Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth: Generation of True Gods
Chapter 1: Learning Basics and New People
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AN: Fine. I hope you guys enjoy this long chapter. I wanted to make the prologue short because I felt there as no adding more to it since Tetsuya was transported by the game console. Don't worry I'll probably add the disclaimer with no one saying it or probably at some chapters. See ya! (Leaves too)
-?-
When his consciousness returned, Tetsuya found himself lying on his back. He rubbed his head and gave a wince as pain shot through it.
"Ow!" He only slightly moaned; the pain wasn't too severe at the very least. After the pain passed, he started looking around, but his surroundings were all pitch black, so dark to the point that he couldn't see one centimeter in front of him. Strangely enough, he could still see himself despite the overwhelming darkness.
"I wonder… did that console send me here?" When saying that to himself, he sat crossed-legged again and cupped his chin, thinking.
He had a lot of questions, questions that needed answers. Why was that game console just sitting there in the sidewalk all by itself? What was with its strange appearance? And… why did it bring him here to this dark place?
(Are you awake?)
A calm and gentle voice asked, slightly shocking Tetsuya who didn't expect anyone to be there besides him. "Who's there?" He finally stood up on his two legs, looking around for the voice.
(Please do not be cautious, I do not mean harm.) The voice calmly stated to him. He calmed down, sighing. He wondered if he was dreaming again, though in a way, this felt too real to be an actual dream.
"Um… can I ask a question?"
(Yes?)
"Am I dreaming?"
(I am sorry, this might sound like a joke to you, but this is reality, Tetsuya-san.) He blinked in surprise. How did this person know his name? Hearing his name, he came to the conclusion that he really wasn't dreaming.
"Hey, how do you know my name, ummm-"
(My name is Histoire.) 'What an unusual name to have, perhaps she was foreign' he had thought.
"Histoire, is there a reason why you know my name?"
(Please, this is a request for me. Can you… save Gamindustri?) She just ignored my question, didn't she? Tetsuya thought, a bit offended. Though, he couldn't help but notice the almost desperate tone to her voice, even though she still sounds relatively calm.
"H-Huh? What are you talking about? You're not making sense here." Save Gamindustri? What is that place, a foreign country? He had many questions in his head, swirling around like a tornado. (Please you are the only person I could count on. Save Gamindustri and the CPUs.) This time, Tetsuya detected a genuine sadness in her voice as she pleaded her request. He only clenched his fists.
He finally looked up, despite seeing nothing but black. "…Fine, I will do it."
(Thank you.) The calm voice sounded happy. (Right now, you are still unconscious, but safe for the time being. Don't worry, IF-san, Compa-san, and Nepgear-san had already reached your general location.)
Those three names… are they the ones that have the answers he's looking for?
"So… will I wake up now?"
(Yes, in a few seconds.) As he heard that, he sighed once more as he felt himself laying on his back again. He wondered what was in store for him.
...
-?-
"Mmmhh" his eyes opened, only to see…purple? As his vision began to clear, he saw the purple color in better clarity. It was light purple. No, not just that, they were eyes. The eyes were suddenly gone as they moved out of his vision. "Um... ah... I'm sorry…"
He heard a girl's voice. He moved up till he was in a sitting position. Right now, he was in a bed, though it looked like it belonged to a girl more than anything. He looked around the room till his eyes locked onto a girl. A cute girl.
The girl was fair-skinned, with long lilac-purple hair that reached to her waist with a few loose strands curling down her face. The girl's outfit consisted of a white jacket-dress that was edged in purple with purple pockets and buttons. Around her neck was a white choker wrapped in a pale yellow ribbon with an "N" symbol in the center of it. A small, white belt-like purse was wrapped around her right thigh. She also wore pink- and white-striped socks with white and purple shoes. To complete the ensemble, she wore a hair clip that resembled a directional game pad button.
He blinked, looking at the girl, and then looked at himself. He wasn't wearing his tie or coat; it looked like someone took it off while he was unconscious. Luckily, no one stripped him at least.
"Ummm…" Again, the girl murmured, catching Tetsuya's attention. "Are… are you alright?" The girl seemed worried, despite being in the same room with a complete stranger. "What do you mean?" He calmly asked her.
"I mean, you fell from the sky."
