Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Planeptune City
Date: September 10, 2019
Time: 6:29 P.M.
Iris Heart flexed her limbs, sighing pleasantly at the popping of her joints. Her chest felt a bit heavy, but she could get used to it.
"P-Plutie?" Purple Heart hesitantly called out.
"Plutie?" Iris Heart chuckled. "Ah, yes. That is the name of this vessel." With the wave of her hand, a hurricane was whipped up blasting everyone back.
"What power!" Green Heart gasped.
Yellow Heart whimpered, "Ploot is scary!"
"That's not Plutia anymore!" Black Heart aimed her weapon at the iris goddess.
"Don't shoot!" Ultra Black Heart begged.
"I'll make those humans regret ever sealing me away!" Iris Heart roared as the dark energy expanded from her body.
"This feeling…" Black Heart gritted her teeth. "It feels like share energy, but corrupted."
Ultra Rei suddenly came from behind and jumped onto Iris Heart. "Lady Plutia, you must stop this!"
"Rei, what are you doing?!" White Heart gasped.
"This is all my fault!" Ultra Rei announced. "If I didn't listen to her, none of this would have happened. I just didn't want to be sealed away like her!"
"Get off of me, you worthless CPU!" Iris Heart grabbed onto Ultra Rei and threw her over her shoulder.
Ultra Rei wheezed as she felt her back crash to the ground. "I… I will save Lady Plutia… I have to take it back…"
"What?! You of all people should back the hell off!" Ultra Black Heart exclaimed.
Purple Sister nodded. "Right. If you get that power again, you might go crazy!"
"It'll be fine!" she claimed. "It was my power, to begin with. Besides, I've now made companions and have met kind CPUs like you, so I'm sure that I can…"
Iris Heart slammed her foot down on Ultra Rei's stomach, causing her to cough. "You fool. You're power? Don't make me laugh. I have also lent you my strength. Part of these corrupted shares belong to me!"
Ultra Rei's eyes widened as she looked up at the dark blue eyes. "Y-You're… You're that…! Agh!"
"Oh, dear…" Iris Heart twisted her heel down. "Can't have you revealing my identity now, can I?"
Ultra Black Heart couldn't wrap her head around the words Iris Heart spoke. "What are you saying, Plutia!?"
"Paralysis Shot!" Black Heart fired at Iris Heart, causing the CPU to be wrapped in electrical currents. "You're not Plutia! Who are you?!"
Iris Heart stared at Black Heart and smirked. "Uranus..."
Black Heart can feel the Planeptune shares shaking within her. Uranus?
Uranus stuttered, H-How did she…?
"The twerp of a sister that was made after I was sealed. So they replaced me with you." Iris Heart frowned. "I won't forgive them! Especially you!"
"EX Multi Buster: Empress!" Black Heart felt her body move as she fired out the large blue laser at Iris Heart. The shocking thing was that this was Uranus attacking with her body.
Ultra Black Heart screamed when she saw the attack land. "What are you doing!?"
"I-It wasn't…" Black Heart didn't know how to explain. She can't say it wasn't her since it was indeed her body that activated the attack skill. "M-My hand slipped!" That was the best excuse she could come up with.
"URANUS!" Iris Heart suddenly appeared in front of Black Heart and threw a punch. The black CPU staggered back from the force, but before she could recover, Iris Heart gripped onto her head and slammed her to the rocky floor.
"Noire!" Plutia or not, Purple Heart won't forgive anyone that harms her lover. "Blaze Break!" Purple Heart swung her flaming sword at the iris goddess.
Iris Heart giggled as she caught the blade with her bare hands. "Is that all? Honestly, who knew they would replace me with such weak successors."
"What are you talking about, Plutie?! This isn't like you?!"
Iris Heart pouted, "Oh dear… This one isn't as smart as the other. Your predecessor is crying here."
"Leave Neptune alone!" Black Heart slammed Iris Heart away with her weapon.
Iris Heart grunted as she stumbled back while holding her side. "Nice, Nice. Good hit there. At least you can fight."
"Plutia!"
"What?!" Iris Heart was suddenly tackled from behind by Ultra Black Heart, White Heart, Green Heart, and Yellow Heart. She was basically being dogpiled. "Get off of me!"
"Plutia! I know you can hear me! You have to fight against the dark power! You can't let it control you," Ultra Black Heart called out.
