Chapter 25 – Returning to the World of Magic

Amitie's POV

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"Gah! Geez, that was fast…"

After nearly falling over from the speed of Space-Time, I looked around the current area. Seeing all these familiar faces again after nearly three days of pure insanity really brought my excitement to a whole new level.

"Get real…It worked! I'm back home!"

"Amitie!" The first to cheer for me were Arle and Ringo as they clanged onto me in a tight group hug. Makes sense since they're some of my closest friends.

"Geez…we thought you were a goner when you got sucked in that portal!" Arle said.

"To hear that you actually survived was a huge sigh of relief, Am." Ringo added.

"*giggle* Yeah…and I oddly had Arly to thank for that."

"Arly, huh? So, she really was in on it from the start…"

"Huh? In on what?"

"Well…we'll explain it later." Arle said.

If Arly's involved with something, then it would make sense as to why she was in the middle of Space-Time earlier…

"Welcome back, Amitie." Lemres said.

"Glad to see you safe." Feli added.

"Thanks, guys. And I could say the same for you, Feli. I didn't think you would already be back here."

"Well…I ended up in Toyama, oddly enough."

"Toyama? Wow, how lucky."

"I know, right? Certainly caught me by surprise."

"Huh? Futaba and Rin?" I then caught sight of the two Toyama residents.

"When Feli came by and explained what was going on, we offered to tag along and help. Mainly because Mao was too busy." Futaba explained.

"And besides, it gave us a chance for the three of us to be together again." Rin added.

"*giggle* Yeah, you're right about that! The Cutie Pie Trio together once more!"

"Cutie!" The three of us cheered with the signature peace sign in the air.

"*sigh* Again with this?" Feli and Arle both said with facepalms.

"Hey there, Amitie. Nice seeing you again." I then saw caught sight of a person I honestly didn't think I would see again.

"Woah…hey, you're…Uni, right? I didn't think I would see you here."

"Yeah…a lot happened shortly after I left three days ago. And I ended up here with my older sister Noire."

"So, you're Neptune's cousin…" Said a girl with black hair tied into two long pigtails. "…I honestly couldn't believe it at first. But now that I'm actually meeting you, I can see the resemblance."

"Yeah, we get that a lot." I said with a sweatdrop. "Anyway…my name's Amitie Rose. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Noire. CPU of Lastation. Nice to meet you too, Amitie."

Lastation…that's one of the other nations in Gamindustri, right? So, for Uni and Noire to be here…it's probably a result of the worlds fusing…

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"Ja-ja-ja-jaan!" Jarne cheered as she was the next person to come out of the portal. "The Super Djinn has finally returned!"

"Jarne!" Yu cheered as she rushed over and hugged her childhood(?) friend.

"Welcome back." Rei said.

"Meow." With an added meow from Kat.

"Thanks, guys. I'm just glad to be back home. After what I went through, I almost became a ghost myself."

"Wait, you ALMOST became one?!" Yu asked. "*whine* Now, I really wish I had gone with you that day!"

"Hehhehheh…" Jarne gained a sweatdrop.

"Yu, that is dark as hell…" Futaba said with a bigger sweatdrop.

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"Darling Satan!"

"R-Rulue?!" Both Satan and Arle said in shock as Rulue ended up being the third person to come out of the portal.

"Darling Satan! You're gorgeous fighting queen Rulue has returned at last! Now…with my queenly fists…I swear I'll maim and defile every last bone in the enemy's body! All in the name of love! Ohhohohoho!"

"Wh…What the hell…?" Uni and Noire said with highly disturbed looks.

"That has to be the most morbid declaration of love I've ever heard." Feli said.

You weren't all that different 2 years ago, Feli…

"It's, uh…nice to see you return safely as well, Rulue." Was all Satan replied with.

"Was Rulue really with you guys in that other world?" Arle asked me.

"Yeah. We ran into her while chasing after Ridel and that girl. The connection between her and what's going on is…rather shocking."

"I see…"

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"Hey…wake up. We're here."

"Huh…oh…that felt shorter than I expected…pfft."

And then the last two residents of this world, being Rivitie and Dalida, appeared out of the portal. Though, I'm not sure why Rivitie's carrying Dalida on her back. That's definitely new.