"…" Tetsuya's face morphed into a blank expression after hearing that. He looked back at himself, mentally checking to see if he had any broken bones or sprains from the fall, only to find none. He considered it a miracle that he even survived from such a fall.
"D-don't worry, Compa-san checked on you and you were miraculously fine." The lavender haired girl gave a gentle and cute smile, making Tetsuya look back at her.
"Thanks, but can you tell me where I am?" A look of surprise appeared on her face for a few seconds before she resumed her usual expression.
"O-Oh… sorry you took me by surprise there. We're in Planeptune's Basilicom right now." That name didn't sound familiar to him.
Wait….? Does that mean? "Um, excuse me?" He asked once more in a calm manner.
"Yes?"
"Are we in a place called Gamindustri by any chance?"
"Oh? Yes, we are."
'So it wasn't a dream after all. That Histoire person really did summon me here.' After processing the new information, he began slowly getting out of the bed. He now noticed that he had dirt on his shirt and pants. "I think I'll need to get my clothes from my bag later." Tetsuya thought as he gave himself a cursory glance over.
"Excuse me" the cute girl said, wanting to get the teen's attention. "What?"
"Since you're awake I think Histoire-san wants to meet you now." The name quickly caught his attention. The voice told him that three girls named IF, Compa, and Nepgear would find him. Then the one standing in front of him is one of those three girls.
"I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Yuugita Tetsuya, what's your name by the way?"
"It's Nepgear… ummm… Yuugita-san."
"Oh don't worry, you can call me Tetsuya. I prefer nice people like you calling me by my first name." Nepgear slightly blushed on his comment, "O-okay… T-T-Tetsuya-san…." From her tone, it seems like she never talked to a boy before, Tetsuya thought.
"Hey Nepgear, is the guy awake yet?" A new voice was heard from behind the door as it was opened. There were two girls now. The one on the left was a fair-skinned girl with emerald eyes and light brown hair that is about waist length. Most of the bangs were long and reached down to her eyes, curling outwards and inwards on her face, with a split on the upper corner of her face. Most of her hair was down, with the exception of a ponytail that was held in with a leafy green hair band. She wore a black tank top and black shorts that were held by a belt around her waist. Over these clothes she wore a dark blue, oversized jacket with black, silver, and white detailing and matching boots. She also wore colored cellphone carriers ranging in a variety of colors from light pink to sky blue.
The one on the right is another fair-skinned young girl whose most noticeable features were her orange eyes and her well-endowed chest. She looked to be the same age as the girl on the left. Her hair is a light creamy pink color that is somewhat long and curls along the edges. She wore a black headband with a "C" symbol patched on the side. She wore a white wool tank top with unattached sleeves and matching styled boots. She also wore a red plaid skirt, a black choker with a small heart on it, black kneesocks with light pink heart cut frills, and a black hip purse strapped around her waist. Like her headband, both her purse and the heart on the choker had a "C" symbol.
"Oh, he's awake now!" The pink-haired girl spoke in a happy way.
"Wow, I thought he would be unconscious for a few weeks or months" the other girl who had a pink cell on her hand (When did she pull that out) said with a dumbfounded look. He knew they were talking about how he survived the fall from the sky.
"How long have I been unconscious for?"
"You've only been unconscious for a day to be exact."
"Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm IF and this is Compa here. You're Tetsuya if I'm right?"
"Hello, there Yuugita-san! My name is Compa, as Ai-chan stated. I'm also a nurse so I was the one who took care of you" Compa slightly waved at him with a gleaming smile.
"Thanks, but please, call me Tetsuya rather than Yuugita-san, ok?" Compa like Nepgear was also surprised before blushing.
"Oh! Ummm… Tet-Tet…." This girl probably also didn't meet with boys that much. 'But what's with the nickname' he thought.
"All right, all right, enough of the flirting we got to go to Histoire-sama to inform you're awake." IF stated in a blunt voice. Nepgear and Compa blushed at what IF said.
"F-Flirting!?" Nepgear said astonished. Was IF also including her too?
"W-we aren't flirting, Ai-chan!" Compa trying to reason with her, though that didn't seem to help as IF already left the room.
…
-?-
Tetsuya entered through a set of doors, only to see IF with a girl. A very small girl, to be exact. Her hair was in two blonde pigtails at medium length along with a purple and orange headdress with the letter N in the center. Her blue dress had unattached blue sleeves and a light blue tie. She wore thigh-high socks and white shoes with green circles surrounded by a black line.
