Fallout: Kazuma a Courier?
Disclaimer I don't own Kono Suba or Fallout New Vegas, both are owned by their respective owners and companies, also keep in mind that if I get enough positive feedback, I might turn this one shot into a full fic in the near future.
How the hell did this happen, how the hell did this really happened, thought a panicked Kazuma as he was hiding behind a large boulder with flames being spewed everywhere but his direction.
What was suppose to be a simple medium class quest ended up being the most deadliest pants shitting experience for Kazuma and company.
It was simple really, go take a 2 week hike into the mountains and explore a newly discovered passage, and confirm if it's either safe or suicide to travel for merchants and wanderers.
Well they got their answer when it turns out to be that this suddenly new cave was actually discovered because it was made by a fire breathing Dragon.
As you can guess, things were looking grim for Kazuma as he realized now that luck ain't gonna save his keester forever, as he could remember vividly what had happened.
By some miracle, Kazuma manage to convince (bribe) Aqua to come a long into the cave a long side Darkness as Megumin stayed behind and guard the entrance incase if anything happens.
They were half way there, when both Kazuma and Aqua caught sight of the dragon, and as if on an impulse Aqua went and woke the dragon thing her God Requiem was actually gonna do shit for once.
This did nothing but awoken the dragon as Aqua and Kazuma began to run towards the exit, while Darkness stayed claiming it's her duty as a Crusader to sacrifice her life for her party members.
That was hard to believe as Darkness said that while breathing heavily and hard that perverted grin of anticipation.
Megumin had felt the rumble and began to do her chant just in time for Aqua and Kazuma to escape before doing the one spell to save them, or so they thought.
As Megumin had casted Explosion and sealed off the exit, she had collapsed and her and her party members were ready to have a moment of silence for Darkness.
This was short lived as the dragon broke through and was ready to finish the deed.
In a panic, Kazuma used Lurk to escape and left Aqua and Megumin to face oblivion, and had quickly regretted his actions.
Hearing their cries of help had tugged at his heart strings as he did nothing but hid like a coward, and began to hit with all types of emotions before deciding to face his sins head on.
If I'm going to die, I'm going to die at least as a man who was seeking revenge for his comrades, thought Kazuma as he began to stand up and gripped his accursedly name sword, and ready to face the dragon by himself.
Just as he was ready to turn tail and sneak attack the dragon, Kazuma had died as the dragon had loomed over him for the final moments of his life before burning him alive.
In short Kazuma died like a punk, but could at least claim he didn't die like a NEET.
The After Life
It was nothing new for Kazuma to die, if he would have taken the time to tattoo himself every time to tally up how many times he died, he would've had to barely finish inking up 100% of Aqua's body to give you a number.
But this time was different as he was now surrounded by Megumin and Darkness who insisted to wait for his presence by the request towards Eris.
"Welcome back Kazuma" smiled Eris weakly, "Kazuma" said Darkness and Megumin as both went and hugged him dearly, causing his mind to be in the gutter, wishing that Darkness wasn't wearing any armor to feel her breast, and Megumin not being a Loli and had a nice rack equal to Darkness.
"So I guess we failed and died huh" Kazuma said as he had a soulless look in his eyes, "That is the case. I'm sorry Kazuma, and I'm sorry for you too Megumin and Darkness" Eris said sympathetically towards the party members.
"So I guess Aqua can't revive us this time around huh" asked Kazuma rhetorically, until he realized that someone is indeed missing, "Say where is that useless Goddess anyways" asked Kazuma.
Asking the question caused Eris to twitch as Darkness and Megumin began to question the presence of Aqua as well.
"Well, funny how you should ask that" began Eris, "You see Kazuma, when you brought Aqua along, she was considered as your own personal item, your property so to speak".
"So when you both died, and didn't succeed in killing the Demon King, she wasn't allowed to return to her place as a Goddess" continued Eris as Kazuma jolted out of his seat.
"So what you're saying is that, that useless Goddess has died forever" Kazuma said as he felt guilt in his heart because he wasn't brave enough to protect her.
"Oh no, she's quite alive, just that she has to go on an adventure to solve a conflict, and once she succeeds then she'd be allowed to return her place as a Goddess" explained Eris.
