Neptune: "Nepping Awesome readers! I finally got through that arc! Oh yeah~! But for some reason, I was clearly getting way too much abuse in those chapters >.> first I was hardly in the spotlight, had to take some underhanded tactics to get my cute pudgy face some screen time... And Seriously... Mr. Author! Another look alike!? The next thing you'll tell me is that she can turn into anyone else, effectively making her a clone of everyone!"
Peashy: "Neptuna?"
Neptune: "Hm? What is it P-ko?"
Peashy: "You're stupid."
Neptune: "O_O?"
Peashy: "Pfft-... "
Neptune: "Uhh... P-ko? You're not mad about me taking your pudding last night right?"
Peashy: "Really...? You'd take from a child? What are you, twelve?"
Neptune: "P-ko!? This rebellious phase! Are you starting to turn into a delinquent!?"
...Oh my gosh! P-ko is going down the road of no return! The road of which no innocent girl must ever take! The road of... WAR!!!
Peashy : "Neptuna?"
Neptune: "Huh?"
...Neptune turns to the doorway and Peashy was there looking at her with a confused face.
Peashy: "Ahhh! Why is Pea there!?"
Neptune: "So this is P-ko... and that is...P-ko? Oh no..."
Peashy? : "Heh."
...The Peashy standing next to Neptune morphs into another form...
Plutia?: "Hello Peashy~~~"
Peashy: "Fue..? Wait... Ploot?"
Plutia?: "Neppy said she ate your pudding last night~"
Neptune: "Wha-!?"
Peashy: "You did!? Uuuu~ Neptuna you idiot!"
Neptune: "No wait! I didn't mean to, it was kinda just sitting there so, I thought it might have been feeling sad that no one would eat it, and- GOOFFOOOOOO!!!!!"
Peashy: "Gimme back my pudding!!!!"
Neptune: "What do ya want me to do, barf it out!?"
Peashy: "YES!"
Neptune: "Now that's just Nasty...OOF!!!"
Peashy: "Uuu!!! Gimme! Gimme!"
GATHUNK!!
Neptunio: "Stop choking her! I can't... Breathe!!!"
...Neptunio enters the room and promptly grabs Peashy off of Neptune...
Peashy: "Waaahhh!!! No! Neptuna ate Pea's pudding! No!!!!"
Neptunio: "Look! Here, you can have mine, it's bigger and tastes better okay!"
Plutia?: "That's what she said."
Neptunio: "You be quiet! Hey! Cracker, get in here!"
Cracker: "Ugh... What is it this time...?"
Neptune: "You keep this this girl in check otherwise, chaos will ensue!"
Cracker: "Well if you hadn't taken that pudding none of this would have happened."
Neptune: "Well... Teehee~"
Peashy: "Bleeeeeghhhhh~~~~!!!"
Neptunio: "Apologize to her ya goofball."
Neptune: "Ahaha... Sorry P-ko..."
...This is how things have been for weeks now, everyone has returned to Planeptune and things have calmed down for a bit...
Edge Gear: "There they go again..."
Nepgear: "Y-yeah..."
Genesis: "Seriously every morning... It's like an annoying alarm clock..."
Feria: "Hehehe, better than seeing them at each other's throats though."
Shatana: "No kidding."
...Everyone started gathering in the living room, on the table were Genesis, Feria and Shatana sharing a meal, Nepgear who has recovered from her injuries sat down on the sofa with Edge gear fiddling with some circuit boards.
Zeb: "Morning everyone~ Gooey? Kitkat? Vady? Chiika Jr? Want do you want to eat today?"
Gooey: "Nuraaa~"
Kitkat: "Nyaa~"
Vady: "Beep boop bop!"
Chiika Jr.: "Bok~! Bokok~! Caw~!"
...Soon Zeb and her monster friends arrived and pulled out...everything...out of the fridge.
Neptunio: "Uhh... Zeb, can you ration those out, my credit pockets are not gonna survive..."
Zeb: "Nep? Oh! Sorry, Nep's just hungry... and... what are Credits?"
Neptunio: "You don't even know what credits are anymore...?"
Feria: "It's what you use to buy anything you want dear."
Zeb: "Anything Nep wants?"
Feria: "Indeed."
Zeb: "How does Nep get those?"
