*Chomp*Chomp*Snarfle*

"Yo waiter, keep 'em plates coming!" Ryou shouted as he proceeded to devour the food in a nearby restaurant in Planeptune. After there little run in with IF, Compa as well as Ryous mentor Yamato, Nepgear thought that she'd treat him and Uni for some lunch. Whether it's an apology for earlier or a means to getting to know him is anyone's guess.

"Ugh...Nepgear, why are we just sitting here watching this slob stuff his face!?" Uni asked furiously as she turned to her bestfriend who gave her a mellow expression.

"Um well...you see...he's new here so...I just thought..." Needless to say, it seems that her plans aren't going very well, with how Ryou had just got through a 5th helping (his stomach must be as deep as Neptunes.)

"Hmph, whatever."("He's not going to be any nicer to you ya know.") Uni thought as she pouted and turned her head while crossing her arms in a very Noire-like fashion.

*Burp* "Ahh! That hit that spot, alright time to go!" Ryou got up and proceeded to walk out, not even bothering to excuse himself.

"H-hey wait! Where are you going!?" Nepgear asked as she began to panic.

"Hm?"

"You jackass! You were planning on leaving us with the damn bill!" Uni was beyond furious at this point, with steam coming out her ears and her face is redder than Blancs eyes whenever she gets pissed.

"Heheh, of course not. The hell kind of guy do you think I am?" despite being a jerk from time to time, Ryou wasn't low enough to just up and leave the girls with the bill(Even jerkasses have standards). In fact, he simply wanted to tease Uni a bit more, and it was working like a charm.

"Lighten up, I got it covered...what do I owe ya?" Ryou turned to the waiter, who gladly gave him a bill that looked like it'd be a mile long.

"20000000000000000000000000GP sir. Will that be credit or card?"

"FWAH!"("LOOK AT ALL THE ZERO!") Ryou nearly fell to the ground after hearing that number.

"Man...this could be a problem." he muttered quietly as he crossed his arms and began to get lost in thought trying to think of a solution to the problem, with Uni looking at him impatiently, and Nepgear just simply lost in thought herself.

("I wonder why he's not talking to me...I mean, the only reason I asked him to eat with us was so we could start over and maybe be friends...Am I being too persistent? Am I annoying him? Goodness, why am I getting so worked up over this?!") Nepgear thought as her mind began to go in circles trying to wrap her mind around the boy's confusing actions. If he truly thought she was annoying, why would he agree to eat with them? To get a free meal? To just ignore them? Again she began to panic and ultimately over analyze the situation like she normally does with anything.

"Hey...hello? You there?"

"HUH! OH! Uh, Yes! I'm sorry!" before Nepgear knew it the boy was up close and giving her a very confused looked.

"What's wrong with you...?" he asked her giving her another puzzling look.

("Great! Now he probably thinks I'm a total weirdo...") she thought as she began to bash herself yet again.

"Nepgear! Get a hold of yourself and just answer this idiots question!" Uni scolded her friend, breaking her out of her inner dilemma for the moment.

"Oh,uh yes, what is it Ayumu?"

"Um one, just call me Ryou and two, quit acting so damn weird...your creeping me out, like seriously."

"Oh sorry..." Nepgear said in a defeated tone as she began to lose hope in forming a friendship with the boy...he was just...too mean.

"Whatever, do you know anywhere I could make fast money? Like enough to pay this bill?" Ryou asked as he pointed at the mile long bill right behind him.

"Well there is the Guild...there's been a lot of money being offered for slaying a vicious monster that's been terrorizing a nearby village, people call it the 'Dark Plague'."

"Hm...that so? And you sure it can pay enough to clear this bill?"

"Huh!? Hey, idiot! Your not thinking of taking up that quest are you?! You'll freaking die you know! I don't care if you are a LOGIN agent, at the end of the day your only human. *Sigh* Screw it, leave the bill to us. C'mon Nepgear let's go pay this freeloaders-"

"Ma'am , there's nothing to worry about. Keep these two kids with you while I go get your money!" Ryou said to the owner, completely ignoring Uni altogether.

"Hey!" she shouted as she turned red out of anger.

"Hm? Oh sorry were you saying something important? I kind of lost interest in what you were saying after the third word haha." Ryou said giving Uni a devious smirk, further pushing the candidates buttons.

"Y-you!..."

