Disclaimer: I do not own the Hyperdimension Neptunia series. If I did, then this would all be canon.
All characters and music belong to their respective owners. I also give HamasakiArruno credit for the basic design and name of Compa's HDD, Pink Heart. I also thank Author Heart - Ance for Benia's human appearance and name. The only thing I can probably take ownership for are IF's HDD, Indigo Heart, the monsters' END Forms, and Benia's HDD, Green Sister.
Training Day - 1
Future Masters (Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep)
The sounds of weapons clashing and lasers being fired filled the air as the Goddesses plus Histoire were now training in their normal forms in a clearing in Planeptune.
"Thorneraid Sword!" Noire charged at Neptune, her sword coated with rainbow energy as she slashed her, but the purple-haired CPU blocked the slash with her katana, and then Noire saw her summon a 32-bit Mega Blade in her left hand and quickly moved back to avoid being slashed.
"That's right. You're able to dual wield one of your 32-bit Mega Blades with your main weapon. You taught Uni that trick." Noire remembered.
Neptune grinned. "You want to try as well? It could prove useful in future fights."
Noire returned with a grin of her own. "Why not? So, how do you use it?"
"First, you need to learn how to initiate the skill, like Uni did."
"EX Multi Blaster! Mode: Empress!"
"Multiple Beam Launcher!"
Uni fired a golden beam at Nepgear, who countered with her signature purple beam as the attacks collided and caused an explosion. Nepgear then rushed through the smoke and slashed at Uni, but she created one of her 32-bit Mega Blade to block as the two were now trading slashes.
"You've become a lot more versatile now that my big sister taught you her 32-bit Mega Blade." Nepgear commented when the two moved a fair distance away from each other. "I can see why. You're mostly a ranged fighter, so it's a problem for you if the enemy gets too close."
Uni nodded. "It's a really neat trick. I'm glad Neptune taught me how to use it."
"32-bit Mega Blade!" They heard Noire's voice ring out, and then they saw a pixilated black and white sword form in the distance which fell down and erupted in pillar of black light.
"And looks like she doing the same thing with Noire." Uni mused.
"Good work! You got the skill down." Neptune praised Noire for her completed 32-bit Mega Blade. "Now, try to imagine yourself holding one the size of a normal sword."
Noire nodded and closed her eyes, focusing her energy in her left hand, and then she heard something form after a few seconds and opened her eyes to see herself holding her 32-bit Mega Blade in her left hand. Seeing if it worked, Noire did a few test swings with it, and then she resummoned her oringial short sword and slashed the air with both swords.
"That's it! Way to go, Noire!"
The Lastation CPU smiled, both at her girlfriend praising her and mastering her new skill and dual-wielding abilities, and then she looked at Neptune with both swords ready. "So, how about we continue?"
Neptune grinned as resummoned her weapon in her right hand and formed her 32-bit Mega Blade in her left. "Fine by me. Let's go!"
Rom and Ram fired magic blasts at Histoire, helping her practice speed and dodging as she floated around to avoid their attacks.
"You're doing great, Histoire." Rom said. "Now, try attacking yourself."
"Just focus your magic into a sphere, aim it at your target, and fire." Ram instructed.
Histoire nodded and closed her eyes, focusing her magic into a sphere. Once it was fully charged, Histoire opened her eyes to aim it at Ram and fired as the pink-haired White Sister formed a shield of ice to block it.
"That's it! You got it, Histoire!" Ram praised.
"Thank you, Ram." The fairy smiled, before noticing Rom looking at her like something was wrong. "Is something the matter, Rom?"
"Histoire, can you fire another magic blast?" The blue-haired White Sister asked.
"O-Okay."
Rom observed as Histoire charged another blast of magic...and then noticed her reducing the power of the blast so she could aim it better before firing it at Ram's shield.
"I knew it."
Ram looked at her twin sister. "What is it, Rom?"
"Histoire is cutting the power of her attack so she could aim it better." Rom explained. "Sacrificing power for accuracy is fine, but it's wasting magic power and can leave you open when dealing with multiple enemies."
Histoire understood her flaw and frowned. "So, what should I do?"
The twins looked at each other, thinking of a solution before nodding and looking at Histoire. "Look, we understand that you're trying to get used to battling, so we'll let it slide." Rom told her. "But don't sacrifice so much power. That was at least 50% of power sacrificed for accuracy."
The fairy winced at how much magic she wasted as Rom continued. "Try to fire your magic blasts with about 70% of your power. Once you get used to it, increase the power by 3% each time."
Histoire nodded. "I'll try."
Benia thrusted her three-ponged spear at Vert, who kept trying to parry the lightning-fast strikes, but failed and got hit a bunch of times...and then, as fast as lightning, Benia ended up behind her big sister, shocking her with her speed (no pun intended).
"Shock Wave!" Benia's spear surged with electricity as she performed a 360-degree slash, sending out a wave of electricity all around her as Vert jumped up to dodge.
"Inbetween Spear!" Vert then flung multiple spears at Benia as she used her speed and agility to avoid them all.
