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Chapter 32: To Put My Faith In You

"Is he still in that cave?"

"Yep...if he beats the monster in there, he wins. Simple."

"He's been in there for a few hours now..."

"Well, if he wants what I have, he has to pass my test. Oh, but you don't, you're okay to do it."

"Eh?! R-Really?!"

"Yeah...though, here may not be the best place...On Mount Stream, the highest mountain in Gamindustri, there's a place where it better suits you...if you manage to get there, you'll be confronted with the one that suits you."

"...Thank you."

Plutia, Ultra Blanc, Noire, and Peashy flew towards the distance Azure had informed them about. Ultimately, why he pointed here was beyond them, but he probably had good reasons.

"...Wha...?" Ultra Blanc said, now shocked beyond relief.

All the CPUs looks in shock or surprise at the scene before them...

People, unconcious or moving, were present. Many of them, as well. The entire area was filled with citizens of Lowee.

"What...the hell..?"

"Did...did he know to come here... Because-?"

"...did he save all these people? When did he...?"

The cloaked man stood behind the demonic Rei, the frost around him spreading more and more. Rei looked at him in silence.

「In The Forest」

(Xenoblade Chronicles X)

"To think that the Chaos Energy would affect you this much...I was too careless...just how much will your influence spread...?" The man asked, as Rei remained unresponsive. "Well, Azure seems to be out of commission right now...so I guess..."

He didn't finish due to Rei trying to claw his face, but the cloaked managed to avoid it. He gripped his dust and counted Rei dead in the gut. Rei was sent into the air as the man pointed his finger.

"Arctic Atmosphere." He muttered, as a giant cloud of snow circulated around Rei, creating a Large glacier of ice around her. It began falling, but it suddenly blew into pieces, Rei howling darkly like a demon.

"Gonna have to step it up a notch." The cloaked man said as he summoned a long great sword that he held with his right hand. It glow crystal blue as it gave off a chilling air.

"Let's go then." He said as he launched at Rei in the air, blcoking a claw attack by said Ultra CPU. But then, Rei's hand began to freeze over, and to avoid being froze more, she kicked the cloaked man away.

"The Helheim Blade...anything that comes into contact with this blade, even flames of the highest temperature, will freeze over." He said. "Chaos CPUs are no different."

Rei roared as the Ice started to melt, but were shattered the rest of the way due to the black and blue flames Rei emitted. She launched at the cloaked man again, ready to strike. The cloaked man blocked the incoming attack again, and slashed Rei away.

"Like a wild bull who only knows how to charge..." He said. "But I still gotta keep you here, but that doesn't mean I can't try to beat you! Helheim Wisp!" He yelled as he swung his weapon, revealing a few small balls of dark blue energy annd launching them at Rei. Rei countered the attack with a breath of black and blue flames, which hit the Helheim Wisp, and froze the flames over.

"Frost Giant's Strike!" He suddenly yelled, as he slashed the ice apart, creating giant spikes of ice on the ice that he cut. He then spun and slashed Rei across the chest, freezing part of her body.

Rei then growled in anger as the ice then shattered off her.

"Hah...knew this wasn't gonna be simple...lets get a bit more rough on the strength of the ice." He said, as he inhaled and breathed out a cloud of frost.

"Thamur's Final Breath!" He yelled as Rei was covered in frost, frozen in place. However, slowly, the ice started to crack. Slowly but surely, the ice broke into chunks as Rei roared. She launched at the cloaked man, ready to strike. And although the cloaked man blocked the attack, Rei managed to graze his wrist...which then started to decay ash.

Shocked, he looked at his arm decay, and in a instant, he slashed Rei away and cut off his entire arm. The cloaked man breathed in and out...and, a strange darkness started to form around his shoulder and remake a new arm. In a moment, his arm was back to normal, but his glove was gone.

"...So the Chaos Energy will make one decay if it so much as grazes you...or are you the only exception to this trick...? Rei?" He asked, as Rei then launched again, this time black and blue energy engulfing her claws.

"Whirlwind Blizzard!" He yelled as he spun two of his fingers in a circle, entrapping Rei in a Whirlwind of snow, dealing constant damage.

"Maybe Ice magic ain't gonna do the trick...let's add some-?" He mumbled, as blue lightning shrouded his fingers, and flames shrouded his other hand? He joined both his hands to tether and pointed them at Rei, releasing a beam of flames shrouded by lightning.

"Drüth's Scream!" He exclaimed, as the attack added more damage, dealing much more damage to Rei. The whirlwind subsided, as Rei came out twitching.

"She survived...good. And now...Purgatorium!" He yelled...and shortly, the ground began to shake. Before Rei could even react, a gigantic pillar of flames erupted from the ground, dealing major damage to Rei. Rei emerged from the pillar and launched at the cloaked man. Dodging the claw attack, Rei turned back and roared at him, releasing a black, blue, and white beam of swirling energy. Shocked, he dodged it.