"Welp, gotta go do a job and pay a bill. This'll be a cinch. Sit tight and try not to miss me too much, especially you Gear haha." he gave Nepgear a teaseful look causing her to flinch and turn red.

"HEY! What are you trying to imply! That's my-!"

"Later!" Ryou said cheerfully as he left the two.

"Agh...I swear." Uni began to seethe as she gritted her teeth.

"You think he'll be okay...?" Nepgear asked Uni.

"Hmph. Who care's what happens to him! And you!"

"M-me?!" Nepgear turned to face her friend who was now shouting at her.

"What's up with you getting all blushy around him huh?!"

"Um...what do you mean..."

"Don't give me that Nepgear! You barely even know that jerk and you treated him to food!? Hell, do you even see how much it costed to feed that freeloader!?" Uni was beginning to make a scene as everyone looked on.

"Uni please...your making a scene." Nepgear attempted to calm her friend down and to her own surprise she was able to as Uni took one final deep breath and regained her composure. After regaining some sense of tranquility, she sat back down and just rubbed her head in annoyance.

("Seriously, I've had it up to my eyes with that jerk. Think's he's so cool. Well he wouldn't be, cause the next time I see him, I'm ramming my foot straight up his cocky a-")

"Hey um, Uni?" The Lastation candidate was swiftly brought out of her thoughts with Nepgear calling out to her, now looking at her besty with a curious glare.

"Huh? sorry, what's up now?" She could've been more annoyed with her delivery, but since Ryou is gone and she calmed down a bit, she figured Nepgear has enough to worry about now.

"Well I was curious, how much do you know about LOGIN? I've never even heard of it until now, even though Kisaragi told us that our sisters and the other CPU's know about it."

"*sigh* Well, to be honest, I only know about as much as Noire told me, about LOGIN being a black ops corps within the Guild. Why?"

"Well, I was thinking. IF said that an A-Class LOGIN agent is about as strong as a CPU. IF that were true...wouldn't that mean that a B-Class agent is as strong, if not stronger than a CPU candidate?" To Uni, that basically translates to 'Is that moron Ryou stronger than me or Nepgear?'

"...?"

"OK, THAT CLINCHED IT!" Needless to say, she didn't take it very well.

"What the goodness Uni!? Why'd you get up all of a sudden!?" Nepgear was understandably startled and confused at Unis reaction.

"There is no way that guy is stronger than me! No! Nuh-uh! I refuse! I'm gonna go over there and show that jerk who's boss!" Uni proclaimed as she stormed out of the restaurant, no doubt she's going to catch up to Ryou and give him a lesson. Her pride would not allow her to be outmatched by a loud-mouth like him.

"Wha-!? Uni, wait for me!" Nepgear soon got up herself and chased after her friend, who happens to be chasing after the guy she may or may not have a crush on.

"Kid you got a death wish or something? You seem awful young and not bad lookin' to be digging yerself and early grave."

"Uh...thanks?"

"That ain't a complement."

After Ryou practically sprinted out of the restaurant, he wasted no time looking for the "Black Plague" quest from the Guild. Although upon taking the request from a middle-aged man(mid thirties probably), who also happened to be the owner of the local Guild, he was given some very curious and skeptical glares from everyone, including the man himself. The man in question was a tall, chiseled man with messy grey hair, navy Blue eyes and a light 5 o'clock shadow. He wears a pair of goggles, a blue jacket over a light blue shirt, green pants with a tan sweater wrapped around his waist, and leather gloves and boots.

"Point is there's no point in throwing your life away like that. Come work at the Guild if you have to! At night time it get's real lively around here. Lady Purple Heart may have her flaws but that just makes for a much more fun and laid backed nation."

"Hm? You don't say." Ryou was intrigued to say the least. From what little he has heard, Planeptunes goddess is a lot more laid-back and easy going compared to the other CPUs, with her own nation adopting said mentality, despite being the most advanced. This was completely different from what he had experienced back in Lowee while on a mission a few weeks prior. In Lowee, people seem to have more traditional values with less emphasis on technology and being lazy was somewhat looked down upon. Additionally, Lowee was one of the safest nations around as opposed to the others. Lastation in particular, which also so happens to be Ryous birthland, had an entire district simply called "The Slums" for basically any poor person or vagabonds to live in. Sadly, Ryou himself lived most of his life in the Slums and it wasn't a fun experience. Leanbox also has a ghetto of their own called the "Thieves Den" where a lot of illegal and pirated transactions happen, something Lady Green Heart and members of her SMD(Special Missions Department) have been trying to stop for some time now. Planeptune only had some minor crimes and ghetto's were not really there.