"Are you fine now, Tetsuya-san?" He knew this voice. Yes, it was the same voice he was talking to when he fainted!
"I'm fine. Would you be Histoire, the one who called for me?" Histoire nodded to his question, a serious expression on her face.
"Well, should we get back to what we were talking about in your dream, Tetsuya-san?"
"What?"
"Right now, the ASIC, has controlled most of the world."
"The ASIC, what's that?"
"The ASIC, also known as Arfoire Syndicate of International Crime, is a group of followers that are trying to rule Gamindustri." IF answered.
"There's disc burning, disc copying…. Even kids now see piracy as normal, and have put their faith in it."
"Are you serious!?" He now fully understood why Histoire wanted him here.
"In other words, everyone believes in ASIC, so the faith that powers the CPUs has grown very weak." Compa said.
"Faith in the CPUs?"
"Faith is derived from prayers to the goddesses, the CPUs, of each country, but that faith has greatly diminished due to the influence of ASIC."
Histoire sighed. "But it will be fine if it's you, along with IF-san, Compa-san, and Nepgear-san. It may take a while for you to adjust to our world but you will be fine. This I assure you."
"I'll manage, besides I didn't say no, right?" He said it with a usual blank expression. Histoire looked surprised, "Tetsuya-san…."
"But I think I might need new clothes, um, can you give me my school bag?" His school bag had most of the stuff he needed. "I'll get it for you," Compa exclaimed as she ran towards the bedroom again and later in a few seconds, brought back the blue bag. "Here." With her two hands on the strap, Tetsuya grabbed it. "I'll get changed, then we can decide what to do, okay?" Everyone nodded with Tetsuya looking back for a few moments before going back to the bedroom to change.
-A few minutes later-
Everything was discussing about what they were going to do and how to restore faith back to the other countries, until Histoire brought up a totally different topic.
"I knew it was an excellent idea to pick him." Histoire said giving off a smile.
"Is there a reason that you chose him, Histoire-san?" Nepgear, who had been quiet during the whole conversation, finally asked.
"To be exact, a friend had told me about him. About his personality, appearance, and daily activities. He actually fits the profile my friend gave me."
"What's your friend's name?"
"Her name is…-"
"I'm done." As Histoire was about to say the person's name, Tetsuya had already come back wearing his new clothes.
"Wow, you change fast-" IF spoke out before giving a shocked look at his new appearance. He now wore a regular black shirt with an unbuttoned blue collar shirt over it, as well as black cargo pants with a black belt and casual navy blue shoes. To add to his ensemble, he had a Rubik's cube attached to the left side of his belt with a metal chain and a longer metal chain looped on the right side of the belt. On his right wrist was a black-and-white pattern checkerboard wristband. He had another wristband which had a blue-and-red pattern design on his left wrist. Finally, on his pink spiky hair, was a pair of headphones with a flame design in red, orange, and yellow colors.
"…"
"…"
"…"
The girls were majorly surprised by his new, clean appearance. His current look… actually made him look rebellious. The boy did indeed give some strange aura about him or was it something else?
"Should we get going now?" The girls immediately snapped out of their thoughts, "Y-yeah let's go!" IF proclaims as everyone except Histoire went out. For some reason, Histoire giggled.
Histoire looked up to the ceiling "She truly has good advice for dire situations such as this."
...
-Planeptune City-
The four walked down the city streets in bright daylight. Tetsuya looked around in amazement, though his expression remained blank. Everything looked…. futuristic with all the advanced technology.
"So, what now?" IF said, arousing the group's attention. "Oh, should we get some work from the Guild?" As Compa said that, Nepgear had a pensive look on her face as she said "The Guild, huh…?"
"Oh, right. You two have never been there before, have you?" Tetsuya and Nepgear shook their heads. "The Guild is an agency of sorts. We get all sorts of job requests from all over Gamindustri there."
"We take on a job request, complete it, report the results, and get paid. Pretty simple, right?" Tetsuya nodded in understanding, though he couldn't tell if Nepgear came to the same understanding as him.
"Although, actually doing a job request would help you guys get first-hand experience. Alright, let's go."
