Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth: Generation of True Gods
Chapter 7: Lowee Part 1: Something is Different?
Disclaimer: I don't own Hyperdimension Neptunia or it's characters. The story and OCs are mine.
AN: Hey everybody, it's been a while hasn't it?
Tetsuya: No, it hasn't. It's been a frickin' year, Author!
Aoko: Yeah!
Akako: Have you been neglecting us!
Arisa: Oh my, oh my, Author...
AN: N-No, I have not! I had writer's block and been thinking about future ideas too, you know!
Everybody except AN: *SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
AN: Stop with the *STARE*! Alright, alright, let's get into the chapter! Get reading, viewers!
-Lowee-
After collecting the Lastation's Mascot's power, the group traveled onward to the snowy Lowee. And the very first thing they did in Lowee was enter (in Red's case, she jumped through) the gate leading into the place. The buildings were colorful and beautiful to look at. As expected, snow came down almost everywhere. At a far distance, they saw a huge, white building that looked similar to the Neptower. That was clearly the Basilicom.
Red ran and jumped to the entrance before raising her hands. "Here I am, Lowee! And I made it here first, so I win!" Everybody else followed Red.
Nepgear shivered but looked around and said, "Wow… It's so… cold, but the scenery really takes your breath away…" Her breaths turned into mist that quickly faded in seconds.
Arisa came next to Nepgear and said to her. "Yep, Lowee's the only nation to have not only snow but also the most beautiful sceneries of Gamindustri."
"Really?"
Arisa nodded. Nepgear then noticed something weird though, "But Arisa-san…"
"Yeah?"
Nepgear looked at her and said "Aren't you cold?" She gave Arisa a questioning stare.
"…" Arisa blinked and blinked and a few seconds later-
"It's so cold!" She shivered and hugged her arms. Her nostril had mucus going down from the left side.
Nepgear looked at her with widened eyes. "Eh!? You just noticed?"
Tetsuya came next to Arisa and sighed. "Yeesh, it's not that cold, you guys are just a bunch of babies."
"S-Says the one… who's dressed more lightly than the rest of us!" Arisa yelled at the bored boy. He was merely wearing his usual outfit: a black shirt with an unbuttoned blue shirt worn above it, cargo pants, and a few accessories. He was not even cold at all; in fact he was warm, very warm.
They continued to argue until Compa suggested something to the group. "Lowee is covered in snow all year. We should all buy some warm undies to keep the cold away!"
The idea was great but IF said to her. "Only if we have time to spare. We need to gather info, pronto."
"I agree. To the Guild, then?" Nepgear asked.
"No. Straight to the Basilicom. I haven't heard anything bad about the Oracle here, so we'll be fine." IF said and looked at Arisa.
"Arisa, you know where the Basilicom is at?"
"Yeah, been here a bunch of times, even met her, follow me everybody!"
"…Where the heck did your complaining go to all of a sudden?" Tetsuya sweat-dropped as he looked at her.
"…" A nearby 'bystander' gazed at the group as they followed Arisa. After a while, they followed behind the group while clutching at something in their pockets.
...
-Later-
While following Arisa, Red pointed at a crowd.
"Lookit, ladies! Someone's making a real commotion. Let's check it out!" Red said as she ran to the group of people.
"Oh! What is it, what is it!"
"I want to look..." Akako and Aoko started jogging to the crowd. IF sighed.
"We don't have time to get sidetracked, so…huh? That's…" She saw someone familiar in the middle of the crowd.
"Step right up, folks! The fun and magical ASIC team is here to spread the good word!" The green hair, those sharp red eyes, and the mouse clothing made it obvious who the person is: a certain side- tracked villain.
"Join ASIC today and you'll get instant access to any and all games you want to play, for free!" The people ignored her; seeing that she dropped the happy facade and reverted to her true personality.
"*Sigh* Why the hell do I have to do the sales pitch grunt work? Passing out flyers and crap…"
She crumpled the papers and yelled out loud. "I wouldn't have gotten stuck doing this if it weren't for those stupid brats!"
Calmly and gently, the Nurse tapped the Underling's shoulder. "Excuse me, are we the brats you're talking about?"
She smirked and threw a hand. "Yeah, the dumb blonde chick, the transforming baby, the snob, and the 'wifey' muscle head. Also, the pink head guy, the old lady, and the bratty duo."
