Hello again friends. Starting off with a flashback to many years ago and then, it's time for a fight! This flashback told story will hopefully be spread out over the course of the chapters until we reach a certain point, so hopefully it isn't too easy to tell how this goes down, otherwise this is going to be boring. Something I wanted to talk about is 5pb as well. I'm definitely going to have her in this story as a central character again and maybe she'll have a little extra something to show for it... Anyway, lets go!

Super hero time!

Bauen: Time to ascend into the bowels of a warship. Tell me, can you stand the fight?

Lilith: Two people now lost to time... Bauen, what were they like?

Bauen: A robot of such skilled creation is a near miracle; You would do well to protect her Lilith!

Lilith: Some of the stuff you have over there is pretty crazy as well!

B + L: Rider once more! don't forget me!

"Substance takes on a variety of different attributes dependant on the stimuli presented to it… stimuli can be various items, including animals, objects both man made and natural or even vocations…" Bauen listed off as he held the bottle close to his eyes, investigating every inch he could as his other hand went to work upon the clipboard beside him. the other workers within the building had already learnt it was a fool's errand to try and interrupt him when he was in his investigation mode and considering the discovery man had made on one of his rare occasions out with the guild research teams? He would barely move away for food at times.

A sudden whoop of joy had Bauen giving a sigh, turning as people rushed away from the elegantly dressed man crouched down upon the ground. A quick twirl had him standing up right, a tilt of his hat in greeting as an impish grin met an exasperated sigh. The only reason why there wasn't shattered glass surrounding the pair of them was that this certainly hadn't been the first time such an attempt had been tried and after the first time where the man showed no regrets, they simply couldn't be bothered to risk it.

"Kaito! How many times do I have to tell you, you can't enter a secured research facility by BLOODY SMASHING THROUGH THE WINDOW!? A girl cried out, Bauen turning to where a redhead burst through the proper entrance. Compared to the intruder's rather dapper choice of a top hat along with an intricately detailed red suit over a black waistcoat and bow tie, the girl was dressed up in a darker blue uniform, the universal symbol of the guild sitting upon her left breast while a stripe of red went down her side. The man merely waved off her concerns no matter how close she got, the smirk plastered upon his face showing no signs of disappearing.

"Don't worry about the little things Ko? After all, weren't you just as excited as me to show Mr. B here our new little toy?" Kaito teased as he patted the girl's shoulder, fully aware of the veritable volcano he was messing with as Bauen let out a sigh, palm meeting his face.

"I guess I needed to get some fresh air. Come on guys, let me get you something to eat." Bauen declared, pushing back the lock of brown that had fallen without him knowing as several rapid presses upon a keyboard had the research focus locked away as securely as possible, sinking into the ground as a door shut over it. "There, just like there was nothing! Now let me guess, Ko wanted to tell me about this odd thing of yours and you just couldn't be bothered with all of the legal crap?"

The way that Kaito nodded so proudly could only bring a growl of frustration to his partner, Ko rubbing her face tiredly as a wave from Bauen had the receptionist nodding. As long as the workers showed the proper papers whenever they were asked to, it was just eventually assumed that you would continue to do so and things were sped up immensely when there wasn't a need for someone to check over everything before it could be accepted.

"Come on, don't act like you don't hate the stuff too Mr. B!" Kaito chuckled with an elbow into the slightly older man's stomach. It had become a personal joke that due to the two year age difference, Kaito had to refer to his 'elder with as much respect as he deserved' and the name had unfortunately stuck. "After all, how many times can you enjoy saying the phrase 'Mr. Kaito Takara and agent Ko Bana here for an unscheduled appointment with Mr. Bauen Gefahr.', right? Besides, the plans we have in store are so good, you'll probably be wracking your brain trying to guess how we designed it!"

Fortunately, it wasn't too long before they found themselves within a café booth, a few moments spent trying to get Kaito away from the particularly attractive woman he had set his eyes on, claiming she would be his 'next greatest treasure' , before Bauen was intently studying the blueprints unravelled before him by Ko.

