Chapter 3; Acquire the Lastation Mascot! Next stop Lowee, here comes the Hero Duelist!

After receiving the two gems Kei needed and the duel between Adam and Noble, the group returned to the basilicom and give Kei the materials that she needed and as promised to explain what happened in the Gamindustri Graveyard

"I see. Noire and James are still alive. That's a weight off my shoulders." Kei says relieved

"If you were that worried, why couldn't you have been a tad more cooperative?" IF asks her

"You have your priorities and I have mine when it comes to saving our CPU and Protector." Kei tells them "but for my plans to come to fruition, I needed the materials that you so kindly obtained for me. It's time to fulfill my end of the deal. Here. I wrote down the last known whereabouts of the Mascot."

"Thank you very much. We can finally…" before Nepgear could continue Kei interrupted

"But let me warn you of something. Your request will more than likely be denied outright." Kei explains

"One of those kinds of personalities… great…" Adam says "come on let's go." the group heads out to the previous dungeon they went to before to find if the mascot is where it is last seen

"Oh, Mister or Miss Mascott… come out, come out, where you are…" Compa yells out to it

"We were given legit directions… the Mascot should be around here. I doubt the Oracle would lie, but…" IF says

"Oh, everyone, look! I found an area that resembles where we found Planeptune's Mascot!" Nepgear tells them and they head forward and find the disc which is the Mascot "There! I think that's the Mascot. Excuse me, Lastation's… Mascot…?"

"Hmm? Planeptune's CPU…? No… the CPU Candidate…" the Mascot says sensing Nepgear's presence

"The Mascot is awake this time, probably because of the low shares…" Adam says

"Um, so basically… we'd like you to come with us!" Nepgear says suddenly

"How sudden. Do you truly believe that I would follow you without first confirming your intentions?" It asks her

"The CPUs and Protectors are all held captive in the Gamindustri Graveyard, and we need your help to save them all!" Nepgear explains

"I see. I sensed unusual fluctuations, but hearing that all the CPUs and their Protectors are being held captive is a shock…" it says "if true, that only strengthens my argument to not accompany you."

"Aw, lame. Why?" Red asks

"My sole purpose is to protect this Nation during the CPU's absence. Leaving now would cause cause the nation to lose any and all divine protection yet remaining. This is unallowable. It is after all, part of the pact we Mascots made with the True Goddess." the Mascot explains

"So you're saying it's fine to let the CPUs be held captive." IF says

"As I said, my purpose is merely to act as the CPU's proxy in her absence. Not instigate a rescue attempt." The Mascot says

"If my brother would be here he would probably continue this argument of probably like this 'You say that you are staying to protect the nation, but your own self is at risk if the enemy finds and destroys you.' that's what I would think…" Adam says

"You know what, I believe you would be right there." IF says

"Yup, Jeff would do something like that." Ruby says as they continue talking the mouse went up to Compa and talked to her

"Whoooooooa! I-I-Is that the Mascot?!" it shouts out in shock

"ASIC… only they would be after them…" Adam whispers and moves not getting the Mouse's attention

"I'm so lucky, stumbling on both my angelic Compa and the Mascot! I have a great idea, Compa. Let's beat the crap out of that Mas- whaaaa?!" before he could finish Adam grabs him by the tail "Hey put me down argh, that hurts chu!"

"I thought so, you work for ASIC don't you?" Adam asks it

"You got that right! I'm Warechu, part of ASIC!" it shouts out

"Well you can go tell your buddies that once we are finished, we will rescue the Goddesses and their Protectors!" Adam says and puts him into an ice cannon "sayonara!" the cannon fires sending him off

"Aaaaaaaah I'm blasting off, Chuuuuuuuuu!" he shouts flying off and disappears in a flash

"Now that is over with, that there is an example." Adam says

"So… that was one of the evils plaguing Gamindustri?" the Mascot asks

"Yeah. And now that stupid rat knows exactly where you are." IF says

"Yes, so being destroyed will be another reason of losing hope. So if you wanna cooperate, you better think on your next plan." Adam explains

"So it would seem. Perhaps it would be wise of me to go into hiding for the time being." it says

"If that's what you're planning, why not come along with us? We can keep you safe and hidden." Nepgear says

"I have already said such a request cannot be granted." the Mascot explains

"Yeesh, you're really stubborn. The whole world's like this now, but only your nation matters?" Red asks it and the Mascot was silent for a moment

"Without the CPUs or Protectors and no one to put any belief in them… Gamindustri will possibly be in ASIC's control…" Adam says

"So… no matter how hard one tries, some things simply cannot be protected alone… CPU Candidate…" The Mascot says

"Yes? Have you decided to join us?" Nepgear asks

"I… cannot abandon this Nation. I cannot break the pact made with the True Goddess…" the Mascot says