Shatana: "Well, you need a Job obviously. Or you can go do some quests from the Guild."
Neptune: "Yeah, unlike a certain abusive author."
Cracker: "You're one to talk..."
Zeb: "Hrmm... Okay~"
...And just like that Zeb returns the food into the fridge and takes her monster friends with her outside...
Plutia: "Muuu...Morning everyone..."
Plutia?: "Oh? You're up early."
Plutia: "Fue...? A... mirror?"
Plutia?: "No, I'm actually the real Plutia."
Plutia: "FUEEEE!!!? T-then who am I!?"
Plutia?: "You're just a Dogoo, a lowly and useless Dogoo~ You should just sludge around rather than walking like a human!"
Plutia: "Ehhh!? That's not true!"
Plutia?: "Are you sure? If you are the real Plutia then you should remember the first time you kissed a boy!"
Plutia: "W-what!? That's never happened to me at all! How would I know that!?"
Plutia?: "That's because you're not the real- Ah..."
...She is suddenly picked up from behind by the Cracker...
Cracker: "That's enough N.gine."
Plutia?: "Tch..."
Slap!
...She slaps the Cracker's hand away... And she morphs back into her original form... dark purple hair, pale skin and golden eyes...
N.gine: "Kill joy..."
...She then promptly leaves without another word.
Neptunio: "I guess she's still not getting along with us huh..."
Cracker: "She's not the only one..."
...The room went silent, when the Cracker looks towards the others, he could still sense the heavy atmosphere, when his gaze falls unto Nepgear.
Nepgear: "!!!"
Cracker: "..."
...The girl avoided his gaze, the air of fear and discomfort was present...
Neptunio: "I know... She wouldn't even look at me... Not like I can blame her though."
Cracker: "Yeah..."
Neptune: "Come on P-ko, here, I'll give ya some candy~ I'm sorry okay~"
Peashy: "hrmmm... fine..."
Neptune: "Great! Now, lemme have some of that pudding~"
Peashy: "NO!"
Plutia: "I'm... a fake? huwahuwahuwahuwahuwahuwahuwa~"
Neptunio: "But hey, at least some of them still hasn't changed."
Cracker: "Kind of Ironic actually."
Uzume: "Sup guys! We got us some fresh salmon!"
Kurome: "Eat... your... mushrooms!"
Uzume: "Now let's just get this guy cooked up and- eek!"
...Kurome's hand lands on Uzume's shoulder...
Kurome: "Eat... your mushrooms..."
Uzume: "I can't! unless Gearsy prepares them I won't eat it!"
Kurome: "You will suck on this Shiitake mushroom and you will love it!"
Uzume: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Cracker / Neptunio: ".............................."
Bel: "Yup, somethings don't change..."
Bel, Uzume and Kurome, returns from an early morning fishing and foraging. Bel overheard Neptunio's comment and mimics it back with a wry smile on her face...
Neptune: "Now then... Are you all confused yet? Well this flash back might help ya out ;3"
FLASH BACK
...After the incident at Leanbox, Grun ordered his scouts to scour the battlefield and eliminate any remaining shadows that they might encounter, Neptune's group then gathered at Leanbox's basilicom to discuss the present situation...
Grun: "My men and I will leave this matter in your hands then Genesis, it is a Planeptunian business of course, I will not decide for you, I only wish that whatever you might decide on, that you do not regret your actions."
Genesis: "I understand."
EnCodex: "I will not do anything for now as well... This is clearly a surprise for all of us, I will leave it in your discretion."
...EnCodex disappeared into the void while Grun, Vert, Rom and Emerald leaves the hall... Now all that remained are the Planeptunians... The atmosphere was awry, like a single falling pin will make a loud sound, when all is said and done they will have to address this-
Neptune: "Bah! What's there to think about!? Let em in!"
Everyone else: "Huh!?"
...And she just inserted herself mid-narration... rude... <.<
Croire: "Yeah! Let em in!"
Neptune: "See~ Crosty agrees."
Croire: "If they join the group, things will get more interesting!"
Adult Neptune: "For your first lines in a long while, you sure are energetic all of a sudden."
Croire: "Well~"
Adult Neptune: "Oh and hey, weren't you with Genesis when we left for the other nations? Feria said they didn't "
Genesis: "Oh... about that..."