"We understood that you were working upon your own combat systems and utilising the technology confiscated after a recent apprehension, we thought we would attempt to achieve something similar." The brunette explained, pointing to the strange vehicles shown upon the side. "Using the confiscated material containment and size alteration technology, we can shrink down our vehicles and key them to a form of armour, meaning that when the transformation system recognises our vehicles, we can equip the armour they're associated with. Then, we could use the same system in order to enlarge our vehicles to their regular size and potentially greater."

"Of course, there are limitations. We would need to alter our current rides in order to install the right tech and make sure they function at the different sizes while still being appropriately controllable." Kaito added around the straw of his milkshake, given free along with a certain number. "There's also a limit to the types of materials that can be stored within. We wouldn't be able to form a majorly metallic armour as you plan to do, but we have sufficient 'storage space' if you will for a helmet and maybe small armour supplements."

"So, you're going to combine a weapon with the transformation device as well as use it to form the dock for your transport? I will admit, that's a pretty lofty goal for you two." Bauen remarked with a chuckle, his grin only growing at the slight pout that appeared upon Ko's face at the implication. "But no matter how much you two may snap at each other, you always pull through at the end. No doubt you can get that sort of thing done!"

"And how far has your research got you?" Kaito prompted, the black haired man leaning forward with open eyes. "I can't believe you had to go and find whatever you've managed to get classed as an S-grade item when we weren't there to join you!"

"Well it's not as if I planned to find it. The mission was more of a safety determination group, make sure there wasn't any sort of traps or the like." Bauen answered, his head leaning against his palm as he reminisced. "I guess the monsters must've been deterred by whatever was coming out of it; considering what it's managed to do, I'm not surprised. Look at this."

Giving a small nod to the waitress as she brought over their meals, a lovely steak placed in front of Bauen as well as the necessary cutlery, Bauen picked up the knife, looking to the sharpness of the steel before both Ko and Kaito let out a cry of alarm. When the edge that was rapidly approaching his chest suddenly didn't pierce his flesh, instead glancing off as if it was barely more than a raindrop hitting a window.

"If I shake a bottle of an essence taken from the object which has taken on a concept, then I can channel that aspect in a diluted form." The brown haired boy explained, lifting up his left arm where a bottle of light blue was being quickly shaken, the liquid within sloshing back and forth. "This particular bottle took on the concept of diamond, meaning that shaking it gives the user exceptional defence. Of course, I did only lightly stab at my body, so if someone is going at you full force for an extended period, it isn't exactly going to cut it. Well, it would cut it, but – you see my point."

"And you've got other ones?" Kaito asked, his grin growing at the positive response." Then do you know how rich you can get off of this? Every single force is going to want this, even if it offers marginally greater protection; they would be able to have a greater defence without needing bulky armour. Do you have other samples of these?"

"Kaito, you can't just sell of stuff like this! It would have to go through various safety regulations and that's even if Bauen wants to sell anything or even has anything else to sell in the first place, right Bauen?" Ko scolded, the guild agent turning to where the messy brown haired boy was looking to the bottle in his hand.

"Well, there are other bottles that have taken on a defined concept and some which remain impure– they're still neutral with no clear concept to the essence. If I were to sell the stuff… well, I'd want to know how much I could actually get out of the object and what different kinds I can get. I've had no repeats yet and I've managed to get things like a rose, a rabbit, a gorilla and even things like a rocket and a tank." Bauen admitted, scratching his chin as the bottle returned to his pocket, the knife now used for its proper purpose before their food went cold. "Damn… Lastation's food is almost as good as Planeptune! But yeah, I also wanted to investigate the strange link between certain bottles; for some reason, bottles that have little correlation like rabbit and tank or gorilla and diamond share similar chemical patterns whereas others have completely different bonds."

"Fine, I'm just saying you could probably make a pretty penny if you end up selling some of the stuff." Kaito relented, hands held up in false surrender without losing a second of his cheerful personality. "Maybe we'll make a couple extra of our stuff, get a team of our own!"

"Let's wait until we can actually produce our own versions of the VS changer before we start making a dream team." Ko sighed, her fork swirling the food upon her plate in a bored fashion.

"VS changer?"