"Then… there's nothing else we can say to convince you…?" Nepgear asks

"What I can do is offer my power, while my physical self remains here. Accept a portion of my power…" the Mascot says and a small orb separates from it and into Nepgear and Adam "Though I can offer little, I ask that you help the CPUs the Protectors and all of Gamindustri…"

"We will do what we can." Adam says and the group returns to the nation

"Sadly we didn't get both the Candidates to come along with us…" Tempest says

"Well with how they acted I didn't think they want to come along, we won't be ready until we have acquired all the Mascots." Kaylin explains and the group goes to the Basilicom to explain their report

"Well done. I'm surprised to hear that such a stubborn Mascot agreed to lend you some power." Kei says as she already knew what happened

"What are you? Some kind of creepy stalker that follows us?" Adam says in his thoughts

"Our next step is to visit Lowee, but before that could we meet with Uni one more time?" Nepgear asks

"And Noble, if he is around." Adam says

"Hmm? That's really up to her, since she dramatically dove under my desk the moment you all arrived. As for Noble…" Kei explains and points up which Adam looked up to see Noble

"Aw come on! Why did you have to tell him where I was?!" Noble yells at Kei

"You have an interesting spot to hide, but though I know your answer already… could you join us to rescue our brothers?" Adam asks him

"No! Well at least… not yet…" Noble says "I'm not fully ready to go along… I'd only just get in the way…"

"As I thought… but it won't matter now, once we finish some stuff we will return and see if you are ready." Adam says

"We'll see… it only depends on how it goes for me…" Noble says

"Well promise that we can be friends…" Adam says and Noble looked at him confused as Adam had his hand out "Let's be friends Noble."

"... Alright then, I guess we can…" Noble says and they shake

"See you again another day then, gotta head off to Lowee." Adam says

"Before you head off, I'd like to wish you luck because of the projected difficulties I foresee with Lowee's CPU Candidates and Protector." Kei tells them

With everything finished in Lastation, the group makes their way towards Lowee to seek the next Mascot

"Lowee, the nation where I first met Jeff." Tempest says

"Aw yes, I remember that day with that attack on Lowee where you were reckless." Kaylin says

"Well I'm getting better now, I wanna help everyone and not sit around." Tempest replies

"Bro tells me about Lowee and how amazing it looks, and the perfect place for my Ice maker magic." Adam says enjoying the scene

"Could you please not take off your shirt while we are in public…" Kaylin says to him as they are talking while the girls noticed Underling doing sellouts until he heard 'Ice Boy'

"You really wanna try me twerp?! I hate being called Ice boy!" Adam yells out and forms an ice cannon and aiming right at her "So if you got anything else I am waiting for it!"

"Dammit, this could be real bad… hey you! Stray kid!" Underling says to a little girl in a light blue coat and hat getting her attention "Don't move, you're my ticket outta this mess. Heh, you all better not try anything, or the kid gets it!"

"Damn, a hostage… I can't do anything if she hurts the kid…" Adam says in his thoughts gritting his teeth

"Wait… that smell… she smells like…" Tempest says getting a whiff on the little girl Underling has captive and runs away

"Oh no you don't you get back here!" Adam yells out and runs after Underling

"We got to rescue that girl now!" Tempest follows as well as the group though far behind someone was searching for a pair of girls

"Rom… Ram…? Where did you both go? Gosh darn it all, why did you have to escape from my sight…" a young male says looking around with a disk on his arm

The group follows Underling into a dungeon area even though Underling got a head start of getting away from them with the young girl and in hopes they can rescue her before Underling can do anything bad.

"Okay… I should be safe here…" Underling says trying to catch her breath while the little girl is crying trying to get out of her grip "Ugh, shut up! Quit your crying! Dammit, I need to ditch this deadweight kid…"

"You aren't getting away this time!" Adam shouts out

"Oh, come on! Already!?" Underling shouts in disbelief

"Let the kid go and you can walk away from this unharmed." IF tells her

"You nuts? This kid's my ticket outta here! Or are you gonna fight me when I got a tiny human shield?" Underling says covering with the little girl

"Dammit always gotta make things difficult for us…" Adam says gritting his teeth

"You better let that girl go before things get worse for you!" Tempest yells out

"The hell you talking about? Things are gonna go fine with this!" Underling shouts and an enemy appears

"What do you mean Temp?" Adam asks her

"Because that girl is…" before she could finish

"Let Rom go, NOW!" another girl's voice yells out

"Huh? From above?" Underling looks up and gets blasted away by magic

"Rom! Are you okay!?" The new girl with pink hair floats down to the other girl known as Rom

