Disclaimer: I do not own any of the material of the Hyperdimension Neptunia series or the Halo series in this story as they belong to Microsoft, Compile and Idea Factory…
The Rookie
Location: Unknown...
'Ugggh... Huh?' Rookie woke up in the middle of a nowhere as he noticed something familiar. 'Is this... the Graveyard?' He appeared in the Gamindustri Graveyard as he stood up and walked through the darkness and he saw monsters in front of them. He quickly gets his Gun-Blade but it was gone then he realized that the monsters has no interest of him as he walks through a pack of monsters but they didn't even care. 'What the hell is going on?' Then he heard a familiar voice.
"NEPTUNE!" It was Nepgear's voice.
'Nepgear?!' Rookie ran, following the voice as he enters the area that he found her but something was different, what he saw was four girls scattered around a lady with a scythe, knocked out as the last girl was next to one of them. 'Nepgear?'
"Neptune... *Sob* Big sis... Wake up..." She was panicking and crying of Big sister.
"Awww~ What a little child, all alone. In a cold, stormy day" The lady teased and Nepgear stared at her.
"Y-you monster! you'll pay this, Magic!" Nepgear shouted to the lady, Magic.
"Pay for what?" Magic questions. "I'm just doing my duties to revive our goddess that will recreate Gamindustri" Then she raised her scythe. "And nobody will stop us"
'NO!' He have nothing but his fists, he charged at Magic and punched her but... It phased right through her. 'What?' He has no idea what just happened as he turn around, he saw Nepgear fell to the ground, lifeless. 'NEPGEAR!'
Magic dusts off her armor, putting her scythe on her shoulder then three huge figures came out the shadows. The one that he familiar with was CFW Judge but the others are different, the first looks like a gundam mech with a flaming sword and the second was a big fat yellow pig or lizard with saliva on his mouth with a long-ass tongue which Rookie felt disgusted of... That appearance...
Then the four stare at him like he was there.
"This is only a dream you see three years ago, Rookie" Magic spoke.
'What? How did she know my name?'
"You always wanted to protect your close friends but... You can't save them all" All of them smirked. "But your life in this world is only the beginning..."
'What is she talking about?' Then Magic throws a red power symbol crystal at his feet and glows bright red, blinding him. 'What the hel-' Then everything went white for Rookie.
Location: The High Hill
Four days after drop...
After that weird dream, Rookie woke up in the same spot he fell asleep with IF, it was daytime with birds chirping, flowers began to bloom, it was a beautiful, sunny day. Rookie look around for IF as he saw her, without her oversize jacket and with her black tank top and her shorts, snuggling herself against his left arm and she happily slept with him. 'Awww, she's cute' Rookie can't stand her sleeping cuteness but suddenly...
"Ooooh~ Looks like IF actually seems to like you, Rookie~" It was RED, he around again and saw Nepgear, Compa and RED right next to... Lets just say 'a couple'... They were surprised and shocked to see them together.
"Wow... Iffy seems to be enjoying herself with you, Rook-Rook" Compa commented.
"Yeah..." Nepgear has no word to describe this.
'Well... This. Is awkward...' Rookie sweatdropped and IF's waking up.
"Umm... Mmm... Uhhh-huh?" IF's eyes were half opened as her hair was very messy with a few grass clips on her. "*Yawn!* Good morning, Rookie..." She greeted.
"Good morning to you, sleepyhead~"
"Huh? Rookie, why's your voice so- wait..." Her eyes snapped open as it wasn't Rookie voice but RED's voice, she saw the three girls as they stared at her, surprised and shocked then a awkward silent moment.
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"...Uhhh... Morning, ladies..." IF shyly waved her as RED widely smile at her and spoke.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. IF, IF, IF~ You can't hide your feelings from us and your lover, forever~" RED teased while she smiled as IF blush like a tomato again.
"SHUT UP, RED!" She yelled, scaring the birds out of the lone tree.