"Well, considering that I have a jet and I have a car, she prefers a direct method while I can actually afford to show off a bit and how I'm a freelancer while she's a guild agent, we oppose in quite a few ways." Kaito explained, trying his best not to flinch when said agent decided to punch him in the side for a certain egotistical comment. "As well as that, we both have different designs for what our armours should be like and hence, VS changer. Surely you have a cool name for the system you're working on right?"

"Well, I was planning on using wind generated energy in order to form my armour, but considering the bottles' capabilities, I think I'm gonna implement those into the armour system somehow." Bauen pondered, looking outside the window with a grin as several ideas flashed around his mind. "It's clear that I'm not channelling the full capabilities of the bottles, so maybe there's a way to draw a greater amount of power out of them… but if I want the power to come out, I would need to develop the system so it would cause the liquids to shake enough to unleash their powers… I could also add a recognition system for when we find a similar situation as rabbit and tank, take out some of the time needed to intensely cross-reference each bottle…"

"There he goes again, lost in his own world. Might as well not exist right now." Kaito quipped with a chuckle, Ko merely rolling her eyes before a smile settled upon her face. No doubt Kaito would end up doing something stupid while Bauen wasn't focused and she would have to get the scientist to actually finish his meal before her partner poisoned it with a laxative or something. Bauen could never see himself with better friends, not in a lifetime or any other as he laughed, planned and teased with the unlikely pair, sharing their joy as he mentally noted down several different suggestions and prompts.

It was a shame then, their fate.

GORILLA!

DIAMOND!

BEST MATCH!

"A best match? Well then, let us see what this combination can do. Build up!"

ARE YOU READY!?

KAGAYAKI NO DESTROYER! GORILLA-MOND! YEAH!

Where once white and black stood, the massive right hand fist of the gorilla half body sat upon the area occupied by black, while the white gave way to the brightest of shimmering blues. The chess piece that formed Build's eye was instead a diamond with a sparkle shooting upward, the jewels studded into the blue side of the chest plate and jutting out of his shoulder.

All that was needed was a hand held out to block the incoming shots, a shine taking over the shoulder mounted diamond as a growl escaped Uni. Purple Sister stepped forward to assist, only to give the man a questioning look when an arm blocked her path.

"It's not you she has an issue with. I would be a bad rider if I let innocents get hurt." Kamen Rider Build intoned, dashing off before Nepgear's hand could land upon him.

"Wait, Bauen!"

The fist shot forward and considering her long range tendencies, there was little for the CPU Candidate of Lastation to do save for dart around the attacks. Adding in the size of her weapon however, it was a much harder task that necessary, only avoiding the attacks due to the speed advantage she held over the man.

"Damn it!" but as she took to the air, Bauen was forced into defence as shots began raining down upon him, the exact opposite issue that Uni had as there was little for him to do in the form. A leap had him up to a similar height, but it simply meant he was now in the air as he was defending twisting around to prevent the shots from impacting his back while he fell flat upon the floor.

"Maybe if I…"

READY? GO!

VORTEX FINISH! YEAH!

Cranking the lever with the massive fist wasn't exactly the simplest of tasks, but once he heard the music playing, the left hand was raised to the sky. Uni watched with narrowed eyes as a barrier of diamond formed above the man, a perfect circle as she stopped her shots; only to be forced to duck away when a giant storm of diamonds fired in her direction, shrapnel that would've ripped deeply into even many metals trying its hardest to imitate that scene with the CPU Candidate. Ducking and weaving around the gem hail, Uni finally began shooting once more, the constant cranking of a lever keeping the diamonds forming and smashed forward in a wild and chaotic shootout.

"Go without me! Seek out the mascot, now!" the rider called out to where IF, Compa and Nepgear were dodging the random explosions and falling diamonds, the constant movement letting neither nurse or agent properly plan a shot. "This battlefield is too dangerous for anyone not involved, get out of here immediately!"

"But-!"

"Nepgear, there's no time for buts! Let's move it while we still can!"

"But Uni!"

A few clipping strikes had the PCU Candidate fall closer to ground level, but she wasn't going to let that stop her; finger near invisible with the speed it pulled the trigger, a fountain of sparks flew off of Bauen's armour as the man was sent flying backwards, digging into the earth as he tried to keep his balance.

