Author's note: Putting the Author back in Author's Notes since 2015. Show of hand... on second though, leave a comment, showing hands would give me a heart attack, how many people actually like using onomatopoeia? That word is really hard to spell. And hey, I even included some stuff about Japanese karaoke culture, though if I turn out to be wrong, in anything I include in the future pertaining to different cultures or even mythology, please correct me. Oh and sadly this chapter isn't as long as I would've liked, but oh well.

"Is that right? Though to be perfectly honest, I find it hard to believe that flowers would be enough to coerce Noire into going on a date with Neptune."

"I'm pretty sure she was just getting tired of Neptune's pestering and just decided to say yes to shut her up."

It was another fine day at the purple household, Magic had even stuck around to help Neptune find something to wear on her date... whenever she and Nepgear decided to stop playing Mega Mash Moms Kerfuffle that is. Aside from that little roadblock, Magic and Histoire were having a nice chat about the happenings of the previous day as well as preparing some lunch for the girls to munch on before they went shopping. All in all it seemed to be looking like a good day, however, one thing they couldn't possibly fathom was the real reason Noire agreed to go out with Neptune.

"I see, it seems as though you've found yourself a potential girlfriend while I was gone."

"N-no it's nothing like that, I just wanted her to stop bugging me is all, she was trying to make me say yes ever since her friend magic brought it up and it was getting annoying."

Meanwhile at the household of the black sisters (as they were known in school), their cousin Kei Jinguji had decided to pay a visit and maybe mess with Noire a little in the process. Currently the two found themselves conversing while preparing food for themselves (what a coincidence!).

"If I were to venture a guess, I would say you didn't just say yes just because she was getting on your nerves." Even while peeling potatoes Kei had very little trouble holding a conversation... not that it's a very hard thing to do though.

"W-what're you talking about, that really is all there is to it." The tsundere's actions were betraying her words as she began chopping carrots at an ever-quickening rate with all the precision of a professional chef.

"You're not the type of person to just say yes because someone is bothering you, in fact, it seems more likely that you actually enjoyed the attention she was giving you."

"W-what are you saying Kei, that I actually liked how sweet she was being and how nice she smelled, Wait NO! Forget I said that! I don't know how she smells at all!"

"Well then, let me ask you this, would it really be such a bad thing if you two did end up together?"

"That's" Noire's hands had come to a halt as she took a moment to ponder what it might be like to have Neptune as her girlfriend and to her surprise she found that she actually liked the idea.

'Well, I guess it wouldn't be such a bad thing if we did end up together. And it's not like I dislike her, even though she teases me, I don't hate her. So I guess maybe I wouldn't mind waking up with her next to me... Wait NO! What am I thinking?! I mean waking up to her face every morning is just... am I... in love... with Neptune?! No no no, there's no way, I mean this isn't like some anime or manga where two characters fall in love just like that! But then again... it's not like it can't happen, and I did have this weird feeling in my chest when I first saw her. But that doesn't mean... it couldn't... it does doesn't it.'

"I'm afraid it does Noire."

"What are you a mind reader now?" The raven-haired tsundere didn't sound very surprised, though that might've been because she and Kei had known each other for so long.

"No, but I've known you long enough to have a pretty good idea of what you're thinking."

I just said that. Well fourth-wall breaking antics aside, the two resumed preparing the ingredients for whatever it was they were making... which apparently required quite a bit of chicken by the looks of it. But I digress, the show must go on, and on it will.

"Sis, you look so lovely... but is it really necessary to take a wooden sword with you on a date?" Indeed, Neptune was proudly dressed in a fine dress of purple with white stripes, and apparently she was also intent on bringing along a wooden sword inscribed with the kanji for 'lake toya', which she apparently bought off of an infomercial. Supposedly it was once wielded by a samurai with naturally wavy silver hair to drive off some weird alien visitors or something like that.

"Well of course it is. I mean think about it, what if some weirdos try somethin' funny and Noire needs my help, what would I do then?"

"Neptune. you don't need to worry about Noire, she is much stronger than she looks, we are more worried about you." Histy being the voice of reason decided to voice her and Nepgear's concerns to get the purple pranksters attention. Luckily for everyone, Noire was very well known among their groups of friends as being a very strong and independent young woman... albeit with very few friends.

"Don't worry mom, she'll be fine as long as Noire is with her. Well anyway, you wouldn't want to keep her waiting, go get her sis."

"You betcha little sis o mine." And with that, the young Neptune was quickly out the door with flowers in one hand and a violin case which she used to cleverly conceal her "lethal" weapon in the other. Within record time she soon found herself standing right in front of Noire's house, which didn't take very long seeing as how she didn't live very far away.

And there, at the doorstep waiting with anticipation and reddened cheeks, stood the object of Neptune's new-found affection, Noire. As she looked at her date, Neptune was starting to get a weird, tight feeling in her chest, it wasn't a bad feeling, she just wasn't sure what to call it. She figured it must've just been from seeing Noire in her dress (dense protagonists for the win yo). It really was a fancy dress too, much more ornate than the one Neptune was wearing, oddly enough it looked kind of familiar, the dress, the collar, the boots... maybe it was some sort of cosplay outfit or something.

