Hello there, I'm DriveLegendARK1 and this is my latest project. Somehow it turned out different than I thought it would.

Episode One: A God in a World of Goddesses.

Paris, France

From a high-class restaurant a man of his twenties came out. His wavy black hair fluttered with the wind. He wore a black jacket over a white button-up shirt, a black muffler, and dark trousers. On him was a duffel bag. This man had finished with his studies in France and at the moment walking with no clear destination.

"No matter which direction I go, it will always lead to the future," he said to himself.

He is not just a man. He is the man who walks the path of heaven and will rule everything, Tendou Souji. Some of his titles are the god of the sun, Kabuto's chosen one, and the one who controls the light. He is adept in almost anything, but his most treasured skill is cooking.

Tendou kept on walking until he sensed something. He opened his bag and saw his belt–the Kabuto belt– was covered in electricity. He put it on and a portal of light appeared in front of him.

"A path of light. My new fate has come to greet me without letting me prepare. However, Grandmother said this: 'If I wish for it, fate will always be my ally.'"

With those words, he went into the portal.

Tokyo, Japan

A police officer had just finished changing to his casual clothing, which consisted of a white tee under a matching shirt and blue trousers. He was ready to go back to his apartment with a smile on his face. Although he looks like a normal man, he has faced many hardships. He is the god of battle and Gatack's chosen one, Kagami Arata.

When Kagami entered his apartment and turned on the lights, he was surprised that the Gatack belt, which he kept on his desk as a memoir, was cackling. He quickly grabbed a piece of paper, a pen, and an envelope, acting on a hunch. After he wrote the letter, he put it in the envelope, titled it "Leave of Absence", addressed it to the police station and put it in a nearby mailbox. Going back, he wore the belt and light replaced the empty space of his door frame.

"Too bad I've to take a leave of absence, I like being a cop," he complained halfheartedly. With no more words, he went in.

Shibuya, Japan

The night sky was as black as the trench coat of a certain person, who was lying near the rubble of the Shibuya meteorite incident. His coat only had the long left sleeve. He wore a worn out white singlet under it and black trousers, with his left boot entirely visible. He had a hexagon-buckled belt–the Hopper belt–on his waist instead of his usual chains. Before this, he was the captain of a special op squad under the now dissolved ZECT and the creator of the ideal Kanzen Chouwa, 'perfect harmony'. Once TheBee's chosen one and now one half of the Hell Brothers, he is Yaguruma Sou.

"The darkness I have been into, is nothing compared to the light I yearn. The light that exists within the night," he said to no one.

His wish apparently came true as his belt electrified and a bright light shone upon him. He stood up, ready to reach said light.

"Is this the light I have been seeking?"

He entered the light when his hand touched it.

Gamindustri

In a dimension different from the riders', an event was held in an advanced city. The residents witnessed this from all around.

"Hear ye, all Gamindustri residents far and wide."

A man in black looked upon the holographic screen from an alleyway.

"We take one giant leap toward a new era today. It brings me great pleasure to be together with you all as we welcome this joyous day."

Purple banners were raised. A purple-haired female walked between them. She was wearing a black dress and a violet flower hair ornament.

"As you all know, this world has been torn by strife over the past few years," she stated.

On one end, a woman with white hair stepped towards the center of the square. She was in a spaghetti strap dress of the same color as the purple-haired female.

"Lastation, governed by its CPU, the goddess Black Heart."

On another end, a blue-haired girl with a tiara walked the aisle. Her attire of choice was a white and blue strapless dress.

"Lowee, governed by its CPU, the goddess White Heart."

Finally, a green-haired woman in a white and green dress appeared.

"Leanbox, governed by its CPU, the goddess Green Heart."

Each of them stood on a hexagonal plate, which then took them floating to the air. Before that, the lead speaker introduced herself.

"And Planeptune, governed by myself, the goddess Purple Heart."

