Hello everyone. It is me for another chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
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Chapter 6: Arrival to the
new dimension
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Whipping winds nipped at his eyelids, causing them to tighten their grasp over his eyeballs as Naruto's consciousness began rebooting itself. He wasn't sure when it had shut down like a computer being turned off due to a lack of power, but his brain never caught on to that question or an answer. Slowly, his eyes began to open and when they did, two things became apparent.
"...Ngh…. Ugh… Huh….?"
The first? The reason for his apparent inability to think about why he had fallen unconscious became all too apparent. This also led to the second option:
How the male was falling through the skies, evident by the clouds rapidly passing through them.
"Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-!" Losing control over his vocal cords, Naruto turned into a flag with how he began flapping his arms and legs in the breeze in some desperate bid to slow himself down.
What the hell?
What happened?
Where was he?
WHY THE HELL WAS HE FALLING THROUGH THE FREAKING SKIES, DATTEBAYO?!
"Well…this is a predicament…" a familiar voice mused beside him, taking the blonde out of his musings for the moment. Quickly recognizing the curious tone that it was sporting as well as the feminine undertone it had, Naruto looked to the side and saw a certain pint-sized goddess who didn't take anything seriously (Neptune: hey, buster! No serious shaming up in this hood!) falling close by him, a hand under her chin. Unlike him whose body had been descending with his head angled down, she'd somehow shifted to a position akin to laying atop a chair, sprawled out in all manner of lazy undertones. "We're falling, aren't we?" she remarked like she were talking about the weather.
Naruto stared at her in bafflement, wondering just how she could keep herself calm in this situation. Normal people would react more like him especially if they're not trained in this sort of thing… but then again Neptune couldn't be called 'normal' now could she? "...How in the world are you not panicking?" He eventually asked after finding his voice.
Neptune looked at him like she was trying to read in a foreign language, the 'Are you kidding me?' force is quite strong with this one. "But… I mean, this always happens, so I'm used to it. Something like this won't even make me panic." she commented with a shrug of her shoulders. "So since I'm the resident falling master, I figure I'd laze about on my comfy couch before anything goes down."
"Uh huh…"
Guess this was just one of Neptune's many quirks, Naruto mused to himself with a strange sense of calmness descending over him. He had to admit he didn't expect that honestly, but expecting the unexpected was pretty much standard for the Planeptune CPU according to a guidebook released by Histoire that was mandatory for all Basilicom staff.
Many had been sent to the mental asylum due to not reading it.
Naruto looked down briefly and he saw the landmass of Gamindustri. However, while he was happy to see they were in Gamindustri, he noticed something was off.
First of all, he noticed that there was no snow land around the area Lowee was supposed to be which was odd since the seasons usually stayed the same all year round in Gamindustri. Instead, all he saw was some forest lands that replaced the snowy planes, there being a lot of browns instead of greens. In the middle of said forest looked to be a city of sorts… but it wasn't like any he had ever seen before, and it did NOT look anything like the Lowee he knew in the slightest with its square-ish buildings with various roofs jutting out of it. Not a shred of mushroom-tipped houses in sight.
Still, there was this sense of… familiarity about it that he just couldn't quite grasp.
Then, he noticed the shape of the continent was not the same, as the Gamindustri he knew. Plus there is the fact that Lastation wasn't even there, and more mountains separated the landmass. There were also two smaller continents on either side, though he couldn't make out much about those.
All of these meant one thing… but he didn't want to think about it too much though.
How did he know about Gamindustri's geography? He had a map of Gamindustri that IF had given him in preparation for his journeys throughout the continent. According to her, an adventurer was always in need of the most updated maps since they had things like travel routes, areas with high chances of surprise encounters from monsters, and the like. Considering she had been a veteran of such things and that Histoire agreed with her, Naruto had naturally agreed to have one.
Glad that he did, he now was.
Bringing himself out of his musings while ignoring the image of a small green-colored creature, Naruto then glanced at Neptune once more with his mind wondering if he should break the news. But this didn't last long before he shelved the idea, since they were still falling from an absurdly high altitude.
Something that Neptune soon took notice of as she began sweating a bit. "We've been falling for 30 minutes now and the velocity is no joke," she remarked, nervously switching herself into a skydiving position as she looked around. She soon landed her gaze on Naruto who just as panicked as she was quickly finding herself to be. "W-W-wait, wait, wait! This is bad, isn't it? It's super bad, right?"
Seeing her panicked look, Naruto grabbed Neptune's hand before pulling her closer. For a moment neither of them said anything as Neptune got a close-up at his face, a face that had the makings of an otome game character if Neptune could compare them to the games that Vert played so often that they're her life. Not like Neptune had any room to brag though. It almost seemed like a fantasy as Neptune imagined daisies, flowers and various shoujo designs adorning Naruto's features.
That fantasy…
Got shattered when Naruto pulled her below him with a determined gaze. "Hold on tight! You're going to be my mattress, Nep-chan!"
"Wait, what!?"
Neptune's eyes widened greatly when she heard that, she was in no way gonna be prepared to be used as a landing pillow, that's not her role here! That was someone else's, her petite Nep bod couldn't handle being beneath a massive hulking physique from a boy!
Those thoughts passed through her mind in seconds before she blinked owlishly after having noticed two girls standing close to their landing destination. Their descent speed meant there were only seconds till impact, and these girls didn't seem like they'd noticed the two of them… which meant only one thing. "Well, hello there, that twin-tailed girl is someone that we know~"
Naruto sweatdropped before the two crashed landing on the two girls.
