Chapter 20: Goodbye Fat bastard!
Once inside the Basilicom the group makes haste towards the area with Mr. Badd to foil his really shitty plan… Honestly it wasn't that great.
As they push through they hear the distant voice of a rat and a fat fuck "Could they be any louder? Whatever let's knock some heads!" Alex says as he dashes off faster than before.
"Always the impatient one… C'mon, we gotta move if we wanna kick his ass before he can begin his broadcast" Maddy says as she speeds up slashing up monsters in her path.
This prompted some others to speed up as well… Minus one person…
"Waaaaaaiiiiiit for meeeeeee…!" Plutia shouts as she tries to catch up with the group.
As the group neared the room the first one to make an entrance was… Alex, actually he literally kicked the door off its hinges and ended up hitting the fat man himself.
"Arghh! Who would dare interrupt me!" Mr. Badd yelled in anger at being hit with a flying door "That would be me, fattie!" Alex announced as he made his entrance.
"Lucky cunt… Oh well. This is where the fun begins..." James says as he joins his friend, weapon at the ready. Maddy joined the two with a sigh at their general idiocy.
"I knew I was forgetting a few heads when I had the CPUs imprisoned… No matter, you will all be dealt with soon enough" Mr. Badd says as he fixes up his suit.
"We made it in time," Noire says as she makes it through the door with Blanc and Neptune following close behind.
"Minister…!" Was that supposed to be threatening, Blanc? Because honestly, it sounded… well, cute, she's going to kill me later for that…
"You're alllllll meanies…" Plutia says with a pout as she finally catches up to everyone. Noire looks at the slow and sleepy girl with a sigh "Please try and keep up with us, Plutia..." She says to the girl "Buuuuuut you allllll move toooo fast…" Plutia complains which just prompts another sigh from the twin-tailed girl.
"The CPUs!? Dammit!" Mr. Badd says in surprise at the appearance of the CPUs… Did you forget to take your medication, old man? Anyone with a brain could've seen this coming a mile away once those three had arrived.
"What the author said! Or is he the narrator? It's so confusing..." Well, finding someone else to narrate is pretty difficult… I could just give some first person perspective and let it roll on… but that is saved for lone wolf missions… Or when I feel like doing it.
"How rude of you! And no I did not forget my medication! I just did not expect those three to have managed to free the CPUs when the place was under heavy security!" 1 guard isn't 'heavy' security…
"Screw this! I don't care anymore. I'm gonna bounce!" Warechu says in a slight panic.
"We won't let you! Plutia, go!" Noire says to the air-headed CPU.
"Oookey-dokey. Whee…!" Plutia says as she transforms into my potential new best friend… What? I reckon given the circumstances, some alcohol (maybe) and a few hours of banter and shit, we would get along really well…
Plutia grabs the rat by the tail before he can scramble off to wherever he was going to go "Lovely. I've captured the filthy little rodent," she says with a smirk on her face.
"Hey, no fair! L-Let go of me! Lemme go, chu!" Warechu says in a panic as he tries to get out of the sadistic CPU's grip.
"You mustn't struggle, little one. If you behave, I won't hurt you," Plutia says to the poor rat.
"Wh-What're you gonna do to me?! Certain animal rights groups ain't gonna like how you touch me…!" The rat says in a panic. Plutia just continues to smile at the rat as she brings him up to her face "I'll do nothing to rile them up. I only want you to operate the camera like you did before..."
"Th-The camera?" The rat asks with a stutter "Yeah if you could just record the fat bastard confessing to his misdeeds, that'd be absolutely perfect," James tells the upside down rat with a smile on his face… Okay, we seriously need to keep him away from Iris Heart…
Neptune joins Plutia with her own transformation "It's like he said… All we need from you is to broadcast the 'speech' this man will be giving where he will confess to his evil deeds," Purple Heart says as she points to the camera with her sword.
"So that's your strategy…?" Mr. Badd says quietly before looking directly at Blanc "It seems as though you planned this quite thoroughly, Lady Blanc," he says with a scowl on his facial features.
"...Prepare yourself. There's no chance in hell that I'm going to forgive you!" Blanc says with a raised fist at the old man.
"Prepare your anus, to embrace the gayness!" Really, Alex? Was that necessary? Fuck you… I was gonna say that…
Let's just say that a few heads were turned in his general direction… And by a few, I mean everyone except James, who actually burst out laughing.
