Wow, to think we're reaching the end of this story. Well, onto the fight.

Hyperdimension Neptunia belongs to

Idea Factory and Compile Heart

Uni's P.O.V.

"G-G-Garland?" I look at the scene in front of me in utter shock. Arfoire was sent reeling back by Garland's rifle and here he stands, and here he stands in front of me "It. . . Can't be you. . ."

He turns around and gives me his usual smile "Don't worry Uni. . . It's me. . ." He walks up to me and stands me up "Go back with the others. . . I will take care of her"

My eyes widen at what he just said "What!? No! You're in no shape to fight her! Y-you could. . ." I was about to say till he placed his hands on my shoulders, looking at me.

"Uni. . . Go. Do this for me. . ." He removes his hands then proceeded to call back his rifle. He turns towards Arfoire. I took this as a sign that he is really going along with this and walked back to where Noire and them were.

Normal P.O.V. (Basically Garland's)

I felt Uni retreat to where everyone was located. I'm glad I came back in time for that. I allow my sight to fall upon Arfoire, who looked anything but impressed.

"How. . . How the hell are you still alive!?" She demanded "I impaled you! You should be dead!"

"Yes you did. . . But, you could say that we both have something in common right now"

"Huh? What the hell do you mean?" She asks.

I sigh at this, which made her more angry "You know, the whole thing with your will to destroy everything and make it yours?"

Arfoire glares at me, clearly not liking what she thinks is going on "That can't be, you're a human!" She raises her spear and charges "Just shut up and die like your friends!"

I readied my rifle and ran forward "What's the matter. . ." We both thrusted our respective weapons forward and clashed, stuck in a stalemate "Can't accept that my will as a Soldier and to protect is keeping me going. . . Just like you" I said, smiling.

Arfoire grits her teeth "GRAAH!" She pushes me away then jumps away "Hmm, I don't want to believe it. . . There's no way a human could pull such a feat"

"Don't underestimate humans. . ." I said "In dire times, we can do the strangest of things. But. . ." I clear my throat "I will tell you why I am still standing. . . Ready to defeat you" I felt something tug at my pant leg "Huh?" I look down to find Meta there, looking up at me with fire in his eyes "Y-You want to fight too?"

"D-D-D. . . YES!" Meta yaps, startling me "Me will fight with friend, to save loved ones, goo!"

"Meta. . " I looked at him surprised, then I shook it off "Heh, if you are serious about it buddy, then let's do this!" We started shining "Panzer Armor: Sherman!" And a flash of light later, I was wearing our M4 Sherman themed armor. The turret on my right arm spins around and takes aim at Arfoire "Now, about what I was saying earlier. I'm still standing because I can't accept defeat and my mission right now. . . Is to defeat you"

She just looks at me with a questionable look then laughs "Oh really? Well then, let's see what good that will of yours does against me!" She blasts towards me, thrusting out her spear.

I blocked it with my turret then retaliated with a swing, which she parried with the handle of her spear. She spins around, swinging down. I jumped back, barely grazing it. I pointed my turret at her and fired off a round that exploded in her face, sending her skidding backwards.

"Grrr. . . Lucky shot. Don't expect to be that lucky again!" She yells to me.

"Good!" I called back, running up on her, getting on the offensive now "Haah!" I thrust the barrel forward.

"Too slow!" She swiftly side-steps my jab, getting close then raising her hand "Raaah!" She sends it down and right through my impalement wound from earlier.

"Aaaaah!" I yelled out in pain.

"Wh-What the goodness. . ." Nepgear covers her mouth in shock.

"He's. . . Not done yet. . ." They heard someone say. Everyone looks back to see the former tank's human form walking up on them looking rather grim. She was severely burnt on her face and body, her right arm was missing, and her leg looked broken beyond repare.

"T-Tokomi?" Raitou looks on in disbelief.

"How did you survive!? We. . . We saw you get blown to pieces. . ." Sabrina says, losing her cool.

Tokomi smiles "Plot. . . Device. . ." She looks at Arfoire and I "He's about to gain the advantage here."

"How? She just skewered him like a kebob!" Neptune exclaims. With that question asked, they all looked at us and watched as I grabbed her arm, then raised my elbow up and slam it down on Arfoire's shoulder, making a sickening pop.

"Gah, you bastard!" Arfoire goes to retract her now dislocated arm from my stomach, only for me to grab her arm and with my left and and hold it there "Let. . . Go!"

I give her a smirk then raise my right arm and ball my armored hand into a fist then proceeded to punch her in the face repeatedly "How. Do. You. Like. It. Now!?" I said with each punch, ending it with an upper cut. I pulled her arm out of my midsection, sending me to my knees in severe pain "Ugh. . . N-Not a good idea. . ." I then proceeded to set my hand ablaze and seal the wound shut.