Croire: "Details, details... who needs them?"
Bel: "Everyone."
Croire: "Fine, we'll get to that later, let's just say I went out for a little exploring myself...hehehehe..."
Adult Neptune: "That's concerning..."
Feria: "Let's get to the bottom of this one first then... Who'll interrogate them?"
Genesis: "I will."
Everyone in the room looked at Genesis and soon, she enters the room where Neptunio the Cracker and the Neptune Look alike dwelled...
Upon entering the room there was nothing but silence... Neptunio was lying down on the bed, the Cracker was reading a book, and the girl was sitting down in a corner away from the other two...
Genesis: "We need to talk... But first..."
Neptunio: "Hm?"
SLAP!!!!
Neptunio: "Ow!!!"
...from the other room...
Neptune: "Hey! Who slapped me!!?"
...and back to Genesis...
Genesis: "I knew it..."
Neptunio: "What was that for!?"
Genesis: "That was for a little test..."
SLAP!
Neptunio / Neptune: "OWWW!!!"
Genesis: "That's for deciding things without my will."
SLAP!!!
Neptune: "Okay! Who's doing that!? Do I owe you money!? Is that what it is!?"
Neptunio: "WHY THE THIRD TIME!?"
Genesis: "Because it's funny."
Neptunio: "You're weird..."
Genesis: "No, you're weird, why do you and Neptune have connected senses now?"
Neptunio: "Beats me, ask gloomy McDark over there, he's the smart one."
Genesis: "Hrmm... You've changed..."
Neptunio: "Have I? hmm... Now that you mention it... I have..."
Genesis: "Can you explain that to me?"
Neptunio: "I feel... happy... Like Really happy... Why though?"
Genesis: "Do you remember anything before you returned?"
Cracker: "We found her..."
Genesis: "Huh?"
Cracker: "We finally found her...Ezekiel..."
Genesis: "Who's that?"
Neptunio: "Oh yeah! Now I remember! We did find her!"
Genesis: "The girl you were trying to save?"
Cracker: "Yes... we told her we wanted to bring her back... but..."
Neptunio: "She told us... what she felt about everything..."
Cracker: "We decided to honor her last wishes... and well... she made us see the errors in our way."
Girl: "About freakin time."
...The girl said so in a very sarcastic tone...
Genesis: "...Looks like she's really mad about something."
Neptunio: "Yeah..."
Girl: "It had to cost countless worlds... billions of life and insurmountable damage just for you to finally snap out of that delusion."
Genesis: "Now hold your tongue-!"
Cracker: "It's okay... she's right after all..."
Neptunio: "We won't make any excuses for our crimes, we'll face our sins... We'll set things right..."
Girl: "Oh so you're some sort of saint now? Big fucking deal, what you've done to all of us is something I will never EVER forgive! So you can take this "I'm sorry" act and shove it up your asses!"
Genesis: "She really hates you huh..."
Cracker: "She's... going through a lot..."
Genesis: "For someone who looks like Neptune, she's nothing like her at all..."
Cracker: "She's the OV unit you know."
Genesis: "What?"
Cracker: "She's the incarnation of all the darkness collected from all of the times we've been in. If what I know about the OV units are true, then she was born from all of the pain and suffering we've brought into the worlds... She has taken this form simply because she was inside Neptune, and her mind is influenced by all of the negative thoughts and emotions Neptune produced."
Neptunio: "The OV unit takes power from negativity, being exposed to dark elements like, shadow monsters, void energy, anti-energy, dark emotions you name it, It will take those elements and turn it into the thing we now know as..."
Genesis: "The Daemon Drive..."
Girl: "Don't call me that!"
Genesis: "Then what should we call you? We can't call you Neptune, cuz we already have that goofball to take care of."
Girl: "I don't need a name, I can literally be whoever I want!"
...A shadow loomed over the girl and in an instant she's morphed her form into Genesis.
Genesis: "What the-"
Cracker: "Well now... This is interesting..."
Neptunio: "Was she always able to do that?"
Girl: "Hmph!"
...She morphs back and grins with pride...
Girl: "See? So get off my case."
Genesis: "Yeah... you still need a name, what should we call her?"
Neptunio: "Oh! How about, the Purple Flurp!?"
