"And Folks wel-key-on to Mini arc 3 of 5, the Lastation Arc which Leaves Leanbox as Mini arc 4. So Terra now races after Noire who is seemingly targeted by soldiers. So recall that Terra won't remember his other arcs only B-Sha and C-Sha and with that let's move on"
Terra sprinted after the soldiers who ran after the tired Noire. Noire got round a corner, her clothes fairly tone. Her skirt was ripped, her sleeves gone and stocking straps after gone with tears on her dress. She heard the footsteps of the soldiers and tried to run "If only I had the energy I could just fly away"
"hold it Felon!" "Fire the bean-bag!" one fired a non-lethal bean-bag at Noire who only just dodged by turning to run over a bridge "Missed but she's getting tired" "Come on Men!" Terra continued running gaining ground
"Why is Noire's own men going over her?" he asked himself "Or are they in disguise or I'll find out later"
Noire went over a small bump but her feet caught and she fell off, panting from exhaustion. She tried to get up but was too tired as the soldiers caught up and aimed their guns "Give it up now...you're under arrest" but then landing between them was Terra "What the?"
"Hold it" said Terra stopping them "Noire you alright?"
"Terra!?" she exclaimed before getting up "I'm...I'm fine" she lumbered forward and lent on him...notably heavily
"She's exhausted...or weak I can feel her pressing quite hard" he then brought out Nepgear's hybrid saber
"What's going? Why are you seeking Noire?"
"You know this Felon?" "She is under arrested" "she is wanted by the security of Lastation"
"Why what for? Noire hasn't done anything wrong"
The guards looked between each other "sir, I seen this boy before" "Yeah I have too" "But where from?" "Doesn't matter man. Sir you are to cease your action or be arrested for aiding the felon"
"Why are Lastation's men hunting their own Goddess?" asked Terra preparing himself
"Goddess?" "What's he talking about?" "Maybe this girl hypnotised him" Terra just tilted his head
"They...don't know who I am Terra" said Noire tired from behind with Terra nodding
"Sorry guys I can't let you take her. So back off or you fight me"
"Don't...hurt them Terra. They're...just under orders"
"Alright just get on my back"
Noire clambered onto Terra's back who jumped switching to Blanc's Tomahawk and struck the ground to make a minor earthquake, only strong enough to daze the soldiers and make them flinch letting him run away, much faster than them.
Terra ran out of the canyon, through a field to see Lastation "We weren't far off now just hold on"
"I'm...so glad to see a friendly face" said Noire weakly "I'm grateful for the save"
"you must've have been desperate to be thankful" he lightly joked "Hold on just a bit, I'll get you to an inn for some rest"
Terra arrived into Lastation, more lightly jogging "Right now where to go for an inn? Noire you know the closest one?" he got no reply" Noire? Noire are you...Noire!" Terra felt her grip slacken and quickly knelt down to stop her falling off "Noire, Noire hey!" looking more closely, as he looked at her he sore scrapes and bruises to her body "you'd had it bad, you're roughed up all over"
"My goodness! She looks hurts!" Terra looked up to see a petite girl with dark hair in what seemed to be a school girl uniform, the top red, look worried "Is she okay?"
"I don't know. I need to get her to a doctor or an inn"
"Actually bring her to my place just there" she pointed to a set of apartments "I know first aid, I can fix her up" Terra nodded
"Alright...and with you being a girl you can..." Terra coughed "Actually examine places I can't"
"How do you...oh right I getcha. Anyway come in"
Terra was led to a rather expensive or posh looking apartment room with four double beds in a room and a very big living room. Terra laid down Noire on the bed with the girl getting a medi-kit box "How long she being like this?"
"Just a few minutes ago" said Terra "No idea what's happened but judging by the scrapes and cuts she's been fighting or running for a while. Thanks for your help by the way, I'm Terra and this is a Noire a friend of mine"
"Oh I'm K-Sha...it's ummm nice to meet you"
K-sha was a petite girl in height with a slender frame. It was tricky to pin down an age but she seemed mid-teen to early adolescent. K-Sha has turquoise eyes and medium length gray hair held by a red headband. She has straight cut bangs and wears the longer hair before her ears in thin braids. Her outfit is composed of a short dark gray dress with a black belt accented by gold. On top of this is a red and white dress resembling a school uniform with gold buttons and a four-tailed bow of goldenrod with a red K in the center.
