A/N: Hello people, vocaloidHM01 here. Here's an idea that I have been itching to put out here. A crossover between my favorite RPG franchise, Hyperdimension Neptunia, and my favorite fighting game franchise that's not based off an anime, BlazBlue. I poured alot of time into this and my artwork so I hope this is satisfactory. Anyways without further ado, Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the first chapter in this saga, the Hyperdimension Neptunia: Azure Chapter. I hope you guys enjoy.
UPDATE 7/26/17: I added an opening sequence, which will be in all subsequent chapter releases as well.
Rebel 1, ACTION!
"Ugh...shit...!" Ragna exclaimed holding his right arm.
"Dammit...I'm paralyzed AGAIN!" Ragna thought, not feeling any of his muscles respond to his brain signals.
"What's the matter, Ragna? You done playing hard to get?" The girl known as Nu-13 asked as she hovered before him.
"huff...huff...Shut...yer pie...hole..." Ragna got out between deep breaths.
Nu giggled as she looked at the downed state Ragna was in, "That's all right. I'm not in the mood to beat around the bush, anyway...", Nu flashed Ragna a smile of bliss of what's going to happen next, "Let's become one, here and now..."
"No, don't..." Ragna grunted out before a surge of pain assaulted various places in his body.
A multitude of blades have made their way into his legs, torso, arms; you name it. He stood helplessly as the girl before him gave him a savage grin, that of a hungry beast examining their meal.
"Guaaah!"
"Ahhh...yes, Ragna... Give me more of that delicious energy...I said more...!" NU exclaimed.
Her face taut with ecstasy, the girls summons forth a gigantic sword. She pulls Ragna into her arms just as the giant weapon thrusts forward, skewering them both.
"ARGH! You crazy whore-!"
"Ragna...!" Nu exclaimed.
The girl's back arches in a spasm of pleasure. Still transfixed upon the girl's blade, the two bodies slowly fall into the cauldron's maw.
"No...Don't go...!" A voice unknown to Ragna at the moment calls out.
"That voice...Who the hell are you...?" Ragna thought, feeling his consciousness slowly start to fade away.
"Brother!" The voice calls out again.
"Get out here...Run, dammit...!" He thought, even though he knew his thoughts had no impact on the physical outcome.
Someone runs towards Ragna's falling body, but he lacks even the strength to recognize who he is.
A darkness begins to sear through his veins, muzzling his muddled consciousness. He feels the darkness shredding him from the inside out. That which Ragna begins becoming something else entirely...
Or at least that was the sensation.
Granted, he did feel that he was becoming something else entirely, but he felt as though someone decided to make his body weigh 50 tons. He couldn't move a limb, couldn't speak, couldn't even make an eyelid twitch. He was utterly frozen and exposed.
He then felt a melting sensation in his stomach area, as if something was trying to intrude his insides with intent of staying there for a lifetime. He couldn't scream, for he still felt the weight of the unknown force binding him.
The last feeling Ragna felt was a burning sensation in his left unharmed eye. Once again, there was nothing he could do to stop the pain. The integration process was a painstakingly long process, and he felt like a complete idiot for deciding to challenge the near-perfect Murakumo Unit.
All Ragna saw then was black. Then he felt a soft, quiet voice in his ear. It was akin to that of desperation, and Ragna was still awake enough to hear these words;
"Please...save...Neptune."
After that complete and utter blackness.
(Insert Paradisus-Paradoxum by MYTH & ROID)
(Chorus)The camera shows a blue sky, then slowly pans down to Ragna, who's currently laying under the shade of a tree.
(Now let me open the scar) Ragna quickly opens his eyes as both eyes flash their respective colors.
(Tokeatta Virus niji ni kuro wo sashi tobitatsu) The camera pans to the side showing the rest of the party running over to him. The camera then pans up to show the title.
(Akai hana no mitsu nurete kakureta NOIZU) The scene changes to Ragna and IF sheathing their weapons as Neptune and Compa run over to them with excited expressions, still holding their weapons.
(Mune ni haiyoru no "UMAREKAWARITAI NO DESHOU?") The camera changes to a scene of Histoire shedding a single tear in a darkened room. A close up of Arfoire's smile is quickly shown.
(Eien nemutteita PARADAIMU) Quick camera shots show Noire in her office, Blanc on the floor reading a book, Vert playing on her computer, a hooded figure freezing a monster, and Neptune running ahead of the party.
(Shin wo kutte shinshoku shiteita) The scene changes to a dungeon, with Ragna standing in front of the party facing off against a Guard Vermin. The camera then quickly zooms in to Ragna as he glares at the screen.
(Now let me open the scar) Ragna is shown charging toward the Guard Vermin, with Compa and IF following close behind him.
(Tokeatta Virus furete arawa ni naru honnou) Black Heart, White Heart and Green Heart fly in and quickly close in on Neptune, who brings out her katana. She begins an intense duel with the three goddesses.
(Grew up in the loneliness) Neptune changes to HDD and clashes with Black Heart once more as IF and Compa begin to flank the Guard Vermin whilst attacking it.
(Kowareta Reality niji ni kuro wo sashi tobitatsu) Ragna holds his right hand in front of his face as he activates the BlazBlue. He switches his Bloodscythe to its scythe form as he runs for the head.
(Imasugu nukedashite shouki no meiro) Ragna lets out a battle cry, jumping as his scythe clashes with the Guard Vermin's arm. Everyone unleashes their special moves, as all their impacts create a blinding white light.
(Hanten shita KONTORASUTO) The scene changes to Celestia, where a single butterfly knife is seen in the center of the room as the song ends.
?
When Ragna opened his eyes, he did not expect to still be in one piece. He felt all over his body and noticed that nothing seemed to be missing or out of place.
"What the-?" Ragna said as he looked at his hands, then at the position he was in.
He was currently heading toward the ground at terminal velocity, his Bloodscythe following close behind him. He also saw a girl not far from his position falling as well, but he was mainly concerned with his safety.
"Shit, shit, shit, shit! SHIT!" Ragna exclaimed as he scrambled for a way to land safely without him comet diving into the ground with his body skewered by his own sword.
"Ragna..." A voice whispered in his head.
"Now I'm hearing voices in my head?! What the hell is going on?!" Ragna said as he managed to get a firm grip on the Bloodscythe.
"You can use my power if you'd like." The voice said.
Ragna felt his heart stop when he suddenly recognized who's voice it was.
"Saya...?" Ragna started to say, he then saw that the ground was getting closer, "Saya, what the hell?!"
