This is it. The Finale of Arc 1.
Oh, and as for what the Guardians reference individually:
Guardian of Progress: That one robot villain from Star Wars that I can't remember the name of. (If you do, good on you.)
Guardian of Regality: The Pokémon Silvally from Sun and Moon.
Guardians of Serenity: The revival trick is a reference to the Elise the Eternal Envy first boss fight from Azure Striker Gunvolt.
As a whole, they represent the Candidates that existed in the previous timeline. That is why there was no Guardian of Pastures boss fight, because Leanbox didn't have a CPU Candidate back then. (If you figured this out, you get a cookie.)
Disclaimer: I do not own Hyperdimension Neptunia. 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 Xila Scott for Benia's human appearance and name. The only thing I can take ownership for are my OC, Troy Kirin Sonar (Eevee), IF's HDD, Indigo Heart, the monsters' END Forms, Benia's HDD, Green Sister, and Nepgear's, Uni's, Rom's, and Ram's NEW Forms.
Hollow Bastion (Kingdom Hearts)
The gate that connects to Celestia from the ruins opened as the group walked out of it.
"This is Celestia? It's so cool!" Benia said in awe as she and the other Candidates looked around.
"Yes. This is Celestia, the land that floats above Gamindustri." Histoire said to the CPU Candidates.
"Let's go. Arfoire is waiting for us, and we know where she is." IF said.
The group traversed through the land of Celestia, defeating any monster Arfoire placed in their path. On the way, Neptune noticed Histoire seemingly thinking about something.
"What are you thinking, Histy?" Neptune asked.
Histoire kept thinking for a bit before looking at the others. "Everyone, may I ask you something?" She asked.
"What is it, Histoire?" Nepgear asked.
"I know it would be pointless, but I wish to try reasoning with Arfoire one more time." The fairy said, before her face became serious. "If I still cannot get through to her, then let me fight her myself."
Everyone looked at Histoire with surprise. "You want to go a round with Arfoire by yourself? That's pretty brave, considering your size." IF commented.
"I know Arfoire is a strong opponent, but I've gotten a lot stronger thanks to training with all of you." Histoire said gratefully. "I wish to test myself...to see how strong I've truly become."
Neptune nodded in understanding. "I understand. If that's what you want, then we'll cheer you on in your fight."
Histoire smiled. "Thank you."
Everyone then continued onward through Celestia.
"Haaaah ha ha ha!"
...until they heard that all-familiar laugh as Arfoire appeared before the group with a smirk. "So, you're finally here. Histoire, too? How cunning of you all to bring her along!"
"So you're Arfoire." Benia said.
Arfoire looked at the youngest of the Candidates. "Ah, you must be the CPU Candidate of Leanbox. That's right. I am Arfoire." The corrupt Goddess introduced herself to Benia.
Histoire looked at Neptune, who gave her a nod as she nodded back before floating up to Arfoire. "Arfoire, I am neither enemy nor friend. You already know that, right?" Histoire told her. "Look within yourself. You are your greatest nemesis...!"
Arfoire merely remained quiet as she listened to Histoire.
Another Side, Another Story (Kingdom Hearts II)
"You are doing all of this to change yourself." Histoire said.
Benia looked very confused at that line and looked at Vert. "Big sister, what does she mean by Arfoire's enemy is herself?"
"I don't know how I can explain it well enough for you to understand..." The elder sister muttered.
Arfoire merely laughed. "So you've come to that conclusion, Histoire?" She smirked. "You've been at my side for millions of years and you finally caught on, huh? Hysterical!"
Benia still looked very lost. "I'm still lost here."
"Honestly, so am I." Nepgear admitted.
"Histy's saying that Arfoire wants to take Histy's power and overwrite herself as the True Goddess." Neptune explained to the Candidates.
Arfoire heard Neptune's explanation and laughed. "Excellent! I am most amused." The wicked Goddess looked at Histoire with a smirk. "Looks like locking you away in the human world wasn't a bad idea, after all. You've become rather wise for a little old thing." She then shook her head. "However, you're missing something very important." She turned her attention to the Goddesses as she summoned her scepter. "I'll show you what it is in this battle. Now, CPUs, prepare yourselves!"
"Don't take this the wrong way, Arfoire. We would love to fight you again, however, Histy wants to try her hand at you, first." Neptune said with a small grin.
Arfoire looked back at the tome...and then laughed again. "YOU want to fight ME, Histoire?" She questioned with a mocking grin. "That's the best thing I've heard all day."
Histoire glared at the wicked Goddess. "You shouldn't underestimate me, Arfoire."
"Please, you're hardly worth the effort." Arfoire lazily swung her scepter at Histoire...but to her surprise, the fairy nimbly dodged the attack and fired a magic blast at her, knocking her away. "Agh!"
Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room (Touhou: Concealed the Conclusion)
"I told you. You shouldn't underestimate me." Histoire repeated as she floated up and stood on her book like a hover board and created energy blades in her hands. "I've gotten stronger thanks to the Goddesses. You may have changed, but so have I."
Arfoire stood up and glared at Histoire. "So, you really think you can stand up against me?" She stood up and assumed her stance. "Fine. Let's see just how strong these Goddesses made you!"
Arfoire charged at Histoire and slashed her as the tome flew up to dodge and fired magic blasts at her, but she countered with dark magic blasts, causing explosions as the blasts hit.
"Delta Storm!" Histoire fired a powerful blast of green wind through the smoke at Arfoire, hitting her and knocking her into the air, and then the tome rushed forward with her energy blade and slashed the wicked Goddess a couple of times, before flying above her and creating a magic circle that fired a small, but powerful beam.
Arfoire managed to recover quick enough to barely avoid getting hit by the beam, and then flew up at Histoire and jabbed her scepter at her, but Histoire blocked the strikes with her energy blades, and then released a burst of energy to knock her away.
"Alright then, let's see how you handle this!" Arfoire pointed her scepter at Histoire and fired a dark beam as Histoire countered by creating six magic circles that fired beams. One of the beams collided with Arfoire's causing an explosion, and then the other five continued through the smoke and hit Arfoire, dealing more damage to her. "Ggh...! I see you've become more capable than I realized."
"What's wrong, Arfoire? Getting tired already?" Histoire gave her a mocking grin.
Arfoire growled. "Don't get cocky, tome!" Arfoire held out her hand and created a magic circle, and then more magic circles appeared on the ground that erupted in dark pillars, but the small fairy maneuvered her away past them and closed in on Arfoire.
"Genenis Rush!" Histoire slashed Arfoire several times as the wicked Goddess tried to block the slashes, but one of the slashes managed to knock her scepter out of her hands, which left her open to Histoire performing a cross-slash through her and dealing great damage.
"32-bit Mega Blade!" Histoire then created a pixilated blade and flung it at the wicked Goddess, the sword stabbing the ground she was standing on and exploding in a pillar of light which dealt continuous damage to Arfoire.
Arfoire was now greatly injured and growling as she called her scepter back to her. "You... I WON'T ACCEPT THIS!" Arfoire let out a frustrated yell and sent two large dark slash waves at Histoire, one vertical, one horizontal, as the fairy easily avoided them both, and then Arfoire fired a barrage of dark beams, but the fairy easily avoided them, too, with her small stature as she was closing in on Arfoire, who then tried to slash her, but she jumped up to avoid the attack as Arfoire looked up to glare at her...
...and then she saw that only Histoire was in the air, her wings extended and keeping her afloat.
"Wha?" Arfoire was now greatly confused as she looked and saw an open tome, Histoire's tome, floating in front of her.
Histoire smirked. "Ancient Elemental!"
The tome started glowing as it inhaled wind into its pages, catching Arfoire off-guard as she was sucked in before the tome closed, trapping her inside.
"This is a new one." Ance blinked...and then everyone saw the tome shaking as fire, ice, lightning, and wind exploded from it, Arfoire's screams of agony being heard from inside the tome, but sounding muffled.
"I would hate to know what Arfoire's going through in there." Ram shuddered.
"Probably taking massive amounts of damage from elemental magic that's millions of years old." Uni guessed, not knowing that was exactly what was happening to the wicked Goddess.
After a few more seconds, the tome opened up and launched Arfoire into the air, and then her eyes widened when she saw she was closing in on Histoire, who had fully charged a magic circle about three times her size.
"Farewell." Histoire simply said as the magic circle fired a large beam that sent Arfoire right down to the ground with a large explosion.
"Nice one, Histy!" Neptune cheered the fairy, who was floating back down to her tome as the dust cleared to reveal a defeated Arfoire.
End BGM
"How...? How could I have lost...to Histoire?" Arfoire said weakly.
Histoire smirked at her. "Well well, it seems you're losing your touch, Arfoire."
"I...am not...finished yet...!" Arfoire grunted, using the fear energy she obtained to heal herself...but only barely. "Wh-What...? What's going on? I barely even recovered...! With the citizens of Gamindustri's fear of Overlord Momus, I should've...!"
Nepgear smiled innocently. "Yeah, about that. We revealed that your rumors of Overlord Momus were fake, and that in turn completely wiped everyone's fear of Overlord Momus."
Arfoire glared at the group. "So...this was your doing."
"Looks like you've lost, Arfoire." Histoire said, grinning victoriously.
Rising Fear (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky)
Arfoire shakily stood up. "You may have won the battle, Histoire, but I am not yet defeated!" She declared. "I'll destroy you all...with my true power!"
Suddenly, an enormous dark aura erupted from Arfoire, forcing Histoire to float back to the others as Arfoire was engulfed by the dark power.
"Wh-What's going on!?" Benia asked fearfully as she clutched her big sister's. "All this evil power..."
