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*Deniz' PoV*

The next day arrives...
And we are still at Jonny's home, where we spent the night. Matt did so too, for some reason.
Nepgear is currently in the bath, brushing teeth, taking a shower... the usual stuff.

"Deniz, just a question." Matt speaks up. "What was that call yesterday about? I didn't get it."
"Right, I never told you... Wait... I did! We were all on a Skype call that day!" I respond.
"We... were?"
"I said something about 'her sister died' and 'she's taking it hard'." While saying so, I nudge my head towards the room Nepgear is in.
"Uh... Now that you're saying it... Uh... No. Can't remember."
Jonny and I simultaneously facepalm.
"Well, now you know, Number Nine." I sigh, my hand still covering my face.

In that moment, the girl finally leaves the bathroom. "I'm done."
"God damn, girl. That took you way longer than I had expected." Matt tells her.
"I-I'm sorry."
"You should be."
Mentally sighing, I elbow my friend into his side.
"OUCH! What was that for?"
"For downing my girlfriend." I explain.
"Yeah, I get it." He complains nonchalantly.

And I elbow him again. "No. No, you do not."

Looking over to Nepgear, I can see her smiling back at me, so I smile as well.
Silence follows as Matt is busy recovering from my 'attacks' and Jonny deadpans, not knowing what to do in such a situation.

Nepgear is the first to break the silence. "Deniz, don't you think we should tell Histoire that Neptune might be alive?"
"No. Linda probably called her already. And Histy told everyone else after that." I argue.
"You're probably right about that."
"Of course he is! DP is always right, right Matt?" Jonny 'explains'.
"Um, yes!" Matt 'agrees'.
"You clearly do not have a lot of friends besides me..." I sigh heavily. "...neither are you ever serious... And I am always right, right?"
"Love you, too, DP." Jonny tells me sarcastically.
"Same here." My response is as just sarcastic as Jonny's statement.

It's silent for a few seconds before I remember something.
"It should be Sunday in the Hyperdimension. So I've gotta do work in Leanbox... Nepgear probably has some as well in her nation."
"Dude, it's Saturday." Matt points out.
"Yes, it's Saturday here. And Sunday over there. You can come along if you want."
In response, he just stares at me.

"Whatever the case, I'll call Histy." I say producing my phone and selecting the correct phone number.

...

"Hello, Deniz. I assume you need to return here." Histoire greets me once the connection is established.
"Yes. I also assume that Linda called you."
"Yes... I just hope it's true... *sigh* Either way, I'll open the gate right away."
Sure enough, the portal to the Hyperdimension opens.
"Thanks, Histy."
"No problem. (^-^)/"

Matt is baffled.
"Nepgear, come on. You two... do whatever."
"I think I'll pass..." Matt tells us.
"I've been there... so I'll pass." Jonny explains.
"'k then."

The girl quickly walks through the portal and I enter after her.

Coming out the other side of the portal no problems whatsoever I find myself at the top floor of the Planeptune Basilicom once again.
Nepgear is still there smiling at me. I can't help but smile back at her.
Everything seems peaceful an–

*THUMP*

...and Jonny and Matt drop through the portal, falling face first on the ground.
Nepgear, I and Histoire who just entered the room look at them in utter confusion.

"I thought you didn't want to come over... right?" Nepgear questions.

"W-we changed our minds." Matt explains.
"No, you changed your mind and dragged me in as well." Jonny corrects Matt.
"Well... yes... but..."
"Shut up."

Linda also enters the room now. Behind her is Nepgeo.
"Didn't think I'd see two guys falling for each other here. Hehe~" The latter jokes.
"Just shut up." Jonny and Matt shout together, finally standing up and dusting themselves off.

"Jonny, Matt, I would say 'Let's fly to Leanbox'. That is, if I could carry two people..." I explain.
"I'll pass..." Jonny chooses to stay here.
"I always wondered what'd it be like to fly." Matt on the other hand looks really interested and ecstatic.

"Okay then. Bye then, see you all later." I wave goodbye to everybody.
"Yeah, bye!" Matt adds in.

"I'm gonna tell you some things about this world. And hold tight."

We have landed on the Leanbox Basilicom's balcony.
I let Matt down...

"Do you want a bucket?" I offer my friend, whose face is pretty green...
"Uhg... Yes... please..." Matt mutters...
I pull out a bucket from my inventory (only the author knows why I even have that) and give it to the sick boy.
He hastily grabs it and immediately throws up into it.

"Thank you... Here..." He wants to hand the bucket back to me.
"Oh, hell no! You're gonna wash that yourself!"
"Uhg... Dammit."
Matt just puts the bucket down. That's also a solution. For him. Not to me.

After that I disable HDD and we finally enter the Basilicom.
We immediately see three girls walking down the hallway: Diana, Vert and Chika who is doing her best not to look stressed in the presence of Diana, and failing horribly.
"Oh hey, Deniz and..." Diana greets us and then quizzically looks at the guy next to me.
"Matt. My name is Matt." He tells them.
"Oh, Matt! It's me, Diana!"
"I figured. Blue hair." Matt dully says.
"Wow, that obvious?"
"Nope. Lucky guess."

Meanwhile Chika glares at him. When my sister turns around, she instantly returns to a forced smile.
"Y-yeah, I'm Chika, Leanbox's Oracle."
The blunette's death stare ends at this moment.
"And I am Vert, Leanbox's prideful CPU." Vert adds her introductory and (obviously) jiggles her... assets.
This causes Matt to gulp and stares at them like hypnotized.

I'd probably elbow him again but this is Vert. 'Pride' and 'maturity' means... you know... to her.
Still, I slightly bend over to him and whisper into his ear: "Don't let her hug you. You will fall unconscious."
That made him excited and his entire pose just shouted 'My body is ready'...

There is a reason why he's one of my least favorite friends.
Not that'd I tell him.

"So... Hi. Anyways, I'm here for my work. And he's here because... I dunno." I explain, already walking towards our room.
"I'll come with you. I wanna spend some quality time with my brother." Diana joins me on the way.
"'Quality time'. Insert Lenny Face." Matt giggles.
The response of my sister? "F*ck you."

"By the way, Vert, Chika, feel free to do whatever you want with him... just make sure he's still alive." I shout backwards.
"Looks like I'll get some 'quality time'." And he just grins... He'd not do that if he knew...

"I'm done–" I have finished my work by now and went to the 'living room'.
But...
What?

Vert and Chika have obviously gone for the butler thing...
But...
What?

There is Matt. In nothing but pants. Serving Vert and Chika some cooled drinks. They're in bikinis.
And he's not objecting. And he's smiling. And it isn't a forced smile but a smile-smile.

...

Oh, right. It's Matt.
Give him two girls and he's happy.

Diana has about the same reaction as me at first.
Then she just shrugs, opens her inventory and equips her own bikini...
"You know what: F*ck it. I don't care. I want some lemonade, butler." She says as she goes over there.

And I just stand here, thinking nothing but 'dafuq'.

And on a site-note, this Basilicom has a pool.
Why are they in the living room?

Also...
'There is a reason why he's one of my least favorite friends.'
Yup. That quote.

I turn around, walk out of the room, pretending to have never even seen that.

A/N

There is a Guest review.
Basically it's just kinda turning into a crossover...
And then, not just that one additional universe.
The idea is, that once the Mobius-Arc is over, Sonic & Co. won't return to this fiction (for the longest time at least).
It will go the same way with any other series that is to be included.
Talking of Sonic, who caught the Sonic-reference in the final chapter of The Broken Wall 1? Probably nobody.