Several days passed since Neptune, Nepgear and Vert decided to start hunting Pollux monsters. As the days slowly passed, the girls were able to earn quite a lot of share energy. Vert was able to increase her stats by several large digits and soon the girls were ready to move on.
“I wish you all luck.” Histoire said. “The next Fairy Tower is located near Leanbox. I’ve sent the location to Nepgear’s N-Gear.” Said the fairy girl, bowing low.
“Thanks Histoire! We’ll see you soon!” Neptune said, smiling brightly at the small girl.
“Bye!” Nepgear said, waving to Histoire.
“See you later my darling little sister!” Vert said, wishing she could cuddle with Histoire.
Nepgear crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked annoyed. “Little sister? Seriously?”
Neptune narrowed her eyes at Nepgear. “And why are you getting jealous?” She asked.
Nepgear jumped and held up her hands in defense. “N-No! I’m not jealous or anything Neptune. You’re my big sister after all!” Nepgear said, giggling nervously.
Vert took a deep breath and turned her eyes towards Neptune and Nepgear. “Are you two ready to go?” She asked.
“Yep!” Said Neptune, saluting. “The walks going to be annoying and I’ll have to complain of course, but I’m ready to do this thing!” Said Neptune.
After that, the girls started making their long journey to the fifth Fairy Tower. As they walked, they talked amongst themselves. “I’m really surprised how strong we’ve gotten.” Nepgear said, looking down at her hands. “I’ve nearly maxed out my defense and everything! I doubt anything could hurt me right now!”
“Oh yeah?” Neptune said, as she leapt at Nepgear and grabbed her sides. Nepgear burst into laughter and began wriggling wildly in Neptune’s hands. Neptune laughed along side her sister as her fingers made short work of Nepgear’s ribs.
“N-NEPTUNE… I’M… TICKLISH!” Nepgear cried, through her laughter.
“Ooh? I thought you were too tough for this!” Neptune said, giving her sister’s ribs a few more tickles before pulling her hands away.
Nepgear took several deep breaths. “I’m just saying my defense is almost maxed out.” Nepgear said, her cheeks were bright red.
“Oh that was so cute!” Vert cooed. “Nepgear? Please allow me to tickle you as well!” Vert held up her hands and wiggled her fingers.
“Uh… Maybe later?” Nepgear offered.
“Deal.” Said Vert. “I can hardly wait.”
Nepgear sighed a breath of relief. “What about you Neptune? How are your stats looking?”
“Pretty good!” Neptune said, flexing her muscles. “My strength is nearly maxed out too. Oh and I’ve been working on my defense and health as well.”
“Thanks to that stop, I’ve managed to increase my stats as well. I got everything up to fifty.” Said Vert.
“Keeping everything even, huh?” Asked Neptune.
Vert nodded. “Yes. I thought it was for the best.” Said Vert. “Did anyone else notice regardless of how you increased your stats your defense went up as well? I thought that was interesting.”
“It is.” Said Nepgear. “There’s still so much about the Fairy Towers that we don’t understand. I’m wondering if we’ll get it once we finish activating them all.”
“Maybe.” Said Vert.
“Boo! All this science talk is boring.” Neptune said, sighing deeply.
“It wasn’t really science…” Nepgear began, but Neptune ignored her.
“Anyways, I don’t know about the rest of you, but I think after we activate this next Fairy Tower we should go back to Leanbox! I want to check out that arcade one more time.” Said Neptune.
“That sounds good.” Said Vert.
“Maybe. It might be faster to go to the next Fairy Tower.” Said Nepgear.
“If I had to guess. I’d say the last Fairy Tower is going to be close to Lowee’s border. If we head that way, then there’ll be no reason to go back to Leanbox. Even using the teleportation ability.” Said Neptune.
“Teleportation?” Said Vert.
“Oh right!” Nepgear said. “It’s pretty cool. Every time we finish activating all the Fairy Towers in a land, we can use teleportation to move between each Fairy Tower. It’s pretty cool.”