"...Neptune, did this happen in the previous timeline?" Nepgear asked.
"She did transform, but she didn't give off this much power..." Neptune replied with a hint of worry.
Everyone watched as the dark power continued to engulf Arfoire, and when it faded, they saw that she had transformed into...
"THE DEITY OF SIN!?" The CPUs of this world minus Benia yelled wide eyed, as Histoire looked on with shock while Ance and Eevee looked very surprised.
"Well...this is unexpected." Eevee simply said.
"CPUs. Histoire. You have forced my hand." DOS Arfoire spoke. "I will destroy you all, along with Gamindustri!" She declared. "Felons! To me!"
Four magic circles appeared in front of the DOS Arfoire and erupted into dark pillars, and when they faded, the CFWs stood in front of her.
"Who are they!?" Benia asked.
"The Four Felons. Judge, Trick, Magic, and...Brave." Uni introduced the CFWs, but was quiet when she mentioned Brave, the only one of the CFWs she actually liked.
"Looks like we'll have to defeat them and Arfoire." Neptune said.
Nepgear, Uni, Rom, and Ram changed into their processor units while Benia, after swallowing her fear, let go of Vert and transformed. "We'll handle the Felons, you guys focus on defeating Arfoire." Nepgear told them.
"Brave's mine." Uni immediately said, summoning her gun and pointing it at the robot.
"Ram and I will take Trick." Rom said as she and Ram summoned their wands.
"That pervert's going down!" Ram exclaimed, eager to kick Trick's behind.
"I'll fight Judge." Benia said bravely as she summoned her trident.
"Then that leaves me with Magic." Nepgear said, narrowing her eyes at Magic as she summoned her gunblade.
Neptune nodded. "Alright. Good luck, you five." She said before she, Noire, Blanc, and Vert changed into their processor units while IF, Compa, and Ance transformed into their HDD, Eevee entered his Awakened Form, and Meta activated Abrams armor for Garland as they flew to face the Deity of Sin, but Vert stayed behind to look at her little sister.
"Be careful, Benia. The CFWs are no joke." She told her.
"I'll be careful, big sister." Benia said reassuringly. Vert nodded and flew to the others, leaving the Candidates to face the CFWs.
"So, you five are going to fight us?" Magic asked, looking at the Candidates with a sadistic smirk. "Very well. Hope you're ready for pain."
The Four Felons (Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2)
Nepgear flew at Magic and slashed her, but the CFW blocked the attack with her scythe and slashed her back, but Nepgear flew up to avoid it and pointed her gunblade at Magic and fired a barrage of lasers as Magic flew around to avoid them.
"You're not getting away!" Nepgear exclaimed as she flew after Magic.
The CFW saw the purple Candidate flying after and smirked, and then she came to an abrupt stop and turned around and slashed Nepgear...but to her surprise and confusion, the purple Candidate wasn't there.
"Where did you go?" Magic wondered.
"I'll cut through with my Panzer Blade!" The CFW heard Nepgear call out a skill behind her as she turned around, but couldn't react in time as Nepgear slashed her a couple times.
"Agh...! Clever little Goddess." Magic grunted.
"I'm just getting started." Nepgear smirked.
Uni shot Brave multiple times, the CFW being an easy target with his gigantic size as Brave slashed her with his sword...and to his surprise, Uni created one of her 32-bit Mega Blades to block the slash.
"Interesting. You are mainly a gun user, but you also use a sword." Brave said with interest.
"I have gotten some experience with a sword." Uni said.
"I see." Brave broke the clash and allowed Uni to distance herself from him as he readied his sword. "Allow me to test your skill with a sword!"
Uni looked between her gun and her pixilated blade, taking Brave's challenge into consideration. After a moment of thought, she recalled her gun and switched the hand she held her sword. "Bring it on, Brave!" She exclaimed, accepting his challenge.
"Then, let our swords clash!" Brave declared as he and Uni charged at each other and began clashing swords.
"Giga Flare!" Rom charged up a blast of fire and fired it at Trick, which caused a ginormous explosion that damaged the CFW.
"Ow! That really burns!" Trick exclaimed.
"Then here's something to cool you down! Frost Javelin!" Ram recalled her staff, and then she created a spear of ice in her right hand and flung it at Trick, hitting him in the chest and trapping him in ice that exploded and dealt more damage.
"Brrr! Now that was cold!" Trick shivered a bit.
"You want me to heat you up, again?" Rom asked, preparing another Giga Flare.
"Such feisty little maidens! You're awfully tense in this battle, but I'll help you relax." The CFW said pervertedly. "Lick, Lick!" Trick stretched his tongue out at the White Sisters as they move aside to dodge.
"Still as much of a pervert as he was before!" Ram said in disgust.
"Grrr! HOLD STILL, YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Judge yelled angrily as he swung his halberd at Benia, trying to land a hit on the extremely fast green Candidate and failing as she pelted him with swift jabs from her trident and electricity.
