The robot whipped its tail at me, and I jumped out of the way. Suddenly it recoiled into a building as it was hit by a blue laser beam. The Black Sister landed next to me. "Reporting for duty!" she said joyfully. Noire shifted into Black Heart as she groaned. "Take this seriously, Uni." she snapped. The Black Sister nodded. "Right." The robot's machine gun cannons began to rotate as it shredded the ground with bullets. As I dodged, bullets that missed barely sliced my skin. I quickly activated the Adrenaline Boost Drive, which had a five-minute recharge, which instantly began to close the new wounds. Black Heart began striking the robot with her weapon, electricity crackling every time she hit it. The robot smacked her away, and she hit a wall. Instantly I heard the Black Sister charging up a shot. She fired off a shot, which exploded and stunned the robot. It began firing volleys of rockets. "Why'd you have to add rockets?!" I yelled as I dodged like crazy. "I thought it needed the ability to blow stuff up!" yelled Black Heart.
"What kind of half-assed logic is that?!" I snapped. The robot fired more rockets. I got the idea to do something crazy. Black Heart got knocked away again, I ran up to it and punched it. It cracked a camera on it, and it seemed to be having trouble seeing. So, it settled for aiming in our general direction, and firing full auto. Moving quickly, I wrapped the blade of the katana with wire. I ran up to the robot and stabbed the blade into a weak part of its armor. It flailed as it swung pointlessly. Jumping back, I went towards an underground power line that was exposed to the open air, and the hole it resided in was full of water, therefore the water sparked. I yelled out, "Merry Christmas, bitches!" and hurled the other end of the wire into the electrified water. The robot sparked as excess electricity flowed into it, and soon, the battery cells ruptured and-
KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Chunks of twisted burning metal flew everywhere, showering the block. The fireball was huge, one that could be seen from a few hundred kilometers. There wasn't much left of the Scorpion Guard afterwards, just an empty shell. Soon people started coming out from the shelters. Noire made short work of labeling the area that the robot damaged off-limits. We returned to the Lastation HQ, and someone was waiting for me. It was the CEO of Basilicom, who smiled softly as I came up to him. "The prize has already been added to your account." he said. I nodded as Noire motioned for me to follow. She took me to the hangar, which held dozens of jet fighters. I already knew what to do. "See you later, Noire." I shouted to her as I picked up Histoire by wrapping my right arm around her waist. "H-hey!" she protested. I ran up to one of the fighters. "I'm taking this one." I stated. I heard a click of a gun. "No, you're not, default boy." I turned to the lieutenant. "Would you really shoot me?" He lowered his pistol when Noire gave him the thumbs-up to allow me to take the fighter. He nodded to me to get in. I put Histoire in the back seat as I hopped in front. The cockpit shut, and the jet was moved to one of the strange machines. As I turned on the engines and they roared, the jet was shot forward and left the bay without warning. I was able to get control of the plane easily. I maneuvered the plane, so it began to head towards Planeptune. Suddenly a voice came over the radio. "This is a no-fly zone! Divert your course or you will be shot down!" I replied with, "This is Lafayette, shooting me down would be a declaration of war, since the Planeptune Oracle is on board this plane." The voice cut out. Then it came back on. "Sending escort. Stand by." Two fighter jets escorted me into the city. Suddenly one of the engines gave out. I called over the Planeptune radio. "Mayday! Mayday! Does anybody respond?!" IF came on a few seconds later. "We see you. Get out of the plane, it's toast." Quickly I pulled on the ejection handle, which ejected me and Histoire out of the plane. The fighter exploded, the self-destruct activating. As the parachutes opened, we looked at each other for a moment. Histoire rolled her eyes. "I'm too old for this shit." She groaned."
It took a while, but we did manage to land onto the Planeptune HQ balcony. We were at once greeted by Neptune, who had been doing her work. Behind her was IF, who looked very happy to see us. IF looked at me. "So, we met, then you gave me a gauntlet. Thanks for that." If frowned. "Don't you remember how we first met?" I shrugged. "We met a few days ago, right?" She looked annoyed. "So, you HAVE forgotten." she snapped. "Don't you remember the incident two years ago? You literally had napkins-" It snapped into my mind. "Oh. That." I looked at the others, who had all sat up to listen. in
So, two years ago, I had gone to a bar in Haneda City over summer break. I had been a young fellow, eighteen at the time, just earning his respect. I had gone to the bar to get myself a girlfriend. I met the student council president there-
"You told us that you met Iffy there!" complained an impatient Neptune. "Relax. I'll get there." I replied.
So, I run into the student council president, who is wearing her armband. I sit next to her. "What's your name?" I asked. She looked at me, not saying anything. "If you don't tell me your name, I'm gonna have to make one up for you." I teased. She sighed. "It's D-Sha." I grinned. "That was the name I was gonna give you!" We chatted for a bit, then a group of boys walks up to me. "Hey, back away from my girl." the head of the group snarls. I did not move. "Relax, cupcake, it was a joke." The head of the group snarled again. "Hey, Default-boy. I don't think you can count. There's three of us and only one of you." I shrugged. "Then I'll get some more guys and it'll be a fair fight." I patted him on the shoulder. He punched me in the jaw, and my head snapped back. The crowd cringed at the blow. "Stop it." D-Sha warned, but my anger boiled over. I threw a punch.
"Stop it!"
The punch hit the second guy, and he fell onto a stool. The third guy charged me, but I hurled him onto a table, causing alcohol to spill everywhere. I threw another punch, but I was knocked into the jukebox, stunning me. "ENOUGH!" shouted D-Sha. I was picked up by the head of the group and pressed against the wall. I had no choice but to take the flurry of punches that he unleashed on me, breaking my nose, and causing me to spit up blood and a tooth. D-Sha tried to pull the guy away from me. "Guys, he's had enough-"
I heard a pretty good whistle, which caught everybody's attention. The head guy let me go, and my knees gave. I coughed. "Outside. All of you. Now." ordered the newcomer. "Yes, ma'am." Replied one of the lieutenants. There was chatter as people started to leave. I was approached by the girl, who held out her hand. "You alright, son?" she asked. I looked up. "Could be better." She helped me up. We chatted for a while, and she treated my wounds, and sent me off with a pat on the back.
"I remember. There were literal napkins sticking out of your nose." IF said. Plutia smirked. "Must have been a big fight." Plutia replied cooly, to which I sarcastically replied, "No shit, really?" The sarcasm made Neppy laugh softly. I shrugged. "I'm tired." I crashed on the sofa a few minutes later.