THUD!
Immediately the two crashed, creating a massive dust cloud with Naruto internally swearing through his disoriented vision that they'd made an earthquake or something. Thanks to the whole dust cloud covering their surroundings, the two had a bit of privacy to try to recover from the impact… though it didn't look too good.
"Owwieee~"
"That…hurts…somehow…" Neptune groaned painfully, with her eyes nothing but whirlpool spirals swirling constantly. Heck little birds and stars could be seen circling over her head as she mumbled incoherently "You're cruel…Naruto-kun…"
Naruto wasn't faring much better, even with the fact his CPU friend had cushioned their fall after willingly donating her life for his sake. He wanted to weep tears of joy that the brave soldier Neptune had made it through this tough scrape in one piece. But all that came out of his mouth were the following words. "You're a CPU, Nep-chan… your body is stronger than mine…"
Neptune… didn't have anything to say to that. "But still…" she tried nonetheless, before trailing off and relinquishing the round to her protege. But with the way she gave Naruto the stink eye, she indicated she would not be letting this go forever. Nobody out-pranks Neptune and gets away with it!
…even if the tally was 100000 to 0 right now!
"Areeee~~? You two are still alive… Are the two of you alright…?"
Both of them then tensed when they remembered that they weren't alone, aided by the fact that someone else whom they hadn't recognized spoke to them from the side. Upon looking in the direction they came from, the duo found someone kneeling next to them with her arms wrapped around her knees, looking at them rather curiously. This someone took the form of a girl as petite as Neptune herself, sporting light purple hair tied into a braid behind her head, held in place by a pink frilly ribbon. She sported magenta-coloured eyes staring down at them with childish wonder.
The first thing Naruto thought upon seeing her was how her dress looked. The Dress had a mixture of different colours to it such as teal blue, with white light orange and pink as secondary colours… though if he were honest he already liked that she wore orange a bit more than the average person, making her seem cooler in his eyes. 'Huh… those clothes look more like Pyjamas than actual clothes…' Naruto thought when his gaze fell upon her thigh-high socks that were striped in different pink shades tucked into some pink fuzzy bunny slippers.
Meanwhile, Neptune shot into a sitting position and knocked Naruto off her like he were a Jenga block. "'Sup? Oh, yeah, a fall like this is nothing! I'm what you'd call a seasoned sky-faller!"
"More like a seasonal sky-faller!" Naruto retorted on his ass, rubbing his glutes with an irritable pout on his features.
The other girl clasped her hands together with a look of amazement on her features. "Ohhhh, a seasonal sky-faller…" she whispered in awe at the sight of them like she were discovering precious jewels for the first time.
The said seasonal sky-faller glared up at the fourth wall and then at the blonde. "Hey, Naruto-Kun! I've got a reputation to keep here! No dissing me, the author's gonna do that plenty!" Neptune pouted at the whiskered blonde who turned his head away in a fake innocent manner. Noting to try punishing him later, Neptune turned back to the other girl and adopted her usual cheerful expression. "Anyway, my name's Neptune and this is Naruto-kun!"
Shaking his head at having to annoy his favourite Planeptune CPU, Naruto offered his signature toothy grin as well as a cheerful wave. "Nice to meet you!" he exclaimed cheerfully.
The girl seemed to like his sunny attitude though, as she beamed just as brightly at the two after testing their names on her tongue like a confused explorer trying to figure out the history of some ruins. "Neptune? Naruto? I'm Plutia…nice to meet you~"
Neptune hummed in thought before her features scrunched up when she tried to do the same thing. "Plutia? Too many syllables! Can I call you Plutie instead?" in the end, she gave up and requested to give the girl a nickname.
This Plutia person happily nodded at this request, quite chill about someone mispronouncing the name she had been born with. It honestly would baffle any normal person in any case, but then again normal was probably a foreign concept in Gamindustri. "Oh? Sure… then I will call you Neppy too…" Plutia then turned to Naruto who was watching their interaction. "Do you not have a nickname for me…?"
"Ugh…" Naruto put a finger under his chin. Unlike Neptune, he wasn't that good at coming up with cute nicknames for girls. It was more of a girls' thing, he remembered how sometimes some of the older servants got cute nicknames from his sisters whilst the guys just went with their usual names. He guessed it was just a girl thing as the author stated earlier. In the end, he decided on something simple despite being able to say her name properly. "How about Tia?"
Good thing that the girl liked the nickname, either that or she just didn't mind as long as she got one. Naruto got the feeling that she was on the latter side. "It has a nice ring, I'll call you Naru-kun then~"
The blonde nodded before he moved on to the first order of business. That was to find out where the hell they were, he already had an idea as to where but the how and why eluded him. He just wanted some further validation. "By the way, Tia, where are we? I don't think I've ever seen this place before."
For a moment Plutia blinked in confusion, not having expected that question though it worried Naruto slightly that the question seemed to throw her off so much. He may not be the most intelligent guy there was, but that honour went to his sister Blanc though she was a girl, even he didn't remain blind to that concern. "Here? We're at Planeptune, it was recently chartered not long ago…"
"Planeptune?" Neptune questioned disbelievingly, adjusting her position on the 'thing' under her as Naruto moved to the side. "Nuh-uh, I know Planeptune like the back of my hand but I've never seen this place before."
