"Histoire, Neptune, I'm back!" A young teenage girl said as she entered the Basilicom. She had long purple hair and violet eyes with one D-pad hairclip on the left side of her hair. In terms of appearance she looked almost like an older version of human form Neptune, however they were very different.
The fairy-like tome made her way over to the girl with haste, her facial expression filled with slight panic and worry. "Nepgear, have you seen Neptune?" she asked quickly, hoping to receive a positive response. The girl named Nepgear blinked a few times and shook her head. "No, I haven't seen her at all. I just got back. Is something wrong?" she asked out of curiosity.
"So you don't know either?" Histoire sighed and rubbed her forehead before starting to speak once more. "Neptune has been missing since early yesterday morning and I have been unable to find her anywhere." The fairy explained. Nepgear instantly became worried upon hearing this news and started panic. "Yesterday morning?! We have to find her!" She exclaimed, not waiting for a response as she turned back around and ran out of the Basilicom in search of her older sister. "Neptune! Neptune where are you?!" she yelled, running through the city aimlessly without any idea on where to start looking.
"Maybe she's at the usual spot? A Bakery? The park? A buffet? There are so many places to choose from!" she said to herself, beginning to panic even more at not even knowing where to look. She had just gotten back from Lastation from visiting Uni and came home only to find out her sister had been missing for a good day. Where in Gamindustri could her sister be? Did she get into trouble somewhere? Had she gotten lost? The possibilities were endless!
Nepgear made her way around the many shops in Planeptune that she came across, asking every and anyone if they had seen Neptune. Many of the shop owners had confessed to seeing her the day before she went missing. Neptune had apparently purchased and large number of supplies from several stores. They also said that two other girls were with her. They had reported seeing a girl with long brown hair and green leaf-like bow in her hair who was on her phone the entire time and a big breasted, ditzy, cheerful girl with pinkish-orange hair. Those descriptions could only match two people. It had to be IF and Compa.
If IF and Compa were with her sister the day before she went missing and were also helping her shop around for supplies then they had to know something about what happened to her. Why was she even buying supplies in the first place? Was she headed somewhere? If she really was headed somewhere then why didn't she tell her only little sister? A Barrage of questions cycled through the CPU Candidate's mind as her search went from finding Neptune to finding IF and Compa. At this point, those two were her only hope to finding out about what happened to her sister and she had to find them.
Since IF was a member of the guild, Nepgear immediately headed there first. The young goddess walked into the Guild building with haste and looked around for the brown-haired cell phone lover. When her own visual search failed, she began to walk around and ask people if they had seen her. Much to her dismay, no one had seen IF anywhere.
This didn't crush her resolve. Just because she couldn't find IF didn't mean she couldn't find Compa. Compa worked as a nurse at a nearby clinic. Nepgear decided to head there for her next attempt at finding someone. Upon reaching the clinic she entered inside and saw a large group of people. Since the clinic was so busy today Compa had to be there, right? Nepgear approached the woman behind the desk and began to speak. "Excuse me miss. I'm sorry to-" before she could even finish her sentence a man behind her groaned with impatience. "Ugh! Hurry it up! People need more important things than whatever you have to say." He interrupted rather rudely. Nepgear took a deep breath and started to speak again. "I'm sorry to bother you, but-" she was rudely cut off once more by the same person behind her. "UGH! YOU KIDS ARE SO SLOW! HURRY UP DAMN IT!" he yelled at the girl.
Nepgear didn't know how to respond to his rudeness and so simply began to ignore him to the best of her capabilities. "Is Compa working today?" she asked the woman. The woman nodded her head which of course lifted the young girl's spirits. "Yes, she is. However, she is very busy at the current moment with swarm of patients. If you are trying to speak with her then I am afraid you will have to wait until she's on break." The woman explained.
Nepgear nodded her head in understanding and smiled. "Alright then. Thank you for you-" she was cut off yet again by the same man yelling in the background. "UGH!" Nepgear shook her head and proceeded to finish her sentence. "For your time." She finished, walking over to the closest seat in the waiting room and patiently waited for her friend Compa to come out.
Several hours had passed and Nepgear had fallen asleep in the chair. She felt someone shaking her gently as a familiar voice spoke to her. "Ge-Ge~ Ge-Ge, wake up." The voice said to the girl. Nepgear's eyes quickly shot open once she realized who it was. "Compa! " she said quickly, looking over at the source of the voice and seeing that it was indeed the Compa she had waited for.
