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Hyperdimension Neptunia belongs to

Idea Factory and Compile Heart

Chapter 9: The Explanation

Next Morning: Planeptune's Basilicom

Noire's eyes flutter open after a long night's sleep. She lifts herself off the plush beanbag she was on, stretching her limbs "Ah. . . That was actually a good night's sleep. . ." She looks around a bit, remembering that Neptune fell asleep close to her, only to find the purple-haired girl not there "Huh. . . Neptune probably wondered off somewhere. . . I should check on Plutia. . ." Noire says with a slight yawn. As she walked past the sofa, she looks at it out of reflex before double-taking at the sight of Plutia snuggling Garland, her eyes widening "Wh. . . Wh. . . Wha. . . Mmmph!?" She was about to scream before she felt a hand clamp over her mouth.

"Shhhh! Quiet Noire!" Neptune suddenly says, her hands over the now twin-tailed Goddess "Don't ruin this moment!"

Noire breaks free from Neptune's hold, turning to her with a glare "W-Well what do you expect when you see your best friend sleeping with someone you just recently met!?"

The purplette puts a hand over her mouth and gives Noire a smug look "Oh my, how lewd~"

Noire's face lights up a bright red at this "N-Neptune. . ."

"Oh, I see that two of you are up" The voice of Mini Histoire greets their ears. The two Goddesses look to where her voice came from to see the tiny Oracle floating up to them, a smile on her face "Good morning you two. I hope you're both rested up (^w^)"

Neptune looks at Min Histoire and gives her a silly salute "I'm doing a-okay Mini Histy!"

Noire clears her throat a bit before answering "I'm doing fine Histoire. . . Just a little. . ." She looks back to the sofa where the other two still "Uneasy. . ."

"Hmm? Oh, I see" Mini Histoire floats over to the sleeping duo, lowering herself to where she was close to their heads "Wake up you two, it's morning! (0w0)" Upon her saying that, both of them began to stir. One waking up a bit quicker than the other.

"Mmm. . ." Garland grumbles "Mornin'. . ." He stretched a bit before giving a grunt "Ugh. . . Why is my chest so. . ." Through his foggy eyes, he sees the top of the messy lavender-haired girl snoozing soundly on his chest. He blinks a bit more before his eyes widen "H-Huh. . .? Plutia. . .!?"

Plutia finally started to move a bit, lifting her head to the voices she heard "Oooh. . . Everyone is being sooo noisy. . ." She looks around aimlessly, till she looked at Garland. . . Before snuggling back into her previous position on his chest with a happy sigh and a smile.

Noire stomps over to the sofa, looking a little miffed "Plutia, wake up! It's morning and we have a lot to do!"

Neptune walks up to them, nudging the twin-tailed Goddess "Ooo, is Noire jealous that Plutie is snuggling up to Garly~?"

This earned a gasp from her "Th-That's not it, Neptune!"

"Umm, excuse me you four (=n=; )" The voice of Mini Histoire fill the room again, earning at least three heads turning to her "As much as I would like to prolong this little scene, we have more pressing matters to attend to. Like what happened when you all left and what you told me last night"

"Oh, I see" Garland says, lightly nudging Plutia "Come on Plutia, you need to get up. . ." The girl groans in disappointment before sliding off him, allowing Garland to sit up.

Mini Histoire smiles at everyone, satisfied that they're with her now "Thank you everyone! (^w^)" She clears her throat before becoming serious "Now, I would like to know what happened yesterday while you all were gone" She turns to Garland "Also, I want to know more about what Neptune and Noire said last night about you becoming a CPU (0 -0)"

Noire steps up first "Well, you should know my situation by now. For a while now since Plutia found that CPU Memory, I've been looking endlessly for one for myself" She gently moves one of her pigtails behind her "Yesterday, those three decided to follow me to the Zeca Ruins"

"After we all re-grouped, we set forth further into the ruins in our quest for the CPU Memories!" Neptune butts in dramatically, earning a grunt from Noire and a giggle comes from Plutia.

Noire shakes her head in disapproval before continuing "Anyway. . . Once we were together again, we continued the search as a party. When we got to the deepest part of the ruins, we ran into two people. And it just so happened that one of them had two CPU Memories"

Mini Histoire nods to Noire, confirming that she get everything "I see, I see. Hmm. . .（￣へ￣）. So you four were confronted by a duo who held the CPU Memories. What happened after that? (-'_'-)"

Garland holds a hand up, giving Noire a signal that he wanted to continue. Noire gives him a nod, allowing him to pick up from there "The one who held the CPU Memories was a woman known as Arfoire. In our Dimension, she captured Neptune and the other Goddesses. She almost got away with killing them if we didn't show up. And. . . Almost killing me while my back was turned, helping a friend. . ."

Plutia tilts her head, looking between Neptune and Garland "Neppy and Garly. . . Almost got kiiiilled. . .?"