"Whaaaaaat? Really…? But I'm telling you the truth…"
"Yup…" Neptune and Naruto began to look around, a growing pit of dread in his gut that he tried to conceal. "This is some kind of hidden camera reality show thing, isn't it?" The CPU of Planeptune put on a smug look. "You've picked the wrong girl to play a prank on. Ain't no way you'd be able to trick Planeptune's CPU!"
"Whoaaaaa! You're Planeptune's CPU too? I mean I am one too…"
Wait wha? Neptune immediately felt the wind vacate her sails when she heard those words while Naruto widened his eyes at her. This girl was a CPU? She did NOT look it, no way in hell. In Naruto's mind, he crossed the girl's visage over with Blanc and Noire's forms… only to internally shake his head in disbelief. He stayed silent though, letting Neptune speak since she and she were the ones locked in conversation. "H-Huh? D-did Histy pick a new CPU when we're out patrolling?"
The two sky-fallers then felt something underneath them moving before Plutia could continue.
"How long are you gonna chat while sitting on me!?"
"The ground talks!"
Both Naruto and Neptune, yelling those words in startled unison, jumped to their feet.
"Uh-oh…! Noire, you never told me that you're a mole person…" Plutia sheepishly said.
The twin-tailed girl U-Noire (That's the name i'll give for the Ultradimension's Noire, and i'll do the same with the others.) stands up, with a tick mark on her forehead. "Because i'm not obviously! Did you forget I was here?!" She asked as she crossed her arms on her chests.
"Aaaah, I'm sooooo sorry~ I was having so much fun talking to Neppy and Naru-kun that I forgot~" Plutia apologised, putting her hands together.
U-Noire turned to the pair of sky-fallers with an angry expression."As for YOU TWO! Falling out of the sky, really!? It's absurd that you fell on me like that!"
"Correction!" Naruto raised a hand, unflinching from the glare that U-Noire threw at him. "It was Nep-chan's fault that she redirected our landing spot here when she saw you, Noire-chan."
"Traitor!"
Neptune complained.
U-Noire turned to glare at the sheepish Neptune.
"So yeah, I'm sorry and all that, but it's not like I fell because I wanted to. It was one of those unstoppable, complex plot-advancing inevitable or whatever."
Neptune said sheepishly.
U-Noire then turned to Naruto.
"Wait… how did you know my name? You sound like we're closer or whatever."
U-Noire asked with a suspicious glance which ringed something on Naruto's mind. So they're in a different dimension as he suspected… He was about to say something, but Neptune answered the question first.
"Bwa! Don't be so snooty. We're best buds, and Naruto and you are closer than anyone else, so there's no need for anger." Neptune said, but that only annoyed U-Noire even more.
"Stop dodging the question, and answer my question!" U-Noire demanded as her patience started to reach it limits.
"Wow Noire~ you're friends with Neppy, and Naru-kun too…?" Plutia asked innocently.
"I don't know who they are! Jeez, you two are acting pretty familiar for someone i just met." U-Noire growled out.
"Just met?! What're you…" Neptune was about to say, but she was interrupted by weird sounds coming right toward them very fast.
"Everyone! On your guards! We can ask questions later!" Naruto suddenly shouted, having drawn Greed from his sheathe and gotten into a battle stance. Having adopted the Hanging Right guard stance, Naruto held his blade diagonally downwards above his right shoulder in two hands, his features set into a firm grim expression.
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Timeskip
(Sorry, but this is due to my lack of knowledge about Monster Hunter, and my helper won't continue this story anymore it seems...)
The group finally arrived in the city of Planeptune, and the Velociprey led by a big Velocidrome that was eventually killed by a monster known as the Rathalos, finally abandoned the chase as they roared in anger of losing their leader, and fled back to the forest's depth much to everyone's relief.
"D-Damn it that was a close one…" Naruto said while trying to catch his breath.
"Y-Yeah. We're lucky we even made it out alive!" U-Noire said catching her breath. That was a very long chase.
"Those things almost got me… I'm still upset I couldn't transform into my HDD form." Neptune muttered while she pouted.
Naruto heard her, and he couldn't help but agree with her.
Why wasn't she able to transform? That was a huge question in Naruto's mind right now. They needed to head to Planeptune's Basilicom where they could recover right now. That scratch on Naruto's back's going to hurt for a while…
First they got ass kicked by some new monsters they never saw before, then they're sent in this new dimension, and now they were ambushed by theses bird like monsters. What the hell was going on, Naruto wondered himself in his mind.
"Awww i wanted to play with them~" Plutia pouted out. She wanted to transform so badly, but U-Noire would always forbid her to transform for some reason, which made Naruto even more curious of why she isn't allowed to transform.
"Anyway. Let's head to the Basilicom. There is alot of things you need to know." U-Noire said, while staring at Neptune, and Naruto especially. During their battle, Neptune claimed to be Planeptune's CPU which U-Noire didn't believed but she couldn't transform which led them to retreat, but ended up being chased by theses Velociprey in the end.
As for Plutia? Let's just say that something scary then Blanc's wrath, and Histoire's lecture would be unleashed if she were to transform.
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Unknown place…
"Wh-what? What do you mean that she sent them to this world?!" The first feminine voice asked nervously, and surprised.
"Instead of 'sent', it was more like a happy incident. Hahahaha!" The second feminine voice said mischievously.
