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The Planetptune Arc
Chapter 1: Welcome to Planetptune
(Planetptune's Basilicom, Evening)
Alex was brought back to Planetptune's Basilicom to be treated by Compa, Everyone waited inside one of the rooms for Histoire to get back from a meeting, while waiting Alex decided this was a perfect time to finally get some answers to the questions that he had asked.
"May I ask you three a few questions?" Alex asked.
"Questions?" Nepgear repeated, "Oh that's right, you asked us earlier and we completely ignored you by accident!"
"Umm yeah exactly" Alex said, "So will you answer my questions then?"
"That really depends on the type of question Al" IF said, "What do you have in mind?"
"Well first off, what is this place?" Alex started, "I have never seen a place like this on Earth before"
Everyone looked at each other, a bit confused by Alex's response. Alex noticed this and tilted his head to the right.
"Is something wrong?" Alex asked, "Is it about something I said?"
"Well yes it is actually" Nepgear spoke, "We don't know what "Earth" is, the land that we're in is known as Gameindustri"
"Game…industri?" Alex was baffled from what Nepgear had just said, "What is Gameindustri?"
"Uh-oh Alky" Compa was a bit worried, "Maybe that monster hit you too hard, and now you've forgotten where you are"
"Ok that Dragon did throw me around!" Alex said, "But I'm very aware that I was on Earth before!"
"Al maybe you should just lay down" IF suggested, "You probably are just hallucinating right now"
"I am not hallucinating!" Alex tried not to raise his voice, "I am a clearly sane 15 year old boy!"
"Alky's is 15?" Compa was surprised by this, "I thought he was older than that!"
At that moment the door to the room slid open, Histoire flew into the room, Alex almost fell off the chair he was sitting on when he saw Histoire.
"Holy mother of God!" Alex shouted, "That girl is sitting on a floating book!"
"Oh dear! I didn't expect someone else to be here!" Histoire said, "I deeply apologize for scaring you"
"You didn't scare me!" Alex said, "You surprised me!"
"We're sorry for not telling you about him when we contacted you Histoire" Nepgear apologized
"It is fine Nepgear" Histoire said, "But if I may ask, who is this boy and why did you bring him here in the first place"
"Histoire this is Alex, and Alex this is Histoire" IF introduced them to each other, "We found him in 10-80p Forest being attacked by a Tiamat"
"A Tiamat" Histoire repeated, "Those are certainly dangerous creatures, what were you doing in that forest?"
"I-I don't know" Alex answered, "I pretty much just spawned there randomly"
"Spawned?" IF looked at Alex now getting a little suspicious, "What do you mean by "Spawned"?"
"Well you see-"
"Don't give him any trouble IF" A voice suddenly spoke, "I'm the reason why he was there in the first place"
Everyone turned their attention to the doorway, a man stood in the doorway with a serious expression, almost everyone except for Alex recognized him.
"Hinato?" Everyone said in unison.
Name: Hinato
Age: Unknown
Gender: Male
Appearance: Dirty blonde hair, blue eyes and light skin. He wears a Dark Purple Jacket with Planetptune's signature "N" on the back, has on a white Formal Shirt under the jacket, he wears dark blue pants and silver boots.
Occupation: Researcher
"Hello everyone It has been awhile since we have last spoken" Hijack said, "I see that Nepgear has woken up from her sleep"
"Hinato where have you been?" Histoire asked, "It has been over 3 years since we have last seen each other!"
"My apologies Histoire" Hinato apologized, "I only left to go rehabilitate myself after being trapped for so long"
"That's understandable" IF said, "Who knows how long you being held prisoner by that women"
"Uhhh excuse me" Alex interrupted, "I think I'm even more confused than I was when I got here"
"Goodness Alex, it looks like you don't know a lot about Gameindustri"
"Replace "a lot" with "anything" Alex said.
"As I was saying before, I am the one who sent Alex here" Hinato said, "He clearly isn't from this world"
Everyone went immediately silent after hearing that, Everyone then turns to Alex who looks around the room a bit nervous that everyone was staring at him so suddenly.
"This is starting to make sense now" Nepgear said, "No wonder Alex doesn't know anything about Gameindustri!"
"Someone who finally knows what's going on!" Alex thought before realizing, "Wait a minute, you sound familiar"
"Is that so?" Hinato said, "Maybe we have talked to each other before?"
Alex took out his Phone and dialed in the number that he had called earlier, after a few seconds of ringing, Hinato's eyes began to glow a bright blue.
"So you are the guy who was asking me those weird questions!" Alex pointed out, "What was that for?"
"Reasons that will be obvious later on" Hinato answered, "Now if you may, please hang up the call so I can move again"
"Oh uh right" Alex ended the call, "So why did you bring me here?"
"The reason why I brought you here…" Hinato stopped for a minute, "Is because I want you to help Nepgear"
"Huh?" Both Nepgear and Alex looked at each other, "What do you mean?"