"What brings you here, Ge-Ge? Do you need me to treat your booboos?" Compa asked, smiling her usual cheerful smile. Nepgear shook her head quickly as she arose from her seat and began to stand. "No. Compa, I need to ask you something very important." The girl with the long purple locks said. Compa tilted her head, placing her right index finger on her lips. "Ask me what?" she questioned, her expression filled with curiosity.
"I need you to tell me where Neptune is. She's been missing since yesterday. I asked around and you and IF were the only ones who were with her before she went missing. Please, Compa. If you know anything, then tell me!" Nepgear's tone was urgent and filled with anxiety as her serious gaze fixated itself on the nurse.
Compa sighed, somehow knowing that was what Nepgear wanted all along. "Ge-Ge, Nep-Nep has gone off on adventure to help a friend. She said she doesn't know when she'll be back." The nurse began to explain. Nepgear was confused. An adventure? With who? Why would she leave and not even tell her about it? "We tried to come with her but she said she wanted us to stay here and look after you while she was away." The nurse continued. Nepgear's eye slowly began to water as her gaze shifted down. "…And didn't even bother to say a word to me… " she whispered.
"Ge-Ge?!" Compa said, quickly placing her hands on the girl's shoulder. "Don't cry, Ge-Ge!" she urged her, not liking the sight of one of her best friends crying. Nepgear shook her head. "No! My own sister went off somewhere and didn't even bother trying to tell me! How can you expect me to be okay?!" she nearly yelled, pulling away from Compa and turning her back to her. "I have to go." Were her last words before taking off out the clinic. "Ge-Ge!" Compa called out, trying to chase after her but to no avail. Nepgear was already gone by the time she had reached outside. "Ge-Ge… it's not what you think it is… I'm sure of it." She said to herself, sighing yet again.
Nepgear had made her back into the Basilicom with a rather angry yet sad aura around her. Histoire made her way over to the girl and began to speak. "Did you find out anything Nepgear? Why do you look so displeased?" she asked, examining the girl's facial expression. "Yeah, she's out on some adventure with some friend…..and didn't even bother to tell me." She said with her voice almost filled with resentment as she walked past the oracle after finishing her statement.
Upon reaching her room, Nepgear sat down at her desk that was placed right beside Neptune's and sat in silence. Shortly after, she began to break down into tears due to being in the safety of her own room. How could Neptune suddenly leave like that and not tell her? Such actions almost made her believe that Neptune didn't even care about her. No… what was she saying? She knew Neptune loved her. Maybe she just forgot? Yeah, that was it! She was so focused on leaving that she forgot to tell her! That had to be it!
She started to feel better after making up a pile of excuses as to why her beloved older sister had left without so much as a word to her about it. This slight joy only lasted for a moment however. She quickly began to spiral back into the depression she had almost successfully escaped from. "Or…maybe she really didn't care…" she said softly to herself as she removed her N-Gear from her pocket and turned it on.
The screen displayed that she had one new video message. "A message?" she said, opening up the video and allowing it to play on her screen. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw it was Neptune who was on the video. "Hi-lo, Nep jr.! It's your big sis, Neptune, here! I know your like in Lastation 'n stuff with your buddy so I decided to send this video message thingy to ya. I just wanted to let you know that I'm gonna be travelin' with a buddy of mine to help him get his memory back. There was absolutely noooo way I could leave without tellin' my awesomesauce sister where I was goin'. I hope Histy isn't too upset with me. Hehe~ Anyway, I'm leaving Planeptune in your care until I get back. I totally believe in you little sis so don't let me down, okay? I'll be back ASAP. Looove you~ Bye-Bye!" Neptune said with her usual energetic and cheerful demeanor before the video ended.
Nepgear stared at the screen for a long time. A small smile appeared on her face as tears continued to fall from her violet eyes. Happiness began to consume her body and she slowly started to laugh. Neptune didn't leave without telling her. She had kept her in mind the entire time and here was accusing her own sister of not caring about her. Nepgear placed her N-Gear on the desk and walked over to her sister's bed, plopping down as she grabbed the bunny plush toy.
"I love you too, Neptune. Please come back soon." She said quietly to herself, hugging the bunny as she curled up while continuing to smile. Words couldn't describe the amount of relief she had felt at this very moment. She was going to do her best to care for Planeptune and make her sister proud, no matter what. With that mind, Nepgear closed her eyes and slowly drifted asleep with a new resolution to herself in mind.