The Console Wars

by BlackNoire

The CPUs are at each other's throats, but not in Celestia but in Gameinudstri. This is not done from Neptune's perspective or any CPU for that matter. A male arrives in Gamindsutri who appears to be from somewhere else. All is not as it seems as this is not from the Neptunia universe but a general gaming universe. This is a fanfic unlike any other. Rated M for violence.

10. Our race to the Mishima Estate

Chapter 10: Our race to the Mishima Estate

Note: Readers please listen to Need For Speed Carbon Own the City Melody Feel The Rush while reading this bit.

Indeed we was there all afternoon and I had such a tremendous fun time there, we all did. And it was awesome experiencing the waves, the water slides and the bubbles like that from a Jacuzzi. But unfortunately we had to go, though this didn't bother me as we have left the troops happy, knowing that they did a good job and knowing they loved seeing us. And I'm sure there'll be more things to look forward to, to come.

We are now back at Noire's magnificent mansion which feels more like a futuristic grand palace. We're at the ground floor of this amazing building, and we're next to Noire's super cool superfast Bugatti Veyron. Next to her hyper vehicle is an F1 McLaren which is heavily customised like Noire's car, though for the art instead of pictures of Lady Black Heart, there are pictures of Lady Black Sister. My goddess informed me that this McLaren is Uni's car, and I know that vehicle to be very fast as well. She must be privileged to own such a vehicle. In fact I like how the CPUs and Candidates own such luxury fast cars.

Next to Uni's car is a Fat Boy motorcycle, which is equipped with nitrous and has plenty of exhausts and is very large. In fact this bike has enough room for two seats, and I'm also informed by my CPU that this bike is owned by Parasoul. It's interesting how I remember this red haired lady owning such a large bike.

The group of Me, Uni, Noire, Parasoul and Peacock are standing together next to our vehicles, talking while we wait for the Lucky 7s, who I know to be a racing gang from Need for Speed, who offered to travel with Noire and me. We've been discussing about the attack that happened today as well the madness behind it.

"I'm glad that Lara is doing good, she should be out of hospital in a few days. She really appreciates our visit. I think this must be the first battle where we don't even have any wounded troops to heal. It would be amazing if no one from Lastation can die from war from now on." Noire says sounding optimistic.

The facts that Noire have stated pleases me. I remember seeing Lara in good health and whatever wounds she did have, have gone. And it brings me such amazement to know that when I took charge of the battle, no one died. well no one of our soldiers but it is sad how a lot of theirs have died. I think it's one thing to be someone who has to deal with the knowledge that numerous people have died once, but it is another to be that someone who is forced to have ended their lives. But I must not blame myself even if I've ordered my men in the fight, nor must I blame Noire our CPU for not surrendering. It is Vert or whoever is brainwashing Vert that is to blame, for causing this destruction.

I must admit it makes me feel uneasy, uneasy in how Lastation is a well off prosperous nation, while Leanbox is on the warpath sending their troops to be slaughtered, Neutralland appears to be a horrific land ruled by tyranny and Lowee I don't even know what's going over there.

"Thing is there are no sign of Leanbox troops advancing now, why attack with just infantry? It doesn't sound right." Parasoul asks us.

She makes a very valid point. That was madness sending only infantry to finish the job. I kinda feel that's what villains would do, which is to gloat and perhaps go easy on their opponent when they believe their victory to be imminent. What is going on?

"That's been troubling me all day. Tell you what why don't you 3 stay here and protect PS3 City? If you get invaded let us know and we'll come asap. Meanwhile me and Noire will meet Heihachi and with luck tomorrow we can return with reinforcements, and hopefully Noire can convince Vert to sign a peace treaty… though how I'm not sure considering how she doesn't seem to be the type to negotiate with." I suggest to them.

They all agree to my idea, I then notice 7 sports cars that are heavily customised like Noire's approach. They have different designs on them from PlayStation Logos to various PlayStation characters. The sound of their engines echoes in the car park making them sound rather pleasant to hear.

They all do a power park into various spaces, making the group of us smile. After which they get out but stand by their cars. I recognise them all to be characters from various video games, they are: Tanner, TK and Jones from Driver, and the rest are from Need for Speed who are: Mia, Nikki, Ray, Rachel, Rog, Colin, Yumi, Cross, Carmen and Laylas 1 and 3. All of the males wear black trousers, trainers, black shades and black leather jackets, while the females wear short tight sparkly dresses of varying colours from blue to white, to silver to black and wear high heels, sunglasses and make up that match their dresses.