"I'm not this Saya girl, silly. It's Nu!" the now identified Nu exclaimed in his head.
Ragna could only brace for impact as he felt a sudden headache coming on from all the confusion, "Son of a bitch-"
Abruptly, he felt his body jerk as it seemed like his body floated in mid-air for a second before it touched the ground.
"What the hell just happened?" Ragna said as he stood up, looking at himself up and down, "Was that just magic or science right now, because I seriously have no freakin' clue as to what's going on!"
"Don't worry Ragna, I'll tell you about aaaaaaaall the different details about how we fused." Nu said with an ecstatic tone.
"Urgh..." Ragna felt his head hurt just from hearing her voice, "Just shut yer pie hole and let me sleep will you..." Ragna said as he felt his strength leave his legs, "Dammit, why do my legs feel so weak? and my mind...so sleepy..."
Nu giggled, "That's just a side effect of the powers you got from from me. But don't worry! I'll show you how to work em' out when you need em'!" Nu said as she receded to the back of Ragna's mind.
Before Ragna completely blacked out however, he noticed someone running toward him carrying what seemed to be another person.
"This is really starting to be one of the shittiest days of my life." Ragna thought before he fell over, unconscious.
IN AN UNKNOWN HOUSE
Ragna groaned as he began to awaken from his unconscious state. The man brought a hand to his head and inspected it for injuries, "Argh..I feel like I got hit in the head by a damn truck..."
Ragna examined his current surroundings from a lying position. The Grim Reaper gathered that he was in a room. Whose room it belonged to he did not know, but whoever it belonged to seemed to be obsessed with the color pink. The walls of the room were painted pink, the drapes near the windows were white with pink heart designs sewn into them, the blanket he was currently under... with every new item Ragna saw in the room he came to two possible answers; the room either belonged to a girl, or a guy with severe mental issues.
As he continued to examine the room in all of its pink glory, Ragna heard a soft moan next to him and immediately turned his neck to see a unfamiliar face, even if he had only seen said face for a split second prior to his collapse.
"What the hell?! Who the hell is this chick?!" Ragna thought.
Ragna's face was mere millimeters away from the face of the unknown girl. She was wearing a white hoodie with the ends of the arms and waist area being purple with two lilac purple stripes, two light blue stripes running down the arms, lining the hood, and down the center where Ragna could see some of the zipper which was a circle with a curved purple N; there were two plugs for hoodie strings, and two rather large pocket with big circular objects with purple Xs on them. She also wore a plain white choker, white hair clips that looked like directional pads, purple and white stockings, and lilac with blue and white accent shoes.
The girl whose name Ragna did not know had an iron grip on Ragna's arm, "Goddammit, let go of my arm already!" He exclaimed, shaking his arm free of her grip.
Suddenly an alarm on the night stand next to the bed began to sound off, causing the girl next to the teen to stir, "Shuuuuuut… up! Oh, crackers. Did I break something? Where am I? My room…?"
As the preteen began to sit up, she slowly began to open her eyes and look around the room. She then noticed the man next to her, "Hey, who are you? Is this supposed to be your room? If so, I'm surprised! I only heard about guys having these types of rooms in stories."
"Don't even think of assuming I swing that way. Who the hell are you anyway?" Ragna asked with a annoyed glare.
"Well sorry for my curiosity. It's not normal for a guy to have this much pink in one space, you know."
"To answer your question, no. This isn't my room. I don't even have a home, for crying out loud." Ragna said crossing his arms, "I've answered your question, now answer mine. Just who the hell are you?"
The preteen put her hands on her hips, "Is that really the kind of question you ask a girl while sporting a nasty look like that?"
"Jesus Christ, can you just answer my damn question?! I'm tired of people dodging my questions these days." Ragna said bringing a hand to his forehead.
The girl on the other hand noticed that she was sharing a bed with Ragna, "Never mind that question! What are you doing in bed with me? I'm waiting for an explanation buster! Were you trying to do some kinky H-game shenanigans with me while I was out cold? You were, weren't you?! You may not look it, but you just some kind of closet pervert I bet!"
Ragna looked down on the preteen that was ranting at him with a raised eyebrow. As he listened to her ramble on about how he was some kind of dirty pervert, his annoyance was soon replaced with genuine curiosity as he noticed his surroundings more clearly as well.
The room was indeed very pink, but then he noticed something that he didn't notice when he woke up that chilled him to the bone.
"I-Is that a freakin' syringe?" Ragna thought as he felt his face turn pale.
In the corner of the room placed neatly in plain sight, was an abnormally large syringe that easily rivaled that of Ragna's very own Bloodscythe. There was an unknown pink fluid inside that stayed perfectly still, just waiting to be injected into the poor life form that would be its unfortunate target.
Ragna looked back to the girl, and saw that she was now done talking. Releasing an inaudible sigh, he began to speak,
"Might I ask, what the hell were you talking about before?"
The girl's eyes were in a half open glare, "Don't play dumb with me! Whatever you did to me while I was out better be undone pronto! On the double, mister!"
"Nevermind, why don't you just stuff it, you little brat?!" Ragna's patience was out. "What makes you think I did anything of the sort to you?! If anything, I wouldn't even think of doing something like that to someone who's not even in my age range! I mean seriously, look at yourself in a damn mirror!"
Before anything could escalate, it was then that a girl stepped into the room, "Oh, you're both up. Good morning, sleepyheads! Well, good afternoon, technically…"
Ragna glanced at the speaker out of the corner of his eye; the girl had light skin, pink eyes long, curled cream pink hair and was well endowed. The girl wore a white, borderline tan wool tank top with a thick neck and unattached sleeves with small puffy balls attached to them with strings, the boots she was wearing matched her top as well, with more little puffy balls attached to strings. She also wore a red plaid skirt, a black choker with a small heart on it, blackish brown knee length socks with light pink heart cut frills, and a black purse was sitting on her hip with a C on it and button like hearts ran the length of the belt the purse was attached to.
The girl next to Ragna made her mood do a complete 180 and smiled sheepishly, "Um, this isn't my room, huh? And this dude says it isn't his... so does that mean that its yours? Why am I tucked into your bed so snuggly?"
The pink haired girl closed her eyes, as if to gather her thoughts, "Well, let's see. It all happened last night. I was looking up into the sky and saw a shooting star. That was you."
"I was a shooting star? Are you yanking my hoodie strings? I fell from the sky?"