IF still had a smile (albeit scary) on her face as she said, "Snob, huh? I didn't know that having proper manners came across that way."
"*Sigh* Transforming baby…? Do I really look that little?"
"Wifey muscle head? Don't be hatin' just because you're not on my hit list!" Red pouted.
"…Pink head guy…" A vein bulged out on his hand.
"Just because we're twins doesn't mean we're brats!"
"Yeah!"
"…Old hag huh…" A tick mark emerged on Arisa's forehead as she smiled.
"Uh-huh…" Finally, she realized something and turned around, then immediately backed off a distance.
"H-Hey, it's you all! Oh, what the hell!? When'd you get here!? How'd you find me!?"
"We weren't looking for you, but this commotion makes you stand out. And now we can't let you get away." IF said, holding anger in her calm, sweet voice.
"You've been a naughty girl, huh? I'm gonna have to punish you!" Apparently, Red wasn't offended at all and said childish things to the Underling who backed out.
She panicked, knowing she was going to fight eight people. "Dammit, this could be real bad…" She looked to the side and yelled. "Hey, you! Stray kid!" She ran to the child.
It was a young girl who looked like she was in elementary school. Overall, she had a cute outfit of light blue, white, and gray colors.
"Huh?" She looked to the side but it was too late as the Underling grabbed hold of her; she shrieked at the touch.
"Don't move, you're my ticket outta this mess. Heh, you all better not try anything, or the kid gets it!" She pointed her weapon to them as they walked slowly away from them.
IF clicked her tongue in disgust at her. "Back to basics, huh? How cliché."
"Let her go! She has nothing to do with any of this!" Nepgear stepped in.
The Underling retaliated by yelling at them. "Shaddap! ASIC is all about playing dirty, y'know? Now, if you'll excuse me…" She continued walking slowly till she could find the right timing to escape.
"*Sob, sob* Help me, Ram…!" The girl cried out as she got pulled away by the Underling.
Compa shivered. "Wh-What should we do!? Miss Underling just kidnapped a little girl…"
"How dare she lay her hands on such an adorable tyke! Is she planning a shotgun ceremony!? Not on my watch!" Red yelled out loud which everybody sweat-dropped at her words.
"Yeah, let's go after her!" Arisa yelled as everybody nodded and ran after her.
However, while everybody began to chase her, Tetsuya caught a familiar glimpse of pink hair bouncing through and going the opposite way of the group.
"I-Is that…!?" He looked to where the girls were at, still concentrating on the Underling and the hostage.
"...!" He hesitated but he decided to follow his desire to chase the pink-haired person, thinking that they would be fine with Arisa and IF.
"That person… could it be?" He muttered while he ran to the direction the pink-haired person went to. The bystander followed him, quietly following his shadow.
As everybody disappeared from the scene that was caused on the casual, energetic Lowee street, a girl identical to the hostage appeared and said out loud with pose, looking for someone.
She pouted. "Rom? Hey, Rom? Jeez, where'd you go…? I said to stay right here…" Then, a pillar of light appeared from where she was standing and a whole new different girl appeared and flew off to the sky going in the direction of the group.
The girl, for some reason, had almost the exact appearance of the same girl who had been kidnapped by the evil Underling. The only difference was the color light blue was replaced with pink that had the color of Tetsuya's natural hair color and her normal shiny brown hair was way longer than the light blue-colored clothes girl.
…
The group could see the Underling cutting corners when they would see her and kept chasing her while ignoring the other things around which was the reason they forgot about the only male member of the group. The area they were in wasn't quite big so they could still see the Underling, so they couldn't take the time to stop.
Thinking she lost them, the Underling stopped at a secluded area.
"*Pant, pant* Okay… I should be safe here…"
"*Sob, sob* *Sniffle*" The girl still cried in the Underling's grasp. Annoyed, she tried to shut her up.
"Ugh, shut up! Quit your crying! Dammit, I need to ditch this deadweight kid…"
"Halt!" The Underling gasped, hearing Red's voice from far away.
"Oh, come on! Already!?"
"Let the kid go and you can walk away from this unharmed."
"You nuts? This kid's my ticket outta here! Or are you gonna fight me when I got a tiny human shield?"
