Heya everyone, Acallaris here bringing you guys the final chapter of the Recoded Arc!
So last time, we officially met Zest, and watched his backstory…which really wasn't as dark as Terra and Kashi's chapter, but hey, we needed a break from the dark atmosphere
Now, what's going to happen now? What will the APLs have to go through once they wake up? Well, let's find out!
It was late at night In Gameindustri, it was a similar setting and atmosphere to how it was a few nights ago, the only difference being that the CPU were all talking along themselves
Meanwhile, the APL had finally woken up from their slumber, the three of them very confused on what had happened, left their beds and made their way out of their rooms
The APL slowly walked through the halls of the Basilicom they were in, although they were in separate places, the layout of the halls were very similar to one another
As the APLs traversed through the halls, eventually, they all found one room that had its door halfway opened, the APL peaked into the room, only to see their Goddess on a computer, Video chatting with one another
"Histoire and Hinato have finally figured out the cure for the Cunithium?" Blanc asked
"Yup!" Neptune replied, "Histy and and Nat have been working on it all day!"
"Was it really necessary to make them our APL?" Noire asked, "N-Not like I have a problem or anything!"
"Course it was Noire!" Neptune said, "Now you'll be able to become Lonely Heart and Lonely Player!"
"Neptune, call me lonely one more time and I'll be over there to strangle you faster than you can break the fourth wall" Noire growled
"By the way Neptune, have Histoire and Hinato found out the reason for both you and Tamazaki not being affected by the Cunithium?" Vert asked
"Nat said it had something to do with me and T having a strong bond with each other" Neptune said, "After that, he just walked out the room saying he didn't want to get into the details"
"That's quite peculiar if you ask me" Blanc said, "But Neptune, Did Histoire or Hinato talk about the what we're going to do with the other APL by any chance?"
"They have the Cunithium inside them as well" Noire said, "Just because we'll be cured, doesn't necessarily mean that they'll be cured"
"Don't look at me like that you guys!" Neptune said, "I'm only the messenger, any other stuff they told me about I either forgot or disregarded"
"And once again, you're idiocy is showing off Neptune" Noire sighed
The APLs slowly backed away from the CPUs' offices, they placed their hands on the right side of their chest and looked down, they began to breathe heavily as they all stood there, although, it didn't take them long to realize that their heavy breathing was able to be heard by the CPUs
"Is someone there?" Noire asked
"You heard something outside your door as well?" Blanc asked
"That is certainly strange, I heard something outside my door as well" Vert said, "It sounds like heavy breathing"
"Ooo, maybe your secret admirers are watching you through the crack in the doors!" Neptune said, "Their just waiting for you to end the call, so they can whisper sweet nothings into your ears~"
"Would you shut up!" Noire's face turned red at the thought
The CPUs, except for Neptune, all made their way to the door of their offices, the APLs heard the footsteps and ran back to their rooms, shutting the doors on their ways in
The CPUs looked outside of their offices, all they heard was the sound of a door shutting next to them, the three CPUs decided to go and check on their APLs, when they opened the door…
"Oh…no..." The CPUs said in unison
Disclaimer: Hyperdimension Neptunia rightfully belongs to Idea Factory and Compile Heart
The Recoded Arc Chapter 6: Missing
Tamazaki's Perspective
(Planeptune's Basilicom, 8:23 PM)
"Ta-"
"Ta-"
"ma-"
"ma-"
"zaki"
"noodle" Compa smiled as she said this, "Tamanoodle? That's how you pronounce your name Tama?"
"Not…not even close Compa" I facepalm while letting out a massive sigh
Apparently teaching Compa how to pronounce actually names is impossible, I've been actually sitting here for at least three hours, trying to get her to pronounce everyone's names correctly, to me, it looks as if she can't even say the names of her friends she sees everyday
"See Tam, it's impossible for Compa to remember people's full names" IF said, "She's only able to remember half of what people actually tell her"
"Yeah, I can definitely see that now" I said this as I lowered my head into my hands, "How…how in the world can get Tamazaki, mixed in with Tamanoodle?"
"When Nep – Nep first met you, she thought your name was Teriyaki" Compa said, "So I've always thought your name was that or Tamanoodle!"
"Why are they both names of food?" I asked her
Before anyone could call me "Tamamali", Alex walked into the room, he looked pretty upset about something, and I know, if my brother is upset about something, everyone's gonna be depressed
"You alright Alex?" I asked him, "Something happen? Did break your Laptop again?"