"That armor doubles his defenses. So he can take a real beating. . . Well, when he's at 100%" Tokomi weakly chuckles, then her face falls "He won't last long. . ."

"Why? Garly is kicking her butt good!" Neptune says.

"I hope you know that a soldier is still a human" Tokomi tells her.

"Try this attack!" Arfoire raises her hand towards me "Damnations Bolt!" A magenta bolt flies at me from her open palm. I dodged to the side successfully, but I felt the electricity make my hair stand up.

"That would've been bad if it hit" I commented, before pointing my barrel at her "Metal Slugger!" I fired off my signature shot which got evaded.

Arfoire twirls her spear a bit before throwing it at me. I prepped my turret like it was a lance and thrust forward, stopping it "Heh, not bad. But, you fell for my trap!"

"Huh?" I looked confused for a moment till I saw her spear glowing orange "Ah shi. . ." BOOM! A massive explosion follows soon after, kicking up dust.

"Garland!?" Uni shouts.

"I'm not done yet!" She raises a hand over her head, then brings it down "Meteor Rain!" Another rune appeared and started spitting out a volley of meteors into the dust cloud for a good minute. After that, she cancels her move out "Hmm, I would say I'm surprised you're still standing. Well, barely. But, I'm not" With a swipe of her hand, Arfoire blows away the dust.

When the dust cleared, it showed me out of my armor and on my knees using my weapon as a crutch. Meta looked like he was hurting quite a bit "Ugh. . ." I tried lifting myself up using my rifle, but I couldn't muster the strength "D-Damn it. . . Ghhh. . .! *Cough* *Cough*" I started coughing up a little blood. Some of the party gasped.

"No, Garly! You're supposed to kick her butt!" Neptune yells "Come on!"

I gulped and tried to stand up again, but to no avail "I. . . I can't. . ." I felt a warm sensation where my stomach was. My wound has re-opened "Crap. . ."

"Ah hahahaha! I will admit, you kept me on my toes! But, it looks like all that power has left you" Arfoire says, smiling victoriously "But, all good things come to an end" She raises her leg and kicks the rifle from my grip, sending me to the ground with a thud.

"Guh. . . Ow. . ." I laid there, breathing heavily and shaking. I tried using my arms to get up, but Arfoire stomps on my back, sending me back down "Ah!"

"Ah, ah, ah. I don't think so" She coos, grinding her heel into me back more "Be a good boy and stay down while I finish you off" She raises her spear over her head "Say your last words soldier. Let them know how you failed at protecting them!"

I turned my head up at her, but then looked down. She's right, I failed. I talked all that big stuff, only to get overtaken in the end. . . This. . . Sucks. I placed an arm in front of me and raised my gaze to everyone. Needless to say, they were in shock "I'm. . . Sorry everyone. . ." I said, defeated.

"Gargoo!"

"Huh? Grah!" I heard that cry and felt Arfoire's weight lift off my back. I weakly looked to see Meta bobbing there in between Arfoire and I.

"Huh? M-Meta?" I looked confused. Wasn't he knocked out?

"Up Gargoo! Come come!" Meta bounces to the front of me, trying to prop me up.

"Guh. . . You little bastard" Meta and I turned to see Arfoire get up, her eye glowing with anger "I'll kill you for doing that!"

"Gargoo, come come! Pwease!" Meta cries, trying to drag me over to the group.

"Meta. . ." I looked at the poor guy, with pain on my face "Get away from me. Get to everyone else"

"Eh!? What what!?" Meta looks at me shocked.

"I. . . Can't go on anymore buddy. . ." I sigh, clenching my teeth "I lost all my strength. . ."

"G-Gargoo. . .?" Meta looks at me like I grew a second head.

"I'm sorry Meta. . ." I smile weakly at him before moving him away from me "Now go. . ."

"Well, how valiant. Trying to keep your pet safe" Arfoire walks up beside me "Hmm, since I'm feeling generous. I won't kill the Dogoo, but you better be prepared. Because I'm tired of stalling now"

I look up at Arfoire and sigh "Yeah, yeah. . ." I took a glance at everyone once more.

"Don't you dare give up now Garland!" Uni yells, interrupting me.

"U-Uni. . ." I look at her saddened.

"What do you think you're doing!? You're a soldier! Shouldn't you be getting back up and fighting!?" She glares at me, tears streaming down her face.

"Huh?" Arfoire looks at the Candidate quizzically, he spear still raised. The next few seconds seemed to go by in a blur. At one point, Arfoire had her spear. And the next, it was shot right out of her grasp "Ah, damn it!" She then jumps back to dodge a volley of bullets flying at her.