"You know, back then, you might've gave me a run for my money." He said, as he kept dodging the strikes. "But that was a long time ago, and you're a different Rei..." He continued as his former cut off arm was covered in black tattoos, and caught Rei's hand.

「thunderBOLTfantasy」

(Thunder Bolt Fantasy)

"As much as I should destroy you right here and now, Rei, I'm afraid I'd be seen as a enemy in Azure's eyes...and I personally don't want you to fall deeper in darkness, or die. There's still so much you have to do in this world." He continued on, as Rei then prepared a breath attack from her mouth.

"Back than, you didn't understand the relations of CPUs and People, and failed, blaming the people for the destruction of Tari. I know that Azure would kick your ass a million times over until you finally accept it as your fault, both in human form and HDD...but I'll let Azure personally talk to you. He has the better, correct words for where I'm trying to get at." He said. He pointed two fingers to the ground below and a ring of snow began to circulate.

"But right now, all I can do to atone for my ignorance, is to assist in Azure's attempt to save you. It's still too soon for me to appear before him...but I will appear before him one day...and I'll help him."

Rei glared at him with pure, unadulterated hatred as the beam was about to hit his face.

"But this is step one." He lifted both his fingers up. "Frimdrasil."

In a instant, a giant pillar of ice swirled up as it reached above the clouds. Encasing both the cloaked man and Rei. However, the cloaked man shifted from the tree and out of it. When he was a little bit away from the tree, he lifted his hand and twitched his pointer finger, moving Rei to the edge of the tree.

"This is all I can do for you...but there's still some things I can do to help those around you..." He said. Snow began to swirl around him...

"Finish it, Azure." He said, before the snow around him vanished, him along with with. From a distance, a bright rainbow light shined extremely bright.

Azure, holding his sword in his mouth by the handle, hand his arm raised up in the air, charging a energy ball of rainbow energy. However, what was surprising wa athe fact that Yuna and Sol were holding him up, supporting him as he charged the attack.

"When we get back to Delta Dimension, we're having a rematch, Azure!" Yuna yelled.

"Ine by Ee!" Azure responded, the handle of the sword muffling his words.

"You two seem to be getting along! Good friends already!" Sol yelled with a smirk.

"We'll be 'good friends' over my dead body!" Yuna retorted.

The orb of rainbow energy began to circulate slower, as it shines brightly instantly, prepared for the attack. Azure spit his sword out from his mouth.

"It's ready!" Azure yelled. At the Frimdrasil, Rei keep struggling to escape, but all kept failing to free her.

"Throw it!" Yuna yelled at the top of his lungs, as, with all of Azure's remaining strength, he threw the orb of rainbow energy at Rei.

"Stardust Nova!" Azure exclaimed, as the attack, at light speed, made its way towards Rei, hitting her dead on and resulting in a flash, and extremely loud boom, of rainbow energy. When the light faded, the giant ice tree was gone, and something was seen falling towards the ground.

Out of energy, Azure fell over, but still held up by Sol and Yuna.

"Jeez, must've been some hell of a battle he fought with her." Sol commented as he held Azure up on his own.

"Yeah...and he got his ass kicked, suddenly powered up, beta the crap out of her, and then got his ass handed to him again. You might as well give him a trophy for how much the past few minutes have escalated for him." Yuna said.

"Yeah well, at least he's still alive." Sol said, trying to look on the bright side. He pulled out a healing pod and opened it up. Setting Azure down, he made him drink it. Slowly, his wounds started to heal and he slowly opened his eyes.

「Lite Light」

(Hyperdimension Neptunia)

"Uhh...what happened...?" Azure asked, slowly waking up as he sat up.

"Well, ya hit her with that last attack, collapsed and fell unconcious, and destroyed the giant ass ice pillar. We're not dead yet, so I guess we won. Look, sky is clearing up to." Sol said, as the black clouds above Lowee were fading quickly. The sun shined on the decimated nation as the Azure jumped to his feet.

"Alrighty, let's go find Plutie and everyone else!" Azure exclaimed, as he held out his hand and he sword was shot at him. Catching the handle, it disappeared into pixels as the three began walking.

"...By the way, what was that sudden increase in power from eariler?" Yuna asked, as Azure looked at him.

"Hm?"

"Ya know, when you started beating that Alter CPU up and overpowered her with such ease?"

"Huh? When did that happen?" Azure asked confused. Yuna raised an eyebrow.

"What? How do you not remember?!" Sol asked.

"All I remember is using Blitzkrieg on her, using all my power...and next thing I know, I see you two on a building. That's pretty much it." Azure explained.

"...Strange...well, I suppose that it's not very important right now. If you remember anything, tell us." Yuna informed, as Azure nodded.

"Yeah, alright." Azure said. "Hey~? You know what they're taking about?"

No, not in the slightest. I'm sure it'll come up again. I'll see what I can do to find out.

"Alright." Azure thought. "Oh, how'd you two get here anyway? Did Histy ask you to come?" Azure asked, as Yuna and Sol looked at him.

"Some guy in a black cloak brought us here." Yuna answered. "I don't knew who he was, but he said you were doing something stupid, so he asked us to come help you."