"This is not a laughing matter! Have you just realized WHO she just sent right now?!" The first voice asked almost yelling.
"Yeesh chill out, will you? This is kind of like your just desserts. In a twisted and unsavoury manner of speaking, hahaha!" The second voice added in not caring about the small details.
"Ugh… You don't have to laugh so hard…" The first voice muttered before continuing. "In any event, something needs to be done." She said with a sigh.
"And what is this 'something'?" The other voice asked curious what she meant by that.
"U-Um, well…" The first voice took a breath. "I'll report it to everyone else, and they'll figure out what to do! Hopefully, this won't come back to bite us…" She said.
"Tossing it to the others huh? Pathetic. Are they dependable?" The voice asked uncaringly. As long they entertain her, it was not her problem at all. Though, deep inside, she hope the newcomers, especially the blonde one will provide entertainment for her.
"E-Everything will work out! The Seven Sages will be able to do something…" The voice said unconfidently. "Probably…" She added with a sigh.
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Meanwhile in the Hyperdimension…
Nepgear, and Histoire started to get worried now. They haven't seen Neptune for a couple of hours now since she would usually come back shortly to play her games. Something must have happened to her but they couldn't describe what.
When Histoire was about to sent Nepgear search for Neptune, Blanc in her HDD mode arrived to the Basilicom and Histoire could see that Blanc was not quite happy.
"Blanc-san? What are you doing here?" Histoire asked, though she have a feeling this isn't good at all.
"Histoire-san have you seen Naru-kun somewhere?! I've got words that Naruto were gone to Planeptune!" White Heart asked seriously which surprised both Histoire, and Nepgear.
"W-what?! But we didn't seen Naruto-kun for a whole day, and i know Neptune would tell us if she see him, or Naruto himself would come to the Basilicom." Histoire said worried.
"A-and we didn't see Neptune for the whole day neither… I'm worried now…" Nepgear said voiced her own worry. Perhaps she was too harsh to Neptune? No she couldn't think that way, but a part of her wanted to apologise Neptune.
Now White Heart started to be really worried now. She didn't see him this morning, and she heard from the Basilicom staffs that Naruto were gone to Planeptune, but if Naruto wasn't here, then something must have happened.
"Damn it! Where the hell is he?!" White Heart cursed herself. This is getting frustrating now. First Naruto sneaked out from the Basilicom without her to notice, then Naruto has gone missing for the whole day.
Now this normally wouldn't worry her that much, but since she wanted to have a REAL discussion with him about yesterday, and about that sword he buyed as she had a bad feeling about that sword, she didn't want to take any risk this time around. She should have known better that her little brother could sneak out without being noticed. As she was about to say something else, IF came inside the Basilicom as she tried to catch some breath which surprised everyone in the Basilicom.
"Everyone! I have some… bad news. Nep, and Naruto-kun… this is bad!"
"Something happened to my little brother?! Tell me!" White Heart impatiently asked as she frowned, but tried to keep her anger in check.
"W-well… I've seen Naruto-kun walking all the way to the Virtua Forest to catch up with Neptune, so i followed him through the forest, then he, and Neptune met Rei Ryight from who i saw, then all the sudden without any warning, she sent both Neptune, and Naruto-kun in that black hole…" IF said catching her breath.
"That BITCH! I'm going to kill her!" White Heart said in anger. Both Rom, and Ram where surprised, yet horrified that their little brother was sent into a black whole. They started to tears up at the mention of that which White Heart take noticed and flinched by that.
"Lady Blanc, calm yourself down." A man beside her said. It was Mr. Badd who recently started to work in the Basilicom as Blanc's second right hand, and butler, as a means to redeem himself after Naruto changed his ways after he was told the truth about what happened years ago. "I know you are angry, and you have every right to do so, but think for a moment. We currently don't know where Rei is right now." He said as he crossed his arms on his chest. "All we can do for now is trust Naruto-sama, and the Planeptune's CPU for a time being." He added, and while Blanc didn't like the whole situation, she let out a sigh trying her best to calm down. Though she still wants to give Rei a piece of her mind of messing with her little brother.
"Fine." White Heart muttered with a low growl as she transformed back to her human self.
"But are you sure we can trust Neptune? I mean this is Neptune we're talking about, and knowing her, she would probably laze around." Noire who visited early pointed out her arms crossing on her chest with a small frown.
"Even so, Naruto is with her, and we have no choice but to place our faith on her for now." Histoire said with a little worry on her voice. "If Naruto, and Neptune is sent in another dimension, then i could try to contact my other selves from the other dimensions, but this will take me three days to establish the connection."
Meanwhile, both Vert, and Asuna who just came in time to heard the whole conversation didn't said anything through the entire meeting which was rare, but understandable since they were both worry about Naruto.
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Ultradimension: Planeptune's guilde
"So this is the guild huh? I must say, it's quite different from the one in my dimension" Naruto said to himself, as the girls clearly heard him. Mostly a annoyed U-Noire that was been teased by Neptune.
When they reached the Basilicom, they were talking alot about the current situation, and two topics picked the interest of both Neptune, and Naruto.
One of them was a object that is known as the CPU Memory. No one except Histoire knew who created these artifacts, but all they knew was that a CPU Memory has the power to transform their host into a Goddesses, and it is required for a person to absorb a CPU Memory in order to become a Goddess. However, it doesn't come without risk, as if the CPU Memory is absorbed by someone who has not what it takes to become a Goddess, the unlucky person will transform into a monster instead.