'I have quite an interesting little sister.' The CPU of Leanbox thought with amusement. 'Whereas I use wide attacks and wind skills to clear the area, Benia focuses on overwhelming the opponent with lightning-fast attacks as well as electric skills.'
"Hey, big sister! Are you okay?" She heard her little sister call her and looked at her.
"I'm not being too difficult, am I?" Benia asked with worry. "We can stop now if you want."
Vert understood why she would say that. While Benia's regular attacks aren't as strong as hers, the Leanbox Candidate was far more superior in terms of speed and agility. If she manages to catch an opponent off-guard, they are in danger of taking 100 hits in a matter of seconds. All topped off with Benia's electric skills having a chance to paralyze the opponent.
Despite this, Vert gave her an assuring smile. "Don't worry, this is actually good training for myself as well, cause it forces me to stay on high alert and be ready to dodge. If I'm not careful, I would get hit by 100 swift attacks."
Benia smiled, happy that she was able to help train her big sister. "So we can keep going?"
The older sister nodded. "Yes, let's continue."
IF fired slash waves from her qatars at Ance and Blanc, but they both dodged as Blanc charged at Compa and swung her axe at her as she dodged, but Blanc wouldn't stop and kept attacking.
Compa kept dodging Blanc's attack, all the while firing lasers to slow the Lowee CPU's relentless assault, but then Blanc suddenly jumped over one of the lasers.
"Getter Ravine!" Blanc slammed her axe down on Compa, but she held up her syringe to block the attack...surprising Blanc that the syringe didn't shatter from blocking her attack as Compa pushed her away. "How the hell did that giant syringe not break!?" Blanc asked.
Compa was also surprised that her syringe didn't break on contact from blocking Blanc's axe. "I don't know. I'm honestly surprised myself."
IF landed next to Compa. "Looks like our human weapons were enhanced when we became CPUs." She said, before jumping to the side to dodge a rainbow beam from Ance.
Blanc put a hand on her chin in thought. "That would actually make a lot of sense." She said before looking back at Compa. "Anyway, back to training! Gefahrlichtern!"
As Compa was training with Blanc, IF trained with Ance as she continually slashed at her. Ance avoided most of the slashes while blocking the ones she couldn't with her broadsword before slashing at IF, the former human jumping back to dodge.
"Six Instant Slash!" Ance slashed the air with her broadsword. What looked like one slash, was actually six quicker than the eye could see as the six slash waves were sent at IF, but she quickly dodged all the slashes.
"So, why are we all training in our human forms?" IF asked.
"Neptune said that our training would be more efficient if we train in our normal forms because we could train longer without the constant strain from HDD. That way, we would be prepared for situation where we suddenly are unable to transform. And besides, our HDD and NEXT Forms will always be stronger."
IF thought about it. That was actually a really good point. If there were to be a situation where they would be unable to transform, they wouldn't be completely helpless because they did their training in their normal forms.
IF nodded in understanding. "Alright, I get it."
Histoire fired another magic blast at Ram's ice shield using 94% of her power, and then she noticed her attack leaving cracks on the shield.
Rom nodded in approval. "You're getting the hang of it, Histoire. Now, try 97%."
Histoire thought about it for a moment before looking at Rom. "If it's okay, I would like to try using my full power this time."
Rom blinked at the fairy before nodding. "Alright. Go right ahead."
Histoire nodded and turned to the ice shield protecting Ram, and then taking a deep breath, charged up another magic blast. As soon as it was fully charged, Histoire fired it at the shield, hitting it dead center and making it shatter, which caused Ram to fall on her butt.
"Whoa!" Histoire was surprised at how strong her attack was at full power.
Rom, however, gave a congratulatory smile. "That's it! You got it, Histoire!"
The fairy herself was still amazed. She never knew she was capable of such power in battle. She always thought that she needed a Goddess to be able to do anything, but training with everyone proved her wrong.
Histoire smiled. "Rom...Ram...thank you."
Ram got back to her feet and smiled. "Hey, if there's anyone you should be thanking, it's Neptune for having us all train like this."
Histoire nodded. "You're right. Now, it seems unfair that you're helping me learn to fight and I'm doing nothing." She said before smiling. "Perhaps I can help you learn to use different elements of magic, Rom. And Ram...I know another way you could use your ice magic."
The twins blinked. "Eh?"
Benia thrusted her spear at Vert, who was now more focused on dodging the little sister's attacks rather than blocking...which honestly proved difficult due to her chest size, so she had to use her wind abilities to knock her back, but every time she did, Benia recovered and easily closed the distance between them.
'I didn't think having a chest size as big as mine would make dodging so difficult.' Vert thought as she barely avoided another attack from Benia...and then the little sister suddenly stopped. "Eh?" She wondered, and then she saw Benia's body sparking.
"Spark Blitz!" Fast as lightning, Benia charged at Vert and slashed through her four times and then finished the skill with an electrified kick, knocking Vert to the ground.
