologized as she wrapped her arms around Compa and Neptune.

"I guess we were a little too harsh in our statements. I apologize as well." Vert joined in on the hug.

"Sorry about that." Blanc said as she joined as well.

"I'm not going to hug you because I feel bad or anything." Noire said as she immediately joined in.

Neptune gave a final sniffle, before she let go of Compa, "I just did it for you guys. There's no other explanation other than that. Besides Compa, how do you think Shin would feel?"

"I guess he would be extremely upset if I died."

"I did kind of make a promise to at least keep him happy and to never feel sadness ever again." Neptune smiled, "Besides, I think he would actually destroy everything in his path to avenge you."

IF sighed, "You know with how quickly you recovered...I'm beginning to think you were faking it."

Neptune sheepishly chuckled, "Let's just go back to Compa's home. I'm sure Shin is waiting for us as we speak."

The group eventually made it back to Compa's house, without any further incidents.

….

Ms. Yuko took a second to address something with Shin, "Do you happen have any demons on you? I'm just a bit curious to see if they stuck around with you"

…..you know? He actually never bothered to check if he could summon his demons, sure another life and all, but he never did bother to check. It wouldn't hurt to try… though….. He could only feel one demon connect to him… and he knew exactly who it was. A true companion that stood by his side since his days in the Vortex World.

Shin raised his hand, the familiar motion summoning purple lightning in front of him. Out of the lightning came a small fairy like creature appeared before him, wearing some kind of blue one piece, a set of wings, brown hair, and a face that one could never forget.

"Ugggggg! What do you need me for now? I swear I did not want to become a servant to an elevator attendant who doesn't seem to even know common sense." The blue fairy's eyes widened as she quickly took in her surroundings. Purple outlined buildings and a sunny sky, not an elevator.

But her grin grew as wide as the night sky itself as soon as she saw Shin.

"Hello, Pixie."

"Master!" Pixie latched herself onto Shin's arm, nuzzling his arm with her face almost as if she's never going to let go.

….

Sorry for the short chapter, but this just felt right to end on. I'll emphasize once again, the end of this story is near and I hope to end it on an epic chapter sized note… so give it a couple of more short chapters and we'll be good to go.

I know that this story mostly followed the Re;birth story very closely, like a bunch of other stories that retell the same tale, but with someone new. However, this story was my startup in writing more, better, and original (Loosely as fanfiction is kind of like a base) stories. My writing has gotten better through this story and it's thanks to my followers and people who comment on my stories that I strive to be an actual Author one day. So from the bottom of my heart and throughout my entire being, Thank You. I have to thank all of you for putting up with this story.

Now let's hope this ends well with a bang and a happy ending.