-Guild-
The group finally found the building. Inside the building, Tetsuya noticed that the reception room had a futuristic touch to it as well. Tetsuya wondered if there were more Guilds like this one. Compa went to the counter to get a job request for them. "Hello! We'd like to sign up for some fun work, please!" After being handed one, IF looked over Compa's shoulder to read the request. "Huh. Only one job request today. Let's see…" She then read the request out loud.
Job Request Overview—
'Defeat the dogoos that are overpopulating Virtua Forest.
There have been reports of travelers being attacked by packs of dogoos. Terminate them.'
"Well… that works for us."
"Virtua Forest is very close from here, and the Dogoos aren't very tough enemies."
'Does that mean that there are dangerous monsters in this world?' As Tetsuya thought that, he saw Nepgear pointing her index fingers towards each other. "O-Okay… But… am I ready for this?" She looked nervous. "Nepgear, you won't know till you're out there. So be confident and you'll be fine," Tetsuya said as he put a hand on her shoulder. This action almost caused her to jump in surprise.
"O-okay…" She finally looked up at him with a slight smile.
"It's just as Tetsuya says, you'll be fine. C'mon, let's head to Virtua Forest." With map in hand, they left the Guild.
...
-Virtua Forest-
Finally arriving at Virtua Forest, they saw nothing but the plain grassland and some trees. IF did say that they were at the right location. The group didn't see anything out of place, until…
A bunch of blue slime-like creatures that looked like a mixture of a big teardrop and a raccoon suddenly appeared. IF saw them approaching. "Oh, I see some dogoos. Ready?"
"Yep, yep!" Compa stated as she brought out her weapon, which was a huge syringe with a "C" symbol on it.
"Of course." Tetsuya claim getting his weapons ready. He assumed a while holding his swords in a reverse grip. He got these from Histoire, who somehow also knew he was good with swords.
"Y-Yes…" Nepgear still looked nervous, but remembering Tetsuya's encouraging words, she mentally psyched herself up as she assumed her battle stance.
Hearing everybody's answers, IF yelled "Alright, let's do this!"
"D-Dogoooooo!" The dogoos yelled towards them. There were only four of them, so the battle should be easy. IF went first using her unique weapon, Qatar.
IF easily slashed the dogoo and it instantly faded away. Next was Compa who was already running to hit one of the dogoos. Nepgear, while gripping her sword tightly, ran towards the other dogoo and slashed it, making it fade away. It was now Tetsuya's turn. It was actually his first battle, though he didn't look troubled. He ran just like Nepgear, but he was more agile and easily slashed the last dogoo faster than the girls.
"Great. Let's finish this job request and go collect our reward."
"D-Dogoooooo!" They saw another one but it left just as quickly as it appeared.
"Goodness, it's hopping away! Hold it right there!" The group now began to run after it.
….
Finally, the dogoo hit a dead end and was cornered by the group. "It's really turning this into a chore. All right dogoo, we've got you cornered now." IF proudly stated. But then…
"Dogooooooooooo!"
"Dog, dogoo!"
"Dogoooooey!"
A huge crowd of dogoos began popping out.
"Yikes! So many dogoos!"
"Wh-What are they doing…?" Nepgear asked almost fearfully.
"Doooooogoooooo!" The dogoos began to merge with each other till a giant dogoo was formed.
"DOOG! GOO! DOGOO!" The giant dogoo bellowed out in a loud, deep voice.
Nepgear's eyes widened as she yelled, "Did they just combine!?"
"Whoa, it's massive… Things just got more challenging for us…" IF was right, the monster was humongous. A look of sudden understanding crossed IF's face.
"Oh, I know. Nepgear, go ahead and transform. That'll make defeating this a snap."
"T-Transform?"
Tetsuya looking at the two girls talking suddenly remembered his conversation with Histoire after she gave him his swords.
Flashback…
"Oh, Tetsuya-san, I forgot to give this to you," Histoire pointed to a red case on the desk. "Since you have no credits, I got this from a friend for you."
Tetsuya picked it up with ease and then opened the case.
"Twin blades?" The sword on the left had a black handle with a metal pommel encrusted with a red jewel. The sword on the right had the same appearance as its twin, though its metal pommel was encrusted with a blue jewel instead. He also noticed that the case had sheaths for them. The sheaths were made of a smooth, dark brown wood. In addition, the sheath on the right, which had a blue sash wrapped around it, had a small dragon etched into it, while the sheath on the left, which had a red sash wrapped around it, had a small phoenix etched into it.