SLAP!!!!
Neptune: "Pleaseeeeeeee~! Stop the slapping! I'll give you anything!"
Neptunio: "I'll...keep my mouth shut now..."
Genesis: "Hey!"
Girl: "What!? He deserved it for that awful name!"
Genesis: "That's not the problem here!"
Girl: "Oh yeah!? Then what is!?"
Genesis: "I'm the only one who gets to slap him!"
Everyone else: "...............O.O.............."
Genesis: "Now then, on to the next question."
Neptunio: "You can't just ignore our blank stares!?"
Genesis: "Yes I can!"
SLAP!!!!!
Neptune: "Take my money! Take everything! Whoever you are just stop slapping me!!! #NEPabuse!"
Neptunio: "This room isn't safe, I'm out of here."
GRAB-!
Genesis: "Sit...down..."
Neptunio: "Yes Ma'am..."
Genesis: "Anyway, what are you up to now, since you've mentioned about setting things right, how are you going to do that?"
Cracker: "We will need to defeat the Baphomet..."
Genesis: "The what?"
Neptunio: "The Baphomet, a beast that once placed fear into our world, the very source of the dark powers within the OV units."
Genesis: "Shouldn't I have known about this? After being stuck with you for a very long time?"
Girl: "You wouldn't have known..."
Genesis: "Seriously what should I call you?"
Girl: "Ugh... Just call me whatever you want."
Cracker: "How about Ngine?"
Genesis: "Engine?"
Cracker: "Spelled like this, Ngine."
Ngine: "Fine whatever, anyway, you wouldn't have known because they themselves couldn't remember it..."
Genesis: "How?"
Ngine: "When EnCodex removed the name of their so called damsel in distress, it linked to the fact that her soul was used as a host for the great beast, this in turn did not only remove her name from their minds, but the name of the beast as well."
Genesis: "And EnCodex knew of this?"
Ngine: "I doubt it... She just wanted to discourage these two from pursuing that stupid goal, and since these two assholes wouldn't listen to reason, she had to resort to a more dire approach... Which clearly backfired and thus begins the cycle of grief... Now that you think about it, this whole thing happened because YOU TWO just wouldn't listen!"
Genesis: "Okay enough... So, how do we defeat this beast?"
Cracker: "The answer to that question lies with EnCodex and her group alone... EnCodex will help us... but I doubt the others will be willing to do so..."
Genesis: "Yeah... expecting their help after everything that's happened... It's slim..."
Neptunio: "But hey, we're stubborn as hell, we'll just have to try!"
Cracker: "Why are you always so happy all of a sudden, it's creepy..."
Neptunio: "I don't know, maybe I've just finally realized how stupid I was before..."
Cracker: "Yeah... I agree..."
Ngine: "Oh please..."
Genesis: "Well, all things considered, I'm glad you're back Neptunio."
Neptunio: "Just... don't slap me again, and thanks, for accepting me back."
Genesis: "Don't get too comfy just yet, you still have other people to win back trust. Starting with everyone in here might be a good start."
Cracker: "Lucky you... I'll need to build it up from the bottom..."
Genesis: "Just play nice, you're a smart guy, this should be easy."
Cracker: "Right..."
Genesis: "I still have a few questions, but we've all had a rough day, I'll let you go for now."
Cracker: "Genesis..."
Genesis: "Hm?"
Cracker: "About your nation, before the first reset..."
Genesis: "Don't apologize..."
Cracker: "huh?"
Genesis: "You were doing it for the sake of another person, and I don't want to forget what happened before, It's not that I don't forgive you, but I just want you and I to start over, I want both of us to learn from that what had happened and build something good from it."
Cracker: "Okay... I understand..."
Genesis: "The other's will be returning from the other nation's soon, you might wanna work on those Lily ranks while you still have time."
Ngine: "Whatever, I'm off to sleep."
...They all turn in for the night, Ngine left the room almost immediately, leaving Neptunio and the Cracker...
Neptunio: "We've got a rough road ahead..."
Cracker: "Yeah... but you know what?"
Neptunio: "Yeah?"
Cracker: "I feel... relieved for the first time...in a long while..."
Neptunio: "I hear ya..."
...They each lay down on their separate beds as they doze of to sleep...
later that night...
