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Chapter 25: The CPU Candidate of Planeptune

Morning rose in the nation of Planeptune. The darkness of the night being erased by the brightness of the light of the sun. It's about 6:30 in the morning by the way.

All the CPUs were still sleeping soundly. Neptune and Noire shared a bed, much to Noire's discomfort with the idea, and Vert and Blanc shared a bed, much to Blanc's discomfort with the idea. Uzume and Adult Neptune also shared a room, and the Delta CPUs, Sol, Yuna and Silver, said that they had their own places in Planeptune. The babies and Peashy slept soundly as well...

...

...It was then, a certain protag of protag's exited her room. Neptune, wearing her worn out and ragged attire of her Adult form's jacket, walked down the hall, and went into the living room. She did not, however, expect one of the Oracles of Planeptune, Spirit, to be awake. She wore a crystal blue nightgown still and had a very small mug she was able to hold, which said "I -Heart- Planeptune."

"Oh, hello. Why are you up so early?" Spirit asked politely, and Neptune froze. She tried to come up with an excuse, and the first thing that came to mind...

"I...was hyper for training?" Neptune responded...and Spirit stared at her. "...I see." Spirit answered blankly. Neptune gave a 'phew!' and was about to go to a certain someone's room to see if he was awake, but-

"Oh, but if you wanted to train with Azure, he is with Aurora for the day." Spirit said, and Neptune froze again and slowly turned to her with plate eyes. "Eh?"

"Yes, she wanted to leave early, so they had left at 5:00 this morning." Spirit smiled sweetly.

"NEEEEEEPUPU~?!"

~~ Landscape of the Town ~~

(Hyperdimension Neptunia The Animation soundtrack)

"Oh, and maybe that one there!" Aurora exclaimed as she went through as many quests as she could, E rank through S rank. Azure just sweat dropped at how excited she was for going on quests, but he was fine with it, as long as she was...happy?

"She's having her moment there..." Azure said as he gave this look: O_O.

"Hm~! Okay, I got of them, Azure~!" Aurora sang happily as she ran back over to Azure. Azure, who had the watch, looked through all the quests she had taken...which was...only single S Rank.

"Hey, you picked out a S rank?" Azure asked, and Aurora nodded. "Yep!"

"Alright, we can tackle this one." Azure said as he read through the quest.

"The abandon stronghold of Scarbridge has been overrun with beings known as "Dark Ones" and their leader, The Dark King, has been raiding towns lately and has been kidnapping cilivians...this quest was made by a survivor. They said he has about 3 elite guys, and they're as strong as Grand Demons..." Azure said, as he read through the quest. "Whelp, let's go beat 'im up and go save the cilivians." Azure said with a grin as he turned off the watch.

"Alright, then let's go!" Aurora said excited as she grabbed Azure's hand and ran off. "Hey, wait a sec...!"

...

From a distance, a obvious Neptune, who wore a detective suit, watched them from a distance. She even wore sunglasses as she spied on the two.

"Oh~!? So this may be a bonding chapter~! The author of this story must be planning something rather big!" Neptune muttered, as she watched the two leave the guild.

"What are you doing, kid?" A familiar voice asked from behind Neptune, and Neptune jumped as a reaction. When she looked back, she saw an all too familiar face...

"IFFY?!" Neptune exclaimed. Who she saw was on of her friends back in Hyper Dimension; IF. "Waitwaitwait! What's with that outfit, like the same one from the Sega Hard Girls game we had were you were the Protaginist!" Neptune added in her shock, and IF merely gave a "Huh?" face.

[Yes, The same outfit from the Sega Hard Girls game]

"What ar you talking about, kid? Sega...what? Game?" IF asked, confused.

"Ah! Sorry sorry, I mistook you for a different Iffy, and uh..."

"Whatever...listen, this Saint a place for kids. Get outta here." IF sighed as Neptune stood up, offended.

