This idea came to me many days ago when I, per the usual, would imagine myself in an anime many times. This time, I was particularly drawn to Hyperdimension Neptunia so I thought I'd write an insert-based story. Hope you like it! All reviews, favorites and followers are greatly appreciated!
Chapter 1: New Beginnings
Somewhere in the World of the Living, a young man is sitting in his home, completely bored due to there being absolutely nothing to do. He was about 5"11, wore glasses and had orange hair and merely sits at his computer looking through the forums on some games he loves such as Star Wars Galaxies Legends, Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth;1-3 or even the Visual Novel Steins;Gate.
The boy's life was nice at this time, relaxed for well… due to unforeseen consequences, he had to quit going to something called college. He enjoyed gaming, especially the Hyperdimension Neptunia games and completely, utterly dominated the three games he owns which is well, classified. Can't give away all the secrets now can I?
Well, the boy, let's just call him Takuo, he has watched dozens of anime, played countless games but yet this alone isn't enough to keep him occupied for very long. Boredom seems to overtake him rather easily. This could be thanks to the, er… let's just go with the fact he's been through a lot and decided against going to any form of learning center. Ok, this part I wouldn't mind telling you… he has a rather difficult time conversing with others but when he goes to the bank, he can speak just find to the clerks (if that's what you call them) stationed at said bank.
He ever goes there when he either wants to order more games or manga which is mostly… well, that's not important right now. What is important is the strange demon creeping up on him! Nah, not really.. That kind of thing doesn't happen, not even in a story. Anyway, with his boredom levels exceeding 9001 (ha, get it?), Takuo is now left with no other choice but to head out and learn more about math. Man is that difficult or what?
Well no matter… we're getting a bit sidetracked here, so let's return to the story (if there is one) shall we? Let me see here… *ahem*, somewhere in this world, rather close to the boy's home, a hooded figure carrying a staff in his right hand inches ever closer to the home, his face completely hidden by the darkness spread around him. It was night out on that day, a perfect time for an ambush of some sorts.
Whilst the boy turned off his PC, as he went and took the trash out as per his duty, he had the strangest feeling that he was being watched from a distance but couldn't quite put his finger on it. Huh… this far in and no dialogue? Let me fix that real quick.
"Guess it's time I headed to bed then." The boy with orange hair said as he sat on his bed, bowed his head, folded his arms and began praying in his head (yes, this is what he does in irl, don't judge). He then finished with an amen and proceeded to head off to bed when he suddenly heard the window open ever so fast, the wind bursting forth and blowing in leaves and other various things.
When the boy rushed over to close the window with a confused expression on his face, an hooded figure barged into the boy's home, wielding a rather tall staff in his right hand. Confused, the boy attempted to speak but no words came out his mouth.
"I have disabled your ability to speak so no one will know of your disappearance. Heehe… it's time you left this world and never returned!" The figure than smacked the ground with his staff and a large ray of yellow light struck the ground directly in front of him. When Takuo attempted an escape, a yellow barrier was erected all around his own room, preventing any means of escape.
"There is no escape for you! Now then, step through the light, now!" When the man said those words, Takuo immediately noticed a glowing orb on the top of the staff and lunged at it, knocking the orb away. The ray of light changed to purple and forcibly dragged the boy through, leaving the figure behind.
Meanwhile, in Hyperdimension…
Located in one of the 4 nations, a body is being surrounded by many citizens of the nation which was identified as a boy with orange hair. Many citizens were shocked that the life of this boy was taken or as they thought. Well, since none of them even attempted to check for his heart rate, nor did they check for a pulse. That and the people were afraid of this boy being some dangerous threat or something.
"Do you think he's… dead?" Said a female citizen who obviously wasn't reading what was just typed above her petty comment. After such a comment was uttered from her though, the boy twitched his body a bit, catching those gathered around him by surprise and backed away a few feet. Slowly but steadily, the boy stood up on his two feet and as he took a look around him, he saw the world around him was still as blurry as he remembered and went to grab the glasses on the ground. He was quick to put them back on and noticed the people around him were staring directly at him.
"Um, uh… where exactly am I? What is this… place…?" Upon taking a look at his surroundings, Takuo saw a weapon on the ground which piqued his interest. Further inspection of said weapon was revealed to be a hammer in the shape of a small mallet with a throng at the very end of the handle. Curious, the boy went over and plucked the hammer off the ground which caused the other citizens to be well… shocked.
"No way… he lifted the hammer?! Just what is he?!" A female citizen exclaimed as she and the others ran away in fear and surprise from Takuo who was take a back by the fact the citizens ran away from Takuo. When he looked closer at the hammer, he immediately recognized the weapon he was holding in his right hand, a hammer that is said to be so powerful that virtually no one was able to stand up to its might.
"There's no way… such a weapon can't possibly exist here in Lowee! This powerful hammer... is Mjolnir! But why am I able to wield it so easily? I was under the assumption that Thor and Odin were the only ones capable of lifting the hammer. There is much of this that I am blind to, but first things first. Time to figure out what exactly is going on here." After saying those words, Takuo decided he should go meet with Blanc, the CPU of Lowee in order to find out how he got here ands who that strange person from earlier was. However, at the moment Takuo waltzed towards the Basilicom, a snowball came hurtling towards Takuo and barely had anytime to react.