"Your not gonna land a hit just swinging your halberd like that." Benia said as she avoided yet another swing.
That only fueled the CFW's anger as he let out a frustrated yell. "JUDGEMENT!" Judge coated his halberd in black energy and brought it down on the green Candidate.
Benia easily avoided the skill with her speed and got behind Judge. "Thunderbolt!" She then fired a bolt of lightning at him, electrocuting him and dealing a good amount of damage.
"YOU'RE REALLY GETTING ON MY NERVES, YOU LITTLE CANDIDATE!" Judge yelled in frustration.
"...Thought that would do a bit more because he was a robot. Oh well." Benia shrugged as she avoided yet another attack from Judge.
Magic blocked slash after slash as she tried to distance herself from Nepgear, but the purple Candidate continued applying pressure on her, keeping her from getting any breathing room.
"Playing defensive? That's not like you, Magic." Nepgear taunted.
"You say that as if you know me." Magic glared, their weapons clashing again as they were locked in a power struggle.
"Well, yes and no." Nepgear smirked.
"Which is it?"
"Both."
Nepgear applied more force to her gunblade, breaking the power struggle and pushing Magic away, and then she pointed her weapon at her. "M.P.B.L! Target locked!" Nepgear fired her signature beam in its normal form at Magic, but the CFW blocked the beam with the blade of her scythe.
"Is that all?" Magic smirked.
"Nope." Nepgear smirked back as she pressed the button on her gunblade, changing the picture on the dial to the tornado. "M.P.B.L. - Gust Mode!" Nepgear changed the element of her beam to its wind form in the middle of the skill, catching Magic off-guard and knocking her scythe out of her hands.
"What!?" A stunned Magic exclaimed.
"Your wide open! Mirage Dance!" Nepgear slashed Magic several times that it looked like she was dancing, ending the skill with a slash through the CFW before axe kicking her down.
Magic growled as she called back her scythe and stood up. "It seems you are more skilled than I gave credit for." She assumed a stance. "Playtime is over. Apocalypse Nova!" Magic sent a slash wave at Nepgear, but she flew over it as the slash wave continued in the air behind her before exploding in a chain of explosions.
Uni and Brave clashed swords again, their swords locked in a power struggle. "You are pretty skilled with a sword. However, because you are a gun user, I don't think you know any sword skills." Brave said doubtfully.
Uni was put in thought at Brave's doubt. He was right. All of the skills she knew are skills she needed her gun to use.
...Except one.
The Lastation Candidate smirked. "That's what you think!"
Uni broke the power struggle and held out her sword to her side. "Thorneraid Slicer!" Uni coated the pixilated blade in rainbow energy and delivered a powerful slash at the unexpecting CFW, dealing a great amount of damage to him.
"I see. So you do know sword skills." Brave said, sounding impressed. "Very well, then. Brave Slash!" Brave coated his own sword in gold energy and delivered a powerful slash as Uni countered with Thorneraid Slicer, locking them in yet another power struggle. "Excellent! You're skills with a sword are beyond my expectations! You are indeed a worthy foe!" Brave praised her swordsmanship.
'Glad to see Brave is still the same as I remember.' Uni thought with a warm grin.
"HOLD STILL! HOLD STILL! HOLD STILL!" Judge yelled in great frustration, swinging his halberd all around him like a madman as he tried to land a hit on the CPU Candidate of Leanbox...
...who was watching a couple feet away from him while drinking a bottle of Mountain Dew with a straw.
"...This guy was supposed to be difficult?" Benia questioned. "Honestly, he's a joke." The green-haired Candidate looked at the other Candidates and their battles. She was particularly interested in how Uni was fighting Brave. Instead of her giant gun, she was using a 32-bit Mega Blade...and she seemed to be enjoying it. "Looks like Uni's having fun."
Rom flew out of the way of another tongue attack from Trick, stopping near Benia as she turned a quick glance to her...and then did a double take.
"...Where did you get the soda from?" Rom asked.
"Did a lightning quick run back to Gamindustri to buy one." Benia casually replied.
"...Aren't you supposed to be fighting Judge?"
"You mean that robot?" Benia pointed at the CFW in question as Rom looked at him...
"WHERE ARE YOU!?"
...and saw him blindly swinging his weapon around him, completely failing to hit anything at all.
Rom blinked at the comedic scene before her before slowly turning her head to Benia. "How did you turn such a serious fight into a scene from a comedy book?" She asked.
"Well, when you have my speed and are facing someone that gets aggravated easily, the whole thing just plays out." Benia said.
"Okay...?" Rom said, awkwardly tilting her head to the side. She then looked at her and Ram's opponent, Trick, and then back at Judge. A mischievous smirk crept on her face as an idea popped in her head.
"Think of something?" Benia asked, noticing Rom's smirk.