"You don't understand, do you?" Bauen murmured as he pulled out the brown gorilla bottle, a red one quickly taking its place. "It's natural – you're only seeing it from one side after all. Build up."

ROSE!

ARE YOU READY!?

Dodging the whip as it attempted to flail her, Uni gradually approached the rider, her aim clear as the gun continued to fire his way. Her expression changed little as she remained silent in her pursuit, not even caring when the whip lashed across her body as she doggedly continued on.

"Simple – you let yourself go mad with power, killed those close to you, turned a whole bunch of people into monsters and then let them rampage along with you. What isn't there to understand?" the white haired CPU Candidate answered with a sneer, launching higher in the air as the thorned tendril connected to Bauen rose higher and higher in pursuit, only to fall flat once it reached its maximum length. Bauen could only let out a growl as he realised the plan to late; far too long, his hand movements dong little to manipulate the whip now as the full brunt of Uni's gun was unleashed upon him.

Part of him didn't want to pick himself off of the ground, but if he were to remain still, there was no doubt he would be killed. After the sound of flying diamonds, firing guns and a whip lashing back and forth, the red and light blue rider could only watch in silence as Uni approached, aiming the barrel directly at him with a foul frown.

"I would tell you to say hello from me to Kaito and Ko, but somehow, I don't think you're going to the same place as them." Uni growled, the barrel beginning to glow with energy as she prepared her attack. Though she didn't know it, Bauen was looking back and forth behind his helmet, scanning the full length of the girl's body as the trigger was finally pulled and the earth beside Bauen shattered with the impact… what?

"I shall not oppose you; I do not believe I shall see Kaito Takara and Ko Bana when I move on into the next great adventure. But I ask you this, are you truly ready to send someone on that adventure?" Bauen asked, little more than a whisper as Uni looked to the hand holding the barrel, a near glowing hot barrel at that, just to the side of his body so that he was at the edge of the crater formed next to him.

"Of course I a-!"

"Then why is your finger trembling?" Indeed, though Uni didn't want to believe it as she slowly panned her eyes down, the digit resting upon the trigger shook relentlessly, the girl only now realising how deep and rapid her breathes were. "You've never had to take a human life before this. CPU Candidate, the next in line to become leader of your own nation and yet when put under pressure, your resolve starts to weaken."

"Don't say that like it's shameful. Don't act like the fact I haven't killed someone is a bad thing!" Uni spat back, her aim wavering no matter how much she tried to steady herself. "Don't act like you killing the pair of them is something you can forget, move on and live a happy life after!"

"…Move on? Do you think I've moved on?" Bauen whispered, rising from his fallen position to face Uni dead in the eyes, taking no pleasure from the way she flinched back. "I haven't moved on, you never move on. It sits at the back of your mind, the bottom of your heart, and it smoulders. Burns relentlessly and when it dies down, every time you ever think of the event is a spark that sets the blaze off once more! The only moving on is learning how to remember those moments and prevent the fires from burning you up; you never let it die out completely, for that is the moment your heart becomes stone, but you never let it cloud your sight for a second. I haven't moved on. But one thing I have done that you haven't, is that I've learned to look into the context and control myself."

"You screamed at Nepgear as if she was the reason your sister is stuck within the Gamindustri Graveyard, that it was only because of one little girl rather than a mass organisation powered through the manipulation of the faith of the population. Unless you can learn to temper that heart of yours, find the balance without breaking yourself… then you have no grounds in which to judge me and your sister will remain deep outside your reach."

The girl was limp, her strength leaving her as she remained stood in place even as Bauen dusted himself off and rose to his full size. Without an acknowledgement, Kamen rider Build walked off to find his friends, leaving the CPU Candidate to look at her still trembling hand in silence, her fist smashing against the ground as the first drops of water began to fall against the earth beneath.