She went on with her speech as the four goddesses went up to the skies.

"Share Energy forms the basis of national power in this world. The four nations competed over it, and sometimes we goddesses ourselves came to blows. However, that will become a thing of the past."

A man in white observed from the window of a hotel.

"The treaty of friendship that shall be signed today will prohibit taking Share Energy by force. From this point onward, the only way to acquire it will be by making one's country a better place, which will lead to worldwide development and progress."

The four joined their hands and declared their oath.

"We hereby swear to overcome the past and create a world filled with hope."

Fireworks were launched and the audience applauded, signifying the end of the ceremony. The event continued with a party later that night. Purple Heart, who was standing near the railing, changed into a short lilac-haired girl wearing a parka over a purple dress. She also wore two white D-pad shaped hair clips.

"Yahoo, done and done!" she said.

The goddesses and their companions looked at her in confusion. Black Heart was the first one who spoke up.

"The difference between your two forms never fails to amaze me, Neptune," she said before changing to a twin-tailed girl in a dress, which was a combination of blue, black and white. Her hair was tied with blue ribbons.

"That aside, what'd you think of my speech, Noire?" Neptune asked, inching her face close to Noire.

"Well, it wasn't bad, but I'm pretty sure Histoire wrote it for you."

Said person's face reddened, meaning that was true.

"It sure pisses me off that you got to hog the spotlight," White Heart spoke up next.

"C'mon Blanc, don't say that!"

White Heart, or Blanc, changed into a short brunette in a mostly white attire: dress, coat, and hat. She was taller than Neptune, although slightly.

"I regret using rock-paper-scissors to decide the speaker."

"Why don't you just let it go?" Green Heart suggested, changing into a tall blonde with a voluptuous figure. In that form, she is referred to as Vert. Her dress was green and white with gold linings. Her gloves were white, also with gold linings.

"She's right. After all, we are no longer enemies. We're best buds, right?" Neptune said with a glass in hand, holding it in front of her. The other three followed her gesture and they had a toast.

Planeptower

One month had passed since the ceremony, and almost three weeks since the arrival of a mysterious guest in the Planeptower. Neptune was playing games instead of doing her job as a CPU, as usual. This angered Histoire.

"You aren't fulfilling any of of your responsibilities as a CPU, Neptune-san!" she exclaimed.

"Sonic Jump! Oh, fiddlesticks!"

"Are you listening to me?"

Neptune turned around and did the "teehee" gesture, "Well, I guess these peaceful days just turned my brain to mush."

"Neptune-san, CPUs have all kinds of work–"

"Onee-chan, lunch is ready!"

Entered a girl wearing something akin to a school uniform. She looked like Neptune, but taller and had longer hair. She also had a D-pad hair clip.

"Thanks for telling me, Nepgear!"

Neptune got up and went to the dining table. The guest was sitting on his chair, reading a newspaper, donning a gray robe and trousers. Nepgear and Histoire followed suit.

"What is it this time, Tendou?"

"It's mackerel miso," he answered.

"It looks good, Tendou-san," Nepgear said as she sat.

"It's him after all, but that's not the point! You should perform your duties!" Histoire yelled at the two.

Tendou closed the newspaper and quoted, "Grandmother said this: 'Angels descend during meals. Therefore, it's a sacred time.' You can and will wait until they're finished, Histoire."

Disappointed and depressed, she left them. To be told by someone other than the goddesses hurt her pride, with no respect even.

"Aww, she left. I don't want sad Histy, I want the hissy Histy."

Despite saying that, she proceeded eating anyway.

Downtown Planeptune

In the city's transport tube, a brunette with a jacket that seemed too big for her and a green bow on her hair was greeted by a pinkette wearing a sweater with detached sleeves and a red skirt.

"Ai-chan!" the pinkette said as she ran.

The brunette turned around and replied, "Compa!"

IF, or Ai-chan for some people, continued talking, "Done with work?"

