New chapter! Also I'm skipping the training portion so whatever Andrew learns will be a surprise. If you really want to see it, perhaps a flashback will help.

Few months later... Andrew is walking in the wilderness slumped over and looks like he's about to keel over. "Sigh... how much longer until we get to a nation, Xelor? My feet and sides are killing me..."

Xelor makes short beeping noises and replies, "We are almost there. I would have thought that you wouldn't make it."

Andrew tries to reply with short of a breath he has, "If I can't insult you then you shouldn't have the right to insult me."

Xelor says to the exhausted boy, "I'm only processing the percentage of survival on your trip. Would you like to hear them?"

Andrew groans back, "No, I don't want to hear them. And are you sure that we aren't lost?"

"I have the most recent map of Gamindustri in my database, and I'm guiding you directly towards the destinated one." Xelor told Andrew giving him his trustful words.

Andrew looks at Xelor's screen, "Can I see the map so I know that you are relible? GPS' in my world don't work most of the time."

Xelor's screen only shows blue and he replies, "Don't compare me to your primitive technology. And yes, I am certain we are almost there and no you cannot see the map. Perhaps later, but not now."

Andrew is getting tired of him giving him little information, "After these months, all we did is train and I was playing video games with people online in this dimension during my off time. And let me tell you, they kicked my butt real good. So, can you tell me what I'm getting myself in for?"

"I wished that training helped you to not complain to much. I suppose that's the fault of the human's inability to change much." That was all that Xelor said to Andrew.

Andrew sighs, "Where's civilization when I need it? I'm almost starting to miss having real people around for a change."

Xelor beeps, "Now we are getting somewhere. But keep your spirits up, Andrew. Huh? What are you doing?"

Andrew has completely stopped in the middle of Xelor's sentence and he is now kneeling down, "Ugh... I can't do it. My strength is weakening and I'm hungry and tired." Andrew falls over.

Xelor beeps loudly, "No! Get up! You cannot quit now! You are nearly there!"

Andrew sighs and mumbles, "You say that, but I don't see anything in sight. Anyways, I don't feel like going on anymore. I'll just wait for the vultures or whatever this dimension haves to eat my corpse."

Xelor computes to Andrew's dark statement, "Don't say such suicidal thoughts! What will your parents think?"

Andrew just groans and closes his eyes, Xelor tries again to bring him back, "You can't do this! I haven't lost a kid even if you are my first one, but I won't start today!" Xelor starts making high pitch electronic squeals.

Andrew suddenly closes his ears, "Ow! My ears!" He opens his eyes and sees a large tower in the distance surrounded with smaller buildings. "A nation! Yes... I get to live for another day because it has food." He gets up and runs towards it.

Xelor makes a robotic sigh, "I'm glad he snapped back to his senses. This boy is going to be hazard prone, I can tell."

After the moment he runs inside the nation, he crazily looks for food, "Where's the food?! I need it!"

Xelor tries to calm him down, "Ok.. take deep breaths and I'll be glad to take you to a food merchant."

Andrew does what he said, "Phew... ok, I'm good now. Ow! My sides hurt from all that running."

Xelor understands, "The heat must have gotten to you. I'm glad nobody was there to see you like that."

Andrew looks around the nation and most of the buildings are purple, "What is this place, Xelor? I kinda like the color scheme they have going on here."

Xelor replies, "This nation is called Planeptune. I'm not much of a fan of this one."

Andrew asks, "Why? I actually like it. If my city looked like this, then I would have gone outside more often."

Xelor tries to come up with an excuse, "I... am not a fan of purple. Hey, why don't we find you some food and rest for a bit? You did a good job not dying back there."

That actually got Andrew to shut up about it, "Ok. Lead me to a concession stand or something. I can go for just about anything right now."

Xelor beeps, "You got it! Phew... that was a close one."

Andrew almost heard the last part that Xelor said, "What was that?"

Xelor replies, "Nothing, Andrew! Let's continue on our food seeking quest."

Andrew shrugs, "Ok." And he walks forward with Xelor guiding him.

After a few minutes, Xelor takes Andrew to a concession stand just like he suggested, "There you go, Andrew. Pick whatever you want."

The merchant greets Andrew, "Welcome to Planeptune's honorary concession stand! What would you like, sir?"

Oh no! Andrew has to talk to someone! "Er... um... well..." It is also great that Andrew can understand the people here just in case that they speak in a different language than he does.

Xelor says to Andrew in his mind, "Just repeat what I say, ok?"

Andrew nods, "W-what is your recommendation?"

The merchant replies, "Well... I like everything we have so it's hard to choose, but if you want to go for one particular thing, you should go for the goddess' personal favorite, the five layered pudding surprise!"

Andrew eyes widens and mutters to himself, "Did I hear her correctly? Did she say goddess?"

