Chapter 2: Nurse Compa and the invincible knight Croix.

Neptune awoke to find herself in total darkness, she had reverted to her human form which she had shrunk in height and become the same size as White heart with a slightly bigger bust size, (so they say), she wore a purple and white hooded jacket over a purple tub top, purple and white thigh high socks, she still had purple hair but it was a lighter color now and her eyes had become purple as well.

"Its pitch black in here, I can't believe that this is happening." Neptune said reflecting on the beating she just took at the hands of the other 3 goddesses.

"When I get out of here I'm so gonna…" before she could finish she was interrupted by a strange voice that sounded very familiar to her.

"Please help.." said the voice.

"Who's there?" asked Neptune as she searched around for the source of the voice or a clue as to who it belonged to.

"I am not there, I am speaking to you through telepathy." replied the voice.

"Oh I see." said Neptune in a calm voice.

"I have a favor to ask you." Said the voice

"Sure but can you tell me who you are first?" asked Neptune

"I'm sorry, my name is Histoire." replied the voice.

"Histoire huh, well I'll just call you Histy for short." said Neptune

"Ummm, anyway there is something that I must ask you to do." said Histoire

"What is it?" asked an eager Neptune

"I have been sealed away by an evil presence, the only way to release me is by finding items known as key fragments." said Histoire

"Key fragments?" asked Neptune

"Yes, there should be one on each landmass." Replied Histoire

"So that means I have to travel to other landmasses?" asked Neptune

"Yes." Replied Histoire

Neptune looked a bit hesitant at first, but she couldn't just abandon someone who really needed help, so she chose the answer she believed in and not what her duties as a goddess told her to do.

"Okay, I'll do whatever I can to help you out Histy" replied Neptune

"Thank you." Replied Histoire. "I must go now, but I will contact you again as soon as I have enough power." And with that the voice stopped and the darkness was overtaken by light.

"Hey your awake." said another voice.

Nep shook her head a bit and opened her eyes all the way to see a sensitive looking pink haired girl standing over her.

"Wha.. Where am I?" asked Neptune.

"You're at my house. A man found you stuck head-first in the ground and was taking you to the hospital. I ran into him and offered him into my home for you to rest."

"(I was head-first in the ground? Ooohhh there's going to be some serious payback instore for them)" thought Neptune.

"By the way, my names Compa, and you are?" asked the pink haired nurse.

"Oh my names…." Neptune froze, she figured if she said she was Purple Heart then Compa would freak out. "My names Neptune."

"Okay Nept…..tuaan….train…" stuttered the confused nurse.

"(SERIOUSLY)" thought Neptune

"Too hard to pronounce huh, well you can just call me Nep or Nep-Nep, which ever you prefer." said Purple Heart.

"Okay then, from now on I'll call you Nep-Nep." smiled the nurse in training.

A thought then crossed Purple Hearts mind, she said that someone carried her here, who was it?

"Excuse but you said that someone found me stuck in the ground and carried me here, who was that?" asked Neptune.

Before Compa could speak, a male voice cut in.

"That would be me lady Neptune." said a male voice.

Compa and Neptune both turned to the door entrance to see a young man who looked like he was about 19 or 20 years old, 5'10 ft tall, had ebony black spiky hair that was combed down so the back of it went slightly past his shoulders and the front covered the top part of his piercing light gold eyes. He wore a jet black armor that covered his chest and rib cage, on his arms was armor that covered from his fingers to his elbows that were the same color as the armor on his upper torso, he also had two armor pieces on his shoulders that were black and gold with a cape that was black on the outside and gold on the inside. He also sported a black and gold coat which the sleeves were hidden by the armor and the coat reached down near the top of his ankles. He wore black pants that gave off a slight golden glow when light hit them from a certain point, a pair of black and gold armored boots, and lastly, something that caught Neptune's attention, a pair strange of sword hilts that were seethed in his arm pieces. (The armor comes off when he fights seriously.)

