Chapter 28
Leanbox Here I Come!
I wake up early the next day to prepare for my trip to Leanbox. Nepgear cook us breakfast before our trip and even prepare extra for later. She thoughtful as usual. I heard a knock following by someone just barging it. They're lucky that we're dressed.
"Morning guys." Ram said with glee as she jumps on me. Rom jumps on top of me as well
"AH! The heck are you girls doing." I had Rom's adorable eye stare at me.
"We're just saying good morning to you. That's all" She said softly. This is certainly a way to say good morning. Nepgear sits behind me and give all of us a hug.
"I swear you girls are just going to melt me like butter." I sigh
"Don't worry I can just freeze you back up." I rather not be frozen and I was just making a joke, but whatever.
"I'll be alright Ram, but thanks for the offer." I chuckled a little at her request. Nepgear taps my forehead. I look up at her face.
"Yes darling?"
"We should be going soon sweetheart." I looked at the time. It's past eight already.
"I guess we should." Uni welcomes herself in. I saw Seth behind her. Seth started to laugh.
"You just don't get a break do you boy?" Seth laughed so loud I swear the whole hotel could hear him.
"Anthony. . . what the heck is this?" Uni just looked at the blob that is Rom, Ram, Nepgear and I.
"Ask Rom and Ram not me!" I tried to defend myself, but that always fails with Uni.
"Whatever, I can care less right now. We should be going to Leanbox. It's a long way from Lowee."
"Yea so get up boy! We need to get to the boat before it sails away."
"Alright you don't need to yell Seth." I pick up Rom and Ram and put them down in front of me. Rom and Ram look at me waiting for me and Nepgear.
"Come on love birds! We don't have all day to see you stare at each other." Ram is really impatience. Nepgear and I jumped and just begin to blush. Seth just laughs.
"That's to damn adorable! Let's go people!" Seth commends all of us. Uni follows Seth close behind him. We soon follow suit. Uni pokes Seth in the back.
"Um? You want something Uni?" Seth asked her as we get on the boat to Leanbox. I'm glad we made it on time. I didn't want to walk or fly there to be honest. I know I'm being a bit lazy here, but I need to save my energy for what is to come. Uni looks at Seth and blushes.
"Your blushing means you want something from me don't you?" Seth smiles. Uni gave him the evil eyes. She calmed down a bit.
"Take me shopping!" Uni said quickly and looked down on the wooded floor of the boat.
"You serious?" Seth went into deep thought for a few seconds. "Sure I don't mind if we have time. I owe you lots of precious time anyways." Uni eyes sparkled.
"Really?" Seth pats her head
"Of course Uni. You're just lucky I have a shit ton of money on me." Seth give a reassuring smile. Uni give him a big hug.
"You're the best Seth!" Uni seems really happy. I wouldn't think Seth was that kind of guy. I guess you should never judge a book by it's cover.
"You're lucky that you're cute" Seth chuckled as Uni blushed.
'Calling me cute will not get you off the hook' Uni whispers to Seth.
'I know that' Seth smiles away. We all mingle as we see Leanbox in the distance.
"Look Anthony, there is it." Nepgear said to me as she is holding my hand.
"We're finally here. It's just a matter of time before we save Neptune and the others."
"Yea. I hope we do. I really do." Nepgear looks depressed. I pull her closer to me and hold her close to me.
"I told you that we will and I will make sure it happens." I smile to reassure her of it. Nepgear looks at me with the smile that I adore.
"Alright. I believe you Anthony." I heard a small laugh and then I receive a kiss from my lovely girlfriend. I blush as I notice Seth watching us.
"I bet you feel damn special having a goddess as your girlfriend don't ya boy." Seth gives me a wide grin.
"Shut up Seth" I laughed as Seth laughed with me. " I bet you like Uni Seth." Seth stopped and blushed for a mere second
"Why the hell do you say that asshole?" Did he just went tsundere on me?
"I don't know. Maybe it's the way you are with her." Uni pops up out of no where.
"That is nothing compare how he is when my sister is around me. I swear he adores her." Uni said in disgust.