"Yes. I'm on my way to Nep-Nep's place," the pinkette, Compa, replied.

"Oh, then I'll come with you."

When they exited the tube, they bumped into someone. Apparently, the person–a pale blue-haired woman –was giving out flyers. She gave one to Compa before running away. She read it and both of them proceeded to Neptune's place.

As the woman ran, she bumped into another person, this time a man. Like last time, she gave him a flyer and ran away. Curious, he read it.

"Goddesses? The deities I know are me and Tendou, although they're just monikers," he said to himself.

Planeptower

Neptune, Nepgear, and Histoire were in a dark chamber where a power-symbol crystal–the Share Crystal–floated at the center of the chamber. The crystal was supposed to emit a bright light, but at that moment, it didn't.

"Take a look at this!" Histoire said. The two sisters took a look, at Histoire.

"At the Share Crystal, not me!" she exclaimed.

"What about it?" Nepgear asked.

"The amount of Share energy gathered in our country's Share Crystal is currently showing a downward trend," she showed them a graph. It did go down, but not too significant.

"There's still a whole bunch," Neptune pointed out, "No need to worry, right?"

"Of course there is! You know where we get Shares from, don't you?"

"Oh..."

"The feelings of trust that the citizens place in the CPU who rules them, right?" Nepgear answered.

"Indeed. This downward trend shows that our citizens are slowly falling out of love with Neptune!"

"Say what? I don't remember doing anything that'd make them hate me," Neptune rebuked.

"I don't think you've done anything recently that'd make them love you either," countered Nepgear.

Shots were fired. Before long IF and Compa entered, with Tendou followed suit.

"She's right. Sorry, Lady Histoire, we just happened to overhear the conversation," IF said.

"I don't mind if it's you two. Who I mind is the one behind you." She pointed at Tendou.

"Not you too, Ai-chan! Are you going to take Histy's side as well?" Neptune looked at Compa, "But you're different, right Compa?"

"Look at this," she said, showing the flyer she got earlier.

"Huh? 'We don't need goddesses'."

"Ack!" Histoire was shocked. The problem was worse than she thought.

Compa continued, "In order to make these people understand you, you need to work much harder at your job."

"She hit my weak point for massive damage! I'm in big trouble!"

"It's the nation that's in big trouble! For one thing, CPUs are supposed to devote all their blood, sweat, and tears to their citizens! That is why you possess the great powers that you do."

"I still find this absurd, more so than Kagami," Tendou interjected.

"And people like you are the ones destroying both the nation and the goddesses!"

"I stand my point. I don't need goddesses. I only devote myself to two things: me and my fate. I also don't need faith to fight, because I have him as my partner."

"And who is the one you mention?" she asked in contempt.

'Great, they're arguing again. What should I do to break the tension? That's it!' "I'll go learn what it means to be a CPU!" Neptune suddenly shouted.

Histoire stopped her debate with Tendou as soon as she heard that. "Learn? From whom?" she asked.

"Uh, Noire! Noire of Lastation!"

Everyone screamed, "What!?" except the only man in the chamber.

Lastation Basilicom

The Planeptune group, including Tendou, went to Lastation. On the way to the Sky Harbor, they met Kagami. For the two men, it was a pleasant surprise. During the journey, Kagami asked Tendou about the goddesses, and he gestured silently to the females. He didn't believe it, but so did his friend, albeit more to the absurdity of the concept itself. Before long they arrived and went straight to the main office, which was Noire's.

"I don't really get what's happening here, you see. Mind explaining to me why a neighboring country's CPU is sleeping in our Basilicom!?" She was clearly not happy when Neptune just waltzed in and slept.

"Oh, just pretend I'm not here and carry on with your job. I don't mind," Neptune said, making an excuse.

"Well, I do!"

"We're so sorry, Noire-san," Nepgear apologized and tried to wake her sister up, "Onee-chan, aren't you here to learn what it means to be a CPU?"