After a few minutes of a awkward moment, IF brushed her hair and put on her oversized jacket, they pack their camp and head to the block dungeon as RED wished that she has a camera so she can take a picture of Rookie and IF, sleeping together.
Location: The World Labyrinth
As they were camped last night on the Huge Hill, they continued their journey to find the Lowee's Mascot in a block dungeon as they enter The World Labyrinth, a place filled with colorful blocks... And monsters as well.
*PEW!* *PEW!* *PEW!* Rookie fired his Gun-Blade as he and the girls were ambushed by a bunch of living blocks, Terists and Vaders.
"Rookie! Your six!" IF shouted, Rookie turned to his back and saw a Minivader charging towards him then...
'FORE!' Rookie shouted and kicked the Minivader into a block wall hard enough that it exploded into tiny, little pixels.
"Nice kick, Rookie" IF approved as he nodded and continued fighting. Nepgear was dealing with the Terists with her Beam-Saber supported by RED, Compa and IF.
"Demon Flames!" IF summoned flames under a few monsters as they were set on fire and disappeared after they died.
"Take a load of THIS!" RED performed Amusement Dance against a Terist, hitting it with a red yo-yo then her frisbee as she use her small hammer, pounding to the ground and send it flying into the sky as it falls, she smacked it with a book... RED finished it off with a book... A FUCKING BOOK!
'Wow... She smacked it with a book' Rookie has no word of that skill as he sliced a Lionvader in half without even looking as he look over to Nepgear and saw a Spacevader coming at her from behind as she was too busy dealing what's in front of her, Rookie sniped the Spacevader as she frighten by the shot and looked behind her, seeing a Spacevader disappeared in front of her.
"Goodness... Thank you, Rookie" Nepgear thanked him, relieved as Rookie nodded and they continued the fight till there's no monsters left.
Twenty minutes later...
After that intense ambushed, IF, Nepgear and RED only got several scratches, the monsters has no chance to damage Rookie thanks to his ODST training skills and his Gun-Blade. After Compa healed the three girls, they continued their search for the Lowee's Mascot through The World Labyrinth as they took ten minutes of searching till RED shouted.
BGM: $100 - Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"Hey guys! Mascot spotted!"
"Phew, we made it here first" Compa wiped a sweat as the Mascot heard their voices and questioned.
"Mmm? Who's there?" The Mascot turned around and saw them right in front of it.
"Hello. Sorry to intrude but we want to ask for your help. Can you please lend us your aid?" Nepgear asked.
"Is that... Neptune? No, no... You resemble her but your aura is unmistakably different..." The Mascot examined her appearance as she looks like Neptune but different.
"Hmm? You know my sister?" Nepgear was surprised about the Lowee's Mascot knowing her sister.
"Your sister, huh? Hmm, I see. You must be her younger sister" The Mascot correct itself.
'Wait, how the hell does this Mascot knows her big sister?' Rookie wondered as the Mascot explains.
"I know Neptune very well. She was the one who ask me to stay here, after all" This made IF questioned.
"Wait... Why would the Planeptune's CPU gives orders to Lowee's Mascot?" She wondered.
BGM: Tear Drop - Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"Unfortunately, Lowee has no Mascot. ASIC made sure of that" The Mascot answered.
"Then, you are-" Compa was cut off.
"Yes, I was originally one of the Planeptune's Mascots until I came here on Neptune's behest" The Mascot continued. "She asked that I ensure prosperity for Lowee, a land that lost all its Mascots..." It explained.
'That makes proper sense'
"Neptune..." Nepgear muttered.
"And that said, I cannot help you. It will go against the order your own sister gave me or... Do you wish to ignored your sister's commands and force me to come along with you?" The Mascot threatened her.
"Th-that's... But Neptune's being captive, so... Um, well, I mean we should-" Nepgear started to panic.
"Sorry. Perhaps my words are a bit harsh to you" The Mascot apologized. "But that's not the reason why I must remain here. The Lowee Oracle gave me a very important mission, I must not abandon this duty no matter what"
"Well I guess I recall something that the Oracle said to us. What exactly is this important mission you're talking about?" IF asked.