Neptunio's POV
rustle~ rustle~
Neptunio: "hrmm...?"
...My bed sheets were shifting on their own, the bed itself was also shaking a bit, it felt like someone was climbing on to the bed... soon, the person lay down beside me and I just ignored it for the mean time... I continue to close my eyes to sleep...
rustle~ rustle~
...What the- another one? This time the person was lying down on my other side, I wasn't on that big bed in Genesis's room, can the bed even hold this much weight?
creeeeeaaaak~ The door opened and then...
Cracker: "Who's there!?"
Genesis: "Eek!?"
Shatana: "Waah!"
Zeb: "ZzzzzZzzzz...."
...Shatana and Zeb were on the bed with me and Genesis was at the door with Cracker pointing a gun at her.
Genesis: "I was just umm... Hmmm!?"
...Genesis realized that Shatana and Zeb were on the bed with me and...
Cracker: "Oh... well... I'll be sleeping in the living room then."
...The Cracker just went out and escaped the awkward situation, wait what!?
Neptunio: "Hey! Don't just leave me here!"
Cracker: "I'm not a two timing bastard like you so good luck."
Neptunio: "Two timing- What are you talking about!?"
Genesis: "Neptunio...?"
Neptunio: "Yes Ma'am!?"
Genesis: "What are these two doing in your bed...?"
Neptunio: "I don't know..."
Shatana: "Genesis, I just wanted to sleep with Daddy, It's been awhile and well...umm..."
Genesis: "I can understand if the needy Shatana wants some attention but Zeb as well?"
Zeb: "Mmm...ZzzzZzzz...hungry...."
Neptunio: "Well, ya see, I was just sleeping, when I woke up, they were just here!"
Shatana: "It's true... and I'm not that needy...I think...Teehee~"
Genesis: "Don't teehee me girlie, I know you've been waiting for a chance to get your nicks unto my- I mean Neptunio, but know this... If you were to even get close to his *BEEP* I will cut you down like tree."
Neptunio: "O_O"
Shatana: "I don't know which is worse... Me being actually frightened or... The fact that a little girl just said *BEEP*."
Neptunio: "Not to mention its my *BEEP*"
Genesis: "Now... scoot on over and-"
Neptunio: "Mm-!?"
Zeb: "Muchuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu~~!!!!"
Shatana: "...Lucky... Eek!!!!"
Genesis: "You're dead..."
Neptunio: "Mmm!!! MM!!!!!!"
ZAPPPPPP!!!!!!
Neptunio / Neptune: "Ugegegeeggegegegegegegegegegegegegegege!!!!!"
Meanwhile...
Neptune: "What's the big deeeeeaaalll....!? I was just sleeping!"
Bel: "Yeah... feels bad doesn't it..."
And in the living room...
Ngine: "ZZzzzz...Zzzzzz..."
Cracker: "..."
...The Cracker finds Ngine, in a rather... precarious position, her belly revealed, her skirt rolled up showing her white pale legs, a small glimpse of her striped panty tugged a rather pleasant string in his dark heart...
Cracker: "A-ahem... come on... you're better than this..."
...He spreads the blanket he brought from the room and covered Ngine with it... since the sofa was occupied, There was no other place to sleep on... but the floor...
Cracker: "Well... Crackers can't be choosers..."
The Cracker curls into a ball while hugging his lone pillow to sleep...
Cracker: "Hmm... Rather warm tonight though... oh, right..."
The Next Morning...
Zeb: "Fwaaaaa~ aaahh.... Morning everyone~~ Hmm?"
Neptunio: "ZzzzzzZZzzzzz.."
Shatana: "Zzzzz...."
Genesis: "....."
...Zeb wakes up to find Genesis stradling a sleeping Neptunio (She's not doing the nasty, get your brains out of the gutter -_-)...
Zeb: "Hmm~? What are you doing?"
Genesis: "I just... can't stop but think that this is all a dream..."
Zeb: "Nep doesn't get it..."
Genesis: "Yeah, well... Me neither..."
...She traced the boy's face with her index finger, from his forehead, to his eye lids, to his nose, to his... Lips...
Genesis: "They all feel so real... when I lost him that day... I felt so helpless, like I was trapped in a cage, unable to escape, I tried to keep a straight face, I tried to act all cool and natural about... But deep down...I was... desparate..."
