Hyperdimension Neptunia: Gamindustri of Future Past
AN: Alright! Here's another chapter for this little cliche story of mine, as I'm currently uploading this, I'm at Singapore's airport waiting for the plane back to my home, and man! It certainly was freaking hot.
Anyway, for those who enjoyed the last chapter, you have my deepest gratitude. For those who didn't liked it, I'd apologise for not able to satisfy your expectations. Still, I bid everyone who actually clicked into this fanfic a good day.
And now, without further ado
Disclaimer: I do not own Hyperdimension Neptunia, they belong to Idea Factory, Compile Heart and Tsunako
Chapter One
" Ora!" Yelled the red hair CPU as she punched an ancient dragon square in the face, stunning it for a while.
" OraOraOraOra!" Uzume continued her furry of punches, slowly pushing the giant monster back.
"Ora!" With one final punch, she propel herself off the dragon as she grabbed on her black-orange megaphone, raising it up to her face, she let out a loud scream as two orange magic circle formed beside her.
" Get Blown Away!" Two equally large beam were shot towards the monster, as it was engulfed by the unstoppable attack.
However, as the beam died down, the dragon while was severely damaged, it's not dead.
Landing back on her feet, Uzume frowned, looks like the drop in shares definitely had affected her one way or another, but it would be uncool to get all troubled about it, so she cracked her knuckles as she approached the dragon.
Having received an hour long lecture from Histoire, the Oracle of Planeptune, the little girl on a tome had sent the goddesses to complete few quest as punishment.
As she continued her fight against the dragon, a explosion was heard in the depth of the forest.
" What was that?" Uzume muttered to herself as she rushed towards the monster and performed a spinning roundhouse kick, but before she could land the finishing blow, a bullet pierced through the giant monster, killing it instead.
Uzume came to a halt immediately, almost tripping herself over as the dragon distinguished into bits of data, turning her head to to direction of the gun shot, it was no other than a robot with a sniper rifle.
" Tch, damnit." Slightly irritated, Uzume threw a rock towards the eggplant coloured robot, it hit the target in the head as it made some beeping noice then pointed its rifle toward her, silence filled the area as the both of them didn't made any movement.
Then suddenly it made some more beeping noice and turned toward the location where the explosion set off. Slightly surprised, Uzume followed the robot and made her way towards the explosion she heard earlier.
What's that? Why am I, the narrator, is back you ask? Well, the author had made a newly contract with me with a higher salary, so here I'm— Oh it's time for a PoV change? Well okay, Jimmy here and I'll see you soon.
PoV Change
" Urg..." Awoken by some annoying beeping noice, I slowly stood up and found myself in a middle on a crater.
" What happened..." With a foggy head, I tried to recall what happened in the last chapter.
" Oh right, I got stabbed and was about to be beheaded before ending up in..." I scanned the surrounding around, then my eyes widen in shock " Here... Where am I?" I frowned. Well at least I've been mysteriously healed... thanks author.
The the same beeping noise caught my attention, looking at the source of it, my jaw dropped " W-what the hell is that!?"
Crawling on four legs, the robot has a flat rectangle piece as it's base, it's head is a square shaped piece with a camera installed in the middle which acts as the eyes for the robot.
" Error, identity not found..." The robot stopped its beeping and announced in a robotic voice " System targeting unknown identity as level 1 threat..." Ummm, okay?
" Beginning extermination of current threat." A single sweat fell off my cheek, this isn't looking very good isn't it?
Then without warning, a platform with missiles attached to it popped up from it's base.
" Marv..." I called out expecting a familiar voice to respond, but there was none.
" Marv...?" I muttered as I slowly moved away from the robot, a bit worried " This ain't funny Marv..." Then I tapped on my scouter, switching it into manual mode as the screen popped up.
Error - Date and Time malfunctioned...
System rebooting
3/100
The missile dispatched and made its way toward me " But that's bullshit!" I threw myself towards one of the nearby trees, barely dodging the missile as it exploded few meters behind me, my face went pale.
This is really bad, with my scouter down, I will lost my access toward my inventory! Launching myself away from the tree, the missile obliged that plant, it was an overkill.