Their cars look impressive, all of them appear to be hyper or exotic cars that are heavily customised with different exhausts and spoilers, as well as neon lights that are currently flashing. Though the artwork on the bodies of their cars vary from vehicle to vehicle, they all have artwork of the drivers themselves ,as well as of different Lastation culture from the symbols of the PlayStation to the characters. I also notice how while their colours may vary, they all have the same palette of blues, silvers, whites and blacks.

Seeing a fleet of superfast cars reminds me of the times I played racing games, like that of Need for Speed and now here I am about to drive with our own crew together, to be able to drive fast through the various terrain and views, that Lastation has to offer. This place is indeed a paradise, and perhaps one of the numerous perks of being here is to do the stuff I do in video games in real life. I look forward to riding with them, and I know Noire will find some way of making this special.

"OK we'll see you tomorrow." My CPU says to Uni, Parasoul and Peacock.

What's nice is how she shakes the three ladies hands before giving them a hug, she even gives Uni a loving kiss on the forehead, before exchanging waves followed by salutes.

"OK guys let's go. Our destination: the Mishima Estate, Heihachi's home." Noire says to her crew of racers as me and her get in the car, with her in the driving seat.

For some reason I enjoy being sat next to Noire with her in the driving seat. I think this is down to how madly in love I am with her. She just oozes attraction to me as she sits so close to me with her gloved arms on the steering wheel, her limitless hair long and flowing, her boots big and sexy, as well as how she smiles and flirts particularly with her sunglasses on as well, not to mention the unknown yet amazing flawless perfume that she wears, she smells of heaven, she sounds of heaven and she looks like heaven. It's amazing how she's not just attractive as well as desriable, but incredibly smart and kind as well as hardworking and organised. I feel as though I've had plenty of fantasies fulfilled, with Noire doing various stuff with me, and I feel as though I'll have plenty more with different stuff.

I certainly feel excited knowing my CPU is going to drive like a professional street racer, throughout Lastation with her crew. I can just imagine that we'll be speeding through the city and tunnels, that's my favourite part to drive. Yep all the elements work together to make my adrenaline flow with excitement: the massive attraction from Noire driving, being driven in a Bugatti Veyron, driving through our metropolis, racing and now the smell of petrol and the noise as I hear the sound of the car's engine, roaring and echoing in the car park, I like the sound of them as we drive off .

In the car the radio is playing a song which I remember from Need For Speed Carbon Own the City, it's called Melody Feel The Rush a great song for driving. Noire is singing to it as we drive along the city. I notice how she sounds exactly like the singer which is really impressive. I notice how the interior of the car appears to have ultra violet light on in the car, as the interior appears to glow in some sort of blue colour. I am intrigued with this and I actually enjoy how the ultra violet light affects the colours on Noire. Her hair is now a more distinct shade of blue, as is the large patches on the inside of her gloves, as well as the white parts on her attractive cleavage showing plug suit, that show off her impressive large bouncy womanhood. It certainly feels like a party in here especially with her singing a song such as this.

I enjoy the sights of the lights in the car park, as we speed past the parked cars as well as hearing the echoing noise of the engines. Eventually after the excitement in her car park we drive outside.

I notice it's night time now and Noire and the others have switched their pulse neon lights on, as well as the sirens that are in black and silver. The city is lit up with various lights along with pictures of Black Heart made from lights, there is also lit up bill boards promoting various stuff from technology to Noire, to various other PlayStation characters, as well as neon lights that change colour forming short movies promoting different stuff. This capital sure is beautiful at night with its bright lights that light up the landscape. There are even lights on the skyscrapers that show different symbols associated with Lastation like the X, the circle, the triangle, the square and the logo of Lastation itself, all in their respective colours. It's a breath taking sight and I feel I can look at this forever and still be amazed by it.

There are a few cars about looking rather customised and expensive as usual, but not many. That's probably due to most of the civilians being evacuated though, which is rather unfortunate that it's necessary to evacuate such a prosperous beautiful capital. I couldn't help but notice that none of the buildings are bombed or even damaged what so ever, I even noticed this when I was here during the day time. Although it's rather strange, it is nice to know this to be the case and I hope that the help of the Lastation military will keep it that way.