The dress is split from the chest down to the bottom. Two red ribbon tails can be seen sticking out from the bottom of her dress. On her wrist is a red and white bracelet on a black band with a white K on the top. She wears black socks with white miniature boots with a black band across the toe and red strings.
K-Sha seemed a bit soft spoken to Terra who seemed a bit tired himself "sorry about this...but...mind if I...go for a nap? I feel...tired weirdly"
"it's...no bother Terra" she said shaking her head "you rest" without much beckoning Terra laid on the bed and went for a short sleep. K-Sha looked to him and did go near him, nervous but saw him quietly snoring and even rubbed his head to get not much reaction
"He must've been tired...and judging by his laxity he feels no threat, good" K-Sha rolled him gently over to face away "Have a good sleep"
Sometime later Noire finally came around. She was only in her t-shirt like vest with her sleeves, leggings and shoes off. Her arms and left thigh were bandaged "Where...am I? How did I get here?"
"Mrow" she looked down to see a little black and white cat
"Oh hey little guy...did you bring me here?" she picked up the cat
"You were all injured and beat up" replied a voice to make her turn round and left to see Terra asleep on his side facing towards her though with an eye-mask "That boy brought you here, he's been napping"
"He must've tired...so where am I?" she turned to the cat as if expecting an answer
"You're in my apartment"
"Oh really? You own this place little guy"
"No I do" Noire heard the voice more clearly and turned right to the doorway to see K-Sha "Sorry I was just boiling the kettle" Noire looked between the cat and K-Sha
"Oh...sorry but I guess that makes more sense"
Noire put the cat down that ran off as K-Sha came in with a neat pile of clothes "Here I fixed your clothes, they were pretty torn"
"Oh thank you and for putting me up" said Noire "my name is Noire, sorry for intruding"
"Oh, oh it's no worry I'm glad to help" K-Sha said a little taken aback "I'm K-Sha and umm...welcome. Are you alright?" Noire nodded though rubbed her belly
"I am...though still a bit tired and hungry admittedly" she said blushing
"Oh I'll fix us something right up...but first I have to ask do you know that boy?" she pointed to Terra sounding anxious "He didn't try to do anything funny or anything"
"I don't think he'd even know what the question means" said Noire chuckling "No he's Terra...a friend of mine he saved me and carried me here when I was too tired to walk" K-Sha breathed out in relief
"Oh I see...I just thought he was a kidnapper or something"
K-Sha went to him "He fell asleep after bringing you here and hasn't got up yet"
"Well he did carry me a while" said Noire "But what's with the eye-mask?"
"It was just to make sure he didn't see me...checking you over" K-Sha blushed "I was making sure...you won't hurt anywhere on your body and so...you know" Noire did see her light attire
"Oh I see...and thank you...I think?" Noire collected her garments "mind if I borrow your bathroom?"
"No please go ahead" as the girls left, Terra all alone he slowly peeled his eye mask off and was bright red underneath
"I'm kinda glad...I kept this thing on now" he said to himself.
After 15 minutes K-Sha had prepared a meal in hamburgers and fries. Noire was tucking in as Terra emerged dressed in new garments. He had on a dark blue toward black hoodie, the zip and zip-teeth a light blue, the inner hood grey with the Lastation Logo on his chest. His pants were black with a blue stripe on them.
Noire looked to him and nodded "Not bad, but I'd be actually be surprised if they at least didn't look appealing since I did pick them out for you"
"You pick out clothes for him?" asked K-Sha curiously
"These are gift" said Terra sitting down "I was given a set of theme clothes by each of my friends"
"You are lucky aren't you?" said K-Sha handing Terra his meal "Here you are"
"You didn't have to...but thank you nonetheless" he said tucking in.
K-Sha chuckled "It's been a while since I had friends over, So Terra and Noire what brings you here to Lastation? Are you new...I haven't seen you both before"
"Well this was my home" said Noire before adding sadly "that is until I found out upon arriving here I'm wanted by all the security force" K-Sha gasped
"You're wanted? Wait...I do recall there's a call for a young woman with long dark hair"
"Do you know why they want to arrest you Noire?" asked Terra with Noire sadly shaking her head
"They refused to tell me" said Noire sighing
"I heard...it's something to do with treason or a connection to the Order"
Both turned to K-sha who saw their puzzled faces "Oh right...you wouldn't know being new. The Order is an evil cult that hold some strong influence here in Lastation. They cause a lot of robberies and violence in a bid to resurrect this demon god or something"
"Demon god?" asked Terra
"The members are scattered and any members caught don't say a word or reveal any secrets"
"It's a start I guess" said Noire
"Why what is it you plan to do?"
