Nepgear and Uni had recently got off work and were sitting on the couch playing a video game. Ever since Nepgear had snuck into Lastation’s Basilicom, the girl felt on edge. Tanks were still rolling up and down the many streets of Lastation and people were handing out wanted posters of Nepgear, but thankfully the picture on the poster looked nothing like her.
“It’s amazing, huh?” Uni said, as a tank rolled by her house. “Who would be stupid enough to sneak into the Basilicom?”
“Yeah… Stupid.” Nepgear said, her voice shook in her throat.
“I swear I hope they find whoever it was that broke into the Basilicom, march them through the streets in their underwear and then give them a public spanking!” Uni said, angrily.
Nepgear’s eyes were as large as saucers and her hands were shaking. Not only that, but her cheeks were bright red. “Yeah… That’ll teach them.” Said Nepgear, even more nervous than before.
“Wait a minute…” Uni began, turning her eyes to Nepgear and narrowing them at the girl. “Nepgear… You didn’t… You weren’t…” She began.
Nepgear could hear her heart pounding in her ears. “Oh goodness! She figured it out!”
“You weren’t… going to leave the base without upgrading your armor are you?” Uni asked. “You’re pretty good at this game, not as good as me of course, but you still need to upgrade your armor just incase. Oh and take this machine gun. It’s completely upgraded and should shred through the enemy like their nothing.” Uni said, pointing at the television screen.
“Oh! Right! Thanks!” Nepgear said, taking a deep breath.
The door to the house was suddenly flung open. “WERE HOME!” Neptune shouted, as she leapt into the house and looked around. “Alright! Where are the boys! Where are they hiding?!” Neptune demanded, as she started running around the living room.
“B-Boys… We-We w-would… Never!” Nepgear cried, as she struggled to speak and breathe.
“Sorry about that.” Noire said, walking into the house and closing the door behind her. “Neptune wanted to scare you two.”
“It’s fine.” Said Uni, setting her controller down and making her way over to her sister. “Nepgear and I did fine here. We went to work everyday!” Said Uni.
“Good work.” Noire said, patting her sister on the head.
“Thanks!” Uni said, blushing heavily. “Oh right… Neptune? Nepgear caught a small cold yesterday.”
“Huh?” Neptune said, turning to Nepgear. “Are you okay baby sister? Need your big sister to take care of you for the rest of the day?” She asked.
Nepgear nodded. “Yes… Yes I do.” She said, nodding her head several times.
Uni and Noire smiled mischievously at the two sisters. “Yeah. She seems fine Neptune.” Noire said.
“Oh let her have this big sister. Nepgear’s been crying the entire time Neptune’s been gone.” Said Uni.
“I have not!” Nepgear said, as Neptune pressed her forehead against Nepgear’s. “You’re hot, but your forehead’s cool. I think your okay, but you should rest the rest of the day. Let’s get some pudding in you stat!” Neptune said, as she ran to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. Moments later she returned with spoons and four pudding packs in her hands.
“Oh yeah. Where’s Linda?” Nepgear asked.
“Yeah. She said she needed to get some rest.” Said Noire. “I guess Neptune told you about her?”
“Yeah.” Said Nepgear. “She called us yesterday.” Nepgear took the pudding that Neptune had given her and opened the seal. After that she began spooning out the gooey substance inside.
“By the way. What’s up with the security in Lastation all of a sudden?” Noire asked.
“What?!” Nepgear cried, as she began coughing wildly.
“Oh no! It’s getting worse!” Neptune said, as she began patting Nepgear on the back.
“Oh right. Some idiot broke into the Basilicom last night. They didn’t steal anything, but it put the goddesses on edge.” Said Uni. “Black Sister’s been flying all over Lastation demanding their capture. I feel bad for her. She keeps asking people if her sister would be proud if she killed the intruder or something.”
“What about the goddess?” Noire asked.
“Nothing.” Said Uni. “Which is strange.”