He held the swords with both hands. He performed some experimental slashes till he was satisfied. He looked at the twin swords one more time before putting them into their rightful sheaths. "Thanks, Histoire, I appreciate it, but how did you know I can use swords?"
"Oh, I merely looked at your stats and see what you can use."
'…Stats? What you can use?' What does she mean now!?'
"I can't believe that you can also use a gun at your age. Your physical attacks and speed are good as well; you must have a good mentor." Histoire gave another smile to Tetsuya. But when he heard the words 'good mentor', he involuntarily shuddered.
"Y-Yeah…" Tetsuya then began to walk away holding the swords in one hand.
"One thing first, Tetsuya-san, before you leave with the others." Tetsuya, who stopped, looked back. "What?"
"It's about Nepgear-san. There's something I need to tell you." Tetsuya was still in front of the doors, before turning around.
"Nepgear-san… she truly is a kind and helpful girl. She also wants to work hard for Planeptune, but… she lacks the willpower and confidence to achieve such a thing, unlike her older sister, Neptune-san."
"Neptune?" He did remember the girls, IF and Compa, saying Nep-Nep or Nep-ko, but he never knew those were her nicknames. Also, that name was also on the game console he found too.
"Nepgear-san's older sister, unlike Nepgear-san, was always very lazy and wouldn't do jobs. But she was very active and energetic. She always looked forward without the slightest waver."
"Hmmm..." Tetsuya hummed while listening. He had already guessed that she was lazy, but he was sure that she loved Nepgear as an older sister.
"Nepgear-san…." Again, she said Nepgear's name but went silent for a few seconds before finishing her sentence, "Is dependent on Neptune-san."
"…" For some reason, Tetsuya instantly became quiet as his thoughts centered on one word: dependent.
"Tetsuya-san" Histoire's gentle voice got his attention once again. "Please, at any cost, save the CPUs from the Gamindustri Graveyard, and give Nepgear and the others the confidence they need." While listening to her last statement, Tetsuya looked down, his bangs hiding his eyes. He could feel it; the current situation in this world is very serious. He finally looked up with a confident, though blank, expression, on his face.
"I will, Histoire. After all, I don't back out from my promises." Histoire then gave a face that looked like she was almost about to cry, "Thank you very much!"
"Alright, I'll go now. Don't worry; we'll come back with them." He said as he walked toward the doors.
"I promise you that."
Flashback ended….
Right now, from what he was seeing, Nepgear was beginning to lose confidence again after hearing that one word that came out of IF's mouth.
"Y'now, Hard Drive Divinity. HDD. You haven't used it since coming back, right? Here's your chance."
"Ai-chan, you just wanna see Gear-chan in her super pretty HDD form…" Compa jokingly stated to IF. However, they did not notice that Nepgear began muttering to herself. Tetsuya, the one closest to her, was the only one able to catch the few words she was saying.
"Fight… Activate HDD, and fight… Nnnngh…" Remembering the event that occurred not too long ago at the Gamindustri Graveyard, Nepgear became terrified to the point that she began crying.
"Huh!? What's the matter with you?" True, IF wouldn't purposely make Nepgear cry but the current situation was looking pretty bad right now.
Finally opening her eyes that were now covered in tears, Nepgear said, "I…I can't do it! I'm too scared to use it!"
Compa noticed the scene. Right now, she didn't look happy. "Ai-chan! You're being a big bully to Gear-chan right now!"
"Ugh, that wasn't my intention… Jeez, fine! Let's just beat it up the old-fashioned way!" But what the three girls hadn't noticed was that the enormous Dogoo was moving towards Nepgear with Tetsuya the only one noticing again.
'Oh no! It's coming towards Nepgear!'
"Agh! Damn! Nepgear!" He cussed to himself for the first time in the weird world he was in. Trying to reach Nepgear in time, he ran as fast as the wind. He was almost there; the monster was just a few centimeters away from her.
"Nepgear!" He screamed her name as he embraced her while propelling themselves out of the monster's path. "T-Tetsuya-san!" Despite the dogoo being slime, it somehow hurt Tetsuya, and he screamed in pain as they landed on the hard ground.
