Chapter 3

Gin sat down by the tree as he looked at the man who had turned into the needle smash. Compa was checking both the man and Gin for any injuries. "You both seem fine. Nothing broken, just minor scrapes and in this man's case he's just unconscious" Gin sighed in relief at this and he suddenly was poked by Neptune "So many other forms do you have?" she asked with sparkles in her eyes

Gin smiled and patted her head making pout and blush a little. "Technically I can use these bottles with any other bottles like it. However if I pair certain bottles together I can get a "best match" this brings out the full abilities of the bottle. However it's more tiring to use a best match than it is to use random bottles" Neptune and Compa as the man started to wake up "Where am I?" The man asked looking around. Gin looked at the man "You were attacked by monsters, they knocked you out and we were able to beat them" He decided to leave out that he was one of the monsters so he didn't freak the guy out

The man nodded and smiled at the group "Thank you, Is there any way I can repay you for saving me?" Gin thought for a moment "Can you lead us to the nearest town? We need to stock up on healing items" The man nodded and began to guide them back into town. Gin then looked at Compa "Can you tell us more about this land while we walk?" Compa nodded and began explain.

Gamindustri, 4 landmasses within the sky that were governed by the goddesses, known as a CPUs, who gained 'share power' from the people they look over. Each landmass was developed in a different way and a constant war had been waged by the goddesses to see who was the best.

Lastation, the land of black regality, was regarded as the darkest of Landmasses, governed by the CPU Black Heart, a sharp witted and highly competitive woman with a fierce tongue. Known for its steampunk styling, this place of industry is the centre, regarded as the heart, of Gamindustri.

Lowee, the land of white serenity, is a winter wonderland, constantly blanketed with snow. Style wise, it's the complete opposite of Lastation, preferring whites paired with light hues in order to give a welcoming vibe. Run by White heart, who is known to have an incredibly short fuse both in and out of battle.

Leanbox, the land of green pastures, is remarkably natural when compared to the other, more developed landmasses. Retaining a majority of its plains and mountains, it is run by Green heart, a sly and teasing individual who ironically was a big fan of videogames. This does not stop her for caring a lot for her people.

Then there was Planeptune, the land of purple progress. Incredibly advanced in technology, it has futuristic feel to it. Unfortunately, it is also the most ravaged by monsters as it has very little protection. Once ruled by the arrogant Purple Heart, she has been lost for three years and there has been no explanation why.

Gin nodded at the explanation as they came across the town. The man who was guiding them thanked the group again before leaving, saying he needed to go home. The group then went into different shops to stock up on healing items and food. As they were leaving they heard two people talking about the increase in monster attacks and how there weren't only more monsters….. but stronger ones as well. This caused Neptune to shout

"We should go hunt down these monsters! They're bound to have a great reward right?" Compa nodded. It seemed like a good idea, especially since Compa had combat training. Gin nodded as well "It would also mean more money, we barely have enough left for better weapons"

There's a nice store around here, follow me." Compa remarked leading Gin and Neptune down a different path, they eventually ended up in a fairly large store, filled to the brim with various weapons. From high-tech blades, to a plethora of guns and even a couple of items one wouldn't normally assume would belong in a weapons shop, they had everything you could possibly think of. While Gin was a bit mind-blown by the wide selection, Neptune was very clear in what she wanted. Skipping over to the blades, she quickly picked up a small katana "This is great! Cheap, easy, I can kick a whole load of butt with this!" she said clearly happy. Compa looked at Gin "do you need a weapon?" Gin smiled and shook his head "I can use builds weapons outside the suit so I'll be fine"

After Neptune bought her weapon she looked towards Compa "Right! Where to now then Compa?" She asked

"Well I can take to the dungeon right now if you like?" Compa asked, receiving a positive response. So off they went in order to beat some monsters

Scene Change

Inside Rouge's laboratory Nightrogue was sitting on his chair watching the latest smash get built. The man on the experimentation table suddenly scream as he transformed. His new form was mostly white, the head resembled a bear with black ears, his arms and legs were also black and he had giant claws "EXcEllENt, SEnD HIm OUT foR a Test" the men wearing gasmasks nodded as the new monster disappeared. As it left a new voice was heard "HIyA RouGe! I hEaRD yOu GOt YoUR AsS KickED!" The new voice was just as distorted as Rouge's except it was more upbeat

Rouge growled at the source of the voice "HaVE yOU ComE to MOcK me StaRk" The source of the new voice stepped out revealing a blood red figure wearing armour similar to Rouge's except his had more of a cobra motif. The now identified Stark started laughing "ActuALLy I WAs WoNDEriNG WhY yoU LeT the TWErP GEt AWay" Rouge began chuckling "THinK of IT liKE a TESt! BESidES… THe LONgeR BUIld is AROUnD… The MOre DATa we CAN GEt!" Rouge then started laughing as the sound echoed throughout the room

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The entrance to the dungeon was just a simple cave. When the party approached the entrance, they then paused in order to get their bearings and formulate a plan