"Dalida was there, too?" Ringo asked.

"She fell into a portal here and ended up in that other world." I explained. "It was actually because of her that we found a portal to use."

"I see…"

"Hey! Dalida!" Rin cheered.

"Whoa…Rin…you're here, too…pfft." Dalida said as the two chemistry girl look-a-likes hugged each other in glee.

"W-Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah! Wh-Why are there TWO Rins?!" Uni yelled in total shock.

"Rin and Dalida are actually parallel doppelgängers of each other." Feli said.

"P-Parallel doppelgängers?!"

"They're usually born in separate worlds on the same day with the same features…but with different personalities. And with these two, they follow that concept to the core."

"Woah…"

"So, it looks like this world has its own special quirks much like our own." Noire said. "Though…knowing that another you lives in a different world is kinda creepy. I wouldn't want to know what that's like, honestly."

"Uh…Noire. There is another you in a different world."

"What? What are you talking about, Uni? Stop spouting nonsense at a time like this."

"Just freaking admit it already…" Uni gained a sweatdrop.

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"*sigh* Man, I did not think I would be back here…" Resta said as she and Sagey came out of the portal together.

"You seem very happy to be back here, Resta. Calling this your second home?" Sagey asked.

"W-Well, maybe. I don't know. I've only been here for like…three days. And with the situation that was going on, I haven't really seen much of this place, so…"

"Yeah, I get what you mean. I would probably feel the same way."

"Hey, Resta." Feli called out.

"Woah…Feli! You're okay, too! That's honestly a relief."

"I could say the same for you, Resta."

"So, you're Resta the Scorpio Princess." Lemres said. "The name's Lemres. Glad we can have your help on this."

"You mean with the worlds fusing, right? Yeah…I'll do whatever I can to help out."

"And you must be Sagey the Sagittarius Princess. Hope we can rely on you as well."

"Uh…wait, how do you know who I am?" Sagey asked.

"I became aware of the Zodiac Princesses in advance thanks to a friend of mine. I'm sure you know her as Nasos, right?"

"H-Huh?! You know Lady Nasos?!" Resta and Sagey asked in shock.

"The two of us go way back." Lemres said with a light chuckle.

"Woah…"

"Lady" Nasos? Is she higher up in royalty in their world?

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"HELLOOOO, PRIMP TOWN! THE CUTE AND LOVEABLE PROTAG OF ALL PROTAGS IS HERE TO SAVE YOU FROM CATASTROPHIC DOOM! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Neptune…what was that?" I asked her after she came out of the portal making a stupid self-declaration.

"What? I was just trying to make myself known here. You did it in my world when you fell from the sky."

"It's not like I wanted to fall from the sky. And how is that "making yourself known"?"

"I've done it myself a few times. It works."

"What the hell goes on in your life for that to happen?"

"Stuff so nonsensical that you often question the writers on what they were thinking." IF said as she and the others soon joined us on the other side of the portal.

"Right…" I gained a huge sweatdrop.

These 4th wall breaks are so confusing…

"So, Am. This is…" Ringo said to me.

"Oh, right. *clears throat* Everyone…these are my cousins Neptune and Nepgear. From the completely different world known as Gamindustri."

"Hiya. Nice to meet ya." Neptune said.

"It's nice to meet you." Nepgear added.

"Woah…you two really do look similar." Arle said as she looked between Neptune and I.

"Guu gu…"

"It's rather uncanny…" Ringo said. "…you sure she isn't a doppelgänger or something?"

"If Neptune were a doppelgänger, she would be trying to kill me right now."

"True…" Arle and Ringo agreed.

"Uh…for real?" Neptune gained a concerned sweatdrop.

"N…Neptune?"

"H-HOLY SMOKES! Noire and Uni?!"

"Y-You guys are here, too?!" Nepgear asked the two sisters.

"Yeah…" Uni said. "…Lastation suffered just as bad as Planeptune did."

"Or maybe even more. Considering how much destruction happened in such a short amount of time." Said a third black-haired girl.

"K-Sha?! You're here, too?!" B-Sha asked.

"B-Sha…so, you survived, too. How much luck did you have with you?"