"Wait right here." Rom said mischievously as she quietly flew to Trick.
Ram noticed Rom quietly flying and stopping a few feet from Trick's right side, the pink-haired White Sister wondering what her twin was doing. Her question was answered when Rom fired a blast of wind at the CFW's right side, catching him off guard and knocking him away...
*BAM*
...and into Judge's swing.
"OW!"
"HA! NOW I GOT YOU!" Judge yelled eagerly.
"YOU HIT ME, YOU IDIOT!" Trick got up and yelled angrily at Judge.
"WHAT WAS THAT, YOU FAT BASTARD!" Judge yelled back.
The two CFWs began fighting amongst themselves as Benia and the White Sisters watched with laughter.
"Good one, Rom." Ram said as the three Candidates continued laughing at the two CFWs.
"JUDGEMENT!" Judge coated his halberd in black energy and brought it down on Trick.
"LICK, LICK!" Trick stretched his tongue out at Judge.
*SMASH*
*SMASH*
Record scratch
Everyone immediately stopped fighting and looked at the two CFWs. Judge's halberd smashed into Trick's skull while Trick's tongue somehow impaled through Judge's chest...
...and then the two CFWs promptly exploded into nothing.
Silence filled Celestia as everyone looked at the area the two robots were with plate eyes (although DOS Arfoire just stared)...
...and then Benia, Rom, and Ram burst out laughing.
"Oh, wow! That went a lot better than I thought!" Benia exclaimed through fits of laughter as the White Sisters held their stomachs as they laughed.
Blanc failed to contain her laughter and busted out laughing as well while Vert giggled uncontrollably.
"...Well, that's one way to defeat two CFWs." Neptune said after a while, Noire silently nodding in agreement.
"This is the second of the final fights in Arc 1...and somehow those three made a comedic scene out of it." Ance said.
"Something tells me it was mostly Benia..." Troy said.
"Idiots. Both of them." DOS Arfoire simply said.
"Those two completely shattered the tension of this fight." Brave sighed.
"Tell me about it." Uni said in agreement.
Nepgear just awkwardly stared with plate eyes while Magic's left hand met her face as she sighed. "Morons..."
After a while, the Lowee sisters and Leanbox sisters started to calm down.
"Sorry about that." Blanc apologized as she got out the last bit of laughs. "That was just too fucking funny."
"If you are done laughing, let us continue our battle." DOS Arfoire said impatiently.
"Yeah, sure." Neptune said.
Everyone continued their battles, while Benia, Rom, and Ram just watched, having technically defeated their opponents.
Resume BGM
Nepgear pointed her gunblade at Magic and fired lasers at her, but instead of normal purple lasers, they were green with wind spiraling around it as Magic dodged the lasers and countered by sending slash waves at her.
Nepgear dodged the slash waves and then blocked an incoming slash from the CFW, and then she noticed where the tip of her weapon was pointing and smirked.
"I would move away if I were you." She warned.
"Hm?" Magic looked at her with confusion before looking down slightly...and saw the tip of the gunblade pointing right at her head.
Magic's eyes widened as she quickly moved away from Nepgear, barely avoiding a Multiple Beam Launcher...but instead of wind, it was in its fire form, which confused Magic a bit as she looked at the purple Candidate.
"What? Didn't know I could change the element of my M.P.B.L.?" Nepgear asked mockingly, the dial on her gunblade showing the picture of the fire.
Magic smirked. "Well, thanks for telling me."
Brave slashed Uni once again, but the white-haired Candidate jumped over the sword, her pixilated blade coated in rainbow energy.
"Thorneraid Slicer!" Uni delivered one final slash at Brave, ending the fight.
"Agh... It seems you are a master of both the gun and sword." Brave said, complimenting Uni.
"Brave...it doesn't have to end like this." Uni said sympathetically. "You want to make the children happy, right?"
"Yes...that is what I wish."
Uni was surprised. She honestly didn't think Brave would remember that. But if so, then maybe she could...
The white-haired Candidate looked at the CFW. "Listen. Working with the Deity of Sin will only make things worse for the children, and there is someone out there that's threatening to destroy Gamindustri." She tried reasoning with him. "If you really care for the children that much, why don't you help us? You'll be able to protect them that way." She offered.
"An interesting proposition." Brave said, seeming to be thinking about it, and then stood up. "Very well. I shall help you all defend Gamindustri."
Uni smiled. "Brave...thank you."
Nepgear kicked Magic in the stomach, sending her to the ground. Before she could stand up, Nepgear pressed the button again, changing the picture to the snowflake as she fired lasers of ice energy at her hands and feet, trapping her to the ground.
"Grah...!" Magic grunted as she tried to break free from her confines.
"You're finished!" Nepgear dived at Magic weapon first, ready to finish her off...
...only for her gunblade to be blocked by Ance's broadsword.
Both Nepgear and Magic looked at the CPU with shock. "Ance!? What are you doing!?" The purple Candidate asked.