"Ignoring that strange man's comment… For you to team up with your rival CPUs? And after they beat you and allowed me to take your nation from you? This is truly laughable, haha!" Mr. Badd said with a laugh at the situation the Lowee CPU has found herself in.
"Shut up! It's your fault things turned out this way..." Blanc says in anger at the comment from the fattie, whereas Noire doesn't look too happy about his comment either "It's not like I'm actually cooperating with Lowee's CPU or anything," One blinding transformation later… "It's more that I want to knock your teeth out myself!" Keep telling yourself that you hard-headed tsundere.
"You thought you could antagonize four CPUs and get away with it? This is your chance to surrender," Neptune says as she points her sword at the fatass.
Silence seemed to permeate the atmosphere for a moment at Neptune's comment on Mr. Badd surrendering.
"No, no. Letting him cry uncle is far too boring. Our little rodent friend wants to film me teaching this sweaty pig some discipline. Isn't that right?" Iris Heart says with a smile towards poor little Warechu.
"Th-That is absolutely what I want, chu!" The rat answers rather quickly which seems to make the fat old man scowl, until he started laughing "Hehe… Hahaha… Is it really fine for you to broadcast something like this?" Just broadcast it strictly to the adult channels should shit get a little…interesting.
"Can we please kick his fat ass already?" Alex groans as he grows more and more bored at the conversation.
"Hmm… He has a point. This may turn into something improper to broadcast to living rooms across the globe..." Neptune says with a hand to her chin. Mr. Badd still has that disgusting wrinkled smirk on his face as he points to the three CPUs from the rival nations "That's not it at all. You said four CPUs a moment ago, but...didn't you mean three?"
"Three? ...No..." Neptune questions the man's words until she realises what he meant as she looked towards Blanc who was being suspiciously silent.
"Mister Rat. Don't begin recording just yet," Plutia tells the rat.
"Wh-Whatever you say, chu!" The rat obediently follows her orders. Noire looks over at Blanc who is being silent with a blank stare "Don't give us that blank stare. Transform already! We're doing this for YOUR nation, after all!" Noire demands.
"But...I can't transform..." Blanc says with a disheartened look.
"I figured as much. After that last battle, I doubt anyone is left to power you with their faith…" Mr. Badd began "Without the faith of your people, you are nothing. The power of a CPU seems so fickle and inconvenient!" Except for magical author intervention… She can't find me here, right?
Blanc just growled at the fat man "What about it? Even if we don't have Lowee's CPU with us, beating you won't be a problem at all," Noire says as she points her sword at him without thinking about the consequences of said actions.
"If we do that, we may be the ones who gain faith from the people of Lowee instead of Blanc. This would result in Lowee's total extinction and Blanc would no longer have the powers of a CPU..." Neptune tells the eager girl.
"Oh… You're right..." Noire says in realisation. Plutia doesn't seem too amused about this information "Hmm. So my darling, shy little Blanc can't transform..."
"Geheheheheh! If you're fine with that, do as you wish to me! Just know that the curtain would fall on Lowee, and it would be at the hands of you foolish CPUs!" That's not something you should say around Iris Heart… Like ever…
While this is happening our trio seems to have gotten bored and are just sitting down talking about random shit with the occasional laugh.
"What to do…? I want to beat the shit out of this guy way more than I want to worry about Lowee," Noire says her true intentions.
"I would love to keep the cute, non-CPU version of Blanc as my personal pet..." Oh, fuck!
"Don't joke around about tha- … Wait, you weren't joking, were you?" No, Neptune… I do not think she was joking at all.
"Aww, I'm glad my dear little Neppy has come to understand me," Plutia says with a smile on her face.
"Ugh… What the hell is this situation I've gotten myself in…? I'm nothing but dead weight… And it's nobody's fault but mine..." Blanc says on the verge of tears.
"Oh, are you gonna pout and cry? Gonna hiccup and bawl again? You're such a crybaby, Blanny..." You seem strangely happy about this…
James seems to have joined the CPUs seemingly done with whatever they were talking about.
"I'm not gonna cry! I'm not, but… This situation's too frustrating…!" Blanc says with the tears slowly building up in her eyes.
"If you're gonna cry, cry somewhere else," James says before Plutia could even begin to respond. Blanc just looks at him in anger with tears still showing in her eyes "Oh yeah?! And what would you know?! You're just some human!"