The pink haired girl opened her eyes having finished recalling the events of the night before, "I'm pretty sure. I followed you to the ground with my eyes and you definitely slammed into the earth like a spear. Then I also saw your friend here who seemed to also fall from the sky. He seemed to land just fine, until he fell over and wouldn't wake up. So, I ended up pulling you from the ground and slinging your friend over my shoulder to carry you two to my bed, since you were both out cold."
"All by yourself? That's cool, thanks! You're a lot stronger than you look."
"Did she just say that she casually slung my body over her shoulder while carrying another body? How strong is this girl?" Ragna thought.
Ragna had to admit that he was more than impressed. If this petite girl was really capable of carrying an unconscious preteen and a grown man all by herself, then she would have to be strong. Really strong.
"I attend a nursing school. Transporting limp bodies is part of our training, so I'm used to it! My name is Compa, um…"
With the conversation steering towards introductions the purple haired girl placed an index finger on her cheek, as if it was some kind of thinking position, "Oh, I'm Neptune. Compa, huh? Then, should I call you… Com… uh… whatever. Compa's fine."
"It's nice to meet you, Nept-… Neppee-… Neptaa-…"
"This is just sad to watch." Ragna thought, looking at the girl with a sweatdrop.
"Ne-pelvis… Nep… tumor… W-wahh…"
Compa seemed as though she was about to cry just from not being able to pronounce Neptune's name, and just as Ragna was about to say something, Neptune chimed in with a solution, "Oh, is it confusing you? Okay, then you can call me Neptuna, Nep-Nep, Neppermint, or something else!"
"Okay, then I pick Nep-Nep. It's nice to meet you, Nep-Nep!"
During the conversation between the two girls, it was Neptune's name that caught Ragna's attention, "Neptune? Wasn't it that name I heard before I blacked out the first time? This is that Neptune? Good grief, you can't be serious…"
Ragna was pulled out of his thoughts when he noticed that both girls were looking at him, expecting an answer from him, "…Ragna. Ragna the Bloodedge."
Neptune began to poke her index fingers nervously, "Hmm… err… could you spell that out for me?"
Ragna resisted the urge to groan, "If this girl is the brat I am supposed to keep an eye on, then my brain is going to be the one that's going to commit suicide before me." He thought.
"R-A-G-N-A."
"Actually, I meant your last name." Neptune said raising a finger.
"Blood. Edge. Put those 2 words together and you got the last part of my name." He said with an annoyed look in his eyes.
"Now that I think about it, your first name sounds an awful lot similar to the word Ragnarok…" Compa said.
"But you're not a Soul Eating Black Dragon, right? I mean, only your right arm is black!" Neptune exclaimed, breaking the 4th wall.
"What the-?! Do they know about the BlazBlue?!" Ragna thought, mentally startled, "Shit, I can't let ordinary people know what I really am-!"
Neptune and Compa looked at each other and shrugged, not knowing how their offhand comments were actually dangerously close to what kind of person he really was.
Compa shared the curiosity as Neptune, "Are you some kind of monster that eats souls, Mr. Ragna?"
Ragna took a deep breath and told a half-truth, "I do have a power called 'Soul Eater', but it's just a fancy name that implies how hard my attacks can get. It gives the feeling of having your soul being sucked from your body and eaten."
Ragna knew it was a lame lie, but judging by the way Neptune and Compa looked, they seem to have bought the half-truth, "That makes sense I guess. Makes me not want to get on your bad side, like ever." Neptune said holding her chin with one hand.
Compa nodded her head in agreement; "Yeah. But you wouldn't try to do anything bad to us if we did, would you, Mr. Ragna?"
"Tch. I wouldn't go that far." Ragna said with a grunt as he stretched his arms. "Now, where's my…"
Ragna's eye scanned all over the room until he found the object he was looking for, "…There it is."
Compa followed his eyes until she saw the thing he was looking at, "Oh, is that your sword, Mr. Ragna? I found it stabbed into the ground near you, so I made sure to dust off the edges." Compa said with a smile.
"Oh, really? Thanks…I guess." Ragna said as he examined his blade, "What the hell did she use to clean this? Baby wipes?" He thought.
It was then that he noticed Compa shuffling slightly, "By the way… I'm sorry I only had the one bed. I would have put you in separate beds, but…"
Ragna's mind processed this new information, then his mind went back to Neptune's earlier accusation, "Compa, as the owner of this house, you HAD to have come in here to check on us at some point. While I hate to ask this, but did you see anything happening while you were here?"
"Well, I don't think so… oh yeah! I did see a lot of moving around on the bed."
Neptune pointed an accusing finger at the Grim Reaper, "I knew it! You did have your way with me, pervert!"
Ragna remained firm as he stared at Compa, waiting for her to continue her train of thought.
"However...you were still out cold, Mr. Ragna."
Neptune stopped pointing and looked over at Compa, while Ragna narrowed his eyes, "Explain."
Compa's face was now beet red and she began shuffle around more, "Well… let's just say she was doing a lot of very intimate things and leave it at that. I mean, stuff that would be not even considered R-18. The forbidden X rating."
Neptune's face was red from ear to ear, "No way… I didn't really do that kind of stuff did I?"
Compa only responded with a nod, too embarrassed to give a verbal answer.
Ragna on the other hand looked pale at first, then in a matter of seconds, gave Neptune a glare as cold as death itself, "It looks like YOU were the one having your way with ME! Give me one good reason as to why I shouldn't kick your ass here and now!" Ragna exclaimed, embarrassment turning to anger.
The purple haired preteen rubbed the back of her and gave a timid smile, "Cause I'm cute, adorable, and innocent?" In an instant, Ragna drew the Bloodscythe and pointed it at Neptune's face, making sure the tip was barely a centimeter away from her nose.
"Come on, it was an accident! And we were both asleep! You gotta forgive me!"
"Hmph, that outta to have startled her." Ragna thought, lowering her signature weapon, "Let me catch you doing that shit, and I'll show you why I was called the 'Grim Reaper' in my world." Ragna said with a glare.
Neptune brushed off the threat from the Grim Reaper. "Yeah, you say that, but I bet you were all like, 'Oh yeah, Neptune you're soooo amazing! Don't stop, give me more; MOOORREE!'"
Ragna could only think, 'Not this shit again' and continued to silently glare at Neptune, who returned a cheeky grin. "You liked it and you know it."
"Screw you."
"Wait a minute. Did you just say you came from a different world, Mr. Ragna?" Compa asked, catching the 'in my world' comment at the end.
"Damn...", Ragna cursed under his breath, "I shouldn't have wasted my breath."
"A different world? Are you some kind of alien?" Neptune piped up.