Ance applied more force to her weapon, pushing Nepgear away from the CFW. "Nepgear, I must ask that you spare Magic." Ance said.
Nepgear looked at her like she lost her mind. "Wha-why!? You know what she did in the previous timeline, don't you!?"
"I am aware of what she did last time, but if Brave can be given another chance, then why not Magic?"
Nepgear looked over at the CFW Uni convinced to join them. In all honesty, she was alright with Brave. He was the only one of the Felons she had some respect for. Plus, Uni is quite fond of him.
Magic, however, was a completely different story. She was the reason she, Neptune, Noire, Blanc, and Vert were left captured in the Gamindustri Graveyard for three years in the previous timeline. That's something that cannot be easily forgiven.
"Besides, I want to be able to know her more." Ance added.
Nepgear sighed, feeling like she was gonna regret her decision before reluctantly nodding. "Fine. But I'm keeping a close eye on her."
Ance nodded and turned to Magic, breaking the ice that held her to the ground.
Having been freed from her confines, Magic stood up, rubbing her right wrist as she looked at Ance. "You're a weird CPU to have decided to spare me."
"Like I said, I want to know you more." Ance said to her.
End BGM
"So, two of the felons have fallen, while the other two have turned traitor." DOS Arfoire spoke.
The CPUs, Eevee, Garland, and Histoire blinked as they turned and saw Uni standing next to Brave and Ance standing next to Magic. Brave, they were okay with...but Magic?
"Nepgear...why did you spare Magic?" Neptune asked, wanting to know.
"Don't ask me. Ance was the one who stopped me." Nepgear said.
Everyone but Brave, Garland, and Eevee looked at the CPU in question.
"I'm sure Lady Ance has her reasons." Eevee muttered.
Ance sighed. "I know you all are not happy about my decision, considering what she did in the previous timeline, but I must ask that you give her a chance."
The other CPUs, Candidates (except Benia), and Histoire eyed Ance suspicious, before turning her glance to Magic, who was not intimidated by them.
Rom felt someone tap her shoulder and turned to look at Benia. "Um, what did Magic do in the previous timeline?" The Candidate of Leanbox asked.
The blue-haired White Sister blinked at her for a few seconds, and then tapped her twin on the shoulder to get her attention. "Remind me to tell Benia about our adventures in the previous timeline."
"Right." Ram nodded.
"It seems you have all given me no choice." DOS Arfoire spoke as the ground began to shake. "I shall destroy you all!"
Once again, the powerful dark aura engulfed the Deity of Sin, knocking the CPUs, Histoire, Garland, and Eevee back as everyone watched her transform once more into True DOS Arfoire.
"The time has come...for Gamindustri to reach its destruction!" True DOS Arfoire declared as the group prepared for their final battle against Arfoire.
DOS Arfoire (Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2)
True DOS Arfoire created dark spheres and flung them at everyone as they all dodged, and then Neptune flew at the True Deity of Sin and slashed her, but the evil deity blocked the attack effortlessly with her double-ponged spear and knocked her away, and then sent a dark blast at her the purple CPU quickly recovered and dodged.
"Getter Ravine!" With her upper face shadowed and one eye glowing an angry red, Blanc jumped up to slam her axe down on DOS Arfoire, but the evil deity released a dark blast to knock her away.
"Inbetween Spear!" Vert flung multiple spears at the DOS Arfoire as the True Deity of Sin fired dark blasts to destroy them, but one of the spears went through and hit DOS Arfoire, but she merely shrugged it off.
"Lucky hit." True DOS Arfoire said as she released a wave of dark energy, knocking away Nepgear and Uni.
"Medical Bullet!" Compa fired a green laser at Nepgear, then fired another at Uni, healing the damage they took from the dark wave.
"Ice Cubes!" Rom created ice cubes and flung them at True DOS Arfoire, but the True Deity of Sin destroyed them with a simple swipe of her spear and then flew at Rom to impale her, but she managed to avoid the spear strike and fired a blast of fire, scoring a hit on the evil deity, but barely doing any damage.
"Fall Slash!" Noire flew into the air and fired a slash wave at True DOS Arfoire, but the evil deity noticed the attack and moved out of the way of it, and then fired dark blasts at the Lastation CPU as she flew out of the way to dodge...but to her shock, the dark blasts actually homed in on her, forcing her to continuously fly to keep from getting hit, but the dark blasts were closing in on her, and just when it look like she was gonna get hit.
"32-bit Mega Blade!" Neptune created one of her pixilated blades and flung them at the dark blasts, the sword erupting in a pillar of light and destroying them all.
"Thanks, Neptune." Noire gave a smile to her girlfriend, and then she rushed at True DOS Arfoire and slashed her as the True Deity of Sin blocked with her spear...but then Noire created one of her 32-bit Mega Blades behind True DOS Arfoire and retreated back before it stabbed the ground below the evil deity and erupted in a pillar of light, dealing continuous damage to Arfoire.
