Disclaimer: Seriously, I don't think that I should do this any longer since you are already here watching a fanfic which means that you should know that I do not own Hyperdimension Neptunia or anything related except for this fanfic and the OCs.
Authors Notes: Raymondtan050 here, yeah…. Sorry for the delay in the update. Schoolwork + exams + other stuff + assignment= not enough time to write a chapter. But, as of recent the workload has been lightened, hence this chapter is produced!Please enjoy (bows).
Chapter 2
Place: Inside monster cave
(Ray's POV)
It has been a while since I entered the cave. As I ventured deeper into the cave while cutting up the hordes of monsters that came at me which includes Ms. Clyde, Clyde, Pixelvader, Super Otaku and Contracted Angel. As time passed, I noticed something weird and decided to discuss it with Sloth.
'Hey Sloth, does this dungeon feels like something weird is going on?' I sent the thought to Sloth.
Sloth answered me while playing his games: 'What's weird with this place?'
I answered him: 'The numbers of the monsters is the weird thing here. Even though I've cut down quite a number of monsters, they are still coming at me like there is no end to them. Besides that, I think I felt something familiar down here in this cave.'
'What are you talking about, Ray? You know I hate to think about difficult things.'
'Well, I think that someone that we may be an acquaintance with have been speeding up the spawn rates of the monsters in this cave.'
'An acquaintance of us, you don't mean her? No, wait, I can sense it as well, but this is not the real her.' Sloth has stopped playing at this point and started getting serious.
'Anyway Ray, be on high alert. Even though we are not facing the real her, she may still pose some serious threat to us if you're not careful enough. Also, be ready to use THAT if the situation gets dire.'
'Noted.' After that, I gripped tightly onto my weapons and ventured on deeper while trying to avoid the monster hordes to prevent too much stamina consumption.
After five minutes deeper into the cave, I saw some remains from a fight. As I investigated the remaining trails from the fight, Sloth decided to pipe up.
'Hey, Ray. These marks, do you think it could be…'
'Yeah, these are the marks of a risky monster. I hope whoever fought that monster managed to finish it off or else we have a tough fight on our hands.'
After the conversation, I looked around and found someone's footprints leading deeper into the cave. I decided to trail those footprints to see if I could team up with them on this quest to make the investigation of this cave easier.
After a while, I heard the sound of some people fighting in front of me. At that moment, I decided to hasten my steps and check what is going on but as I closed up with them, I heard some voices. Among those voices, I recognized two of them which are all too familiar for me. It was a real shock for me as I had only expected to hear one of the owner's voice only but I did not expect the other one to be here as well.
"No way, why is she here as well! She should be at Celestia, not down here! Goddess damnit!"
As I recognized the owner of those voices, I hasten my footsteps. As I continued further, I load my mana into the barrel of my gunblade on my left hand and gripped onto the katana on my right hand as I realize that I am going to face one of the toughest battles in a while.
(Neptune's POV)
"Hello to those reading this fanfic! This is your adorably cute amnesiac Neptune speaking!"
Iffy screamed at me: "Nep! Stop breaking the fourth wall and spacing off in the middle of a fight!"
The witch/hag that came out of nowhere and claimed to know me just moments ago is still attacking the three of us increased her attack pace while laughing dramatically: "Is that the best you can do, Neptune! Even with your human friends by your side, you still can't deal a single blow to me!"
Iffy and me were parrying the hag's thrust as hard as we can when we heard Compa yelling: "Nep-Nep! Iffy! Take cover!"
The two of us immediately listened to her and jumped to the sides when a laser that is about an-arm-thick shot pass us and headed straight for the hag.
To our surprise, the hag simply hold her hand up and created a shield from her mana within an instant and blocked Compa's shot.
At that point, we had no more strength or stamina left in our bodies to continue fighting. The old hag realized this as well and taunted us even more: "Well, well. Even the mighty Neptune has fallen down to her knees in front of me. Now then, I will be taking back the Key Fragment,"
The old hag was walking up to me when suddenly a voice rang out of nowhere: "Flame Pillar!"
(End of Chapter 2)
Neptune: "Wait a Nepping second! This chapter is going to end here already? I mean, we only got a few lines only and this is a Neptunia fanfic for goddess's sake! Author, I demand an explaination immediately!"
If: "Nep, at least you have the last of the chapter written in your POV but I only get one line only!"
Compa: "Author-san, please answer us this instant or I will have to ask you with my syringe right now."(smiling innocently)
Raymondtan050: "Sorry, the author you are asking for is not available. Please read and review. Please try to contact him next chapter. Thank you for your patience."