Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Basilicom
Date: December 21, 2017
Time: 7:39 A.M
"Run! Lady Purple Heart is destroying the city!"
"Watch out!"
Histoire, IF and Compa ran through the chaos that had occurred on Planeptune soil. The citizens are injured and the guards couldn't do anything against the fake Purple Heart. IF and Compa tried to help the people along the way, tried to fix this misunderstanding that the Purple Heart saw was a fake, but everyone was too frantic to listen.
"Iffy, this is bad, people are losing faith in Nep-Nep!" Compa said.
"I know, but with the way Neptune is now, we can't do anything. Our only hope is to get that legendary weapon."
"IF is right, we need to get to the basilicom, now!" voiced Histoire.
The three rushed to the basilicom to find everything in disarray. People were panicking, papers were flying around, everything was a mess. Histoire decided to help calm the people and asked IF to continue with Compa. They nodded and ignored everything, letting Histoire take care of it. The two went to a basilicom staff that's nearby, asking for the legendary weapon.
"Why are you looking for it?" he questioned.
"It's the only way to stop the fake Purple Heart," answered IF.
"Fake?!"
IF scoffed, "Do you really think Lady Purple Heart would destroy her own beloved nation?! Of course not! That's a fake!"
"Then why isn't our Lady here?"
"Nep-Nep is stuck in Lastation, helping Lady Noire with the fake Black Heart," explained Compa.
"Please, we need to see that weapon," IF pleaded.
The staff sighed and motioned them to follow. They left the lobby to another room were a large glass case could be seen in the middle of the room. Walking closer, they could see a large rusty sword in the case.
"So this is what one of the Quartet's weapons look like," said IF.
"But it's all beat up. You can't even cut a radish with this," Compa voiced as she observed the weapon's condition.
"The Trinity Blade… It's hundreds of years old, so it's only natural," explained the basilicom staff.
"You don't mind us taking this for a short while, right?" IF asked.
"Unfortunately, yes. I do mind. Without our Lady's approval, that won't happen."
"But we just told you that Neptune was stuck in Lastation," IF grumbled out.
"Sorry, but rules are rules. Even if the Lady is in Lastation, you'll just have to wait for her to return."
IF groaned as she ran her fingers through her brown hair, "This will be a bit hard."
"I have Nep-Nep's number, I'll call her!" Compa took out her phone and dialed Neptune's number. She waited for the other line to pick up. "Come on, Nep-Nep, answer!" she whined.
Lastation, Gamindustri
Place: Storage Factory
Date: December 21, 2017
Time: 7:43 A.M
"Hiya!" Neptune slammed her thin blade against the fake Black Heart's weapon and then slashed upwards, forcing the fake's weapon up. Neptune then slammed her feet into her abdomen sending her back towards Black Heart.
Black Heart bent her knees to ground herself and swung her sword like a baseball bat. The imposter gasped as Black Heart slashed against her back and she flopped to the floor. The fake bounced back on her feet and attacked. Black Heart deflected the incoming blade and lifted her leg for a kick. The fake blocked the kick with her arm and thrust her sword. Black Heart moved back and Neptune charged from behind. She slashed her sword down against the imposter's back when Black Heart landed her attack.
The fake Black Heart grunted in pain as she rapidly turned around and swung her sword against Neptune's, forcing her back. With Neptune out of the way, the fake Black Heart turned back to the original only to get punched in the face. The force was strong enough to send her flying towards the far wall where the Quartet's weapon was displayed on.
The fake Black Heart quickly got back on her feet to attack again. The three girls received and returned attacks, trying to get the upper hand. Neptune had trouble keeping up because of her lack for speed. She could only distract the fraud and give Black Heart the opening to strike. Neptune jumped onto the imposter's back, not letting go as the fake tried to pry her off. Neptune knew this will be sickening, but she swung her blade over the fake's shoulder and stabbed right into her thigh. The imposter grunted as she fell to her knees. The fake Black Heart reach over her shoulder, finally able to grab onto Neptune flipped her over, slamming her against the ground.
Neptune gasped out painfully as her back smacked against the hard marble floor. The fraud then pulled out the thin sword in her thigh and stab it through the left side of Neptune's waist. Neptune yelped out and when she tried to reach for her weapon, the fake Black Heart punched down on her abdomen, knocking the wind out of her. Neptune let out a low groan as she curled in on herself.
"Neptune!" Black Heart charged in and swung her blade, but the fake jumped into the air with her summoned wings. Black Heart chased after her. "Get back here!"
Neptune sat up and pulled the sword out of her waist. She pressed against her stab wound to stop the bleeding, but it didn't do anything as she was also losing blood from the other side. "Tch." Clicking her tongue against her teeth, she had no choice but to use her items. Swiping her fingers down in the air, a holographic screen materialized. She clicked on the bottle icon and a glass bottle with a red liquid inside appeared in her hands. She quickly drank the potion and her wound began to heal. Neptune toss the empty bottle aside and touched her waist to feel no pain. "Alright, health bar all full."
