[Quick Disclaimer I Do Not Own Hyperdimension Neptunias Characters They Belong To Idea Factory And Compile Heart The Only thing I Own Is Any OC's]
Chapter 1: An Old Man's Tale
In the house of an old man, two young boys' are playing together while their grandfather is watching them for the weekend.
"Pappou! can you tell us a story?" one of the young boy's asks the man in question speaks up at the young boy's request "Alright hmmmmm" the old man is thinking of a story to tell them "...!" the story he picked is an old one a tale from when he was younger "I got just the perfect story for you both, Ahem, this is a tale of a young man who went on an amazing adventure" the two boys' take a seat in front of the man they call 'Pappou' and listened to the story.
"The year is 2018 and our protagonist is out in a field sleeping away life's troubles he's young only freshly turned 18 he has short black hair paired with green eyes, he's wearing a black tee, grey cargo pant's, blue runners, and a blue hoodie" the man began his story describing the character in it.
"*yawn* What time, is it? Ahh, who cares that was some great sleep... Well now that I'm awake I guess I could take a walk" a young man has just woken up from a nap in a field he got up and did as he said and took a walk where he is going he doesn't know will he find out? Probably.
"Ya'know life can be pretty boring you could have the coolest toys' the best tech and you still wouldn't be happy" the young man speaks his mind aloud "*sigh* sometimes I wish something interesting would happen in my life anything will do... just SOMETHING to get me out of this boring cycle" the young man complains.
"Then how about I be that something?"
A voice spoke out the young man simply shrugged it off and said "yeah like that'll ever happen... Wait a minute who said that?" The young man was confused as to who just spoke he could've sworn he was alone. The voice spoke again "That would be me who spoke just now, anyways as I was saying... how would you like to experience something along those lines I can provide this experience but the question remains do you want this experience?" ... Silence clouded the atmosphere for a moment before the young man spoke up "I'm... Not really sure how to answer that, firstly I don't even know who you are, second I'm not even sure if I should trust you."
The voice spoke again "My name is unimportant however you can trust me on this so I will ask again" the voice paused for a second "would you like to experience something new, something far different from this life of your's?" The young man pondered this for a moment thinking hard about whether he should trust this voice and take this chance. A minute passed and he came to a conclusion "hmmm, sure why not anything to feel alive again."
"Very well then please hold on a moment" the voice replied and with that, the young man started to lose consciousness he soon blacked out what awaited him when he woke again was an adventure unlike any other.
"Urgh my head" the young man groaned as he woke up "the hell happened one minute I'm on a walk the next I fall unconscious and what the hell was with that voice?" When the young man checked his surroundings he was no longer in that field instead he was surrounded by a lush forest "huh? I coulda' sworn I was in a field not a forest ahh well, guess I'll just have to get out of here and find my way back home."
(Young Man's POV)
'The hell is with this forest it's so quiet and I'm still walking I haven't seen an exit of any kind dammit! Where the hell am I?!' *rustle* "Huh?" 'Did those bushes just move?' *rustle* "Okay those bushes definitely moved" I walked towards the rustling bush to see what it was hiding without warning though something jumped out causing me to back up defensively 'Ok what in the name of all things holy is that' in front of me was a small blue thingy it has the face, ears, and tail of a dog but it is DEFINITELY NOT A DOG. "Dogoooooo!" ... 'The hell kind of sound was that?!' This dog thingy then started bouncing? Closer to me so I just backed up defensively "Oi! Ya' mutt you mind leavin' me alone?" I yelled at it, it stopped bouncing and gave off a confused noise "Dogooo?" I spoke up again "Go on, Get! I'm not interested in interacting with you I kinda need to find my way outta this forest."
The creature just ignored me and this time it bounced directly at me hitting me in the leg 'Ok definitely not friendly' when it hit me my pant's got all slimy from its touch 'That is gonna be a bitch to wash later' shaking my head I pull my right leg back into the air and bring it forward to kick the creature as hard as I can. It flew right into a tree and bounced off it harmlessly 'The hell is with this thing? It was all squishy when I kicked it, and it just bounced off the tree like nothing happened seriously what the actual fuck is going on here!'
*rustle* *rustle* *rustle* The bushes started rustling again and 6 more of those creatures came out "Oh for fucks sake god fucking dammit now there's more of them this is just great absolutely fucking perfect, ya'know I'm already fucking tired of these little shits' and I barely know what they are other than the fact they look more stupid than H3RL-E."
(? POV)
a chill goes down my spine and I say aloud "I feel a disturbance in the fourth wall."