"Hopefully she takes the right lesson out of that… otherwise this search just got a whole lot harder for all of us…"

"Greetings and welcome to the Lastation Basilicom. My name is Kei Jinguji, the oracle of this nation." The girl stood before Compa, IF and Nepgear could easily pass for a boy, what with her sort silver hair and more neutral attire. A black tailed suit adorned with buttons, a blue tie and shorts wasn't exactly screaming the fact that she was a girl and it was only the soft voice that greeted the trio that told the truth. "I can already tell that you have questions for me, If and Compa of Planeptune?"

"Wait, how do you already know us? Have we met you before?" Compa questioned with a tilt of her head, the smallest of chuckles escaping Kei as she shook her head.

"I'm afraid not Miss Compa. Intelligence gathering s business economics 101. I've been gathering information on the pair of you since your arrival and I must say, I'm surprised by what I've found." The slight change in her tone at the remark had IF on edge, though Nepgear was still brave enough to approach, clutching her hands in front of her.

"Um, we're looking for information on your nation's mascot actually… Do you have any information on where it might be right now?" the CPU Candidate asked, the oracle before her folding her arms as a frown settled upon her visage.

"Whether I do or don't have anything to tell you is irrelevant. I'd first like to ask just how much you believe such information is worth." The silver haired girl countered, an eyebrow rising in expectation as Nepgear recoiled slightly. "Properly exchanging information through a prior agreed upon value system is key to the success of any business."

"Ehehe, but we don't have many credits…" Compa interrupted. Being a nurse in training mean that her income wasn't as high as it could be, IF was only paid per job or had a flat minimal fee per hour and being the CPU Candidate of Planeptune, Nepgear never really had need for too much money.

"Oh, that's fine. Money is not required; all that I ask is but a simple favour of you." The oracle answered, a small smile replacing her frown. "You see, Our nation is currently attempting to develop a new item, but we still lack some of the crucial materials necessary for its completion. We require a treasure gem and a fair chunk of Hematite. Perhaps you've heard of these?"

"W-what!? You do realise just how rare those things are, don't you?" IF spluttered, a bead of sweat falling down her forehead. "It's not as if any vendor sells the stuff and there's barely any information that we can work off in order to find it! Talk about one sided!"

"How unfortunate then. I suppose that means our negotiations have come to an end. There is a chance of a misappraisal when it comes to the value of my intel to you."

"Tch, slimy business weasel."

"It's okay, we'll get them for you." Nepgear spoke up, her eyes narrowing if but slightly. "when we do however, You will tell us what you know about the mascot, right?"

"Well, I'd also like to have some information of my own. Namely about an event that occurred three years ago and a rescue attempt… as well as something that happened much prior." Kei added, Compa letting out a short gasp of air.

"Wait, you know about our rescue attempt at the Gamindustri Graveyard!?" the pink haired girl exclaimed, Kei indulging herself in a smug smile as IF's fists visually tightened.

"Circumstantial evidence; call it a hunch I had. Besides, how could I be wrong with Nepgear here right next to me?" the silver haired oracle explained before her tone suddenly shifted into something far more grave. "Did I not already explain to you that I was gathering intelligence upon your group as soon as you passed Lastation's borders? I know exactly who your group has been travelling with and if I don't start receiving answers…"

"Don't say a thing Nepgear." IF declared, Nepgear doing nothing to remove that hand that suddenly clamped down upon her face. "After all, information needs to be given in an equivalent exchange, isn't that right? We wouldn't you to end up looking the hypocrite because you weren't willing to follow the exact same 'rules' as you imposed upon the people you worked with."

"…That is correct, it would be rather rude of me to demand information of you for no price. Fair enough." Kei eventually submitted after an intense half minute long stare down. "Very well, I ask that you find the materials asked of you first and then we may both freely exchange information. Surely you can see how much of a bargain that is?"

"Understood! We'll be going then!" watching as Nepgear quickly dragged away IF before the brunette could make the situation worse with Compa quick to follow, Kei let her confident persona give way just the slightest bit, aa tinge of worry entering her eyes as she watched the group.

"To think, they hold both information upon the infamous Bauen Gefahr and the state of Noire and I let my emotions dictate the business negotiations…" she sighed, rubbing her face as she turned away. "How amateurish of me to do. Please be safe Noire…"

Making their way out of the door, the trio immediately rushed over to where Bauen was awaiting them, tenderly dealing with the wounds he had sustained even with the power of his armour protecting him.