Kazuma began to felt pretty good about himself, knowing that Aqua wasn't gone forever, but also because now he can picture her suffering by herself, because now she has to face her problems by herself without relying on others.
But unfortunately his party members had other thoughts in mind, "That's horrible" said Darkness as Kazuma began to look at her with a dead panned look.
"That's right, if we left Aqua alone like that, there's no telling what kind of trouble she might be in" agreed Megumin as Kazuma was starting to get a bad vibe from his party members.
"Eris, I beg of you as a humble follower to please allow us to go and venture forth and help Aqua" Darkness said as she knelt down with her head bowing at the more reputable Goddess as Kazuma let out a 'Huh'.
"I may not be a follower, or believe in you, but I too beg you to give us a chance to rescue out team mate" Megumin said as she began to bow to the Goddess and Kazuma to say 'huh' once again.
"I figured you might say that, so let me help you 3 prep up with the needed gear to go forth and rescue Aqua Senpai" smiled Eris, "Now hold on a damn minute" said Kazuma.
"I have risked so much for trying to attempt to fight the Demon King, and failed, but in all honesty it was for the sake of that useless Goddess and you two" began Kazuma as he looked serious for once.
"Now that we're all dead, and I'm no longer bound to Aqua or anything from our old lives, I can finally go and be reborn in to a family with good looks and hopefully under the care of one hot older step sister, and a cute younger step sister who I hope isn't a complete loli" continue Kazuma as he was backing down.
"But now you 2 suddenly decided that it be best if we go risk our butts again to rescue someone who was more of a liability as a priest, but also seriously the worst Goddess that the cosmos simply allowed to exist" Kazuma said angrily.
To everyone's surprise, Eris had went and slapped Kazuma hard across the face as she began to have a teary look in her eyes.
"I'll admit that Aqua Senpai was more of a problem starter than fixer, and may act as a tyrant for the most part, and may have followers who reflect her, but she doesn't deserve the hell she was now forced to endure" Eris said.
Hearing this got Kazuma's attention as he and the party members saw the mess Aqua got herself in to this time around.
They saw that Aqua was wearing a strange looking jumpsuit to Megumin and Darkness, but to Kazuma it looked very familiar, as she was wondering with a handgun at hand.
The next thing to happen was Aqua suddenly being surrounded by guys dressed in all red as they wore a fusion what could be describe as ancient Rome and football protection gear, as they had captured and enslaved her.
After examining Aqua's clothes, the landscape, and the enemy, Kazuma knew exactly where Aqua was at, and he began to mumble under his breath 'New Vegas'.
It was no secret Kazuma was a NEET, and while he did love to play games and watched anime from his native country Japan, he was also enamored by western games and culture as well.
One of the things that really stood out to him the most was Fallout New Vegas, as he had played the previous fallout 3 before, and claimed it to be mediocre, and Fallout 4 good in its own right, but had agreed that New Vegas was by far the most superior hands down.
So seeing that Aqua managed to get herself screwed over so bad in the most awesome, yet most unforgiving title in the Fallout Universe somehow got Kazuma pumped.
"Now that you see how bad it is for Aqua Senpai, I'm begging you to have a change of heart and to please save her" pleaded Eris as Darkness lifted their heads to actually see a Goddess to actually beg for the help of the most repulsive, perverted, and lame excuse of a man to rescue her dear friend.
"Eris Sama" began Kazuma as she got the Goddess to stare at him, "All you had to do was say 'Kazuma would you like to experience an adventure in Fallout New Vegas' and in all honesty I would've said yes" smiled Kazuma.
"Cause trust me when I say no true Fallout fan would dare pass such a rare opportunity like this if it meant I could've had a harem of 4 older hot busty step sisters who would do anything for their younger brother" smiled Kazuma with determination.
Ignoring that last statement, Eris was happy to know that Kazuma was on board to rescue Aqua along with his party members for one more final epic adventure.
"Very good Kazuma, just give me a minute to load the needed information for you and your party members to get ready for the world of New Vegas and give you guys some starting armor and gear" Eris said as she began to upload the information needed for the trio to survive.