"Uh…l-luck?"

"Wh-What K-Sha means is…well…Lastation looks HIGHLY different now than it did a few days ago. Well, at least part of it does…" Uni said as she mumbled that last part to herself.

"I see…"

What did she mean by "part" of it?

"Speaking of different…Neptune, what happened to you?" Noire asked her. "You look…ill or something."

"Y-You mean you don't…"

"Sorry, Neptune…" Uni said. "…I didn't get the chance to tell Noire what happened to you because of our own sudden problems that day. It's all on you."

"*sigh* Well, that's just great…" Neptune mumbled to herself.

"Is it really that bad?" Noire asked.

"L-Look, Noire…it's a very serious topic for me. So, don't get all judgmental with your tsundere personality, alright?"

"Wh-What are you talking about?! Just tell me already!"

"Fine." Neptune went silent for a good while. "You see, what happened was…"


Neptune then did the best she could to explain what happened to her these past few days. How Arfoire nearly killed her by shattering her soul, how she can't transform like the rest of them, and how this new "side-effect" of hers is currently making it worse.

I'm surprised she didn't rile up during that whole confession. After what she told me earlier, I was kinda expecting it.

"W-Woah…th-that really happened?" Noire asked in disbelief.

"Yeah…pretty much."

"Shattering souls…I didn't think that was possible." Feli said.

"It normally isn't." Satan said. "But under certain circumstances, it can truly happen to someone."

"Damn…that sucks." Rin said.

"Yeah, it does." Neptune said before going silent for a bit. "You know…stuff like this makes me wish that I wasn't the damn protagonist of this series. And that some other poor unfortunate stupid-ass sap would be constantly put to the brink of death. Again and again and again and AGAIN! Let them suffer through the endless torment of everlasting bullshit! That way I can laugh at their pitiful forgettable lives as they grovel on the crumbled ground they kneel on~! Begging for the sweet release of eternal death~! Hahahahahahahaaaaa~!"

"Wh-What the hell?! This girl's gone crazy!" Ringo yelled in a panic.

"Nep! Snap out of it!" IF said before smacking Neptune in the head as hard as she could.

"D…D-Did I…?"

"Lose control of your anger again? Yeah…you did."

"*sigh* Damnit…"

"Wh-What was…" Noire asked in disbelief.

"That was the "side-effect" we were talking about." Nepgear said. "Neptune gained a very short temper and whenever she thinks of something bad…like what's going on right now…she goes into a violent demented rage and loses control of her sanity. With the only thing to calm her down is to hit her in the head."

"We keep telling her to control her anger…but that doesn't seem to be as easy as we thought." IF added.

"S…Sorry, you all had to see that." Neptune said with her head held low with shame.

"We want to restore her soul as fast as we can…but we don't really know what to do." Nepgear said.

"Well, we have the Ruler of Puyo Hell in this very room." Arle said as she turned to Satan. "Don't you know how to restore souls, Satan?"

"Hmm…honestly, I don't."

"S-Seriously?! You don't?!"

"Guu gu gu gu gu?!"

"But aren't you like the descendant of the Great Demon King or something like that?" Rivitie asked.

"I am…but that's not my line of work. When it comes to manipulating a human's soul…or, in this case, repairing it…it's usually a job for a fallen angel."

"Fallen angel, huh?"

"A fallen angel? Where the hell are we going to find one of those?" Uzume asked.

"Actually…" Arle, Ringo, and I said. "…we do know a fallen angel."

"W-Wait…what?"

"You guys seriously know a fallen angel?" IF asked.

"Yeah, we do." Arle said. "Though, it's mostly me because she just happens to be…"

"Ar…le…sa…MA!"

"Gah!"

"Fufufufu~. I've found you, Arle-sama~. Now, I can be together with my precious little kitten once more~. *giggle*" Then, out of nowhere, the half-fallen angel known as Arly wrapped herself around her identical self in a seductive and perverted manner.

"Pr...Precious little kitten?" Nepgear, Noire, Uni, and K-Sha all asked with faint blushes on their faces.

"C-Cut it out, Arly! People are watching!"

