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Bold is for attacks

Excel's POV

When we ended our vacation and went back to Planeptune, Uni and Nepgear were both pestering me. I just smiled and nodded.

We were about to enter Planeptune tower when the ground started to shake.

"What the heck?"

"What's going on?!"

"Let's go inside." Nepgear said "Maybe Histoire will know."

We headed in and found the little fairy buzzing around franticly.

"Histoire, what happened?" Nepgear asked.

"There was an earthquake." She said "It originated in the Gamindustri Graveyard."

"Yeah that's not suspicious at all." I mocked "You want us to go check it out."

"Oh no, I could never ask you all to go back there."

"We'll go." Nepgear said "We'll just check it out and come back."

"If our sisters can't go than we will." Uni affirmed.

"Very well." Histoire said "Go to the teleporter when you're ready."

We all stepped in and the oracle fired up the machine.

"Good Luck everyone."

I blinked and we were back in the Gamindustri Graveyard.

"Home sweet home." I laughed.

"This place is still scary." Rom said.

"Let's just get this over with." Uni said.

We walked deeper into the graveyard then we did last time, looking for anything out of the ordinary.

"Hey did it just get really dark all the sudden?" Ram asked.

"Yeah…."

We all turned around, and there was a giant rat there, like…this size of a building big.

"Holy crap!"

"Mr. Mouse got big…"

"What could have caused that?" I asked.

"What you're seeing before you is a fragment of our Deity's power." A mature, womanly voice said.

On a nearby ledge was a woman, long purple hair tied in pigtails, wearing little clothing and carrying a large scythe.

"It's you!" Nepgear yelled.

"Ahh the one who got away."

"Nepgear who is that?"

"Three years ago." Nepgear gulped "She's the one that beat all of us…by herself. Her name…is Magic."

"One person…took down four candidates." Uni shivered

"How troublesome." Magic sighed "well I suppose I will eliminate all of you now."

Magic stood up and lifted her scythe.

"Get ready!" I yelled transforming.

"HAAA!"

The other transformed…I remember it, it all happened so fast. Magic flicked her wrist, and with one swing of her scythe sent out a crippling wave, that knocked us all to the floor in defeat.

"She's…so strong." Uni groaned.

"It's happening again." Nepgear cried.

"Well then, time to die!" Magic lifted her scythe again ready to bring it crashing down.

"NO!" I got up and blocked her sickle.

"Excel!"

"Run now…" I said sternly "I'll buy you guys some time."

"No!" Uni yelled "We're not gonna leave you here!"

I chuckled "For a man like me…there is no greater honor than to die defending a woman. Now I said run!"

"You'll all die!"

Magic pulled her scythe.

I can't block her again…this is it.

"HYAAAA!"

"GAH!" Magic hissed as a spear sliced her arm.

"You should be the one running."

I looked up and saw Vert floating down with her were the other three goddesses.

"Back so soon." Magic smirked.

"You don't possibly think you can take on all of us do you?" Neptune said "Walk away."

"Very well…I'll withdraw for now but be prepared, you end is nigh."

Magic flew off and the rest of us got off the floor.

"How embarrassing." I said turning back to normal.

"That was close." Blanc said "Good thing she bought it."

"What do you mean?" Nepgear asked.

"So tired…" Noire hissed."

"That was closer than I'd have liked." Vert said "Had she not bought it…"

"You guys still exhausted?" Uni asked.

"I'm 25% at best." Noire said "With the countries in the state they are now, we're mostly just deadweight."

"So umm…what's with the big rat?" Neptune asked.

"Magic said it was a fragment of the Deity of Sin." I told them.

"Well that fragment is headed towards the mainland." Nepgear said.

"Wait that direction…?"

"AHHHH!" Vert and I yelled.

"What are you two screaming for?"

"Hurry up!" we said running "He's heading towards Leanbox!"

Later

We chased that big ass rat all the way back to my home and found it stomping around the Gapin Fields.

"Let's take it down before it causes a problem." I said.

"It's a fragment of the Deity of Sin so be careful."

We were all already transformed as we had flown here from the Graveyard.

"CHU!"

The rat was stomping around throwing trees and rocks.

"He's making a mess of my land!" I growled "Take him down!"

I was the first to go in I slid forward and stabbed his leg.

"CHU!"

"GAH!" the rat swatted me and threw me a pretty long distance.

"Got ya!" Uni grabbed me and flew me back into the fight.

"HAAAA!"

The Rat was knocked off his feet when Blanc hammer slammed into its legs.

"Sylhet Spear!"

Vert's attack knocked the rat off its feet.

"Trifold Stinger!"

The mouse fell on its face, shaking the ground and knocking those of us not flying over.

"Jeez what a pain in my ass." I growled "Get off my land!"

Jeez I sound like a cranky old man.

I stabbed the rat and tried to lift him but…he was extremely heavy, I couldn't get him off the floor.

I've lifted things that looked heavy than this…what the heck?"

I jumped back; rubbing my back "Pulled a muscle."

Uni and Nepgear both flew passed and shot at the rat.

"CHU!"

The rat was swatting at the two flying girls like the scene from that one movie with the giant monkey…Queen Qing…something like that.

A large cube of ice flew passed and slammed into the rat's face. Immediately Neptune and Noire flew in and slashed it.

"Chu….Ugh."

The rat fell forward and passed out, shirking to normal size.

Incredible…with our sisters help this thing wasn't too tough, still just one fragment gave the nine of us a run…what the hell can the whole thing do.

"Let's get back to Planeptune." Purple Heart said "There is more to this than meets the eye…"

AN

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