"Ploot! Go back to being the nice Ploot!" Yellow Heart pleaded.
Iris Heart rolled her eyes. "Are you all idiots? My goodness, what kind of CPUs have the people replaced me with?"
"Come back to your senses! Goddamit!" White Heart shouted.
"Plutia! Come back to me! Plutia!" Ultra Black Heart cried.
"How annoying. You should really stop playing with this poor girl's heart," Iris Heart claimed. "Because you failed with Neptune, now you're going back to Plutia? Tch, tch, tch, no wonder you can't find love like your counterpart."
"Don't listen to her, Noire," Green Heart voiced.
Ultra Black Heart gritted her teeth. "You're not Plutia. Stop using my friend's voice, you bitch!"
Iris Heart pressed her hands against her ground and lifted herself with the four CPUs on top of her. She then felt added weight and her arms gave out as she faceplanted.
"Lady Plutia, you must let go of that dark power!" Ultra Rei shouted as she jumped on top of the CPUs.
Purple Sister and Black Sister looked at each other and nodded. They ran and jumped onto up of teh CPU pile. Black Heart and Purple Heart decided to also join in. Plutia was their friend and they don't want to fight her.
"Come back to us, Plutie!" Purple Heart said.
"You imbeciles! Get off!" Iris Heart demanded. "You're all heavy!"
"Plutie!"
"Ploot!"
"Lady Plutia!"
"Plutia!"
Everyone cried out their friend's name in hopes of having her return to them.
Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Planeptune City
Date: September 10, 2019
Time: 6:51 P.M.
"Plutia!"
"Huh…"
Plutia groaned as she fluttered her eyes open. Her surrounding was covered in darkness. She found herself lying on the floor. She slowly sat and saw that the floor she was on was also black. Everything around her was just black.
"W-Where am I? Heeeeeello?"
Plutia stood up and felt a slight pain in her chest. She looked down to see nothing wrong with her. She was so confused as to what was going on. She remembered coming with her friends to Hyperdimension to fight off the other Rei.
"Riiiiight… I think I was in battle… I…" Plutia squeezed her eyes shut as she thought really hard. "I can't remember…"
She opened her eyes and sighed. She looked around and took her first step in the darkness. She wandered around, seeing and feeling nothing. She wasn't sure if she was walking straight or going in circles.
"Helloooooo? Is anyone thereeeeee?" Plutia called out but got no response. "Neeeeeeppy? Peashyyyyy? Noirrrrrrre?"
Plutia's voice echoed into the darkness. She was alone here in the darkness with no light in sight. She didn't like this place. It was dark and lonely. How did she even get here?
"Where is everyone?"
Plutia stopped in her tracks and looked around again. The view didn't change at all after walking for a bit.
"Veeeert! Blaaaaanc! Neppy Jrrrrrr! Can anyone hear meeeeee?!" Plutia called out again but got no reply.
Plutia took deep breaths. For a while, it felt like something heavy was weighing down on her. She was exhausted and her chest hurt a lot. She knew she doesn't exercise much, but was she really this heavy? Why does it feel like she has a much of rocks on her shoulders?
"Grrrrr! I'm getting angry…" Plutia mumbled.
The space around her started to shake. Instead of total darkness, there was a swirl of dark blue and purple ahead of her. "Woooooah!"
Plutia ran forward until she was surrounded by the colors of dark blue and purple. She was so happy to see colors other than black for once. It's not that she hated the color black, it just feels very empty when you are surrounded by the color.
"Noire likes black a lot, maybe thaaaaaat's why Neppy always said she's lonely," Plutia concluded. "I'll visit her Basilicom more often when we go back!"
Her surroundings shook and Plutia felt it beneath her feet. "W-What's going on?"
"Your friends are quite troubling."
"Hmmm?" Plutia blinked and a girl with dark blue hair stood in front of her. "Who are youuuu?"
"I am of no importance to you," she answered.
Plutia noticed the same dark energy that surrounded her. It looked like the same energy that surrounded Rei. She easily came to the conclusion. "You're a baaaaad person, aren't you?"
She chuckled, "Me? Bad?" She shook her head. "It is not I that is bad, but the people of Gamindustri."
Plutia pouted, "That's not truuuuuue. They are aaaaaall nice!"
"If they are so nice, they shouldn't have sealed me away. All they saw me as was a monster. I tried to help them. I made their lives better, but what do I get in return? Betrayal. They sealed me away and replaced me with a new CPU. I cannot forgive."