“That does sound cool.” Said Vert.
“Yeah, but how does it work?” Neptune wondered.
Nepgear tapped her lower lip thoughtfully. “I’m not really sure.”
“Oh!” Neptune said, a thought came to her. “What if it doesn’t really teleport us? What if it actually kills us and clones us, with our memories transferred through the Fairy Tower communication system, and then we appear at the Fairy Tower we want to travel to?” After that thought a strange silence fell over the girls. Their eyes were wide with terror and their hands started shaking by their sides.
“Let’s not talk about this anymore.” Nepgear said.
“Agreed.” Vert and Neptune said, in unison.
The three girls continued walking in silence for several moments, before Nepgear broke her silence. “I know we have a long way to go Neptune, but it’s hard to believe were nearly at the end.”
“Huh. Didn’t think about it.” Neptune said, turning her eyes towards the sky. “That’s true. We only have two more Fairy Towers to activate in Leanbox and who knows how many in Lowee. After that, were done.”
“Maybe.” Said Vert. “I know Histoire said the only way to release the original Histoire was to activate the Fairy Towers, but I’m wondering if were going to have to do anything after that. Are we going to have to find where she’s being held? Is she just going to appear in front of us?”
“Don’t know.” Nepgear said. “Now I feel really foolish breaking into Lastation and Leanbox’s Basilicom’s. We really don’t know where Histoire is being sealed away at.”
“Well, where ever she is, I’m sure we’ll be able to find her.” Said Neptune, turning her face slightly towards Nepgear and winking.
Nepgear smiled warmly at her sister. “You’re right.” She said.
Several long moments later the girls finally cleared Ms Mountain. Nepgear pulled out her N-Gear and pointed towards the south east. “That way.” Said Nepgear.
***
Marvy felt very anxious. Today was the day that 5pb. would be coming to the village and she couldn’t wait to meet her. Marvy sat anxiously at the counter, her hands were folded in front of her. “You’re being weird, nyu.” Broccoli said, looking at Marvy out of the corners of her eyes.
“I can’t help it! I’m just so excited to meet 5pb.!” Marvy said, barely able to contain her excitement.
Marvy had woken up early that morning and rushed through all her chores. She helped Jane get meals ready for the few villagers who came into the restaurant. She went out and collected on a few more bounties from monsters and helped repair a nearby house which had been damaged during a storm.
As Marvy worked, all she could think about was meeting 5pb. and shaking her hand. “When do you think she’ll arrive? What should we talk about first? When should I ask for an autograph? Before her concert, or after? Maybe I shouldn’t ask her at all…” Marvy thought, suddenly feeling a bit sad.
“Weird, nyu.” Broccoli responded.
The door to the restaurant was suddenly thrown open and Sam appeared holding his laser rifle. “We got company!” He shouted.
Marvy and Broccoli leapt off the stools they were sitting on and ran outside. The sounds of Horsebird monsters could be heard coming from outside the village. “HELP!” Someone screamed.
Marvy unsheathed her sword as she ran towards the sound of the voice. Broccoli followed close behind on Gema.
Once outside the village, Marvy gasped. A large herd of Horsebird monsters had surrounded a girl holding a guitar. “Oh no! Come on Broccoli!” Marvy cried, as she rushed towards the Horsebird monsters as fast as she could.
The girl holding the guitar strummed the strings on her instrument. Three balls of energy shot out of her instrument, the energy balls flew through the air, but the Horsebird monsters dodged her attacks. “Oh no!” The girl cried.
One of the Horsebird monsters spread it’s wings wide and was about to unleash a powerful tornado attack, when a silvery flash temporarily blinded it. A moment later the Horsebird monster vanished in a flash of white light.
The girl holding the guitar blinked her eyes several times. A red haired girl holding a katana now stood where the Horsebird once did. “Oh god! The monster turned into a girl!” The guitar girl cried.
“Huh? No! I’m MarvelousAQL” The girl said, saluting. “I’m here to help you.”