"It's fine~. Let them watch~. I don't mind proving my love to witnesses, Arle-sama~! *giggle*" It was then that Arly slowly started to do deeper within Arle's shirt in an attempt to grope her.

"A-Arly!"

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"Ow!"

"Knock it off, you perverted loon." Rivitie said after hitting Arly in the head. Causing her to let go of Arle.

"*pant* *pant* Damn…sh-she almost freaking groped me." Arle said. Nearly out of breath.

"Must be nice to have breasts big enough to get violated, huh?" Feli and I asked in a pissed-off tone.

"Don't get jealous over that…" Arle gained a sweatdrop.

"Woah…that girl looks exactly like Arle!" B-Sha said in excitement.

"Is this because of that thing you told us earlier?" Noire asked.

"Yep." Arle said. "Much like how Ringo has Cheri, Arly Nadja is my clone. Although, she's a bit different from the others."

"Different?"

"For one…because of events that happened in Dream Land, she's half soul and half fallen angel. The other thing is…uh…"

"*whine* And here I thought I could finally have my way with Arle-sama!" Arly complained. "But you keep stopping me, Rivitie! Are you trying to steal Arle-sama away from me?! I won't allow it! I'll kill ANYONE who dares to take my precious little kitten from me! ARLE-SAMA IS MINE~!"

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"Calm down, you idiot." Rivitie said after hitting Arly again.

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"She's...madly in love with Arle." I said. "Like a lot."

"Yeah…I think we understand that part, Am." IF said with a sweatdrop.

"Look, Arly. We just need you to fix my cousin's soul."

"Huh? Your cousin?"

"That would be me." Neptune said. "My soul is shattered and I was told that a fallen angel can fix it. So, can you help me out?"

"Oh~! Well, sure I can. *giggle* Just strip completely naked and we can get started."

"Phew! That's a relief. All I gotta do to get my soul fixed is…w-wait, what?! Strip completely naked?! Why the hell do I gotta do that?!"

"Arly, is this some kind of joke?" Arle asked.

"I would NEVER joke with you, Arle-sama~. It's just that clothes get in the way of the process due to how thick they can be. So, it's better to just do it naked. It can be a rather titillating experience for certain people. *giggle*"

"Oh, God…" Neptune began shaking in mild fear.

"Wh-Why don't we put that aside for now and focus on other things." Histoire said. "I'm sure Primp Town is experiencing some of its own problems, is it not?"

"Oh, yeah!" Ecolo said. "Now that Arly's here, we might as well continue confessing about that little plan of ours! Now, where did we leave off?"

"*sigh* My dignity have been saved…" Neptune mumbled to herself in total relief.

"It won't be for long, Neptune." I said to her.


Neptune's POV

For the most part of what this Ecolo guy was telling us about this plan of theirs, it was stuff that we already knew in Planeptune. Ridel, Arfoire, and Kurome teaming up, stealing the Zodiac Stones and using their power to fuse the worlds and shatter my soul…there wasn't really much to pay attention to for a while. Other than the parts about Kurome revived a girl named Shiro for some reason.

And also…

"So, Arfoire fled here, huh?" Nepgear asked.

"Yeah, she did." Noire said. "We ran into her yesterday and I fought against her. She's definitely more powerful now than she was before. Probably due to one of those Zodiac Stones things you guys were talking about."

"So, she still has one…even after dropping the Sagittarius Topaz back in Planeptune." Sagey said. "Do you know which one was it?"

"Uh…I-I didn't get a good look at it. S-Something else was going on at the time."

Something else?

"I think I remember there being a purple one from the day Arfoire shattered Nep-Nep's soul." Compa said.

"Oh, yeah...that purple one." Uzume said. "It made some kind of distortion field appear and felt like our minds were about to explode."

"Even though it was not Arfoire's own power, it was still a dangerous feeling." Histoire added.

"The purple one…" Resta said to herself. "…that's the Libra Opal. Raum's Zodiac Stone."

"Why would she take THAT one?" Sagey asked. "Libra is the weakest one out of the 12 Zodiac Signs."

"The weakest? Ha! Looks like that dumbass Arbore couldn't even keep a strong Zodiac Stone with her! What a damn sap!" I gloated.

