Life's never very lenient on me. Oh well, we're hitting end soon.


Chapter 37: Clash of the CPUs Part 2

"Ah, I feel the power surging and wriggling...Let's see just how strong you really are, Neptune." Leader declared as she was enveloped in dark presence and her body was surging with excess energy and still partially putting itself together. Her sheer presence overwhelming anyone else here with a feeling of dread.

"Leader's presence has grown exponentially, her power has reached astronomical heights and levels now." MAGES. remarked as she felt immense power streaming from her, all of them were shook by her new power.

"I've tired of that name, it's gotten too repititive for me over time. How about a different one for this special occasion? I think Master Heart is a better title, as I only bow to my master and I stood above those two twerps of Sisters that you prematurely dealt with." Leader declared as her new name and mocked them with a cursed laughter.

"Dark Purple, I have no need for you, You can assist our master while I deal with these fools now." The now-proclaimed Master Heart commanded, Dark Purple disappeared as she focused on fighting her current opponents.

"If that's the case, then now about we put that power to the test!" Uzume walked up to her and pulled her fist forward at full force while Purple Heart charged ahead from the left, performing a combination attack.

"I didn't ask for you!" Master Heart manifested a massive sword from her arm out of thin air and easily avoided her fist before stabbing Uzume in the arm and immediately countering Neptune's strike by knocking her back.

"Grr...damn it," Uzume felt terrible pain across her body before she was quickly healed by MAGES. and swapped with Big Neptune during their assault.

"Don't overexert yourself, I only have so much MP left." MAGES. warned them.

"My turn!" Big Nep took charge and immediately charged up to Master Heart with her two blades in hand and instantly started a relentless assault with them, but she easily blocked each hit with incredible speed and accuracy.

"Ugh...are we starting already?" Master Heart quickly summoned a massive sword and easily outmatched her with her higher speed and striking strength that vastly exceeded hers before breaking her swords with her own in a single strike.

"No way!" Big Neptune jumped back, but Master Heart quickly grabbed her by the face.

"I'd love to break your face by little for little, but I want to kill the smaller you first. I wish that she would fight me properly just like before. So far, only her and another one have managed to give me a real run for my skills and power." She told Big Neptune before she threw her back at the protagonists.

"Who are you talking about?" Purple Heart asked.

"A little weak brat that couldn't stop being silent about her sadistic pleasures and stayed slow like a sloth. What was her name again...Plutia was it? It was a lot of fun to turn the tables on her and take her powers and weapon for myself." Master Heart laughed off as she saw Neptune's temper slowly explode and her face turn.

"You mean to tell me...that you...killed her?" Neptune's happy demeanour cracked and her face tensed up.

"Hm, yes! I still diligently remember when I slowly crushed her face and made her bleed. It was cute when I slit her face! I remember her name was Plu...something, I forgot already. Who cares? I gave her what she deserved in that." Master Heart smiled as she noticed Neptune's anger.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

"Neptune, calm down!" Uzume tried to calm her down.

"You killed her, you killed Plutia! What did you do to the rest of Ultradimension?!"

"We did a little hunting and killing to get all the materials and physical matter to create new bodies for these CPUs and collect power to start our plan. How do you think I was actually born?" Master Heart explained. "We ripped anyone who could be of use to shreds and fed their energy to Rei, so she could take over for our plan in the meantime."

"I'm going to rip you to shreds for that!" Purple Heart yelled at her and charged forward, letting herself right into her enemy's range as they expected.

"Neptune, stop! She could be lying!" Big Neptune and Uzume followed her and restrained her for a moment before she quickly lost grip of her again, her rage strengthened her too much for them to stop her.

"Come and get your death."


"It's about time we end this, Nepgear." Kurome repsonded to them as Dark Purple appeared behind her like a loyal watchdog.

"Alright, let's do this similarly to Magic. We should cover each other's weaknesses and keep an eye out for our opponent." Big Nepgear suggested as she figured this to become a 2v2 situation.

"Watch out!" Nepgear pulled her away as Kurome lunged forward and punched into the ground, creating a large crater. Her expression was filled with anger and death in it as she showed no mercy. Dark Purple charged forward and struck at Nepgear, who managed to block with her Share Blade in time.

"There's no way for you to escape now, I'll crush you and your precious Gamindustri." Kurome continued to jump forward and punched in their direction without mercy, striking at various points of the battlefield as both Nepgears continued to dodge as well as possible.

"You little...!" Big Nepgear charged forward and attacked with a energy slash, but Dark Purple intercepted the hit with her body at full force in the last moment.

"Neptune, don't you remember who I am?" Big Nepgear tried to plead to her sister's memories.

"You're our enemy, a incompetent CPU who can't do anything right." Dark Purple responded in a low and dead voice as she aimed her blade very precisely and delivered a swift slash to the throat, inflicting a small injury on her.