"You alright there kid? Your kinda spacing out there..." said the guild owner snapping Ryou out of his thoughts.

"Oh! My bad pops, yeah I'll think about it! Just in kind of a hurry now and don't worry, hero's never die!" Ryou said as he gave a cocky grin and thumbs up to the man and was on his way before he knew it.

"Hey! Don't call me pops you little-! Agh, well either he's the most fearless kid I've ever met or the stupidest."

"Hey!" Before the man could reach into his coat pocket, Uni came up to him in a hurry with a very tired Nepgear in tow.

"What can I do for you little lady?"

"Have you scene some black-haired jackass accepting a dangerou-"

"You just missed him. He took off just as you and your little friend got here."

"Thanks! C'mon Nepgear!"

"At least give me time to breathe Uni!" As the two candidates, the man took a deep breath of fresh air and rubbed his forehead.

"...And I sure as hell wasn't expectin' two Candidates to waltz in here. And as for that punk, heh..." the man slyly reached into his left pocket and pulled up a lighter then proceeding to grab a pack of cigarettes and place one in his mouth, lighting it up and inhaling the smoke and taking a puff. "Don't know why, but I feel like that boys destined for big things heh."

-Back to Ryou-

("What a weird old dude. Oh well, maybe I'll take him up on that guild job...if I don't get promoted soon...then what's the point in being in LOGIN? I've waited too damn long...put in countless hours into training, blood sweat and tears. I deserve this! I NEED this! Yamato always tells me I'm too ambitious and that I'm not ready, and even though my respect for him is limitless, this is the one thing I disagree with him. I'm Ryou Ayumu! I grew up in the slums and survived! I fought all my life to survive! I told him I'd be a hero that I would make A class and cement my legacy as one of LOGINs elite. Hell, I practically guaranteed I would surpass him someday! I won't ever let my ambition fade, afterall...this is really all I know. This is what I've done since I was a kid...fight, fight, fight...and I'll continue to fight. I'll continue to be the best. That's my destiny...right?") Ryou thought, feeling both conflicted, uneasy, confused and yet still looking forward to the thrill of fighting the so-called "Dark Plague."

Soon Ryou found himself at a small village not too far from Lastation or Planeptune. The village itself wasn't all that impressive, but compared to the indusatrialized Lastation or the highly advanced Planeptune, this seemed a lot more urban.

"Guess this must be the place. Hmm, now if I were a "Dark Plague" where would I be...?" Ryou thought idiotically as he crossed his arms and looked around the almost ghost town of a village.

"Yooooooo! Dark Plague, I'm here to kick your ass, so get out here!" Ryou said a tone that could be heard by absolutely anyone, catching the hiding villagers off guard as some of them fell on their backs out of the stupidity of the boy.

"What in Lady Black Hearts name are you thinking boy!" an old man walking in a hunchbacked fashion while using a staff as a crutch began to walk up to Ryou.

"Village elder, be careful. We don't know if he's just another thief." a young boy who seemed to be no older then one of the Lowee CPU candidates rushed to the elders side trying to block a path between him and Ryou. The boy himself had clean sandy brown hair, pale blue eyes similar to Ryous but without the extra shine, and a bluish purple scarf around his neck, with the tails reaching down to his backs mid-section. He wears a light grey long-sleeved shirt with the roman numeral of one on the front. He also seems to be wearing a brown T-shirt underneath, sweat pants that are the same color of his scarf and brown sneakers.

"Hm? Hey kid, I'm not going to hurt him or anything, so chillax." Ryou assured the boy but he still looked skeptical.

"It's okay little one." the village elder placed a hand on the boy's head calming him down and assuring him Ryou had no bad intentions. Finally with one final look of reluctance the boy let the elder pass to greet Ryou.

"I'm guessing you guys don't have many guests if this is how you greet people haha." Ryou tried to crack a joke as he gave the elder a goofy smile

"Why have you come here boy?"

"Boy? I have a name, Ryou Ayumu and I'll be your friendly neighborhood hero for the day!" Ryou stuck out his chest and gave everyone a thumbs up with a cocky smirk.

"Hmph, you wouldn't be the first to make such a bold claim. Now off with you, or the Dark Plague will end your life-!" but before the elder could walk further away Ryou clasped him by the elbow as gently as he could, just tight enough to stop him from moving.

