{Chapter 2 – Beach Party!}
Once getting back to Noire's basilicom, Neptune and the others landed on the balcony and reverted back to normal. They then turned to look at the four small Goddesses to see that they were still in Goddess form .
"Hey what's the matter? Don't you want to change back to normal?" Noire asked.
"Eh? What do you mean? We always look like this." Little Blanc responded, tilting her head in confusion.
"That's strange. This is the first time I've met another Goddess that doesn't have a human form." Said Noire. "Well I guess it isn't anything worth stressing over."
"So where did you guys come from and why were you in those crystal thingies?" Neptune asked.
"I dunno. All I can remember is that I was out having a picnic with everyone and BAM! Some big purple explosion came outta nowhere and sent us flying into a big glowing hole. Then everything just went white and next thing I know I'm trapped in some weird crystal." Replied Little Neptune. "Well we're all OK so I guess everything is just fine and dandy." She said as she smiled and put her hands behind her head.
"Well I'm glad your looking at the bright side of things, but don't you all want to try and return to your world?" Asked Noire.
"Nah I'd rather stay here for a while. It's pretty nice and big here. Plus this world looks so awesome!" Little Neptune responded.
"Me too!" Little Noire said while raising her hand.
"Me three." Little Vert chimed in.
"I'm with you guys." Said Little Blanc.
"So in other words, none of you have any idea of how your going to go back to your own world, do you?" Noire said as she crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.
"Nope." Said the four little children as they shook their heads and responded with big smiles.
Noire took a breath and sighed. "Great not only do I have to run an entire country, but now I have to babysit four little brats as well." She said bitterly.
"Aww come on Noire don't be like that. Just look at how adorable they are." Neptune said. "Plus now you have someone other than Uni to keep ya company so you don't have to be so lonely anymore!" She said with a smile and a wink.
"You Shut Up! I'm not lonely!" Noire blushed and snapped at Neptune.
"Sure ya are, I mean besides me and everyone else you have absolutely no friends." Neptune continued to tease Noire.
"Wrong! I have plenty of friends damn it!"
"Nep-What!? No way!" Neptune said feigning surprise. "What's her name then?"
"Eh? Um...you don't k-know her. Her name is totally irrelevant anyway!"
"Oh calm down ya big tsundere, I'm just messin with ya." Neptune said as she walked over and wrapped Noire in a warm hug. " Your so cute when your actin' all embarrassed and stuff, ya know that?" She said as she smiled at Noire warmly.
"Kyah! What do you think your doing!? Let go of me you idiot!" Noire yelled as she tried to pry herself away from Neptune. Despite the way she's reacting, she is actually enjoying getting this kind of attention from Neptune. Though her tsundere nature would never allow her to admit it.
"Aww looky looky, Nep-Nep and Noire are being all lovey dovey like husband and wife." Said Little Blanc.
Then the four small Goddesses began to sing, "Neptune and Noire sittin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a newborn in the baby carriage! Hahahaha!" The song was then followed by the four making kissing faces and smooching noises.
Off to the side, Uni and Nepgear couldn't help but burst into a fit of laughter. Speaking of laughter, Neptune decided to take things a step further and began to tickle Noire all over her body.
"Hahaha, s-stop it you idiot, Hahaha!" Noire protested as they fell to the ground and Neptune continued her barrage of tickles.
"No can do Noire. The look on your face right now is comedy gold!" She responded with a grin. "Besides you still owe me an apology for yelling at me the way you did."
"Okay Okay! I'm s-sorry Neptune, hahahaha! I won't yell at you again, I p-promise!"
"There ya go, now repeat after me. I Noire."
"I Noire!"
"Promise to let Neptune."
"P-promise to l-let Neptune!"
"Raid my kitchen and eat all of my candy."
"R-raid my k-kitchen and eat all of my c-candy!"
"Awesome! All right time to go chow down on some sweets!"
With those final words, Neptune then ceased her tickling and got off of Noire, leaving the blushing girl to recover from her onslaught of tickles. She then proceeded to make a B-line for Noire's kitchen. Her goal, to consume every piece of candy that crosses her path.