She now placed her attention back above her. Her eyes followed the two Black Hearts as she sighed in frustration. She couldn't help if the battle took to the air. The ex-goddess gritted her teeth and flipped the sword in her hand. She then pulled back her arm, making sure her eyes were on the fraud. She stood up and took the stance of a person throwing a javelin. Taking aim, she took a few steps forward to get a start and threw her sword. "Hyaaa!"
During the time, Black Heart noticed Neptune's movements and locked the fake into a battle of strength to keep her still. The fake pushed down against the black CPU's sword with a smirk. Black Heart glared at her enemy as she was slowly being forced back by the fake. She was losing, but… With this, Neptune will be able to-
Black Heart's thoughts where cut off as Neptune's sword jammed into the fake's rib cage. She cried out in pain as she began to fall and hit against the floor. The fraud quickly pulled Neptune's sword out and tossed it aside as she pressed against her ribs. The fake Black Heart began to gasped as blood oozed out from between her lips. The blade must have been thrown hard enough to cut through skin and hit an organ, causing internal bleeding. Neptune got a lucky shot.
"Ha! See that!?" Neptune yelled as she placed her hands on her hips. "That's the power of a main character! I need no goddess powers! Now, go get her, Noire!"
Black Heart rolled her eyes at Neptune's boasting, but took the chance to inflict damage. Gathering whatever shares she had left, Black Heart flew straight for the fraud as her blade was covered in multiple colors. "Infinite Slash!" The Black CPU took many swings, leaving large gashes against the fake's body. With a final slash, Black Heart leaped back and finished by snapping her fingers. The fake screamed in pain as her injuries exploded in a white light.
Black Heart stood tall, glaring down at the fraud who was on her knees. "It's time for you to die."
The imposter gritted her teeth and summoned her wings. She flew to the wall and took the Dual Revolver. "If I go, then this goes with me! Activate self-destruct!"
Neptune's eyes widened and gasped, "Oh, woah- wait, what! Self-destruct?! How big of an explosion are we talking?"
The imposter started her countdown, "3… 2…
"No time for answers! Neptune, duck!" Black Heart pounced on Neptune, using her own body as a shield for her.
"…1…" The fake Black Heart was surrounded by a bright light and it slowly expanded into an explosion.
Black Heart tightened her hold on the purple-haired girl when her body felt the burn and pressure of the effect. The ground shook and glass shattering from above could be heard. She was sure Neptune wouldn't survive if she hadn't used herself as a shield. When the blast was over, Black Heart released Neptune and observed her surroundings. The glass ceiling was definitely shattered, the walls were all charred and some smoke wafting around. Black Heart, herself, was covered in ash and soot. Her white hair was now dusted in grey, her skin was red from the burns and her outfit was ruined. She felt Neptune lightly touch her shoulder and she flinched, hissing in pain.
"Sorry…" Neptune mumbled.
Black Heart smiled as she patted the shorter girl's head. "Don't worry, I still have some shares left over. It'll all heal in a few minutes. You, on the other hand, could've died."
Neptune smirked, "I see, playing the hero character, aren't you?"
Black Heart laughed as she flipped her hair. "What can I say? I love showing off to my girlfriend."
Neptune's cheek were dusted pink. She was so use to Noire's shyness in their relationship that she forgotten how forward her HDD personality was. Not that she minded, she likes it when Noire was being honest.
Black Heart walked over to the center of where the explosion occurred and picked up the pieces of what the legendary weapon used to be. It was burnt and charred, unsalvageable. She wasn't sure how to break the news to Histoire because she won't be able to repair this. To think she would self-destruct. "Tch," Black Heart gritted her teeth in anger.
Suddenly Neptune's phone began to ring in her pocket. Answering the call, she heard her lovely friend's voice. "Compa! What's up, girl?"
"Nep-Nep, we need you in order to get the weapon. The mean basilicom staff won't give it to us unless your there."
"Oh, sure. Don't worry, I just finished up here. Noire will fly me over in a jiffy!" She ended the call and faced her girlfriend. "I'm sure you heard all that, so let's go!"
Black Heart nodded and gathered whatever she could of what was left of the legendary weapon. She followed Neptune to the closed metal door and when the ex-goddess touched the doorknob, she quickly recoiled in pain. "Youch! That's hot!" Neptune began to blow on her fingers that are now red.
Black Heart looked at the door and noticed some droplets and thin strands of smoke coming from the bottom of the door. She glanced at the hinges to see it straining. She could technically feel the heat coming off of the exit. When the door started to squeak, Black Heart took action. Wrapping one arm around Neptune, she activated her flight system.