"Not exactly what he said, but whatever." Sol mumbled.

"Oh...well that's neat. Must've been the guy who was fighting eariler then." Azure guessed. The three continued on, intending to go to the Basilicom.

When they got there, a large crowd of people, including the Ultra CPUs, were present. Everyone seemed to be confused and, most of all, scared of the course of events that happened in so little time.

"Yoo~!? Plutie~?!" Azure called out, as Plutia, in her human form, looked back at Azure.

"Aaaaaaaah...! Azuuuuure! You're sooooo amazing...!" Plutia exclaimed. "You helped alooooot of people so Faaast...! When did you do iiiiiit?!" Plutia asked, as Azure tilted his head.

"Saved these people?" Yuna mumbled in question. "...You must've saved these people when you powered up." Yuna deducted.

"Goddesses, how did you save this many people so quickly?!" Ultra Noire asked, walking up with Ultra Blanc, who had a serious expression on.

"Uh...How do I answer? Quick Azure, use your instincts!" Azure thought as he tried to come up with a solution. "Uh...Magic? Super Magic?" Azure answered as both Ultra CPUs narrowed their eyes in suspicion at him. "...I honestly don't remember."

"What? What do you mean?" Ultra Blanc asked.

"Azure doesn't have any recollection of the events, so he can't answer questions on how." Yuna said. Ultra Noire raised an eyebrow, but sighed after a moment.

"Well, whatever the case, you managed to defeat her, while we weren't any help at all...so thanks for saving us. N-Not that I care or anything." Ultra Noire mumbled the last sentence in a Tsundere tone. Azure was about to say something to her, but blinked and looked in the direction of where the tree was.

"..." He didn't say anything as he ran towards the area of the tree.

"Hey, where are you going?!" Yuna yelled. Azure looked around in a decimated around of the ice tree, which still left a chilling feeling which Azure didn't really mind, as he then spotted Rei Ryghts, unconcious...and nude.

"Oh good, she's still alive." Azure softly exhaled in relief. He picked her up in bridal style, completely ignoring the fact that she's naked, and looked back at Yuna and everyone else approaching him.

"Hey, what are...y...ou..." Yuna didn't know how to answer to what he seen before him. Sol was instantly flustered and turned around. Yuna simply blushed, closed his eyes and looked away, while Ultra Noire and Ultra Blanc looked at him blushing pure red with plate eyes, with steam coming out of their ears. Plutia watched with a blushed and with plate eyes as well.

"Oh, do you have spare clothes on you? And maybe some more healing items?"

"YOU SICK PERVEEERT!"

「pfSOTEad3」

(Owari No Seraph)

In what was left of the Lowee Basilicom, Azure had several steaming bumps on his head, but looked unfazed while having a blank expression. He sat on a chair net to a bed that had Rei in it, sleeping.

"Well, beat her, and now I know that Stardust Nova can save Nepgear and everyone."

It's similar to Neptune's Love and Peace you know.

"Yeah, that's true, but I did it. And that's all that matters right now." Azure thought. "I wonder if it can work on my Dimensions's evil Neptune and everyone. Would it defeat them? Or...~?"

Actually, I wanted to tell you something, but kept forgetting. If the chance arises, use it on them.

Azure blinked. "Hm? Why?"

Momentarily, a 7 year old girl with long, black raven hair appeared. She had black eyes, and a black gothic long sleeve dress. She has a black choker on as well. She had no shoes on, going barefoot.

Well, for some reason, I keep feeling like something is being suppressed. Though it's very unlikely that they're regular CPUs at all, and I understand it could very well destroy them, I would simply like to know what would happen. Destroy them, or...something else were missing.

"Missing? Do you think that they're regular CPUs like Neptune?"

You mean True Goddess Candidates? No. Not in a Trillion Years. If they were, they wouldn't be Chaos CPUs...though if enough power was amplified by the one who made it...

"So there's still a chance that Neptune could turn Alter...along with everyone else...including me..."

Everyone except you and Aurora. I'm inside you, so you're safe from that Energy. Aurora is the same, she won't let Aurora be turned.

"Everyone else is still capable of turning though. If only the Master that the Alter's serve can do that, then...we just have to take him down." Azure thought as she looked at Rei. "I couldn't beat her, even at my best...Hey, how can I get more Demon Slayer power?"

The young girl looked at him before slowly walking to the bed and sitting down, though no pressure was applied to the bed.

You've been wanting to avoid Demon Force as much as possible, thinking that it might change you into something evil and make you do something you'll regret, and now you're asking me how you can get more power for it? I know Rei Ryghts in Chaos Form was powerful, but this is a exception. This is the most powerful CPU in this world, and when applied the Chaos Energy, it boomed. Facing her alone, and without HDD to back it up, was a very poor descision.

"..."

Do you understand? Everything that you've been through hasn't even approached this enemy. Yuna is correct you know, you're too confident. Always thinking that you can tough it out will get you killed. And it spells bad news for both me and you.

"Are you done scolding me, Yuroka?"