"Now that that's done" why don't you guys start choosing your armor and gear" said Eris she offered a selection of clothes and gear from the Courier's Stash DLC.
Kazuma had figured that Aqua went on with the classic pack, not knowing how to properly use it to her advantage, but probably choosed it because of the blue coloring.
Seeing how clueless and intimidating Megumin and Darkness had on their face, he decided to help them if they planned to come back alive.
"Megumin, you should take the Mercenary gear, and Darkness equip yourself with the Tribal gear" Kazuma said as they gave him an exclaimed look.
"Trust me, those sets complement you both back at home perfectly" smiled Kazuma as he took the Caravan gear.
Seeing how Kazuma seemed hype and knew more about the world they were going to, the girls agreed to take on Kazuma's suggestion, even though they had some doubt.
"I see that you 3 are ready and set to go" Eris said as she began to eye each of the party members gear and weapons.
Kazuma wore lightweight leather armor with the right sleeve torn off, as he carried a caravan double barrel at hand, with sufficient ammo at his disposal along with some binoculars, and some repair kits in his carry on pouch.
Megumin had wore lightweight metal armor, which was still heavy AF, and carried a grenade launcher at hand, a fair amount of ammo, along with some super stimpacks and doctor bags on her person in case of anything.
Darkness was the least equip as she had on Tribal raiding armor, a broad machete on her side, 10 throwing spears on her back and 5 bleak venoms on person.
But none the less they were ready, and were given their own personal pip-boys to face the world head on.
"Well I say you 3 are ready to go, now let's not dilly dally so I can transport you 6 there" Eris said as she was ready to send them off, "Hold it" called out Kazuma as he got everyone's attention.
"The last time I was taken to a different world I was offered either a unique weapon or skill, I figured it's only fair I was offered the same thing as well" smiled Kazuma.
"Sorry Kazuma, but technically you're still contracted to Aqua, so I'm afraid I can't help you on that" said Eris forgivingly as Kazuma was giving a sad look.
"But I'll tell you what, how about I boost your level and skills needed to start off your journey by 3" offered Eris, "If you can double it I'd be happy" pleaded Kazuma.
"Ok I guess I can raise your levels by 6, no problem" said Eris as she sent her heroes off, "And Kazuma, I have faith in you to do the right thing" smiled Eris before they were finally out of sight.
New Vegas: Nipton
The trio had awaken from the inside of a building that looked recently abandoned and destroyed as paper, blood, and technology new to the 2 female companions was all over the floor.
"Where are we" asked Megumin as she and Darkness noticing that Kazuma was fiddling with his pip-boy, before the 2 took the moment to look at theirs.
"Say Kazuma, exactly what is this that's strapped to our hands" asked Darkness, "That's a pip-boy 3000, in this world, that's our adventurer's cards, but it serves a lot more, as you can check on stored item, skill and S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats, perks your health condition and many more" explained Kazuma as he was checking his current stats himself.
No surprise that he finally discovered and had known, but now confirmed his strength and endurance were below aver, but it was all compensated he saw he had a high intelligent and maxed luck stats.
As promised, Eris would allow him to start at level 6, giving him a head start on his skills and per selection, and wasted no time to divide his stats evenly.
For the most part his skills went towards barter, speech, and sneak as his major skill focus, but also took care in adjusting to his minor consisting of hack and lock picking.
As for perks he went with Lady Killer as a means to at least talk information out of girls more easier on his end, and maybe to finally score with someone in his miserable existence.
What followed was the obvious Educated perk so he can gain more skill point distribution as he levels up, and given his condition it helped him achieve to his desired skill level.
Finally his last perk was Fortune Finder, as he learned from previous before coming to the Mojave that you should never pass an opportunity to earn more cash.
As Kazuma was finished and satisfied, he notice that the girls were also fiddling with their pip-boys as well.
Darkness wasn't surprise that she had nearly maxed out her strength and endurance at the cost of some of her agility, but surprise her was the amount of charisma she had.
Megumin was a little down that to finally realize that she was indeed the weakest in strength, but was compensated in her intelligence, and perception, something she was unaware causes one to have an increase in explosive skill.