"Ram!" Rom says glad to see the girl called Ram

"No freaking way! Another CPU!?" Underling shouts in disbelief

"That was your downfall there!" Tempest shouts out

"Are you telling me that…" Adam says beginning to understand

"Yes, both those girls have similar smells to Blanc… they are the Candidates!" Tempest tells him

"Twins… so that is what Kei meant… but where is the Protector?" Adam asks

"Ah that can wait! First let's deal with this beast and the others will take care of Underling!" Tempest says "Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang!" Tempest does a claw strike against the monster

"Ice-Make Cannon!" Adam creates cannons and fires ice at the monster doing some damage though not enough to finish it "Ice-make sword!" he creates a sword and strikes the beast as it leaps at him "Ice-Make shield" blocking the attack having Tempest ready her next attack

"Dragon Slayer's Secret Art, Shattering Light: Sky Drill!" with her strong winds she blows the monster into the air looking like it was finished though it was coming down to attack until

"Neos! Cosmic Crush that beast!" a male voice yells out and a large being in white punches the beast into the wall finishing it off "Good work Neos, we made it in time."

"Yes, if we had not then we might have troubles." the being in white says to a male with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a white and sky blue tank top, blue jacket hanging over his shoulders, sky blue pants, and white boots and has a duel disk on his left arm

"Good thing I found you two, why did you disobey and not tell me where you both were?" the male asks the twins

"Sorry Seth, but a scary lady grabbed me and brought me here…" Rom explains to him as the white being kneels to their eye level

"It is wrong is leaving Seth's side and suddenly get yourself taken by a stranger." he tells them

"Sorry Neos, Rom was in trouble and I had to do something." Ram tells the being called Neos

"Well it's good that you both are safe." Neos tells them and picks them up onto his shoulders and turns to the group "young ones, we like to thank your actions for helping out. Though going in without a strategy is no way to fix things, I would expect better from you two." he looks at Adam and Nepgear

"Let's return home girls, she is probably waiting for us back home." Seth says and Neos floats to him and the twins are excited to be on Neos' shoulders "As for all of you, I would think on returning back to your nation… Planeptune Candidates…" they head for the exit as the group watches them leave

"Looks like that guy is the Protector…" Adam says "He does have Alex's ability to summon creatures."

"But to think Lowee has two CPU Candidates, Blanc must be having a hard time looking after them…" Kaylin says

"It's a double trouble!" Ruby shouts out "Well now that we seen what they look like, it might be difficult to recruit them to rescue everyone."

"Agreed, but our main objective shall be searching for the Mascot before ASIC can destroy it…" Kaylin says and the group also leaves the dungeon and head onward to the Basilicom

"Well, after all that excitement we had to take a long trip to the Basilicom. Excuse me, is anyone here?" Adam asks

"Yes, welcome to Lowee's Basilicom. Oh, my. Forgive my presumption, but are you Planeptune's…?" the woman in red asks

"Yes, I'm Adam, and that's Nepgear, we are the Candidates of Planeptune. We came here today because we want to ask for help…" he tells her

"For both a CPU and Protector Candidates to come all this way must mean there's some very important matter to discuss." the woman says "Pardon my manners. I am Mina Nishizawa, Lowee's Oracle. How may I be of service?"

One long explanation later

"I see… so you are seeking our Mascot's power." Mine says understanding what they need to do "Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do to help you right now."

"And why is that?" Tempest asks her

"Lowee's Mascot has a very important mission." Mina explains "If it leaves, our nation will be swallowed up by unprecedented chaos."

"Mind if I ask what it's mission is?" IF asks

"I do apologize, but the importance of its mission is so great that all relevant information is classified." Mina tells them

"Very well, we won't ask for further details about it. We will search for it the old-fashioned way."

"I trust no harm will come to it should you find it, so I have no reason to stop you." Mina says

"Of course, we will also make sure no one evil gets there hands on it." Tempest says

"It would be rude of me to shoo away such well-traveled guests without giving you something, so…" Mina thinks for a moment "how about a story? Do you know Lowee's lore regarding the Deity of Sin, Arfoire?"

"What are the stories? And is there anything about a being called Xyn?" Adam asks

"Xyn… can you tell me more about this Xyn?" Mina asks him

"While in the Gamindustri Graveyard I heard the words Demoness of Shadows, Xyn." Adam tells her and she thinks for a moment

"I believe in many generations this was told of in legends, that there was as being who made creations that would bring the world into the Shadows. The only clue to who made them, the name started with a J…" Mina tells him

"a J? Is that all you know?" Adam asks

"Well they say a wizard created them in over hundreds of years ago, and rumors say that he died. If you have heard that, then they may later find ways to bring this wizard back from death." Mina explains

"Very well, Tempest, and you two let's head outside for a bit." Adam says

"Oh do you not want to know the story of Arfoire?" Mina asks him

"They can hear about it, I plan to find a way to stop this revival." Adam says

"ok, if that is what you needed." Mina says and the four head outside for a bit while the girls listen to the story about the Deity of Sin

"A wizard, to think someone from so long created something so dark…" Kaylin says

"I wonder who this J guy is…" Ruby wonders

"I doubt it's my brother, he may start with the letter but there is no way he would be the wizard that we were told about…" Adam says and looked in the distance a certain someone that walked towards them and stopped

"Still around I see…" Seth says "Didn't I say that you shouldn't be around in other nations?"

