Snyderverse Neptunia Snippets

by Derald Snyder

Snippet 14- Angel Of The Night

Timeline- During/after 'Ho-Hum and the Alien Visitation'.

Canon status- Dubious. Just something that came to mind, not sure if I want to follow through on this.

*Planeptune International Airport*

"Here they come," Purple Heart stated, the group fixing their gaze on two sets of boots that were visible, soon revealed to be foot soldiers armed with futuristic laser rifles. Behind them was a group of three women... the one on the left appeared to be an older woman with graying green hair and what appeared to be two tiny horns protruding from said hair, dressed in a light blue kimono with a tiger-striped obi. The one on the right seemed around high-school age, with long auburn hair and brown eyes set into a very cute face, with a bust that almost rivaled Vert's chest, though she was dressed in a modest white blouse and light blue skirt.

The one in the center, of course, was Princess Asseylum herself, a small smile on her face as she slowly walked down the ramp... only to suddenly trip and fall to her knees, sliding down to the ground, the two guards quickly coming to her aid and helping her up. "Th-thank you," she nodded to them, before breathing to regain her composure.

Unseen by anyone, however, a small shadow moved from beneath the princess, hiding itself under the ramp... it sensed the presence of both Lilith and it's half-Angel, half-Lilim spawn nearby. It remained deathly still. Survival was paramount; nothing else mattered. Only when Lilith's presence moved away did it dare to make a move, hiding the shadow of Wing Gundam's giant robot, before moving across the ground to the airport proper. It had to get away... as far away as it could. It had enough intelligence to realize that this planet was far outside the star cluster where its home planet was located... which hopefully meant that Lilith and her spawn would not be staying too long.

It remained hidden in the shadows of the airport buildings until nightfall, before moving north as fast as possible...

*Darkness-60, a few nights later...*

This was a good place to hide. There were many shadows here, even Lilith would have difficulty locating her foe. Still, it had to be careful. After nearly dying when trying to absorb the piece of Lilith's body and communicating with it's Lilim pilot... Ikari? But a small piece had managed to break away at the last moment, retreating into the shadows... it took a while for it to regain any semblance of 'self', and upon the Impact event, realized that it had to escape, at any cost... fortunately it seemed to have been finally successful in this respect. But what would it do now...?

Footsteps. It remained still as two male NPCs walked by... "Yeah, damn hussy couldn't even satisfy us. Let 'er bleed out, she's a waste of human tissue anyway." his companion laughed at this, the two going on their way... Intrigued, the shadow moved into the alley the men had just left...

There was a woman here. Like the others, she was shaped similarly to the Lilim of its home, but she was not of Lilith. Blood pooled around her, flowing from a stab wound in her abdomen... She was still alive, but not for long. "Help..." she barely managed to whimper out.

The shadow came to a decision. It moved into the blood puddle, before flowing up and directly into the woman's wound... Said woman suddenly spasmed and screamed in pain as something moved through her blood veins, replacing her blood, altering her very DNA...

She suddenly sat up straight, gasping and panting. The pain was gone. Her wound was gone. She felt... strange. Healthy, but strange. "What...?" she grunted, looking down at herself...

The sight horrified her. Her body now seemed to be covered in a nonsensical pattern of black-and-white stripes, shifting when she moved! "Oh my goddess! This is... NO! This isn't me!" To her surprise, the stripes faded, now looking completely black, like any other NPC. But the strange sensation remained. Slowly she got back to her feet, moving her hands over her body... (Wait... am I naked?) This hadn't been a problem when she was an Angel, but... Wait, what? She grasped her head as memories that weren't hers flashed through her mind... "A... angel? Lilith? Lilim...? What...?!"

Then, she suddenly comprehended. No longer was she simply the homeless prostitute from before... she was something else. No... a fusion of Angel, and what she was before... two parts joined to become a greater whole. "I am... I am I. I am... the Angel of the Night." Her mouth spoke, yet it didn't sound like her voice... not exactly. "This is... weird. Why me?" But she immediately realized, there was no why- it was survival instinct. Apart they could not survive, but together, they... she could. "Right... survival. Avoid Lilith and her spawn at all costs, and I should be fine..." The human side had no idea who they were, but the Angel gave her a rough image of two young ladies.

She stumbled out of the alley, unused to her new body. Using the brick wall to balance herself, she made her way down the street, part of her hoping she wouldn't encounter those two 'clients' who stabbed and left her for dead... But then she realized, they were no longer a threat to her. (Still, I don't want to cause any ruckus, because that might attract unwanted attention, like Lilith...) Shaking her head, she continued on her way, eventually recovering her balance and striding down the sidewalk, swaying her hips like she usually did as her former self... Crossing the street, she walked by a store that had its enternace boarded up... but the window was still intact. So she stopped to take a look at herself...

A feminine shadow looked back, like an NPC, yet not one... a pair of eyes with red irises stood out against the featureless face. (Hmm... I wonder...) Concentrating, she tried to alter her outward appearance... suddenly her face was visible, a small nose and thin lips, her skin pale and her hair as white as snow. Then her neck was visible, then her shoulders... her bosom and below remained black. Then, a long skirt covered her legs, her arms wearing full-length opera gloves, or so it looked. Simple, yet sexy.

She smiled, turning her body this way and that, admiring her new appearance. "Yes... this will do quite nicely. This is me. This is... who I am."

"I am I. I am the Angel of the Night. I am Leliel. I am here." Leliel's smile widened. "And I will remain."

*Elsewhere in Planeptune...*

"What's up, Neon?" the goddess once known as Lilith, now known as Haruhi Suzumiya, questioned her Oracle, who seemed to be staring off to her left, towards nothing in particular.

Neon Evangelion blinked, before shaking her head. "...It's nothing, Lady Haruhi. Just my imagination, I think."

"Oh, well if you say so," Haruhi shrugged. "Well, we'll be heading off to the Ultradimension now. And don't worry, I'll stop Plutia if she starts going dominatrix again..."

"Yes, please do," Neon nodded vigorously.

*Snippet 14- End*

A/N: If I continue with this, it would be the focus of a new Guild Files arc where Leliel tries to revive her fellow Angels... but nothing is set in stone yet.