"Uni! Don't be blabbing about that! Damn it Anthony! I'm so kicking your ass for this." Seth got angry quickly.
"You're not hurting him Seth." Did Nepgear just get defensive? I never knew she had it her. She look at Seth with mean piercing eyes.
"Damn woman! I was just kidding. Don't have to go all aggressive over your precious man." Seth walks away. I just look at Nepgear in shock. Uni seemed surprised.
"Dang Nepgear. I didn't know you had a backbone." Uni stated in shock.
"I can be protective of him. I'm sorry." Nepgear puts her arms around my waist and puts her face to my chest. I patted Nepgear on the head.
"You're alright Nepgear. You're just protecting what you love. That's all. Hey look we are here." The boat finally came to a stop.
"About fucking time! Let's go people. Someone should get Rom and Ram." Seth told us.
"I guess we will." Nepgear and I go into the resting quarters to wake up the twins.
"We're here girls" Rom and Ram rubbed their eyes.
"We're in Leanbox?" Ram asked us. Rom just gets up and walks besides me. She looks up at me.
"You alright Rom?" She nods her head " Yes Ram we are here. Now let's go we have a mission here." Ram got really pissy.
"I knew that! Jeez." Ram is grumpy. I guess I should have tried a different way to wake her up. We enter Leanbox to see a whole much of people roaming around getting ready for New year's.
"I wouldn't expect this many people here in a time like this." I'm really surprised.
'Well it's New year's boy. People need a break from all the damn bullshit that is going on. If I'm correct I think 5pb is going to be holding a big ass parade here in Leanbox to celebrate the new year." Seth stated to us.
"How you know that?"
"I keep taps on the nations."
"I see" I'm curious of who or what Seth is.
"Hey Seth?"
"Yea what you want now boy?" Seth seems really pissed.
"Just how old are you?" Seth's eyes darken as if he just saw someone die in front of him.
"I'm as old as the goddesses themselves." My eyes widen in surprise.
"Really?"
"Yea. I was born from the souls of the ancient heroes known as the quartets."
"The souls?"
"Yea. The tainted souls to be exact. Arfoire decided to try to consume them, but she couldn't control such power and was sealed by them. As a result of that I was born from that darkness. I'm darkness incarnate." Seth got really sad.
"I wouldn't have guessed that."
"Yea. People hated me for being what I am. Being a dark being makes you hated. I fought for the people regardless of my power. I sometimes would lose control. I had no one to help control it. That is until a certain goddess took me down and brought me in for questioning."
"Noire?"
"That is right boy. I had to prove that I wasn't going to destroy the world. I had to work under her for a while. I started to feel compelled to protect her, so I did. I never had enough power to do so. She notice my power and perseverance and took me as her bodyguard, even though she used to think that it's dumb for goddesses to have a bodyguard. She used it as a way to watch me. She knew how I felt and was able to comfort me through all the bullshit I was put through. She is a weird woman I tell. A complete bitch on the outside, but as sweet as a sugar cane." Seth laughed away his blushing face.
"So you're not human?"
"Hell no I'm not! You think a human could do what I do. You're crazy in the head."
" I guess I am a bit crazy Seth." I chuckled.
"You tell me about you boy."
"Alright No problem . We can talk as we get to the basilicom." I told him how I got her and the way I got to be Nepgear's bodyguard and how I became a CPU and so on and so forth.
"A human that fell from the sky? A human that became a CPU and a human that fell in love with the goddess he is suppose to protect? I be damned! That sounds like one hell of a trip. You think you be going back home?"
"I don't want to." Nepgear just stares at me as I sulk.
"Why not? Don't you got family at home?"
"Family that just tears each other apart. They just savages! I don't want that shitty life!" I got really angry as I had to think about my family.
"Damn boy. Calm down. I didn't know you had a shitty house life." You least have friends?"
"There are here, but they're on their own little world."
"Damn you and I are the same in a sense that we had shitty lonely lives" Seth pats me on the back.
"You have people that care about ya. Hell you a beautiful woman right behind you that loves you so fucking much I don't think I can think of words to say how much she loves ya." Seth laughs to cheer me up. Nepgear hugs me from behind me.