"No….If I did, I would've fixed it by now" Alex sighed, "I just heard that Luth and Taem both had mental breakdowns earlier today"
"They did?" IF asked, "Did you get a reason on why they had breakdowns?"
"From what the Candidates and Caem told me…" Alex began
Alex then went on and told us about Luth's pretty messed up past, with Terra killing his parents to almost r**ing Uni, he then went on to Taem, who was a orphan at a orphanage that burned down a few years ago
"….Damn" I wasn't sure what to say in this type of situation, "All those things really happened to the both of them?"
"I feel really bad for Luffy and Taem…" Compa said
"I do to…" IF said, "Hopefully they'll be able to recover from all this and go back to their normal selves"
"Guys! We've got some bad news!" Neptune ran into the room with Nepgear following after her, "We've got three bad Apples roaming Gameindustri, get the master balls!"
"I smell a Moemon Reference…" Alex said
"Hey Gear? could you translate what Nep just said?" IF asked, "Even I didn't understand what she meant by "bad apples"
"The APLs are missing!" Nepgear said, "When Noire, Blanc, and Vert went to go check on them, they weren't in their rooms and the windows were wide open!"
"Histy and Nat wanted us to go and search for those guys!" Neptune said, "There sour patches are going not the radar!"
"Nep – Nep, use words that all of us can understand!" Compa said
"She meant to say that the CPU and APLs souls are going haywire!" Nepgear said, "They've never been out control like this! We have only a few hours to find the APLs!"
"Alright then, we'll all split up to cover more ground" IF said, "Compa and I will go see if Noire needs help, Gear and Al, the two of you go and help Vert, and for Nep and Tam, search all the dungeons in Gameindustri"
"We don't have a lot of time, so we'd better get going" I said
(1 hour later…)
(Tamazaki's Perspective - Red Player's Perspective)
Lady Purple Heart and I flew around all of Gameindustri, searching for the missing APL, when we thought we were on to something, we would only get mislead by some obstacle
Lady Purple Heart and I floated over Neptower, the two of us kept looking and looking, but came back with no clues on where they could possibly be
"They couldn't of gotten far" Lady Purple Heart said, "It's strange on how they just disappeared like that…"
"I agree…" I replied, "The only reason they could've vanished like that, is if Uhrevia some how got to them while the CPUs backs were turned"
"They were in their offices by the time the APLs disappeared, they APLs were sleeping in the rooms next to them" Lady Purple Heart said, "If Uhrevia got to them, then Noire, Blanc, and Vert would've noticed that they were gone a lot sooner"
In the corner of my eye, I saw a pillar of light, it looked as if it was coming from Virtua Forest. Lady Purple Heart noticed this as well, the two of us glanced at each other before taking off and heading to the forest
(Virtua Forest, 1:00 AM)
Lady Purple Heart and I entered the forest, the two of us landed on the ground and began to walk towards the pillar of light, while also keeping ourselves concealed
We eventually delve deeper into the forest, at the core of it, we saw Terra, Kashi, and Zest, standing in front of a portal, they looked as if they were about to enter the portal themselves, but I wasn't going to let that happen
(Red Player's Perspective - Tamazaki's Perspective)
I decided that it would be best if I wasn't in my APL form, so I wouldn't cause any drama with the three of them, I motioned Neptune to stay where she was while I went and talked with the APL, she nodded in reply
"What are the three of you doing?" I asked while walking out from our hiding place, "Disappearing like that isn't the best choice if you ask me"
"Red…go away" Kashi said, "We're not coming back with you…we're only a threat to everyone"
"What do you mean by a threat?" I asked, "You guys are perfectly fin-"
"Don't act stupid Red, you know why we're leaving" Terra said, "You know all about the Cunithium that Uhrevia injected into the three of us"
"…." All I did was stare at them
"If we stay, we're just going to cause lots of stress for you and your buds" Zest said, "It's better that we aren't allies with one another, it's impossible for guys like us"
"Just because you guys were bad at first, doesn't mean your bad now" I said, "It was Uhrevia who caused all of this to happen to the three of you, you shouldn't blame yourselves"
"What's that going to change, huh Red?" Terra started to get angered, "It isn't going to change the fact that my own Stepbrother, the one who means everything to me, wants me to burn in the fiery depths of the Gameindustri Graveyard"
"Nor it's going to change the fact, that my cousin, thinks I burned down his home" Kashi said, "See Red, no matter what happens, there are always going to be people who despise us"
"So…this is goodbye, next time you see us, we'll either be dead or fighting to the death" Zest said, "Tell Lady Vert and the others that we're sorry for quitting on the first day…"
"Guys…wait-"
Before I could run up to them to prevent them from entering the portal, I was suddenly tackled to the ground, I tried to to turn my to see who it was, but I only saw black sleeve pinning me down
"Hee-hee! I've got you!" The familiar voice giggled
"Huh? H-hey!" I tried to break free, "Denikè, get off of me!"