"Hey, don't treat me as a kid, Iffy!" Neptune retorted, and IF blushed as she heard that nickname. "D-Don't call me that... I already have someone calling me that, and I don't need another." IF sighed. Neptune lit up.

"Ah, does this worlds' Iffy have a boyfriend?!" Neptune exclaimed in shcok, and IF blushed like crazy.

"N-NO! I DON'T-! WAIT, WHY THE HELL AM I LISTENING TO THIS KID?!" IF yelled in embarrassment.

"Ehehehehehe~! Good 'ol Iffy! Same reaction no matter the dimension!" Neptune laughed, and the embarrassed IF glared at her while blushing.

"Shut Up! And what the hell do you mean, "Same Reaction?!"" IF yelled in question. Neptune was about to answer, but remembered that Azure and Aurora were most probably gone by now.

"Ah! I forgot! Sorry, Iffy! But I gotta go! Hope we see each other again!" Neptune exclaimed as she ran for it out the door.

"H-Hey, wait a damn minute!" IF yelled, but Neptune was already gone...

"Damn...! Who was that kid anyway?! Where does she get off saying crap like that?!" IF growled as she blushed, remembering her claim. She sighed as she turned around.

"Anyway...I better go meet up with Compa and Jace before they start wondering where I am..." IF said before walking off.

~~ Landscape of the Town fades out ~~

~~ Gravity Loss begins ~~

(HDN Animation Soundtrack)

From a old, mossy, and seemingly dead teleportation platform, a bright light revealed both Azure and Aurora. Azure was the fist to step off. The surroundings were, like the description of the quest said...dead.

The sky was filled with black clouds, covering the sun entirely. There seemed to be no for, of life at all, the trees were all dead and the slightest touch would tip them over. Any dead leaves on the ground would crumble into less than dust by the slightest touch as well. The town looked no different, it looked completely deserted. Holes in the roofs, broken down doors, signs of fires on the ground and even on houses.

"How horrible..." Aurora mumbled in sadness. She stepped off the panel and walked with Azure through the dead town. As they walked there was no sign of life, or even presence of a villager...

"Maybe it's the Dark One guys who did this?" Azure suggested. "Quest said that they were operating in The Stronghold Scarbridge..." Azure looked over to his right, and a seemingly old castle rested on a giant hill just a distance away.

"There we are." Azure grinned. "Alright, let's get in there and go beat up the guys that are keeping the cilivians hostage." Azure said as Aurora followed. From a distance...Neptune peaked from behind a house corner.

"Hooh~? This place is gloomier than gloomy. Alright, let's go spy some more!" Neptune said as she out on some rather large sunglasses and disappeared.

~~ Gravity Loss fades out ~~

~~ Clockwork Universe begins ~~

(Fairy Fencer F Soundtrack)

Inside of a dark room, with walls made of dark stone, and only lit by torches, was a woman on a throne with a black knight armor attire. She had black dull eyes and silver hair.

"Foolish...what foolishness...!" She growled as she watched through an giant crystal orb, as Azure and Aurora walked into the stronghold. "CPUs...?! What Foolish, impertinent, disgusting fools! They dare challenge my conquest?!" She yelled as she slammed her on her armrest.

"Calm down master. We shall see to it that they die." A male voice said from the shadowed part of the room. The woman on the throne merely looked forward at the darkened side of the room.

"...Fine. I shall assign you their graves, but the girl is mine to kill." The woman growled as she glater through the glass orb, specifically at Aurora. "A reason?" A crackle of a voice asked, eagerly.

"..." No answer. "Very well, we shall tend to whoever is assigned to us." A female voice then said.

"...Don't Fail, Fools."

~~ Clockwork Universe fades out ~~

~~ Insecure Feeling begins ~~

(Megadimensiom Neptunia VII soundtrack)

Walking through the stronghold, Azure and Aurora had their weapon ready in case of a surprise attack. Azure with Los Zero, and Aurora with a blue beam saber.