The merchant notices this, "Is something wrong, sir?" She tilts her head in confusion.

Xelor says to Andrew in his head again, "Ignore that for now! Pick the damn pudding!"

Andrew shakes his head, "N-nothing. I-I'll take the five layered pudding surprise, please."

The merchant nods and says, "That'll be 100 credits, sir!"

Andrew nods and tries to pay for it only for it to not succeed, the merchant says with a sad face, "I'm afraid that you are out of credits, sir."

This leads Andrew with a shocked expression not possible on his own dimension and a very angry watch, "How could you be out of credits?! I gave you 100,000 credits to start with! Are you telling me you spent all that in just a few months?"

Andrew slumps down sadly, "I guess I won't be eating pudding then...and go hungry."

Out of nowhere, a voice echoes loudly through the air, "A pudding dilemma?! Not while I am here! Don't worry, kid! Nep Nep's here to save the day!"

That voice sure as hell rings in Andrew's ears, "W-what?" He looks around for the voice.

Xelor know it all too well who that voice belongs to, "Ugh... not her."

What Andrew didn't expect is the voice to be coming from a girl with short purple hair that has two D-pad hair clips. She wears a hoodie that is very video game stylized, and she's coming at Andrew's direction at a very fast speed!

She crashes into Andrew knocking him out of his place while she's still standing unharmed, "Whoops! Heh heh... sorry about that." She gives a sheepish smile at Andrew while he's on the ground dazed.

Andrew's eyes are swirls now and he makes a moaning sound from that harsh, unexpected impact. The strange girl holds out her arm towards Andrew, "Do you need a hand there or are you just gonna sleep there all day?" She says this in a playful tone.

Andrew's eyes adjusts back from the daze and he sees her and his eyes widens, "Err... um..." is all that could be said to her.

Xelor tells Andrew, "Extend your arm, Andrew."

Andrew did just that and the purple hair girl pulls him back to his feet, "So you have a little money shortage,eh? Well, I can spot you just for this one, ok?" Andrew just stares at her as she pays for the pudding.

The merchant then says to Andrew, "This is your lucky day, sir! It seems that the goddess is generous enough to purchase it for you."

Andrew's face got a bit more shocked from that, "That's the goddess?!" Andrew screams in his head and the only place he can scream at.

The girl laughs at Andrew's face as she turns towards him with the pudding, "You're reacting as if you never seen a goddess before! Did you come from a different dimension or something?"

Andrew gulps and tries to say, "Um... err..."

She then laughs and says, "I'm just kiddin'! That's just silly! So, what brings you here buying pudding and stuff?"

Xelor says, "You have to say something eventually, you know."

Andrew tries to form the words he wants to say but he cannot do it, his face becomes redder by every moment he stares at this upbeat girl.

She eventually comes up with a random conclusion, "I get it... you are one of those mute NPCs, right? Ha! It makes so much sense now! No wonder you couldn't buy the pudding."

"Andrew... after all the training you went through, are you just going to let her call you that? I would be furious if I were you." Xelor telepathically said to Andrew.

Andrew struggles to say a line and then says, "No..." He then lets out a sigh.

She actually heard that and replies, "You actually spoke! Aw... there goes my brilliant assumption."

Andrew felt a little calmer after saying that, "Anyway... thanks for buying my pudding."

The purple hair girl beams, "Daaaaww... you're welcome! By the way, what was that whole thing about?"

Andrew assumes that she means the not talking thing, "Err... don't worry about that. It was just a joke, yeah..." He hopes that she will buy that.

She begins to laugh, "You actually got me there! Good one." She playfully punts Andrew in the arm.

But it actually did hurt a bit, "Ow... ok, I kinda want my pudding now, please." Andrew asks the girl.

She looks at the pudding in her hands and says, "Oh, right! Here you go!" She hands him the pudding and he gladly takes it.

Andrew then asks, "What was that entrance all about?"

She takes a moment to answer that question, "Oh, because it was awesome! The main character needs to have entrances like that, you know!"

Xelor says, "Unfortunately for you, you aren't the main character this time around." Only Andrew can hear that as he can only hear Xelor.

Andrew asks her, "By the way, what is a Nep Nep?"

The purple haired girl laughs, "That's my name, ya silly goose! It's actually Neptune, but you can call me Nep Nep if you like."

Andrew shakes his head, "I'll call you Neptune for now. I suppose I should give you my name, then... I'm Andrew McIntosh."

Neptune smiles, "I'll call you Andy though, ok?"

Andrew shrugs, "I guess that fine, um... since you are the goddess and all, should I pay you back for the pudding or something?"

"Naaaww... don't sweat it! Think of it as my gift to you!" Neptune said with her upbeat attitude.

Andrew can't help but smile a bit, "Ok. Thanks, I guess."