The guitar girl watched as MarvelousAQL leapt at another Horsebird monster and cut the creature down. A second later Broccoli appeared and hit a Horsebird using Gema. “Broccoli? What are you doing here?” The guitar girl asked.
“Saving you, nyu.” Broccoli said. “Been a while 5pb..”
5pb. smiled. “Yes it has.”
By the time 5pb. finished speaking, MarvelousAQL managed to kill the rest of the Horsebird monsters. After sheaving her katana, she made her way over to the guitar girl. “Are you alright? You really should be more careful when traveling.”
“You’re right. I’m sorry.” The guitar girl said.
“No worries. Let me escort you to the village.” Said MarvelousAQL, gesturing towards the village that was nearly a mile away. “By the way. My names MarvelousAQL, but you can call me Marvy.”
“Thanks Marvy. My names 5pb..” 5pb. said.
Marvy halted in her tracks. Her eyes were wide and her cheeks were bright red. “5-5pb….? You’re 5pb.?!” Marvy said, her voice shook I her throat.
“That’s right. Nice to meet you!” 5pb. said, extending a hand to Marvy.
Marvy swallowed hard as she took 5pb.’s hand into her own. “Your hand is so soft!” Marvy blurted out.
“Thank you!” 5pb. said, smiling nervously.
“Broccoli can’t believe you just said that, nyu.” Broccoli said.
“I know!” Marvy cried, her cheeks were even redder than before. “I can’t believe I didn’t even recognized her at first!” Marvy thought, bitterly.
“Really. It’s okay.” 5pb. said. “Thank you very much for saving me.”
“You’re welcome.” Marvy said, groaning a bit before she spoke. “Please let me escort you to the village.” And with that, Marvy, Broccoli and 5pb. made their way towards the village.
Once they arrived they made their way into Jane’s restaurant. The moment Jane spotted 5pb. she began to freak out like Marvy did. “I’m such a huge fan of your work! I own all your CD’s! Thanks for coming!”
“It’s my pleasure.” 5pb. said. “I love Leanbox and I would do anything for this nation and it’s people.”
“Wow, nyu. Are you running for goddess, nyu?” Broccoli asked, dully.
5pb. giggled. “You haven’t changed, have you Broccoli?” 5pb. asked.
“Broccoli is always Broccoli, nyu.” Broccoli said.
“Oh right. You and Broccoli know each other, right? Do you remember Neptune, Nepgear and Vert?” Marvy asked.
“Of course! I helped them a bit on their quest to activate the Fairy Towers.” Said Marvy. “Wait… Do you know them too?”
“I do!” Marvy said. “I was traveling with them up until a little while ago. I wanted to help this village though, so I decided to stay behind.”
“I see.” Said 5pb.. “It’s been a while since I’ve seen them. How are they doing?”
“It’s a long story, nyu.” Broccoli began, as she told 5pb. everything that happened after she left the party. Once Broccoli told 5pb. everything she knew, Marvy took over and explained everything she knew.
“And that’s how I ended up here.” Marvy said.
“Wow. That’s quite the story.” 5pb. said. “I feel like I left the party too soon.”
“It’s alright, nyu.” Broccoli said, patting 5pb. on the leg.
“Speaking of which.” Jane began. “About your concert. Is there anything you’re going to need before you perform?”
5pb. shook her head. “Nope. I’ll be fine. Is this where I’m holding the concert, or will it be somewhere else?”
“Well were actually building a stage for you right now.” Said Marvy.
“Oh no.” 5pb. said. “I appreciate it, but you shouldn’t have gone through all the trouble just for me.”
“No way.” Said Marvy, smiling brightly. “It’s because it’s you that we built the stage.”
5pb. blushed a little. “Thanks.” She said.
After a few moments of silence, Jane cleared her throat. “5pb.? Can I ask for your autograph?”
“Me too!” Marvy said.
5pb. giggled and nodded. “It would be my pleasure!”