"So, are there any cool bosses in here? How many monsters? Is it filled with treasure?" Neptune kept listing off questions. Gin put a hand over her mouth to keep her from asking questions as Compa looked ready to faint from all of them "Well, I decided to pick an easy one with a few monsters to start off with." Compa replied, before a huge groan of disappointment came from the purple haired girl as she seemed to sink. "What? Boo! That's so boring. How am I meant to show how awesome I am when there's no one worth beating?" Neptune moaned. This caused Compa to lower her head sadly, thinking she upset her new friend"

Gin laughed "I think its fine, we've only recently woken up from falling from the sky, plus I'm still sore from the battle with Rogue so it's best I take it a little easy, thanks for taking our wellbeing into consideration Compa" he said as he patted her head. This caused Compa to blush and Neptune to pout "anyway let's go. The monsters aren't gonna beat themselves" Gin said as he pulled out the drill sword. The other two followed after him

An hour later, after some monsters slaying the group decided to take a small break "Phew. We killed so many monsters I'm sure I gained a level" Neptune said with a smile. This caused Gin and Compa to sweatdrop but they decided to ignore it. , Gin managed to catch a glimpse of something shining in the corner of his eye. He stood up and started walking towards the source of the light

"Gin, where are you going?" Compa asked, trailing slightly behind and Neptune was running after him

"Just going to check out something I saw." He said without even looking at him. When they did end up finding what he had seen, they were surprised to find…

"A treasure chest! There has got to be some cool loot in there!" Neptune rushed up in an attempt to reach I before Gin could but Compa just managed to grab onto her hoodie's collar. "You shouldn't rush. It could be a trap" Compa berated Neptune, causing her to pout slightly "sorry" she said. Gin slowly opened up the chest, in case something tried to jump out. When nothing happened he fully opened the chest revealing some money, a new sword and some healing items. Gin suddenly scratched his head "I've always wondered who leaves these things here…" He then shrugged and pocketed the healing items and money and gave the sword to Neptune, who swung it a few times as practice before thanking him. "let's keep moving….. I think we've rested enough "Gin said as the two girls nodded

Finally, after even more aimless wandering and monster beating, the party met a much more open space with a single exit way. With all three seeing it and sharing a look, they knew that it would be over soon, but as they started to move Neptune noticed something "What's that?" she asked as she ran towards whatever she saw "Neptune wait!" Gin said as he was about to run after him as a Giant spider monster crashed down in front of him

Gin Pulled out his sword and yelled at the monster "You're in my way" He slashed at the monster injuring it slightly but it was still standing. He kept doing this as the monster was clearly tough "Damn it….. If Neptune was here this would be easier" The monster gave a roar as more monsters showed up

Very strange creatures, they wore plain shirts of different colours and normal trousers, yet the most distinguishing feature of these new enemies were that they had bulbous orange heads. Gin narrowed his eyes "No choice" he said as he put his driver on his waist and pulled out two random bottles and started shaking them as equations flew through the air before putting them on the driver

"HEDGEHOG!"

"TANK!"

He started turning the lever as noises were coming from the driver

"ARE YOU READY!?"

"Henshin!" he shouted as he transformed. The right side of his head was blue while the left side was white. His right arm was white with spiky armour on it and his left hand was blue. His right leg was blue and his left leg was white. The white eye resembled a hedgehog and the blue eye represented a tank. The centre of his torso and parts around his leg were black

"I've found the winning formula!" he said as he punched one of the monsters with his spiky hand causing spikes to erupt out of it. He continued as all the smaller monsters were destroyed. He then looked at the larger monster who roared at him again and charged at him. Build readied his hand and punched the spider monster on the head, causing it to roar in pain and stagger as build kept punching the monster until it was finally destroyed. Build started panting as Compa ran up to him "Are you okay Gi-Kun? That must have been a tough battle" Gin laughed "I'm fine Compa, now come on we need to find Neptune!" Compa nodded and turned towards the direction Neptune ran towards. Before they could take a step a voice was heard "Who are you guys!?"

The source of the voice was a fair skinned girl with emerald eyes and light brown hair that is about waist length. Most of her bangs are long and reach down to her eyes, curling outwards or inwards to her face, with a split on the upper corner side. A few parts of hair frame her face while more of it reaches her chest. She wore a black tank top and short-short style one piece with silver detailing and a belt around her waist underneath a dark blue, oversized jacket with black, silver, and white detailing.