Takuo felt he recalled this scene from somewhere and immediately remembered when he was playing Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth;1 towards the end when he unlocked Rom and Ram, Ram threw a book at Blanc. Although, this particular incident was different, for one of the siblings threw a snowball at Takuo's general direction with incredible speed.
"That snowball trajectory and speed, including the power behind it… only Ram is capable of such a feat. But why would she be throwing snowballs at this time of day? Well, even I'm unaware of her daily activities so there's that. Let's go see what the siblings are up to today." With that, Takuo goes to where the snowball originally came from and much to his glee, he came across Rom and Ram who looked like they were looking for someone.
Hmm… so they're looking for someone, huh? Must be Blanc they're looking for. I wonder where she could be… in any case, let's have a chat with Rom and Ram, shall we?
"Where is she?! Blanc promised to play with us today and she's not even here! What's the big idea here?! Ram angrily stomped on the snow to which her sibling, Rom, attempted to calm her down by trying to build a snowman but that didn't work. Rom wasn't very good at coming up with ideas and didn't know what to do in this situation.
"Excuse me! Can I have a moment of your time?" The siblings were interrupted by the voice of Takuo who casually approached the two and dropped his hammer to the ground, indicating he hasn't come here to fight. Immediately after the boy drew closer to the two, Ram stepped in front of Rom, not intending on letting Takuo any closer to Rom.
"Stop there! Not another step! I won't let you harm Rom!" Said a rather protective Ram who wouldn't step away from Rom, not even for an instant.
"Well now, this certainly is something to behold. An older sibling protecting her younger sibling… such is the way of Rom and Ram, the siblings of Blanc, the CPU of Lowee. It is a pleasure to meet your acquaintance. As to how I know you, that is best saved for a different time. For now, I must know where Blanc is at. But from what I heard, you don't know where she is. Unfortunate but not unexpected." Takuo grabbed Mjolnir and began to leave the area when he suddenly felt an intense amount of pain surging around his chest. He fell to his knees and clutched his chest in pain.
"Sis… we should… help him." Rom spoke up, Ram still reluctant to help a stranger but had little choice in the matter. The siblings walked towards Takuo and quickly looked at his wound which was nothing more than a burn mark which left most of his chest wide open.
Since Rom and Ram are magic users, they decided to combine their powers and heal the wound on Takuo's chest. Sure enough, it disappeared without a trace but only the wound was repaired, not the damaged ti-shirt and jacket.
"Ah… healing magic. Incredible! I didn't know you two were capable of replenishing wounds! But it's a real shame… my jacket is ruined! Now I can't look cool any more! No matter… Rom, Ram, thank you for helping me. Now then, where were we?" When Takuo turned his attention toward the siblings, a bolt of yellow lightning shot forth from the sky. The boy was quick to push the girl's out of the way before being struck by the said powerful attack.
After the dust subsided, Rom and Ram looked around them and noticed there wasn't even that much damage caused to the surrounding area. Immediately, they turn their gaze to Takuo and saw he wasn't in the least bit injured, learning that Takuo defended himself with Mjolnir at the last second that the attack impacted Takuo.
"Now that's the way to do it! Good thing I have Mjolnir which absorbs lightning and releases it of I so choose to! Now then, from where that lightning bolt came from.. That could be where the 4 CPUs are at. Guess I'll go and pay them a visit." Swinging Mjolnir by the handle, Takuo ascends from the ground and flies to where the action is, leaving Rom and Ram behind.
Towards where the battle is, all 4 CPUs, Neptune, Noire, Blanc and Vert, struggle to take down an unknown hooded figure carrying an equally unusual staff bathed in a dark red and purple glowing aura. Neptune and Noire were breathing more actively than usual white Blanc and Vert were breathing at a normal rate.
"Pathetic. And you call yourselves CPUs?! Such arrogance!" The figure waved his staff and called forth a volley of purple energy blasts which converged forth on all 4 CPUs who barely had anytime to react and attempted to dodge more attacks that came their way. However, each attack seemed to double and when the attacks connected with Vert, she suffered significant damage in a deadly explosion but refused to back down.
Meanwhile, Blanc blindly charged in but was sent a few feet backwards by the figure with his left hand and made a series of hand gestured which caused several runes to appear around Blanc and detonate in a deadly purple explosion. Furthermore, Blanc was bombarded by a volley of ki blasts and sent plummeting to the ground where Rom and Ram are.
Using this opportunity to strike, Noire rushes in with her sword and swings at the man who, to her surprise, stopped the attack with his finger tips and proceeded to kick her straight towards Celestia, destroying much of it in the process.
"This man… just who is he? Why are we unable to land a single blow on him? How can he use such… raw power against us? This is no ordinary opponent we're... fighting…." Neptune soon loses consciousness and begins to plummet towards the ground but Vert grabs her by the arm. Noire joins Neptune and Vert but notices the figure begins to cast a powerful energy sphere through the use of his staff and find they are unable to escape from the blast.