(Young Man's POV)
Out of nowhere a girl jumps out from my left and attacks the creatures with what looks like oversized knives. The creatures all went down really fast meanwhile I'm left here baffled the girl in question turns to me and speaks "hmm? Who are you? Don't think I've ever seen your face around here before" ... silence falls upon us for a moment before I speak up "Pretty sure I'm the one who should be askin' that question" the girl just sighs before speaking up "Fiiiiine, Ahem my name's IF I work for the guild" ... "Pfft, ok I take back what I said before, this tops those little shits' " the girl whose name is IF just glares at me while she does that I study her outfit carefully she's wearing what looks like some kind of dress top with ... Hot pant's? Both black with light-grey lining under a huge ass blue coat that is far too big for her along this is some large nearly knee-length blue boots with black socks looking up at her face she has long light brown hair with dark green eyes in her hair a bow that looks like a leaf.
She coughed then spoke, "Ahem, now that you know who I am, mind telling me who YOU are and what you were doing out here in the Virtua Forest?" 'Virtua Forest? Never heard of it whatever doesn't matter' "Alrighty then, well my name is James to answer why I'm in this forest... I honestly don't have a clue one minute I was taking a walk out in a field the next I'm on the ground unconscious and the last I'm in this forest trying to find a way out, that good enough for ya?" IF put her hand to her chin as if thinking about something "Hmm... Alright then, well just this once I'll lead you out the forest and back to your home" IF offered so I just responded "Uhh I don't live anywhere near here I came here to take a break and relax a bit I live like... Around 30 kilometers West from the field I was in" IF looked back at me and spoke, "You live outside of the Nations?" 'Nations? What? I don't live that far out Jeez' shrugging it off we just continued walking.
"Finally out of that damned forest now let's see if I'm correct if I go this way I should find my bike and can get back home." Walking what should be North-West towards where I left my bike not realising that the field I am in is not the one I blacked out in before IF spoke up "Uhh, Civilization is that way there's nothing out there but ocean" she points roughly North-East I look back at her and to where she's pointing. In the distance, I see what looks like some kind of City before looking back at her and speaking up "Excuse me but I'm pretty sure I know where I live and it's this way" pointing towards where I was already walking "Are you alright? There's nothing out there but Forest, Mountains, and after that Ocean" IF spoke there was a bit of silence before I responded "Yes I am quite alright I know my way around this part of the bush I've been through the Australian bush quite a lot of times" IF shook her head before speaking up again "Sorry bud but there really isn't much out that way Planeptune is over there not where you are going." She stated pointing to the city again 'Planeptune? The hell is that I've never heard of a place like that in my life' "Never heard of a place like that in Australia and I'd like to think I know my Country pretty well." And with that I continued on to where I was going or at least I tried to, taking a few steps forward I started to feel off and then everything went black and I lost consciousness as IF ran towards me.
... Sometime later?
Waking up after I passed out I notice I'm no longer outside instead I'm on a bed in a room a very girly looking room sitting up I look around me the walls are all cream coloured theres a television with a game console I've never seen before tucked inside the stand looking aro- 'HOLY FUCKING SHIT IS THAT A GIANT FUCKING SYRINGE GOOD FUCKING GOD WHO IN THE HELL WOULD KEEP THAT IN THEIR ROOM' saying this in my head as I notice a huge ass syringe just chilling in the corner of the room next to a dresser. Deciding that I should get off my ass and find out where I am I heard the doorknob turn and someone walked in, it's a young looking girl probably about 16/17 ish she's wearing a tan sweatshirt with separated sleeves, a ridiculously short checkered red skirt, black thigh length stockings coupled with large white boots looking up she has waist length pinkish bubblegum Esq hair with a black headband that brandishes a large 'C' on it, she also has what I'd guess is orange coloured eyes. She walks over towards the middle of the room and speaks up "Ahh, Mister you're awake that's a relief." She started before continuing "When Iffy brought you here she said you had passed out in the field just outside the Virtua Forest" 'Iffy? I'm just going to assume that's some kind of nickname as the only other person who was with me when I passed out was that girl named IF' there was just silence after.