"Um, well…"
"So what was our plan again?"
"I don't think we thought very hard about this…"
"…"
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Yes, everybody including the tactician IF had painfully stayed quiet. The only one who broke the silence was the crying voice of the kid.
"*Sob, sob* P-Please help me…"
She arrogantly laughed at their stupidity and pointed her baton at them. "Hahahahaha! You're all idiots! I mean, really? You didn't even have a plan? Give me a break!"
"As for me… I think I packed one… Yeah. Okay, come on out!" She grabbed a ball and threw it up the air which popped out a Sea Hunter. "That's your opponent for today. Just remember which of us has the upper hand this time! Hahaha!"
Nepgear stood next to IF and asked, "What the goodness should we do!? This looks bad, doesn't it…?"
"Yeah. Man, how sloppy of me to run off without a plan…" IF face palmed herself.
"Yeah, I was rushed…" Arisa rubbed her cheeks.
"We can't fight Miss Underling as long as she has Miss Hostage… Should we just run away?"
Red stood straight and shouted. "No! We'd never be able to save wifey candidate number three by running away!"
She continued to laugh loudly, if barbarically. "This situation is such a joke! I'll be the one you hear laughing as the life fades from your bodies!"
Of course the situation was broken by a shriek.
A person yelled from the sky. "Let Rom go, NOW!"
"Huh? From above?" She blankly said before looking up; a 'person' flew towards them like a missile ready to explode on the target.
The target: The Underling and the Sea Hunter
The unknown assailant, still in the air, used her weapon to make a slam on the ground. She propelled herself and struck the ground with great force.
"Blaaaaaargh!" The Underling let go of the hostage and the individual 'floated' towards the hostage.
She placed a hand on the girl's shoulder. "Rom! Are you okay!?"
Rom looked at the weird looking girl and cried even more.
"Ram! *Sob, sob* Raaaam!" She hugged her tightly.
The Underling tried to get up but to no avail; she looked shocked at them. "No freaking way! Another CPU!?"
Hearing the Underling's voice, Ram abruptly let go of their reunion hug and shouted to her. "How dare you make Rom play hostage and make her cry! You'll pay, dummy!" She tells the girl, Rom, "C'mon Rom, you activate HDD, too. Let's beat this big jerk all the way to last week!"
Rom quickly wiped her tears and nodded. "Uh-huh…" She raised her arms near her chest and breathed in and out before a pillar of light came in.
The vanishing light revealed a girl that now was identical to the girl with pink hair.
The rescuer in time had pink hair that was a tiny bit darker than Tetsuya's with bright blue eyes with a long strand part of hair over her left shoulder. The hostage that went through a transformation, now had light blue hair with the same hairstyle and pink eyes.
Both had the same power suits with white and pink as the prominent colors with long white gloves that were pink at the end and with long stripes. The only skin that showed was their shoulders and a bit of their inner thighs. Finally, the one thing that defines the CPU's appearance: Their power-symbol pupils.
The two girls, the rescuer and the hostage, were in fact the CPU Candidates of Lowee.
"Woah, they really are twins!" Akako shouted in joy.
Aoko snuggled against her sister. "Yeah, like us!"
The Underling was trying to scrape her jaw off the floor. "Wh-What in the holy crap!? Not one, but two more CPUs!? This is getting so messed up!"
"Oh, score! More wifeys-to-be!" Red squealed in joy.
"So those must be the CPU Candidates of Lowee…" Nepgear said.
IF showed a confident smile and brought out her katars. "Nothing's holding us back now. Let's show these guys who's boss!"
Everybody nodded with Red saying "Yeah, more waifus!" as they brought out their weapons. Caught up in the moment, no one, except one person, noticed Tetsuya wasn't there.
"..." She brought out her future katana and got ready. "This is going to be quick."
…
-?-
"*Huff!* *Huff!* *Huff!*" Tetsuya let out large puffs of air as he kept chasing the individual. When he spotted her, the girl's shadowed eyes gave a mischievous feeling as she skipped on the road, pushing the crowd away.
"...*HUFF!* Why is… *Ha!* she here…! What is she doing here!?" He yelled, running through an alleyway and seeing the girl's hair for a split second.