"Ggh...! That was pretty strong." Vert grunted painfully as she tried to stand...but found herself unable to move. "Oh dear..."
"Big sister!" Benia exclaimed, running up to her big sister and kneeling at her left side. "Are you okay?" She asked.
"Not really. Your skill seemed to have paralyzed me." Vert said.
The little sister gasped. "Uh oh! Don't worry! I'll get Compa!" Benia told her, and then left at lightning speed.
"Zerstorung!" Blanc spun around a few times, before her left foot and delivering a very strong swing of her axe at Compa as the nurse CPU blocked with her syringe, but the impact made her skid back a few feet.
Compa recovered from the shock of the Lowee CPU's attack, and just when she took aim...
"Compa! I need your help!" Benia exclaimed from right behind her.
"Kyaah!" Compa let out a scream in surprise as she turned around and fired a laser, barely missing the Candidate and getting a yelp from her. After recovering from her shock, the cream-haired CPU looked at Benia. "Benia? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be training with Vert?" She asked her.
"I was, but one of my skills left her paralyzed! I need your help to cure her!"
"Oh, alright! Take me theeeeeeeeere!" Without giving her time to prepare, the blonde CPU Candidate grabbed Compa and ran out with her just as fast as she got here, leaving a stunned Blanc, IF and Ance as they looked in the direction they left.
"...The other Candidates never told me Benia was that fast." IF finally let out.
"I suppose that's where her strength lies." Ance replied.
"First Aid!" Compa's hands glowed green as she healed Vert's injuries and cured her paralysis.
"Thank you for coming so quickly, Compa." Vert thanked the nurse CPU as she stood up.
"I only got here so fast because of Benia." Compa said, looking at the Candidate in question. "She's crazy fast!"
Vert nodded. "Yes, she's easily the fastest out of all of us, and this is just in her human form."
"Big sister said I can help her stay alert and be ready to dodge." Benia said with a smile.
Compa chuckled. "Well, with your speed, we can't afford to drop our guard for even a second."
"Alright everyone, that's enough training today!" They heard Neptune exclaim.
Vert looked up into the sky, seeing that it was now late in the afternoon. "Wow. I didn't realize we we're training for so long."
"Neither did I." Benia said.
"Well, looks like we better head back to my place." Compa said. The Leanbox Goddesses nodded and went back to the nurse CPU's house.
End BGM
Training Day - 2
Wild Pokémon Battle D/P (Super Smash Brothers Wii U)
"Gefahrlichtern!" Blanc created spheres of icy blue energy and slammed them at Vert...but the busty CPU surprising dodged them all.
"Is it me, or is Vert a little more agile?" Noire asked.
"Well, Vert did say that Benia was extremely fast. Maybe training with her helped Vert increase her agility." Neptune said.
The CPU of Leanbox continued to dodge Blanc's relentless assault, and then she slashed with her spear, sending a gust of wind that knocked her into the air.
"Sylhet Spear!" Vert then created a magic circle next to her that fired a wooden spear at her, but Blanc was able to recover quick enough to slam her axe into the spear and shatter it.
Neptune looked at her girlfriend with a smile. "Well, let's not stand here. We have to take part in the training as well." Noire nodded and the two joined the two in their training.
Vert saw the CPU couple approaching and fired more Sylhet Spears at them as they dodged them.
Noire summoned her sword in her right hand and a 32-bit Mega Blade in her left and slashed at Vert, the green-haired Goddess using her spear to block the sword and then jumping back to avoid the pixilated sword.
"Delta Slash!" Neptune fired two diagonal slash waves at Blanc, but the Lowee CPU dodged both slashes and swung her axe, forcing her to cancel her attack and dodge...and then Neptune used another skill. "Thorneraid Sword!" Neptune used the skill Noire taught her in return for teaching her her 32-bit Mega Blade, her sword coated in rainbow energy as she slashed a surprised Blanc, hitting her across the chest.
"Gah!" Blanc cried out in pain as she fell to the ground.
"Oh my!" Vert gasped as Blanc was now down, and then she jumped back to dodge Noire's cross-slash, landing near Blanc and using a new skill. "Healing Winds." Vert glowed a light green aura, and then surrounded Blanc with a light gust of wind that healed the wound on her chest.
"Looks like you two learned a few new tricks yourselves." Noire said as Blanc stood up after her wound completely healed.
"Did you really think you two would be the only ones learning new skills? Not a chance!" Blanc grinned, and then her axe started glowing with icy blue energy. "Glacier Edge!" Blanc slammed her axe into the ground, causing a chain of glaciers to rise up from the ground at the CPU couple as they split up in different directions to dodge.
"Looks like this training is paying off for all of us." Neptune grinned, and then she turned her head to look at Histoire, who was now standing on her tome like it was a hover board and doing practice slashes with her new energy blades. "How're you doing, Histy?" She asked.
"I feel like I've gotten the hang of using energy blades." Histoire reported.
Neptune nodded. "That's good. Maybe now I should teach you how to use my 32-bit Mega Blade."