"Old man, I don't care what those others said, I'm not them. I will get rid of the plague, no matter what!... Also, I got a freaking bill with a TON of zero's and two chicks that'll eat me alive if I don't pay it haha." just when Ryou was beginning to sound serious he came out with that last bit of dialogue that made practically everyone in the vicinity sigh loudly.

"Very well, but be warned that every adventurer that tried to slay it has never come back at all. but if you're really want to risk your life, then go a little beyond the Forest of Empty Screams. It has already made its nest there. Strange though, it's usually around the village at this time. something must be keeping it up..."

"Got it! Welp, hero time! later old man!" Ryou said as he ran towards the Forest with the fitting title. As he ran, the young boy near the elders side couldn't help but look at him from afar, now more curious than doubtful.

As Ryou became to tread deeper and deeper into the forest with the very fitting name, he realized that the atmosphere had somewhat changed. The air got heavy and he was able to feel an aura of malice practically engulfing him.

"Man, this is starting to get pretty freaky. Next thing you know, some seven foot tall tuxedo wearing blank face coming out of nowhere and screw me over."He thought out loud trying to calm his nerves and letting the obvious reference hang in the air.

"Heh, come on out boy, I know your here-"

*SLASH*

The creature emerged from out of nowhere and stuck at Ryous side just as he tried to finish his sentence. He would've been sliced in two if he didn't draw his sword and blocked it. Upon taking a good look at the beast, He can tell that it lived up to its name of The Dark Plague, with the monster standing on two legs with red eye's almost resembling a wolf. Even moreso since the beast itself looks like a humanoid Fenrir, with the fur around its wrists, shins and collar being ebony black with a tinge of red. Its very appearance basically spells death to him.
"Woah, did a fenrir decide to have a kid with a demon? Haha! Anyways, you look pretty tough, so this outta be fun. Now, it's showti-"

"Hey jackass!" an almost whiny , nasally, tsundere-like voice could be heard coming from his left.

"Ryou!" another voice that Ryou recognized soon followed.

"Aw shit..." Ryou knew who those voices belonged to and sure enough he was right as Uni and Nepgear appeared at the worst time of course, with the latter looking very exhausted.

"Oh come the fuck on! Why the hell did both of you come all the way out here!? I told you two-GAH!" before Ryou could finish raging he was caught off guard by the beast as one of its claws slashed the side of his abdomen and sent him flying a ways and skidding onto his injured side. He struggled to get up, but it would seem that its attack did a lot more damage than he thinks.

"No!" Nepgear yelled out tears almost coming out of her eyes.

"Stupid!" Uni said practically trembling. She was equally as distraught it would seem despite her best efforts to hide it.

"Both of you idiots, get ba-AGH!" Ryou couldn't catch a break as just as he almost got back up, the beast decided to get another hit on him, this time with his massive tail knocking the boy into a rotting nearby tree, breaking it in half and gravely injuring him even more.

The two candidates stood in front of the beast known as the Dark Plague.

"Nepgear...we need to fight that thing." Uni prepared herself for the battle, though she was extremely unsure she could pull off beating such a creature, much less keep Nepgear safe.

"But! But Ryou!" Nepgear frantically said as she was almost about to lose it, she was panicking until...

*Slap*

"Get a hold of yourself! Your more important then him okay! Your more important to me..." Uni said in a tone that made Nepgear blush, but at the same time wonder why she had phrased it in such a way. it made her feel a bit uncomfortable and yet at the same time...

"Here it comes! Get ready!" Uni yelled out snapping Nepgear out of her trance.

"R-Right!" With that, they both transformed into there HDD forms, catching the monsters attention and setting its sights on them with a glare that can only be described as "pure nightmare fuel". Shaking it off, both Candidates steeled themselves as the feral monster charged toward them. They both quickly evaded to the side as it came close and shot at both its sides simultaneously, causing it to to growl in pain as the shots hit there mark.

"Mirage Dance!" Before it had time to recover, Nepgear rushed towards it and began slashing it 4 times as it she were dancing and then slashed straight through it. As Nepgear stopped right next to her, Uni fired multiple shots from her gun straight at its back, damaging it even more.

The Dark Plague roared ferociously, now more pissed off than hurt, charged again at the pair, only this time its speed has increased dramatically. Uni managed to dodge in time, But the Dark Plague pounced on Nepgear and tried to bite her head off. Fortunately she reacted in time and block it with her gunblade, with said weapon being firmly in the monsters mouth. After a bit of struggling, Nepgear, kicked the monster off of her straight into a dead tree.