"There you are, you're a little early, though I guess It's better than the alternative." The look on Noire's face was positively radiating with tsuntsun, and as Neptune gazed upon it, she knew she wanted more. "Why are you carrying around a violin case?"

"Shhhh, don't tell anyone, but I like to carry my invincible wooden sword in here. Oh and I got you some more flowers too." The purple prankster held out her flowers for Noire to take and she seemed more than happy to take them.

"I'll go put these in a vase and then we can head out." Noire is being surprisingly calm about this... or is she... I dunno.

"Okie dokie... you look really nice in that dress by the way." Wait now Neptune is the one blushing while Noire is being confident and taking control... everything I know is a lie!

"T-thanks, y-you look cute too." Never mind, we're back in business! Wait... cute?

"Aww shucks, thanks Noirey."

'Oh no oh no oh no, Cute! Really? Way to go me! It's not like I really think that is it? I mean just look at her, her hair is so... so... No, stop it Noire, it's not like I wanna touch it... even though it looks really soft, in fact it looks much nicer when its neat... oh it looks so adorable NO! It's not adorable! Her eyes aren't adorable! her dress isn't adorable! She's is so not... not... not... She's IS adorable.'

"What's up Noirey, are you okay?" To say Neptune was worried would be a bit of an understatement, first of all, Noire's face had turned so red that it could probably pass for a tomato. Secondly her pupils looked like they had turned into hearts as she stared at Neptune... though it might've just been Neptune's eyes playing tricks on her... maybe. And last but not least, her facial expressions were changing sporadically between happy, dumbstruck, shocked, and a little bit of passion in there too. Either way, she just wanted to make sure her soon to be girlfriend was okay.

"I-I'm fine, why wouldn't I be? Hahahahah." To say that that laugh sounded forced and awkward would be another understatement, however, Neptune didn't feel like pressing the matter any further for fear of breaking Noire.

After the new set of flowers had been dealt with the dynamic duo of Noire and Neptune were off to see the wizard... wait that's the wrong reference. Oh well, the two were heading out to paint the town purple, eat food and sing karaoke, good time had by all. Or so it would have been if not for the random granny bike that sped past them leaving behind a trail of flames.

"My riding skill is A+, Let's do this, Pegasus."

"MA MA CHARI NA!"
(DAMN THAT GRANNY BIKE!)
-Neptune 2015

Neptune's response was quick, it was honest, it was weird as hell! It was a response that would be quoted by many for years to come, if not centuries. However as the moment passed and the speeding granny bike went out of view the purple prankster was left feeling kind of embarrassed as she realized how silly she must've looked.

"Oh forget I said that, it was probably just a racecourse fairy. Ahahahahahaha, heheheh." Even while she tried to play it off like it was nothing, the pink on her cheeks betrayed her, oh how silly she must've looked, she just knew Noire was gonna make fun of her.

"Haha hahahah ahahahah what was that all about?" To Neptune's surprise she found Noire laughing and smiling brightly, and as she looked at her face she just knew this was gonna be a date to remember. "W-why are you staring at me like that, jeez come on, we have a date to get on with."

"Yeah yeah!" Neptune gave an excited head shake, looking more like a dog being walked by its beloved master than a girl on a date.

"By the way, where are we going anyway?"

"Well, there's a nice restaurant that Magi told me about, she even helped me get a reservation."

"Wait seriously?" What a twist, Noire had thought Neptune would just want to go with the flow and go somewhere silly, but this was not what she expected at all. And to get a reservation in less than a day, Magic truly is a deadly opponent.

"Ooh, and maybe if we have time we can go to a karaoke place after that."

"Us? Singing? Alone in a room together?"

"Alone in a room? What are you talking about?"

"Huh, what do you me-, Oh that's right, you lived in Italy up until now so you don't know do you?"

"Know what? Is there something I'm missing?"

"Karaoke in Japan is a lot different than in a lot of other places." Neptune's eyes lit up, she was super duper excited to learn new stuff about Japan, all she really knew about the place was that they had really weird legends and really cool looking swords... and video game, you can never forget the video games. "For example when you go to a club you can rent a room for you and your friends. The rooms even have phones that you can use to order food. And what's more, there are rooms that have different themes, like video games and anime and a bunch of others too."

"Whoaaaaa! You can sing AND geek out AND pig out at the SAME TIME?"

"... Uhhhh... yeah."

"So y'know maybe we can jus-"

"Were having dinner first and there is nothing you can say that will change my mind."

"Eh?! Stingy."