"Oi~? Aurora, you're a bit tense there." Azure said, looking back at her. Aurora jumped before looking at Azure, a bit scared.

"W-Well, it's a bit gloomy here...and...uh..." Aurora shuddered a bit, before Azure sighed.

"Aurora, you're too tense and nervous." Azure said as she walked towards Aurora, with said Aurora giving a "huh?" in response.

"W-What do you-?" Aurora asked, and Azure karate chopped her head, making her yell in surprise.

"H-Huh-?"

"You're too nervous." Azure put his hands on his hips, with the handle of Los Zero between Azure's fingers. Aurora looked at him confused. "B-But I'm not nervous at a-"

"Now you listen here young lady." Azure then said, making Aurora stand up straight. "Y-Yes?" Aurora asked, and the moment after that, Azure karate chopped her a few times.

"Ow ow ow ow!" Aurora whined as she held her head. Azure exhaled, disappointed. "See? Just calm down a bit. There isn't a thing you need to be nervous over." Azure said, as he let his sword rest on his shoulder. He then smiled. "Just calm down and enjoy yourself, like you have been all day so far." Azure said, and Aurora blushed.

"B...But..." Aurora mumbled, quiet enough so that Azure didn't hear. "I..don't want you to be disappointed in me..." Aurora thought as she watched Azure walk forward a bit...before stopping. He looked back, and then walked back.

"Like I said, you don't have to worry about a thing. Not about messing up, not about doing anything bad, or anything like that. If we get in a bad spot, don't for a second blame yourself." Azure said before flicking her, making her wince.

"Because there isn't one person who I trust more than my little sister." Azure said, and Aurora blushed up a storm. Azure walked forward again. "Anyway, this place is probably gonna be a battle ground in a minute, so don't let your guard down, Aurora." Azure said as he readied himself.

Aurora, who was still redder than red, had her hands to her cheeks, still trying to clear her head.

"Y-Yes, I'll be r-ready for anything...!" Aurora stumbled in her words.

"I-I can't believe he said something like that to me...! S-So suddenly to...! I-I'm O-Onii-chan's most trusted person...!?" Aurora continued to think.

"Anyway, this place might be dangerous, since we could destroy it. The cilivians might be underground, so I think we should try to cause as little damage as possible if that's the case." Azure continued, despite Aurora's condition.

"Y-Yes!" Aurora answered. "I-I know that Onii-chan has said stuff like that to me before...but remembering that is also embarrassing...!"

"Be careful, they could se.." Azure said, before he was slowly cut sort, like being moved somewhere else. Aurora, however, didn't notice that the area got darker, since she had her eyes closed.

"M-Maybe I should say something like that to him as well...?! N-No! That'd be even more embarrassing...!" Aurora continued to think as she shook her head. "R-Right! Now is the perfect chance to say it!" Aurora thought as she swung her head to the other side and finally opened her eyes. "ONII-?!" Aurora yelled, but realized that who was in front of her wasn't, at all, her older brother...

No. It was the woman in dark knight armor with black dull eyes and silver hair. "...ch...an...?" Aurora stopped blushing entirely and merely widened her eye in realization.

"...You..." The woman in armor spoke. She then began to stand up. "A mere CPU candidate...you, as well as the rest of those pathetic humans...will be purged." She then began to unleash a black oozing mist from her body "By the Dark King Xutha!" She yelled as she fired a beam of darkness at Aurora, who quickly dodged it.

"W-Wait?! What's happening right now?! Did I get warped here?! Where's Azure?!"

"-parated." Azure finished his sentence. But then realized that the location he was in look like a dungeon. It had jail cells down the vast halls, with a lot of people in them. "...Well, we were separated then." Azure then said as he gripped Los Zero. He then heard footsteps behind him...and then turned around.

...Only to see Neptune, rubbing her head.

"Huh? Neptune?" Azure said, confused. "What are you doing here?" Azure asked, and Neptune widened her eyes, whilst thinking of an excuse...