"Well my-" Before the Mascot explains its important mission, Linda came out of nowhere spotted the Mascot and readies her iron pipe.
BGM: Warechu's Theme - Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"HA! I found you! You're mine, Mascot!" This shocked the group as they glared at Linda.
"*Gasp!* Underling finally caught up!" RED gasped.
"What the- How the hell you idiots find this place?!" Linda angrily questioned.
"Mwahahaha! We beat you here after we eavesdropped on your phone!" RED evilly laughed.
"...Dude... That's really low... Not very... CPU-like at all, you know..." Linda wasn't surprised.
"Well it's your fault for talking so loud on the phone!" IF pointed out. "And now that we're here, we won't let you touch the Mascot"
"Tch, You broads are too naive. Why would you think that I took so long? I came prepared this time!" Linda threw three dark discs and summoned three knight-looking, Icy Hedgehogs.
"Uh-oh... Look at all those Misters Monsters!" Compa trembled as the girls ready themselves for battle.
"Looks like we got a fight on our hands, let's quickly take them out!" IF shouted as the girls agreed and engaged the Icy Hedgehogs.
"Hehehehehe" Linda evilly giggled. "Yeah, have fun with them. In the meantime..."
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"I gonna do a little chat with the Mascot~" Linda smiley whispered as she walks towards the Mascot with her iron pipe.
'Oh no you don't!' Rookie jumps in the front of the Mascot and grabbed his Gun-Blade.
"Oh great, it's YOU again! Get outta the way, punk! You're in my way!" Linda shouted but Rookie didn't respond. "Oh... You want take the hard, huh? Well..." She pointed her iron pipe at him. "BRING IT ON, ASSHOLE!" She swored.
BGM: Decisive Battle - Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
Linda charged at Rookie as she clashes her iron pipe but soon blocked by his Gun-Blade.
*CLASH!" Rookie knocked her back and starts firing his Gun-Blade, Semi mode.
*PEW!* *PEW!* *PEW!* Linda dodges the laser shots, evading left and right towards Rookie, preparing for a uppercut with her iron.
*CRACK!* Rookie's lower part of his helmet cracked as Linda swings her iron pipe and hits the helmet's visor.
*CRACK!* His left visor cracks, his motion sensor and his grenade count started to go static as he lost balance and felled to his knees.
"Wow~ Is that all you got? HA! You're a joke!" Linda taunted but Rookie wasn't very happy, especially his visor as he growled.
'You... You broke my visor, you BITCH!' Rookie was pissed as he swore, he kicked her in the stomach and knocking her back a few meters away from him, felled to the ground.
"Heh..." Linda smirked, she got up and grabbed her iron pipe. "I think it's time to try something" Then she bring a red crystal out of her pocket, it has a power symbol in it and it's glowing red.
'Wait...' Rookie remembered that crystal from his dream. 'Is that the crystal Magic threw at me?' He wondered.
"If you don't know what this is, it's a Anti-Crystal. My awesome, badass boss gave it to me, He told me to use it against you" Linda explained. "With this thing, I can easily defeat you with your friends too busy dealing with those monster!"
'Shit, I didn't know she came THAT prepared!' Then Linda breaks the Anti-Crystal as her aura glows crimson.
"WOW! This is amazing! This... Power... Is incredible!" She had no word then she glared at him. "Here I come!" Then she charges at Rookie as she raised her iron pipe, he use his Gun-Blade to block it but was soon tricked as Linda swings her iron pipe at his legs, tripping himself to the ground. "This might hurt a little s- Who am I kidding! This will hurt a LOT!" And Linda slams her iron pipe at his chest.
"GAAAAHH!" He quietly screamed in pain as his chest plate cracked.
"Hehehehe, Looks like you're out~" Linda smirked. "Now that you're out of the way, I'm gonna have a little chat with the Mascot"
"*Pat* *Pat* No... Don't... Black... out..." He tried to get up but he felled, unconscious. Only he saw was Linda smashing the defenseless Mascot.