A barrier had formed around the 3 CPUs, trapping them here while the unknown attacker charges his spell to finish off the CPUs. Bracing for impact, Noire and Vert wrapped themselves around Neptune as the spell began to activate when suddenly, a flying object is seen breaking through the barrier and striking the figure who was thrown towards Celestia, much to the 3 CPUs surprise.
"Well now, what do we have here? Seems like you CPUs are being pressured by this unknown figure. Shall I lend my assistance?" Takuo appears from the ground and made a hand gesture, summoning the hammer back to his right hand. Noire, Blanc and Vert were taken aback by this newcomer who just so happened to save them from such a blast and had little time to well, attack him.
"Who exactly are you? I don't recall ever inviting you." Noire blatantly but rudely said as she pointed her sword in the direction of Takuo who simply smiled at such a question.
"Now now Noire, none of that nonsense. There's no need to be so harsh, considering the fact I just saved you from a devastating blast. Had I not intervened, we wouldn't be having such a discussion, now would we?" Takuo retorted with Noire still keeping her sword pointed at Takuo who doesn't seem to be in the least bit daunted by her weapon nor of the damage the CPUs sustained.
"How very interesting… you know Noire's name and your not surprised by my presence. It is of no concern… at least, for now. We focus on the man who's been destroying us." Vert commented as the dust settled with the man stepping forward, most of his cloak was damaged by the attack but chose to keep it on. His grip on his staff tightened and let out a rather loud yell.
"This cloak… how dare you damage it you human trash! Your recklessness will be your doom!" Waving his staff around, he casted a series of spells and sent forth at Takuo who repelled the attacks with the use of his hammer and used the throng to accelerate his speed and kicked the figure hard in the gut, knocking his balance off but was quick to react.
Using the tip of his staff, the man casually knocked the hammer out of Takuo's hands and kicked him toward Celestia. Dropping his staff for an instant, he moves his hands in a familiar gesture and casted something Takuo thought wouldn't been seen in a long time.
"Hado #88: Hiryu Gekizoku Shinten Raiho!" A large beam of blue spiritual energy went forth against Takuo who immediately closed his eyes and only one thing came to mind that happened so suddenly. When Takuo opened his eyes, a tall transparent barrier blocked the #88 kido technique and detonated, something which both surprised Takuo and the unknown figure. Growing even angrier than before, the man quickly grabbed his staff and conjured a bolt of lightning while Takuo summoned his hammer and managed to absorb the attack in the nick of time.
"Since your going to be that way, guess I'll try something out. Not really sure what happened, but I guess I'll…" Before Takuo could utter another word, a beam of red energy struck Takuo in the abdomen, catching him off-balance and began to lose his composure. Meanwhile, the figure began powering up the same attack he was casting earlier which Takuo so calmly interrupted.
"Hahaha! This is the end, foolish CPUs and human! Altairis!" The spell is casted and sent hurtling towards the ground with a barrier preventing anyone else from interfering with Noire and Vert quickly bracing for impact as the attack detonated in a deadly explosion that knocked Vert who was carrying Neptune away. Satisfied that the deed has been done, smiling at the death of the CPUs and human, the figure disappears from the scene of the destruction, not wanting to linger around for too long.
However, Neptune and Vert were seen flying with Neptune having recovered from the damage she received, making sure the damage didn't spread to the ground. When the dust began to clear around where Noire was, she was seen with her arms over her face and her eyes closed.
"Urgh! What an attack… just what was that? A spell? Is everyone alright?" Noire was quick to ask those around her to which she was greeted by Vert.
"Yes, I'm quite alright. Still, that was some explosion. Whoever he is, he's gone. I doubt that's the last we've seen of him. I'm more concerned with how your feeling, Noire." Noire looked to be in good health, not a lot of injuries were found on her body, besides the attacks she sustained from that man who attacked the 4 CPUs so violently.
"What about that boy who saved us? Is he okay? I want to ask who he is and why he was able to use the same attacks as the attacker." Ver nodded at Noire's words and went to look around of where the boy went off to. The three CPUs flew toward the ground in an effort to asses the damages done and see if the boy is doing ok.
However, to Noire, Neptune and Vert's surprise, they saw the amount of damage dealt to the entire area was very minimal, in fact none of the citizens were injured from the blast which would be a huge relief to Blanc. While Vert was thinking about where the boy could be, a voice was heard.
"Noire! Vert! Neptune! Quick, over here!" Ram called to the 3 who rushed over to see what was going on. They saw countless citizens gathered around one area with a strange barrier beginning to dissipate around one particular area. Upon further inspection, it was shown that Takuo had jumped in front of Rom and Blanc and soaked up the entirety of the attack.
Takuo was severely injured across his torso and the entirety of his left arm was completely burned up, with Neptune completely, utterly shocked at this sight all the while, the orange haired boy was breathing very heavily. "Why you look at that… I did protect… someone… or two…"
Those were his words as Takuo collapsed on the ground. Ram rushed over to him and tried performing her healing spell but immediately remembered it can only be used with Rom by her side.