"I...Got lost looking for the bathroom!" She answered...

...

...

...

"...Oh, alright then." Azure said, totally buying it. "He bought it?!"

"Well, you might as well help me get these guys outta here so we can complete this quest. But you'll want to leave sight once we meet back with Aurora. This was supposed to be me and her today." Azure said as he approached a jail cell.

"Got'cha!" Neptune said...and it was then, that a crackle of a laugh was heard.

~~ Insecure Feeling ends ~~

"Kyakyakyakya! Fools! You make it sound so simple and easy!" The voice laughed, as someone appeared on the ceiling. He had pale skin, and leather armor, which revealed his arm and leg. He had black hair as he landed on the ground.

"As the idiot said, it's not possible. You won't be leaving here alive." Another male voice said, as a mature man in a black wizard cloak appeared. He has a black staff with a purple gem in it, and he had long black hair, and had silver eyes.

"Correct. Since you won't be leaving, allow us to end your lives right in front of all these humans!" Yet another male voice then said. He had a simple attire; Black pants, and a leather vest. He had buzz cut silver hair and purple eyes.

"We are the Dark Elite! You won't leave here alive, Spirit Heart!" They all said in sync.

~~ Comedic Time begins ~~

(Megadimension Neptunia VII soundtrack)

"..." Azure merely had a bored and 'come on...' look on his face. "...um...okay...I guess..."

"What are they talking about...?" Neptune asked with the same look.

"No idea..." Azure responded. "Something about ending our lives or something cliché..."

"HEY! DON'T MAKE IT SEEM LIKE YOU'RE NOT THREATENED!" One of them yelled. "I, Ertas, shall take the first and only round!" The one with black pants and vest, known as Ertas, yelled.

"So, what were you planning to do with Aurora once this quest was over with?" Neptune asked, curious. Azure went into thought as he thought about it. "I don't know...Its her day, so she'll decide what we do next. I think she wanted to go shopping though..." Azure said, and the a darkness energy hit Azure's face.

"Shade Slash!" Ertas roared as he was now behind them. He had a smirk on his face...until he realized that his forearm was missing. Ertas roared out in shock and pain as he turned to Azure, who had Ertas hand still on his face.

"Hey, you have something on your face." Neptune pointed out.

"Don't change the subject." Azure said as he removed Ertas hand off his face. "I didn't really intend to take her anywhere else, because she was supposed to decide where we go, she's the party leader." Azure said, and Ertas' hand merely retracted back to him. He reattached it.

"H-Ha! Don't think you'll be so lucky this time!" Ertas yelled as he started to grow more buff. "I SHALL SHOW YOU THE TRUE POWER OF A DARK ONE!" Ertas roared as he now had sharpened nails. He launched at the two, and shrouded his hands in darkness.

"TENWAY SHADE SLI-!" Ertas roared, behind he was cut off by Azure, who, without even looking at him and not paying attention, punched him in the gut, which made him throw up blood and revert back to his original size. He fell flat on his back right then and there. The other two Dark Elite simply stared at Ertas with plate eyes.

"Oh, I think there's this one place that makes amazing pudding! I'll take her there!" Azure remembered.

"Pudding!? Take me with you!"

"H...How is this possible!? H-He only landed one hit and he went down so easily!" One of the Dark Elite yelled in shock.

"Kyakyakya! I'll deal with this then!" The crazy one descended on the ground. "Spider Hunt!" He hissed, as he started crawling at the two at fast speeds. "Fools, I, Trazor, shall be the one to end your-!" before Trazor could finish, when he was close enough, Neptune merely stomped on his head into the ground without even giving him a glance, and merely focused on Azure. He twitched a little, as he was now unconscious, easily defeated.

"There's this pudding that has these cookies in it, with whip cream and it's amazing...! Then theres another one with a ton of chocolate in it, and it also just as great! This guy makes the greatest pudding in all of Gamindustri...! He's the God of Pudding!" Azure said, as Neptune drooled imagining it.