True DOS Arfoire rushed out the pillar with barely a scratch and attacked Noire, but Brave blocked the spear with his sword.
"I'll fight to protect the children of Gamindustri!" Brave exclaimed as he pushed the evil deity away. "Brave Slash!" Brave coated his own sword in gold energy and delivered a powerful slash at True DOS Arfoire, hardly dealing any damage, and then Uni flew up on his left shoulder and fired lasers at her, adding to the damage the CFW dealt.
"I will destroy you, traitors!" True DOS Arfoire created dark spears and flung them at the two CFWs, but Uni created a 32-bit Mega Blade and flung it at the dark spear coming at Brave to destroy it as Ance destroyed the one coming at Magic and then looked at her.
"Magic, I understand its hard for you to fight the one you have served for so long." Ance said. "But right now, you have no other choice. Death is not an option right now."
Magic looked at her for a few seconds, before looking at the True Deity of Sin and summoning her scythe. "Apocalypse Nova!" Magic sent a slash wave at True DOS Arfoire, the slash wave hitting the evil deity and exploding in a chain of explosions that did very little damage.
"Diamond Dust!" Histoire waved her right hand in front of her, sending a gust of ice shards that pelted True DOS Arfoire and dealt continuous damage, but the evil deity seemed to shrug it off and sent another wave of dark energy at her, forcing her to stop the attack and fly upwards to dodge.
"Moon Slash!" Ance slashed the air six times, sending six large slash waves at True DOS Arfoire as she flew out of the way of the attack...but the slash waves made a U-turn and hit the True Deity of Sin from behind, dealing as good amount of damage to her.
"That's enough!" True DOS Arfoire released a powerful burst of dark power, knocking everyone away.
"Ggh... Arfoire's gotten a lot stronger in her true form." IF grunted as she and everyone else stood up.
"Arfoire has gotten stronger, but so have we!" Nepgear exclaimed, and then everyone saw Arfoire fly high into the air.
"Be careful! This is the Deity of Sin's strongest attack!" Magic warned as True DOS Arfoire gathered energy into a giant sphere.
"Apocalypse!" True DOS Arfoire hurled the giant sphere at the group. However, because the sphere was so big, she did not see Histoire move in front of the group and create a magic shield to protect everyone.
And then an explosion happened.
True DOS Arfoire looked at the smoke, waiting for it to dissipate...only to find that Histoire had protected the two CFWs, the male humans...and two of the CPUs and Benia?
Histoire dropped the magic shield, having been left exhausted from using a very large amount of her power to create it.
"It seems you weren't able to protect everyone, Histoire." True DOS Arfoire said.
The fairy gave her a smirk. "I wouldn't be so sure about that."
Suddenly, a purple beam hit True DOS Arfoire from behind, dealing a good amount of damage to her as she turned to see Ance with the eight main Goddesses in their NEXT and NEW Forms.
Brave and Magic looked at them with shock. "Wh-What are those forms!?" Magic asked.
"The true power of a Goddess." IF said with a grin. "Neptune's, Noire's, Blanc's, and Vert's are their NEXT Forms, and Nepgear's, Uni's, Rom's, and Ram's are their NEW Forms."
"Do you think you can defeat me in those forms?" True DOS Arfoire asked them.
"We know we can." Neptune answered with confidence as she rushed at Arfoire and slashed her, the evil deity blocking the slash with a bit more effort, but then Neptune roundhouse kicked her to Blanc, who slammed her down with her axe.
"Fallen Cross!" Rom fired a sphere of darkness at True DOS Arfoire, the sphere hitting her and exploding into vertical and horizontal shock waves that greatly damaged the evil deity.
"Perish, now!" True DOS Arfoire fired a dark beam at Uni.
"Go! Brave Cannon!" Uni countered by firing her own dark beam, the two beams colliding and causing an explosion.
'Uni has a skill named after me?" Brave thought with interest...and then he became surprised when Uni's gun transformed into its sword form as she rushed through the smoke.
"Thorneraid Slicer!" Uni coated her weapon in rainbow energy and delivered a powerful slash at the True Deity of Sin, breaking through her guard and dealing heavy damage.
"I'll cut through with my Panzer Blade!" Nepgear rushed at True DOS Arfoire while she was recovering and slashed her three times and ending with a slash through her.
"No...! This cannot be...the end...!" True DOS Arfoire said weakly.
"Now, guys! Let's finish this with our strongest attacks!" Neptune called. "Dimensional Slice!"
"True Ragnarok!"
"Diagonal Blade Dance!"
"Multi-Weapon Attack!"
"Blaster Controller!"
"Celestial Elements!"
"Hailstorm Blades!"
"Infinite Spear!"
True DOS Arfoire roared in agony as she was hit by the eight main Goddesses strongest attacks. When the skills ended, she laid on the ground, unmoving.