Noire folded her arms "Well for a start I need some information about Lastation. I want to know why I'm wanted and to find out from the citizens what's happening in town"
"Best place to start" said Terra "Also being meaning to ask, have you heard anything from the others or Uni?" Noire shook her head
"No, no I haven't and it's strange" Noire got out her phone and opened it "I tried contacting them...but all of their details had vanished yours included" she then flinched "Though strangely your contact is back on"
"Let me see" Terra got out his phone "No minus yours I don't have any calls though I do have Uni's"
"You do!? Could you call her?"
Terra tried to ring Uni but quickly sighed "Voicemail and straightaway meaning it's off or dead" Noire looked upset
"Don't feel bad...it'll be fine you'll see" said K-Sha "If you want you can stay here"
"Oh no we can't trouble you" said Noire "It's fine"
"No please I insist there's plenty of room here, you too Terra since you seem polite and mannerful and non-perverted" Terra felt an invisible knock to his head
"It...might be best to take her up on the offer" said Terra to Noire "Until we've got a plan"
"You've got a plan...though" she folded her arms and blushed a bit "Mind helping me out? I would ask but...you know lack of people to ask and you obviously don't have anything planned and I'm not asking much"
"I was planning to help you out anyway" Noire smiled
"Well of course. You'd be kinda stupid to reject an offer to escort me after all"
K-Sha looked between them and giggled "you two seem very friendly with each other? Are you two dating or something?"
"Dating!?" Noire exclaimed with even Terra going red "No,no,no,no we're just good friends"
"Just good friends...for sake of health just good friends!"
"Why for sake of health?" asked K-Sha
"I think you know why K-Sha" said Terra nervously
"So just friends...that's fine. Well I wish I could help you but I've got a job that keeps me busy so I'll see you towards tea time"
"It's no worry...and thank you K-Sha" said Noire gratefully.
As they left K-Sha offered Noire and Terra a keycard "this will let you into my apartment, I'll see you later" with that she ran into the city leaving the pair
"Well she seems nice...giving us a place to stay an all" said Terra "Though a bit too nice. She meets two random people...and gives them free run of their home. Saying that I won't look a gift horse in the mouth"
"Still I'm thankful I've got a friend, it was getting depressing on my own" it was Noire spun round "Oh shut up Nep...oh oh yeah"
"What happened there?" Noire sighed
"I've gotten that used to Neptune's remarks about me being friendless I almost heard her there" Terra patted Noire's head
"Poor, poor Noire!" she however kicked his shin "ow!"
"Kindly stop teasing here"
"hehehe...sorry couldn't resist. Well then let's look around"
The two headed into the town "So we need to see first what's changed in Lastation for" said Terra turning to Noire "you probably don't know this, but this town has no idea who you are or what a Goddess is"
"I've...kinda gathered that" said Noire "Before I got chased by Police no-one believed I was who I said I was, heck I even transformed and got no reaction"
"Which says a lot"
"Well first let's gather information, second maybe find out if we can access the basilicom"
"And third...I've got to find the one trapped by their fate" Noire just had question marks over her head "It's my mission here...besides helping you of course. In each nation there's someone...controlled by their strongest desire and I have to find them and help them"
"Any idea what this girl looks like?"
"No...but it'll be made apparent. We should also maybe ask for information if anyone has seen Uni"
"She'll be fine on her own...but I appreciate the concern"
The pair began their search, being wary of any security people asking the citizens for information on Lastation and its happenings...but it didn't take too long and after a hour "Well...unless there's a new building or something" said Noire "Lastation seems the same"
"Most mentioned this Order" said Terra "Heck there's one of its members now" a person in a white robe, purple at the bottom, walked by "Because of how the order is...unless the police catch them in the act, they pretty much walk free"
"As for the Ruler...it's odd but no-one knows who she is at all...in-fact she has rarely given a single order and not one appearance"
"Right then let's just move onto mission 2. Let's try the Basilicom and see if we can get inside"
As they headed there they heard a commotion from behind the wall of the front courtyard "Hey, don't you know I'm a friend of the person who lives here" a gruff male voice replied
"No-one is allowed to enter the premises" said the voice
"Oh come on, Surely Lady Black Heart has some time to say hello, she's not a complete shut-in" they both flinched
"Did this girl called you by your CPU name?" asked Terra
"Black Heart? Who's she a rock-artist?" asked the voice "Now scram girl before we have to use force"
"F-fine!" the girl came out not too happy "What gives I just wanted to say hello!" and as she stepped out
"No way" Terra exclaimed "Nisa, Nisa hey!"