"Nothing. I would know, nothing. What I know however is all this whining won't change a thing, fat cunt over there took your nation from under your feet, and you're standing there whining?! Gimme a fucking break! Why don't you stop complaining for once and deal with the problem in front of you! Transformation or fucking not, you can still give this cunt a helluva beating and I fucking know it." James yells at the girl.
"If you're gonna act like a child, I'm going to treat you like one. Just sit back and let the adults handle this… However, if you really want your nation back, toughen up, quit the waterworks and get your fucking nation back. Hell, I'll even put my own faith in you if it makes you feel any better! Just stop this whining crap, it's fucking annoying as shit." Couldn't have said it better myself…
"I'm with the nerd on this one… If it means you'll stop being a little brat, you can have my faith as well." Alex says as he rises from his seated position and joins his friend.
Blanc was at a loss for words she didn't know what to say "Hmm… I honestly didn't expect him to do that…" Iris Heart says surprised at the outburst from the young man.
"Well, you don't know him like we do… Although he is the youngest of us three, he's always been the more mature one when the situation calls for it. He may act like an immature idiot a lot of the time...but that is for his own amusement… Who can blame him though, with how we grew up..." Maddy says to Plutia who gives her a strange look.
Maddy walks up towards the boys "I'm with them… I'll put my faith in you... Because when the world drags you down, you get right back up and give it the middle finger. Even through the toughest of times, we had each other's backs… Because that's what friends are for." She says with a smile as she puts a hand on Blanc's shoulder.
"Neptune, is that even possible?" Noire whispers to the girl beside her.
"I'm not sure. But…" Neptune began before walking up to join the trio. Neptune looks directly at Blanc with a friendly smile "Blanc, I will put my faith in you, too. I know that you are a dependable friend." She looks over to where Plutia is "What about you, Plutie?"
"Of course I'll put my faith in her…" Plutia began as she had her eyes directly on the Loweean CPU "I'll believe in the stubborn, prideful, rude Blanc who is actually a cute little crybaby."
Blanc still couldn't say anything, even though she wanted to so very badly.
"And you, Noire?" Neptune asked. Noire seemed a little surprised that she was being involved with this "Huh? Me? Uh, well… As my upperclassman of sorts, maybe I'll put some faith in you. Just a tiny bit!" What a heartfelt moment… minus the tsun…
"You all..." Blanc finally snapped out of her silence "Thank you… I can feel a little bit of power… It's small, but it's enough to..." And in the general flash of light, White Heart has joined the fight "Transform! I did it!" Blanc said surprised at this actually fucking working… bullshit powers of friendship.
"H-How can this be?!" Mr. Badd said in surprise at the impossible feat that was made possible. White Heart started laughing like a maniac "Hahaha… Hahahahaha! Now I can pummel your wrinkled face into dough without hesitation!" She says pointing her gauntlet-clad finger at the fat cunt as she summoned her axe.
The four CPUs group up and prepare to fight the member of the Seven Sages.
"You coming?" Neptune calls out to the trio who are looking at the scene with a smile on there faces.
Maddy is the first to join them, transforming and bringing out her sword. Alex slid in next, daggers at the ready. James joined last, simply walking over with his sword resting on his shoulder and a smirk plastered on his face.
"Drat… I never would have thought the situation would unfurl in this manner..." Mr. Badd says as he slowly backs away from the group of armed warriors until he suddenly stops and smiles "But it's also my chance to bury all of you here and take over the world…like a true businessman!" That's fucking hilarious! You think you actually stand a chance?!
"That's impossible." White Heart states.
"How can you be so sure, hmm? I still have one last ace up my professionally laundered sleeve!" The ground started opening up behind him as a huge robot rose up "I diverted some of Lowee's military budget into the development of this super-cool powered mech suit!" It looks fucking ugly.
"Wh-What the hell?!" Blanc says in surprise.
"You were even embezzling from the national budget?" Noire says with a sly smirk.
"Pretty sloppy management of your trusted advisors." Neptune remarks.
"C-Can it, pigtails! That doesn't matter right now!" Blanc shouts at her former rival.
Mr. Badd just lets out another laugh as he climbs into the mech suit's cockpit "Mwahahaha! CPUs… Witness my true power!"
"Hmph. I'll crush that ugly mech suit like a can of soda! You'll know my true rage and regret crossing me!" Blanc says as she brings her axe to her shoulders.
"We mustn't kill him. We need to make him divulge his secrets afterwards." Neptune tells the eager girl.
"It finally begins…!" No! Bad Iris Heart! Down girl! "Start filming, my dear rodent!" She tells the rat.