"Sorry, but I have to refuse," Noire declined, "I don't intend to extend an olive branch to my enemies."

"Hey, I'm not your enemy. We signed a treaty of friendship," Neptune reminded.

"It doesn't change the fact that we're still competing over Share Energy. You're still my enemy."

"Wouldn't it make both of you rivals instead?" Kagami questioned her logic.

"Rivals!? As in friends and enemies? More importantly, who are you guys!?"

"Me?" Tendou raised his hand, pointing to the sky, "Walking the path of Heaven, the man who will rule everything. Tendou...Souji."

Everyone looked at him as if the sun shone upon him. Kagami thought it was time to introduce himself to stop them from staring at his friend.

"I'm Kagami Arata. We've been here for almost three weeks, or should I say in this dimension for almost three weeks."

"If you're from another dimension, then it's the same as–"

"Wow! Never thought that the loner Noire has friends!" Neptune butted in.

"Wha-!?"

"Who is this friend of yours, hmm?"

The elevator in the office opened to reveal a young girl of Nepgear's age. She looked like Noire, but with shorter twin-tails and the rest of her hair was left untied. She wore a black dress as opposed to Noire's more colorful one.

"Onee-chan, I'm done with these documents," she said.

"Good job, Uni. Just put them over there."

"U-um..."

"?"

"I was quite fast this time, wasn't I? I gave it my all–"

"Guess so. You've reached normal levels now, I suppose."

"Hey, is Uni the one you refer earlier? I don't think you can call your sister a friend," Neptune interrupted.

"No, I have other–"

"That's what you say, but aren't you just a loner?"

As the two argue, Nepgear noticed that Uni was not there anymore.

Outside at the gazebo, Uni thought about earlier. Noire wasn't paying attention to her, again. Her older sister only did when she did her work exceptionally well, and that rarely happened. A voice cut her train of thought.

"I envy you, Uni. You love your sister and want her to love you back. However, that's not how a younger sibling acts."

She turned to the voice and saw a man in a black trench coat. It was someone familiar to her, quite close even. Before she could say his name, another voice called. It was Nepgear. They sat down and had a chat.

"Sorry my sister had to butt in," Nepgear apologized.

"Nah, it's fine. That's how Onee-chan always is with me," reassured Uni, though not to herself. She continued, "Looks like she won't ever praise me unless I do a better job than she would. We all know that's not gonna happen, though."

"Uni..."

"I can't even transform yet."

"That goes for me, Rom-chan, and Ram-chan too."

"I-I guess... I'm sure I'll be the first out of the four of us to get the ability to transform."

"That's the spirit! I'm not gonna lose to you!"

Nepgear's N-Gear rang. When she looked at the notification, it was a text from Rom, one of the CPU Candidates of Lowee. Apparently, Uni told her that Nepgear was in Lastation, and was envious.

Lowee Basiicom

Rom closed her DS. She was less than happy when her fellow Candidates were hanging out without her, and so was her twin sister, Ram. To differentiate between the two, they had some characteristics. Rom's hair is short, while Ram's is long. Rom often wears blue, while Ram often wears pink.

"Nepgear and Uni must be having such a nice time hanging out together," Rom lamented.

"Why can't I go to visit another country!?" Ram complained

"Don't be so selfish," Blanc, their older sister, replied. She was busy doing her work.

"I wanna go hang out with Nepgear and Uni too!"

"I'm trying to work."

"Why!? Why!? Why!? Hey!"

She turned around with her office chair and prepared to scold them, then all of a sudden the double doors opened with a bang. Behind them was a man in white. His appearance gave the impression of an aristocrat.

"Tch, why do you always appear when I'm going to blow up?"

"It's part of my job. I mean, someone has to keep you from shouting at the twins," he said nonchalantly, "When you're angry, it's hard for you to calm down. If it's at your enemies I'm fine with it, but at your sisters? Not a chance letting that happen."

