I just wanted to say before this gets going that my previous HDN story that I wrote on here...it was good of me to start it, but looking back now. I have done FAR much better than that and I know that I can do a heck of a lot more better. So I've decided to delete that one and write something less serious and have a case of harem instead because I've had a keen interest in that for a long while.
First into the limelight is the fourth wall breaking heroine, Neptune!
Gary x Neptune
It was quite the nice and warm day across the world of Gamindustri. Gary was going through his once a week of monster hunting, it wasn't pretty for him to do the work at times since the majority of the hunting were orders from the guild, but the payment was more than good enough for his lifestyle. Gary Rain was someone who used to be very shy around girls and he never had much in the way of friends when one day he was brought into Gamindustri where his life would change completely.
Now he has the CPU's as his friends along with Compa and IF who helped him with every step in getting braver and more friendly. But being just friends with the CPU's and others isn't enough for Gary nowadays, he has one other ambition, one goal that no other man has dared or dreamt about. That is to become the male harem of Gamindustri and he plans to do it in his own way. Although depending on who he goes after, he'll have to change it up with each girl.
"Whew!" Gary sighed in exhaustion. "That's another day of monster hunting done and with all the credits earned, I can finally get my rent paid for this month. I'm rolling in the money now, but what I need soon is a relationship...maybe I could ask one of the CPU's out, it might happen."
Suddenly a loud scream came from far away that caught his attention. "Please help me!"
"Sounds like a female needs help." He rushed over to where the scream came from only to suddenly stop, noticing what was going on.
There was a girl with long purple hair who was being surrounded by several dogoos and was backed up to a tree.
"Hey you creepy slimes!" Gary yelled over. "Leave that girl alone! Why don't you come and get me instead?"
Gray drew his sword out and slew them down one by one till there was nothing left.
"What the goodness...thank you so much." The girl said happily, hugging him.
"You're welcome miss..."
"Oh, I'm Nepgear. Neptune's younger sister."
Gary smiled. "Ahhh lovely name and you're Neptune's younger sister as well, that's great." But no sooner the words went into his head, he immediately gasped in shock. "Wait...what?! How? When?"
Nepgear twiddled her fingers. "Oh...didn't Neptune tell you uhhh?"
"The name's Gary and nope, she was probably being forgetful like always." Gary made a mental note to visit Neptune later and hope she can explain herself. "Anyways, what were you doing out in the forest?"
"Oh, I was training to become stronger just like my sister." Nepgear looked away. "But my weapon that I had there on the ground, it broke."
Gary took a quick look. "Yeah...it broke because that's a tree branch." He scratched his head. "You need a much stronger weapon than that."
"Yeah, going into a hunting ground without a sword wasn't the smartest decision I made." Nepgear felt embarrassed. "I want one, but I don't have the money for it at the moment."
"Well consider yourself lucky, because I am a veteran hunter and I am fully loaded!" Gary bragged. "Why don't you stick by me until we get back into the city?"
"That would be wise...thank you, Gary."
"It's no problem."
Nepgear walked with Gary, leaving the forest and heading back to the city and inside a weapons store.
"Thanks for doing this." Nepgear said as she looked at the swords. "So how do you know about Neptune, are you close friends with my sister?"
"Yeah, I'm very close with her and her friends." Gary replied. "How come I haven't seen you around?"
"It's very complicated, but according to Histoire, when Neptune had a huge battle, the shares in Planeptune went so high that I was suddenly born as a CPU Candidate."
Gary could only stare into blank space with absolute confusion, even the question marks around his head were not enough to confirm his confused state.
"I guess that seems very strange to you, Gary. But don't worry too much about it, because I always want to do my best."
Gary snapped out of it. "O-o-oh no, it's not that I doubt your potential ability, I just can't seem to fathom how that happened and what kind of battle did Neptune have to cause the shares to rise or even inflate."
"Anyways...I think I like this sword." Nepgear grabbed one.