"And you are?" asked Neptune with a slight blush.

"I am known as Croix the gold knight." Responded the young man as he bowed slightly causing Neptune to blush a bit more.

"w-w-well thank you for saving Me." said a nervous Neptune.

"It was my honor." Responded Croix as he got down on a knee beside Neptune, took her hand causing her to blush some more…. And then kissed it, which caused steam to just jet out from her head.

"Nep-Nep, you seem to be getting a little hot." said Compa.

"Im-Im fine." Responded the nervous Goddess.

"By the way, I noticed that you're covered in scratches. Your wounds aren't serious but I need to cover them up to prevent infection." said Compa

Neptune looked over herself a bit before responding. "Your right, okay make sure to bandage me up nice and good."

Croix saw where this was going and left the room so they could get started. About 30 seconds later, it all started to come undone.

"Huh? Whoa heeeyy hold on there." said Neptune.

"I have to tie it tight so they won't come off. Hu-ha" said compa as she wrapped the bandages around Nep. A few seconds later, Neptune was getting tangled up in the bandages.

"This is waaayyy too tight, I am gonna snap, can't breathe… can't…make…more..comments." responded a gasping Neptune.

"Nep-nep, did I tie it too tight after all? Hang on, I'll loosen it…right…na." said Compa as she tried to loosen the bandages but only got them more tangled which caused them to become even tighter.

"It's…tighter now…your just…tangling..me..up….stoooop…gimme scissors…gimme…now." said Neptune as she reached for anything to help her relax.

"Put em in my hand and I'll do it myself." Responded the half unconscious goddess.

5 minutes later after Neptune and Compa were done with their little fiasco, Croix walked back in the room to ask Nep a question.

"Neptune, I noticed that while you were sleeping, you were mumbling something about Histoire and a key fragment, what is that?" asked the young knight.

Neptune paused for a minute till she remembered her promise. "Oh that's right, I gotta save Histy."

"Histy…?" responded Compa and Croix.

"I'll explain later, but right now are there any dungeons around here with some tough monsters?" asked Neptune.

Compa looked kinda scared but Croix answered Neps question.

"Well there aren't many tough ones around but there is a rumor that recently a monster that no one has ever seen before has shown up in a dungeon near here. The strange thing about this is that it appears to be guarding something and its weapon is a giant key." responded the knight.

"Cool, we can try there, lead the way Croix." said an eager Neptune.

"Do you mind if I…" Compa was about to ask something until Croix cut in.

"You can come if you like, since your mostly the healer type, I'll leave healing the injuries to you." said the gold knight.

"Okay, that officially makes the 3 of us a party." said Compa

As the 3 headed toward the dungeon, Croix felt a slight chill, he then turned to a nearby tree but there was nothing there.

"…" Croix stared at the tree for a bit after sensing a mysterious force, but then brushed it off as nothing and continued to follow Neptune and Compa. When they were far enough a young, beautiful women about Neptunes height in her goddess form appeared. She wore silver armor on her upper torso, gauntlet pieces on her arms, silver armored boots that stopped under her knees and a black blouse and grey skirt that went to her knees. She had beautifully smooth and fair skin, silver hair that was tied in a pony tail in the back but her hair still reached down to in-between her shoulders with two bangs up front that reached to her shoulders. She had piercing but beautiful sapphire blue eyes and on her back was a large blade with an ocean blue diamond in the hilt and another sword on her hip that was about the size of a Japanese katana that had the same jewel in the hilt but it was smaller. She focused her attention on Croix and let a wicked smirk come over her face.

"I've finally found you Croix, and I'm not going to let you get away." said the girl before she disappeared in a light blue flame that was cold as ice.

The quest for the key fragments has begun. Who exactly is Croix and where did he come from? Plus, who is that mysterious girl and how does she know Croix? Is she friend, foe or something else? Only way to know for sure is to stay tuned for the rest of Hyper Dimension Neptunia: the alternation.