Last time on Hyperdimension Overclocked… the goddesses got Andrew some new clothes because Xelor didn't supply him with some. He's all happy now that he got stuff to wear. What's going to happen next will be here after this sentence.

Well… the three continue to play video games. Andrew is obviously the best at what they are playing but Neptune feels very confident to beat him, "You won't beat me this time… hey! Stop doing that!"

Andrew asks, "Stop doing what?" He's knows what he's doing and he snickers as he says this.

"Countering my combos! That's what you are doing!" Neptune presses a bunch of buttons trying to get Andrew.

Andrew laughs, "Get good, Neppy!" He's being in a playful mood right now for some reason because he keeps laughing.

Nepgear asks Andrew, "You really need to hold off on the soda. You are acting pretty hyper."

"Nah… I'm fine." Andrew says.

"That's how he keeps beating me! Quick! Feed me some sodas, so I can take him!" Neptune says.

Nepgear smiles sheepishly, "I don't think that's a good idea…"

Andrew asks, "Does it even have an effect on her since she's a goddess?"

Nepgear replies, "With Neptune, there's no telling."

Neptune got the jump on Andrew with him talking, "I got him!"

Andrew realizes it, "My Achilles' heel… it's multitasking."

Neptune smiles, "Of course… that's what I used on you last time!"

Neptune's character gets a hold on Andrew's character in the game and Andrew mashes a button to try and let go, "I won't be defeated that easily."

Neptune does the same to keep the hold, "We'll see about that!"

Nepgear asks, "What should I do?"

Neptune tells Nepgear, "Help me, of course!"

Andrew objects, "That's two against one, that's not fair…"

"You are good, aren't you?" Neptune says with a mischievous smile.

"Not, If you are going to attack me like this." Andrew says as he keeps mashing the button for his virtual life.

Nepgear's character jumps on Andrew's character to help Neptune's character, "Sorry, but Neptune asked me to."

"You're not even sisters in this game. Think for yourself." Andrew says. "I can't go on like this." He keeps mashing the button like crazy which is no match for Neptune and Nepgear mashing the button as there are two.

Andrew quickly tires out, "No fair… you two are goddesses. My human stamina can't compete."

Neptune laughs, "That's right! Admit defeat, Andy! We got you!"

And in the end, Andrew was ultimately slaughtered by the Nep sisters!

Nepgear smiles, "That was fun!"

Andrew trembles in defeat, "That was unfair, I couldn't even stand a chance."

Neptune pats his back, "You gave it your all. But, you can't compete with Purple Heart and her sister!"

Andrew sighs, "Well… let's see if Xelor updated yet." He checks the watch, "Almost."

"Well, whatever! Ready for round two?" Neptune says.

Andrew tries picking up his hand with his other one, "Eh… I don't think I can even lift a controller after that."

'What? You're tired already? Come on! Just one more!" Neptune insists.

Andrew replies, "You know that I can't say no, but at least let me have some rest. A break session, if you will."

"Alright, then you don't mind getting me some pudding in the fridge if we are taking a break." Neptune asks.

Andrew nods, "That's fine." He goes over to the kitchen and opens the fridge up and looks for some pudding, "What the heck?" He sees a familiar someone that stowed himself in the fridge.

"Fancy meeting you here." It was Scratch from earlier.

Andrew says confused, "Should I ask why you put yourself in the fridge?"

Scratch laughs sheepishly, "Well… I went to look for Ice but, I got hungry so I came back and put myself in the fridge to eat stealthily."

Andrew asks, "Did you eat any of Neptune's pudding?"

Scratch's eyes widens, "Err… no?"

Andrew pulls out Scratch from the fridge and looks around in it, "It looks like you did, what am I going to say to Neptune now?"

Scratch checks his pockets, "Hold on…" He searches inside them and pulls one out and gives it to Andrew, "Sorry about that. I was hungry."

Andrew replies, "You shouldn't say that to me, you should say that to Neptune. It's her favorite food."

Scratch nods, "Sure…"

Andrew walks back to Neptune's room and gives her the pudding and a spoon, "This is the last one, Neptune."

Neptune gasps, "What?! Didn't I have more in the fridge?"

Scratch follows Andrew and says to Neptune, "Sorry."

Neptune looks at Scratch and says, "Don't I know you?"

Scratch nods, "I was there when you were picking quests."