The other topic is a organization called the Seven Sages. Apparently, the organization has caused problems recently, and they apparently trying to destroy the totalitarian state ruled by the Goddesses, and establishing equal society by implementing their proper regulation.
Though it was also rumoured that one member of the Seven Sages has been caught on doing some shady business, and experiments, which sent shivers on Naruto's spine.
Back to the present, Neptune went closer to Naruto, as she him gave a teaseful look
"Of course it's different Naru-kun~ And our quest will be different from the other one we had in our dimension. We're not alone this time since we have Plutie, and our lovely loner with us~" Neptune said with a teaseful manners, as the smug on her face was showed.
"S-Stop saying that, i told you i have friends!" U-Noire started to get frustrating by Neptune's antics. It was like that ever since their talk in the Basilicom, and unfortunately for her, Neptune isn't going to stop teasing her anytime soon.
"Were you fighting after all?" Plutia asked in a rather dark manner which sent shivers on U-Noire's spines.
"N-No we're not fighting." U-Noire said while she was sweating in fear, which made Naruto even more curious. He made a small cough getting their attention.
"Sorry about that Noire-chan… Neptune is always like that, even in our dimension, and knowing her, she will not stop anytime soon. But it's mostly because-"
"We're both friends that's why!" Neptune chimed in with a huge smile on her face, interrupting Naruto.
U-Noire groaned a little for that fact, but she nodded in understanding. At least, Neptune only teased her, and her counterpart because they are friends, even through she just met Neptune, and Naruto hours ago.
"Anyway, let's create our Guild Card, and let's take a look on the quests, maybe there will be a good quest for us." Naruto said, as he went with Neptune to the office to create their Guild Card. U-Noire, and Plutia already had their cards years before they met Naruto, and Neptune.
After a couple of minutes, Naruto, and Neptune with their Guild Card newly made, went to check on the available quests. Unfortunately, since their cards were just been created, they could only take D Ranked Quests for now.
Naruto then saw a specific quest, which makes him irked, as tick marks were on his forehead.
The quest was to eliminate specific amount of Dogoos that roamed around the Virtua Forest.
Again.
"Oh an easy quest! We're taking it!" Neptune cheerfully said, as she snatched the quest from the wall, as Naruto glared at her, annoyed which U-Noire took notice. She take a look in the quests, and eyed a very annoyed Naruto.
They were just a brunch of Dogoos, so everything should be fine.
Right…?
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Ultradimension: Virtua Forest
"COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE BASTARDS OF A SLIME!" Naruto loudly said, as he was chassing after the Dogoos in hope to commit a genocide. Once again, the Dogoos managed to caught him, and Neptune off guards and started to lick them which pissed Naruto off.
How wrong U-Noire was. The way Naruto exploded reminded her a certain someone from another nation. She didn't heard much about her, except her short temper personality. While they obiviously had to kill the dogoos, this is just massacre. She made a mental note to not go on Naruto's bad side.
As Naruto continued his onslaught, Neptune couldn't help but giggling at Naruto's antics. He is Blanc's little brother alright, even through he rarely explode like that.
"Maaaaybe we shouldn't take that quest. Naru-kun hasn't gotten over how his first quest with the Dogoos went" Neptune said sheepfully, as U-Noire just stared at her with the 'wtf' expression.
"What do you mean~?" Plutia asked with curiosity on her mind.
"Weeell, let's just said that the little guys licked him all over the body, and us as well, and… let's just say it didn't ended up well for the Dogoos, since Naru-kun almost commited a genocide against the Dogoos races. I've forgotten that he is still pissed from that~" Neptune sheepishly explained how their previous quest went, as U-Noire just facepalmed.
"And you just remembered it NOW?!" U-Noire asked as she groaned. "Anyhow, i think we should stop Naruto's rampage. We already completed our quest anyway, no thanks to you."
"NEPU?!" Neptune lost her balance, as she falls on the grass with her face meeting the ground at this.
"Heeey maybe if i transform, i can calm him down-"
"NO!" U-Noire immediately interrupted Plutia who pouted cutely.
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Ultradimension Planeptune's Guild
After completing their first quest in the new dimension (and after calming Naruto down from his rampage), they went back to the guild to report their quest to take another quest, when something caught Neptune's eyes
"Hey hey Noire! Naru-kun!" Neptune called U-Noire, and Naruto out.
"Whatsup?" Naruto said cheerfully forgotten his previous pissed mood earlier.
"What? As quiet as ever, i hear." U-Noire said visibly annoyed as she crossed her arms wanted to get over it already.
"Colder as the coldest cold…" Neptune whined before she immediately went back to her cheerful mood. "Anyway, check out this Quest! It's close to Lowee's borders!" Neptune said cheerfully which immediately caught Naruto's attention.
"Lowee huh…" Naruto muttered to himself. The more he think about it, the more he wondering how his sisters will react once they learn Naruto has disappeared. A dreadful thoughts went in Naruto's mind, and in his mind, he paled greatly. Hopefully Blanc won't become a demon incarnate too much. Little he knew how wrong he is… In the same time, it was his fault too. Had he told Blanc that he would go in Planeptune, them maybe she wouldn't blow up that much.
"Uh-uh, and…?" U-Noire asked with curiosity evident in her voice. Especially how she caught Naruto's reaction when Lowee was mentionned.