"Alright girls, you ready to hit the road" called Kazuma, "Sure thing" smiled Megumin as she waved her grenade launcher and caused Kazuma to crouch down in fear.
"Quit swinging that thing, before you kill us before we even get the chance to save Aqua" shouted Kazuma as he had dropped to the floor and covered his head.
"Aaah" screamed Megumin as she dropped the weapon, "What exactly is so dangerous about that weapon" asked Darkness as she was huffing with anticipation.
"That there is a grenade launcher, if handled incorrectly, you can end up hurtting innocent people passing by, your team or worse yourself" explained Kazuma in a shrill tone.
Hearing the word grenade made Megumin's brain click, since grenades are known to explode, and without further hesitation she went and lifted the weapon back up.
"Please Kazuma, I beg of you please let's find something to blow up, ooh how I feared I might never be able to use explosion while we're here" Megumin said as she began to cherish the weapon like a mother to her newborn child.
"First of all let me teach you how to fire that thing first, then I'll consider having you blow up any Rad Roaches or Geckos out in the wasteland" Kazuma said as he snatched the weapon, and brought Megumin down.
"Hey do you hear that" said a voice down stairs, before Kazuma and company knelt down and peaked over the stair case.
To Kazuma's horror they were right above 2 Legion Recruits and Legion hounds, something he wasn't ready for, before he realized something.
He never examined the place they started out, but given the size and damage of the property they were on, he knew exactly where they were at, and it was the place dreaded by inexperienced, or unprepared players in New Vegas.
They were in Nipton, a town that was savagely slaughtered by the Legion without any remorse or mercy as if they had did some act of good.
This is bad, thought Kazuma as he was ready to use Lurk, but remember where he was at, and began to regret not focusing on his sneak skills.
"Kazuma, those men are dressed like the ones who took Aqua" whispered Darkness, "Yeah, no doubt about it, they're part of the Legion" Kazuma said with fear in his voice, "The Legion" asked Megumin.
Before Kazuma could explain the hounds and the 2 recruits began to walk their way up stairs, and seeing how hiding was out of the question, Kazuma had no choice but to fight back.
"Girls whatever you do, don't move here until it sounds safe" Kazuma said as he began to stood up and gripped his caravan shotgun and took aim.
Kazuma had no experience with guns, hell he's hasn't even held a BB in his life, but that doesn't matter as he went and fired away both shells without realizing it.
He manage to kill one of the hounds, and crippled one of the recruits legs, before he reached in and began to reload as fast as he can.
Unfortunately he wasn't fast enough as the recruits took out their machetes and made their way up the stairs, while the other hound rushed up stairs and pinned Kazuma as he used his shotgun to distance himself from the mutts bite.
It can't end like this, thought Kazuma as he struggled to keep the dog from biting his face off, but was rescued when Megumin went and wrestled the mutt.
"Kazuma get up!" shouted Megumin, "We got some survivors" said one of the Legion Recruits as one went towards Megumin, and the other to Kazuma ready to kill them both.
Kazuma had finished reloading when the Recruit went and kicked the firearm out of his hand and swung his weapon down at Kazuma, and cut him deep in his left shoulder.
"I hope that in hell you learn the actions of your sins" said the Recruit as he was all up in Kazuma's face, only to feel something sharp split his head open like a damn watermelon.
To Kazuma's surprise, Darkness had not only actually hit an attacking enemy, but killed them, as she pulled her machete out of the Legionnaires head, before kicking the corpse off and proceeded to pull the Legion mutt off Megumin.
As for the other Legion Recruit soldier, Kazuma saw him lying dead down the stairs with a spear through his chest.
Getting back to his feet, he retrieved his weapon, and made his way towards Megumin and Darkness who finished dealing with the Legion mutt.
"Megumin are you alright" asked Kazuma, "Just a flesh wound, but we should worry about you" Megumin said as she and Darkness saw the inflicted wound on Kazuma's shoulder.
His left shoulder felt heavy and hard to move, confirming that it was indeed crippled as he had to deal with holding his shotgun with his one good arm.
"We can worry about it later, all I know is that right now, we're going to have to deal with 3 more Legion soldiers the moment we step outside this building, and one of them happens to be Vulpes Inculta" explained Kazuma.