If you want to gain more power of Demon Slayer Magic, or rather my power, then you'll have to wait a bit. Preparations for that aren't ready whatsoever. And it's not going to be easy either, this stuff takes time to do.

"..."

...I understand how you feel, but have patience about it. I promise you'll grow stronger.

"...Hurry up then."

Azure exhaled as he looked up at Rei, still unconcious. The girl known as Yuroka was gone, nowhere to be seen. A minute passed, and shortly after, a knock on the door was heard. Azure looked back to see Ultra Blanc.

"Oh hey, what's up?" Azure asked, as Ultra Blanc closed the door.

"Plutia went back to Planeptune, saying that she had a pair of the new clothes she made for you. Everyone else is helping repair Lowee, and...I wanted to talk with you, so I managed to get some free time."

"Talk? About what?" Azure asked. Ultra Blanc pulled up sat down on the ground and sat up with a serious look on her face.

"What you said; back at the battle...did you mean what you said?"

Azure stared at her for a few seconds before getting up and sitting on the ground in front of her.

"Yes." Azure responsed seriously. "I willingly chose to start a nation, because I wanted to protect people, not because it was my duty." Ultra Blanc stared at him for a moment, before slightly looking down.

"I see...then were different that way then." Ultra Blanc said, as Azure blinked in confusion.

"When I first became a CPU, I did everything I could to be the greatest. I studied, tried Ed, everything I could've done to do so, but as time passed...everything I did slowly began to fade away. When Plutia and everyone else came here, they helped me get my nation back from my former advisor, who also worked for the Seven Sages. If I hadn't met them, I probably would've..."

Azure didn't say anything until he shifted his head a little bit.

"What do people mean to you?"

"Huh?"

"How far are you willing to go for their lives? I saw how you intended to fight even though you wouldn't have been able to win, but I wanna hear it from your mouth, in your words. How far are you actually willing to go for people of this Nation?" Azure asked, as Ultra Blanc was a bit taken aback by his question.

"...I-"

"Let me tell you a story real quick before that." Azure interrupted her, which surprised Ultra Blanc.

"A long while ago, I woke up in a crater with my head impaled in the ground."

"Sounds familiar, but go on."

"I didn't instantly start a Nation, in fact, when Histy gave her CPUs start Nations speech to me, I declined. She still hung around me for awhile, so we traveled around a bit, trying to find something to do. Until I found a village being raided by bandits. I stopped them, stayed at that village for awhile doing errands and junk, kept defending the village for awhile until more and more people were in trouble. As I helped people, I got to know more and more good people, and became friends with them. When a powerful Demon tried to destroy the village, I transformed and managed to defeat it. The people didn't really care about if I was a CPU or not, and kept treating me the same...though I think there was this one guy who-"

"Continue."

"Anyway, I decided to start a Nation to protect people, not because it's my duty or its my destiny, or something like that. Share Energy isn't a right to a CPU, it's a privilege. In my world, there's a lot of CPUs I don't know about, and I'm sure they're out there. But, so far, Planeptune is the only Nation. I can think of 1 reason; they don't wanna start a nation. Basillcally, what I'm trying to say is that, I think, CPUs aren't better than anything, you're just the same as any other person. I only managed to get this far because of others, and it's technically the same for most CPUs, but I went about doing it a different way."

"...You didn't want to start a nation at first, but after learning about people's troubles, and wanting to help them, you started a nation. And you think that without them, you wouldn't have been able to get this strong...is that what you're saying?" Ultra Blanc asked, as Azure nodded.

"Yeah, and because I met with them directly, and became friends with them, it only strengthens my will to protect them." Azure finished.

Ultra Blanc stayed quiet and began to think. Thinking about Azure's story, what he said greatly differed from other CPUs. Not one CPU in Ultra Dimension would even fathom that, and yet he started one after becoming friends with most of his citizens.

"...The people of my Nation, who still trust in me and believe in me, even after I lost...I want to protect them. What you saw during that fight were my true feelings for my people. I'll put my life on the line in order to protect them. I won't cry anymore about it... That's my answer."

After listening to Ultra Blanc's answer. Satisfied with the answer given, Azure looked back at Rei.

"...You cried about it?" Azure asked, as Ultra Blanc had realized what she had said and blushed with a angry look.

"No! I-I never cried before in my life! N-Not about something like that!" Ultra Blanc stuttered. Azure simply let it off there.

"Well, alright then. Anything else?" Azure asked. Ultra Blanc thought for a moment, as she looked over Azure and at Rei.

"Why did you decide to save her? If this happens again-"

"I'll kick her ass again. This time, I'll bring my friends along to help." Azure answered seriously. "Just because you've turned evil because of a dark power, doesn't mean that you deserve to die." Azure said.

"...Alright then." Ultra Blanc said, satisfied as she gave a soft smile. Just as she finished, the door opened revealing Plutia holding onto a box.

"I'm baaaaaaaaack...! I brought another pair of cloooothes...!" Plutia exclaimed in happiness.