"Trinity Complex!" Ance pointed her finger at Compa and fired a rainbow beam at her as she dodged and countered by firing lasers, by the other-dimensional CPU deflected them all with her broadsword.
IF, meanwhile, was trying to land a hit on Benia, but the Leanbox Candidate was just too fast for her and avoided all her attacks.
'Man, she's as fast as Vert said.' IF thought as she continued her assault...but then Benia suddenly ended up behind her. "Huh!?"
"Lightspeed Combo!" Benia thrusted her spear at the Guild Member CPU, landing one humdred hits in three seconds before slashing through her...and then that one slash turned into another hundred. Although the attacks individually weren't very strong, the total damage dealt was massive.
"Oh dear." Compa winced as IF fell to her knees from the skill, and then the nurse CPU jumped back to avoid Ance's Six Instant Slash and landed near IF. "Hyper Heal!" Using the skill she learned from Nepgear, Compa healed the Guild Member CPU's injuries.
"Are you okay, IF?" The Leanbox Candidate asked worriedly as IF stood up.
"I'm fine now." IF assured her with a smile. "Your individual attacks aren't strong, but you can make devastating combos with your speed."
Benia smiled at the compliment as Ance stepped up to her with a smile. "Vert was right about you. You're easily the fastest of the CPUs."
"I was wondering what all the commotion was here. I didn't think you'd be here, Lady Ance."
Everyone heard a new voice and turned to the owner, who was a fair-skinned man.
"Who're you?" IF and Compa asked.
Ance, however, recognized him with wide eyes. "Oh my! I didn't think I would see you here!"
Benia looked at the other-dimensional CPU. "Do you know him, Ance?"
"Go! Brave Cannon!" Uni jumped into the air and fired a dark beam at Ram, who jumped back to dodge, and then as soon as the Lastation Candidate landed, she created one of her 32-bit Mega Blades and rushed at Ram and slashed her...but then ice energy formed in Ram's right hand as she created a blade of ice to block the attack.
"What the-!?" Needless to say, Uni was surprised.
Ram grinned. "Histoire taught me how to use my ice magic to form weapons. I even made a new skill out of it." The pink-haired White Sister slashed her away and then recalled her staff, replacing it with another blade of ice. "Frostbite!" Ram then rushed at Uni and performed a cross-slash through her, trapping her in ice that exploded and dealt more damage to her as she fell to one knee.
"Not bad." Uni grunted as she stood up and turned to her. "32-bit Mega Blade!" Uni created one of her giant pixilated blades and flung them at Ram, the pink-haired White Sister jumping back as it stabbed into the ground and exploded in a pillar of light.
"Fallen Cross!" Rom jumped into the air and fired a sphere of darkness at Nepgear, the purple Candidate jumping back as it hit the ground and exploded into vertical and horizontal shock waves, the vertical shock wave catching Nepgear off-guard and knocking her into the air as Rom landed on her feet. "Exo Spark!" Rom then held her staff into the air and unleashed a discharge of electricity everywhere, the electricity hitting Nepgear and electrocuting her body as she grunted in pain, trying to withstand it, and then the attack ended and she fell to the ground.
"I didn't think you knew other elemental magic." Nepgear grunted as she used Hyper Heal to heal off the damage.
"Histoire taught me how to use other elemental magic. I'm no longer restricted to just ice." Rom told her with a confident grin.
"I see. Well, I have a new trick up my sleeve as well." Nepgear said as she stood up and pointed her weapon at the blue-haired White Sister, who formed an ice shield to protect herself from the incoming attack. 'That won't work.' Nepgear thought with a smirk...and then using her left hand, she pressed a button near the handle on the left side of her gunblade as the picture on the dial changed to a flame.
Wait-when was THAT there!?
"M.P.B.L. - Scorch Mode!" Nepgear called out.
"'Scorch Mode'?" Rom repeated with a confused face as Nepgear fired her signature beam, except this time it was red and had small streams of fire surrounding it. Rom looked in shock as it hit her ice shield and melted a hole through it, forcing her to dodge.
"I'll cut through with Panzer Blade!" Nepgear quickly canceled her skill and rushed at Rom, slashing her three times and ending with a slash through her.
Rom held the area she was slashed painfully as she turned to the purple Candidate. "How was your Multiple Beam Launcher able to melt through the shield?"
Nepgear used Hyper Heal to heal the blue-haired White Sister, and then showed her her new and improved gunblade. "I've done modifications to my weapon after dinner yesterday. I can now change the element of the beam with this button." Nepgear demonstrated by pressing the dial again, and this time Rom saw the picture on the dial change to a picture of a snowflake. Nepgear then pointed her gunblade at a random direction. "M.P.B.L. - Chill Mode!" Nepgear fired her signature beam again.
Rom was amazed as the beam was now an icy blue and was radiating ice energy. "Whoa! That's cool!"
"No pun intended?"
Rom smiled. "No pun intended."
End BGM
It was then that everyone heard an explosion in the distance as they stopped their training.