"..." Ragna was silent for the most part, but seeing as how the conversation wasn't going to continue without him, he spoke up, "Let's just say that its a really shitty world and leave it at that."
"You shouldn't swear like that, Mr. Ragna. It's not polite." Compa said with a reprimanding tone.
"Yeah, Raggy!" Neptune exclaimed, making Ragna flinch at the nickname, "Besides, what do you mean by that word?"
"First off, I'll swear whenever the hell I want to. Secondly, it's none of your damn business. Trust me, getting involved with the affairs I have is the equivalent of commiting suicide while intoxicated."
"Hmm...sounds suspicious." Neptune said staring Ragna down, "You sure you aren't some kind of bad guy doing bad things?"
"Well, she's not completely off with that statement..." Ragna thought, "What's suspicious is the fact that you're trying to pry into MY past while I barely know about yours. So how about it? What's your story?" Ragna asked with a cocked eyebrow.
"Oh, well..." Neptune started to say, not sure of what to tell him.
It was at that moment that Compa cleared her throat to get the attention of the bed occupant, "By the way, I noticed your all beat up everywhere. Allow me to take a look real quick."
Neptune looked down at herself, and sure enough she had a few cuts, scrapes and bruises, and her hoodie was slightly dirty, "Oh, yeah, I am kinda scraped up, huh? Thanks, nurse-in-training, I'm trusting you with this important task!"
"Sure, but I've just started… and I'm not too savvy… I get bandages all tangled up."
Compa examined Neptune's injuries, "Your injuries aren't bad, but the scratches need disinfecting. After that, I'll wrap you up. It might sting a little, but hang in there. How much bandage should I use? A little? A lot?"
"Hmm, use it all up! Wrap me up so it doesn't come loose. Besides, it's a waste if they don't last."
Ragna thought it was a huge waste to use any amount of bandages on such minor injuries, meanwhile Compa grabbed her bandage roll, "Okay, then I'll use what I have. Please let me know if it's too tight. This way… that way… loop it over…"
"Oh god...", Ragna had already began to make plans to vacate the room the moment Neptune's clothes had been stripped off. He quickly grabbed his red jacket and Bloodscythe then let himself out the room.
The voices of the rooms occupants could still be heard through the door… very easily, "Huh? Nrrrg, h-hold on, slow down! Be carefu-"
"I don't want it to come loose or you'll trip over it! Hmph, hah! There."
While this was going on, Ragna couldn't help but facepalm with a groan, "Ahhh-guuuuh-wooooo! This is way too tight. I'm gonna snap, can't breathe, can't make… more… comments!"
"Nep-Nep? …Did I do it too tight after all? Please get a hold of yourself. I'll unwrap you right n-ahhh!"
Based on the sound of Neptune's voice, Ragna could only guess that the preteen was losing her mind and becoming hysterical, while Compa was only making things worse, "It's tighter now! You're just tangling me up… stop! Gimme scissors… gimme now! Put 'em in my hands and I'll do it myself…!"
Assuming by the lack of noises that they were done, Ragna opened the door and went back into the room he just occupied. Neptune was now fully clothed, or at least in her own clothes anyway, "Ahem. By the way, I was thinking while you were wrapping me in bondages… where am I?"
Compa had a look of disbelief on her face from hearing Neptune refer to her bandages as 'bondages', "Th-They're bandages! We're in the Central City of Planeptune."
Neptune looked absolutely confused, "Planep… tune? Hmm, okay, I remember someone mentioning the world below?"
Compa smiled at the preteen, which she seemed to do a lot of, "Yes, that's absolutely correct. This is one of the major landmasses beneath Celestia."
Although it wasn't much, it was the first piece of useful information Ragna had heard since waking up, "When you say one of the major landmasses, do you mean there are more?"
"Why, yes. There are four major landmasses floating around. Sometimes they come close to one another and drift away. Remember?"
Neptune did not seem to have a care in the world... and she didn't seem to remember anything, "Nope, not at all. Planeptune? Landmasses? Rings no bells for me."
Compa looked at Neptune in fascination, "Maybe you're suffering from amnesia. I've never seen a case in person. How original! Maybe you bumped your head…"
"Isn't there medication or something for that?"
Ragna looked at the preteen with a mix of pity and curiosity, "Unfortunately, stuff like that ain't that simple kid." He thought.
Compa smiled at the amnesiac once more, "No, not for amnesia. It's usually a temporary thing. I'm sure you'll begin to recall things eventually. My Grandpa always said, 'Fancy may kill or cure!' Get some sleep, take it easy, and you'll be better in no time."
The nurse-in-training turned to the Grim Reaper, "How about you, Mr. Ragna? Do you remember anything?"
The Grim Reaper crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, "I don't have amnesia or whatever. As I just said, I'm not from this world. So I still have all my memories prior to this moment."
Ragna took a moment to glance at Neptune, then back to the ceiling, "Then again, I'm surprised I don't have amnesia. Passing through the Boundary is supposed to physically and mentally screw me up according to what I heard from the rabbit." Ragna mumbled under his breath.
"What was that sensation when I landed on the ground anyway? It was almost as if I voluntarily floated in the air for a split second." Ragna thought, "That Nu bitch was inside my head, and my Azure Grimoire felt strange too; It was almost as if I had TWO of them inside me..."
Just as Ragna was about to ponder this further, he heard Compa start talking.
"Still, you should get some sleep, Nep-Nep. You'll feel better soon."
Neptune looked slightly irritated, "…Get some sleep? I feel like someone asked me to do something while I was unconscious."
The preteen's eyes widened, "Yeah, someone was crying out for help… in my dream!"
"In your dream? Then it's not real."
Neptune however, only reaffirmed herself, "Oh, you never know. It was so weird. I betcha someone from far away was like pa-choo and sent me a telepathic message, y'know?"
"It's possible. Actually, many places, Planeptune included, are being threatened by more and more monsters lately. The military powers failed to keep them from appearing. We can only defend ourselves and keep them at bay now." Compa replied in a surprisingly sagely manner.
"Then… there must be a boss generating all these monsters somewhere! I bet our mission is to go defeat that boss and save the world!"
Ragna raised a questioning eyebrow at that last statement, "'Our' mission?"
Neptune appeared to be brimming with confidence, "Yeah, you and me, Ragna! We're the ones that are gonna team up and save the world!"
"You may be right about a boss, but nobody has seen or heard anything like that. How will you find it? This is irrational, dangerous, and absolutely impossible!" Compa spoke up.