"Damn it, I have to stay focused!" Big Nepgear retaliated by slashing at her sister's stomach before quickly moving away and aim for Kurome instead.

"Go to hell, Kurome! Violet..." She ran forward and charged her sword with immense amounts of energy before it was coated in a pure purple and sounded like a sizzling saw about to explode.

"...Crusher!" She attacked at full force, causing a massive shockwave and nearly breaking the platform they were standing on with it. Even the sky was split by the immense shockwave.

"I'll take you on!" Big Nepgear and Nepgear charged forward and attacked at high speeds, burrowing Kurome with a wave of attacks, but their attack was quickly stopped as Dark Purple flew forward and struck Nepgear.

"Nepgear!" Big Nepgear turned around before Kurome punched her in the face and knocked her into the ground with all her power, but she quickly moved up and prepared for another strike.

"Worthless. I will admit you've hurt me quite a bit just now, but you're nowhere close to victory." Kurome responded as she blocked Gehaburn's edge easily without sustaining any major damage. She quickly threw the Gehaburn out of her hands and took the oppurturnity to get a free strike.

"Let me show what real power is! Dream Smasher!" She jumped forward and repeatedly punched Big Nepgear to the point she was starting to throw up from the damage before Nepgear intervened in time and blocked most of the attacks with the Share Blade.

"Tch, so that's your little hope you crafted? A mere blade filled with measly fake hope?" Kurome laughed at them.

"Even if it isn't perfect, it's the power of everyone here in Gamindustri! And united, we won't bow to you!" Nepgear responded and held the sword against her without any hesitation.

"What delusional thoughts, but I didn't expect anything else from you. You succeeded at defeating a version of me in your world, but I am different." She remained stubborn before pointing at her with her hand.

"Weaklings like you belong to the Graveyard." Kurome snapped her fingers and released a massive energy wave that cracked the ground before them and crushed the entirety of the battlefield into thousands of pieces, both Nepgears quickly transformed into their HDD forms and dodged the attack by flying upwards.

"Dark Purple, get them!" Kurome charged in alongside her servant.

"Out of the way, Neptune!" Big Nepgear charged ahead, kicked her sister away with all her strength and continued her charge at Kurome.

"I cannot allow this." Dark Purple restrained her from behind and pulled her away, keeping the sword close to her and slowly trying to stab her with her own blade.

"Sorry, Neptune. But I have to get through!" Big Nepgear dropped the Gehaburn and kicked her to get some distance, moving in between the gaps and escaping from her clutch before striking her back with the Gehaburn.


"Fight me, Kurome!" Purple Sister yelled and charged at her without mercy, swinging a massive energy wave from her blade aiming at her. Kurome quickly summoned a massive shield out of negative energy and blocked the attack.

"You call yourself a CPU, but you're not nearly as strong as you'd have to be if you really wanted to keep Gamindustri safe!" Kurome told her as she blocked her attack with her hand and retaliated, but Nepgear blocked it with the Holy Sword at the last moment.

"It's not going to be that easy for you, Kurome!" Purple Sister told her as she struck back and tried to strike, in the midst of her assault she managed to find an opening and immediately kicked Kurome away to get her chance. She temporarily stood still and held her sword up before massive amounts of share energy flooded her body from the sword down and shone brightly.

"Celestial Sword!" Nepgear charged down with her blade colored in a bright light, Kurome immediately pulled up her guard to block the attack with a shield of negative energy.

"Ugh, what a significant power boost. You are tougher than I thought, but to me you aren't powerful enough to beat me!" Kurome replied as her arm changed into a massive claw of the Deity of Sin and clashed with the Holy Sword.

"What the?"

"I told you that I possess the powers of your former enemies, that means I can unleash any of their powers whenever I need them." Kurome told them as she quickly grew a pair of wings similar to Rei's and pushed Nepgear back with the giant claw, bashing her against the wall without mercy before transforming back to normal.

"If you're really this strong, then how about you free yourself all alone!" Kurome slowly pummeled Nepgear without mercy before increasing her other hand's size and striking. Relentlessly beating her and inflicting major injuries with only a few hits.

"Not so fast!" Lilac Heart jumped forward like an acrobat with the Gehaburn in hand and quickly struck, slashing the massive arm straight off without problem.

"You...!" Kurome quickly regained her balance and easily regenerated her arm from her delusion powers.

"Too slow, Mirage Dance!" Purple Sister moved quickly and slashed her before she had any chance of defending herself, while Lilac Heart attacked by stabbing Kurome with the Gehaburn in the chest. She quickly pulled her massive wings forward to completely block the remaining attacks.

"You think your wings can stop me?" Lilac Heart pointed out before Kurome's purple wings suddenly grew massive, becoming scaly and sharp as they cut into her skin and made her bleed in the middle of her attack.