I eventually notice in my HUD there are the numbers 1st/8. Are we racing then? I guess so and that's fine with me because now our car accelerates really fast, she even uses some Nitrous equipped in the car. I notice it produces black, white and blue coloured smoke as the nitrous is being used. There seems to be lots and lots of nitrous in the car to begin with. I notice a bar which I guess is a nitrous bar in my HUD, despite a lot of nitrous being used the bar isn't going down very much. I like the sound of the engine roaring as we are speeding along in the background of Noire's singing. The nitrous brings plenty of acceleration, and the rapid acceleration makes this car thrilling to be in. It is an awesome experience I'll never forget.

Before we know it we find ourselves in an unbelievably long tunnel with no exit in sight. Even the tunnel looks futuristic and clean, and even consists of impressive art work of the PlayStation characters, and Noire herself looking very attractive in her HDD plug suit. There's even large sections of the tunnel consisting of extremely strong glass in which on the other side there's plenty of fish of different shapes, colours and sizes, and Noire informs me that there are see through tunnels that go through lakes and oceans where there's dolphins, whales and other sea creatures leaving me in absolute astonishment. I can really hear the car's engine echoing in the tunnel now, and I enjoy the lighting of the tunnel as we go under the lights. I like the sound of her car but I like it even more when it's in a tunnel. It feels epic and surreal, almost like I'm in some dance club with ultra violet light. Mind you I already am with the lighting in the car and the music being played.

I notice Noire singing and dancing in her seat, I leave her to it as she sings exactly like the singer and she's enjoying herself, her singing's amazing. Besides despite going fast she's an excellent driver, as she's able to weave in what traffic there is, as she drives on both sides of the road for fun. But I trust her driving skills, as she doesn't drive on the oncoming road when there is at least one car driving in the opposite direction.

As if this car ride isn't exhilarating enough, Noire and the others then do a cool manoeuvre. She drives up the wall whilst driving parallel to the road and after some turning, she's now driving on the ceiling of the tunnel along with the other drivers, how does she do it? It's unbelievably mind blowing and I'm amazed I feel comfortable being upside down in a car, it makes the experience more interesting, I don't even have a funny head from it.

Noire then pokes her head out so she can let the wind from the vents blow into her face. The wind blows her flawless, limitless white hair constantly, standing up like a proud flag blown in the wind. I decide to poke my head out too for the fun of it as well. I see the thrill she gets as I feel the intense wind blowing on my face, it blows my hoodie back.

I don't mind being upside down at all as I think it's very fun, yes it is a very fun experience. Due to the physics and Noire's driving skills, we are able to stay on the ceiling for as long as we wish. A few of the cars below honk as they see their goddess up there driving, as well as a few cheers and wolf whistles and amazements, to see us up there. As our heavenly goddess drives she flirts to the appreciating drivers down below.

I'm enjoying the ride and I feel as though we have been on the ceiling for a couple of hours. Eventually though we are no longer leaning out of the car after having more than plenty of fresh air, and drive back down to the road like the rest of us. It's not long before we experience more thrills as we turn off a junction, still in a tunnel. I notice now how we're spiralling upwards in a clockwise direction, and the road is a bit narrow. Noire is able to drift this car no problem just like the other racers, I'm enjoying this extreme drifting by Noire's part. This drifting is rather fun to experience as the drifting is long and is in what feels like a never ending tunnel, making it more fun to wonder where this spiralling junction is leading us to. What makes this more entertaining is that I notice she's just singing casually whilst driving, making her hard work look so effortless. For me I find it ever so thrilling, as the drifting feels as though she's doing countless doughnuts, I can hear the tyres screeching as well from her impressive drifting. There's also the forces from her drifting that push me to the side, which makes me scream in excitement for a long time and quite loudly too. My sexy driver notices this and gives a nod and a smile in appreciation, before deliberately giving her long hair a playful swing letting it flow around her.

This spiral seems to go on for such a long time, and it makes me wonder how long and how tall this exit is. I find it amusing that Noire has allowed the construction of this spiral, which reminds me of the spirals in multi-story car parks. I reckon this must be for her racers, in an attempt to train them or give people thrill. I like how her drifting fills up the nitrous bar a lot, although I knew the bar refilled itself automatically, this must be like in some of the racing video games.

It astonishes me that although Noire's philosophies are about working hard and training to work harder, it's nice how she ensures there are plenty of ways for one to enjoy themselves, and I've certainly enjoyed myself a lot here.