Compa's attempt to dissuade Neptune seemed to be in vain as the purplenette pumped her arms, "Nobody's gonna beat the boss if we just sit here. Someone's gotta take initiative, y'know? That's me and Ragna! Plus, I can't ignore this once I've noticed it. Haven't you heard 'strike while the iron's hot?'"
"First off, when the hell did I say anything about joining you? Second off, what do you mean by boss? This isn't some kind of video game." Ragna stated.
Ignoring his comment, Compa began to contemplate what Neptune said, "I believe Grandpa did have a saying like that. Yes, that's right. I wanted to be a nurse to save people."
For the first time since meeting her, a serious expression made its way onto Compa's face, "So, why should I save the injured, but not those being threatened by monsters? How impolite of me!" Compa's facial expression changed from serious to determined. "Nep-Nep, I'm not the strongest, but I'll help. Two is better than one!"
"You will? Don'tcha have school? You're not in the middle of summer vacation or anything, right?"
"Right, but… this city's population has been declining due to monsters eating them. Students are leaving school out of fear, so it's closed down for now. Classes are suspended until further notice."
The bubbly preteen was ecstatic that Compa would be helping, "Oh, that sucks, but that means you can camp out, right? Goodie! Let's go find the dungeon where the boss is waiting!"
Neptune turned to face Ragna, "You're gonna help me too, right? I mean, you ARE a alien and all."
"I'm not a goddamn alien kid. Please get that through your skull." Ragna said, tapping the side of his head for emphasis.
The preteen simply turned the other way, humming, which made Ragna's eye twitch.
"Well?" Neptune said, waiting for Ragna to give a response.
"Ikuze." Was all Ragna said before slinging the Bloodscythe behind his back and walking out the room.
LATER THAT DAY
The group of three entered a 'dungeon' that Compa had found on an internet site called Dunglemaps. The dungeon was pretty much an abandoned factory with pipes, fences, wooden boxes, and large boilers scattered all over the place.
Neptune ran out in front of the group, unable to contain her excitement, "Is this the dungeon you found searching Dunglemaps? Yeah, it feels like a dungeon with lots of tough monsters."
Compa shook her head at the bubbly preteen, smiling the entire time, "No, no strong monsters here. I searched for 'dungeons with weak monsters.' We're not ready for the strong ones yet."
Neptune's excitement dropped like a rock, "What? Only weaklings? Then I'll wait here and get to know Raggy where we won't encounter any and you can come get us when you find the boss."
The nurse-in-training began to pout, "Th-That's not fair! I want to spend time with Mr. Ragna! Besides we're a party, so we're basically soul mates. Abandoning your party now goes against the rules of this world. You'll get punished by the goddess!"
Ragna glanced at Neptune out of the corner of his eye, "It would be pretty damn ironic is she's one of these so-called...goddesses." He thought.
The man could see the gleam in Neptune's eyes, "Goddess? So not only are there monsters, but there's a goddess here, too?"
"A goddess who can't remember a damn thing at that." He thought with a sweatdrop.
Compa went from pouting to sympathizing with the amnesiac, "You didn't know? Silly amnesia… but forgetting even the goddess? Oh, you poor thing!"
The nurse-in-training immediately went back to the one thing she did almost all the time, which was smiling, "Aside from Planeptune, there are three other landmasses: Lastation, Leanbox, and Lowee. Each planet is protected by a goddess, and people go to the Basilicom to worship them and help govern each land."
Compa tried to make her expression match the tone of the topic. "We have no idea where the monsters are coming from. Their power just grows and grows. Everyone thinks it's due to the goddesses' weakening powers. Heated discussions take place every night on the Basilicom's blog."
Ragna took in what vital information he could from the discussion between the two, while Neptune went off asking random questions, "Basilicom? So… what kind of place is that? Is one nearby? Do they bake cookies?"
Ragna was getting annoyed at the banter between the two girls, "If you two are done with your girl-talk, then we need to get our asses in gear and move.
"Mr. Ragna is right Nep-Nep, enough banter. We should get going before the weak monsters get tired of waiting for us!"
Neptune, Compa and Ragna began to venture into the dungeon. While they walked down the passage, Ragna's eyes darted from one spot to the next, keeping one hand behind him with a firm grip on the Bloodscythe, "As crazy as all of this sounds, I'd hate for one of these assholes to just pop out of nowhere and jump us."
Neptune looked at Ragna as he looked around with cautious eyes, "What'cha looking for, Raggy? Did you drop something?"
"If these monsters is real, then we need to make sure not to get ambushed by those bastards."
Neptune wrapped her arms around Ragna's right arm, "Aww, are you THAT worried about us? You're so sweet, Raggy. It makes me wanna let you give me a piggyback ride!"
Ragna looked back at Neptune with a blank expression, "Hell. No."
Ragna suddenly felt a pair of arms snake around his left arm, he looked to see Compa with her cheeks slightly puffed, "Mr. Ragna, I want a piggyback ride too! It's not fair if Nep-Nep's the only person to get one."
"As I just said to Neptune, hell no. I'm not giving anyone piggyback rides here!" Ragna said, lightly jerking away his arm from Compa's ample bosom.
"Well, we can save that pleasure for another time anyways. Now let's keep going! I can smell treasure and monsters." Neptune said, pointing ahead.
Both girls grabbed Ragna's hands, then sped towards the direction Neptune was referring to, "Hey! let go of me, dammit!"
As the group rounded the corner, Neptune caught sight of what appeared to be a treasure chest. Letting go of Ragna's hand, the preteen ran at the speed of a certain blue hedgehog towards the item holding box, "Ooooh, treasure! Gimmegimmegimme!"
"Come on, Mr. Ragna. Let's make sure Nep-Nep doesn't hog all of the treasure."
As Ragna and Compa made their way over to Neptune, the bubbly girl opened the chest and began to look inside for its contents, bending over and giving Ragna a good view of her white and blue striped panties. He looked away, then in the next second he looked back to see her holding a wooden sword in her hands, "This is better than the sword I've got, awesome!"
Ragna stared at Neptune with a blank expression once more. Was Neptune so poorly equipped that a wooden sword was actually better than the equipment that she brought with her? "Dude, you have some serious issues if you're really trying to kill monsters with THAT piece of crap."
Ignoring his comment, Neptune pointed down the passage that the group had yet to explore, "Alright, let's keep going people!"
Shortly after walking deeper into the dungeon, the group encountered two green blob like creatures, Neptune's eyes began to burn with determination, "We finally found some monsters! Let's beat 'em up!"