"Well Alex something big happened 6 years ago" Hinato said, "6 Years ago, I was imprisoned by a Women known as Uhrevia, she is a very strong individual I might add, she had kept me imprisoned for so long that I have forgotten how many decades had passed"
"This Uhrevia lady sounds like a real threat" Alex said.
"She is a serious threat" Histoire said.
"Moving on" Hinato coughed, "Uhrevia kept me trapped in my prison, until one day a certain individual was summoned to Gameindustri much like you, his role was to unite all the Goddesses and free me from my prison"
"What was his name?" Alex asked.
"…I cannot remember" Hinato said.
"Are you serious?" Alex said, "Do any of you remember his name?"
"My brain is still foggy" Nepgear said.
"I can't remember his name" Compa said, "It was a really long and hard name to remember"
"It's on the tip of my tongue" IF said, "It started with a "T" I think"
"It is quite embarrassing to say that I don't have his real name anywhere in by records" Histoire sighed, "It is like for some reason, all memory of him was erased from existence"
"Well….did he go by any other names?" Alex asked
"Yes he did" Hinato said, "He was known are "Red Player" currently the only God in Gameindustri, made to protect the CPU of this nation Purple Heart, or as we call her Neptune"
"CPU?" Alex repeated, "I swear I'm getting more and more confused every minute"
"A CPU short for "Console Patron Unit" are the Goddesses that rule over different parts of Gameindustri" Histoire informed, "There is CPU Black Heart, Goddess of Lastation, CPU White Heart, Goddess of Lowee, CPU Green Heart, Goddess of Leanbox, and then there is CPU Purple Heart, Goddess of the nation we're currently in: Planetptune"
"I think this is starting to make sense now" Alex said, "But anyways, continue what you were saying Hinato"
"Of course" Hinato said, "One evening, Uhrevia brought back The CPU and Histoire, she had captured them and was planning on using our powers to do "something"
"What was that "something"?" Alex asked
"She did not exactly specify what it was" Hinato pondered, "All I do remember is that she said something about "Resurrecting an ancient being"
"Resurrection?" Nepgear said, "What could she possibly want to bring back?"
"Whatever it is, I wish never to see it in person" Hinato shivered at the thought, "like I was saying, she had imprisoned the CPU and was planning on using our powers, she was very close to being finished with the preparations, but that's when Red Player showed up along with the CPU Candidates to rescue us"
"Did you just say…CPU Candidates?" Alex stopped Hinato
"The CPU Candidates are the younger sisters to the CPU" Histoire said.
"So two Goddesses ruling over a nation?" Alex said, "That seems pretty efficient if you ask me, hopefully I can run into one of them"
"Oh I'm sure you will Al" IF said while looking at Nepgear, "I'm sure you will "real" soon"
"At the moment Red Player was thee only one facing Uhrevia, after striking Uhrevia down and rescuing us, The CPU Candidates entered, they were being controlled by Uhrevia" Hinato said, "After finally snapping the Candidates out of their trances, we soon found out that they were being used as decoys for Uhrevia so she could unleash her true form, she was proven to be dangerous and could kill us all, that is why Red Player had told us to leave and let him take care of Uhrevia"
"Why would be say something like that?" Nepgear shouted, "He knows well enough that Uhrevia was too powerful!"
"Well maybe …" IF pondered, "He was filled with "DETERMINATION"
IF you did not just say what I think you just said
"Is there a problem with my Idea?" IF asked.
Maybe….just a little bit….*sigh* Whatever just continue…
"As I was saying" Hinato was getting a bit tired of stopping, "He had told us to leave and go back to Gameindustri, we silently followed his order, right as we were leaving, The CPU stepped out of the portal at the last minute and went to go right by Red Player's side. It has been 6 years since the battle and Gameindustri is being corrupt, from the looks of it: The CPU and Red Player lost the battle"
"Lost the battle" Alex said, "D-Do you think that they died?"
Hearing this from Alex almost made Nepgear have a heart attack, Compa walked over to Alex and bonked him on the head.
"Oww!" Alex dubbed his head, "What was that for?"
"That was for scaring Ge-Ge!" Compa put her hands on her hips, "Say your sorry Alky!"
"U-uh…" Alex had a mixture of confusion and fear on his face, "I'm deeply sorry Gear-san!"
"What the Goodness?" Nepgear said turning red from embarrassment, "I-its ok! Don't worry about!"
"Gear-san?" IF held her head, "Geez Al, I didn't think you can become so obedient"
"That's not important right now" Histoire interrupted, "The CPU cannot be dead, if they were all of Gameindustri would've fallen not to long after their deaths"
"But what about the Candidates?" Alex asked, "If real world rules apply here ,then if something happens to the CPU then wouldn't the Candidates just take over?"
"That would be the case" Hinato said, "If they weren't in Comas"
"C-comas?" Alex shouted, "The CPU Candidates fell into comas?"
"When we came back to Gameindustri the Candidates were not responding in any way" Histoire said, "We had tried everything to wake them up, but it didn't work, so that's when we waited, every 2 years a new candidate would wake up from their coma and go back to their nation to try to regain control, it wasn't until today, the last of the 4 CPU Candidates woke up from their sleep"
"That long huh" Alex said, "It must be pretty boring to be asleep for so long"
"I know someone who would disagree with that" IF ask3d Compa both said in unison.