End BGM
"Alright! We won!" Benia cheered, fist pumping the air.
"...I never thought I would see the Deity of Sin defeated." Magic said quietly.
The eight main Goddesses landed on the ground, the recoil from their attacks forcing them back into their normal forms...and then streams of darkness suddenly erupted from Arfoire's body.
"Wha-What's going on!?" Nepgear asked.
"No way... Does the Deity of Sin have another form!?" Uni wondered, hoping that wouldn't be true.
"Not that I remember!" Brave answered.
"This should be the Deity of Sin's strongest form." Magic said from what she remembers.
Everyone watched as darkness continued to stream out of Arfoire's body, and when it finished, what was left was a silver-haired woman in a dress that showed less skin.
One question popped up in the CPUs, Candidates, and two CFWs minds as they stared at the unconscious woman. 'Who is she?'
Ance, Eevee, Garland, and especially Histoire, however, recognized her and looked with wide eyes. "Arfoire..." Histoire whispered.
Everyone else barely heard Histoire whisper the name of the woman, and then after a few seconds, they looked at the woman with plate eyes (if possible for Brave). "That's Arfoire!?" They exclaimed in shock.
Ance nodded. "This was Arfoire before she fell into darkness." She said, walking up to the unconscious Goddess with Histoire floating beside her. "It seems when you eight used your strongest attacks in your NEXT and NEW Forms, it destroyed all the darkness within her and changed her back to her true self." She explained.
"So, this is True Arfoire?" Neptune asked, getting a nod from the fairy.
"Well, if she's no longer evil, then we should take her back with us." Compa suggested.
"I was thinking the same thing." Ance said as she hoisted True Arfoire over her shoulder.
"Okay then, let's head back to Planeptune." Neptune said, before glancing at the two remaining CFWs. "That includes you two."
"Understood." Brave nodded.
"...Fine." Magic reluctantly nodded.
"So, they freed True Arfoire, and have convinced Brave and Magic to join them." France said, having felt the battle in Celestia. "This will be interesting." He gave an evil smirk before disappearing to somewhere.
Planeptune's Theme (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
"Mmm..." True Arfoire moaned as she slowly regained consciousness. "Where am I...?" She wondered as she sat up, looking around in what she thought was a guest room.
"Arfoire, you're awake!" Histoire exclaimed as she floated up to her.
True Arfoire immediately recognized the fairy on the tome. "Histoire? What happened?"
"You were saved. The Goddesses freed you from the darkness that corrupted you."
"I see." The True Goddess couldn't help but smile. Finally, she was freed from her corrupted power. "Do you know where they are right now? I want to thank them."
The fairy nodded. "Of course. I'll call them over."
Histoire called everyone into the guest room, including Eevee, Garland, Brave, and Magic.
"I wish to thank you all for freeing me from my corrupted power." True Arfoire thanked everyone.
"Of course. We're happy we could help you." Neptune smiled.
"To be honest, we didn't really expect it." Nepgear chuckled, scratching her right cheek in embarrassment.
Arfoire nodded in understanding. "Yes, I know. You were only trying to defeat me because I had caused much trouble for Gamindustri. I am sorry for that." She looked at everyone. "I wish to make it up to you. Please, let me be of assistance."
"Of course. We can always use more party members." Vert smiled in acceptance.
"Even if they are former enemies." Noire glanced at Magic with a frown. The CFW noticed the Lastation Goddess looking at her and looked away.
True Arfoire giggled. "Don't worry. As long as I'm here, I'll make sure Magic doesn't hurt anyone unless its an enemy."
"If you say so." Blanc said.
Nepgear glanced at Ance for a moment. 'I still don't get why Ance had me spare her in the first place.'
"What about Brave?" Ram asked, looking at the robot that somehow shrunk himself to be able to fit inside the building.
"He can stay in Lastation with Uni." Noire said, earning a smile from her little sister. "You can too if you want, Garland."
"I'll take you up on that offer." The soldier grinned.
Ance then walked up and got everyone's attention. "Alright, everyone. It'll be a while before the next adventure, so you can do what you want, but make sure to keep up on your training." She said.
"Right." Everyone nodded.
End BGM
Arc 1 is now finished!
So, now I have a lot of thinking to do, because this chapter's boss fights pretty much cover HDN 1 and Mk2, with the true ending of Re;Birth 1. So I'm stuck with what to do next. Either I continue on with Victory or think of a new adventure. But before that, I plan on writing some chapters for Post Arc 1.
Now, two of the CFWs were spared. I wanted to spare Brave because, let's be honest, we all like him. He's the most noble of the Felons and Uni has a connection with him. In Magic's case, Author Heart - Ance asked for me to spare her as well because she wanted to know her more. The Goddesses aren't really happy with the situation, but with True Arfoire they'll probably warm up to her...probably.
So stay tuned for new chapters!