Compa walked up to her "nice to meet you, I'm Compa, a nurse in training and this is Gi-Kun" She said pointing to Gin who had transformed back into normal. The new girl kept her eyes on the two before sighing "My names IF, I was assigned by the Basilicom to eliminate the monsters in this dungeon" Gin nodded "Can you help us? Our friend ran in that direction" He asked pointing in the direction Neptune ran in. IF thought for a moment before nodding "Fine but it's only temporary, we should hurry though, there could still be more monsters here" Gin and Compa nodded as the three ran to find Neptune

With Neptune

"Finally….. It's my chance to shine" Neptune as she kept running, once she stopped once she saw something in front of her, taking a closer look she saw a monster. The monster was mostly white, the head resembled a bear with black ears, his arms and legs were also black and he had giant caws

"Is that a panda?" Neptune wondered as she pulled out her sword. The creature suddenly spotted her and started charging at her, but luckily she side-rolled out the way and tried to strike the monster. However her sword stopped as she hit the monster "Jeez, what is your body made of, Gin makes beating you look so easily" A dark voice was heard "WHerE iS BUilD?" Neptune looked and saw Nightrogue behind the monster "You're the Batman!" Neptune gasped causing Rogue to sigh "ItS Nightrogue….. NOW wHeRE IS BUilD?" Neptune took a stance. "Why should I tell you anything?" Rogue began chuckling "LiKE you cOUld bEat ME in tHAt forM?" This confused Neptune "What do you mean?" Rogue just looked at her "NeVErMInD JUSt TElL me WHerE BUilD is! THiS SMAsH WilL DefiNITlY KilL HIm!" Neptune glared at him "I won't let you kill him" She yelled as she charged at Rogue but the smash stepped in front of her, taking the attack. The monster then knocked her to the side causing her to cough "N-No. I'll protect Gin. He protected me from the crash….. and the last monster. Now it's my turn to protect him!" As she yelled this an image of a disc appeared in her mind, first steady, then slowly increasing n speed until it was rotating at max speed and throwing off light. As it began to glow, so did she as light gently enveloped her.

As the light died down Neptune had transformed. She now had long purple hair tied in two braids. Two mysteries pods that were attached on her head which acted like an accessories. She had blue eyes that had a power like symbol that acted as her pupils. Her plug-in suit was mostly black save for some purple areas. Her suit showed a good amount of bust as they seemed to have grown. Her hands where covered in a metallic claw like gloves. Her slender legs were also covered in latex like material that went up to her knees with metal like boots that covered her feet. Neptune had re-entered her goddess form.

Neptune stared at the smash calmly as it started charging at her. Neptune easily blocked the smash's attack and smacked its head with the edge of her sword causing it to go flying into a wall. The smash then got back up and started charging again

"Neptune! Where are you?" Gin, Compa and IF suddenly showed up and saw Neptune fighting the smash "Wait Neptune! You regained your powers?" Gin asked shocked. He didn't receive an answer as Neptune hit the smash again. The smash kept charging at Neptune and she kept smacking it back. Neptune suddenly jumped up and smacked the monster 3 times. The smash rushed at her again. While it was rushing Neptune sword began charging. She then swung her charged sword, smacking the smash into the ground. The smash started to disappear as it turned into a man and a white bottle. Rogue then charged at Neptune but his attacked was blocked by Gin holding the drill sword.

"TcH" Nightrogue then disappeared in a cloud of smoke as Neptune picked up the bottle "I believe this is yours Gin" she said with a smile "So Neptune… do you have your memory back?" she scratched her head before answering "Some but not all of them…. It might take a while before I regain all my memories" She said sounding sad. Gin tried lightening the mood "Well at least you're taller than me now" It was true. Gin was never a tall person. Height wise he stood about 2 inches taller than Compa, so Neptune now was taller than him. This caused Neptune to laugh a little until she started swaying "H-Huh… feeling dizzy" Neptune suddenly transformed into her normal form and fell forward as Gin caught her "you okay?"

Neptune nodded slightly while smirking slightly "You trying to cop a feel pervert?" This caused Gin to blush "I'm not a pervert!" Neptune just laughed as IF coughed "Well it seems you found your friend" Neptune then looked at her "Who are you?" IF looked at her "My name is IF, I-" She was interrupted by Neptune "Nice to meet ya Iffy. Welcome to the party" IF looked at her again "But I was just leaving since we found-" She was interrupted again "Uh, uh, uh. Don't you know once you join a party you're in it for life? Leaving the party is against the rules of this world"

IF tried to come up with an argument but just sighed. This Neptune just seemed to be really stubborn. She then noticed the guy who was lying on the ground "Hey, I know that guy. I seem him work in the Basilicom" Gin looked at her "So where did NightRogue find him?" Gin asked while scratching his head "And does he have access to people in the other nations…..?"

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Rogue was sitting on his chair, he was pissed if the killing intent was any indication "WeLl ThAT CoulD Be CONSIdereD a TOtaL FAiluRE, WOUldN't yOu AGRee RouGE?"Stark said as he walked in and sat down and one of the tables "The SMAsh wAs a TOTal WEakLInG, THe GoDdEss REgaINEd HeR POWer ANd YoU DidN'T GAiN Any DAtA on BuiLd!"He said trying his hardest not to laugh "PaiteNCe STaRk, ONcE PRojeCT HAzaRd iS FiniSHed, EveRYthINg WiLL Be Fine" A female voice was heard "I hope that is the case NightRogue" Afoire said as she walked into the lab as all the scientist bowed "Though would you mind telling me what project "Hazard" is?" Rogue nodded and pulled a curtain. What was behind the curtain made Afoire smile "I must say you impressed me here Rogue" Rogue simply bowed "YoU'rE ToO KInd LADy AFOire"

Chapter End

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