"Excuse me may I have your name?" Breaking the silence by asking the girl a question she then spoke up "Oh, my name's Compa I'm a Nurse" 'That... Explains... The Syringe' "Okay, Compa can you tell me where I am?" I reply "Oh you're in my house in Planeptune" she replies with a smile on her face 'There it is again this "Planeptune" I ain't got a clue what that is I've never heard of it in my life' "Sorry Planeptune? I believe I already told IF that I have never heard of the place" Compa closes her eyes and starts to think "Hmmmmmmmmm...! Oh, I know Mister is it possible that you have amnesia" ... silence fills the room I start to think 'I KNOW I do not have amnesia but I also don't know where I am, and I need information, I think it would be best if I just went along with it' "Now that you mention it I'm having a hard time remembering anything other than my name which is James by the way."
After introductions Compa led me out into her living room where IF and 2 other girls were they look extremely weird they both have lilac coloured hair one with short hair and long bangs and the other with longer hair. The short-haired girl has 2 D-Pad shaped hairclips while the long-haired girl only has one D-Pad shaped hair clip. The short-haired girl is wearing a large white and purple hoodie with a large circular zipper that has a large 'N' on it, as well as a white choker around her neck, continuing with her unusual appearance are some thigh high stockings that are striped white and blue as well as large looking shoes which are purple, she also has lilac coloured eyes and looks no older than a 14-year-old.
After that is the long-haired girl who has the same lilac eyes as the short-haired girl, she is wearing a white and purple sailor outfit with a yellow Ascot with a large 'N' on it with similar thigh high stockings to the shorter girl except they are white and pink, her shoes are large white and purple boots with 'N's' on them she looks around 16 years old "Ooooh~ is that him Iffy" the younger looking girl spoke up she sounds like a kid seriously... "Yeah, that's him Nep" 'Nep? What's that some kinda nickname ahh whatever doesn't matter this also confirms that IF = Iffy' "So what's your name buster" the girl spoke up I simply replied "My name? That would be James how about you young lady?" I questioned back she then puffed out her chest put her hands on her hips and spoke "My name is Neptune Protagonist of Protagonists."
'There's a Lotta pride in those words also what a weird name I swear all the people here have the absolute weirdest names I mean c'mon 'IF' 'Compa' 'Neptune' you have got to be kidding me seriously there is better naming sense in BL2 and some of the names for the bosses can be pretty stupid' "Okay... Then, moving on what about you" I point to the longer haired girl she then speaks up "Oh me? My name's Nepgear I'm Neptune's little sister" ... 'I got nothing for this sorry I mean seriously who would believe that the kid is older' she spoke again "A lot of people confuse me as the older sibling but really I'm the younger one" ... "Well, you had me fooled sorry if I sound rude but seriously I mean she looks young enough to have just started high school and you look like you would be in the upper years of high school."
"Anyways onto more pressing matters can you tell me in full detail where I am? All I know is I'm in some place called Planeptune" I ask and IF spoke up "Allow me to explain-" I interrupt her "Just so you know I'm gonna need all of it, not just the City I need a full explanation on everything that is important about where I am" after I finish speaking she starts again "Alright well for starters we are in Planeptune one of the four Nations of Gamindustri the other 3 are Lowee, Lastation and Leanbox" 'Gamindustri? what an odd name and those other 3 Nations they sound awfully similar to the Wii, PlayStation, and Xbox that I know of' IF Continues "Each Nation is ruled by a CPU or Goddess 1 for each nation" 'CPU? As in Central Processing Unit? The hell does that have to do with leading a Nation also Goddess? C'mon you gotta be joking right' "There is CPU Green Heart of Leanbox, CPU Black Heart of Lastation, CPU White Heart of Lowee, and CPU Purple Heart of Planeptune or as you now know her Neptune" '... This girl this childlike girl is supposed to be the leader of a Nation you gotta be joking C'MON WHAT KIND OF HORSEFUCKERY IS THIS' "There are also the CPU Candidates for each nation except Leanbox they are the little sisters of the CPUs'."
"Next up the inhabitants of Gamindustri or as you saw earlier in the forest, Monsters they normally stay in their habitats but sometimes they wander out and attack people that's where Adventurers, Guild Agents, the CPUS, and the Candidates come in they go out and defeat said monsters to keep the people safe" IF finished before starting up again "Well that there's the basics that everyone should know" taking it all in I start thinking 'Hmm, that makes a lot more sense now but it also doesn't make any sense whatsoever hmm, maybe this is that so-called "experience" that voice mentioned if so I don't see how this is bad at all this really is a new experience something completely different from the normal boring life.'