"She may have the weakest one, but Libra is still pretty powerful. It has a good chance of instantly killing you if used right."

"Like what she did to me." Noire said as she pointed at the bandage wrapped around her head.

"R-Right…sorry."

"As to where she is, we have no idea." Lemres said. "She fled once Rivitie appeared. Not wanting to fight against the Dark Soul."

"Huh…she did the same thing back in Planeptune." Amitie said. "She fled once she found out that I was the Light Soul."

"You think it's some kind of weakness?" Ringo asked.

"*sigh* I don't know. She knows my mom…so, anything's possible, really."

It's still crazy to me that Melody basically startled this long path of events for…4 different worlds at this point. I guess she isn't as lazy as I knew her as…

"Anyway~…" Ecolo said. "…that should be everything now that everyone's all caught up. And thus, ends the story, folks. *giggle*"

"Hold it, Ecolo." Ringo said. "You said that you and the others knew about this happening from the start. Is there anyone else that had some idea about it?"

"What do you mean, Ringie?"

"I mean…there's no way you would know about Gamindustri or the Babylon Nebula without SOME info from somebody there. Who else was a part of this "preparation" of yours?"

"Well~…" Ecolo went silent for a good while.

"Damnit, Ecolo! Enough with the games!" Noire yelled.

"Fine, fine. Along with the five of us, there were two other people involved. First was the Queen of the Stars, Nasos."

"So, Lady Nasos did knew about this." Resta said. "I'm not all that surprised, honestly. But she still could've at least told us SOMETHING about it."

"I'm sure she had her reasons, Resta." Sagey said. "After what we went through that day."

"Yeah, true."

"So, this other person?" Ringo asked Ecolo.

"The other person was someone from Gamindustri. She got involved at the last minute, though. So, it explains why that world took the most damage so far."

"Someone from Gamindustri? Who might that be?" Histy asked.

"Hmm…her name's slipping my mind a little. Should be easy to remember…"

It was then that Ecolo finally told us the name of the person he worked with. And for those of us who call Gamindustri home, it was the biggest plot twist this series has ever had.

"…Oh, yeah! She said her name was Vert."

"Wh…WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" I shouted in complete shock.

"A-Are you serious?!" Noire yelled."Vert KNEW?! And didn't say anything?!"

"Ooh~. Sounds like you two are mad~. *giggle*"

"AS IF THAT WASN'T FREAKING OBVIOUS!" Noire and I both yelled at the shadowy blob.

"Vert knew about all of this? Why would she tackle it all on her own and not tell any of us?" Uni asked.

"I wish I had an answer…" Nepgear said. "…but this IS Vert we're talking about. Her reasons for not telling us could be anything. Even if it's R-18 related."

"So, I'm guessing this Vert girl is…" Amitie said.

"Oh, right. Vert is the CPU of Leanbox. The nation that's completely gone in Gamindustri right now. She can be elegant and mature…but she has a bit of a perverted side."

"A bit, huh?"

"Sounds a lot like Peruvis, honestly." Feli said.

"Tch! So, she knew…Vert knew this whole time and didn't say a damn thing…that goddamn blonde bimbo is the reason why my soul is shattered!" I shouted in a complete rage. "The absolute fucking nerve of that…"

"Nepsy…anger." Umio said to me.

"*sigh* Sorry…" I then went silent for a bit. "…Hey, Arly. You think you can take a look at my soul now?"

"You want to do it now?" Arle asked.

"Might as well get it over with. Before I end up hurting someone I care about."

"Fufufufu~! Well then, Neptune…" Arly said with a really perverted smile on her face. "…prepare to have the most titillating experience you've EVER had~! *giggle*"

"*gulp* Oh, God…" I felt my spine shiver.

I'm so totally gonna get molested…

Author's Note: Amitie FINALLY returns to Primp! And after tagging along and having an unexpected reunion with Noire, Neptune learns a shocking piece of info that really no one saw coming.

This will most likely be the last chapter of the year. I was originally working on Feli's Summer Break...but then, this kept popping up in my mind and I ended up working on it for the past few days. But this time, I'm REALLY going to focus on that story. It probably won't be finished by the end of the year, but it'll come close.

Thanks for reading. Later.