"Damnit, that's sharp!" She immediately retreated from her as she felt the injuries cutting deep into her strength.

"You think too highly of yourself, thinking that it would be that simple to save everyone. You should know better, considering you're responsible for your own suffering." Kurome told her as she as she placed her hand over chest and was covered in a dark light before the injury dealt by the Gehaburn vanished.

"Tsk, I should have known this wouldn't work."

"I didn't prepare this plan for ages just for you to end my plans with a single slash that would gradually drain me of all my energy." Kurome's wings seperated and changed into energy before being formed into dozens of dark javelins.

"The moment your hope is crushed is the moment that you will lose Gamindustri to me." She fired all of the javelins at them, hitting both in central areas before she threw them both down towards the ground with blood spilling, Dark Purple charged forward underneath them and readied to strike.

"Heaven's Containment!" Dark Purple charged forward and unleashed powerful slashes with her blade in rapid-succession at Nepgear before she rushed above her in a quick movement and summoned a shadowy giant sword next to her.

"Nepgear, I got this!" Big Nepgear quickly used the sword to get a boost and jumped in front of her sister, using the boost to her advantage she jumped forward while she charged up her sword with energy and pointed at her sister.

"Sorry, Neptune. I have to take you out, so you won't stop us from doing the right thing anymore!" Lilac Heart suppressed her sadness as she readied herself. Her Gehaburn shone brightly in black, red and blue as it's sheer energy collected itself like a overflowing well until it shone in a dark world-eclipsing light.

"Darklilac Cataclysm!" She drew her blade and struck right before her, unleashing her power towards Dark Purple and striking until it impacted with the ground and caused a massive explosion, one that eclipsed the entire dimension and caused a massive dark burst and sound.

The entire dimension shook.


"Did you hear this? Is the world crumbling?" White Heart wondered as she laid on the ground, weakened and damaged as she felt the power ravaging across the dimension.

"White Heart, stay focused and keep an eye on our enemies!" Green Heart told her as she and Black Sister were avoiding their enemies to the best of their abillites, but their alternate selves were insanely fast and powerful. Their attacks were far more powerful and well-timed than expected aswell.

"Got it, let's settle this!" White Heart charged up and launched her axe straight at Dark White to distract her from attacking Green Heart, but she quickly countered it with her own axe.

"Damnit, when will you finally stop pestering me?" White Heart continously attacked, but she and Dark White completely countered each other as their attacks perfectly matched and collided every single time.

"If that's the case, then it's time for a surprise." White Heart threw her axe at her other self, launching it with all her power and without mercy. Dark White simply blocked the attack and reflected it back, but White Heart suddenly vanished from her sight.

"Sylhet Spear!" A giant spear emerged from the side and slashed clean into Dark White's arm, leaving her trapped. Dark Green, the Shadow Whites and Black immediately charged down and pushed Green Heart into the range of their all-out attack, readying multiple attacks at once.

"You're as good as done for the count." White Heart charged down from above and crashed into Dark Green, starting with a heavy punch right to her face to get the upper hand before disarming her in an instant and giving her even more damage.

"Think fast!" White Heart quickly held the spear up and aimed at Shadow Black, throwing it as quickly as possible as she has no skill in wielding a spear.

"Sis, watch out!" Rom yelled out as Dark Black closed in and pierced White Heart head-on with her sword, she tried to freeze her, but her magic was easily outmanuvered by her.

"Thunder Crush." Her sword charged with electricity as she was internally fried and electrocuted incredibly painfully. White Heart was internally fried with high levels of electricity surging and going crazy at her.

"Gah, shit. That hurt like hell!" White Heart yelled as she felt her body weakened and stunned from that painful attack, she felt like she had just received a overdose of pain in one shot. "But that's the opening we needed to gain the upper hand!"

Black Heart charged in and clashed with her other self, managing to hit her faster than she can put up her defense and hit her at full force.

"Give up already, if this battle keeps going, then we won't get anywhere!" Black Heart put her into a lock of constant battle, preventing her from escaping them before Black Sister aimed at each of them that they captured with a Paralysis Shot, weakening their offense by a lot. Shadow Black immediately aimed for her and tried to shoot her down in a single attack.

"Ice Coffin!" Rom and Ram combined their powers and unleashed a extremely quick ice blast at her that froze her rifle and hands. Their alternate counterparts chased them and tried to get them, but White Heart intervened and blocked any attacks.

"Time to go for full offense! Mega Share Shot!" Black Sister fired a massive bright missile barrage at all her enemies, causing multiple explosions and pushing all their enemies away.

"If we want to free them, then we need to lure them over to Uzume and the others because we can't handle them all by ourselves. Maybe they can find a solution to this mess." Green Heart suggested before Dark Black appeared in front of her.