"Now now Compa, I'm perfectly fine. Tell me, have you managed to find any information on the mascot?" Bauen prompted, the nurse backing away with a pout as a growl escaped IF.

"The damn oracle will only tell us anything about it if we find her a treasure gem and some hematite. Things are so rare the only info we can work off of is that some monsters end up collecting rare gems." IF spat out, Bauen giving a weary nod. It made sense that not all of the different oracles would be so willing to tell of where their mascots were; while she was most likely more willing than others, even Histoire might be loath to tell a non-Planeptune resident just where the mascot resided.

"Well in that case, I suppose there is little else for us to do. Shall we be off then?" The older man declared, turning away just as Nepgear's hesitant voice rose up.

"Um, Bauen, did you…?" there was silence as the man turned back, the dead look within his eyes causing the girl to raise her hands to her mouth. Fortunately, his next words had her more relaxed, even if she could never forget the imagined image of Bauen standing triumphantly above a defeated beyond defeated Uni conjured by his claim.

"She still lives, though perhaps not as the same girl she was before. Should she choose to do the same thing as she has this time though and place your innocent lives in needless danger… then I shall not hesitate to put her down like a rabid dog."

"It makes sense that we have yet to find the items we need. Had it been that easy, there is no doubt the oracle would've found it already." Bauen reasoned as yet another defeated creature within the endless zone proved useless beyond basic items that could be found from the majority of monsters within the area.

"I guess running around the entire place with no directions will get us nowhere." Nepgear admitted, the girl looking around the darker expanse. The area was completely flat, a brilliant view of all the area around if the entire area actually had anything worth viewing beyond basic structures needed to keep the floor beneath their feet.

"Why the glum faces people?" a voice called out, the group turning to the short cut redhead pulling her sword out of the quickly pixelating corpse of a monster with a smile. With a white tank top beneath a blue and white jacket, skirt and boots of similar colours and black fingerless gloves and stockings, the swords-woman was definitely a traveller; no normal person would risk going around with so little armour if it wasn't for ease of travel. "Whoops! Where're my manners? I'm Falcom – your average everyday adventurer as you can see. I also seem to have a nasty habit of meddling in the affairs of troubled people like you.

"Wow, an adventurer! Iffy, do you think she knows something? It couldn't hurt to ask, right?" Compa asked as she grabbed a hold of IF's shoulders, the agent letting herself e shaken for a moment before she threw the hands off.

"It couldn't hurt to ask, especially considering we're fresh out of alternatives."

"So, we're looking for these two different gems – one called Hematite and a treasure gem. Do you have any idea where they could be?" Nepgear asked, the girl mulling it over in her head for a moment.

"Well, I don't know anything about this Hematite stuff, but I swear there was something about a treasure gem… you won't find it here at least." The redheaded girl recalled, placing her sword upon her shoulder. "If my memory serves me right, there were talks of a gen hoarding monster over in Planeptune, around the Virtua forest area. I would take you there myself if I could, but I can't just skip out halfway through my errands. Sorry about that."

"No matter Falcom, your information is more than enough right now." Bauen dismissed, the drill crushed stabbed into the ground as he lifted himself up from his crouched position, the remains proving useless once more. "I take it you must be off then?"

"Yep! Now that your eyes are full of life once more, my work here is done. Perhaps we'll meet again in the future: good luck!"

With a bottle within Bauen's phone and another usage of the gashat gifted to IF, they were on the roads once more and zooming around Virtua Forest in no time. Delving deeper into the wooded area than they wished to last time, it gradually became harder and harder for the vehicles to remain stable, the roots tangled upon the floor more than likely to send them head first over the handlebars as they were forced to continue on foot.

"What about Mister Scary dragon Monster over there?" Compa pointed out, IF looking to the beast in question with a grimace, pulling out her quatars.

"Yep, that looks like our target. Time to pull out all the stops I suppose." The agent grumbled. Before them, a bipedal reptilian dragon rose to its terrifying full height, a crocodile like maw opening to unleash a great roar that near shook the earth with its strength, wings flaring ad talons poised to tear a man in half.