"Oh I'm so going to make her pay for this!" Noire growled as a red symbol resembling a vein appeared on her head. She then got up and chased after Neptune.
"Hehe well that escalated quickly." Uni said with a smile.
"Yeah, but you have to admit that was pretty funny." Replied Nepgear.
Moments later Nepgear's smartphone began to ring in her pocket. "Oh hang on a sec. I'm getting a call." She said as she reached into her pocket to get her phone. It was a video chat request from two girls named Rom and Ram. "Hey its Rom and Ram!" Nepgear said with a slight smile as she pressed the green answer button. Two small brunette girls then appeared on the screen.
"Hey there GeeGee. Long time no see!" The brunette with long hair said.
These girls are Rom and Ram. The CPU candidates of the nation Lowee and the younger twin sisters of Blanc, the Goddess White Heart. (Not the little girl with blue hair) Rom is a young girl with short brunette hair, a white and blue hat, a fancy blue coat-like dress, with white leggings and blue boots. She is a very quiet and polite girl who still possesses a great deal of childlike innocence. Also, she is the human form of one of the Goddesses who share the name 'White Sister'.
Now Ram is a girl with long brunette hair who shares the same outfit as her twin, except her outfit is pink. She is a bold and somewhat loud girl who is occasionally causing trouble for her older sister. She is the human form of the other Goddess known as 'White Sister'.
"Hey guys, it's nice to see you." Nepgear greeted her friends. "What're you guys up to?"
"Oh just getting ready to go have some fun at the beach. We were wandering if you guys could come and party with us." Said Ram.
"We'd love too, but we have a problem we have to deal with right now." Said Uni.
"Huh, what's wrong you guys?" Rom asked quietly.
"Well you see, we found some girls in a cave that look like our sisters earlier today and we're trying to figure out what to do with them right now." Uni answered.
"Girls that look like our sisters?" Ram asked with a puzzled face.
"I know it's kinda weird but you'll have to see it to believe it. Wait a minute. That's it!" Said Nepgear.
"Huh? What's up Nepgear?" Uni asked.
"We could bring them to the beach with the others, and hopefully each CPU will take home one of the girls when we leave."
"Well I guess that's a good idea for now." Said Uni as she started to walk away. "I'll go let our sisters know."
"So you guys are coming!? Awesome I can't wait!" Ram shouted enthusiastically.
"Okay. Bye guys, see you when we get there." Nepgear said as she waved goodbye and ended the call. She then turned to face the group of little girls. "Hey kids, ya wanna go have some fun at the beach?"
Their faces lit up instantaneously and they began to bounce up and down with joy. "Yay we're going to the beach!" They all yelled with excitement evident in their voices.
"Hehe, I'll take that as a yes." Nepgear said with a smile.
After Uni rescued Neptune from getting strangled by Noire, she informed them of the invitation to the beach and they agreed to go. After packing swimsuits for everyone and the girls, the Goddesses set out for the beach.
After a short while of flying, the Goddesses finally reached the beach where the party was being held. There were balloons set up around the tables of snacks. Beach chairs lined up near the ocean, and pool toys such as beach balls, water guns, and floaties as well. When they arrived they returned to normal and were greeted by Rom, Ram, and Blanc.
"Hey guys, you finally made it!" Ram said excitedly as she ran toward the group.
"Thanks for coming to the party. I really appreciate it." Blanc said quietly as she approached everyone.
Blanc is a short girl with brunette hair covered by a white and brown hat. She wears a white dress, with open toed shoes and a large coat. She is normally a quiet and reserved individual who enjoys reading books and writing novels. Though she is infamous for her foul language and temper that is likely to explode at the drop of a hat.
Blanc then turned her attention to the little CPUs, mainly the blue haired one.
"Why the hell are there tiny versions of us here?" She said with a confused expression on her face.
"Oh we just found these little guys in a cave a while ago before we came here. No big deal." Neptune said dismissively, making a dash for the tables of hot dogs, nachos, cupcakes, and other assorted snacks.
"We think they're from another dimension. Since we don't exactly know how to get them back yet, we were wandering if you could take care of Little Blanc here for a while." Said Nepgear.
"That's fine, I'm okay with it." Blanc said as she grabbed her swimsuit and walked toward the ladies changing room. "Let's get changed so we can start the party." She said as she entered.