"Ok so now that I got everything basic down pat I don't exactly have a way to earn money right now and I don't know much about jobs here so I'm gonna need some suggestions" I stated while thinking 'This place is clearly nothing like home so a job or some way to earn money should be priority' IF then put her hand on her chin as if she was thinking of something then she started speaking "Well there is always Guild work as an option but that's if you know how to fight monsters that is" I then replied "Well I don't know how to fight but I have used a gun before but I'm not exactly confident in my aim" Neptune then piped up "Ooh, I know how about I teach you how to fight" 'That's not a bad idea but I should pry more about it' "Well that could work but what kind of weapons are there even?" IF pondered for a moment then spoke up "Well we could take you to the weapon store and you can pick something out" I thought about it for a second then just nodded and so we all left towards this weapon shop.
"Well here we are" IF stated we are in front of a weapon shop but it doesn't look like one but I shouldn't really judge. We all walked in and I spoke my mind without realizing "Holy fuck its like a psychopaths wet dream" IF just stared at me awkwardly but I just was in awe and shock of the weapons. There are so many types, from axes to swords to knives to spears so many weapons even the gu- 'Is that a rocket launcher!?' Getting a little sidetracked I look over the melee weapons 'Hmm, now then what would I want, a lot of options here but I need something that suits me I've always been very picky with playstyles in games in RPG's I'd be very indecisive between quick melee weapons or ranged weaponry, never liked magic even if it was powerful, however in FPS'es I was always an aggressive player always going in guns blazing health was a joke to me' I start pondering what to pick til I get to the great sword section which catches my eye quite well 'well, well, well what do we have here I'm not exactly the strongest person in the world but I could learn to go with it because hot damn these swords are big and sharp and I like that combo very much I think I found my go to weapon hmm?'
In the corner of my eye I spot a beauty, not just any beauty a beauty of a rifle in what looks like mint condition, a Mosin-Nagant with an ATI scope mount and what I assume is a Pentax 4-12 scope judging by its design 'I think I just found my backup weapon' I walked over to IF to tell her the weapons I want to get "IF I've picked out what I want to use" she looks back at me and speaks up "Ok, so what did you pick?" I replied pointing at the greatsword rack first "For the main weapon I'm going with a greatsword and as a backup weapon" pointing to the Mosin "That beauty of a rifle" IF then replied back "Interesting choice and not many people use 2 weapons but having a backup is always nice, do you have any credits on you?" I stare at her blankly before asking "Credits?" IF groaned and replied back "you don't have any do you?" I then pull out my wallet checking what I have in it 'Hmm, a couple hundreds and my cards I probably shouldn't show them these bills they could get suspicious I'll ask her if they take card' "Do they take card?" IF just nodded "Alright then I guess that works"
Walking over to the greatsword section I picked out a dual-edged black sword with a 6" blade width its hilt was just a simple 'T' shape and the grip was wrapped in brown leather I then walked up to the counter placing the sword on it and rang the bell a young woman came in "Can I help you Sir,?" She asked "Ah yes I'd like to purchase this sword and that rifle there" pointing to the Mosin "Very well then that will be... 11,000 Credits" I pulled out my card and she placed down a machine that looked similar to the ones back home i slotted my card in and prayed for it to work 'pleaseworkpleaseworkpleasework' I heard a noise from the machine and checked it and cursed internally 'Fuck' in bold red letters it said 'Card could not be read' nothing ever goes right dammit losing hope I call over IF "Hey IF can you come over here!" She then walked over to where I was "Yeah what is it?" I pointed to the machine "Eh? 'Card could not be read' uhh, you sure you're using the right card?" I've dug myself a hole. A Big. Fucking. Hole. Pulling the card out so IF could look at it "Doesn't look like any card I've seen" and the hole gets deeper "Fuck she's gonna figure something out about me"I muttered under my breath "We'll work this out later I'll pay for now just don't forget to pay me back okay?" I nodded and grabbed my weapons after they were paid for though when I picked up my new weapons they just disappeared like they glitched out as if it was a game I was confused at first but IF explained it to me. After getting what we came here for we all left the store.
We returned to Compa's house and started working out where we should start for training me to use this sword I think I'll be fine in the gun department if I can hit up a range but close quarters combat is something I am clueless on.
All I could think of after the discussion was 'This is gonna be one hell of an experience...'
A/N This is my first time ever writing something like this the only reason I did it is because of a shithole called the BNK-3R FUCK YOU AND YOUR SHITTY DROPRATE FOR THE SHAM tl;dr I'm slowly going insane bullshit ass boss also the reason for the Borderlands 2 References thank you and see you when I decide to drop the next chapter down.
[Fixed up some errors with punctuation and grammar due to me not really reading it over as it was 3am and I was tired from the shit i had to deal with from yesterday]
Ant~