"Was that where you fired your beam?" Rom asked.
Nepgear looked in the direction her gunblade was pointing, and then looked in the direction of the explosion. "...No."
"What was that!?" Noire asked.
"That's where Ance, IF, Compa, and Benia were training!" Neptune exclaimed.
"Oh dear! Benia!" Vert called her little sister's name as she ran off, the other CPU's following her.
Vs. Character (Sonic 06)
Ance clashed her broadsword with the man's white and black twin swords as it was now a struggle to overpower the other, but the two were smirking at each other.
"Looks like you haven't lost your touch, Eevee." Ance said.
The man named Eevee broke the power struggle and jumped back, keeping his grin. "Same with you, Lady Ance."
Eevee wore a white overcoat with green flames on the back over a black shirt as well as navy blue jeans and black shoes. He also wore green fingerless gloves and a brown scarf around his neck. He had brown spiky hair, and his eyes were different colors (his left eye was green and is right eye was blue).
The other two CPUs and CPU Candidate that were present watched as the two did friendly spar, IF watching Eevee with interest.
"This man is interesting." IF said. "He's not a CPU, but he's able to hold his own against one."
"I'm surprised that Ance actually knows him." Compa said. "Do you think he's from the same dimension as her?"
"He doesn't look like a dimension traveler."
Benia was a bit confused about what the two former humans were talking about, so she decided to just watch the battle.
"Six Instant Slash!" Ance slashed the air with her broadsword. What looked like one slash, was actually six quicker than the eye could see as the six slash waves were sent at Eevee.
"Fire Dragon Fang!" Eevee coated his swords in flames and slashed the air, sending a flaming cross-slash wave that countered the six slashes and caused an explosion.
"Dragon Hell!" Eevee then coated his fist in flames and punched the ground, sending a fiery shock wave through the smoke and at Ance, who noticed it a bit too late as it hit her and exploded in a pillar of fire.
"First hit is mine." Eevee stated with a victorious grin as the flames died down and everyone saw Ance dusting off her maid outfit...which surprised the other three Goddesses that it wasn't even burnt anywhere, or that the area within the pillar of fire didn't burn the grass.
Lite Light (Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birht1)
"You're pretty good, even though the author just created you as his self-appearance OC." Ance said.
Eevee shrugged. "I've been doing S-class quests to toughen myself up. You could say I'm trying to leave a good first impression."
IF looked at him with plate eyes. "S-class quests!? D-Did you at least have someone with you?"
"Nope, did them all by myself."
IF and Compa looked at the boy with plate eyes, while Benia gave him a look of admiration.
"Wow, you must be really strong!" Benia exclaimed.
Eevee nodded. "I'm pretty tough, but I am nothing compared to Lady Ance."
The young Candidate blinked in confusion. "But, didn't you win the fight?"
"It was only a competition to see who could land the first hit. In a real battle, she would easily defeat me." Eevee explained, and then he saw the other Goddesses and Histoire run towards them. "Looks like the other Goddesses are here, as well as Histoire."
Vert ran up to her little sister and hugged her. "Benia, are you alright!?"
"I'm fine, big sister." Benia responded in a muffled voice between her big sister's chest.
Neptune turned her attention to the lone male in the area. "Who is he?" She asked.
"Nice to meet you all. I am Troy Kirin Sonar. But please, call me Eevee." Eevee introduced himself to the others.
Noire blinked. "Eevee? Isn't that the author's name?" She asked.
"Eevee's the author's self-appearance OC." Ance explained. "He's going to be helping us throughout our quest."
Histoire sighed. "Well, the fourth wall currently busted at this point." She paused. "Then again, that's nothing new to this game series."
Neptune nodded and turned to Eevee. "Anyway, it's nice of you to join us, Eevee."
Eevee nodded, and then looked up at the sky, seeing that it was early in the afternoon. "We still have some more time to train. How about we continue?" He suggested.
Everyone nodded and continued training until late afternoon.
End BGM
Noire let out a yawn as she and Neptune walked down the hallway to their guest room.
Neptune looked at her girlfriend with a smile. "Feeling sleepy?"
"Yeah."
When the CPU couple got to their room, they were surprised to see Eevee leaning beside the door.
"Eevee? What are you doing here?" Neptune asked.
Eevee pushed himself off the wall and looked at the two. "I want to ask you two something."
"What is it?" Noire asked.
"For the final day, I want to train Nepgear, Uni, Rom, and Ram myself." Eevee told them. "I already got Blanc's permission to train the twins, so I just need permission from you to train Nepgear and Uni."
The two CPUs looked at each other for a moment before looking back at the male. "Well, you have our permission, but why by yourself?" Neptune asked.
Eevee grinned. "You'll find out soon."
Training Day - Final
"So, you're going to be training us?" Nepgear asked as she, Uni, Rom, and Ram stood in a clearing with Eevee.
"That's right. Although, this won't be like the training you've been doing the last two days." He said.
Uni blinked. "Why is that?"