Aside from the obvious Latin names, the girls were still confused considering Kazuma seems to know what the hell he's talking about for once in his life.
"Ok, but first of all Kazuma, who exactly is this Legion we're facing off against" asked Megumin, "The Legion, better known as Caesars Legion, is one of the most deadliest factions here in New Vegas, and also a powerful threat coming from the east" explained Kazuma.
"Care to explain more" asked Darkness, "Caesars Legion, was founded by a man who goes by Caesar, a man who conquered over 88 tribes across the Colorado River, who plans to repeat history by rebuilding one of the oldest, and unarguable the most powerful society in history, Ancient Rome. By means of old war tactics and through unmerciful actions, the man has annihilated, forcibly integrated, and enslave countless people" explained Kazuma.
"They believe by killing the weak and controlling the strong, Caesar believes that he can recreate a better world and society under his rule, even if it meant dwelling back to old world society and customs that have proven to not only be wrong, but also reverting backwards as appose to progressive society" concluded Kazuma.
"Exactly how far back do you mean" asked Megumin, "Women having no right what so ever in political, social, or anything. Their purpose is to serve as breeders, and pack mules" explained Kazuma.
Megumin instantly had a look of horror on her face, Darkness trying hard to play a horrified poker face, only to fail on the apparent blush on her face.
"Darkness, could you please keep your head out of the gutter for once, in all honesty, I foresee a fate worse than death should they capture you" Kazuma said with a straight face.
"K-k-k-Kazuma how could you say such a thing, just because the idea of being force to carry things till my back aches, and till my legs collapse, only to be violated to provide only a worthy soldier to fight in the Legion disgusts me" Darkness said with a blush, which could either be for embarrassment, or because she would enjoy it.
"Uh, let's focus back on this Vulpes fellow who's waiting for us outside" Megumin said to change the subject.
"Right, Vulpes happens to be Caesars best infiltrator, and runs Caesars spy network, he even has them within the NCR, but what makes him scary is his cold and emotionless impression, and if force to fight, he won't hold his punches" explained Kazuma.
"So how do we deal with him" asked Darkness, as Kazuma began to ponder himself, as he may have indeed put some skill points into sneak, but it wasn't enough for him to go and place a live grenade in Vulpes, and his cronies pockets, and watch them get blown to kingdom come.
Thinking all of his options, and given the limited gear him, and his party members have, not to mention their current experience level, they seemed pretty screwed for the most part.
But then again he thought to himself and made his way towards the recently killed Legion Recruits, and began to search their bodies for anything useful.
All he found besides their machetes and clothes on their backs were 3 bottles of bitter drink, about 10 Legion Denarius in total, and one package of 200 year old Salisbury Steak.
He tucked away the money and food and made it a promise to loot their corpses later, and had to face facts that he's going to have to let Megumin do the one thing he didn't want her to use for a while, or ever while in the Mojave.
"Guess I got no other choice" Kazuma said as he stood up and face Megumin, "Megumin I'm going to teach you how to use that grenade launcher".
Later
Just as Vulpes and his men were ready to turn tale and retreat, Kazuma exited the Mayors building with his caravan shotgun in hand as he faced them head on.
To the remaining Legionnaires surprise, Kazuma dropped his weapon and raised both his arms the best he could, as mean to surrender, but Kazuma knew better since he's facing against the Legion.
Without a word, Vulpes had went and delivered a straight punch to Kazuma's gut, completely knocking the wind out of him, "I'm going to make you suffer and then you're going to die" said Vulpes as Kazuma had already collapsed and held his gut.
Just to make sure Kazuma got the message that today he was going to die, Vulpes knelt down, and grabbed him by the hair, so he can lift his head and look at him eye to eye.
"You hear me, you are going to suffer and then you'll finally die" said Vulpes as he let go of his grip on Kazuma, and kicked him in the chin, completely knocking him back.
For the next 10 minutes, the remaining Legion went and gave Kazuma the boots as they didn't stop until he was black and blue, and red all over.
Once they have crushed his bones, the Legion waste no time as they proceeded to crucify Kazuma, and simply smiled when his scream in pain after the piked his arms and legs to the post.