Meanwhile, Ragna just stared at the monsters with a half-lidded glare, then looked back at Neptune and Compa, "Alright you two, this better be some kind of goddamn prank."
Ragna could not believe that these small, insignificant creatures were actually causing damage to the human society of this world. Even the seithr blob Arakune put up much more of a threatening appearance than this. Still a monster was a monster, and anything that stood in Ragna's way would be disposed of.
"Alright, you little shits. You stay right there and let me chop you to pieces!" Ragna exclaimed.
In a fraction of a second, the monsters had been cut in half by a horizontal slash. Ragna was standing behind where the creatures were, though they were now dead, its green bar now depleted, "All too easy."
Neptune and Compa stared at Ragna with their starry eyed look, "Wow… that weapon is soooo cool! It has to be uber rare, and the way you took out the monsters so quickly was awesome! I totally would expect nothing less from my teammate!"
"We'll definitely be safe with Mr. Ragna around."
The Grim Reaper looked at them with a raised eyebrow, "They were just small-fry monsters. Why are they impressed?" He thought.
Neptune began to look at the weapon the Ragna held in his right hand, "Hey, Raggy. Can I use your super awesome weapon?"
Ragna replied with a very simple answer for the preteen, "No."
Before he could move away, Neptune had already snaked her arms around his unoccupied arm, "Aww, come on! We're supposed to be teammates, aren't your words our bond? You can trust me!"
"I said no, dammit! And don't touch me, it's creeping me out!" Ragna exclaimed pulling his arm free.
"Aw...boo." Neptune pouted as she looked down.
Ragna looked at the preteen with an mild amount of pity, "But I can teach you a cool defensive technique that only people like me can use." He said.
"OOOH, really?!" Neptune exclaimed, "Thankyouthankyouthankyou!"
"Jesus Christ, everything that goes in one ear and out through the other!" Ragna thought, "Don't mention it, you damn leech."
The odd-sounding nickname caused Neptune's head to perk up, "Leech? Come on Raggy, I'm not that small!" Neptune said, her arms around his left arm once more.
"It's because you stay attached to my arm and never let go!" Ragna exclaimed, "Not even the bunny-leech was this bad...I'd prefer her a THOUSAND times over this kid." He thought.
"Yeah, yeah, you tsundere." Neptune said as she went to where Compa was standing.
Neptune and Compa stopped to pick up three disks that the monsters dropped, "There's three of them Nep-Nep. We should each take one."
Neptune took two of the disks and ran up to Ragna, putting one of them in his hands, "You should always stop to pick up the goodies that the bad guys leave behind."
"Huh." Ragna said as he carefully inspected the disk, "I'll check out what this is some other time."
The threesome came upon a three way intersection and another treasure chest, Neptune and Compa ran towards the box while Ragna followed at his own pace, "Finders keepers!"
When the girls arrived at the container, they wasted no time in opening it. Neptune pulled out a large mallet, while Compa recovered a small gold bell; the aforementioned preteen playfully swung the giant hammer, "Neat. I bet'cha this will come in handy."
Compa noticed another treasure chest in a nearby room, ran up to the box, and relieved it of its contents. Compa returned to Neptune and Ragna with ten bottles filled with a green liquid and a remote with a single button on it, "Look! I found more treasure!"
Neptune grabbed the controller in Compa's hand, "What does this do?"
When the bubbly preteen pushed the button, a small explosion erupted from where Neptune was. When the smoke cleared, Neptune was nowhere to be seen, "N-Nep-Nep? Where did you go?"
Ragna raised a questioning eyebrow when he heard what sounded like screaming from overhead, and when he looked up, he saw none other than Neptune heading right for him in a free fall, "Nope, not me." He thought.
Ragna took one step to his right and shortly after he did, Neptune landed right where Ragna had been standing with a comedic splat. The purple haired girl was twitching violently.
"That button may come in handy in the future." Ragna said, putting a hand under his chin.
Compa shook Neptune wildly in an attempt to wake her, "Get ahold of yourself, Nep-Nep!"
Neptune eventually woke back up, rubbing her bottom, "Ow! That hurt! I think I landed on my butt!"
Ragna saw movement in out of the corner of his eye. When he turned to look, he saw two blocky, pixelated creatures with two dimensional bodies, "Goddammit'…"
The Grim Reaper gave the creature a solid slash to the face, but then saw that it was still alive, "Still kicking, huh? How about this?!" He thought.
Ragna gave a hard kick to the creature, which sent it flying into the air, then he quickly followed up with another sword slice, then a drop kick, which seemed to be overkill.
After the short-lived fight, Neptune jumped onto Ragna's back, "Raggy, my feet hurt. Carry me!"
"For the last time, hell no."
Ragna then felt the weight of another body, which of course was Compa, "Carry me too, Mr. Ragna!"
The Grim Reaper dropped both girls onto the ground and began to walk off...until Neptune and Compa climbed onto his back once again at ungodly speeds, "What the fu-"
"Come on, Raggy! As the straight man of the team, you gotta be the one to bear all the burdens!"
Ragna found himself with no choice but to resign himself to the degrading task of carrying the two girls, not because he wanted to, but because they would just get back on before he had a chance to flee, "Screw my life and just about everyone in it."
Their progress was slowed due to Ragna having to carry Neptune, Compa AND his Bloodscythe at the same time. As they continued down the unexplored passage of the intersection, two more monsters sprang out from behind the corner; both were the same as the ones Ragna had disposed of not long ago. Just when Ragna was about to ready himself, Neptune and Compa dismounted from Ragna's back and readied their weapons, "Leave this to us, Mr. Ragna!"
"Yeah, can't let you beat all the monsters by yourself, otherwise we wouldn't be much of a party."
Ragna was about to question the girls' decision to fight, but was able to stop himself, "Hmph. They can talk the talk, let's see if they can walk the walk."
Neptune held up her wooden sword, while Compa carried a large syringe with a long needle. Ragna stood off to the side with his arms crossed waiting for the battle to be over with; Neptune struck one of the 'Pixelvaders' over its head. The preteen then pulled out a toy gun from behind her back, "Bang."
A yellow bullet came out of the barrel and struck the monster, killing it instantly. Compa on the other hand, held her syringe up and ran towards the monster.
"What the? You idiot!" Ragna exclaimed, not knowing what's going to happen next.
At that moment, Ragna was greatly disturbed when the nurse-in-training used her syringe to stab the monster to death, "I'm not even...going to comment on that." Ragna said under his breath.
Neptune flashed Ragna a peace sign, "What'cha think of that, Ragna? Do I rock or what?"