He resumed his chase. "To the left!" Reaching at the end of the road, he turned and saw another alleyway that looked like the exit.
"This has to be the end!" He shouted as he ran to the very end of the road. "Hey!"
He looked around and saw himself in a large empty area surrounded by buildings.
"What the- is this...?" He questioned until he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.
"Yeah, I lured you in, asshole." The footsteps came in closer and a quiet, irritated voice reached Tetsuya's ears.
"..." He glared at the 'girl'. The voice and the footsteps did not sound like they belong to a girl at all. It was a man. He was carrying female clothes, a newsboy cap, and a long pink wig.
'...I can't believe I fell for such a trap… but I definitely-' His thought of train was blown away by the ambusher's next words.
He dropped the stuff to the ground and pointed at the pink-haired boy. "I pretended to be 'her'... so you do know Kohane-sama, you trash!"
His brow furrowed even further, making his expression a bit scary. "...I have nothing to say to you, asshole. What do you want?"
"What do I want? What do I want?" He repeated his line as his expression changed to a mocking one.
"You know what I want." He brought out a large two-handed sword; Tetsuya immediately grabbed the handles of his twin blades.
He shouted to Tetsuya as he readied himself. "I want you dead, Yuugita Tetsuya!"
The pink haired man cracked his neck before taking his weapons out. "You know my name. So give me your name, dipshit." Tetsuya's face returned to being stoic again, but his tone indicated displeasure.
He grinned, showing broad teeth as he said, "Sure, my name is Akai. Make sure you remember it as the person that'll send you to hell!" He dashed towards Tetsuya who looked at him.
Finally, he began dashing to him. "Sure, but I won't die. I'll probably remember this as meeting the most annoying sociopath stranger that I don't even know…"
Akai screamed as his and Tetsuya's swords collided. Tetsuya let out a grunt. The blades were shaking, trying to push the other person away for a strike. Neither could manage it and backed away quickly.
Akai clicked his tongue and Tetsuya remained cool.
The girl's battle was already starting, quickly almost ending at their part while the two men's battle had started.
'This might take longer than I thought.' Tetsuya thought as Akai once again ran to him with a murderous look in his eyes and more tempestuous yelling.
'He seriously is getting on my nerves now.'
*BAM*
Once more, the swords collided, Tetsuya using both his blades to block the great sword horizontally.
What he didn't realize was the slowly enlarging top and bottom fangs of his teeth as he opened his mouth to let out an animalistic snarl.
Arisa Hoshikawa Event:
Arisa: Hey Tetsuya, wake up!
Tetsuya: Give me an hour... old hag... *snore*
Arisa:...I said WAKE UP, DAMMIT!
Tetsuya: OW! What the hell! I was having the best dream of my life!
Arisa: Oh, what was the dream!?
Tetsuya: Eating at a buffet for a week for free! And you ruined it, Arisa!
Arisa: Well, too bad! We gotta get to Lowee and put your clothes on!
Tetsuya:...Did you take my clothes, you perve-
Arisa: You should know this by now!
AN: Phew, now this chapter is done, now the next one...
Tetsuya: I'm guessing it's going to be long... right?
AN: Yep, between you and the guy mostly and to the girls!
Tetsuya: Why would you make such a weirdo in this story... he's trying to kill me or I don't even know this guy.
AN: Don't worry, you'll be fine... I guess?
Tetsuya: Yeah, yeah whatever...
Akai: I've found, Yuugita Tetsuya!
AN and Tetsuya: What the hell!
AN: Why is Akai here!?
Tetsuya: I should be asking you that!
AN: The guards should've stopped him.
Akai: I've sliced all the guards up to bits! Now fight me, Yuu-
*Door slam*
Arisa: Oh, there you guys are.
AN: Arisa! Akako and Aoko?
Arisa: Getting some candy from the store inside the theater.
Tetsuya: Hey, Author? Should we end it here?
AN: I guess. I'm still very sorry, everybody, I was thinking about ideas and I did have writer's block at the time. I hope to make it up in the next chapter!
Tetsuya: Don't make them give you pity 'kay?
AN: Well you're kind. Well, I'll see you guys in the next chapter!
Tetsuya: What should we do with the moron, slammed in the door?
AN: Leave him and lock it up.
Tetsuya: Got it.