What came next was them lifting the post and stacking up anything burnable as Vulpes stood there with a melancholy look and held a torch in his hand.
"Do you have any words before paying for your crimes against not only the Legion, but Caesar himself" asked Vulpes.
"I got 2 things to say" coughed Kazuma, "I'm going to mount your head on a pike, and then I'm going to stab the phony leader of yours in the heart, and prove to you that even a god king can die".
Hearing this anger the 2 remaining soldiers as one of them took their trail carbine and shot Kazuma in the leg, causing him to scream in pain.
In response, Vulpes took his ripper and killed the Recruit soldier out of means of insubordination, as he was curious to hear what remaining brass Kazuma had in him before he finally burns alive.
"Sorry about that, as you can see these Recruits still have some work to do" Vulpes said as he wiped the blood off his face, "Now tell me your final words before you die".
It was getting hard for Kazuma to speak, but he manage to find the strength to do so, "I hope that armor of yours can withstand the explosion of a grenade" Kazuma said with a bloody smirk.
As if on cue before he could react, Vulpes and the other Legionnaire was blown, with one of them losing more limbs than the other.
The plan was to have Kazuma act as bait so the girls could sneak in from the back, and once at the right distance, Megumin would use the grenade launcher and blast them to hell.
Seeing as their plan as a success, the girls hurried and began to undo the damage to Kazuma before it was too late, before noticing that Vulpes, with both legs blown off, began to crawl his way to the trio.
"You…little…bastard…" Vulpes said weakly as he reached for them, which prove to be the final mistake in his weasel life, as Darkness who only had rage in her heart curb stomp his head into the dirt floor.
After undoing Kazuma's binds, Megumin turn and spat at Vulpes body as they brought Kazuma back inside the Mayor's office.
"Kazuma, please hang in there, we're going to find you some help" Darkness said as she was ready to exit out the building and hunt for a doctor.
"Wait…" mumbled Kazuma, "Megumin, you should have on you some doctors bag and some super stimpacks. Use the doctors bag to repair all of my limbs, and the super stimpacks to heal my condition".
Megumin waste no time as she began to take out the items Kazuma requested, as she took stimpacks and injected it in his arm, and was about to use the doctor bag to fix his wounds, but the bag itself didn't open.
For a solid minute Megumin had struggled to open the bag, until she clumsily dropped it on top of Kazuma where it began to glow, and before they knew it, the damage that was clearly visible on his body seemed to have all disappeared and left no trace of Kazuma of being on deaths door.
"Thank you" Kazuma said as he passed out from exhaustion, leaving the girls worried and scared throughout the evening.
Night fall
Kazuma had woken up now well rested, and was ready to get back to his feet, but was greeted by a hug tackle from the girls, "Kazuma, you're alive" they both said.
"Yes I'm alive, now can you guys please get off its kinda hard for me to breathe" grunted Kazuma as the girls oblige.
"How long have I been out" asked Kazuma, "For about 6 hours now" Darkness said, "Anything I missed" "Well, me and Megumin have apparently leveled up, but this is confusing to us as to how we do it".
Kazuma began to walk them through how leveling and distributing skill points was different here as every other level up grants them a chance to add a perk skill to use in combat.
Even if he did tried to give them some pointers, some habits are too hard to kill even in a new world, as apparent with Megumin putting all of her skill points in explosives, and whats worse is the fact that she has the highest intelligence between them, and it furthers in pissing Kazuma off that she wasted all those points on something so stupid with picks she has no access to for a long time.
Darkness was a little more level headed, as she focused half her skills in melee weapons, before going in to putting it into survival, a skill Kazuma had overlooked himself.
As for perks, Megumin pouted she couldn't get the Heave Ho! perk, do to lacking strength, to Kazuma's joy, but had learned the purpose of Intense Training, and put her perk point into the strength she needed for the next time she gets a perk.
Do to there being a limited choices for melee or unarmed perks when first starting off, Darkness had went with something that went well with her survival skills and chose the Hunter perk.
Speaking of which, everyone's stomach began to growl after the day they had.
"Hey Kazuma, there wouldn't happen to be a guild hall nearby or something with food" said Megumin as she held her stomach.