"I love you Anthony" Nepgear says with a bright smile on her face.
"I love you to Nepgear." I smiled back at her. I feel her comforting aura surrounding me.
"That's too damn cute. I should take a picture!" Seth keeps on laughing until he sees the basilicom.
"Well shit we are here guys." I walk towards the doors and open it. We all enter the basilicom. Chika jumps in surprise.
"Well Anthony you brought quite a party. Seth I see you're back on the battlefield."
"Yes I am Miss. Hakozaki. I'm going to save the goddesses with lover boy over here."
"Seth it be nice if you wouldn't say that."
"Lover boy?" Chika seems really confused.
"He has to bring all these girls with him." Seth laughs. Chika just sighs
"You have not change at all Seth."
"Nope and why the hell would I?"
"Point taken. I assume you're here for the location of the mascot?"
"That is correct Chika." Saying that as I'm being a usual serious self.
"Go to the volcanic caverns. It's located there." She just gives it to me.
"That was fast."
"Well I need you to save my precious Vert for me Anthony. Go on and get the mascot and save my Vert already before I have to beat you in." Chika is scary without her Vert. I better make this quick.
"Alright alright. Jeez." We leave the basilicom in search for the mascot.
' I hope he does save the goddesses. We can't hold out much longer' Chika says to herself as we leave.
We enter the caverns. It's infested with monsters. Seth goes bat shit crazy on all of them.
"Come on you damn small fry! Tremble in darkness!" The dark mist forms around him as his ax grows bigger and bigger.
"Showing off again. I swear he has to show off to every girl he is with." Uni is just pissed at him as usual. Nepgear and I slice through the enemies in our path as we get closer to the end. Seth stops for a second.
"I heard foot steps." Underling and Warechu come from behind us.
"They got here before us chu!" Warechu jumped in fear as he saw us
"Damn I was hoping to steal the disc before they show up. O shit it's that guy again." She noticed Seth and just stopped.
"Long time no see bitch." Seth gives a evil grin.
"I'm not giving you the upper head this time. I have this powerful monster disc here. Go sick em boy." She throws a disc and a giant ice dragon pops out of it and grabs Uni. The black mist forms around Seth.
"Wrong choice bitch!" He flies towards Underling only to get smash by the dragons claws as it goes through him. He coughs up a massive amount of blood.
"Damn this fucking body. . . Uni. . . No. . .I can't fail again. . .No I'm not losing any more people. . . FUCK THAT SHIT! I"M FUCKING GOING TO SAVE HER!" A pillar of darkness comes shooting down towards him. I see a something with giant thundering black wings wielding a ax that is so massive I can't seem to even guess it's size. Uni is finally knocked as the dragon is about to eat her. Before I can go in charging at the dragon we all get pushed back by the darkness that is coming from what appears to be Seth. The ice dragon stopped at looked at Seth or what appears to be Seth
"You dare awaken this side of me? I will murder you for trying to take what I hold dear you whore." A dark voice says to Underling.
'Holy cow! The hell is that thing?!" Seth seems to be coated in blue thunder and darkness with giant wings and claws wielding his ax he calls The Demise.
"You and all of ASIC will soon fear darkness before your very eyes. . " He prepare to fight the ice dragon one on one as he stares into it's blue eyes.
"You damn Behemoth will be giving back my precious CPU candidate now." He some how swipes Uni off of it's claws and puts her beside us and looks at the ice dragon.
"It's you and me behemoth. One will stand and one will fall." A couple more ice dragons come out of no where. I see a dark wall blocking my view of the dragons. I hear a whisper for Seth.
"Please understand my reasons for my actions. . .I don't want to lose Uni or any one else ever again. I cherish that girl with my heart. Please let me fight this fight." I nodded as the fight shortly begins.
Author's Note: A cliffhanger? I'm terrible. I have one thing to say before you all go act me and go "You're updating too fast dude!" I have this story written so I just have to type and edit this story so I can update this story very quickly which I plan on doing unlike Noireverse where I have to write then type and edited. That's all I wanted to say I hope you enjoy! Until the next chapter guys :)