Zeb: "Nep... knows that feeling..."
Genesis: "It's horrible... It's probably what he felt when he... lost her..."
Zeb: "But he's here now, he's safe..."
Genesis: "He is... And I can't be anymore happy..."
HUG!!!
Neptunio: "Ooof!!!"
Gathunk!
Neptune: "OKAY! Break it up! I haven't had a good night's sleep, and I am as cranky as a spoiled pudding! You might wanna consider the inheritors beauty sleep as well- Hey~ Zebby~ Did ya sleep well?"
Zeb: "Yup~"
Neptune: "Of course not! Our senses are connected and- wait what?"
Zeb: "Fue?"
Bel: "What? You noticed just now...? Fuwaaaaaaaa~~~"
Neptune: "Bel... You look... happy?"
Bel: "I haven't had this much sleep for a very long time..."
Neptune: "But... I thought our senses were connected..."
Bel: "Not anymore, fortunately, Oh maaaan... I can feel my spine just...Aaaaahh...."
Fwoomph!
Bel falls on top of Neptunio and Genesis..
Genesis: "Whoa!"
GRIPP!!!
Neptunio: "Eguhuiiii!!!"
Neptune: "N-NEPPUUUUU~!!!!!"
Shatana: "Huh!? What!? What happened!?"
Meanwhile in the Living room
Ngine: "Mm...? What's with all the racket...?"
Cracker: "Get off me..."
Ngine: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"
Cracker: "Oh sure, blame the innocent! You rolled off the bed and continued rolling until you were sleeping next to me!"
Ngine: "LIAR! You probably picked me up and cuddled with me without my permission"
Cracker: "-_-"
...The Cracker opens up a holoscreen, and shows the entire event unfolding...
Ngine: "...That's...Oh... STILL Get your hands off me perv!"
Cracker: "YOU get your hands off ME!"
Ngine: "What? I'm not... AH!"
SLAP!!
Cracker / Ngine: "OWWW!!"
Feria: "Huh... I see you two are awfully chummy early in the morning."
Cracker / Ngine: "We are not chummy! STOP COPYING ME!!!"
Ngine: "I'm gonna-"
Cracker: "Do what!? Huh!? Hit me and you'd be hitting yourself!"
Feria: "Funny, now you two are bound by the same connections we inheritors once had with Neptune, and the same thing happened with dear ol'Darling and Neptune as well... Why though? I am utterly curious..."
Ngine: "Oof!"
...Ngine is pushed aside as the Cracker got up...
Cracker: "This never would have happened if the numbskull didn't touch the sword when it came out... The BETA BLADE, it binds parts of the soul in an unseen connection, but at the same time severs them, creating two parts of a whole... When the idiot touched the sword... It saw the situation as 2 people holding the sword..."
Ngine: "It separated them just like before, but since Neptune touched the sword... and with her carrying ME in her body... The sword got confused..."
Feria: "How can a sword get a confused? It's a sword. And how do you know all of this?"
Cracker: "The BETA BLADE is not just any sword, its power is rooted deep into the laws of creation, how it acts and how it affects those around it is based entirely on connections..."
Feria: "Connections?"
Cracker: "Listen... The sword identifies your ties to everything. Who you are and who you could have been, it sees you as a single being."
Cracker's POV
Ngine: "You can skip this part readers, it's just this nerd's blabber."