"Oh, I forgot. Good thing I didn't wear those new clothes here then." Azure mumbled.

It was a good decision.

"Heeeere you goooo...!" Plutia handed the box to Azure, as he opened it, revealing his new clothes.

"Alrighty then, I'll be back in a jiffy!" Azure exclaimed as he exited the room. After a good minute of waiting in silence, Plutia seemingly unable to control her excitement, as Ultra Blanc just stared blankly.

When Azure came back his attire was changed into his new clothing Plutia had made for him.

He had navy blue jeans on as well as black, blue and purple shoes on. He had a black and Iris colored shirt underneath a jacket with a pixel pattern going from his shoulder to down his arm. It was halfway zipped up, with a zipper of a pixel that had a Planeptune emblem engraved onto it. It also had a hood on it as well, along with cable strings on it. Another Planeptune emblem was on the shoulder as well, inside of one of the pixels. On the shoulders and wrists, however, was purple.

"Neat!"

"Ehehehehehe~...! I haaaaappy you like it...!" Plutia said in glee.

"It looks good." Ultra Blanc said. Just as Azure was about to say something, Rei began to wake from her rest. Ultra Blanc stood up.

"I'm gonna go back and help sort things out. So I'll leave you two to talk." Ultra Blanc said as she left the room. She looked back for a moment, before closing the door all the way.

"I'll staaaaaay...I'm sooooo tired..." Plutia said as she slowly went to the bed. She laid down, curled up in a ball and instantly passed out.

"Yep, she's like me Plutie alright." Azure mumbled. He looked back at Rei, slowly opening her eyes.

"Hmm...Huh...? W...Where...am I...?" Rei spoke, as she glanced around, seeing Azure in the room. Ultimately, she wanted to shot up in shock at the sight of the big, but could not gather any strength to move her body.

"Lowee Basilicom. You were unconscious for a few hours while everyone was helping with rebuilding Lowee, making sure everyone is okay, blah blah blah." Azure answered. Rei looked at him for a second, before thinking of another question.

"Who are you...? What had happened?" Rei asked, as Asure nodded.

"Names' Azure, CPU from Delta Dimension and CPU of Planeptune. You turned evil and I helped save you." Azure explained in a nutshell.

"Delta Dimension...? Why...does that name seem...?"

"Wait, is Delta Dimension a super popular place to space tourists and stuff?! That would make sense if other people knew just how awesome I am-!"

That's not what she meant.

"No...I feel like someone said that to me before...a while ago...I don't know how long, but some...darkness appeared in front of me and...forced me against the wall by some unknown force, and a powerful, evil energy resonated from a stone and..."

That must be the one who created Chaos Energy, the Chaos CPUs' Master. It's a guess, but...

"Must be...but that can wait." Azure thought. "Rei? Is it okay that I ask some questions?"

Rei seemed confused, but agreed. "S-Sure...what is it...?"

"First off, what are people to you?"

"Huh?" Rei seemed confused by his question, unaware by what he meant. "What do you mean?"

"How do you see people in this world? Do you see them like nothing? Do you see them as people? More than that? What? I'm asking because I heard a little bit about you from Blanc, and..."

"...T-That's...Uhm...B-Back then, I thought I was superior to all things in this world...because I had power. Power no one else in this world could come close to...then I went and blew it..."

"You killed some of your people and lost the faith of everyone...right?" Azure asked, as Rei gave a 'hm' as a response. A brief silence spawned in the room, as Azure then spoke again.

"That was stupid of you and all, but that didn't answer my question." Azure said. Rei looked at him confused, as Azure softly huffed.

"What do you think of people? Back then, you didn't see them as much. So what do you see them as now? And depending on your answer, what do you want to do now?" Azure asked. Rei tried to think of a answer to that question. Ultimately, she had restarted the Seven Sages to help deal with people's troubles. However, the answer Azure wanted was different.

"...I...don't know...I-"

"I won't leave until you give me an answer." Azure then said sternly and seriously. "I want to hear your answer right now, what you really think and what you really want to do now."

"...I...want to help people...that's why I restarted the Seven Sages with Abnes and Pirachu...but...when I do that...I'm constantly reminded of what I did...the memories of my failure haunt me...my personality in my HDD is no different...so-"

Rei didn't finish due to Azure grabbed her shirt and lifting her up from the bed in a threatening manner. Azure had a serious ook on his face as he didn't break eye contact with Rei.

"So you're saying that, because you keep thinking about what had happened you can't move forward and do what you really want to do now?!" Azure asked. "That's the stupidest thing I ever heard!"

"Wh-?"

"How can you move forward if you keep thinking about your failure? Nothing good will come of it! It'll just keep you where you are forever! If you really want to protect people and help, then stop regretting what had happened and think about today!" Azure yelled, making Plutia shift in her sleep, while Rei simply stared with shocked eyes.

"Now answer me, what do you want to do now?!" Azure asked. "Help and protect people, or keep sulking about what happened!"

"I...can't do that...!" Rei spoke after a moment, uncertainty and hesitation in her voice.