"Come on Garland! Get up!" Uni says running up to me, her own rifle out and smoking "You can do this, I know you can!"

"Yeah Garly!" Neptune cheers "Show her the powers of a main character!"

"I got faith in you dude" Chris limps up to the group with Andrew in tow.

Andrew grins "You got this Garland!"

Uni looks over at them, then back to me "You see Garland? They know you can do it. We all know you can" She smiles, kneeling down and lifting me to my knees "So don't go giving up on me yet. You never gave up on me, so why should I give up on you?"

I looked at her, speechless. What happened to the Uni from before? Did something in her awaken? "Why Uni?"

"Why?" She looks at me "Don't you remember what I said?" She smiles again "I. . . Love you Garland. You showed me that I can believe in myself and open up. You may give up, but I will stay with you and pick you back up"

"Uni. . ." I felt myself feel light from her words. I didn't know what to say. As this progressed, I felt tears starting to fall "I. . . I'm so sorry. . . I didn't know what to do. . . I'm sorry. . .!" I felt her wrap her arms around my neck.

"It's alright. You don't need to apologize" Uni says "Now get up. Show us what you can really do" Before I got up, she placed her hands on my shoulders "And. . . One other thing. . ."

"Huh, what is it?" I asked her. And in a blink of an eye, she planted another kiss on me!

"Good luck Garland. Knock her dead" Uni says, her face red from her action.

I stayed there like that for a bit, comprehending what just happened. After a little bit, I shook my head chuckling then stood up "Heh, that was an eye opener. . ." I looked back to see Arfoire healing her hand.

She looks up to see me standing again "Hmm, so you're back up. No matter, you'll just fall again"

I felt the warm sensation build up in me. I don't know what it is, but it feels strong "I don't think that will happen"

"Oh, why is that?" Arfoire asks, looking skeptical.

I smile "I say that because I have people here to back me up. If I were to fall, they would all just help me back up again" The warmth inside began changing into something I couldn't describe. It started becoming. . . power? "And, I have someone who is willing to stand by me. I can't let her down" The power in my mind started taking form. I took a deep breath in "It's time to finish this Arofire! Meta, let's go!" Power surged from my being while Meta jumps at me "Panzer Burst: Abrams!" A blast a while light engulfs us both, making everyone shield their eyes.

I felt the sensation of armor being equipped around me. My legs were being encased in black, mech leggings. I felt something connecting to my waist with some extensions hanging from it. My arms were next, with my hands being encased in a cloth-like texture with metal claws (much like the games). My arms also had black mech-like armor surrounding them. A black helmet descends upon my head, activating a blue visor. The last bit of armor went to my chest, which looked like the front of an Abrams colored black. The last thing that happened was a logo appearing on the chest plate reading in silver letters "LS". Once this all was finished, a turret that resembled the M1 Abrams attaches itself to my right arm and the light disappeared. Basically, just picture Infinite Stratos armor that's M1 Abrams based and colored black.

"Whoa! Check out the snazzy new look!" Neptune remarks, looking in awe.

"Hmm, let me check something" Nepgear says, bringing her N-Pad out and holds it up to me "Wh-What the goodness!?"

"What is it Nepgear?" Vert asks.

"His stats are off the charts!" She says, swiping frantically on the pad's screen.

"Are you able to get a reading on this power?" Blanc asks this time.

"Hang on, that's what I'm trying to find. . . Got it!" Nepgear exclaims, swiping upwards so everyone can see the results.

Meanwhile with Arfoire and I, she was looking at me with a very confused look "What is this? You were on the verge of death, and now you're standing here with this unknown power resonating from you"

I look down at my hand "To be honest, I don't know myself" I gripped it into a fist "But, I do know that this was possible thanks to them. Now. . ." I raised my right arm, pointing the turret at Arfoire "Time for round two" And I fired off a shot with a massive boom.

Meanwhile in Planeptune's Basilicom

"Are you sure it's a good idea for you to be here?" Histoire asks a young man in a black shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes.

"They won't know I'm here, don't worry" He said "So, you felt that spike in Lastation's shares?"

Histoire nods "Indeed. To think a human could tap into the share energy"

"Heh, I believe he had a little help with that Histoire" The young man chuckles.

"How so?" She asks, looking confused.

The man looks at her "Let's just say, faith can do wondrous things. And we just witnessed a miracle with the faith from a certain Candidate to a certain soldier" He turns around and a rip in reality opens "You know where I'll be"

"If you say so AIYF" Histoire says.

Back at the fight

"This can't be. He's somehow wielding share energy in that form" Blanc states.

The others hearing this gather around the N-Pad to take a look. Like Blanc said, they were seeing spikes in power that felt like share energy.