Noire closed her eyes and crossed her arms in front of her chest. “Speaking of goddesses. I have something I need to tell you two.” Noire made her way in front of the television. At first, everyone in the room thought Noire wouldn’t actually say anything. The girl looked as though she were struggling to figure out her next words.
Finally Noire turned and said, “I think one of the goddesses has Histoire.”
“Really? I-” Nepgear began.
“I know it sounds crazy Nepgear.” Noire said, holding up her hand. “But I’ve been giving this a lot of thought and that’s the conclusion I came to. Fairy Tower’s have been moved and only goddesses can do that. Only goddesses can change the world through Histoire and Histoire is missing.”
“Yeah.” Uni said, as she started eating her pudding as well. “Nepgear was saying the same thing yesterday.”
“Really? So you agree?” Noire asked, turning her eyes to Nepgear who’s cheeks were bright red.
“I-I don’t know…” Nepgear began, before she closed her eyes and nodded her head. “Yes. I came to the same conclusion as you did, but we don’t have all the information yet.”
“That’s true.” Said Neptune, pointing her spoon at Nepgear.
“Yeah, but right now we can only act on the information we have.” Said Noire.
“That’s right.” Neptune said, quickly turning her spoon towards Noire.
“But what can we do? Ask the goddesses if they stole Histoire?” Asked Uni.
“Good point.” Said Neptune, aiming her spoon at Uni next.
“Well… No we can’t do that.” Nepgear asked.
“That’s right. We can’t.” Said Neptune, pointing at Nepgear with her spoon next. “Also why would Histoire reach out to the goddesses for help in their dreams if they’re the ones who stole her?” Neptune asked, before pointing her spoon at herself. “I made a good point.”
“That… Is a good point.” Nepgear said. “Why didn’t I think of that?” Nepgear wondered to herself, groaning a bit. “I could have saved myself some trouble yesterday.”
“Alright. So we know that Black Heart and Purple Heart both had dreams about Histoire asking for help, right?” Said Uni.
“That’s right. So it just leaves Green Heart and White Heart.” Said Noire.
“Oh right!” Neptune said, as she made her way around the couch and plopped herself down next to Nepgear. “You and Uni are coming with us, right?” Neptune asked. “Things would go a lot smoother if you two tagged along.”
Noire’s shoulders sagged a bit. “I’m sorry Neptune, but I don’t think that’s a good idea. As much as I would love to come with you two, I still have things to do here. I want to get stronger and I have a feeling that were all going to need to get stronger before the end of this.”
“Yeah… That’s true.” Neptune said. “But I’m going to miss you Noire! We’ve become really good friends!”
“I agree Neptune. It’s been fun hanging out with you.” Said Noire, as her eyes started to burn. “But… Uni?” Noire began, turning to her little sister. “I’m not going to make that decision for you. If you want. You can start traveling with Neptune and Nepgear. I know they’d look after you and-”
“No way!” Uni said, cutting her sister off.
“Uni?” Noire began.
Uni shook her head. “I have responsibilities and obligations here too big sis.”
“That’s true…” Noire said, suddenly remembering Uni’s job with Kei.
“Besides. What would you do if I weren’t around?” Uni asked.
“Oh please.” Noire said, crossing her arms in front of her chest. Her voice became bold. “I would be just-”
“Miserable.” Neptune quickly added.
“Sad.” Said Nepgear.
“Lonely.” Uni said.
“Leave me alone!” Noire snapped. Noire took a deep breath, before a small smile appeared on her face. “Uni… I love you.” And with that, Noire turned and headed into the kitchen. “I’m making dinner now. No requests.”
“Pudding!” Neptune cried.
“No!” Noire shouted back.
“So what are you two playing?” Neptune asked, slowly turning her eyes back towards Nepgear and Uni. “Also how do I tag in?”
Nepgear handed her controller over to Neptune. “Go ahead and play. I need to stretch my legs for a little while.” Nepgear said, as she got to her feet.
“You’re not going far are you? Sis is cooking dinner now.” Uni said, noticing Nepgear was heading for the front door.