"Why?!"

"Everytime I gain power, My personality turns evil! I end up hurting people beca-!" Rei yelled with the same tone, but Azure lifted her off the bed and into the air by her shirt, which was eariler provided by Ultra Blanc.

"Why are you letting something so stupid hold you back?!" Azure yelled in anger. "Just punch it it the face and move forward! Stop letting your HDD control everything you want to do!" Azure lowered his arms so that his face was close to Rei's.

"If you keep being scared of yourself, you won't be able to move forward and get stronger to protect people!" Azure said sternly and seriously. "Think about what you want to do now, and push forward to accomplish that goal." Azure said as he set Rei down, who continued to stare up at him.

"...But...what...if I go crazy again...?"

"Fine, I'll kick your ass myself if that happens!" Azure said.

"I...I did so many awful things bac-!" Rei began, but was cut off by Azure.

"I don't care what you did back then! You didn't know how it worked and you screwed up! Accept your own mistake and keep going!" Azure said. He placed his hands on her shoulders.

"I can tell you want to protect people, not truly hurt them, so I'll put my faith in the Rei that wants to do that!" Azure said as Rei widened her eyes. From the bottom of her heart, she felt a warm feeling that began to burn like a flame in her chest.

「Mio MARE」

(Hiroyuki Sawano)

Share Energy. Pure, unadulterated Faith.

"I...but...th...this is...I...!" Rei couldn't find the words to respond to him as Azure stood straight up and looked down on her.

"I'm going to guess the people back then weren't your friends, but just your followers. Just because you were a CPU?" Azure asked, as Rei twitched at his deduction. "I'm not putting my Faith in you because of some stupid reason like that, I decided to trust you because we're friends." Azure said as he head patted her, making her blush.

"F-...Friend...'s...?" Rei couldn't believe what she was hearing. Never before had someone just up and said he/she had trust in her and that they were friends. This was...unbelievable to her!

"Yep, were friends. Friends trust each other, right?" Azure said. He patted Plutia's head, as she slowly began to awake from her short nap.

"Plutia is your friend too, ain't she?" Azure asked, as Plutia opened her eyes. Confused, with her eyes still half open, she looked up.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeh...? What's gooooing oooon...?" Plutia asked slowly. Azure knelt down beside her.

"Hey hey, Rei is your friend, right?" Azure asked Plutia. Plutia looked up at her with a tired face, but then smiled.

"Of coooourse...we've been friends for a loooong time..." Plutia said. Rei, ultimately, felt as if some kind of connection was made during the Hyper Dimension Rei Ryghts incident, but friendship was-

"So, have faith in her to." Azure then said.

"Okaaay...I trust you sooooo much Rei..." Plutia said. Rei then felt more share energy within her, and even gave her the strength to move around.

"I...I don't...kn-"

"Everything'll be fine." Azure said, cutting Rei off mid sentence. "I promise that it'll work out, one way or another."

Rei didn't know what to say. Never once had anyone- Anyone, showed her this much compassion, and assistance. It was new...a brand new feeling, in which she didn't know how to handle. The Seven Sages, The CPUs of Ultra Dimension, Croire, no one showed her this type of compassion. The only one who seemed to do that was Peashy, but not this type of compassion.

So, unable to give a exact answer, her emotions responded quite simply.

She began to cry.

Sobbing, she rubbed her eyes in a effort to wipe them, but failed. The tears just kept flowing out as Azure sat beside her. He placed a hand gently on her shoulder, as she slowly looked at him.

"It's okay, you can let it out if you want to." Azure said, as he quickly glanced at Plutia, as she the hugged Rei.

"We're friends now...its okaaaaay..." Plutia said slowly, as Rei kept sobbing

"You're...the first...to actually...care this much...!" Rei sobbed, as she finally let it all out on Azure and Plutia. She never experience this feeling for a long time, and...it felt like waking up.

...It felt warm to her.

...

Just down the hall of the the room where they were in, Yuna was leaning against the wall. He got up and walked away, not intending to ruin what was happening inside.

Outside, the citizens who were still able to work were rebuilding. Those who were experienced in medical treatment tended to the wounded. Everyone helped out, including Sol, Ultra Vert, Noire, and Blanc, and Peashy, along with Yuna who came out minutes ago wordlessly.

As several minutes passed, Plutia, Rei, and Azure came out of the Basilicom. Obviously, the 3 Ultra CPUs were shocked to see her, whilst Peashy ran to her without a seconds hesitation.

"Mommy!" Peashy exclaimed as she hugged Rei. Rei was shortly taken aback, but slowly patted the young CPUs head.

"You...!" Ultra Noire growled as she suddenly summoned her weapon, but to her shock, Azure appeared in front of her, grabbed her wrist, and karate chopped her on the head.

"OW!" She yelled as she held her head, which now had a huge bump. "What do you think you're doing?!"

"Be nice. Rei is a good person now, so don't be mean to her." Azure said as he released Ultra Noire.

"I apologize, but...please forgive me, even though you have helped us beyond gratitude, do you truly think we can just overlook this? If this is to happen aga-" Ultra Vert said seriously.