Getting back up quickly, the Dark Plague charged some sort of black ichor through its claws, and soon enough the ichor turned into black energy. It slashed the air and the energy extended into long, sharp blades from each of its fingertips, and just as quickly hurled them at her at blinding speed.

"Oh no you don't!" Uni managed to fire a laser at the Dark Plague, not only destroying at least half of the blades it fired, but also damaging the monster while its guard was down. This gave Nepgear enough time to narrowly dodge the other half of blades as they dashed right past her, cutting bits of her hiar as they pasted by and cut through the environment behind her like a hot knife through butter.

"Are you OK?" Uni asked as she gave her and hand back up. Nepgear simply nodded and got back up just as the monster howled once more. Wasting no time, Nepgear charged forward as Uni fired a few more shots past her and towards the Dark Plague. the bullets ripped straight through the monster as Nepgear came up close and slashed through it. Skidding to a stop she turned around and charged her M.P.B.L. just as Uni was charging her XMB Empress. Just as the monster recovered, they both fired at the same time, blasting the Dark Plague from both sides as the two of them entered a beam struggle with the monster trapped inbetween the beams. Soon after, the beams finally gave way to a massive explosion, with both candidates taking a knee in exhaustion.

"Haa...Haa...Haa... did we get it?" Uni asked to no one in particular, but before either of them could react, the Dark Plague came out of nowhere, now in what seems like a "Feral Desperado" mode, and lunged for Nepgear just as she tried to get up.

"Kyaaah!" Nepgear yelled out as the Dark Plague managed to snap its jaws onto her arm, causing her to let go of her gunblade and gravely injuring it. Just as it finally let go, it swiped its claws at her, sending her flying and leading her to revert her normal form.

"Nepgear! NO!" Uni yelled practically in tears as she saw Nepgear hold her arm with tears rolling down her cheeks and blood dripping onto the grass.

"You...I'LL END YOU!" Uni yelled out as she charged at the beast disregarding her usual strategy of staying as a long distance shooter and putting her into a very dangerous situation. Before the Black Plauge could react, she got up close, rammed the barrel of her railgun onto its chest and shot him with a full-powered charge-shot at point blank range, seemingly damaging it but sending Uni flying back. Getting back up quickly, she looked into the smoke cloud to confirm if her target was dead...

"Ack!" Before she realized it, the beast quickly came from behind and grabbed the Lastation candidate by her neck with the use of his long tail. As the creature chocked the life out of her she finally reverted and began to lose consciousness that is until-

"Acceleration!"

*Swish*Slash*Slash*

The monster gave a wild cry of pain as it dropped Uni on the floor. After regaining her breath for a moment, she opened her eyes and saw that the tail had been completely cut off. Still too weak to get up and move she titled her head just far enough to see the figure standing in front of her.

"Y-you..." Uni saw it was the 'jackass' that she thought for sure would be dead by now, with his sword upraised and ready to tear the Dark Plague apart. Any normal human would be slaughtered by this point, but Ryou was in LOGIN for a reason and sure enough he was making Uni a believer, if only a little bit.

"Next time when I tell you not to follow me, don't freaking follow me, got it?!" Ryou yelled out visibly annoyed as she gave Uni an intense look, 'putting her in her place' so to speak.

"Now stay back and take care of your girlfriend there. You had your fun, now it's time I had mine, don't you think? hehe." Ryou said with a cocky smile as he gave his 'prey' the dark plague a sinister smile. Somehow, the monster flinched at Ryous gaze. If it weren't already in a damaged state, it would kill him no problem.

"Alright then, IT'S HERO TIME!" The battle hungry 'hero' rushed in with absolutely no hesitation.

"ACCELERATION!"as he yelled out wildly his speed increased until he was no longer visible to anyone, not even the Dark Plague. Its senses were going off all over the place, telling it that danger is practically everywhere. Before it had time to move, Ryou slashed it once, but it came out as 3 slashes at once, one of them directed at the Dark Plagues left eye. It howled in pain ad it is even more damaged than before, and half of its vision has been taken. It attempted a wild hay-maker at where it thinks he is, but Ryou quickly appeared behind it and slashed at its back at high-speeds, causing it to stagger and tumble.

As the seemingly one-sided slaughter raged on, Nepgear struggled to make her way to Uni who was still recovering from almost being chocked to death.