"You got it, chu!" Warechu immediately replies as he starts filming.
White Heart made the first move, flying in fast and swinging hard with her axe "Take this! Yarrrrrrrrrgh!" The attack was blocked by the giant fist of the mech suit.
Neptune and Noire fly in from either side while Plutia follows up where Blanc's attack was blocked and strikes the forearm of the mech with her sword-whip.
"Critical Edge!" Neptune calls out as she strikes the mech suit with her katana leaving a few shallow cuts in the side of it. Alex ran up past Neptune calling out another skill of his "Rending Slashes!" Slicing at the leg of the mech suit with both daggers in a cross shape it deals minor damage but also de-buffs the enemy with a slow.
"I'm not done yet fatty!" Alex shouts as he rolls under the slow moving fist "Rend!" He calls out slashing in front of him creating a cross shaped slash that travelled through the air into the mech suit's right arm leaving a deep cross shaped cut in it which only got deeper through the skill's bleed damage.
"Lace ribbon dance!" Noire called out as she struck the other arm of the mech with a few slashes and some kicks.
Mr. Badd smashes a fist towards the approaching James hitting him away into a tumble.
"Ow… That hurt… but that just makes it worse for you… Critical Rush!" He calls out as he kicks off from the ground running fast at the mech suit before striking at the right leg dealing massive damage and leaving a deep cut in it.
Jumping back with a smirk on his face he is unable to notice the giant fist ready to smash him until a certain friend of his blocks the attack by slicing off the heavily damaged mech arm. The arm fell with a loud thud which alerted the rest of the team and surprised the operator of the mech.
"Thanks..." James thanks his friend for the save as he gains some distance from the mech.
"Your welcome!" She yells back at him with a smile.
With one less arm to focus on the group turns their attention to the other working arm with Plutia being the first to strike it "Fighting Viper!" She calls out as she swings her sword-whip down and up in a 'V' shape leaving behind deep cuts and a literal 'V' made of energy which promptly exploded dealing more damage to the arm.
Blanc then came down from the sky with her huge axe "Eat this! Asshole!" She shouted as she struck down with her axe cleanly slicing off the forearm of the mech suit's remaining arm.
"Nooooooooooooo! Dammit!" Mr. Badd shouted as he was now left defenseless.
With no way to defend himself, Blanc flew over to the man and ripped him right out of the cockpit throwing him onto the ground to where Plutia was…
Everyone who wasn't Plutia or Blanc backed away and undid any transformations that they had going on… I think you get the picture on what will happen next…
However, we won't get to see this lovely development because the people we're following is only one person and that would be our lad of lads… James!
~ IT'S TIME! ~
When the fight was over and we had won I had walked off and left the building to take some time to think.
I just sat down and stared up at the sky for who knows how long just thinking about the adventures we've had so far and thinking about the possible adventures to come.
A tap on my shoulder snapped me out of my daze and I turned around to see none other than Blanc.
"What is it?" I asked the girl.
"Thank you… For helping me get back my nation and for believing in me..." She replied in a quiet voice to which I smiled at.
"That's what friends are for… But not just that…rather I saw myself in your for a short time and it just pissed me off… Sorry for yelling at you earlier," I apologised to the Loweean CPU.
"Don't bother… If anything I should be the one apologising… I was pretty rude and deserved what I got..." She said as she sat down next to me.
"If I may ask… What happened in your life that you saw yourself in me at the time?" Blanc asked me but I just waved it off.
"Another story for another time… Let's just say it wasn't the best time. Okay?" I said with a smile.
"Well, I have to rebuild my nation now… The other's have already left but your friends are waiting for you by the entrance." Blanc said to me as she got up and walked away.
I just let out a quiet laugh to myself as I got up and waved goodbye to Blanc before walking towards the entrance of the Basilicom that was opened up with the defeat of the fat asshole.
"What took you so long?!" Alex yelled out at me "Oh you know…stuff..." I say with a smirk as I walk right past him.
He just smirks back and runs up to me joining me in leaving this nation and returning back to Planeptune.
Maddy then caught up to us as we continued our walk out the nation "Never change, you two," she said with a smile that we both just laughed at.
"Never planned on it..." I said quietly with a smirk as we continued on…
What a wholesome chapter… kinda. Sure he was a bit of a dick with his choice of words… but sometimes you gotta be an ass to get your point across.
Their past is one that will not be revealed for a long time…
Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
See ya…
~Ant