"You got potential kid, I'll give you that much." The preteen pumped her arms, "You hear that, Compa? I've got the potential to be the greatest! Ragna said so, so I think he's fallen in love with me."
"Hey, where the hell did THAT come from?!" Ragna exclaimed with a slightly pale face. He did NOT want to think of what a relationship would be like with this girl.
Compa's cheeks became puffed, "What about me, Mr. Ragna? I did well too."
"You...probably have the most unique and creative fighting style out of all of us." Ragna said. He wasn't lying when he said that either. No one in their right mind would bring an oversized syringe to a life or death battle.
"Oh, Thank you, Mr. Ragna!" Compa beamed at him.
"Alright people, let's keep going! I know there's a boss in here somewhere. Make sure to grab the stuff they dropped."
After finding bullets with red tips left by the monsters Neptune, Ragna and Compa continued down the unexplored section of the dungeon… only to be stopped by a makeshift blockade made of fences and boxes.
Ragna analyzed the obstruction for a moment, "This shouldn't be a problem." He said, raising his Bloodscythe.
Neptune pulled out her new mallet seemingly out of nowhere, "We'll just bust through with this!"
The energetic preteen swung the hammer down on the obstruction, causing all of the debris to scatter in broken pieces, "All clear! Come on, the boss has got to be waitin' up ahead."
Ragna stared at the wreckage for a moment before commenting, "You know what? I'm not even surprised anymore."
After a short (in Ragna's case excruciatingly long) walk through the dungeon, the group of three arrived in the last room… only there was nothing there, just more unopened crates, fences and boilers, "You're shitting me."
"No, the monster is definitely in here, Mr. Ragna."
Compa pulled out her new gold bell, "we have to lure it out now! That's why I have this bell."
Ragna question whether or not it was safe to use the bell if it attracted monsters, for all he knew the 'boss monster' might not come out.
The nurse-in-training began to ring the bell, the chiming noise echoed throughout the room. Seconds passed, and nothing happened… Ragna's eyes darted around the room for any sign of movement, "Where is the damn thing? Do either of you know what exactly this 'Boss' is supposed to look like?"
Neptune gave a big cheerful grin, "Well' it's gotta be some kinda big monster with eight legs, and a really big sword!"
"Dear god..." Ragna said with a facepalm.
The group heard movement above them, and when they looked up a strange monster dropped down from the ceiling, "Oh shit! MOVE!"
Ragna, Neptune and Compa scrambled out of the way, as the monster dropped where they had been. The monster had the lower body of a spider, while it's waist up looked humanoid, like a strong warrior's torso and arms though the head was clearly not. In its left hand was a large two handed with sharp edges on both sides of the blade and the monsters body seemed to be armored, "What the hell?!"
Neptune stared at the boss monster, "Whoa… and I was just guessing what the boss would look like… creepy."
The strange tag displayed the name of the monster now identified as a 'Guard Vermin' and the large monster had set its sights on Neptune. The monster charged with its sword raised at the preteen who had only just readied her wooden sword; it was painfully obvious to Ragna that Neptune's poor excuse for a weapon would no doubt break the moment it made contact with the creature, "Dammit…"
Just as the Guard Vermin brought its large sword down in an attempt to cleave Neptune in two, Ragna had grabbed Neptune and carried her bridal style, narrowly evading the attack. Neptune looked at Ragna's face as he looked back at his target, "You must really like me, don't you?"
"Shut it. We need a plan of some sort before we end up commiting suicide."
Ragna did not have much to work with; he had two girls with him, an energetic preteen with a wooden sword and a blank disk, and a nurse-in-training that used an oversized syringe that can be considered a lethal weapon. He had only the Bloodscythe, the Azure Grimoire on his right arm, and his battle instincts.
Ragna grimaced at their current situation, "Looks like I need to get serious..."
"Wait for us, Mr. Ragna!" Compa exclaimed.
"Don't worry Compa, Raggy's got this! We just need to focus on the monster's hide!" Neptune exclaimed.
"Hell's Fang!" Ragna exclaimed as he charged at the monster with a fist coated with a black flame, "Uoooh!" Using his drive, he made a black, monstrous head materialize from the ground and ram into on the monster's legs.
"Die already!" Ragna exclaimed once more, "Inferno Divider!"
Ragna used his drive to coat his Bloodscythe in the black, soul stealing aura to make a diagonal slash at the creature's torso, "I'm done yet, you bastard!"
With a battle cry, Ragna gave the creature an uppercut, then continued slashing at it several times ascending higher and higher as he was doing so, "HAH!", He then gave a hard drop kick to the skull.
The monster seemed to be mildly fazed by it, but still attacked as if nothing happened to it. Like an executioner raising the execution ax, the monster brought it's sharp, bladed arm up, then struck down with the force of a thunderbolt.
"GAH-!" Ragna exclaimed as he felt his body slam into the ground like a basketball. The monster struck once more, and he managed to block the second blow in time.
"Kuso!" Ragna gritted his teeth. Ragna ran straight at the large monster and swung the Bloodscythe upwards at the Guard Vermin's torso, "Eat this!" No doubt the attack had critically wounded the monster, as it let out a shrill, ear-piercing cry. However, before Ragna could make some distance between them, the Guard Vermin brought its sword around and struck Ragna across the abdomen, knocking him on his back. "SHIT-! Why you!"
Before he could make any more comments towards the monster, He fell down on one knee, clutching the fresh wound across his abdomen, "Crap, this isn't good. If I use Blood Kain it's all over for me-!" He thought.
Compa ran over to inspect Ragna's injury, "Are you alright, Mr. Ragna?"
Blood was seeping out of the wound and Compa would be unable to properly treat Ragna while the monster was still active. Meanwhile, it seemed that Neptune was talking to herself, "What's that? Yeah, Raggy got hurt real bad. What?! You're telling me he could die?! Huh? Really? Okay!"
Neptune began to flail her arms in an attempt to get Ragna's attention, a big grin on her face, "Hey, hey! Raggy! I am totally gonna blow you and Compa away with my ultimate super-secret HDD move!"
Ragna and Compa stared at the bubbly preteen for a long moment, "What exactly is this HDD you're talking about?"
Neptune's grin was so wide it almost looked like it would split her cheeks, "I have no on earthly clue whatsoever! Histy just started talkin' to me and said, 'Neptune, use the Hard Drive Divinity, and kick the baddies' big fat butt'! …If he's even got one."
Compa fell flat on her face, while Ragna pinched the bridge of his nose, sighing.