"I want to four to fight me with everything you got." He said seriously.
The four Candidates looked at him with shock. "Wh-What!? But I thought we were just training!" Ram exclaimed.
"Fighting you guys at your full power is the only way for me to help you get stronger." Eevee summoned his twin swords. "The question is: are you four up for it?"
The four Candidates looked at each other for a moment, and then looked back at Eevee. "We're honestly confused about this, but..." Nepgear spoke for them, and then the four changed into their processor units and summoned their weapons. "If it means we can get stronger, then we'll give it everything we got!"
Eevee nodded. "Good, let us begin."
Prince Dail Theme (Freedom Planet)
Nepgear flew at Eevee and slashed him, but he raised his left sword to block the attack and then used the right one to slash her away, and then he fired slash waves to counter Uni's laser shots.
"EX Multi Blaster! Mode: Empress!" Uni fired a golden beam at Eevee as he dodged to the side and ran up and slashed her, but she quickly created a 32-bit Mega Blade to block the slash.
Eevee sensed an attack coming from his left and jumped back to dodge a magic blast from Rom, allowing Uni to throw the 32-bit Mega Blade where Eevee landed as it exploded into a pillar of light, but he ran out the explosion like it was nothing and slashed Uni away.
"Giga Flare!" Rom charged up a blast of fire and fired it at Eevee, which exploded into a ginormous fiery explosion when it hit him...but to the Candidates' shock, the entire blast was absorbed into Eevee's twin swords as the fired around them flared to life.
"H-How did you do that!?" Ram asked.
"I'm able to absorb fire with my swords. Using that fire, I can boost the power of the next fire skill I use." Eevee explained. "Fire Dragon Fang!" Giving a demonstration, Eevee fired a fiery slash wave at Rom, who created an ice shield to dodge, but the fiery slash wave burned right through and hit the blue-haired White Sister, leaving her burned.
"Hyper Heal!" Wasting no time, Nepgear quickly healed Rom, and then she looked at the boy. 'So fire's ineffective... Let's try wind.' The Planeptune Candidate thought, and then she pressed a button and the picture on the dial changed to a tornado as she pointed her gunblade. "M.P.B.L. - Gust Mode!" Nepgear fired her signature beam at Eevee, but this time it was a light green with gusts of wind surrounding it as he raised both his swords to block it.
"Frost Javelin!" Eevee heard Ram call out an attack from behind as he looked back and saw the pink-haired White Sister recall her staff, and she created a spear of ice in her right hand and flung it at him. Being quick, Eevee jumped into the air, allowing the two skills to collide and cause an explosion as he landed a few feet away.
"Dragon Hell!" Eevee coated his fist in flames and punched the ground, sending a fiery shock wave at Ram which exploded in a pillar of fire and damaged her.
"Cyclone!" Rom created a green magic circle under him that released a powerful gust of wind, damaging him and sending him into the air.
"Brave Cannon!" Uni flew into the air and fired a dark beam at him while he was left open in the air, blasting him back down to the ground, but he recovered and landed on his feet.
"Not bad, but now its time to get serious." Eevee said. "Awaken!"
A pillar of fire rose around Eevee, and then the fire turned green and died down, revealing his Awakened Form. There weren't any changes in his clothing, but he now had a pair of green wings sprouting from his back and his eyes are now both green and on fire.
"That form...!" Nepgear looked at Eevee with shock. "It's not HDD, but it still gives off a fearsome power."
"Correct. This is my Awakened Form." Eevee introduced. "I'm much stronger in this form. Can you withstand its flames?"
Eevee flew at Nepgear and slashed her as she blocked the attack...with some difficulty, but then he released a fiery blast around him to knock her back...but Ram noticed something different about the fire.
"Hey! The flames are a different color!" She exclaimed.
Eevee grinned. "Good observation. In my Awakened Form, my flames turn green."
"That's pretty cool."
"Thank you for the compliment, but remember that this is a battle." Eevee reminded. "Dragon Hell!" Eevee coated his fist in flames and punched the ground, sending a fiery green shock wave towards Ram, but this time she countered by firing a magic blast, making it explode in a pillar of green fire before it reached her.
"Fallen Cross!" Rom flew up into the air and fired a sphere of darkness at the boy, but he flew into the air to avoid it and the shock waves that came after and slashed her down to the other Candidates.
"A dragon's fury has no limits." Eevee stated as he coated his body in flames. "Dragon God's Descent!" Eevee flew down at the Candidates, causing a massive fiery explosion as the Candidates cried out in pain.
The explosion died down as Eevee looked at the downed Candidates, who were greatly injured and burnt in some places.
"D-Dammit... He's too strong... We can't win..." Uni said painfully.
"So that's it? You're going to just give up right here?" Eevee asked.
"B-But we're not as strong as our big sisters." Nepgear whimpered.
"Wrong. You believe you're not as strong as your big sister." The boy corrected them. "But I think believe different. I can sense a power within that's just as strong as Neptune's, Noire's, Blanc's, and Vert's NEXT Forms."