Gary looked at it. "Hmm, that's a Beam Zapper. I hear those are easy to use for amateurs, even a few professionals wield them."
"Oooh, do you have one?"
"Nope...what you saw was my golden sword. It used to be made of bronze but I had it upgraded over the countless battles I had along with your sister against the hordes of monsters."
"I see, that sounds really cool."
Gary looked at the price tag and smiled. "So is this the one you like?"
"Yes, this is the one I want."
"Alrighty, let me make the payment." Gary brought the sword over to the counter and made the payment. "250 credits worth spent I believe." He gave the Beam Zapper to Nepgear. "Here you go, one newly acquired sword to help you start your training."
"Thank you so much, Gary!" Nepgear took the sword from him. "Say, do you wanna come and help me train?"
"I would like to, but I'm already done with hunting for the day." Gary replied as they left the store. "I've gotta speak with Neptune as soon as I can. Maybe next time when I have my health and stamina points back in peak condition, I'll help."
"Okay, that's good to know. In that case, I'll be more careful and I'll make good use of this new sword, thank you again."
"You're welcome, Nepgear. I'll see you again soon."
Nepgear smiled and waved as Gary walked over to Compa's apartment, since Neptune is sharing a room that she's been living in since she and Compa became friends. He entered the apartment that had two floors and walked up to the second floor before arriving at room 204. He knocked on the door and entered into the apartment room.
"Hello girls." Gary called. "I'm back."
"Heeey Gary-roony!" Neptune replied, putting down a controller and hugging him. "Had fun being the dragon slayer?"
"Uhh, I didn't slay any dragons today, I'm not that reckless." Gary laughed. "Is that a game you're playing?"
"Yep, but it isn't much fun playing on my own." Neptune thought of an idea. "Saaaay, could you join in a game with me after dinner?"
Gary nodded. "Sure, I'm done for the day so I'm looking to put my feet up for a while before going back to my place."
Just then, Compa came from the kitchen. "Hi Gary, you're just in time for din-dins."
Gary giggled. "Hi Compa, that smells really good whatever's cooking in the kitchen."
"Oh, it's from a new recipe I learnt today." Compa then gave him a friendly hug. "Happy to know you're okay after a day of monster hunting."
"You know me, Compa. I'm a veteran and I never let my guard down."
"Oh come on, we all know there's more to you than just being a monster slayer." Neptune said. "You're a cutie too."
Gary blushed. "T-that's not true...I mean look at what my face has to offer, do I look like a handsome kisser?"
"You're funny as always, Gary." Compa laughed. "Oh and Nep-Nep, I made your favourite pudding after dinner."
"Yay! Pudding!" Neptune said excitedly. "But very convenient to say that right after Gary blushed."
Compa went back in the kitchen to check on the food as Gary put down his sword and took off his shoes.
"So Neptune, I bumped into your younger sister, Nepgear in the forest today." Gary said as he sat down on the sofa away from the TV and the console. "When did that happen exactly?"
"Ohhh yeeeeah..." Neptune looked sheepishly. "I was going to tell you but then Histy went all 'You need to do your CPU work and not be lazy with friends'."
Gary chuckled. "That does sound like Histoire. It's okay though, because Nepgear was about to be attacked by a slime of dogoos, but I came to the rescue and I even bought her a very reliable sword so she can train to be stronger."
"Oh, that would explain why Nep. Jr went to the Guild today. Maybe I should've gone with her instead of just lounging around here."
Gary began to smirk. "Yeah, you're not exactly being a big sister, are you?"
"Woah there. Don't give me that eyebrow raising look, buddy." Neptune hugged him again. "But seriously, thanks for looking out for my sister."
"Nep-Nep. Gary." Compa called as she left the kitchen with two plates to the table. "Dinner is ready."
"Sweet, I'm actually quite starving." Gary replied as he sat the dining table that had four chairs.
Neptune sat next to him and Compa sat on the opposite side after bringing a third plate to the table.