"We won't stop until Gamindustri can truly be safe again." She responded and stood still, her eyes partially blending through in their original color as she battled Green Heart.

All of them stood still as they listened at their opponent's sudden stop in battle, they seemed oddly quite and less hostile.

"The world is doomed to die if this keeps going. Right now, Kurome can't be stopped if we don't do anything to halt her anymore." Dark Green told them, even though she felt a painful pressure on her body, urging and telling her to lash out at them.

"There is a core here in this dimension, destroy it and free the one who has been sealed there. She is of great importance to end this, she is central in ending this madness." Dark White kept talking as all of them suddenly stopped for a short moment, their bodies and eyes freezing up.

"I knew you'd disobey me." A voice called out to them before massive black tentacles sprung forth from the void and tried to attack and kill the CPUs while the Dark CPUs escaped and were drawn away by Kurome's influence once again.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE?!" Black Sister yelled out as she immediately aimed and shot down as many of them as possible with her fire, but many of them managed to pierce or inflict minor injuries on them thanks to the surprise factor.

"Hey, guys!" The other CPU looked up as they saw the Planeptune Team crash down from above into the ground, and for once not into Noire. Neptune and Master Heart were fiercely fighting each other in close combat, battling and clashing in their attacks.

"We've got quite a situation on our hand, Neptune. We figured out a plan and we know what we have to do, we need to reach the core and free this world's Uzume! Somewhere in the Zero Dimension!" Black Heart yelled over to them to inform them.

"Is it just me or does Neptune look a lot more fierce and angered?" Rom noted as she saw Neptune battle Master Heart to a stand-still, with Neptune seeming like the one losing right now.

"That doesn't matter, we have to get to the depths of this dimension and track down someone specific!" Green Heart flew ahead, caught MAGES. and Big Neptune mid-air and brought them down to the ground as Master Heart and Neptune's battle caused danger for all of them.

"We got an answer to what we need to do, all that's left is setting our plan in motion." White Heart responded, she was heavily exhausted from the battle so far, but kept going.

"You mean to tell me that I do exist in this world? I thought Kurome killed me or something already, but I suppose that kinda makes sense." Uzume figured as she helped everyone keep their distance as Neptune and Master Heart clashed and bashed each other across the battlefield.

"Yes, we got the information when we defeated the corrupted CPUs for a moment. We can trust them, their words were genuine. I'm sure of that." Green Heart responded while she and the others assisted in helping everyone look for the core and stay safe from the battle.

"Who cares if you figured out the truth? You're nowhere near victory!"

"Neptune, watch out!" White Heart and Green Heart quickly shoved her out of the way. Master Heart appeared behind her and quickly struck White Heart and Green Heart in the back out of nowhere, causing massive damage and blood to spill ftom their injuries, they instantly transformed back.

"You don't have the liberty to talk peacefully right now. You can have a nice and quiet talk once you're all dead and reside in a nice little prison for your souls!" She told them as both CPUs fell to the ground from their injuries.

"Blanc!" Rom and Ram yelled out and immediately charged down to save her sister, but Uzume quickly stopped them and quickly threw Blanc and Vert over to them.

"Leave this to me and Neptune! We gotta keep an eye on the corrupted CPUs or else we'll die before we even had a chance." Uzume pointed them towards the deeper area of the Zero Dimension to search for the remaining CPUs and charged forward to help Neptune.


On the other side of the dimension...

"Saddening, you're all so weak and exhausted." Kurome looked down on Big Nepgear as she blocked her attack at full front and only mocked her, having barely received any major damage from Darklilac Cataclysm.

"Impossible! That was my full power!" Big Nepgear only looked in complete shock and despair as her attempts failed completely.

"I know, I restrained your power when I took the souls of your friends with me, without them your sword is much weaker now. You didn't think I was that short-sighted, did you?" Kurome told her as she relentlessly hit and kicked Big Nepgear to the ground.

"What?" Big Nepgear was surprised while Kurome took the Gehaburn and examined it, holding it just above her face.

"No matter which route you go, this sword is of malicious origin and you can't change the deeds you've comitted in any way. You can only disillusion yourself into thinking you're right, ignoring anything else simply because people don't blame you or the opposite. How desperate." Kurome told her.

"I've grown to see what people believe about me...and what I mean to them. And even though I may not be someone good or ideal to rule Gamindustri, I'm the one who inherited their hopes and I won't let you ruin this future Gamindustri will reach." Big Nepgear yelled at her with all her energy, not hesitating to stop in her renewed hope.

Suddenly Kurome turned around and blocked a hit, directly blocking a powerful slash.

"Nepgear...!" Big Nepgear saw as she stood there before Kurome.

"Now...it's my turn...!"