The CPU Candidates looked at him with surprise. "A power as strong as their NEXT Forms?" Nepgear repeated.
"That's right. A power waiting to be awakened, but has been unable to because you don't believe in your own power." Eevee said, and then he asked an important question. "Are you going to believe in yourselves and unleash your true power, or remain in your big sisters' shadow?"
The Candidates thought very hard about it...and then after a while, Nepgear spoke.
G Free ~ Final Dream (Touhou: Concealed the Conclusion)
"If it means that I'll be able to protect everyone..." Nepgear stood up with newfound determination. "Then I'll fight using the full extent of my power!"
"That's right." Uni stood up next. "I'm done with always comparing myself to Noire."
Then Rom. "We've been hiding in their shadow all this time..."
Then Ram. "But that ends today, we'll prove that we are just as strong as they are!"
In unison, the four shouted. "WE'LL SHOW YOU THE TRUE POWER OF A CPU CANDIDATE!"
Suddenly, four pillars of rainbow light surrounded the four Candidates as Eevee watched with an accomplished smile.
"Hey! Look at that!" Compa pointed. Everyone looked and saw the four rainbow pillars of light in the distance.
"That's where Eevee's training Nepgear, Uni, and the twins!" Neptune said. "What's going on?"
While everyone had confused looks, Ance looked at the pillar of rainbow light with an interested smile. 'So that's what you were planning.'
"The time has come." He said as the light died down, revealing the four Candidates in their newest forms.
Nepgear's battle suit, while looking the same, now had purple outlines down the sides and a power symbol in the middle above her chest as well as transparent purple armor where her battle suit did not originally cover except her neck and head. She wore white gauntlet gloves and white gauntlet boots. Her clip was now an X-Clip radiating a purple light and her collar had the Planeptune logo etched onto it. Her hair and eye color were still the same. Her wings were now metallic angel wings and had purple energy radiating from them.
Nepgear's weapon remained the gunblade she always used and had modified at the end of the first night, but it was now radiating with purple energy.
Uni now wore a skin-tight black jumpsuit that covered her entire body except her neck and head with the Lastation logo engraved on the chest area. She wore black gauntlet gloves and black gauntlet boots. Her hair and eye color remained the same and she wore a green visor over her right eye. Her wings remained the same.
Uni's weapon remained the giant gun she had, but something seemed different about it.
Rom now wore a white battle suit that no longer showed her stomach as well as blue armor where the battle suit did not originally cover except her neck and head. She wore white gauntlet gloves with blue lining and white gauntlet boots with blue lining down the sides. She now wore a crystal wreath on her head with the Lowee logo engraved on it. Her hair and eyes remained the same. Her wings were now crystallized pixie with blue lining on them.
Rom's weapon remained a staff, but it was a bit longer and the head of it was now radiating blue energy.
Ram's battle suit was the same as Rom's. It was a white battle suit that no longer showed her stomach, but hers had pink armor where the battle suit did not originally cover except her neck and head. She wore white gauntlet gloves with pink lining and white gauntlet boots with pink lining down the sides. She now wore a crystal wreath on her head with the Lowee logo engraved on it. Her hair and eyes remained the same. Her wings were now crystallized pixie with pink lining on them.
Ram's weapon remained a staff, but it was a bit longer and the head of it was now radiating pink energy.
"Incredible..." Nepgear whispered. "I can feel a tremendous power coursing through me."
"This is the true form of a CPU Candidate. Nepgear, Uni, Rom, Ram, you have achieved your NEW Forms." Eevee introduced their new forms. "Your NEW Forms are named," He pointed at Nepgear, "NEW Purple," He pointed at Uni, "NEW Black," He pointed at Rom and Ram, "and NEW Whites."
"Heh. You're right, Eevee. This form is just as strong as our big sisters' NEXT Forms." Uni said with a grin.
"Amazing... I never knew I had this power until now." Rom said.
"Yes. Thank you so much, Eevee." Ram thanked Eevee for the four of them.
Eevee smiled. "You're very welcome." He assumed his stance. "Now, let's finish this fight."
The four Candidates nodded. "Right. We'll show you what we can really do!" Nepgear exclaimed.
Nepgear flew at Eevee and slashed at him as he blocked with both his swords, but the Planeptune Candidate was slowly overpowering him, forcing him to jump back.
"Fire Dragon Fang!"
"Multiple Beam Launcher - Gust!"
Eevee coated his swords in flames and slashed the air, sending a fiery cross-slash wave at Nepgear, who countered with by firing her signature beam of the same element, but it was a bit larger now as it canceled out the slash wave and traveled towards the boy, who was barely able to avoid it, and then he jumped back to avoid Uni's laser shots...and then to his and the other Candidates' amazement, her giant gun transformed into a giant sword.
"Thorneraid Slicer!" Uni coated her weapon in rainbow energy and delivered a powerful slash at him that knock him into the air.