So where were we? Oh yeah plot progression. And so the two were enjoying a nice time eating together, Noire was eating with the table manners of a princess. Whereas Neptune was chowing down with the ferocity of a hungry syrup pig at a free pancake buffet, the most amazing part however was that Neptune was somehow able to do so without making a mess. Seeing this was enough to make Noire stare, to stare and wonder how she was able to eat like that without making a mess, it was like she was witnessing one of the seven wonders of the world.

"Aaaahh!" With satisfaction filling her to the core Neptune let out a quick aaahh... wait that's 1 a too short, she let out a quick aaaahh, there we go, as a sign of her bliss. "I'm gonna go use the little girls room real quick, I gotta check my makeup."

"Wait..." And before she could say anything more, Noire was left alone with only her thoughts to keep her company (just a normal day in the life of Noire: the maiden of destiny). "You're not even wearing makeup you moron." She muttered to herself as she let out a small sigh. 'She's such a pig, though I guess it's kind of endearing that she can eat like that so soon after losing her father, and she even got Nepgear to smile when no one else could. Maybe we can get Vert to teach her proper table manners, she was able to get Brave to stop being such a slob after all.' Sadly Noire's thoughts were soon interrupted.

*CLASH* The sound of breaking glass resounded and the cries of panic from everyone in the restaurant could be heard.

"If you all behave yourselves we wont have to do anything nasty, I suggest you all get on the ground with your hands behind your heads, NOW!" As Noire turned her head towards the voices, she saw a small group of men and women armed with guns, and in order to avoid any unnecessary attention she did as they said, followed by everyone else who didn't feel like getting riddled with bullets.

"Now we'll make this quick, we got news that a certain someone was going to be here today, she goes by the name of Magic, now if you would be so kind, please bring her here."

'Magic?! That's Neptune's friend, what do they want with her?'

"T-there's nobody named M-magic here right now S-sir." The restaurant's manager was trembling as he tried to talk to the supposed leader of the gun wielding maniacs.

"Is that right? Trick!"

"Yes Judge?"

"That's boss to you, but more importantly, I need you to check the place to see if Magic's been here or not."

"You got it."

Certainly a strange exchange, as soon as the words left "Judge"'s mouth the one known as "Trick" proceeded to...

*SNIFF SNIFF WHIFF* Sniff around the place...? What the fu-

"Oooh, I think I found something." The goons eyes slowly settled onto the twin-tailed tsundere. She tried her best to keep calm, but it was kind of hard to do when some weird goon starts trying to smell you.

"Didja find Magic?"

"No, but this here girlie smells kinda like her, we might be able to use her to lure out Magic."

"Sounds like a plan, you lot tie her up." He pointed to the goons behind him as they quickly obeyed.

"Hey, let go of me!" Noire did her best to fight back, but it was for naught as she was soon bound and gagged.

"Now then if you'll excuse us we have some business to attend to, enjoy the rest of your day everyone!" With a wave of his hand Judge bid them farewell as he and his goons quickly headed outside as if it was the most normal thing to do. Even still, Noire tried to fight back, but was quickly knocked unconscious by a swift chop to the side of her neck.

Now Noire could do nothing as she was thrown into a black car and the goons hurriedly got inside, ready to roll at a moments notice. Unbeknownst to them however, they had a duo of unwanted spectators watching as Noire was taken away.

"WHAT THE GOODNESS!" Those spectators were of course the duo of Uni and Nepgear, the later of whom was watching the scene unfold with a pair of binoculars.

"Waaah! What's wrong Nepgear?!"

"It's Noire, Uni we need to call the police, a group of guys in black suits just kidnapped Noire!"

"What?! Give me that, let me see!" Yes indeed, as she took hold of her buddy's binoculars she saw her sister being dragged off to who knows where.

And as soon as the car was beginning to fade from view, Neptune had run straight out of the restaurant looking panicked as she waved her head around as if searching for her date.

"Hey Nepgear, that's your sister, we should go call her and-" As Neptune had finally caught glimpse of the black car, Uni could've sworn she saw something odd about her.

"My sister?! Is she okay?!"

"Y-yeah... she looks like she's fine." She dropped the binoculars as she took a second to ponder what she had just seen.

"What's wrong Uni, are you okay?"

"Y-yeah, it's nothing, come on, we have to call the police!"

'... just then... were her eyes... glowing? ... I don't like this... sis, please be okay!'

Spot the references and win a prize... satisfaction... what, that's all I can offer. Well regardless of that, the Nep intensifies, Noire gets kidnapped, Neptune eats the glowy glowy fruit... wait that's the wrong reference... again, and Nepgear and Uni were apparently watching out to make sure their older sibling were okay (how thoughtful). Well then, Neptune, do the outro thingie we rehearsed.

"Rightie o!"

"I am the spoon of my cup.
Cake is my body, and pudding is my blood.
I have tasted, over a thousand flavors,
Unknown to Iffy, nor known to Compa.
Have withstood Histy to try many types,
Yet this tongue will never taste anything.
So as I pray,
Unlimited Nep Works!"

Wasn't that just beautiful? See you in the next chapter!