"Well, at least you two are alive and well (✿◠‿◠)" Mini Histoire speaks up, giving them a smile "Sorry, you may continue"

Garland nods his head "Skipping ahead a bit, Arfoire hands off the CPU Memories to an accomplice so they could escape. As we allowed Plutia to tail Warechu, another ally of Arfoire's from our dimension. We faced off against her and lost"

"Oh, oh. . .! I wannaaaa continue~!" Plutia jumps up and down a bit, waving her hand. When we all looked at her, she started speaking "Soooo, I transformed when Mister Rat was being mean to me. . . After that I took the CPU Memories and returned to everyone, only to find that mean lady hurting them. . ." Plutia wore a scowl there for a bit before her expression lightened up "But, I got to give Neppy and Noire the Memories. . .~! And reunite Garly with hiiis friend. . . Briefly though. . ." Her face turned downcast.

Garland took the initiative and picked up the slack "While Plutia did unite Meta and I once more, Meta was on the verge of dying at that point. How he lasted that long, I have no idea. I remember finding that power symbol-shaped crystal earlier when it started to feel warm in my pocket. As I pulled it out, Meta ate it"

Neptune covers her mouth with a snort "Now that I'm looking back on it, it sounds pretty funny"

"Hah, only you Neptune" Garland sighs before continuing "Anyway. Shortly after that, Meta passed on. Well, that's what we all saw till a silver CPU Memory dropped from his departing form. . ." A memory of Meta's disappearing form fills Garland's head. He fell quiet, trying to pull himself together. Seeing this, Neptune surprisingly stepped forward.

"So, after Noire and I transformed. We encouraged Garly to use the CPU Memory currently in his possession. It took a bit of reassurance, but he used it and became the CPU, Camo Heart! Then after that, we kicked Arfy's butt and sent her packing! After that, we came back here"

Mini Histoire's face turns to one of immense curiosity before looking at Garland, who seemed to have regained his composure "This is quite the endeavor from the sound of things! （†〇†)" She turns to Garland "Excuse me Garland, I hate to be rude. But, may I see this Camo Heart? (´･ω･`)"

The young man looks at her before standing up "Uh, okay. I don't really mind" He was surrounded by a pillar of light before Camo Heart's form walks out of the now dimming pillar, his red eyes looking around the other occupants in the room.

Mini Histoire was taken aback by the new being standing in front of her. Even if she believed their words, it still was a shock to her So this is Camo Heart. I never thought that a male CPU could be a thing! （。＞。＜。）"

Camo Heart raises an eyebrow before looking to the side mumbling "You'd be surprised. . ."

The tiny Oracle shakes her bewilderment before giving him a smile "Well, I am pleased to meet you Camo Heart. I hope you we can help you become a well-respected CPU"

Camo Heart looks back at her and nods "Thank you Histoire, but I would rather this be kept secret for now" This earned confused gazes from everyone.

"Umm, any reason why Garly?" Neptune asks.

"Well, I'm a male CPU. A phenomenon this dimension hasn't seen before. How will the people react when they hear news of a male CPU?" Garland explains.

This earned a nod from Mini Histoire "I see. Well, I respect your cations. (^▽^)"

Noire gives her own nod before walking to the door, catching Plutia's attention "Noire. . .? Where are you going. . .?"

The twin-tailed Goddess turns to her friend and smiles "Where do you think I'm going? I'm going off to find my nation!"

"Oh, you know what?!" Neptune speaks up "You should name it Lastation!"

Noire cocks an eyebrow at Neptune's sudden suggestion before placing a finger on her chin in a thinking manner "Lastation. . . Hmm. . ." She removes her hand from her chin before giving everyone a smile "I'll keep that name in mind. But for now, I shall be off. Wish me luck!" With those words out of the way, she opened the door and walked out with fiery determination set on a dream she had since her friend's transformation.

"I must say, I am quite happy for Noire. （＾ｖ＾）" Mini Histoire states "Tirelessly searching for an ultra rare item with a dream to be like her best friend, is quite admirable. (≧∇≦)"

Camo Heart at this point has retired, turning back into Garland "I agree. She must hold Plutia very close to herself"

This earned a giggle from the Goddess "Heehee. . .~ Noire and I are beeest friends. . .~! We've been friends since we were young. . ."

"Really Plutie? How long was that?" Neptune asks her.

Plutia tilts her head sideways, thinking for a bit "Umm. . . I'm not too suuure. . . I can't remember. But! I know that we are veeery close~" She had a sleepy smile on her face till it slowly changed to a disappointed one "Ahhh. . . I completely forgot about Noire and Neppy's promise. . ."

"I am sure you'll be able to fulfill that when you see Noire again, Plutia" Garland says stretching, earning a few pops from his limbs.

Neptune visibly shudders upon hearing the two "And thus, a shiver runs down my spine at the impending doom that awaits me"

Plutia claps her hand together and giggles "Yaaay. . .~! I can't wait. . .~!"

Author's Notes

And once more, we finish another chapter for this story! Thankfully, the wait wasn't too long. Unlike the last chapter released. . . =w=;

I'll start on the next chapter as soon as I can, but progress will be halted next week due to a field exercise going on. Hopefully, time will fly so I can come back and continue writing and poster making.

Take care everyone!