END BGM
With Nepgear and the others...
After having a difficult time with the Icy Hedgehogs, they were victorious.
"We did it!" Nepgear cheered. "Is the Mascot okay?" She asked as Compa looked around the area and saw nothing.
"I... I think the Mascot disappeared" Compa answered.
"Hahahahaha! Disappeared alright! I destroyed it while you four were busy dealing with my monsters!" Linda shouted as they stared at her, she was next to a block-like portal gateway. "Oh! I almost forgot, I ALSO beat up your close friend that save you a lot!" She pointed at the unconscious Rookie lying near the smashed Mascot.
BGM: Tear Drop - Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"*GASP!* THE MASCOT/ROOKIE!" The four girls shouted different lines as they ran to the unconscious Rookie and the remains of the Lowee's Mascot.
"We weren't fast enough..." RED saddened.
"This..." Nepgear picked up the Mascot's remaining pieces. "Is the disc that housed the Mascot... It's in pieces..."
"Rookie still alive" IF whipsered as checked Rookie's pulse, she called the nurse. "Compa! He needs medical attention!"
"Coming!" Compa ran as fast as she can, she started looking in her nurse pouch as IF stood up and glared at Linda.
"I hope you realize what you done. We won't let you run away this time!" She pointed her qatars at Linda as she acted surprised.
"Oh? Are you sure you have the time to waste on me? With the Mascot gone, it's gonna be release..."
"Um... What is?" Compa asked as Linda rolled her eyes.
"This gateway contains the machines that was seal away to another dimension by the Mascot" She explained. "Now with the Mascot been destroyed, the Killachines are back, bitches!" The portal sudden sparked then it sparked faster and faster then a blue portal and summoned a grounded, large, red war machine carrying a red mace and a red axe.
BGM: Suspense Game - Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
"Whoa! What is that thing? It looks so amazing like... A super robot used in war!" RED sparkled.
"So the mission that the Mascot had was to keep these things from becoming active!" IF figured.
"Hehehehe, now that one Killachine made it through, we can release a ton of these at once and Lowee will surrender to us overnight!" The Linda ordered the Killachine. "GO, KILLACHINE! Rid me of these noisy brats once and for all!"
"Get ready!" Nepgear ready herself but...
END BGM
"..." The Killachine wasn't activate...
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"...Uuuuuuuh..."
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"It's not moving..." RED commented.
"Just gimme a sec, woulda?" Linda then knocking the Killachine's armor. "Yo, Killachine? Hey dude..."
"..." It didn't respond.
"Maybe it got rusted from being sealed for so long" Compa said.
"That's not funny, why is this happening? After all the preparing for a badass setup just for a crappy old machine!" Then she growled and kicked the machine. "Move it, scraphead!"
*Bonk* Then electricity came out the Killachine.
*Vrrrrrrr!* It began to float up as its visor turned and glowed red.
"Yeah! Now that's what I'm talking about!" Linda cheered.
"How archaic. It must be a old machine if you fix it with a couple of solid kicks" IF commented.
"Shut up! Who cares, as long as it ends up working?! Go get them, Killachine!" She ordered the Killachine as it roared like the Guardians from Halo 5 (Don't rant me on that...)
*ROAR!* Its visor were focused on the girls, it slammed its axe on them as they dodge its attack.
"Take this!" RED jumped and slammed her book on the Killachine's head.
*Bonk!* It only did a tiny amount of damage to it as it growled.
"Uh-oh..." Then RED got smacked by its mace as she zooms across the girls. "Ahhhhhhh! *CRASH!*" She crashed into a block wall.
"RED!" Nepgear shouted to her as she glared at the machine. "Time to get serious. HDD ACTIVATE!" She shouted as she transformed into Purple Sister and the three girls engaged the Killachine.
With RED...
After getting smacked and crashed into a block wall, smoke began to clear, seeing RED stuck on the wall then felled to the ground.