"P...Pudding...!" Neptune drooled. The last Dark Elite looked down at them in pure shock. "T...T-This isnt possible!" He yelled.

"Then there's no choice...!" The last one growled as as starting being surrounded by magic letters which swirled around him.

"Dark Moon Rebellion!" The last one yelled, as a fierce black wind erupted from around the last one.

"You must take me there someday! No, right now!" Neptune demanded, ignoring the black wind.

"Hmm...maybe tomorrow, because I have the day with Aurora, and she's scary when she's upset." Azure said as he scratched the back of his head. The black wind swirled around the last guys' arms, and legs. His skin was now night black and his eyes were purple. His teeth were now monstrous as he growled like a beast.

"In tHiS ForM, My PoWer LEVel ReaCHES thAT OF 10,100! PrEpARE to Die!" He yelled as he then started loading black wind around his arms, now more fiercer.

"Nepu~..." Neptune pouted sadly. Azure raised his finger. "Ah, but it's okay if we can go tomorrow." Azure then added, as Neptune's expression lit up like a christmas tree. "Seriously?!"

"PrEParE tO DiE! HURRICANE OF THE LOST DARKNESS!" He yelled as he fired a focused beam of black wind at Azure and Neptune. The tornado hit them dead on, and a explosion of wind echoed loudly through the dungeon.

The last Dark Elite smirked victoriously...but that shortly disappeared when the two appeared unscathed. But, their clothes were torn to shreds. Azure's clothes, which he got awhile ago, were now ruined and Neptune's jacket was barely hanging on by threads, revealing her panties.

"Yeah, seriously." Azure then said, as he noticed that he clothes were torn. "Hey, what happened? I just got these too...darn...what did this?" Azure asked as he removed what was left of his jacket, leaving him only in his pants that were torn up to his knees.

"Nepu?" Neptune looked at herself, and covered herself almost immediately. "Nepu~?!" Neptune whined in embarrassment while trying to cover herself with what little clothing she had.

"T-THiS iS ImpOSSible! Y-YoU cAn'T Be aliVE!" The last Dark Elite yelled. "ThERE's nO wAy tHAt I, ThruToS, COUld LoSE to A CPU!" Thrutos yelled out in rage.

"Hmm..." Azure hummed while going into thought, and he just so happened to be staring at Neptune...even though he actually wasn't staring at "You know what."

Neptune noticed this, and blushed. "H-Hey!" At the same time, Thrutos launched at the two. "ThErE's Nthe O WAy I WilL loSE HEre!" Thrutos roared as he readied his fist, which was loaded with black wind.

Neptune, still covering herself with only one hand now, then slapped Azuee in embarrassment. "Baka~!" Neptune whined as Azure was sent dead into Thrutos. The impact on him was strong enough to make him lose consciousness. He threw up a bit of blood, and returned to his normal state. The slap sent the two into a wall, and Azure slowly got up, wiping off his cheek in confusion.

"What? What are you doing?" Azure asked calmly, with confusion mixed in.

"You were staring at me!" Neptune retorted as she covered herself completely now. Azure tilted his head.

"Staring at what...? Hm?" Azure then asked, as he noticed something behind him. He saw Thrutos lying there, defeated.

"Who's this guy?" Azure asked. He then looked around, and widened his eyes.

"Neptune! I don't know when or how, but these guys were defeated!" Azure exclaimed whole waving his arms back and forth.

"Nepu?! You're right! Who defeated them for us?!" Neptune also exclaimed with plate eyes.

"Well, whoever did this, we'll have to thank them. Now, let's get these civilians out of here." Azure said as he walked towards a cell, breaking it open. Slaves, who witnessed the battle, stared at Azure in awe.

One thing ran through there minds...

Does...he not realize he defeated these people?

Some simply got on their knees and started thanking him for their lives. Azure then broke more and more people out, and after a few minutes, nearly all of the people were out.