To his delight Nisa stepped out and turned in surprise "Wait Terra and...Lady Black Heart!? You're here" she ran over to them "I just came to look for you Lady Black Heart...and Terra you got here fast"
"Huh...how do you mean?" asked Terra
"Don't you remember you were..." but then Nisa looked as if she remembered something "Oh yeah I was told that, actually nevermind"
"If you say so..."
"Still Lady Black Heart could you tell you're friends there to let me in?" Noire frowned
"Sorry but there are no friends of mine...in-fact minus you and Terra no-one knows who I am"
"Wait really?"
"The memory of Noire and CPU's are all gone" said Terra
"That might explain why and everyone thought I was a bit nuts or that no-one knew who you were"
"But you seem to know who I am" said Noire puzzled
"Maybe it's only people who personally know you" suggested Terra "But Mission 2 is a bust"
Terra sighed "So what brings you here Nisa anyway?"
"I was on my way to Planeptune" said Nisa folding her arms "But sadly while my fist of justice is strong and primed my sense of direction needs urgent training. I've been here for two days and it seems that injustice and criminals have hidden away for their numbers are common"
"Do you know of this Order?"
"Hmmm...only that their numbers are many and their injustice is known to all. I have found out there a led but by a single member who proposes the resurrection of a better world but otherwise my intelligence on the matter is low"
"Well you know more than we do" said Noire looking to the sky "It's already getting late, now what?"
"Well Mission 1 and mission 2 are in tatters" said Terra "And I've got no hints to my own mission, which leaves mission 4. How are you on energy Noire, as in share energy?"
Noire closed her eyes and opened them "I can get by. I can feel plenty of share energy flowing through the town...but none of it is directly going to me. I can absorb the share energy in the air but I can't fully utilize it"
"Then we should build up your reputation" said Nisa "The more people that believe in you, the more your justice should strengthen"
"And at this point it's all we can do without more information" commented Terra
"Ahhh...you make a point" said Noire unhappily "It's not much of a plan but it's a plan. Come on let's head back to K-Sha's"
"Nisa why don't you come along?" asked Terra
"No it's alright I can't impose my presence on a guest" said Nisa "besides I already paid a hotel room for a few nights and I want to make sure I get what I pay for" Nisa revealed her blue and red phone with a penguin on the front "Instead why don't we exchange numbers so I can meet up with you?"
With a couple nods Noire and Terra traded numbers "And like that you can call on my brand of justice anytime" said Nisa happily "Until the next day brave hero and heroine goodnight"
"Wait, just one very quick question" said Terra "This has been bugging me but, do you know someone called B-Sha?"
"Why yes I do. She was an eager young ally who wished to quell crime and requested my abilities to aid her why?"
"Just asking...goodnight" as Nisa ran off Noire just looked puzzled "If your wondering B-Sha was a friend I made, no idea where from though, who would parade as a superheroine and the way she talked reminded me of Nisa"
"Who's B-Sha can I ask?"
"Minus a friend...that's all I can tell you, as in literally that's it I can't remember anything else"
"Weird but let's get back"
As the pair headed back to K-Sha's room she was already there with a book "Oh Noire and Terra welcome back and good evening"
"Good evening" said Noire and Terra both
"Come in, I'm just preparing a meal for us all, it's chicken and rice"
"Sounds good thank you" Said Terra thankfully.
As they ate their meal K-Sha smiled a bit "It's refreshing to have friends over, so did you two have any luck?"