Eventually the spiral then leads us to a road inside the tunnel that is quite steep. Noire really accelerates along with the other cars that are racing with her now. The hill doesn't seem to affect the cars at all as the speed just increases and increases, even beyond 250mph. I find this exciting as I can sense something spectacular at the end of this hilly tunnel, as we go up and up, faster and faster.

Before I know it the hill soon ends as well as the tunnel, and I realise this is meant to be a super jump as our cars appear to fly in the air at such an incredibly high altitude. It is now I see the pleasant outside which consists of the cloudless night sky, full of bright stars along with all sorts of trees, with I believe to be a few birds flying around them. I also see a motorway that appears to be high up supported by pillars. Though I'm guessing here regarding the motorway because it is night time, and even with all my visions, would I be able to distinguish it from here? Although it is very picturesque as I see the wilderness, the nature of Lastation as we're driving in the air descending to the ground.

"WAHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I yell with much enthusiasm.

I yell that loudly as we're still in the air, listening to the engine sounding distinctive as the car is still in the air. It feels as if time has slowed down, Noire turns to me smiling as she is singing her song, before turning back to concentrate on her awesome driving.

After a short while and jumping over what feels like kilometres, we land on a wide road. The car is not damaged in any way from that jump and me and Noire are perfectly fine, all thanks to the physics of the universe, and this goes to our other racers too who are behind us but rather close.

The wide road leads us to a large ramp, we drive up the ramp which results in a jump. The jump is smaller than the last one, but it's not that much smaller and we end up landing on that very motorway that I spotted.

The motorway consists of 8 lanes and we find ourselves driving on each one with Noire at the centre, the road is lit up with countless picturesque lights and the road seems to be never ending, though I do see what looks like a jungle in the distance. Now that's something new for me: driving on a motorway through a jungle.

It reminds me of how Lastation in the series never seem to have had anything from nature, be it lakes, rivers, mountains, hills or forests or jungles. And yet here although Lastation has such high tech metropolises, they have such large areas that are full of nature and wild life. It intrigues me to see what the Lastation countryside has to offer.

Note: Readers please start listening to Need For Speed Carbon Ladytron fighting in built up areas while reading this.

The song has now conveniently finished on the radio, and another song is playing now. It's another Need For Speed Carbon song, only this time it's Ladytron fighting in built up areas which is another song that's appropriate for this. Noire isn't singing this time, and I'm guessing she knows I wish to speak with her.

"I'm impressed that you got 1st place all the way through. Your driving is awesome, it's been so much fun; driving through your city at night only to go into an incredibly long tunnel, before going upside down and then turning off at a junction, with a very long spiral that led to a long steep ramp. It's been amazing to be your passenger. You have such incredible scenery too. I love the interior of this car, the ultra violet is super cool too, you're such a talented singer as well." I speak with amazement.

"Thank you ever so much for your compliments, you're such a kind gentleman. It's because I am the best driver in Gameindustri, along with you and Uni, but to be fair to them lot they are able to keep up with us, and they are incredibly skilled themselves. We train a lot together to keep our skills as excellent as possible." Noire sounds happy, very appreciative of what I said, and she speaks with much pride.

"Did you have that ramp and spiral built specifically for a race like this? Because driving on them was so much fun." I ask her.

"Yeah, there are loads of them throughout Lastation, I've had the spirals and ramps built for racers to drive on and to do stunts.

Thing is while I do get a lot of racers, they are all from my Lastation Racing Club and they only race when it's OK to. Though it isn't a problem as they are allowed to race quite frequently. I spend some of the time at the club, along with the pro drivers like these guys who train the new recruits, to become better racers.

Eventually they get to take part in races and stunts for Lastation to watch. And they also get to train in how to drive fast, how to drift well, how to use nitrous effectively and the art of driving while shooting. Of course for that bit you'd need to be in the army.

I use some of the racers in my arsenal because of their ability to hit and run against enemy targets, as well as delivering supplies, along with protecting convoys." She explains with her usual limitless passion and pride.

I can tell she enjoys talking about her racers and I can't blame her at all. I enjoy hearing her speak like this, listening to all of the wonderful things she has. It's then I have quite a few questions I wish to ask her.

"Do you ever have any car crashes or accidents in races or stunts?" I ask her with curiosity.

I think I can predict the answer but it still intrigues me what her answer itself would be.

"No, because one: we train them so well they don't make a mistake, and two: even if they crash the car will just stop, no damage will happen. Probably due to that friendly fire rule." She explains sounding extremely happy with this.