"You don't have to thank me! It's just me being the best CPU I can be!" Neptune's words catches Andrew's attention.

"What does she mean by CPU, Xelor? It's not what it is on my dimension, is it?" Andrew said to his watch.

"No, it doesn't. It stands for Console Patron Unit. They protect Gamindustri and control one of the four nations. Neptune is one of them... unfortunately." Xelor explained to Andrew.

Andrew says to Neptune, "A CPU, huh? I never seen one before but I'm glad I did. So you patrol this city and help whenever there is trouble? Is that why you came to my aid?"

"Not really! I was just walking by and happened to have stumbled across you wanting some pudding and hoping that you would share it with me!" Neptune says to Andrew with a bright smile.

Andrew sighs, "At least you are honest. And... err... I don't mind sharing with you, I mean... you did buy it for me."

Neptune cheers from this, "That's splendiferous! Eating pudding with someone else is better than eating alone, you know!"

Andrew shrugs, "I never knew that. I'm not really a people person, really. I just usually stay in my room all to myself." Andrew regrets saying that as it might turn her off, "Oh crap... uh... I just mean I never had the chance to hang out with anyone...damn." Andrew thought he'd screwed up.

Although, what he didn't expect coming from Neptune's mouth, "Naaww... it doesn't matter to me what kind of life you have. I have other friends that are shut ins as well and what separates them from you is that you are my first ever guy friend, and you aren't a total creep!"

Andrew eyes widens, "F-friend?" It's a shock to hear that coming from the CPU of Planeptune.

Neptune puts her hands on her hips, "From the look on your face tells me that you never had a friend before. Well, don't worry! Ol' Nep Nep here is gonna make you bust outta that shell of yours!" She takes Andrew's hand and runs off towards somewhere.

Andrew mutters to himself, "What did I get myself into?" He gives an exasperated sigh.

Xelor joins him, "I don't know, but good news for you is that you have gotten friendly towards a CPU, so congratulations to you.

Andrew asks, "How is that good news?"

Xelor explains, "Well... I didn't say yet but you actually need to develop a bond towards the CPUs."

Andrew's eyes widens, "I have to make a bond?! What kind of bond?" Andrew communicates through his mind with Xelor.

"It's a friendship bond. Although, if you liked her enough..." Xelor says to Andrew.

Andrew looks at Neptune who is still dragging him by the arm towards an unspecified place and back at his watch, "I'm not sure yet. Though, she is pretty cute and she likes me... I don't know yet."

Their conversation got interrupted to a halt when they come across a large building, "Welcome to my humble abode, the basilicom!"

Andrew looks at it and thinks to himself, "She's letting me into her house after just meeting her? Where is this leading to?" He says out loud, "What's a basilicom?"

Neptune explains, "It's where the CPUs crash at and hang out with other CPUs and their friends. People can come in to pay respect to us if they want to."

"So it's both a home for CPUs and a chapel?" Andrew says in his mind. "I see... cool." He says out loud to Neptune.

Neptune invites Andrew to her house and leads him to her room and boy does it look pretty... um... pretty, I guess. Andrew looks around, "I can't say that I don't like your room or say that I like it. It's pretty cozy, though... I think a good place for a goddess to sleep at."

"Wait till he sees the other CPUs' rooms." Xelor thinks to himself.

Neptune feels complimented by the comment of her room, "Daaaww... thanks! Come on! We can play some games while we eat our pudding!"

Andrew raises an eyebrow, "Video games, huh? About time I actually get to play some as this world should be crawling with them."

Neptune looks through her small collection of games that she has, "So what types of games do ya like to play, Andy? RPGs, fighting games, platformers. Wait... maybe your the type of guy that enjoys BL games."

Andrew gives her a puzzling look, "What is that?" He mumbled.

Xelor shouts in Andrew's head, "You don't want to know! Trust me!"

Andrew shakes his head, "No, that's ok... I'm kinda gamed out for now. Maybe we can just talk while we eat the pudding together. I'm pretty curious about what your nation has to offer."

Neptune makes an agreed nod, "Ok! I'm sorry, that I don't have a big of a collection as the CPU of Leanbox does because I know how much you really want to dive into those types of games considering your intrigued face!" She teased at Andrew.

"Another nation, huh?" Andrew thought while paying no mind to the tease, he opens the pudding and hands one of the two plastic spoons to Neptune, "So... how did you become a CPU anyway? Are you chosen or did you get the powers overnight?"

Neptune takes the first bite of pudding and she blushes from the tastiness of it, "I was born with it, along with my sister, Nepgear!"

Andrew says to Neptune, "You have a sister, huh? Where is she, then?"

Neptune replies, "Oh, she's doing a quest right now! Working hard so she can be as tough as her big 'ol sister, Nep Nep!"