"*Thud!* Owie..." She slowly stood up as she shook her face and dust off her clothes, she saw Nepgear, IF and Compa fighting the Killachine. "Oh no, my wifeys are in trouble! What should I do?!" She panick but suddenly stopped as she saw Rookie's Gun-Blade lying next to her then she got herself a idea. "This might be useful. May I borrow this? Thank you, Iffy's future husby~" She borrowed Rookie's Gun-Blade as she examined the gun, it was set in Charge mode but weirdly, it has a E.M.P shot, locked and loaded. "Hmmm? I wonder what this 'E.M.P' shot can do?" RED pointed the Gun-Blade at the Killachine's head as she charges up the shot, it blasted a lobbed E.M.P shot but... "Eek!" RED is a small girl and the Gun-Blade Charge mode has strong recoil that she knocked herself back to the block wall, dropping the Gun-Blade as the lobbed shot flies towards the Killachine.
Back with Nepgear and the others...
BGM: Suspense Game - Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2
Meanwhile with the others, they seem to be in trouble as their attacks do little damage to the Killachine.
"Crap! This thing has strong armor!" IF commented.
"It's hard to tell if our attacks are even affecting it..." Nepgear replied.
"What should we do?" Compa panicking asked.
"We should-DUCK!" IF turned around and saw a lobbed shot coming in fast as she ducked but Nepgear and Compa was confused.
"Huh? Duck-WHOA!" Both of them noticed it as they ducked, the lobbed shot flies over the girls and directly hit the Killachine.
*BOOM!* It blasted electricity all over the Killachine as it shuts down immediately, everyone was shocked.
END BGM
"WHAT THE HELL?! How can it get shut down by a single E.M.P shot?!" Linda furiously complained.
"Hey, girls!" Nepgear, IF and Compa turned around, seeing RED waving at them, smiling and it seem that she recovered from the recoil knock back.
"I can't believe we got saved by RED..." IF muttered, sweatdropping.
"So what were you saying, Iffy?" Compa asked.
"What I saying was we need to pull back for now and see if the Oracle has any advice" She explained.
"What's this? Running away? Go ahead, I wanted to see you all flee in terror!" Linda grinned. "Not like that it really matters, you'll be smashed into goo either way... Unless the machine gets back online, though..." She muttered.
"Oooh, challenge accepted! I'll never turn tail against anything that threatens my wifeys!" RED was right next to them without notice.
'What the goodness?! How did she get here so fast?' Nepgear wondered.
"Ignore her! If she letting us go, we've got to take advantage of that! Come on, hurry, grab the remaining pieces of the Mascot and get Rookie!" IF demanded.
"I'll get the pieces!" Compa nodded, ran to the broken Mascot and put in a bag.
"I'll get Rookie!" Nepgear in her HDD, she flies towards Rookie and carried him.
"Come on, RED!" IF shouted as RED growled and pointed her finger at Linda.
"Grrr! Don't you worry, I'll beat you up real good!" Then everyone gotten away.
Elsewhere...
After carrying Rookie and the broken Mascot, they seem that they lost them.
"Phew, we're safe for now..." Compa wiped a sweat.
"Yeah... Let's get Rookie to the Basilicom and meet up with the Oracle. If more of those machines appear, we'll be in for a really long night..." IF pointed and everyone nodded then they headed out of The World Labyrinth to the Lowee's Basilicom.
Author's notes:
Okay... Looks like I caught her. *He drags a tied up Neptune who struggle*
Neptune: No fair, Ace! Why would you use your HDD to get me?!
...Are you spoiling my True Identity?! *He pointed his personal Prophet's Bane at her*
Neptune: Wow... What happened to "Spoiling your True Identity" *She smiled*
I hate you...
Neptune: I love you too, Ace~ *She pouted*
*Groaned* SO ANYWAY! There will be a huge delay because I got school assessments to deal with. I always do my school work first before continuing the story.
Neptune: Nepu! You didn't noted about Mister Rookie getting beat up! *She cried*
Okay! Long story, short, I don't want to make Rookie too overpowered even if he is a rookie. There! Happy? *Neptune nodded*