Nepgear sees Scratch and smiles, "Yes, I do remember you! You're pretty adorable."

Neptune says being skeptical, "I don't know… he stole my pudding!"

Scratch frowns, "I'm very sorry."

Andrew asks, "How long were you in the fridge?"

Scratch says, "Since I left."

Andrew eyes widens, "You probably could have died from suffocation."

Scratch shakes his head, "I don't die from that, I just pass out until I get oxygen. Nothing can kill me except magic and I have nine lives."

Neptune asks, "Isn't that a bit OP?"

Scratch shakes his head, "Nope, because I have no fighting abilities."

Nepgear says, "You are pretty strange…"

"And you stole my pudding!" Neptune says while pointing at Scratch.

Scratch sweatdrops, "Um… sorry?"

"Sorry is not good enough, I need more pudding to keep me going for gaming and goddess business." Neptune says still being worked up from her pudding shortage.

Andrew asks Scratch, "You should just get Neptune some pudding…"

Scratch replies, "But, I don't have any of this dimension's cash…" He continues to sweatdrop, "Oh…" He sounds guilty.

Andrew sighs, "Well… I guess I gotta make more for Neptune."

Neptune cheers from that, "Yay! Andy brand pudding! My favorite!"

Scratch frowns, "Oh…"

Nepgear asks, "What's the matter?"

"I feel terrible about this and I don't know what to do." Scratch replies.

Andrew smiles, "Don't worry about it. I'll make Neptune some more pudding. You're good."

Scratch says, "But then I'll feel worse. Can I make it instead?"

Neptune says, "A cat can cook?"

Scratch pulls out a big cookbook, "With this cookbook, I can."

Andrew asks, "How did that fit in there?"

Scratch explains, "I can carry anything in my hoodie."

"Well, so can I, so maybe you belong here." Neptune says.

Scratch shakes his head, "If only! Well, I have to be off and I'll bring you some more pudding, Neptune! I promise!" He rushes off for reals this time.

Andrew smirks, "Well, I guess I gotta make that pudding for you. Shame that we can't continue game time."

"Don't worry about the pudding. You can make it later! Let's play!" Neptune says beaming.

"Err… but don't you want a fresh batch of Andrew made pudding?" Andrew says trying to tempt Neptune.

"I can wait. You just sit here with me and play games!" Neptune replies pretty much making her decision final.

Someone's voice rings, it's robotic, "I have updated!" It was Xelor.

It actually relieves Andrew, "Right on time. So, what's new?"

"Yes… the inventory app is now completed so it's unlimited." Xelor explains.

"Cool. But, wait… if you are getting updates then that means the creator contacted with you." Andrew says.

"You're right. I still don't know him." Xelor says.

Neptune says, "Ask Histoire, she probably knows. She knows everything."

Andrew tells Neptune, "Don't they hate each other?"

Nepgear suggests something, "Maybe you can ask for Xelor."

Andrew replies, "Good idea. I'll check by really quick." Andrew goes off and goes to where Histoire goes when she isn't bothering them. "Histoire? Can I talk to you for a second?"

Histoire appears in front of Andrew, "Yes, what is it?"

Andrew asks, "Do you know Xelor's creator?"

Histoire frowns, "I did, but that was a long time ago. I don't know if he's still alive."

"He has to be because Xelor updated just now." Andrew explains.

That made Histoire remember a bit, "Ah, yes… he gave himself longevity."

Andrew asks, "Do you know anything else than that?"

Histoire nods, "I know why Xelor is programmed to dislike Planeptune."

Andrew gasps, "Oh, cool. Can you explain?"

"Well… I might have told him some things that upsetted him that made him go into hiding and he perhaps made Xelor out of spite, hence why his AI is like that."

"Funny, I just assumed that Neptune was annoying and Nepgear is no different." Xelor says.

"Neptune and Nepgear wasn't even around during those times so he must know about them." Histoire says.

Andrew thinks about this, "Why is this important to him? Why does he feel the need to do this?"

Xelor says, "This is important now… I haven't told you what the patch also included."

Andrew is more interested than he was now, "What is it?"

Xelor asks Andrew, "Neptune and Nepgear needs to know, too. This could ruin everything that you worked for."

"What?!" Andrew shouts in surprise.

Histoire bows, "I'll go get them. Be right back." She floats off.