After they had their meal, Compa brought the dishes back to the kitchen.
"So what's the game you've got on at the moment?" Gary asked.
Neptune looked at him. "How do you feel about a racing game?"
"Sure, but you may have a hard time because I'm quite a pro at racing!"
"Oooh, then it's on, bub."
Neptune and Gary left the dining table and sat by the sofa, grabbing the controllers.
"Well this is not like you." Gary said. "I would've taken you as a Mario Kart gamer, but this Need For Speed."
"Naaaah, that'd be way too obvious for this story." Neptune replied. "Besides, I wanted a change."
"Fair enough." Looks like I have a chance to start this harem journey. He thought to himself.
The two of them started the game and things were quiet for a while.
Gary then had an idea. "Say Neptune, how about we raise the stakes?"
"Oooh, what do you have in mind?" Neptune asked.
"Let's say that whoever loses the next race has to do what the winner says, deal?"
"Bring it on, kiddo. I'm gonna Nep-Nep you."
"Kiddo? I'm three years older than you."
"Blah blah, logic or not. Let's do this!"
Neptune already had a head start, using her controller and Gary was trying hard to catch up. Now it was time for an idea that Gary had, he thought of distracting her by doing something unexpected so he would take the lead and win the next race. When it came towards the final lap, Gary smirked and suddenly kissed Neptune on the cheek. That did the trick as Neptune was now in shock and blushing in bright red.
"Yeah! I've now taken the lead!" Gary exclaimed happily. "Home stretch baby."
"N-n-n-no fair!" Neptune moaned. "That was soooo cheating, buster."
"Well then, if you wanna win, you're gonna have to try to one up me."
"Fine...get ready, cause the racing queen is coming back with a vengeance!"
Neptune picked up her controller and tried to catch up with Gary. It was then that she had a sneaky idea in mind. She suddenly put her arms around Gary, forcing him to look at her and before he could say anything, she planted a kiss on his lips before pulling away, grabbing her controller and she overtook him in the game, passing the winning line.
"Wahoo!" Neptune exclaimed. "And so, the main heroine of this story reigns supreme."
Gary was still in a state of surprise, blinking away, unable to believe what just happened. He was sitting there like a statue, trying to process the surprise kiss he just got.
"Uhh Gary...oh I get it, you must be in shock, right?"
"Uhhh...man unable to respond." Gary replied in a robotic tone. "Requesting immediate restart."
"Hmm, how about I plant another kiss on you, buddy?"
Gary snapped back to his senses. "No i-i-i-it's okay...but Neptune, I never took you as one who would just kiss a person willingly. What made you do that?"
"Well, why don't you ask the person who's writing this story?"
"Huh?!"
"Besides, you said that I had to one up you, so I just did. How did it feel, getting beaten by a CPU?"
"You know, in all the times I've known you...you still find a way to surprise me."
"All the times?" Neptune giggled. "You make it sound like we've known each other for years, but it's only been a few months."
"I know...I guess the point is that I wanted to win at something other than defeating monsters."
"Well you're wrong there, mister. Because you have won something else than monsters."
Gary looked at her. "Really? Then what is it?"
"Me!" She took his hand. "Because honestly, I wanted to thank you for saving my sister in my own way and kissing you was the only reward I could think of."
"Woah...not even one of your puddings?"
"Nope...all the puddings belong to me, but if you go out with me on a date I might let you borrow one of mine."
"Then we have a deal."
"Sweet!" Neptune held his hand. "Then you and I are dating partners!"
Gary could only sigh in happiness, convincing Neptune was easy. But the rest of the CPU's were going to be more of a challenge and who knows what kind of hoops he'll have to jump through.
Gary has mastered the "Beginner Harem" Ability!
Coming up next is on the list below, if you feel like someone else should be on the list, let me know and I'll see what I can do.
2. Noire
3. Blanc
4. Vert
5. Compa
6. IF