"I'll kick her ass again. Simple." Azure cut her off. "This is my fault anyways." That last part confused the Ultra CPUs. "You see, in my world, there's these 4 Alter CPUs who use the same energy that Rei was using earlier, and their Boss forced the energy into Rei, and made her go Evil and stuff. So, it's my fault this happened here that made you all lose, and have this place get destroyed." Azure explained.

"That power...is from you're world...?" Ultra Noire asked.

"I...see...Such a dark power originates from your world." Ultra Vert mumbled. Azure then looked at Ultra Blanc, who didn't give a answer yet.

"What about you? You mad at her?" Azure asked. Ultra Blanc began to think for a moment, with Rei looking at her, expecting the worst. Ultra Blanc inhaled, and then sighed.

"It will take a lot of good deals to atone for what you did to my nation. Evil power or not, you still did it, and I won't be satisfied if you don't pay for it. So help rebuild my nation and help my people recover; that's my requirement for forgiveness." Ultra Blanc told Rei, who nodded after a moment of silence.

"I understand..."

"Awesome! Whelp, time to go home." Azure calmly said.

"And do you have any idea on how to do that?" Yuna asked, as Azure froze.

"..."

"Thought so." Yuna sighed as he pulled out a blue crystal with a power symbol inside it. Azure looked at it in confusion.

"Eh? What's that?" He asked.

"That cloaked guy gave it to us. He said this'll get us back to Delta Dimension once we're done here." Yuna explained quite simply. He held it up, and a blue portal appeared in front of him.

"Sol, Azure, lets go." Yuna said. Sol and Azure walked towards the portal, intent on going home. Plutia, who was watching, then realized they were going back to Delta Dimension, without her. So, in a panic, she rushed as quickly as she could towards them.

"Wait for meeeeeeee...!" Plutia exclaimed as she tackled the three at once, shocking them but didn't have any time to yell in surprise as the four were thrown into the portal. It closed as soon as they entered it, as everyone who was watching simply stared.

"...Histoire did tell us to keep Plutia here if she happened to come back because she had piles of work...but of course, she leaves..." Ultra Noire sighed.

"Is Ploot gone again!?" Peashy exclaimed in surprise and plate eyes.

"...Well, nothing we can do now. I have work to do." Ultra Blanc said as she turned back around, intent on helping rebuild.

"...I have to get stronger."

「Minicar [Anime Version]」

(Hyperdimension Neptunia the Animation)

A portal opened up just a few feet above a sidewalk in the city of Planeptune in Delta Dimension. The four CPUs then landed on the ground, Plutia on top of the other 3.

"Ehehehe...! That was clooooose...!" Plutia laughed childishly as Sol, Yuna and Azure groaned. Plutia slowly got off and the three stood up, Sol rubbing the back of his head.

"Ow dammit..." He groaned. "Why are we out on the streets? Wasn't it supposed to send us back to the Basilicom?" Sol asked, as Yuna shrugged.

"He didn't give specifics. He just said it'd send us back." Yuna said. He then turned to Azure and Plutia. "I'm going home, we'll meet at the training grounds tomorrow right?" He asked, as Azure nodded.

"Yep, see ya later!" Azure said as Yuna and Sol left, returning to their home.

"Whelp, all's well that ends well!" Azure said as both he and Plutia waked down the sidewalk, intending to return home. Nothing seemed to be open, and very little people were left on the streets, walking towards their destination.

"Yeeeeah...You even made friends with Rei and Blanny...That's niiiice..." Plutia said in happiness.

"Yep yep, now to go home, and...and...a...nd..." Azure began...but then slowly stopped and widened his eyes. "...I forgot a souvenir."

"Eeeeeeeh...?"

"I forgot the souvenir that I said I'd bring back!" Azure exclaimed in panic. "Ruh-Roh Ruh-Roh Ruh-Roh! Think Azure! What can be a good souvenir for her?!" Azure exclaimed as he looked around frantically. "Oh! That shop is still open! Let's go check it out!" Azure exclaimed as he grabbed Plutia's hand and rushed over to it...

...

[The Following Day...]

"...You have got to be kidding me." Yuna said, as he looked down upon Azure.

He was face down on the picnic blanket, quietly groaning at quiet volume, while Aurora merely had a blank face on with her eyes closed, while held Baby Unknown in her arms.

"I'm sorry Yuna, but Azure isn't able to train today with you." Aurora said calmly. Yuna glanced at Azure, unmoving but could still make out his quiet high tone groaning.

"...I see. Whatever." Yuna sighed as he walked out to train with everyone else. Baby Twila crawled up to Azure and began pulling his hair while squealing in happiness. Azure just continued to groan at high tone quietly, completely unmoving.

"Don't leave without telling me." Aurora mumbled, clearly not happy. Histoire and Spirit merely kept quiet, while Spirit had a small blue rose in her hair. (Which Plutia chose out.)

"..."

"..."

Perhaps you have overreacted a little bit...?