"Then what do you think should I do?"

"Noblesse Oblige."

He walked away, with the twins in tow. Blanc looked back at the monitor of her computer. She was having a discussion with Vert before the interference.

"Sorry about that."

"Don't worry about it. We had been fighting each other for a long time, but unlike us, your sisters are so innocent. I wonder if we can be friendlier to each other."

"Just because we stopped using force doesn't mean we can become the best of friends overnight. More importantly..."

"Yes, please allow me to continue with my proposal."

Lastation Basilicom

Neptune was working with the paperwork, which ended up with papers scattering everywhere. Noire tried to get the papers back in place and stop Neptune from messing with more. IF cut in and reminded her of the reason for which they came to Lastation in the first place.

"Um... you've got monster hunting requests from your citizens, right? How about teaching her what it means to be a CPU while we're at it?"

"Oh, she wouldn't need to lay a finger on any of the documents that way," Compa added.

Noire thought it was a good idea so she searched for any requests on her computer. She found one on which the location was near the border, implying that Neptune and the gang would go home directly after since she couldn't work with the Planeptune CPU around.

Nursune Plains

Noire stated that the locations for the hunt were the Nursune Plains and the Trune Caves. Uni told her that no one was listening to her, and instead stopped near 'the famous "you can't read what it says from the back" sign', as Neptune described it. The Lastation CPU urged Neptune to go on, by poking her with a stick.

"You take this way too seriously!"

"Problem?"

"Don't you ever get tired of it?"

"It's no big deal. I want to create a much, much, better nation."

"Well so do I, but I'd rather have fun doing it."

"You have too much fun doing this!"

When they heard the cheers of the villagers, Noire knew they had arrived. She quickly greeted them from the top of the hill, but remembered that she should be in her CPU form. With the word "Access!" she transformed to Black Heart. This time, she had three blue wings and wore a black swimsuit-like clothing, arm-length gloves, stockings and heels.

"Rule number two of being a CPU: let your people bear full witness to your majesty."

"What's rule number one?"

"T-that's..."

"We're not here to talk about that, Nep-ko," IF said.

They went to the plains and saw blue blob monsters that looked like dogs.

"So this is the Nursune Plains?"

"Yes. A mass outbreak of Dogoos here is causing a lot of problems," one of the villagers said.

"Understood. It seems Neptune and Nepgear, our neighbors from Planeptune, will eliminate them for us."

"Nepu! That came out of nowhere!"

"We're supposed to do this?" Nepgear asked, also surprised.

"Rule number three: show off at every opportunity."

"You still don't mention rule number one, Noire-san," Kagami sweatdropped, "Things aside, you're pretty popular."

"But of course. That's because I'm a hard worker."

"In terms of popularity, I'm sure you'll lose."

"To whom?"

"Tendou."

Back with Neptune, Uni borrowed the N-Gear to take pictures so they could be used as PR. Then Neptune and Nepgear went straight down to business, summoning a katana and a beam sword respectively. They slashed one after another, but the Dogoos kept coming. Uni was ignored again. Not long after, IF and Compa joined the fray when their numbers became too many for the two CPUs. IF summoned a pair of katars and Compa a giant syringe.

"Ho... a syringe as a weapon," Tendou said, fascinated.

"Should we help them?" Kagami suggested.

"It's not worth our time. They are far less threatening than the Chrysalis Worms."

Then the little beasts began attacking the party's weak points, by licking them. Their numbers didn't decrease. The party began to crumble. It looked like they were losing, until...

"Having your enemies do the work for you? I'm jealous, Noire."

"That goes for Uni too, Aniki."

Two men in black entered the plains out of nowhere and began beating up the Dogoos, one with kicks, and the other with punches. They kept on fighting until their numbers depleted. Done with their job, they looked at the group. The two men looked similar, but with some key differences. One wore a white sleeveless T-shirt, a left-sleeved trench coat, and combat boots worn in a fashion that the left boot was completely visible. The other wore a red T-shirt, a right-sleeved coat, a ring on every right finger and an armlet on his left arm.