"None at all" said Noire "We didn't find any clues to why I'm wanted yet"
"And the Basilicom is out of bounds" said Terra groaning with K-Sha's expression dropping
"Why did you head to the Basilicom?" asked K-sha
"She probably won't believe Noire used to live there, so no point mentioning it" Terra thought to himself
"We were trying to meet the ruler of this nation for some help" he said lying "But a friend of ours, Nisa, got outright turned away at the door and what's weird is no-one at all knows who the ruler is"
K-Sha seemed lost in thought "She might just be shy of the people or super busy"
"to the point she can't even televise herself?" asked Noire "But thinking about it isn't going to get us anyway. For now I still need to find out why I'm wanted but all I can do is help out at the guild and gain some power back"
"Power?"
"Noire gains more power" said Terra to K-Sha "the more known she is to the people of this town...that and we kinda need some way to kill the time honestly"
"I'm sure you'll be fine" said K-Sha smiling "By the way I've got a warm bath for you Lady Noire, you can use it after Terra"
"That's fine"
"I'll keep it warm for you" said Noire to Terra.
As the night moved on, the three slept in their own beds. Once more Terra moved to Dreamland of Tari but it wasn't like the other. The world was dark, flames filled the air as smoked choked the land. The people were screaming, calling for help as the sound of the explosions. Terra's head was a mess as he lumbered, the people barging and charging past "You...why didn't you save us?" "you're the protector!" "People are suffering!" "Why won't you do anything!?" the voices were angry, and at one point he felt hands on his neck "You're a coward...WHY DIDN'T YOU SAVE US!?" an with that Terra awoke with a start.
Terra gasped for air, sweat down his face...as he looked round to see he was still in the bedroom...with Noire sat to his side worryingly in plain black buttoned Pj's and shorts "Hmm...huh Noire?"
"Easy, easy" she said with hands to his shoulder "You're awake...you're in K-Sha's room" as he took a minute he held his face "You alright?"
"No...No I'm not" he said honestly
"What were you dreaming about?"
"My...home Tari burning and crumbling around me, people fleeing in terror...and them blaming me for not saving them" he held his head "What could I do? I couldn't..." Noire in consideration sat next to him hugging him to the side
"There was nothing you could do...don't fret alright?" he nodded
"Thanks Noire...I just...need a moment" Noire thought to herself as she nodded
"I felt...his share energy going rampant through his body, it was definitely an intense nightmare. I'll give him a minute just to calm down" she then giggled "but it seems he doesn't mind my company, told you Neptune I can be considerate"
Little did they see K-Sha was looking at them, eyes looking at Noire's Gesture before she rolled over and went back to sleep.
END OF CHAPTER
"It seems...all these memories of Terra are getting to him. Inside he is a CPU, be it born or otherwise, so I guess je will feel touchy about being unable to help his home. I wonder how this'll affect him in the future. And it seems Nisa is back, and though this might a be a spoiler Nisa will be in the 4th mini-arc too. Also K-Sha IS a reference...but I won't spoil it JUST yet so onto this"
"Now I've spoken about ALL the DLC characters in the Neptunia world and the characters that didn't make it to this Fanfiction so instead I'll talk about the games themselves. I was going to comment on the spin-offs but...let's just list all the games. First it's the 'Original' Neptunia Trilogy. Hyperdimension Neptunia 1, Mk 2 and Victory. When I say Original this was back when NIS America helped to publish the games before Idea Factory Self-Published"
"The original game is treated as its own Canon, in which Neptune lost her memory and the goddess fought each other due to Arfoire. Heck there's even a plotline that shows that Arfoire was once human but turned a bit mental due to her ability. It's...a unique look and it's a shame they haven't done that. The gameplay was pretty basic and it was fairly grindy but it was a first effort. Now onto the Outro and it's Nisa"
"Hello all fellow justice goers, I am Nisa the brave Heroine of Justice hear to ensure all of you sleep in your beds safe as villainy is defeated. Now Next time on Neptunia's Second LC: Lastation Arc: Myself, Noire and our brave ally Terra build up our strength for the road ahead but it seems Fate is not kind. Our Brave Heroine, though in good intentions is captured leaving our young hero alone. The doubts of nights before him begin nibbling away at his confidence but aid comes to him in an unexpected source. Tune into Lastation Arc Chapter 2: Grateful Believes. See you then"
Author's Note
The next Update won't be out for a fair while now. I'm taking a week's break to refresh and relax. I'll be back to writing from the 27th August. Next update will likely be the 1st Week of September. Thank you for understanding.