"T!" I heard Neptune shout from our hiding place
I saw Neptune jump fly out from the bushes, as I was about to tell her to stay back, a web that glowed red, entangled her, trapping her instantly
A maniacal laugh was followed shortly after, I could see Layria walking out from where Neptune previously was, she was rubbing her had a together and had this evil grin on her face
"Looks like we've finally got our trophies back" Layria said, "As well as a few new ones, Lady Uhrevia will be pleased with our performance"
"What are you doing?!" I asked, "Let go of me!"
"Stop squirming Red Player" Naylu appeared out of nowhere; she was holding a syringe, "This will only hurt for….ever"
"Ngh, Guys! Please help me!" I call out to the APLs who were only watching in shock, "Get them away from me!"
The APLs only looked at each other, they were extremely hesitant on helping me, all they did was watch as Neptune and I struggled to break free from our prisons
"What's in that thing?" I looked at the syringe, it had a cyan colored liquid flowing inside of it
"Oh, nothing to big…" Naylu said, "Only a dose of Cunithium that will be inserted into your veins"
"WHAT!" I shouted
"Easy now Red Player, you should save the squirming for after you have the Cunithium inside of you" Layria said
I just realized something, me and Neptune's souls are linked with each other's, so…if they injected the Cunithium into me, would that mean that they would also be Injecting Cunithium into Neptune as well?
Either way, this was going to be bad for all of us, I wasn't able to break free from Denikè's grip on me, and I also wasn't able to transform, if I did transform, then I would have to grab my APL Core, which would be floating right in front of me, out in the open for anyone to grab
I closed my eyes and let whatever happen….happen, but unknown to me, I didn't know that I was going to get saved by something completely unexpected
"Hiyah!" Someone shouted
Someone kicked Denikè off of me, I saw her roll across the ground and right into a tree, I jumped up and did a backflip away from Naylu and her needle
"Who did that?" I asked myself
I looked up in the sky, and to my surprise, I saw all of the CPU, including Neptune, what surprised about this was that Noire, Blanc, and Vert, were all able to transform again
Name: Black Heart (Noire transformed)
Age: Unknown
Gender: Female
Appearance: Pure White hair with glowing teal eyes, is fair skinned
Outfit: Black bathing suit – like part, matching black gloves
Occupation: CPU
Weapon: Two handed sword
Info: Noire transformed, not much about her personality changes though, still and will forever be a Tsundere…
Name: White Heart (Blanc Transformed)
Age: Unknown
Gender: Female
Appearance: Light blue hair with pinkish-red glowing eyes, is fair skinned
Outfit: White bathing suit – like part white unattached sleeves
Occupation: CPU
Weapon: Axe
Info: Blanc transformed, she's more aggressive than she is in her human form
Name: Green Heart (Vert Transformed)
Age: Unknown
Gender: Female
Appearance: Sea foam green hair (in a ponytail) with light purple eyes, fair skinned
Outfit: White bikini styled suit with black and green pieces, has on white gloves
Occupation: CPU
Weapon: Lance
Info: Vert transformed, she's seems to be a bit more mature then she usually is
"The CPU have come to play?" Denikè got up and dusted herself off, "that makes everything even more fun then before!"
"God, her voice is too high pitched" CPU Blanc said, "Can we put a muzzle on her?"
"Easy Blanc, once we're done with them, they'll be no need for a muzzle" Black Heart said
Denikè summoned her Laser…cannon? I don't know where she got that from, but ok. Naylu summoned a bow and arrow, and Layria summoned a…freaking chainsaw?!
"Why the hell do you have a chainsaw?!" I shouted, "what kind of psychotic freak are you?"
"The one who appreciates SILENCE!" Layria said
"Can I just blast them out the sky?" Denikè asked, "I mean…this will make everything easier…right?"