Doing a barrel roll as I reach the ground, I grabbed a nearby rock, then before the robot could launch another one of those destructive rockets, I threw the rock toward it.
I was aiming for its camera, but looks like my poor aiming had made it hitting the missiles instead.
Then the chain reaction happened, all the missile set off at once, destroying the robot completely plus blasting me towards one of the many trees around.
" Oof..." I bounced off the trunk and hit the ground hard, ouch... I definitely heard a crack.
" Da-damn." Getting back on my feet, I dusted off my clothes, oh hey, I earn some credits from that robot, nice.
Then the same beeping noise was heard again, and it's getting closer. Oh for heavens sake... why are robots always that annoying whenever I go?
Turning towards the direction of the noise, another robot made its appearance, this time it's holding a sniper rifle.
" Promoting current threat to level 5..." It announced with the same robotic voice. Well, thanks?
" Continuing extermination of current threat..." God damnit, I began my run toward one of the trees, as I went pass it, the robot shot, hitting the tree instead of me, then I repeat this action and got the same results.
Okay, it took two point five seconds for it to reload and aim, so as long as I time this right, I will be fine, but still, I need a plan.
I continued my run as I scanned the area, then I spot it, a wooden stick, perfect. As I bend down and pick the stick up, I managed to tripped myself and rolled over the ground for few meters.
Damn! Time for plan B... I slowed my breathing and tried my hardest to stay completely still, I can hear the sound of its metallic legs rumbling against the grass coming closer and closer.
Then it stopped and was replaced with more beeping sound, I can feel a rifle pressed against my head, I gave myself a count of three, then it happened.
In an instant, no to be more accurate, in the same second, my position switched from laying on the ground to kneeling on one knee with my arm thrusting the stick into the robot's head.
Electricity sparked as I pulled the stick out of the piece, the robot made its final beeping before it dropped its head, indicating the shutdown of its function.
What did I do and how did I do that you asked? Well this author already gave its fair share of hints, if you didn't figure it out, I'm pretty sure this author will eventually explain throughout the story, if he doesn't, well he'll be tagged as the worst author ever I swear.
The sound of rumbling glass snapped me out of my thought, turning towards the source, my eyes widened, it's a girl, red haired, red-orange eyes, but that's not the point, it's a living being!
Which brings up a question, where exactly am I? The sky aren't all gloomy and all, and those robots ain't as advanced as those I usually fought, and now I'm seeing a living being other then myself, which was supposed to be extinct.
" Hey! You there!" The girl called out as I continued to gawk at her, I'm now in a mix of confusion and relief.
While I still can't figure out what is happening, I'm a bit happy to see a living person other then myself, after all it have been few years since I last saw anyone.
But at the same time, there was another emotion inside me, it was vague but struck me hard, I can feel my heart slamming against my chest, the blood accelerating through my veins, breathing begins to become harder and harder as I'm inhaling deeper and deeper.
" Did you broke those robot?" The girl snapped me out of whatever state I was in, pinching the bridge of my noise, I nodded.
" As much as I hate those things, they're Planeptune's properties after all, I can't just let you destroy them as you like." The girl said as I shrugged.
Under any normal circumstances, I would had apologised and left, however, my hatred towards androids and the irritation I was experiencing had made me said one of the few things I'll probably regret later on in this chapter.
" Try me." I taunted as the girl returned with a smirk of her own. Then we both entered our battle stance as we observed each other's movements.
Nobody made a move, it's a close quarters, even a slight mistake could lead to the utterly defeat. Then soon enough, the red haired girl dashed toward.
" Ora!" She yelled as she threw a punch aimed toward my face. Sidestepping, I avoided the attack and spun around, performing a reverse roundhouse kick.
She raised both her arm and blocked the incoming strike, then her eyes darted around my body, in an instant, she swiped me off my leg and followed up with a hammer kick.
As I fell on the ground, I twisted my body, parallel to the angle of her leg and grabbed it before she could slam into my gut, and threw her over me.