"Uni, are you okay?" she curled up next to her, not wanting to lay on her injured arm, but also worried about her best friend who would've nearly died if it weren't for Ryou.

"Yeah...I'm okay. I'm sorry for not being able to protect you..." Uni looked down in shame as she spoke. She came out here to prove that she was stronger than the jackass that was treating her friend(and possible crush) like a complete tool, but not only was said friend injured, but she nearly died. All because her pride got in the way of her better judgement.

"It's OK Uni. Neither of us knew it was going to be this tough, So don't beat yourself up over it, OK?"

"Nepgear..."

"Here we go...GO,GO,GO!" As the two candidates began having their heart to heart, Ryou continued on the offensive, performing a vicious chain slash on his opponent, causing the Dark Plague to stumble once again. The Dark Plague got on all fours and growled at him, now looking more like a standard Fenrir than some sort of Wolverine.

"What's wrong little buddy? Outta juice, cause I'm just getting started." Ryou boasted, though he had to admit, if it weren't for the girls damaging it earlier, he would've had a much harder time...either that or more fun. who's to say.

Either way, the monster was not having it. With one more vicious roar, it charged straight for him, killing intent practically plastered all over its being, ad began to rush him with a series of sonic-slashes so fast even the goddesses themselves would have trouble keeping up. Fortunately, Ryou was faster, as he dodge and evade every slash that came his way, all the while wearing a face that basically screams 'I'm motivated', strangely making him look more like a monster than the actual monster standing in front of him. Within the multitude of slashes coming from the desperate beast,, Ryou finally spotted an opening.

"Gotcha! Hepta Slash!" Without hesitation or remorse, Ryou directed his sword to the Dark Plague, lunged forward and slashed the beast with 5 heavy yet fast sword strikes, struck once sending the beast flying upwards, high-jumped above it, gripped his sword with both hands and drove the blade downwards, impaling the Dark Plague in its heart and planting it firmly to the ground as they landed. When the final blow was finally struck into the creatures wicked heart, its head was raised in defiance and went back down with a thud as it disappeared into code.

"Tch. Gotta say your claws burn like hell, but your a lot more bark then bite at the end of the day aren't ya pup? Man, to think I actually thought you'd be at least some fun." Ryou said as he kept the smile on his face, it was almost...terrifying to the candidates who began to observe the change in demeanor of Ryou. He wasn't being just cocky anymore he was being arrogant, as if he wanted more of a fight.

("Repress it Ryou! We aren't like everyone else in LOGIN. Were not mindless monsters. Even if we technically are, we must never show anyone. Can you promise me this? Can you promise to not give in to malice like 'he' did...?") the words of Yamato rang into Ryou's head, and like a jolt of lightning, it snapped him out of his power/battle hungry trance.

"Ugh!" Ryou quickly changed his demeanor as he grabbed his head and turned around to see the two injured candidates.

"You two alright?" he asked as he regained his composure.

"Y-Yeah, for the most part." Uni answered hesitantly, with Nepgear simply holding her injured arm. No doubt they're going to have Compa take a good look at it for the possibility of infection.

"Good! Now let's go pay that bill and get you two patched u-"

*Slash*

Sure enough there was no rest for the weary as a sword from out of nowhere from right behind Ryou, its blade facing towards his neck. Just as it was about to lop his head off, Ryou quickly drew his blade to block the incoming slash.

"This aura...A CPU!?." he pushed back on the sword with force revealing the goddess holding the blade.

"B-Big Sis!?"

"N-Noire!?" Both candidates called out, the perpetrator being the Goddess of Black Regality herself, Black Heart, also known by her sister and friends(?), Noire.

"Noire?...Well hello to you too." Ryou said sarcastically as he gave her a questionable look.

"You, what have you done to my sister!?" Black Heart yelled as she came at Ryou again with her sword clashing with his.

"And you even injured Nepgear too? Hmph, now you're in for it scum!" she followed up with a kick to Ryou's mid section catching him off guard and sending him skidding a ways from her.

"Tch, you got it all wrong lady! But if your going to be stubborn about it...guess I have no choice! Bring it on! I don't care if you are a Goddess, I'm going to kick your ass!"

"The feelings mutual!"

"Wait, no! Noire, Ryou!" Nepgear tried to explain the situation but Noire lunged at Ryou once more as did he, all the while not aware who instigated this confrontation, however soon enough they would find out...