"Go ahead Denikè" Naylu said, "just make sure that their guts rain down onto the floor"
(Tamazaki's Perspective - Red Player's Perspective)
Denikè took aim at the CPUs, I quickly transformed and few up to them right as Denikè fired at them, once again, I was going to be a shield for someone…well, at least my job as APL is being fulfilled
Instead of me taking any damage, a barrier in front of the five of us, it absorbed the laser and ended up firing it back shortly after
The three cloaked women jumped out of the way of the laser, causing it to crash into the ground, causing a mini explosion
"Who-"
"Some people never learn to correct their mistakes, do they?" We heard someone say
The five of us turned around to see Blue Player, Yellow Player, and Green Player, Yellow Player has his arm extended, this told us that he was the one who put up the barrier
"What are you three doing?" I asked
"Protecting our Goddess, smart one" APL Terra said, "It wouldn't be right if we just stood there and let you guys died like that"
"Didn't the three of you enter the portal?" Lady Purple Heart asked
"Yeah, but we're back with the power of Acallaris' and his plot connivence skills" APL Zest said
Acallaris: And just like that, the secret is out…thanks a lot Zest…I really appreciate it
"Thanks for the honZESTy!" APL Zest said
No one couldn't resist the urge to let out a groan and facepalm at Zest's terrible joke, I could feel all of Gameindustri's Citizens just flipping a random object over as he said that
"Besides that God awful pun, made by Smartass, we going to wreck those chumps down there or what?" CPU Blanc asked
"I would like to ask, where those so called "chumps" are Blanc" CPU Vert asked
We all looked around for Denikè, Naylu, and Layria, but the three of them were nowhere to be found at all, we expected there to be a surprise attack of some sort, but nothing came
As we floated in the sky, the sun began to rise over the horizon, the eight of us watched as the sun rose, not bothering to look away for a second
"Yesterday was…eventful" APL Kashi said
"Was it eventful because, the three of you thought that leaving us was going to help your situation?" CPU Vert asked, "It most certainly didn't help whatsoever"
"We know, and we're…" APL Terra was trying to find the right word, "what was it…I couldn't of possibly forgot it"
"Looks like Noire made a good choice when picking out her APL" Lady Purple Heart commented, "It's as if they were made for each other"
"Shut up, no we weren't!" Both Noire and Terra shouted
"I think the word you were looking for was "sorry?" APL Zest said, "But uh, yeah, sorry about…you know, running away and make you all worry about us"
"We have to thank the three of you…" APL Kashi said, "You're letting us stay with you, even after all of the things that Uhrevia has made us do"
"We're not heartless monsters, we just have a very strong opinion on males" CPU Noire said, "It was Neptune went with the idea of taking you in, not ours"
"Oh Noire, you know very well I had nothing to do with this" Lady Purple Heart said, "This was all you guys, you made the choice, all I ever did was support it and play the role of the messenger while doing so"
"Now Neptune, what did we say about keeping that part of the deal to yourself?" CPU Vert asked before sighing, "Oh well, at least we don't need to feel guilty about our actions"
We all began to notice that the monsters o Virtua Forest, were all starting to come out of slumber and roam the Forest, at the same time, the portal that the other APLs were about to step through closed
The eight of us were able to make our our nations in the distance, we all nodded at each other, as we were about to part ways, I stopped
"By the way…" Everyone also stopped as well, "You don't have to call me "Red" anymore, just call me…Tamazaki"
[Terra has joined the party!]
[Kashi has joined the party!]
[Zest has joined the party!]
With that out of the way, the Recoded Arc is successfully finished! I have to admit, when writing this chapter, I was procrastinating a lot while doing this (which is why I'm up 1:00 in the morning), so the quality of the chapter really isn't the best, it felt rushed to be honest
But with that aside, I hope you all enjoyed the Recoded Arc, now we have 4 CPUs, 4 CPU Candidates, 4 APLs, and 4 APL Aspirants, the roster is successfully full
Now the next Arc, is going to be the Recreational Arc, after that, it'll be the Holy Sword Arc…oh boy, we have a week in a half to prepare for the feels…be ready
Also ELA State Test are over! Now I can dis like relax…well that's what I would say if there wasn't a Math State Test Next week….yeah, kill me now
Anyways, thanks again for reading this chapter guys, I really appreciate it, I'll see you guys on Sunday, it the beginning of the Recreational Arc
REVIEW TIME!
To On3dgeGaming: Yeah, it's starting to make a lot more sense now
To AIYF Productions: I wonder how AI would react if he found that you randomly gave his Skype away
Neptune: He ain't gonna do anything to the other me! And plus, he'd be surprised, that's all!