Plutia tilted her head in confusion. "Uuuuuuh…" There had been a few CPUs in her dimension, but she doesn't remember a CPU being sealed away.
"You can understand me, can't you, Plutia? Being seen as a monster. Being told you are dangerous. You understand, don't you?"
Plutia frowned. She did understand. On occasion, she would hear how her people were scared of her HDD form. She would transform into Iris heart when her emotions get too much, but it wasn't like she was trying to hurt anyone. She had been called a monster many times, but Plutia didn't mind. After all, her people have said she was also the sweetest CPU! Not when transformed, of course.
"Let's get revenge on the people that turned on us. They don't deserve us. They don't deserve Gamindustri. Let's destroy everything and show how dangerous we really can be."
The dark figure moved forward and reached her hand out to Plutia. The iris goddess looked at the hand. She then looked up with angry eyes. This person in front of her was no good. She was bad news.
Plutia took a step back. "No."
"No?"
"No," Plutia repeated.
"Why not?"
"Because…" Plutia inhale and slowly exhaled. "I loooooove everyone on Gamindustri! I've met so many nice people and made so many good friends."
"Even though they fear you?"
Plutia smiled. "Even if they see me as a moooooonster, I don't mind. Because they said I was their friend! And besides…"
"Besides?"
"My people knew what they were getting into when they decided to follow me. They know aaaaaall about me! Even if they saw me as a monster, they still saw me as their goddess, so I don't want to hurt them. They are people I protect!"
The girl growled at Plutia's words. "Grrrr!"
"I'm sorry." Plutia's smile turned into a frown. "Buuuuuut I'm gonna have to ask you to leave."
"You think I'll leave if you tell me?" She shook her head. "I'm not leaving your body! I'll make you fall under my control and have you destroy Gamindustri!" The girl dressed in black charged at Plutia.
The iris CPU stood her ground. "As Planeptune's CPU, I won't let you hurt any more of my friends!"
A bright light appeared out of Plutia's chest, lighting up the entire area.
The girl screamed as she backed away while covering her eyes. "W-What is this?!"
Plutia lifted her hands to hold the light and saw the familiar diamond shape. It was the CPU memory that she ate long ago. It shimmered in her eyes as if calling out to her. Knowing what to do, Plutia gripped the CPU memory and shouted, "Access!"
"No. No! NO!"
Plutia's body was filled with warmth as she felt the power course through her veins. A familiar feeling she felt when she first became a CPU. Her body was engulfed in light as the CPU memory returned to her chest. Plutia closed her eyes and let the shares do their work.
The darkness was pushed back and Iris Heart opened her eyes to see a vast field of grass. She looked up and smiled, feeling the nice breeze of the open blue sky. Everything around her was so calm, peaceful, and warm. It was her safe place that she would often escape to when she took naps.
Iris Heart understood very well. Her personality made her not the best, but her heart and mind were in the right place.
"Plutia!"
"Plutie!"
Iris Heart huffed, "They sure are noisy." She can't stay here long because her friends are calling for her. She has a bug to take care of.
"It's time for you to leave my body. I had my fun."
Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Planeptune City
Date: September 10, 2019
Time: 6:51 P.M.
"How long do we gotta do this?!" White Heart questioned.
"Until Plutia comes back to us!" Ultra Black Heart answered.
Iris Heart struggled under the weight of nine people. "Get off of me!"
"Plutie, open your eyes! It's us! Your friends," Purple Heart voiced.
Iris Heart felt something strange. Her chest began to feel warm and a small white light formed. "What? No. No! NO!"
"W-What's going on?" Black Sister asked.
"Ploot is glowing!" Yellow Heart noticed.
Iris Heart slammed both hands on the ground. "Get…"
"H-Hey, she's-" Green Heart felt herself being lifted.
"Out…" Iris Heart pushed off the ground.
"What the goodness?!" Purple Sister didn't think the iris CPU could lift all of them.
"She's gonna knock us all off!" Black Heart warned.
"OF ME!" Iris Heart stood up and blasted everyone away as her form glowed bright white.
Everyone slid across the ground from the burst of energy Iris Heart extruded. Soon the light faded away and the dark energy started to ooze out. Everyone watched out the dark energy collected above Iris Heart.
"The dark energy came out!" informed Ultra Rei.