"Look, I got something to do here, so if you are looking for a fight then I'll give you one!" Adam says taking his stance

"I have no time for you but I'll accept your challenge." Seth says and inserts a deck and draws "I'll start off by bringing out Burstinatrix." a woman in red appears with fire in her hands

"Alright then, I'll start with Ice-Make Ice cannon!" Adam creates a cannon ready to fire

"Wait! This is a bad place to do anything! You might destroy something!" Tempest says

"I agree, fighting in a public area is not a good idea… with how low the shares are at the moment, we could possibly lose the rest of them…" Kaylin says

"... you have a good point…" Adam says and his cannon vanishes "We got more important things to do."

"We should look around town a bit and see if we need anything for our next trip." Tempest says and the cats follow Tempest as Adam goes by himself

"... makes things out of Ice… what an interesting power…" Seth says interested what Adam did and his ability

While Adam looks around at stuff, then he saw Nepgear looking around worried

"Hey you alright there?" he asks her

"Adam! Oh thank goodness you found me, I had to take a… moment and now I'm lost." she tells him

"Really? Well at least I found you, we better go find the others." Adam says and he notices Rom and Seth looking on the ground for something

"Are you sure it's around here? If we can't find it Mina will be worried." Seth says

"I know I had it before…" Rom says

"Is there something wrong?" Adam asks them

"You again?! How many times do you have to appear at this moment!" Seth yells at him

"Hey, I'm not here to make a fuss. We are only wondering what you are doing…" Adam says

"I'm looking… for my pen…" Rom says which Seth looks at her shocked "It was half of a set… mine matched Ram's. It's important, but… I dropped it somewhere…"

"hmm… do you remember where you may have dropped it?" Nepgear asks

"I was thinking it was when… that bad lady took me…" Rom explains

"That would be an easy point, let's start from there and look." Adam says with a smile

"you're gonna help me…?" she asks

"Of course, anyone in distress we will always be happy to help out. So turn that frown upside down and let's go look for it." Adam says with Seth in shock still and they go to the spot where Rom was grabbed

"You were kidnapped right around this spot, right? I sure hope we find the pen right away…" Nepgear says and Adam kneels down to look closer

"Doesn't seem like it is around here, it might not be here though…" Adam says standing up

"So hey… uh…" Seth says

"Huh? Oh it's Adam…" he tells Seth

"Right, so Adam… do you know my brother?" Seth asks

"Alex? Yea, though we didn't talk much, he planned his moves so well to catch enemies off guard… though our last opponent took us all out like we were nothing…" Adam explains and Seth put his head against Adam

"I miss my brother so much, he taught me everything I needed to know… and yet I still feel like I can't help out…" Seth says sounding like he is gonna cry a bit

"He thought that you need to keep the nation save so nothing bad happens, if all of us were there then we would have failed. I have failed before, but the next time I am sure we will get them back." Adam tells him "Come on we better continue the search for that pen." they head to the dungeon area to continue the search for the pen "Yet still nothing, it must be around here since we checked the spots from the city…"

"We are close to where the end is so that has to be around here." Seth says looking

"Wait! I might have found it!" Adam shouts out "Is this your pen Rom?"

"Oh…! That's it…!" Rom exclaims happily and he gives it to her

"There, do you feel better now?" Seth asks and she nods happily "Come on let's head home before they worry." they start walking but Rom stops and looks at Adam and Nepgear

"Th-thank you!" Rom says and returns walking with Seth out of the dungeon

"I guess Adam and Nepgear aren't so bad after all, maybe one day we will owe them some help." Seth says as the two are out of sight from Adam and Nepgear

"As, she thanked us… hehehe… I hope she thinks of me more like a friend now. As for us, we should…" Nepgear says then suddenly realizes "Whoops! I completely forgot! They're probably looking for me. Aww, I'm gonna get yelled at."

"Great, what a way this turned out to be!" Adam shouts out and they hurry back to the city

So yea, strange points of stopping I get it.

One thing to say about the review, hell yea I have been thinking they should do another season of the Animation but with the events of the Megadimension game of course. What do you guys think about the next season of the Neptunia animation? Leave reviews of what you think will happen, I am curious of your thoughts about it. Now, thanks everyone for reading this and I will see you all next Chapter, Brawl on!