During that fight in the void before you entered this world, Neptune, Nepgear and Uzume were hit by the BETA BLADE's rendering light, but they didn't split into complete bounded entities. Edge Gear and Nepgear never shared any of their senses, their lives were separate as well, Uzume and Kurome never shared any senses but they share the same memories, they saw the same events, they were quite literally split apart, Neptune never got anything from the Inheritors, no senses no thoughts, However the Inheritors could feel everything, they hear her thoughts, they know how she feels, they can tell if she's angry or sad, or lost, or anything at all, and it's all because Neptunio got hit first... When the rendering light pierced through Neptunio, it affected the beasts within him as well, the Light from the blade carried his being but he was already a part of a whole, so the light had no affect on him, but when the light hit the other three, different results started to appear, Nepgear had the least connection to Neptunio due to her being the youngest, the sword saw her connection as a possible path or a future, following the laws of equal exchange, Nepgear produced something opposite from her, While Nepgear lived a fulfilling life full of adventure, Edge gear is from a dark world born of stagnation. Uzume and Kurome had the second strongest connection with Neptunio, he watched the girl grow multiple times, he has seen her progress and has learned a lot from her, when she accepted her darker self, she has become a reason for Neptunio to face troubling times, The sword saw this as a representation of self reflection, thus creating a body for an already existing darker self... When it hit Neptune...Oh boy... The connections were limitless, she could have split up into Ngine altogether but due to SOUL IMPORT, she's also gained a connection with the Beasts within Neptunio at the time and other factors came into the account as well, Atas' rage, Eelze's hunger, Cyfer's pride and Elphegor's sloth, what should have been Neptune's darker form was influenced by the beasts, their powers were stripped from them and were given to the one's we now know as the inheritors and their appearances are influenced by how Neptune looks.
On our case, the sword got confused... Neptunio and I got split up and Neptune this time being in the direct blast radius, got split up as well... BUT... Since it was 2 people effectively holding the sword, the bonds were made between 2 different people... Neptunio and Neptune obviously had the connection, the sword severed her links with the inheritors and made her link up with Neptunio... I on the other hand... Had my connections with the OV unit... And so I was bonded with Ngine...
Cracker: "So? Does that answer your question?"
Feria: "Oh certainly."
Cracker: "Good."
...Feria then takes her leave...
Ngine: "She has no idea."
Cracker: "Not even a single clue."
Feria: <So they are basically in bondage now... kinky...>
Cracker: "Yup, she's clueless"
DING-DONG~!
Ngine: "Someone's here."
Uzume: "Oi~!!! We're back~!!!"
Uni: "I brought Nepgear as well, she's... still a bit shaken..."
Neptune: "Nep Jr.!? I'm coming!"
...As the doors open, Nepgear rushes in and embraced Neptune...
Neptune: "Whoa! Sis! Easy, I can feel your warm bosoms just fine okay!"
Uni: "She's been like that ever since she woke up."
Edge Gear: "When we met up, she won't even look me in the eye, she just kept asking for you sis."
Nepgear: "Sis...hic...Oh sis....I was... I WAS SO SCARED! It hurt... It hurt so much...hic... He didn't stop, he just kept attacking and- *gasp!*"
Cracker: "H-hey..."
Uni: "YOU!?"
Nepgear: "Grraaaahhh!!!"
...Nepgear drew her sword and swings down on the Cracker with all of her might...
Neptune: "No! Nep Jr! Wait!"
Nepgear: "AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
...Blinded by rage, Nepgear pushed on, her hammer draws near and destruction was at hand...
BANNNGGGGGG!!!!!
...A huge pounding sound erupts from her attack, and dust takes to the air...as the cloud of dust clears, Nepgear's saber shines through like a ray of sunlight... only to reveal, that her blade is stopped before she could reach her mark... Her blade is stopped by one single bare hand, the hand was pale and would have bled out by now, and yet, it holds her beam saber like a quill...
Ngine: "Now then... can we all just take a chill pill for once?"
Nepgear: "Wha-!? Sis?"
Neptune: "Not exactly."
Ngine: "And I thought you we're the calm and righteous type, the one who's always goodness this and goodness that..."
Nepgear: "Why did you stop me!?"
Ngine: "Oh trust me, I would have loved it if you cut him down to size, but... I have no intention of dying just yet..."
Nepgear: "What are you talking about?"
Cracker: "Allow me to expl- Oomph!"
Ngine: "Save it."
Nepgear: "O...kay, then..."
Ngine: "Oh and don't worry, I already beat the crap out of him before, and I made sure that he's regretted he's actions."
Neptune: "Hey... wait a minute it was me who did the beating!"
Ngine: "You're gonna get one and a *BEEP* if you don't shut up."
Neptune: "I don't know which is worse, the fact that I'm actually pudding right now, or the fact that she who has my cute little face said something akin to a Popsicle."
Feria: "Popsicle?"
Everyone: "SHUT UP FERIA!"
Feria: "Well excuse me for being cultured >.>"
...And that's how things lead to the first paragraph of this chapter after a few days... With a new goal, they now try to see things through... However... What they don't know, is that time... is running short...