Lastation does seem to be very idealistic from everything I've seen here, no friendly fire, no poverty, no starvation, no crime and no accidents. But is it due to me though, or is it like this anyway?

"I like how the nitrous recharges itself, I certainly like how it fills up quicker when drifting and jumping." I comment.

"Yeah it's because it's special nitrous, it's a weird phenomenon like the friendly fire being impossible." Noire comments happily

Yeah it certainly is, these video game physics certainly give advantages, not least of which being how it's more practical to drive fast and being in a firefight has less problems.

As I take in the wonderful sights of where I am, I then notice in the car there is a screen with various options, but I don't press it I just ask.

"Does this car have any features?" I ask her.

"Yeah plenty, for weapons it's got anti-aircraft/anti-vehicle missiles, spike strips, mini guns, EMP, re inflatable and bullet proof tyres, as well as the whole car being completely bullet proof. In fact this car is as strong as it is fast.

There are also car seats that can turn into very comfortable beds, there is an atom manipulator machine in here, there's even a PS3 and PSP as well as a, forgive me but the car even has a toilet and a machine to wash and dry your hands. It's also capable of driving on water and on any terrain, as if it's driving on a road." She explains further with much enthusiasm and excitement.

I can tell how excited she is to own all this cool stuff which she beyond deserves, for what she has done for her people.

"Nice it's like your own mobile home isn't it?" I comment smiling.

"Yeah occasionally me and Uni go out in our cars and visit various places in Lastation, I've slept in here a few times and it's very comfortable yes." She recalls enjoying her previous memories with her wonderful sister.

I like that, it's very nice how she spends time with her younger loyal sister.

I notice on the motorway that there are not any cars about apart from us racers, It is then I notice that we seem to be surrounded by a jungle, which I'm guessing is full of all sorts of wildlife. I'm sure I'd be able to appreciate it, but the problem is it's too dark to see what plants and animals they have there, or even whether I'd recognise any of them.

It's not long though before we reach a coastline and leave the jungle, we continue to some more lights now as we pass plenty of futuristic lampposts, which surround the road and the coast. I think there must be a costal path which would make a nice walk. It's not long before Noire does lots of impressive drifting due to the numerous corners this portion of the road has to offer.

It's a lot fun having the forces from the drifting pushing me about, from one side to another as she drifts constantly but in different directions. I wouldn't be surprised if this is more features designed for racers.

After a while of her fun drifting, I notice a lit up structure in the middle of the sea. Though from what I can make of it, it doesn't like anything I've seen from Lastation before, but it does look familiar.

"That's the Mishima Estate over there." She points to it while speaking to me.

I remember that place being from a PlayStation series called Tekken, a very popular fighting game that I've enjoyed very much. I do have a few memories of it particularly of how this is Heihachi's home, as well as how the style is ancient.

I notice a long lit up wide wooden bridge, which connects the building to the coast. When we get there we drive on the bridge slowing down, as we head for the Mishima Estate.

I am amazed by how big it looks when we drive close to it, and it's even nice to see a few ornaments standing guard, as we drive on the bridge as well as the calm sea that surrounds it. A few Tekken Force soldiers guard a large door, big enough for a car to drive past. They soon open the door for us to drive through. I couldn't help but notice the tekken force soldiers are in black. Though they look a bit like Helghast soldiers if my memory is correct, I know them to be Tekken Force due to the emblems on their uniforms, as well as how their covered head to toe in black futuristic armour that looks strong. The only part of them that isn't black but white, is the visor on their helmets which look like two eyes.

When we do drive through, I see a room that looks distinctive, I'm unsure but I do recognise the appearance to be of the various portrayals of the Mishima Estate, the room is rather big and nicely decorated. I can only guess that this is their own version of a car park, as it's marked in places for our cars to park. I see Heihachi standing there in his attire he wore at the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4.

He is quite an old man with white hair and a moustache, but bald at the top and the hair on his side extend upwards and backwards like wings. His lack of clothing shows how muscular he is, though unlike from what I remember of him he has no large scar on his chest. For clothing he wears white wrist bands that resemble bandages, as well as similar clothing for his ankles. He wears iron geta sandals and wears some sort of white wrap around his waist, and what looks like a white thong. His clothing resembles a diaper and to be honest I found it very hard to keep back my laughter, and so did Noire.

After the fun drive from PS3 City, I am now looking forward to seeing what help Heihachi will have to offer, as well as seeing what sort of person he is as we head into his estate.