Everyone then proceeded to get changed into their swimsuits and returned to the beach shortly after. They all agreed on a game of Dodgeball to start the party off. The teams were Noire, Neptune, Little Noire, Little Blanc and Little Neptune versus Uni, Nepgear, Blanc, Rom, and Ram. Little Vert decided to lay off and be the score keeper so there would be an even number of players on both teams. The team captains were Noire and Blanc. The first team to score three hits wins.
"You guys are goin' down!" Blanc said with a confident smirk as she gripped the volleyball.
"You seem pretty sure of yourself Blanc. Care to wager on that?" Noire retorted with a grin.
"Fine, if we win you have to kiss Neptune on the lips in front of everyone."
"W-what! Why on earth would I d-do that!?" Noire said, her face turning bright red.
"What's wrong, you gettin' scared?" Said Blanc.
"All right if that's how you wanna play it, then if we win you have to write a public declaration of love to Vert when we're done." Noire said with a smirk. (Not the little girl with green hair by the way)
"Sounds good to me, since there's no way we're losing to you guys." Blanc replied with her head held high.
With those final words the game finally started. Blanc launched the ball at Little Neptune in an attempt to take out the weak link first. To her surprise Little Neptune caught the ball and quickly passed it to Little Noire. The black CPU then proceeded to leap into the air and throw the ball at Ram. While the ball was still in midair Neptune dashed toward the ball and gave it a swift kick, sending it careening at Nepgear and catching her off guard. There wasn't any time to dodge and the ball smacked her square in the face, causing her to fall to the ground.
"Direct hit! One point for Team Noire! The score is 1-0." Said Little Vert.
"Nice one Neptune!" Noire praised the purple haired girl.
"Aww it was nothin." Neptune said. "Ya shouldn't let your guard down like that Nep Jr. I taught you better than that." She said jokingly with one hand behind her back and another on her chin, Imitating a martial arts teacher.
Nepgear pulled herself off the ground after a few seconds, rubbing her sore forehead. "Sorry for not paying attention guys." Nepgear said to her team with a sad expression.
"Aww don't sweat it, we still gotta chance to make a comeback." Uni said reassuringly with a thumbs up.
Team Blanc then turned their attention to the other team. Each member was wearing their game face and was ready to start taking control of this game.
After a few short moments Uni picked up the ball and passed it to Nepgear. The purple haired girl caught it and aimed a throw at Neptune. Midway through her swing she changed direction and threw the ball in Blanc's direction. In a brilliant flash, Blanc transformed into her Goddess form and swung a massive axe at the ball, sending it hurdling in a straight path for Noire.
The raven haired CPU instinctively shielded herself with her arms as the ball came crashing into her. She was instantly sent flying a few feet backwards and rag dolled to the ground.
"Noire!" Team Noire shouted as they ran to her aid. "Are you ok?" Asked Neptune in a concerned voice.
Noire ignored her question and stood to her feet with an angry expression. "What the hell Blanc! That could've seriously injured me if I didn't react in time!" Noire yelled with annoyance evident in her voice. "And why did you use your Goddess form anyway!?"
"Because I want to. Got a problem with that?" Blanc said with a glare.
"Oh so you wanna play rough huh? Okay two can play that game." Noire said before transforming as well. "Now it's time to get serious. Let's go Neptune!"
"All right! Let's get this party started!" The purple haired girl shouted as she transformed.
To even the playing field Uni, Nepgear, Rom, and Ram transformed into their Goddess forms as well, turning this game of Dodgeball into a 5v5 battle between Goddesses.
Will Team Blanc come out on top in the end, or will they face defeat at the hands of Team Noire? Find out in the next chapter of Doubles of Us.
Coming Up: {Chapter 3- I Don't Wanna Go to the Dentist!}
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hey guys, I finally got around to finishing chapter 2. I wanted to give you guys something to look forward to as soon as possible, so sorry if it feels rushed. By the way, I might be making my chapters a little shorter because writing chapters with 2k+ words is getting pretty difficult for me to proofread and fix mistakes. That's all for now and I'll see you guys in chapter 3. Later :3