Uh-huh, anyways, I've sent you a contact request that you've already gotten, so now, we just have to wait until both of us are available
To Kage Sunaipa: Well, the other Aspirants aren't really like that, it's only Taem…so yeah, both Taem and Zest are gonna benefit from each other
To Moonbunny: Zest is dumb in his APL Form, while he's just a Pervert in his human form, with some his dumbness rubbing off on him
Maybe I I had listened to the CD, I would've implemented that, but then again…it's Vert
I'd be…somewhat confused, somewhat amazed, and somewhat scared if I ever saw my dimensional counterpart
And on with the questions!
Silver: Uhh…what did you exactly lose?
Alex: Don't make us say it!
Nepgear: It's embarrassing to talk about!
Luth: *groans* I'm going to burn myself after this…
(A few minutes later)
Uni: Luth, where is-
Luth: Ahh, yes Lady Uni?
Uni:…What…happened to you?
Luth: I couldn't has a possible clue on what you mean by that, I am only being a "gentleman"
Uni: A gentleman?
Luth: Yes, a gentleman *hands Uni her rifle* Now before you go, I have a small favor to ask of you
Uni: *blushing* Y-yes?
Luth: please aim the gun at my forehead and pull the trigger
Caem: She…she does what?!
Taem: Those things can bounce…oh my god
Taem: I pulled up….uhh, what's her name? 5pb's skirt?
Ram: He's really lucky that she didn't notice!
Caem: But the security guards did *sighs*
Ram: But…this is really big! I can't eat it all by myself!
Rom: Ram? Do you want me to help?
Ram: Sure Rom!
Caem: Nope! I ain't staying here to witness this!
(Taem grabs Caem by the collar)
Taem: Look my brother…watch as they elegantly lick that Popsicle…don't you wish that was you?
Caem:…No….not at all
Rom: I don't know, there are a lot of mean monsters who would look cute as pets…
Hinato: *pokerface*
Uhh Hinato? You alright?
Tamazaki: And now she's on all fours while hovering over me…I'm in a inescapable situation right now
Neptune: You sure are! But don't worry, I've got everything under control~
Nepgear: "Unfortunate" use? What does-
Luth: I got owned alright
(A few hours later…)
Nepgear: Done! I decreased the recharge time dramatically, you'll be able to perform actions while invisible as well!
Uni: I honestly prefer a railgun, it's what I've using ever since I first transformed, so I'm more fond of that
Have you ever won in a shooting contest against Nepgear?
Uni: Of course I have!
Noire: Only two stances, I haven't found enough time to practice mode stances
Vert: That's for your imagination to decide
Blanc: They usually are at least 50 - 100 pounds, although, they aren't that heavy
Luth: Do any girls even read this story?
Alex: I think he might be talking about- *smacks Dogoo off his shoulder* The Candidates
Taem: Guys! Their dragging me away HELP! *gets dragged into a dark corner*
Caem:….Should we-
Alex: Shhh…a moment of silence…
To PersonManZX: If steam still worked, yeah, I would play TF2 with you
Luth: Actually, that makes me sound badass
Acallaris: My other favorite game besides HDN would be Rune Factory
Tamazaki: *deeply inhales* I don't want to get into the technical details of what would happen
Terra: Especially with Perv 1 and Perv 2
Taem: So….many….opportunities
Zest: Wouldn't….be able….to….resist
That would be a good idea, I was asked something like that a few months in PM, it was suppose to be some celebratory crossover Fanfiction for all OCs, but I haven't heard Anything about it ever since
I have too much history with these so called "dank memes"
(To Avoid Future Spoilers This Question Will Be Skipped…)
To Geod Pony: And indeed I will, he seriously scares me whenever he comes out to be completely honest *shivers*
To Dimensional master Nick:
Neptune: Ooh, I get it, when you do get you new toy, make sure to "break it" first, then, it'll follow "all" of you commands~
Tamazaki: Nick, just run, run while you still can!
Neptune: Attack on what's ya call it?
Yeah, she hasn't watched it by that response…
Nepgear: How…good was it?...it was uncomfortable at first…but….I kind of liked it
Alex: *face goes dark red* O-oh….
Tamazaki and Alex: Don't have one…
Blanc: Netroid after N
Noire: Before the games turned into Garbage, we allowed them because they made a lot of money
Blanc: I feel disappointed that I let such a terrible game on my console
Vert: I agree with you Blanc, it was pure garbage
Tamazaki: My favorite Video Game is-