"Looks like this can only end well. Nepgear, would you be so kind as to become your HDD self?" Bauen prompted as two bottles were being shaken in the hand, said CPU Candidate giving a nod before the light enveloped her and left only Purple Sister with her weapon primed, soaring into the sky to start slashing away.

GORILLA!

GAME!

ARE YOU READY!?

"Henshin!"

Brown and pink fluid formed the two half bodies within their frames, smashing them onto Bauen's body to the sound of funky music. The gorilla half was matched to a pink counterpart, a rectangular game controller like those of old making up the eye while the left arm was made out as if it was formed of pixels, an arm guard holding buttons like another controller.

Leaping upward, the same arm pointing downward had a platform of pink forming beneath him, just the right level for the piston powered fist of the gorilla half to crash into the beast's maw. All that was needed to shatter the platform was a single strike from the monster, sending Bauen tumbling to the ground with a heavy thud, but with Compa providing supporting fire, there was little chance for it to advance save it get splashed with what appeared to be an acid of sorts; Kamen Rider Build couldn't help but believe that the girl was swapping the mystery fluid every battle.

With Nepgear dancing her mirage dance around the draconic creature's body, much of its attention was diverted to that source of paining, meaning that IF clawing at its feet was near ignored save for the few stomps that threatened to crush her to a pulp. What they did succeed in doing however was dislodging the ground below, the agent tripping upon the moving rocks and falling flat upon the ground. With the foot rapidly approaching her body, IF was left to raise her weapons above her face, waiting for the coming impact before finally letting them move away after a couple moments left painless.

"Come on IF, have a little more faith in yourself." Bauen chuckled, the raised fist completely preventing the dragon from moving before a small shove upwards had its footing shaken, Compa giving the cutest war cry ever as she charged over to directly stab the creature in the exposed flesh. Nepgear landed upon the newly formed platform Bauen created for him to work off of, a block forming out of pink pixels before him that was immediately struck forward, crashing into the dragon as it fell to the pixels that made it.

"Now then, let's end this quickly!" Nepgear called out, priming her stance as the ginormous fist upon Bauen's right arm spun the lever at the side, his smirk behind the helmet growing as he mentally simulated the attack, the beast scrambling to its feet with a fierce roar.

READY? GO!

VORTEX ATTACK! YEAH!

"It's on like trademarked character!" Bauen roared in reply, his hands held high as pixels began to gather together, twisting and turning around each other before a massive pixelated barrel was hovering above him, a girder like construct aiming directly towards the monster as a grand chuck had the barrel… barrelling forward, the pixelated red girder doing its job of guiding the giant object directly towards the monster as energy wrapped around it to further speed up its movements. There was little else for the dragon to do but hold its arms out forward, a futile attempt to stop it for seventy five meters was more than enough for it to reach terminal speeds.

Smashing against the dragon's body, there was little for it to do to stop a massive barrel rocketing forward at great speeds, the monster obliterated with a grand explosion as the various digital props disappeared, Bauen snatching the gem that flew out of the dragon's body with a satisfied sigh.

"And that's our Treasure gem sorted. 'Item get!' as they say!" The kamen Rider declared, tucking the glowing blue gem away for safe keeping. "All that we need to accomplish now is the acquisition of the Hematite and we shall find the Lastation mascot."

"Not so fast you lot!" but a sudden call had them pausing in their victory, the familiar pale sight of the underling entering the battlefield with a triumphant grin on her face. "Don't think you can escape this time!"

"I'm afraid we don't have enough time; the word count means we're done."

"Wait, you can't just cut me off like tha-!"

Bauen was correct.

And we stop right there. Yes, you're going to have to wait for the next chapter to see her get beaten up again! Ah, nothing says Neptunia like fourth wall breaking. I got the idea for the Gorilla-Game combination when I was randomly thinking of combinations; you want to both get functional forms as well as something that'll entertain. when I just imagine Build somehow recreating Donkey Kong in the middle of a battle, it had to be included in there somewhere.

Super hero time! See you next time!