She roll over the ground for few meters before standing back up unscathed, she wiped some sweat and dirt off her face as I got back on my feet and did the same.
Then we were at a standoff again, this time I took on the offensive role and rushed in, launching myself forward into the air, I swiped my leg toward outward as she ducked under the attack.
Smirking, I pulled back my outstretched leg and continued spinning, then I threw my other leg downward, performing a spinning axe kick, catching her off guard, my heels slammed into her back as she was brought to her knees.
A crater was formed from the sheer force of that attack, however despite that, it looks like the girl only got a bit of scratches, nothing more.
She spun around and tried to swipe me off my legs again, but this time I jumped back just in time to avoid that assault.
" You're not taking this seriously." The girl said as she glared at me " Meh." I shrugged it off " You're quite strong... What's your name?" The girl asked " Well, I'm quite confident in my AGL stats after all, what about yours?" I respond.
Fighting a horde of deadly androids for years had definitely pushed my stats higher then average levels, especially my agility, even with a second of decay, I would definitely be executed in many different ways.
" The name's Uzume Tennouboshi, and I'll be the one who'll beat your ass." Uzume proclaimed as she cracked her knuckles.
" Heh, that's quite the ego you got, I'm Rouge, and I'm certainly not getting my ass kicked today!" Ignorance getting the better of me, I retorted.
Somehow I found myself actually enjoying this fight, maybe it was due to the fact that I've been fighting nothing but lifeless androids for the last few years, but that vague feeling is slowly growing larger.
Then we dashed toward each other, surpassing the sound barrier, we closed the distance in an instant, Uzume reached out to her back and grabbed out a megaphone, my eyes widened as I came to an immediate halt, trying to gain some distance.
But it's too late as Uzume let out a Earth splitting scream which goes all the way throughout the forest, the sound waves reached my eardrums stunning me for a good few seconds, which was enough for Uzume to get few punches in.
" OraOraOraOraOraOra!" She let out a furry of punches companied with a complement of battle cry, which did it's job in knocking the wind out of me plus sending me flying backwards into the forest.
Before I got out of her range, I bit my lips regaining control over my body, acting quick, I landed a kick on her face which send her skidding across the ground for a bit.
Then I slammed against one of the many trees in the forest plus knocking over a variety of them, I felt air leaving from my lungs and my vision going black for a good few seconds.
Then eventually my vision returned, still kind off dizzy, I managed to stood back up with buzzing noice by my ears.
" Da-damn!" I seriously underestimated her, shit! She got a weapon now, I need a better plan, if not, I'm going to be vanquished let alone winning this battle.
" Give up, I don't want to hurt you any further." Uzume commented as she wiped a bit of blood of her the corner of her mouth " Heh, I... can do this all day..." I panted.
Then she closed in, planning to knock me out for good, but I ain't letting it end like this! Good thing I have my counter attack set up.
With that said, the same thing occurred again, I vanished as Uzume fist was about to land square into my face, and in the exact same second, I appeared next to the red haired girl, undergoing a spinning motion, I stretched out my leg and land a devastating blow in.
Uzume was launched into a nearby tree, slamming into it plus knocking it over as well, I almost feel bad for the mast destruction of this forest which happened within an hour.
The girl got back on her feet with little trouble, both of our clothes are damaged severely and our body are covered with scratches now, yet we both remain standing, as we're both supported by our willpower alone.
Come to think of it, why did I fight her at all again? " If you're not going to fight seriously, I'm." A sudden burst of light brought me out of my through, my eyes widened and my jaw dropped.
Emerging from the pillar of light, Uzume appearance had took a dramatic changed.
She now have light orange hair, at the base, is looped in a loose circle, resembling a ribbon, while the rest of the hair runs loose. The hair surrounding her face elongates and her eyes become light blue.
She wears a white-themed skintight outfit and greaves with accenting of orange and blue, a white coloured shield-liked object with a orange glow which resembles a arrow head and square-shaped bracelet was attached to her forearms.
There's no mistake, even though I'm not that good in history, I've my fair share of knowledge about it, that was definitely a HDD transformation, Uzume was a CPU.
Holy shit... did I travelled back in time?