~~ Comedic Time stops; Emergency begins ~~

(Megadimension Neptunia VII soundtrack)

"Whelp, I think we got all of them." Azure said as he held a little girl with blue hair wearing only rags.

"Yep Yep! Now let's go beat up the Boss!" Neptune exclaimed. A, whom he considered the girls' parent, woman took the girl from Azure and ran towards the other escaped prisoners. Azure crossed his arms, and went into thought.

"Nah. She can handle it." Azure said as he ran to catch up with the freed prisoners. Confused, Neptune followed. "Wait, do you mean Aurora?! But I thought she wasn't all that strong-!"

"Nuh-uh."

"Is it a "I know she'll come out unscathed because I believe in her" thingie?"

"Nope."

"Eh?"

"Aurora...is-"

Holding up magic pink energy in front of her enemy, Aurora kept defending against Dark King Xutha, who attacked with a black energy beam.

"U-Uhhh...?! W-What should I do?! If this keeps up...then I'll...!" Aurora thought as she started to panick.

"Is all you're capable of is defending?! Pathetic! Why didn't I chose Spirit Heart?!" Xutha cursed as she then charged a even bigger beam. "Regardless, the night approaches us. The day shall end, and my power will rise!" Xutha roared as she fired her beam at Aurora. Aurora defended, but the blast nearly destroyed her barrier, as some of the dark beam pierced through.

"I...I can't...help me, Azure...! If the day ends, she'll-!" Aurora widened her eyes...and her entire life seemed to be in slow motion.

"The day...with Onii-chan...will end?" Aurora thought. "The day...that I barely spent with Onii-chan today...is going to end...? But...I have so much I want to do..." Aurora continued to think...until the words Azure had spoken to her resounded in her head.

"Because there's no one I trust more than my little sister."

Widening her eyes, the barrier broke completely. The blast pierced through the walls, and blasted into space. Azure and Neptune, who were outside with the escaped villagers, watched as the blast dispersed.

Azure felt a chill go down his spine at that moment, however...

"Eh? What's wrong?" Neptune asked, confused.

"U-uh...er...A-Aurora...sorta...transformed..."

"Nepu? Then, why do you seem...scared?"

"...Er...hopefully, you won't see why..." Azure then rubbed his head. "Hopefully she finishes it before going overboard..."

Back with Xutha, a dust cloud was formed from the destroyed wall, and Xutha larguing.

"Hahaha! What a joke! A CPU Candidate, pathetic!" Xutha laughed...before noticing a hand appear from the dust cloud.

~~ Emergency Ends; Through the Blood begins [Aimer Version] ~~

(Hiroyuki Sawano)

"...What?" Xutha simply said, before finally witnessing the figure.

It was a girl who looked about 18, with a almost hourglass figure, and a well developed body. She had light, crystal blue hair that seemed to be glowing, a black bikini, black knee socks which were also her heels, gloves that went to past her elbows, which also had a blue Planeptune symbol on them. In her other hand, was a black GunBlade which had A mechanical, glowing blue edge, and a Planeptune symbol on the base.

"What...?! But how...?!" Xutha asked, angered and confused. Aurora, in her HDD, had her bangs over her eyes, and remained unresponsive until...

"...Is that the depth of your power?" Aurora asked, now with a more stern and more dominating tone. Xutha twitched at that question.

"Don't be foolish! As if I'd use my full power against some vermin!"

"Oh, good then. Then you should start using your full power." Aurora said, and Xutha started to laugh uncontrollably. "What mockery is this?! Me?! The Dark King using her full power against some CPU Candidate?! Laughable!"

"...Then I have one final thing to say to you, filth." Aurora said, as Xutha suddenly felt an army of chills crawl up her spine. Her eyes were crystal blue power symbols, which resonated with celestial colors around them. She put her hand to her waist.

"Apologize to me...that you were born during My reign."

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