Andrew gives a smile, "Must be nice having a sister that looks up to you, huh? If only I had a sister or any sibling for that matter then I could relate more to you, Neptune."

Neptune smiles, "Daaaww... you're so sweet! You are getting me all gushed up! Hey... why not tell me about yourself like... what nation do you live in?"

Andrew replies, "I... haven't chosen one so I just live in the outskirts of Gamindustri."

It did make since for her, "Ah, you are a shut in! So much that you secluded yourself to the wilderness! I hope that you don't become an evil skeleton out there!"

Andrew gives a little shrug while getting some pudding, "I'll keep that in mind while I'm out there."

Unfortunately, the little pudding session has to come to a close as a thunderous crash echoes through Planeptune which makes Neptune groan, "Aw... why does something have to happen now while I'm chatting up with my new friend and enjoying deliciousness?!"

Neptune runs outside and Andrew just sits there looking back and Xelor suggests, "Check what's out there, too."

Andrew gulps, "What?! What if it's a monster?"

Xelor beeps, "Exactly, this is what your training counted up towards. You are not going to cower now, are you, Andrew?"

Andrew gets up and follows Neptune, "Why do I have to do things, too?" He looks out from the door and sees a large horned monster, very ugly, too. "What the hell is that thing?"

Xelor explains, "That's a Com Troller, Andrew. Pretty common during adventure sessions."

Andrew asks, "Why is it attacking the basilicom?"

"That's what it does, hence the name, 'Com' Troller." Xelor explained into further detail.

Andrew points to it amazed by the size of this beast, "How am I supposed to fight something this massive? I'm not even equipped or physically trained."

Xelor replies, "That's why I trained your mind. I know your doubt is blocking it now, but soon you will figure it out."

Andrew doesn't know what Xelor means by that, "All I know is my body isn't strong enough to fight it. If this was an RPG, like it looks like it is, then I can but this is real life."

Andrew sees Neptune beginning to fight it, "Alright, monster! You ruined my relaxation time and you are gonna pay!" She jumps and tries to give it a kick in the face which it slaps her away towards some stands.

Andrew gasps, "Even she can't fight it. What chance do I have against it?" Andrew continues to look on.

When Neptune gets up instead of groaning like a normal person would she says, "Aw... did I get reverted back to level one? Bummer..."

Andrew then says, "I've always wanted to do this..." He falls over comedically.

Xelor asks, "What was that, Andrew?"

Andrew explains, "Isn't that what anime do sometimes? I don't watch many, but when they go on TV, I see that all the time."

Xelor sighs, "You are hanging out with Neptune a little too much."

Andrew gets up and continues to watch Neptune try to succeed, she brushes herself off, "Well... I'm not about to give up just yet!" She runs around the monster, tries to climb up the backside of it, and tries to do a thing. Instead of doing what she wants it to do, it grabs her and shakes her around. "Whoa... I'm feeling a bit queasy..."

It throws her far off where it might kill a normal human being, "Is she dead?" Andrew asked.

Suddenly purple lights lit up and Neptune is suddenly like a different person, Xelor explains, "This is Neptune's HDD form, Purple Heart."

Her whole outfit was cybernetic and her eyes changed from purple to blue with a power symbol in her irises. She also had bigger, um... assets on her, which Andrew automatically points out, "D-did her breasts just-"

Xelor cuts him off, "Yes. And I expect you not to stare directly at those as it would classify you as a perversive person."

Andrew looks down at his watch, "So this is a supercharged form that they take? Why didn't she do that earlier?"

"I'm told that it makes their energy drain faster. Also, what are you doing standing around? We are doing that, too."

Andrew's heart skips a beat upon hearing that, "W-what? I can't go HDD, right? I'm not a CPU like Neptune is."

Xelor replies, "No, you are not, but you can supercharge, as you put it, just like she can, and I can make you do that."

Andrew seems very anxious by this, "Really? What are you waiting for? Supercharge me."

Xelor says, "First... step back inside so she doesn't see you transform. We are keeping this a little secret between you and me for now."

Andrew had no problem with this and heads back inside and looks at his watch, "How do I do this, then?"

Xelor says, "Input the touchscreen switch combination that I've told you during our training."

Andrew nods and sees three blue bulls-eye switches on the screen and slides them in a combination with his fingers. After the combination was added, they come together making a big flashing target in the middle of the screen. "Do I touch that now?"

"Yes, and hold it down." Xelor explained and Andrew touches and hold the target down and the screen started pulsating light and it expands after every second, until it swallows Andrew up enveloping him in blue light completed with sparks and energy. The light cocoons Andrew into a cylindrical form shooting upwards.

Well... that's that. What will happen next and what does Andrew's new transformation has to offer? Find out next time! Let me know how I did so far, as it will help me make this a better story.