"How is this even possible!?" Noire asks, not believing this "How can Garland wield this energy!?"

"I found the source of the power" Nepgear tells them "He's getting it from Lastation and something else"

"L-Lastation. . .?" Uni looks bewildered.

"Ah, I see what's happening here" Vert speaks up, smiling "It seems that Uni is the link to this sudden power" With that said, Uni's face flushes a deep red. They were soon interrupted by a series of booms. They looked over to see Arfoire flying now while I shot at her.

"Damn it. . ." I look up at her, lowering my turret.

"Hahahaha! It seems that all that was for nothing since you can't fly. Poor you" Her hand started to glow "Now for a treat. Omega Meteor Rain!"

I watched as meteors started raining down in a much denser formation "Crap. If we can't get to her, then what good is. . . Huh?" Something popped up on my visor and I smile at it "Well, looks like there is still hope!" As I stood there, the meteors started slamming into the ground around me, picking up dust.

"No, Garland!" Uni yells, looking on at the dust cloud with wide eyes.

"That looked like it hurt" Neptune remarks, cringing at the continuous volley of meteors till they heard humming "Hey, is anyone else hear that?" Just as she asked that, something blasts out of the dust cloud "Holy craparoni!" When all looked up, they see me still in Abrams, but with an added feature on my back. They looked like wings you would see on a stealth bomber.

"Impressive. You're starting to amuse me with all these little tricks of yours" Arfoire says, canceling her attack.

"Heh, what can I say. I don't give up" I said "Now. . ." I raised my turret "Let's continue where we left off. Armor Pierce!" And I shoot off a metallic tank round.

"Hah, like that will do. . ." Just as she was about to speak, the shot made contact and broke her barrier "Wh-What!?"

"Explosive Round!" I called off and fired off a dark red round and detonated in Arfoire's face.

"Gah, you bastard!" Arfoire yells, summoning nodes "Destroy him!" The nodes fly over and started shooting at me. I dodged the attack then blasted away with the nodes in pursuit.

"Alright, this is the most epic last stand ever!" Neptune cheers "Way to go Garly!"

Chris looks at Neptune and sighs "Still the same. Huh?" He turns his head to the side to see what it was when. . . "Neptune, look ou. . . Gaaaaah!" He pushed her out of the way just as a crimson orb detonated on him, sending him flying like a ragdoll.

"Ch-Chris!" IF looks shocked "Grr. . . Damn it. Arfoire's going to try and pick us off while Garland is trying not to get killed"

Neptune looks over at Arfoire and points "Hey, that was uncalled for! Attacking us like that!"

"Like I care" The woman scoffs, her hand erupting into magenta lightning "As long as you all fall in the end fastest" She raises her hand and lightning falls upon the rest of the group, sending them to the ground.

"Crap. . . X-Xelor. We need to activate" Andrew said, breathing heavily.

Xelor beeps to life with a bit of static "We can't at the moment. . . We're still recharging. . ."

"Damn. . ." Andrew slams his fist into the ground.

"Hah! It's futile now! With him busy and you all down, this will be a whole lot easier" She raises her spear this time, the tips glowing a deep red color, then forming a ball of energy "This new move should put you all out of your misery" The ball grows in size "Anti-Share Sp. . . Ah!" She was saying till she was shot, canceling her attack. She looks over to see an exhausted Black Sister a bit away from the group, he weapon raised.

"I. . . Don't think so" Uni says, smiling.

Arfoire's eyes glow a deep magenta "Ah, I see now" She snaps her fingers and the area around Black Sister erupts.

"UNI!" Noire cried out, terrified at the sudden explosion that engulfed her sister. The dust clears soon after, showing Uni's human form on the ground, shaking from the immense pain.

"Huh, oh well. Say goodbye runt" Arfoire raises her spear once more and glows the same color as before "Now, blow her away into oblivion! Anti-Share Blast!" The orb at the end of her spear releases a devastating red beam, heading straight for Uni.

"No, Uni get up!" Noire yells, tears starting to roll down her face "Please!"

Uni, barely raises her head to the sound of her sister's voice and reaches out a shaky hand "N-Noire. . . I'm sorry. . ."

"NOOOOOO!" The beam engulfs the area Uni's in with a devastating force that blows away almost anything in a nearby radius.

Author's Notes

"AI! Why the cliff hanger!?" Neptune yells.

I'm sorry! It's just been over a month since the last update and I wanted to at least give everyone here more reading material while I work on other things!

"Eh, reasonable. For now"

Ugh. . . I swear guys, this will be the last part and second to last chapter coming up. Please be patient, and I will make things end with a bang! And with new stuff on the way!