"Yaguruma-kun..."

"Kageyama-kun..."

"'Why are you here!?'" the Black sisters were shocked.

"Just passing by, if you have to ask," Yaguruma answered indifferently.

Tendou and Kagami stared at the 'brothers' in mild disbelief.

"So you're the one she mentioned, Yaguruma," Tendou deduced.

"Kageyama-san, I thought you died," Kagami said.

"Yeah, I thought so too," Kageyama replied, "But that's for another time."

"Let's go back to our assignment, partner."

"Right behind you."

They didn't walk away, they jumped away. Back with the group, Noire scolded Neptune for not using her HDD.

"Fine, be as lazy as you want," she said before floating away to the Trune Caves. Before doing so, Uni wanted to tag along, but she refused as it was unnecessary.

"Let's follow her," Tendou said out of the blue.

"But she said–"

"Because I need you to help me, and bring the N-Gear with you."

Per his orders, she went with him.

Trune Caves

With her wide onyx blade, Black Heart was hacking and slashing each and every monster in the cave when she reached a dead end. As she went out, an Ancient Dragon appeared. The giant lunged at her, but she successfully dodged.

"Quite the strong one, aren't you?"

She flew to strike when the armored cat charged, catching her off guard. She unknowingly fell on top of a crimson cross-shaped crystal, which robbed her of HDD. Cornered, she didn't know what else to do. However, behind the dragon...

"Take this!"

Neptune and Tendou hit the dragon's head with a flying side kick. It fell down with a loud rumble. As they say; the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

"Hey there!"

"You..."

"Why did you go back to normal?"

"I'm not sure. It happened so sudden–"

"Here it comes," Tendou warned.

The dragon swung its claw to Neptune, and she blocked it with her katana.

"Noire, you're supposed to transform at times like these." She then parried it.

"By the way, Uni's recording."

"What!? Why!?" Noire shouted.

Tendou raised his right arm and came forth his partner, the Kabuto Zecter. It flew to his hand and grabbed it, holding it in front of his left shoulder.

"I'll play it your way, Neptune. You know what to say."

"Sure. Pay close attention!"

The two glanced at each other before saying...

"'Henshin!'" Tendou slid the Zecter into the belt.

HENSHIN

Neptune was engulfed in a pillar of light whereas Tendou had cyan hexagons cover all of his body. He was in a black bodysuit, thick red and gray armor and helmet with a blue visor. The Kabuto insignia was printed on his left shoulder. On the other hand Neptune had grown. She was as tall as Noire, her hair was longer, tied to twin braids, and her hair clips changed to black round ones with a blue cross each. Her bodysuit was black with some purple, black shoes and stockings, and purple wings.

They had transformed to Kabuto Masked Form and Purple Heart respectively.

"Behold the power of a goddess!" Purple Heart said, brandishing her trademark katana.

"Stop trying to act cool!" Noire said before slashing an enemy that was going to blindside the Planeptune CPU.

"Thanks. Leave this one to us." She looked at Kabuto from above, "See if you can keep up."

"That is my line, Neptune," he said.

With that done, Purple Heart dashed from the air and Kabuto from land, taking out his Kunai Gun in axe mode. She landed well-placed hits on its head, while her comrade slashed its legs. The dragon wasn't going to die without a fight as it swung its claws at the goddess and tried to stomp the Rider. Unfortunately she was fast and flying didn't help.

"Heh, I'll have to remind her who's keeping up with who."

Kabuto pushed the horn of his Zecter slightly and electricity ran onto his armor. The parts were lifted apart, revealing some of his Rider Form. As the helmet parts were lifted, he said the command.

"Cast Off!"

He pulled the horn to his right, opening the Zecter.