“No. I’m just going to get some fresh air.” Said Nepgear.
Nepgear opened the door of the house and stepped outside. The sky had turned pinkish and a warm breeze blew through the air. The street outside Noire’s house was empty, but Nepgear could still hear the sounds of tanks driving through the city. She could also hear Black Sister’s voice echoing and reverberating off the buildings.
“How long are they going to keep this up?” Nepgear wondered. “I feel so bad for what I did, but I’m glad I did it.” Said Nepgear, crossing her arms in front of her chest and leaning against the door behind her.
“So many things are happening right now. I’m remembering all kinds of things, but I still have so much more to gain. I just wonder how all of this is going to end.” Nepgear thought to herself.
A small smile suddenly appeared on Nepgear’s face. “I’m so happy I came here and met Uni and Noire. These two have been so much fun to be around.” Nepgear thought.
And with that thought, Nepgear turned around and headed back into the house. “Wait! I’m not in the truck yet! Stop driving!” Uni cried.
“Sorry Uni, no time to stop!” Neptune said.
Nepgear giggled as she made her way into the kitchen where Noire was busily cooking dinner. “Noire?” Nepgear began.
“Hey Nepgear. What’s up?” Noire asked, not taking her eyes off her work.
“Do you need any help?” She asked.
“If you don’t mind. You can clean and chop up vegetables for me. I’m making curry tonight.” Said Nepgear.
“Curry?” Nepgear said, excitedly. “Sure! I’m on it!”
“Curry?” Neptune said, from the living room.
“Neptune pay attention! You almost hit me with the truck!” Uni cried out. “Gah! Nepgear! Hurry up and take your sisters place!”
After everyone ate dinner. Nepgear and Uni stood side-by-side as they washed the dishes. “That curry was so delicious!” Nepgear said. “And the best part is we have so many leftovers!”
“Yeah. Sis always makes the best curry.” Said Uni, licking her lips. “Hey after this do you want to play some more?”
“Sure.” Said Nepgear.
“Speaking of which.” Noire said, making her way into the kitchen. “Uni and Nepgear? I was hoping you could ask Kei for some time off in the upcoming days.” Said Noire. “Since we only have one more Fairy Tower left to activate, I thought it would be nice if you two joined me and Neptune. We’ll make a day and night of it.”
“Sure!” Said Nepgear.
“I’ll ask Kei tomorrow.” Said Uni.
“Great. If she wants Neptune and I can volunteer to help out to help her get ahead.” Said Noire.
“Volunteer? Gah…!” Neptune said, from somewhere in the living room.
“That’s right Neptune. Volunteer.” Said Noire, before she sighed deeply. “Anyways. Good work you two. I think I’m going to turn in early tonight. Goodnight!” Said Noire.
“Goodnight.” Neptune and Uni said, in unison.
***
The sun had set over the horizon several long hours ago and besides the many lights coming from the buildings and streetlamps, the city was dark, but it wasn’t peaceful. Tanks still roamed up and down the streets of Lastation and Black Sister continued her flight over the city.
“Man… What happened to this city since I’ve been gone?” Linda asked, as she slowly made her way down the street. Linda had her hands behind her head and she was looking dully forward. “I can’t sleep with all that ruckus going on.” She breathed.
Just as Linda turned down a street, she gasped. Standing directly in front of her was Black Sister. “You there!” Black Sister shouted.
“Y-YES!” Linda cried, throwing her hands into the air.
“You heard about the intruder that broke into the Basilicom yesterday, right?” She demanded.
“Y-YES!” Linda yelped.
“You heard about it because you were the intruder! RIGHT?!” Black Sister demanded.
“No! I didn’t! I swear!” Linda cried.
“LIAR!” Black Sister snapped, as she aimed her rifle at Linda. “I’m going to blast you! Maybe then my big sister will pat me on the head!”
Linda yelped as she turned on her heels and started running away. “I DIDN’T DO IT!” She cried.
“COME BACK HERE!” Black Sister screamed, as she flew after Linda.
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