"Kgh!" He felt a painful, burning sensation in his arm as they skidded on the ground.
IF looked at the dogoo with disgust and anger, "Why you!" IF lifted her hand and a light started to shine on it. "Demonic Inferno!" With a slight twirl of her hand, a huge pillar of flame flared up and surrounded the dogoo, which gave it immense pain. Compa also had the same look as well but it wasn't as intimdating as IF. She held her syringe, "You hurt Tet-Tet!" She rapidly began to hit the dogoo with the huge syringe till it gave an agonizing scream and faded away.
"Ha…ha…ha" Tetsuya panted from the physical exertion. "I'm a bit out of shape, huh?" thought Tetsuya.
"…Why….."
"Huh?" "Why did you save me? You could've been gravely hurt!" Her eyes had more tears; some were dripping down her face.
"So I'm really weak then…" She looked down, tears flowing down.
"No, you're not weak. Not at all." Tetsuya spoke in a calm voice, holding his injured arm.
"Huh?" Nepgear looked up to see Tetsuya's face.
"Even if you are dependent on others or weak, you don't hesitate to help them Nepgear. That makes you strong. Don't let your doubts take control of you. Besides, you're a cute girl so don't let yourself down, okay?" Saying all that was actually normal for Tetsuya, but for Nepgear to hear all that from a man she just met filled her with with happiness.
"Ummmm….Ummmm….." She tried to say something but she couldn't. IF and Compa began to run towards the two.
"Are you two alright?" IF then noticed Tetsuya's injured arm, "You took more damage than we did, why are being reckless on your first job already?!"
"Like what Ai-chan said, Tet-Tet, you shouldn't be reckless!" Now he was getting lectured by the two girls that defeated the huge-sized dogoo.
"S-Sorry…"
"No apologies, Tet-Tet! You could've got hurt even worse." She just said what Nepgear said, but as he thought that the pain began throbbing again.
"Agh!" He yelled in pain. Compa quickly checked his injured arm, "You've aggravated your injury! I'll treat it, okay?" Digging into her small bag, she found a roll of white bandages and began quickly rolling it on the injured arm. It stung, but Tetsuya endured it.
"Jeez, you really are hopeless, you know" After getting his arm rolled up with bandages, he apologized again while being told not to worry them again. After IF told Nepgear to forget what happened, they went back to the Guild in Planeptune. The weird thing was that Nepgear kept staring at Tetsuya almost all day.
...
-Guild-
Tetsuya and the others went into the Guild to get their reward. IF stood in front of him and Nepgear.
"Report the results, and get paid. See? Pretty simple process, right?" IF said.
"Yes. We get work from the Guild, complete it, report it, and then we can collect the posted reward!"Nepgear repeated the words IF told them at the Guild earlier that day.
"Mmh, we get work from the Guild, complete it, and report it, and then we collect the posted reward." Tetsuya repeated after Nepgear.
"Aww, you guys are smart, Gear-chan! Tet-Tet! I am one proud Compa right now!"
…Tetsuya suddenly had a stupid thought that there might be more Compas than he thinks as he lightly scratched his cheek.
IF turned in the request and headed back to the group after she was done. "All right… Histoire-san probably needs more time, so let's take on a few more jobs in the meantime."
"We get to help others, and we can help Gear-chan get big and strong, too!" Compa exclaimed next after IF. "Yeah. But Nepgear, don't do what you did on the last job. The story won't move forward if you just mope around." IF stated to Nepgear in order to reassure her.
As she heard that, Nepgear smiled again. "O-Okay… I'll do my best."
"But…" IF spoke up again, looking at Tetsuya "Tetsuya, you rest." Tetsuya looked bewildered. "Why?"
"Why? Well, you might do something clumsy and reckless again, so just rest in the Basilicom, okay? IF sounded worried. Tetsuya scratched the back of his head before agreeing. "Alright."
As he left to let the girls do more quests, he still felt Nepgear staring at him before shrugging it off. He wondered if she was mad or sad for what he did, though he couldn't help it. After all, Histoire asked him to look after her. But, she said more will appear. Does that mean there will be more people he will have to help? He wondered. Why him? And who told Histoire about him? What if she was the one who told Histoire about him? He really hoped not. He broke out into a cold sweat just thinking about her.