Neptune was a bit confused by her movement. "Noire?"
Black Heart rapidly turned away from the door as a black circle platform formed under her and sped off towards the ceiling. The door burst open with raging fire spewing through as they hovered in the sky. Neptune yelped in shock from the flames devouring the room they were just in.
"Woah! I could've been roasted pudding if you didn't take off," said Neptune. "Thanks a bunch, Lovely Heart."
"You are very welcome," returned Black Heart. "Now let's get you to Planeptune."
Black Heart flew off in Planeptune's direction. She will have to call Kei later to help restore Lastation after she took care of Neptune's problem. She was pretty sure a fake Purple Heart was still running rampage around the Land of Purple Progress.
Planeptune, Gamindustri
Place: Planeptune City
Date: December 21, 2017
Time: 8:02 A.M
Black Heart flew over the city as she observed the destruction. People were injured and many soldiers laid dead on the ground. It was worst than her city. She wondered how Neptune was feeling, seeing her beloved Planeptune in chaos. Glancing down at the girl in her arms, she could see the anger seething around her quivering form.
"I need to stop this… if only I had my powers…"
Black Heart nuzzled her cheek against Neptune's and reassured, "Don't worry, I'm here to help. I won't let this fake destroy anymore of your nation."
Neptune giggled, "Funny, I remember how you wanted my nation destroyed."
"Th-That was before I-!"
"I'm just teasing ya," Neptune interrupted. "No need to explain yourself. We were all like that."
"This isn't the time to be joking around, Neptune," Black Heart sighed. "Honestly, I admire how you can be so carefree in this situation."
"Hey, I'm being serious here! My loveable nation is in nepping chaos!"
"Yes, yes, I-"
"NOIRE!" Neptune suddenly gripped onto Black Heart's shoulder and used her body weight, hoping to shift the goddess's form away from their current location, but it wasn't enough as a large blade shot down from the sky, hitting both of them.
Black Heart yelped as her wings dispersed and she began to descend. She quickly recomposed herself and summoned her wings back, but noticed Neptune was no longer in her arms. Panicking, she looked down and saw the purple-haired girl falling fast. Black Heart quickly turned herself into a diving position, a platform formed under her feet and she launched off of it. Reaching out her hands, she was rapidly catching up to the falling girl, but Neptune was already closing in to the ground. Black Heart pushed herself to go faster than she ever did and was able to scoop Neptune into her arms, but unable to stop her own speed, she crashed like a meteorite, leaving a scar on the ground.
Black Heart made sure she took the brute of the crash instead of the ex-goddess, and now her back burned like fire. She groaned in pain as Neptune shifted in her arms. Now facing up at the sky, Black Heart saw who had attacked them. It was Purple Heart, the fake Purple Heart.
The imposter stared down at them with dull red eyes as she raised her hand and a large blue sword formed beside her. Once her hand fell, so did the Mega Blade. This time Black Heart was ready for it and easily avoided the attack as it missed her, slicing through the ground.
Black Heart gently placed Neptune on the ground and materialized her sword. "Neptune, you go get that legendary weapon while I fight her."
"Aye aye, captain!" She saluted. "Just don't cause too much damage."
Black Heart smirked, "I'll try, but I can't promise."
Neptune jogged off towards the basilicom. They weren't that far away in the first place, so Black Heart doesn't have to worry about the shorter girl getting there safely. She can focus all her attention to the fake goddess that has been wreaking havoc in her lover's nation.
Author's Note
Oh Neptune and her main character powers. You all know how it goes with the protagonist being scripted with the best outcomes when it's like a 0.5 percent occurrence in real life. Kinda wish I'm a protagonist scripted with the best outcomes in real life. Ha! Everyone would want that.
As for the bet, since the fake is dead, Black Heart wins! I mean she didn't deal the final blow since the fake self-destructed, but she's the one alive so that's a win for her, with Neptune's help of course. I was tempted to make this battle a tie, but I needed the legendary weapon destroyed for a reason in the future chapters that you will find out, so self-destruct was the only thing I could think off. And the fake's purpose was to destroy the legenday weapon, so she achieved what she needed. It worked out in the end.
And to those who have reviewed, thank you so much. I really appreciate what you have to say and I'm happy to hear that you guys enjoyed the fight scene in the last chapter, so I hope you enjoyed this one too. Sometimes it hard to write a well coordinated fight scene that flows without repeating. There's probably a lot of repeats in my battles because of the skills and the fact that the characters all 'swing' a weapon. But I do my best to keep it new and entertaining. And since I'm going for a career in the entertainment industry, I should be able to entertain people. Seems like I'm doing well with my writing, so I hope to do well with my major too.
With that said, thank you for reading and stay tuned for more in the next update. See you all next time!