"I didn't overreact."

Lady Aurora...he is still groaning and he had to be dragged out here, and has not moved a muscle since last night.

"He should've at least told me he was leaving."

...I see, I suppose nothing I say shall lift your mood. But please try to lift the atmosphere before the end of the day. It is not like you to be the negative one.

"...Alright, Astra."

「Lite Light」

(Hyperdimension Neptunia)

Kurome walked down the streets of Planeptune, not desiring to train today, intending to not going to take part of the upcoming battle. She wanted to go, but at the current level she is at, she would simply hold everyone back, and there was no way she could get strong enough to match a Chaos CPU in a single day.

So, she simply decided to walk the streets of Planeptune. Looking around, it seemed so peaceful and happy...something she herself couldn't really remember back when she was a CPU. The only memories she could still recall was her bad ones, of the ones who dared her as a demon.

But, now that she had a new beginning, she didn't worry about it much.

However, while walking, she heard someone behind her.

"Hey~! Kurome!" When she turned, she saw Adult Neptune rushing towards her, along with Umio and Plutia. Ultimately, Kurome was rather surprised to see them, due to the fact that Adult Neptune still didn't trust her, and also to the fact that they came all the way out here to find her.

"Hm...?" She hummed, seeing them approach her. "You all...? Why are you here?" She asked, confused.

"Well~, I came out here to tell you that I forgive you!"

"...Huh?"

"Well, it's really out of Nep Character to hold grudges for so long, so~ I forgive you for trying to kill me and stuff. Can we be friends again?" She asked, as Kurome was honestly wordless.

"...Um..."

"Oh! Don't worry! I totally don't mind everything you did! Uzume trusts you, Umio trusts you, so the VII Nep Character has to forgive you too!" Adult Neptune exclaimed, breaking the fourth wall.

"...And what about you?" Kurome asked Plutia, who smiled.

"I wasn't here for thaaaaaaaat part...so we can be friends..." Plutia said slowly. Kurome was a bit reluctant to answer the sudden question. After being born her own person and being capable of Share Energy, she felt guilt of what she tried to do to the Hyper Dimension and everyone in it. And felt like it wasn't right to just forget everything at the drop of a hat.

However, when she was about to answer honestly, something came flying past them and floated near them breathing heavily.

「ToBeContinued」

(Owari no Seraph)

"Croire?"

"Crostie?!"

"MY NAME IS CROIRE, YOU DOLT!" Croire yelled in pure anger. "Kurome! Holy Shit, you are here! I didn't believe a word that dumb bitch said, but you're seriously alive?! How?!" Croire kept yelling in disbelief.

"Croire...?! How is she here? I thought she was trapped in Big Nepsy's notebook..." Umio asked in question.

"...Oooh...I forgot Bad Me stole my NepBook..."

"Whoooooooa...! It's Crostie...! I remember yoooou..." Plutia exclaimed in surprise.

"Calm down Croire. Tell me what it is, how did you get here? What's going on?" Kurome asked.

"Alright Alright, Listen! I have to take you somewhere! A place called Zero Temple! There is some serious shit there we have to check out!" Croire exclaimed.

"Zero Temple...?" Kurome asked. "Why..? What's there?"

"Son of a Emerald Whore-! there ain't any time damnit! We have to go there now!" Core exclaimed in anger.

"Calm down Crostie! Tell us what's going on!" Adult Neptune exclaimed in question.

"There ain't any time! We gotta go check it out as soon as possible!" Croire exclaimed in a rush.

"...Perhaps we should go." Umio suddenly said. Everyone looked at him in question. "I simply have a feeling that we should go there...perhaps I am wrong, but I would also like to comfirm what is at this Zero Temple."

"I'll go toooooo...!" Plutia raised her hand up into the air.

"...Well, I guess I'll tag along! I'm sure little me and everyone won't mind!" Adult Neptune exclaimed as she smiled care freely.

"...Alright, I guess I'll go to." Kurome gave in. There shouldn't be a big problem with going, they would just have to be back before anyone notices. Kurome looked at Croire.

"Where is this Zero Temple?" She asked.

"Just follow me."

「No Music」

From a distance, there was the same cloaked man with Inu sitting across from him at a café. The cloaked man had his head down and his hands on his head as he seemed stressed.

"Why are you so worried, just do it." Inu said.

"I'm still not sure about this...! Give her a power up and get bitched at? Or find a less power up method and possibly have them killed?" He asked, weighing his options.

"I'm sure it won't be that bad." Inu leaned back in her chair. "Besides, what's the worst that could happen?"

"...Famous last words, Inu. Famous Last Words." He mumbled, as he held up his hand, summoning a dark Crystal the sharp of a long shard, giving off bone chilling evil energy.

"I am gonna get SO much shit for doing this..."

Croire has reappeared! Onward! To the Secrets of Zero Temple!

And done! How'd you like it? Enjoy? Hopefully.

The Next one will be the Zero Temple, while after that is the great battle! [To those who read the other note, I suddenly had a change of mind]

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Until next time!