"So Hinato , what do you want me to help Nepgear with?" Alex asked, "And why did you choose me?"
"Alex I want you to help Nepgear save her sister and the other CPU" Hinato said, "I don't know why, but there seems to be something inside you that told me to pick you"
"Sister?" Alex said before finally putting the pieces together, "Wait a minute, Nepgear is a CPU Candidate?!"
"It's about time you figured it out Al" IF smirked, "After all, you did hear Hinato say that Nepgear has just woken up"
"I was really confused!" Alex said, "My brain wasn't processing anything!"
"I'll give you a pass this one time" IF said, "But I'm not letting you go that easy next time when it comes to your listening skill"
"Well now that we have told you everything, let's see what Nepgear wants" Histoire suggested
Alex looked at Nepgear, and Nepgear looked at Alex. They both stared at each other for some time before Nepgear decided to break the silence.
"Alex…" Nepgear spoke, "You really don't have to get involved In this"
"I'm not going to take no for an answer" Alex looked at Nepgear with a stern expression.
"I really appreciate the help but really…" Nepgear looked away from him, "It's fine"
"Nepgear why don't you want me to help you?" Alex asked
"B-because I don't want someone I just met being endangered because of my actions!" Nepgear admitted, "It's happened to many times, I don't want to experience it anymore…"
"Come on Gear just let him help" IF stepped in, "You won't be putting anyone in danger, I promise"
"Please Ge-Ge" Compa said, "Alky will be very fun to have with us! We'll be able to save Nep-Nep and everyone else much faster!"
Nepgear went completely silent, if you walked past the room you wouldn't think anyone was in there, that's how silent it is.
"Okay" Nepgear smiled, "Thank you for promising to help me Alex"
"Yay!" Compa threw her arms up in the air, "Alky has joined the party!"
"I don't know if she agreed to it because she was under pressure or something else" IF said, "But as long as she said yes, then it's alright"
"Then it's settled then" Histoire said, "Starting tomorrow, Alex will be accompanying until the CPU are saved"
"What did I just get myself into" Alex thought
"Alright everyone settle down everyone!" Hinato said, "I think it's time for us to rest, we all have had a very busy day"
"Yeah your right Hinato" IF Yawned, "I really need some sleep, come on Compa let's go"
"Aww I wanted to have a sleepover " Compa said sadly, "Alrighty then, bye Ge-Ge and Alky!"
IF and Compa said their goodbyes and edited the room, Hinato and Histoire looked at each other and then looked back Nepgear and Alex.
"Histoire and I need to discuss some private information" Hinato said, "We will be discussing this for a few hours, so good night"
"Good Night Hinato" Nepgear said, "Good Night Histoire"
Both Histoire and Hinato left the room, leaving both Nepgear and Alex in the room by themselves.
"Umm Alex" Nepgear twirled her index fingers, "T-Thank you again for coming with me to save my sister"
"Not a problem Nepgear" Alex said happily
"But I have a question to ask you" Nepgear said, "Are you just helping me because you were told to?"
"….No not at all" Alex looked up at the ceiling, "I know how it feels…"
"How what feels?"
"To lose someone that's very close to you " Alex said, "Not knowing if their Dead or Alive…"
(Cricket Chirps)
Nepgear: Its really silent without Neptune and Tamazaki…
Alex: Nepgear you in here?
Nepgear: Oh Alex! I didn't think you would be here
Alex: Well I got a note in my room telling me directions to this place, also it said something about taking care of "Responding to Reviews" and ending off the chapters
Nepgear: Oh right! The last author answered reviews that his readers left and he usually ended of the chapter
Alex: So basically I'm his replacement until he gets back
Nepgear: It seems like it…
Alex: Oh well guess there's no stopping it now, bring on the Reviews!
To AIYF Productions: "Plot twist!" They are amazing aren't they?
To Geod Pony: And so it did, there will be a lot in store for our Heroes just you wait!
To Miner234: Thanks so much! I'm really glad that my stories caught your attention
To Geod Pony: *Cricket Noises intensifies* Cookies!
To AIYF Productions: Reviews are back! If they ever leave us again I swear someone isn't going happy.
I pretty much think that Alex is gonna have nightmares about this for a VERY long time
To You Never: I didn't read the question *Puts on Deal with it Glasses* The question read me
Nepgear:…..
Alex: *Takes off glasses* sorry I had to do it
Nepgear: Oh I wasn't going to say anything!
Alex: Ok….anyways I guess that's all the rev-
Nepgear: *N-Gear rings* huh? Another review?
Alex: Hex decimals!
To wperry713: Guess you can say that he's a "Know it Al"
Nepgear:…..
Alex:…..
Nepgear: Could we please finish this chapter?
Alex: Yeah sure *ahem* Thank you all so much for reading this chapter! Stay tuned for the next chapter, see you all next time!
Nepgear: Take care!