"Exo Spark!" Rom held her staff into the air and unleashed a discharge of electricity everywhere as the man recovered in the air and held his swords in front of him to block the electricity, but the pink-haired NEW White flew up behind him and fired a magic blast, making him break his guard as the electricity hit him.
Eevee grunted in pain as he got electrocuted, before releasing a fiery blast to break the attack, and then he flew at Rom and slashed her, but she created an ice shield to block the attack.
"Frostbite!" Ram recalled her staff and created two blades of ice, then rushed at Eevee and performed a cross-slash through him, trapping him in ice that exploded and dealt more damage.
"I'll end this now! Celestial Severance!" Nepgear flew at Eevee and slashed him into the air, and then she flew up and slashed him twice, followed by three close-ranged laser shots, and then she flew above him and did a drive stab before jumping back and landing. "Now! The final strike!" Nepgear then pointed her gunblade at him and fired her standard signature purple beam. "This is the power of a NEW Gen CPU Candidate!" She declared as the beam doubled in size and power, completely engulfing him and then ending in a chain of explosions in the air as Eevee fell to the ground, heavily beaten.
An Eternity that is More Transient than Scarlet (Touhou 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil)
"Excellent. You're already controlling your new power this well." Eevee grinned. "You're training is complete."
Nepgear walked up to him and healed his wounds, and then she smiled. "Thank you, Eevee. This wouldn't have been possible without your help."
"I merely gave you the push to awaken your true power. You four did the rest yourselves." Eevee then noticed the others running up to them. "And here are the others."
"We saw the pillars of light. Is everything o-" Neptune stopped dead in her tracks as everyone except Ance and Eevee looked at the four Candidates with plate eyes. "N-Nepgear!?" Neptune exclaimed.
"Uni!?" Noire exclaimed.
"Rom!? Ram!?" Blanc exclaimed.
"Wh-What on Gamindustri are those forms!?" Vert asked.
"This is our true power. Our NEW Forms." Nepgear introduced her's, Uni's, Rom's, and Ram's newly awakened form to them. "We awakened this new form during our fight with Eevee."
"Incredible. Their power is immense. It's just as strong as Neptune's NEXT Form." Histoire observed their power.
Neptune, Noire, and Blanc walked up to their little sisters, looking at them with amazement. They've only known the four Candidates ever since they defeated Arfoire the first time, though Nepgear's technically lived longer due to her stay in Ultradimension, and they've already grown to be as strong as them.
Neptune hugged her little sister with a proud smile. "Nepgear, you've gotten so strong. I'm so proud of you."
Nepgear smiled back. "Thank you, Neptune."
"Wow, Uni! I'm legitimately impressed!" Noire gave Uni a proud smile. "I'm really happy to have you as a little sister."
Uni smiled back. "I'm happy too, Noire."
Blanc put a hand on each of the twins' shoulder, giving them both a proud smile. "Heh. To think you two are as strong as me now... Maybe we should have a fight sometime."
Rom nodded with a grin. "Sure."
"Looking forward to it." Ram said with a smirk.
Vert could only smile at the four Candidates, proud that they were able to awaken their true power, and then she felt a tug on her right sleeve as she turned her head to look at Benia.
"Big sister, will I be as strong as them?" The little sister asked.
Vert smiled and patted her on the head. "You will, Benia, but there's no need to rush, even with your speed." The young Candidate laughed at Vert's joke, the big sister joining in on the laughter. In fact, everyone else had heard it and laughed with them, Eevee giving a chuckle.
Night time fell as everyone was now sleeping in their guest rooms...everyone except for a certain CPU couple.
"I'm so proud of our little sisters." Neptune said.
Noire smiled. "I am too. I'm really glad we did this training."
Neptune closed her eyes. "When the author sent me back in time, I thought things would be the same as they were before, but I was wrong. The events have occurred differently in this timeline, and they brought us closer together and made us stronger." Neptune opened her eyes and looked up at the ceiling. "IF and Compa are now CPUs. Vert now has a little sister. Nepgear, Uni, and the twins are now just as strong as us." The Planeptune CPU turned her head and looked at her girlfriend with a smile. "And...you and I are a couple now. I love you, Noire."
"I love you too, Neptune."
The two CPUs gave each other a passionate kiss, and then drifted off to sleep in each other's arms.
I put a lot of thinking into how the training days set out, especially my OC's appearance and Nepgear, Uni, Rom, and Ram obtaining their NEW Forms.
As you see, the main eight Goddesses have learnt new skills/tricks. Here's the list:
Neptune: Learned Thorneraid Sword from Noire.
Noire: Learned 32-bit Mega Blade and how to dual wield with the skill and her main weapon from Neptune.
Blanc: Learned Glacier Edge.
Vert: Learned Healing Winds.
Nepgear: Can change the element of M.P.B.L.
Uni: Leanred 32-bit Mega Blade and how to dual wield with the skill and her main weapon from Neptune.
Rom: Has learnt one skill of each of the other elements from Histoire. The only one that wasn't shown this chapter was the light skill.
Ram: Learned how to create bladed weapons using her ice magic from Histoire.