"Lowee, i tell ya! Lowee! That means Blanc, and Naruto's big sister!" Neptune said with a cheerful manner.
"Wait WHAT?!" U-Noire asked visibly surprised, and eyed Naruto, who caught that reaction, and he nodded, and stared at Neptune for an explaination.
"Weelll, you see, Naruto was born in a nation i'd rather not say anything about it, and basically, Blanc took him with her, and she adopted Naruto since he was a baby, which quickly became a part of the big family~" Neptune briefly resumed Naruto's story cheerfully, as U-Noire couldn't help, but notice a certain venom tone in the mention of a said nation. Something horrible must have happened in the said nation. She didn't know how right she is.
"I… see…" Noire said before continued. "Well i guess i recall Lowee's CPU going by that name…" She said still surprised that Lowee's CPU adopted a child like that.
"I knew it! Blanc is Lowee's CPU. Yesire!"
"You look so happy Neppy~" Plutia said with her smile present in her face.
"Well yeah, we know each others! But then again, she might've been remplaced by a clone too…" Neptune said as she let out a small sigh at that.
"Wow, so you're also friends with Lowee's CPU, and Naru-kun her little brother too~ cooool~" Plutia cheerfully said truly happy for them.
U-Noire had enough as tick marks appeared on her face.
"Enough with the clone nonsense. And Plutia, i know that i told you to stop being so gullible!" U-Noire said as she became more, and more annoyed by that.
"Hmm… Okey, i'll go and say hi! Noire's been a huge downer, so maybe Blanc will be better!" Neptune said, but immediately stopped when she noticed that Naruto didn't said any words since Lowee was mentionned. "Hey what's wrong Naru-kun? Aren't you happy to see your big, and lovely sister?" Neptune said obiviously teasing him.
"It's not that, it's just… Something that has been in my mind that's all. I wouldn't mind to see how the Lowee from this dimension looks like." He admitted with a small nod, which irked U-Noire even more, as she caught Neptune by her hood.
"Excuse me? Go and say 'hi'?! Stop right there missy and mister!" U-Noire reprimanded the two of them with a sharp stare.
"Urgh whatever Mom!" a chuckle from Naruto at this "You can't tell me what to do!" Neptune said, as she pouted childishly. Noire just sighed at this hopeless case.
"Like hell i'm your mother. I'm stopping you for your own good." U-Noire said.
"Why is that? Is there something wrong in Lowee?" He said with a sudden serious face in his voice which Neptune immediately paled as such seriousness question.
"No it's not like that, but if someone like Neptune waltzed into Lowee's territory, who knows what awful things would happens to her." U-Noire said in hope she would convince Neptune, and Naruto to not going to Lowee. Not yet anyway.
"Awful things? You don't mean cords, and tentacles again do you? Thoses things were the worst…" Neptune whined, and shuddered as such awful memories during the ASIC's incident before Naruto were born.
"WHERE THE HELL DID YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?!" Naruto yelled not knowing about that part during the ASIC's incident (Except of the CPU's freedom by the Candidates of Planeptune, Lastation, and Lowee, and the defeat of the Deity of Sins), as he turned his head toward Neptune so hard, that a crack could be heard. "Actually nevermind with that thing. I don't want to know!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Cords and tentacles…? And why Naru-kun is horrified by that…?" Plutia asked innocently. Too innocently in U-Noire's, and Naruto's taste.
"Don't you freaking dare explain those to her, Neptune!" Naruto warned her as she stared at her like a little demon incarnate which Neptune nervously chuckled. He mastered this 'skill' after an incident involved an unfortunate person who had the gall to call his big sister flat, and a child, as the person made Rom cry right in front of him. Let's just say that it didn't ended well for the said person. Especially after Blanc joined in Naruto's little rampage. No one ever pull out the same stun since then.
"And you Plutia, don't sound so interested!" U-Noire warned Plutia, until something came up in her mind "Wait… 'again'? Are you serious?!" U-Noire yelled in surprise visibly not expected that.
"Don't Noire-chan. Just don't." Naruto said with a sigh. But he knew what Neptune meant, and hopefully Blanc could give him a proper explanation about this.
"Dang. You responded to a lot for key points in one line! Not too shabby, Noire." Neptune praised U-Noire as the previous conversation was forgotten.
"I really don't enjoy your praise. I have to keep interjected because you two girls says the dumbest things!" She muttered out loud clearly annoyed.
"Dumb thing aside, why do you think bad stuff would go down if we went to Lowee?" Neptune finally asked visibly curious now.
"Uh, well… Lowee is veeeery mysterious, and isolated… We're told to stay away so…" Plutia said with a small sigh of disappointment in her voice.
"In other words, the nation is very strict about visitors right?" Naruto asked, as U-Noire nodded.
"Yeah. Maybe it became so strict because it was the only nation that existed for a long time. It's difficult enough just to leave that place… I can't imagine the red tape required to get in… I've never heard of any crimes, or scandals happening within. Once you get in, maybe it's peaceful." U-Noire added agreed with Naruto.
"Hmm…" Naruto humed to himself deep in his mind right now.
"Uh-huh… So basically, the Lowee i know, and this place are different." Neptune muttered out loud. She then goes on various theory such as the Blanc from this dimension might be evil, and the likes, but not said it out loud in the presence of Naruto juuust in case.
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Seven Sages headquarters
In a secret headquarters located in a isolated island, a familiar blue-haired woman, and blue-green eyes framed with eyeglasses raised up from her chair, as she started her speech.