The best place to get a good meal and rest was Good Springs, that would mean passing by Primm which was currently over run by Powder Gangers right now, so Kazuma decided to take the girls to the next best place.
Time Skip
Kazuma made sure to before leaving to the Mojave Outpost, they were to loot the corpses of the Legion they had killed and once there they had let Kazuma handled it from there.
He had traded to the merchants who were ready to travel, but were stop due to a giant ant infestation, which meant nothing for him at the time being.
Thankful that he got to earn about 1,300 plus caps for everything he sold, he went to the barracks in the outpost which also served as the mess hall.
"So what's the plan now" asked Megumin as she was eating some mantis steak with a side of Nuka-Cola, "Haven't thought that far yet" Kazuma said as he was enjoying some gecko steak and whiskey.
"Well we should definitely focus on rescuing Aqua" Darkness said as she enjoyed the same thing like Kazuma, but had decided to drink water instead.
"That is our main goal yes, but for now we gotta build some sort of reputation and some decent stats if we plan to face the Legion" Kazuma said as he was really having a hard time to get his mind over the idea that Aqua was taken in by the Legion of all people.
And after enduring the hell he had today, he knew that trying to face Caesar and his army of slavers and raiders wasn't going to be easy.
"Well the military here happens to be very friendly for the most part, I wonder which kingdom they belong to" smiled Darkness, "This military is not part of a Kingdom, but based on an old republic they're trying to build called the New California Republic, or NCR for short" explained Kazuma.
"What's this NCR you speak of" asked Megumin, "The NCR was build in the wastes of an old state called California, who are trying to bring order to the world, but because they're also trying to do things in a civil fashion, it makes the process rather long and difficult" explained Kazuma.
"On the upside, they manage to take on some groups with less than reputable intentions, with the might of their nonbiased army, and I have no doubt they'll do so again" Kazuma said as he took a big bite out of his steak.
"You seem to have high regard for the NCR Kazuma, any reason" asked Darkness with a smile, "Let's just say I always did like being viewed as a hero to be admired by all" smirked Kazuma as he felt like a badass right now.
"Yet you act like a degenerative pervert whenever we go somewhere" Megumin said to kill Kazuma's buzz, This little loli best pray I don't join the Legion and sell her non sex appeal body to those bastards, thought Kazuma as he looked at her with eyes that said I'm gonna elbow drop your ass.
"Regardless, I'm actually glad to see this side of you Kazuma" Darkness said as they all finished their meal, and began to leave the barracks.
"So what do we do as of now" asked Megumin, "We go back to Nipton, and camp there for the night, come back and get some work while also building a positive rep in the NCR" explained Kazuma said as they made their way back to their temporary home, while also wishing well for Aqua.
With Aqua
Stripped of her vault suit and gear, Aqua was forced to sit in her personal prison wearing nothing but provided slave rags while getting mistreatment from the Legion guards.
"Finally that bitch has shut up" said one of the Recruits as they stared at Aqua who had cried for a few hours now, "I'm not the only one who feels like tapping her would be a mistake right" said a different Recruit.
"Whatever, leave that bitch to wallow alone, until we get orders from the boss tomorrow and find out what to do with her later" said a different Recruit before they all went back into their routines.
Finally left alone, Aqua began to overlook at herself and began to feel so much regret within herself.
People who she should have been nicer too, thinking things through, and getting her priority straight, and also her time traveling alongside Kazuma and her friends.
Then she began to think of Kazuma for all the trouble he's pulled them both out of, and how despite being a selfish bitch to him when they first met and acted smug to him and all the times he hurt her feelings till she cried, he always watched over her with care at the end of the day.
"Kazuma" mumbled Aqua as a single tear escaped her eye as she stared out into the moon and prayed for him to save her from her hell.
I'm going to end it there, and if you guys liked it, please let me know and I might come back to it someday and turn it into a full fic, but otherwise don't be speculating much as to ships and ideas while interacting with other characters, cause I myself have yet to get that far ahead.
Until then I'm your Humble Narrator Tobi Yaza, wishing you guys to enjoy the rest of your day or night, and to take care. =3