Ragna looked over at Compa after noticing her staring at him, "Mr. Ragna, what is Nep-Nep talking about?"
"I have...no freakin' clue." Ragna replied honestly.
Neptune stopped in front of Ragna, jumped up and spun around with her arms and legs spread out, "What in the hell is she doing?"
Neptune was now surrounded by glowing, green binary code that rapidly alternated between the numbers 1 and 0. A ring of disks surrounded Neptune and she pulled one out, "Going all out now!"
The room was suddenly bathed in a bright light and when it subsided, Neptune, or rather who Ragna thought was Neptune who now stood before him had undergone a dramatic change, and it had certainly taken Ragna by surprise. Her hair was much longer now and was a mix of dark lilac and purple, the bangs that framed her now strikingly beautiful face were longer and her hair was pulled into two tailed braids. Her light purple eyes had become crystal blue and her irises now looked like power button symbols, her hairclips had changed into black circular objects with glowing blue X's, the combination of which made Ragna think they were the tops off of screws.
Her white and purple hoodie was replaced with a black skin suit with purple and silver segments along it and the suit hugged the curves and swells of her new, mature body very well, Ragna could not tell whether she was wearing boots or some kind skin tight leg armor, but it reached up to her thighs and matched her body suit. On her hands, she wore what looked to be gloves or gauntlets with sharp fingertips that looked as though they could be used to rend and also matched her skin suit. In her right hand, she held a large, futuristic katana that shared the same black and purple color scheme as her skin suit with a few glowing blue spots, and numerous pieces of what could be considered armor and a pair of wings were floating along the sides of her body.
The woman turned to look at Ragna, who was still down on one knee, "Ragna, I'll take care of this."
Ragna noticed how much her voice had deepened, not only that, but she spoke with a voice full of confidence and pride, Ragna raised a questioning eyebrow at the woman, "Are you really Neptune? What the hell just happened to you?"
"Of course I am. I'm just stronger than I was before."
Ragna could tell that she was not lying, he could feel an aura of power emanating from Neptune. Compa began to tug on Ragna's jacket to get his attention, "Umm… Mr. Ragna, I think the monster is tired waiting on us."
Indeed, the Guard Vermin was quite finished waiting for the group to make a move. Ragna grunted as he began to stand up, his injury was worse than he had originally thought, he stumbled from his wound, only to be caught in Neptune's free arm, "You should rest, Ragna, you're obviously in no condition to continue. Leave this to me, your attacks worked quite well and the monster has been considerably weakened. It won't take much to defeat it now."
"Let me go, dammit. I can still go-!"
Something about the way Neptune looked at him made Ragna realize that while she was indeed Neptune, however, it was like he was talking to another person entirely as Neptune shot him a stern look, "No, your injury is too severe. I won't allow you to die on me."
"Screw that...I can still fight, dammit!" Ragna exclaimed, "I've faced too much bullshit in my life that's much worse than this...so I won't ever die like this!"
Ragna pulled away from Neptune and walked in the direction of the monster, "I don't give a rat's ass if I die today anyway. But if we are really teammates, then you gotta help me beat this thing dammit!"
"Glad you said that Ragna!" Nu suddenly exclaimed in his head.
"What the-?! Not you again, I don't have the time to screw around with you right now. Get out of my head!" Ragna exclaimed in his head.
"But you just said teammates should help each other, right?" Nu said, "And remember when I said that I'll show you how to use my powers when you need them most?"
"I wouldn't consider you a comrade in a million years after the shit you pulled back in Kagutsuchi! Now if you don't have anything important to tell me, leave!" Ragna said, becoming more annoyed.
"Aww, I just thought that we can chat while I'll show you what you can do now. Phooey." Nu said in a fake somber tone.
"Out with it, NOW!" Ragna said, losing his patience quickly.
"Okay, okay. You know how I can fly around, heal my own wounds, and use a bunch of swords, right?" Nu asked.
"...What of it?" Ragna said, waiting for her to get to the point.
"You can't really use ALL of my powers to their complete extent since you're not a true Murakumo Unit, but you can use most of mine! Albeit it being a slightly weaker version since we're fused." Nu explained.
"What?!" Ragna exclaimed, "So that must have been that floating sensation I felt when I hit the ground!"
"Yep! Although that was me taking control of your body for a teeny tiny second." Nu said happily.
"First off, never do that again. Second off, How do I activate this power that I supposedly got from you?" Ragna asked.
"Finally! I was waiting for you to ask me that! There's three magic words you have to say in order to do so." Nu said, her happy tone turning slightly serious.
"Well? What are they?" Ragna asked.
"Murakumo Unit, Kido." Nu said in a voice loud enough for Ragna to hear.
"Murakumo Unit, Kido." Ragna repeated, as though he were in a trance, " I see. that's exactly what you said before we fought wasn't it?"
"Mmhm! and then we ended up fusing!" Nu exclaimed happily.
"Don't remind me of that." Ragna said, his mood immediately turning sour once again, "As much as it chaps my ass to say this, thanks Nu."
"Anytime, Ragna!" Nu said as she retreated into the recesses of his mind once more.
As Ragna opened his eyes, he noticed Neptune staring at him, "What? What the hell are you staring at?"
"I won't try and stop you from fighting. However, I need an opening to finish this quickly, can you manage that?"
Ragna stood up, filled with resolve and glared at the monster, "Yeah. That's bastard's going down."
"Alright. Right now, it's all on you Ragna!" Neptune exclaimed.
"What's Mr. Ragna doing, Nep-Nep?" Compa asked as he watched Ragna's form walk toward the Guard Vermin.
"Nothing much. He's just about to help me take that thing down." Neptune said as she watched with a smile.
"Ikuze." Ragna said as he started to slowly walk toward the monster with hatred in his eyes, "Sore wa...anata no o shiri o kikku suru toki ga kimashita!"
Ragna observed that the monster actually took a step back from the glare he was giving it, but paid it no mind as he said the words that would seal its fate.
"Murakumo Unit, KIDO!"
And 8 red blades appeared behind him.
A/N: Phew...that was a long chapter. Anyways, if you guys are wondering why I didn't have Ragna use BlazBlue here is because let's be real here. Is an introductory boss like the Guard Vermin really worthy of the BlazBlue's epic techniques? I think not. It's going to be a while before he uses it, so right now he gets his default and drive attacks, Blood Kain, and a slightly weakened version of Nu's Murakumo powers. Anyways, this is vocaloidHM01 and as always, see you next chapter.
Also, what Ragna said in his second to last line was: "It's time to kick your ass!"