"Um, hmm… Th-thank you all so much for coming here today. So um, well…" the woman said uncertainty, and lacking of confidence. That didn't helped when a loud voice rudely interrupted her.
"Hey! We can't hear you at all. Can't you speak a bit louder?!" The imposing shadowed figure rudely said loudly.
"Eep! I'm so, so, so sorry!" The blue haired woman eeped as she flinched by the louder voice. She take a breath, as she tried to stay calm, but this proved to be difficult, considering the woman was shy. "S-so, i'd like to start the Seven Sages meetings…!" She said, as she slurred a little bit due to her anxiousness
"Don't talk like a fool." A shadowed, yet familiar woman said with a non visible frown in her face. She had the feeling that the meeting will be mostly useless since she knew that the Blue haired woman was treated badly by the other members.
"She's fumbling all her words, chu. If she think that kind of speech is cute at her age… yikes." A figure of a rat said rather rudely.
"A-At my age? Oh dear… I know i'm not exactly the youngest thing around, but…" the blue haired woman was mumbling.
"Don't think too much about that." A male figure said. The figure was rather tall, and only golden eyes were visible from the shadow casted by his rather old purple, and white hat with an almost unreadable symbol due to how old, and ruined the hat was. "Beside, didn't you had something to say?" The male figure asked with somewhat a creepy smile which send shivers on the others, and especially the leader's spines. Well, except for the robotic figures, and the imposing figure who were more disturbed then anything else.
"As much i would disagree with him, he is right… Can't we hurry this meeting up? I'm a very busy man with a very busy schedule to keep." A fat male figure said roughly, as the figure crossed his arms on his chest impatiently.
"Who even called this meeting? I came a long way, so if it's about something trivial, someone's dead." The woman figure said, as she was glaring at the blue haired woman specifically.
"U-um, the one who called today's meeting was… m-me." The blue haired woman meeked out.
"Get outta town! You?!" The imposing figure yelled out rudely actually glaring at the blue haired woman.
"Eek! I'm sorry about that. It was impudent for me to call you all here…" The said woman said. This isn't doing well at all.
"Enough. This meeting will drag on if you get spooked by every little comment." The fat figure said with a annoyed sigh.
"Still, having little Rei give us a call is rare. Something big must have happened." The robotic figure finally spoke with a rather strange male voice.
"Y-yes, something has." The named U-Rei said with a sigh.
"Then why don't you tell us what you discovered?" The same creepy male figure with golden eyes said.
"So… I can't confirm the info, and i haven't gathered any evidences, but i feel it's highly credible so-"
"Enough procedual nonsense. Out with it." The woman rudely interrupted U-Rei. She just wanted this meeting end already, so she would be in her own business already.
"O-O-Okey! A-Actually, two new CPUs has appeared in Planeptune." U-Rei finally announced as everyone eyed her in curiosity.
"What? Are you certain of this?" The woman said with a frown in her face. This isn't something she expected to hear. Was that black haired girl she met before, or…?
"R-Rather, had appeared. Or may have appeared, it seems. Or… so it feels" U-Rei nervously said, as a drop of sweat just dropped behind the other woman's back for such a response.
"Speak with certainty! Speak with unbridled passion!" The imposing figure yelled out.
"Two CPUs, in Planeptune huh… Out of curiosity, where did you get that information, and who is your informant?" The creepy male voice asked eyed U-Rei for a moment.
"Th-that's… well…" U-Rei started to say something, but she was interrupted again.
"Nothing like that has gotten stuck in my web of information. I hate to say it, but i highly doubt that little Rei here could get information before me." The strange male voice pointed out. Something was not right in his mind at all.
"Well, um, that is to say… Due to some profound circumstances…" she started to say nervously.
"I warn you once. If you attempt to deceive me, you had better be prepared to die." The woman warned U-Rei with a death glare.
"Th-There's no way i'd ever try to deceive you! That would be outrageous!" U-Rei quickly said trying to defuse the situation.
"Still, it needs to be verified. It's a quite a shocker, if true. A shock it got by me, that is." The strange male voice said out loud.
"O-oh. Um, i'm sorry" U-Rei let out a sigh. Why she have the feeling this is going to be more, and more complicated.
"How would you confirm this crap, chu? I'd rather pick belly lint then follow up on this sketchy story" the rude small rat said.
"For these kinds of blue-collar situations, i think we all know who would be appropriate. Hmm…?" The fat figure said, narrowing his eyes, as he realised someone was missing. "Did that noisy little brat decide not to join us today?" The same figure asked with a frown.
"It's a welcome change of pace. Her screeching blows my eardrums." the woman said, and dear hope she won't met another one anytime soon.
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Somewhere in another continent in the Hyperdimension…
A certain pink haired girl suddenly sneezed in the middle of the class, and completely messed up her transformation jutsu.
"You failed!" A male teacher's voice said
"NO WAY!" The said girl screeched
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Back to the Seven Sages headquarters…
"Actually, i let her know about it before this meeting…" U-Rei pointed out. "Then she ran off without hearing the rest of my report, even through i tried to stop her…" she continued with a sigh.
"Hah! Impatient little twerp!" The imposing figure huffed rudely.
"Either way, it simplifies matters. We'll just wait for her to get back, and then discuss further." The strange male voice suggested.
"So we wait for now, huh? I hope this it isn't a waste of time." The woman muttered getting frustrating.