"We have to get rid of it before it enters anyone else," White Heart said.
"I got this!" Black Heart materialized her Duel Revolver and aimed at the ball of flame. "Multiple Beam Launcher!" She fired out two pink lasers from her double barrel exploding the dark energy.
Purple Sister gasped, "She even copied my signature attack!"
Black Sister sighed as she placed a hand on Purple Sister's shoulder. "You should stop being surprised, Nepgear."
"Does that mean it's finally over?" Purple Heart asked.
"Uuuuuuuuuugh!" Iris Heart felt the exhaustion kick in as she dropped to her knees. Her transformation gave out and she face-planted to the ground.
Ultra Black Heart immediately ran to her side. "Plutia!" She turned the girl over and lifted her head. "Plutia?"
The iris goddess groaned and opened her tired eyes. "D-Did I miss the boss fight?"
Ultra Black Heart felt the tears again. "Plutia!" She pulled the shorter girl into her embrace and cried.
Plutia blinked with confusion. "Why are you crying, Noire? Are you hurting toooo?" She gently patted Ultra Black Heart's head. "Pain, pain, fly away! There, it won't hurt anymore!"
Ultra Black Heart just cried harder as she tightly hug the girl's waist.
"N-Noire? It's starting to hurt. Heeeey…" Plutia winced as she felt the sting in her chest. As much as she enjoyed getting hugged by her favorite girl, it really was starting to become painful. "N-Noire!"
"Plutie…"
Plutia turned her head to see Purple Heart. "Neppy! Can you help me get Noire off? It's starting to hurt a looooot."
Purple Heart shed tears as she joined Ultra Black Heart in hugging Plutia. "Plutie!"
Plutia felt the tight squeeze from the purple CPU. "E-Ehhhhh?!"
Green Heart and White Heart looked at each other and then joined in on the hug. "Plutia!"
"H-Hey, waaaaait! This is too muuuuuch!" Plutia cried.
Soon, everyone else also joined in on the group hug. Plutia could only sigh as everyone held onto her. She didn't really know what was going on, but if a group hug makes her friends feel better then she can tolerate this tiny pain for her friends' happiness. And, she also enjoyed the warmth the other CPUs provided her.
"Ooooooh well." Plutia smiled and just let everyone be.
Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Planeptune City
Date: September 10, 2019
Time: 7:02 P.M.
From up in the sky, the dark clouds slowly rolled away to show a bit of the starry sky. The fairy sat on her tome as she watched the words slowly form on her blank pages.
"Damn, it's all over? I guess I had a little fun, so…" Croire shrugged, "it's cool. How did the taste of freedom go?" She turned to the space next to her. She could make out a faint outline of a person.
"It was fun while it lasted. I even got to see my idiot of a sister that took my place."
"Heh! I never thought she'd manifest in a CPU that's not from Planeptune."
"Yes… That was quite amusing…"
"What are you gonna do now?" Croire asked.
She hummed, "Hmmm… It seems I'll have to find another way to gain my freedom."
Croire sighed, "It's too bad I can't pinpoint the dimension you're sealed in. I would totally free you."
"It's alright. I've waited many years, I can wait for a few more."
"So what's the new plan?"
She answered, "I'm not sure yet."
"Shall I go stir up more chaos in other places so you can collect more negative energy?"
"I think I'll hold off on that. I might have given a bit too much of my powers away. I'm getting a little sleepy. So I'll retreat for a while."
Croire leaned back on her tome. "Eh, I don't mind waiting. I'll go do something fun while I wait for you to wake up again."
She chuckled, "Then I'll see you another day, Croire."
The fairy felt a light pressure on her head. A small smile formed on her lips as she felt the presence fade away from her side. Croire looked up at the sky seeing the moon peeking out from behind the clouds. It showered the lone fairy in its bright light.
"See ya soon, partner."
Author's Note
Aaaaaaghhsuudoshsjskm T-T
It's almost over! The story is almost over! I finally got past the last boss fight! Not really a boss fight, but you know what I mean! The climax is over! Now I just have the conclusion chapters to write! This story really should have been finished last year, but I have been so unmotivated and was in a terrible headspace that it was impossible! But now I'm all nice and healthy and motivated to write more that I don't want the story to end! I'm in a conundrum!
Anyway, thank you for reading and sticking with me despite my long break! I'll see ya guys in the next chapter! XD
-Shiena