IF Event:
-Planeptune City-
Nepgear: IF-san, you worked for Planeptune's Guild, right? Or, I mean, are you still employed there?
IF: Of course. Although with the way things are, it's more of a part-time job right now.
Nepgear: I'm sorry. It's because of me, right?
IF: Nope. Don't sweat it. Even if I'm out of the office, it won't affect the organization much. There are plenty of other agents.
Nepgear: That reminds me, I wanted to ask what the Guild actually…um…does.
IF: Espionage, generally. Guild stuff. Acquire confidential intelligence from other nations, spread misinformation to stir up politicians, or sometimes…
Nepgear: That…doesn't sound very nice.
Tetsuya: (It doesn't sound very nice at all.)
IF: Don't get the wrong idea. We've only handled criminal syndicates like ASIC lately.
IF: Especially these last three years. We've been gathering information about them. Thanks to those efforts, I found out just how serious the trouble facing Gamindustri is.
Nepgear: Oh…I'm sorry. That's my fault, too.
Tetsuya: …
Nepgear: W-What was that for?
Tetsuya: Nepgear, you're not the only one at fault here. If you keep apologizing, it'll make people uncomfortable at times, you know.
IF: It looks like once more you are lectured by the person who's going to help us on this journey.
Nepgear: I-I-It's not funny, IF-san!
IF: But you don't need to worry about it. I've only been able to gather intel not act on the information received.
IF: But we're together now, right? So let's save Gamindustri together.
Nepgear: "Yes! Let's do it!"
IF: That's the spirit. Let's do our best.
Nepgear: Okay!
IF: And I can't forget about you.
Tetsuya: Right.
Compa Event:
-Basilicom-
Compa: Gear-chan, Tet-Tet, how are you feeling today?
Nepgear: I feel good, all thanks to your care.
Tetsuya: Me too. Thanks for checking on me while I was unconsciousness.
Compa: It was my pleasure. I'm glad my treatment was effective.
IF: Oh, I see, Only Compa gets thanked.
Nepgear: No, no, I'm grateful to you, too! I mean, if you never came to save me, who knows what would've happened…
Nepgear: But that does make me wonder… Why exactly did you two try to save us in the first place?
IF: What do you mean?
Nepgear: You work at the Guild, under Histoire-san, so you I understand, IF-san. But Compa-san's got her life as a nurse to consider.
Compa: That's an easy question to answer! I just wanted to save you.
Nepgear: And I appreciate it, really, but that's not what I'm asking…
IF: I mentioned to her in passing that I was going to save everyone, and then she insisted on going with me.
Nepgear: She forced you to let her come?
IF: Despite her usual demeanor, she's a pretty stubborn woman, and she was particularly hard-headed about this.
Compa: Of course I was! Everything I do is just for Gear-chan, and for Nep-Nep… and for everyone!
IF: That…makes me kind of jealous.
Nepgear: Did you just say something?
IF: No! Just muttering to myself about something completely unrelated.
Compa: We saved Gear-chan, but we couldn't get Nep-Nep. I'm going to stay in this party until we save everyone!
AN: Seriously, I own it to my editor! Even if she is annoying or always yelling at me at times, she's very experience! However, she's almost like a loner similar to a certain character. But unfortunately that character is both of a loner and tsundere.
Black Heart: I am not a loner or tsundere!
AN: WOAH! What are you doing here, No-! I mean! *Ahem* What are you doing here, Lady Black Heart!
Black Heart: I heard you were talking about me!
AN: (Making a obvious innocent face while pretending to sing) ~I have no idea what you're talking about~
Black Heart: I know you were talking about me!
Purple Heart: Ello, Everybody!
AN: Not you too, Nep-! Lady Purple Heart!
Purple Heart: Oh come on! The protagonist's gotta appear in every chapter, ya know, author dude!
AN: You'll get a part soon! Besides you two being here is a very bad idea! Robots, come get them! (Clap both hands)
Robot 1: Yes, Author!
Black Heart: H-Hey! You can't do this! I need to know when will I appear!
(Robot 2 picks up Purple Heart)
Purple Heart: Hey! Don't touch me fleshy flesh, author! I need to know my part soon too! Authooooooooor!
AN: (Sigh) I really need to make a locks for the doors in this movie theater.
AN: Alright, I'll see ya guys in the next chapter! I hope you good reading!