"And here i wanted to hurry back to the office and work late again…" the fat figure said. "And to get away from that creepy man over there."
"Ouch. I'm hurt by your words. What have i did to you to hate me so much i wonder." The creepy voice said with a sadistic smile.
"Oh, hey! I'm starved! When do the caterers get here?!" The rude voice said impatiently.
"Yeah! It's only polite for the one who calls the meeting to provide the others with foods. Chop-chop, chu!" The rat said arrogantly.
"H-huh? B-but whenever any of you called one, there wasn't even a pitcher of water…" U-Rei muttered in her low voice. Unfortunately for her, the imposing figure heard her.
"You wanna say that again?! Care to voice that complaint a bit LOUDER?!" The imposing figure rudely yelled making the poor U-Rei flinching.
"N-not at all! I'll prepare something right away!" U-Rei said quickly, and quickly went out of the room preparing something.
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Ultradimension: Planeptune Streets
"Man, i knew Planeptune was huge, but i feel like this Planeptune is more bigger then i originally thoughts." Naruto muttered, as he walked through the streets of the city, as he see peoples that didn't recognized him, or he don't recognized at all.
Now you may ask yourself; Why isn't Naruto with Neptune, and the others? Because he wanted to explore the city a little more. The girls agreed, as long as he wouldn't cause troubles, from U-Noire's words. In the same time, he was thinking about buying some groceries while he was in the town.
He then went in a deep thoughts of the current situation. First, they are in the different dimension that no one recognizes him, or Neptune, and Nepgear. Even Noire isn't a CPU in this dimension yet, which should be impossible from their own dimension. The second was about Lowee, and his sisters, and finally he heard some rumors about an entity that the peoples seems to refer as 'The Guardian', and from how peoples seems to talk about the entity, he had no doubts that the entity would be greatly powerful, maybe even more.
He was thinking about buying some books as well, to see if there is anything related to 'The Guardian' in the same time he would buy some groceries.
As he was still in a deep thought, he was bumped into someone which snapped him out from his thoughts.
"Ouch!" A tiny female voice yelled out
"Oh sorry i was in a deep thoughts." Naruto apologised, and when he take a good look on the person he was bumped into, his eyes widened in surprise as he knew who it was. She was a very tiny blonde girl with fairy wings, and she was sitting in a book just like the Histoire from his dimension. Except, the hat was different, and she was carrying groceries. 'Histy?! Or rather Histy from dimension?! Perfect, maybe she can help us of retur-' His thoughts were interrupted when he noticed U-Histoire's eyes widened as she muttered something.
"N-no way… that's impossible… it's really him?" U-Histoire muttered surprised to see someone who reminds her alot of a very old friend of her.
As she noticed the look of confusion Naruto gave her, she put aways her thoughts, as she greeted him.
"S-sorry Na- i mean young one, but you reminded me of someone i didn't saw for a very, very long time now…" U-Histoire said as he bowed her head greeting him
"Don't worry about that you also reminded me of Histy-chan back home, so no need to apologise." Naruto said giving her a smile.
U-Histoire was in a deep thoughts. Not only does he reminds her for a old friend of her, but he also mentioned her name, even through he just met her. One possible conclusion was that he is probably coming from another dimension.
Playing ost: Neptune Sagashite.
Unknowingly to them, a feminine figure watched them from afar, and the said figure was specifically stared at the blond boy.
"What an unexpected turn of the events. That fairy brat wasn't lying after all. I have seen enough for today. My mistress will be pleased to hears the news." The mysterious person muttered, as the person turned away. "Maybe he shall be the one who shall be blessed by 'The Guardian'. When that happens, he will help us taking back what was rightfully her." The figure said, as she suddenly shrunk into the ground until she completely disappeared leaving no traces of her existence.
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The screen cuts with the screen showing Neptune, Noire, Vert, and Blanc dancing.
Sekaijū chirabaru mugen no Star…
Kyūkyoku no kami gē sagashi ni Start!
Megami ga giga tera
Maji ni natchi ~yattedoushitano
Muchū! Netchū! Get you! I do!
Koi kōsō-netsu bōsō
The screen then shows Nepgear, Uni, Rom & Ram, Naruto, and Asuna dancing
Here we go! Good to go! Nepute~yūnu
Watashi tsuyokute nyūgēmu
Here we go! Way to go! Nepute~yūnu
Kukei parusu hibiku rabusongu
Here we go! Good to go! Nepute~yūnu
Yūjō aijō bivurosuto
Dotabata datte kizuna koko ni aru yo
The screen shown all goddesses be bouncing on a pair of breasts except of Neptune who is stuck between the breasts along with Asuna being crushed by Vert's breasts, with Naruto trying to hold on Blanc crying for help, while Asuna was "crushed" under Vert's own breasts, while some characters were floated above them.
GJ my Sweet Heart
The screen shows all Neptunia characters spinning in a circle along with Naruto and Asuna dancing in the middle of it.
Mata raishū…
The screen is cut out for the black screen with a purple text "To be continued...?"
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Annnd that's the end guys.
I hope you liked this chapter. It took alot of months, but we managed to complete it at least…
I don't know when, or if the next chapter will come out since my helper won't continue on helping me in writing this story anymore, but i hope that new helpers will be willing to give me a hand.
I'll probably continue the sequel of my dropped beta in the meantime.
Anyway, i hope you enjoyed my story, and i hope you'll stay tuned~
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