CAST OFF

As the name suggests, the Masked armor cast off, violently propelling them in every direction. It was so violent Noire had to duck. A single beetle horn attached itself from the chest to the visor, giving him the two eyes.

CHANGE BEETLE

He pulled off the kunai from the Kunai Gun and tapped the right pad of his belt.

"Clock Up."

CLOCK UP

He disappeared from everyone's sights, surprising both Purple Heart and Noire. Before they could find out what just happened, he returned in seconds with the giant behind him. The dragon let out a loud roar as it fell to the ground. Knowing that the beast was going to collapse on top of him, he pressed the three buttons of the Kabuto Zecter in order from left to right.

ONE TWO THREE

He closed the Zecter before saying the iconic phrase, "Rider... Kick," and then opened it once more.

RIDER KICK

Tachyon flowed from the Zecter to his horn, then to his right leg. He turned around and roundhouse kicked its head mere inches before impact. The Ancient Dragon exploded to pixels, leaving the victor pointing towards the sky. Purple Heart descended near Kabuto.

"And that's rule number three of being a CPU. Isn't that right Noire?" Purple Heart said.

"If those rules are the only criteria, then I'm already a CPU," Kabuto added.

The Lastation CPU glared at the two, but it struck her. She realized that their personalities were oddly similar. They had that air of arrogance and elegance.

"I didn't need your help, I would've been fine by myself," Noire said, flustered.

" I know, but helping each other is what friends do," Purple Heart responded.

"It's not like I consider you a friend–"

"Why did you choose this area?"

"Because I wanted you to leave–"

"Because you figured rumors would spread across the border and Planeptune would hear about my...our valiant effort? That way, I could replenish some of my Share Energy. Thank you, Noire."

She changed back to Neptune and began her teasing fit.

"But we also gotta let everyone know about the goddess who almost got her butt kicked!"

"What!? Keep that a secret!"

She skipped out of the cave while yelling, "Listen to this, Noire lost!" and Noire had to chase her to shut her mouth.

Kabuto, closing the Zecter and turning back to Tendou, muttered to himself.

"'Friends', how I hated that word." He said to someone hidden in the caves, "Uni, we're done."

The CPU Candidate came out from behind the rocks, holding the N-Gear.

"Got everything?"

"Yeah. Well, was I helpful?"

"Yes, you were."

They then walked out of the caves. He sensed something in there, but didn't know what. Trusting his instinct, he would remember it for future reference.

Planeptower

Back in the Share Crystal chamber, Histoire observed that the Share levels were elevated.

"Amazing! As expected from Noire-san."

Neptune's expectations deflated as she was expecting a praise.

"You mean 'Neptune' right?"

"I'm still not convinced you're behind all this."

"No, she's not. I am," Tendou claimed, entering the room.

"You of all people? It makes me harder to believe."

"If you're not convinced, ask Nepgear."

"Onee-chan, look!"

The three went out to the main room and saw Nepgear, IF, Compa, and Kagami bunched up at the computer. On the monitor was the footage Uni took back in the caves.

"Before you ask, Kagami, the Zecters are not bound by time and space once activated, and yes Histoire, the beetle I held in the video is my partner."

"You're saying that you defeated that dragon all by yourself?"

"Not exactly, I had some helping hands."

"Hey Tendou, was the masked beetle warrior really you?" IF asked.

"Who else?"

Then they looked at the comments. One of them saying that he was full of swagger, and another one saying the two were Planeptune's power couple, along with Lastation's badass brothers.

"And Histoire, according to Noire's rules of being a CPU, I'm already one."

Tendou walked away, preparing to cook for dinner. The Oracle was clearly fuming. She never thought that the one raising the Shares was the same person who rejected the concept of it.

I used both the Japanese and English nicknames, and the Japanese name format for reasons.

This took me days to finish since the scenario when I re-watched it was longer than I expected. On the bright side, I let Tendou steal the show.

P.S. The updates will be slower than my other project.