Histoire returns with Neptune and Nepgear who looks very worried so it's clear that Histoire told them. Nepgear asks, "What is it?"

Xelor asks Neptune and Nepgear, "I need both of you to listen."

Nepgear nods, "We are!"

Neptune nods too, "What's up?"

Xelor says, "The patch includes something bad. That goes more against to what Histoire stands for and the other goddesses. I haven't taken it yet, because I know it, too. You think taking a random kid from your dimension is bad? Well, this is much more severe. This won't just make me hate Planeptune, but the other nations, the other goddesses. To the point where I'll suggest getting rid of them."

Andrew and the others gasp. "That goes against what we do! What about the ranks?"

"This will get rid of that as well, this will upgrade me to getting a new source of power, hatred for the goddesses and antishare energy." Xelor continues.

Nepgear shouts, "You can't update! You just can't!"

Xelor sighs, "I wish I had a choice but if I delay this any further, I will go obsolete."

Andrew shouts, "Why would he do this?! This seems like what Arfoire would do!"

Histoire says, "It seems to me that the creator is following Arfoire now."

Andrew thinks for the moment and it hits him, "This is what she was talking about. She went to the creator himself to suggest working with her."

Neptune shouts, "This is uncool! We need to do something! She won't get away with this and make Andy normal!"

Xelor says, "There is two ways of stopping this, one is to convince the creator to not go through with it and two… hacking me."

Nepgear asks, "Wouldn't hacking you causes you to get bricked? If the creator is protective of his creations."

Xelor beeps, "That's correct, it is possible but risky. If we can't find the creator, then we must do it that way or we are done for."

"What are we waiting for? Let's find the creator!" Neptune suggests shouting.

"I'll try my best to pinpoint his location. We have to stop this." Xelor says.

Andrew asks, "Does this mean I cannot transform?"

"Yes, I'm afraid. So, be careful. Neptune and Nepgear… protect him.

"You got it!" Neptune says while grabbing Andrew's arm.

Glue comes by and barks proudly as if he's on board as well. He jumps on Andrew's head.

Andrew says, "With you three, we can't lose."

"Don't forget about me, Andrew." Xelor says.

Andrew nods, "Of course."

The five of them set off to find the creator in Gamindustri, he could be anywhere. So, let's detour towards somewhere else for now.

"Ok… I think I can get out of here now." Ice says being locked up in a prison. He pulls out a device and tries using it… nada! "What?!" He tries it again and the same thing happens… nothing! "Damn it!"

Noire walks by, "You can't use your gadgets, penguin? That's because I disabled it. There's no way you can get out now."

Ice says, "You don't understand… I have to leave. I'm on a mission."

Noire nods smirking, "Yes, and you won't complete that mission while you are in jail."

"You still think I'm a terrorist?" Ice asks.

Noire nods, "Maybe if you behave well enough, I can be convinced otherwise. But that will take a lot of convincing. Good luck!" She leaves the prison compound.

Ice grunts, "Damn this place! Why would they ask me to do this dimension?"

Ice sits on the ground and meditates, "There's no other option…" He gets back up and holds out his flippers and charges something up, "Ice beam!" He shoots a frosty beam out of his flippers but it doesn't do anything, "Ugh… and at full strength, too." He sits back down, "Back to meditating." He meditates some more and hopes he can get out.

Back with the group, they continue to look for the creator via flying in the sky while Andrew sticks his arm out making Xelor a dowsing device. "Do you sense him, yet?"

"I do not." Xelor replies.

Neptune in her HDD form says, "We'll keep looking. Keep at it, Xelor."

"I will." Xelor replies as he pings.

Nepgear tries to encourage Xelor, "You are doing your best. Don't give up."

"Thanks, Nepgear." Xelor says feeling better. "Oh, I believe I found something."

Neptune asks, "Where to?"

"Trying to locate it the best I can… it's fairly faint." Xelor says.

Andrew moves is arm around, "Which is stronger, left or right?"

Neptune spots something, "There seems to be a cave over there, is that the place, Xelor?"

"Yes… I sense him there. Good eye." Xelor says.

It's pretty rare to see Xelor compliment Neptune so she takes it, "Thank you."

They fly down near that cave which is farther away from the nations, Andrew lets go of Neptune and checks the cave out, "It's pretty dark, you have a flashlight option?"

"Yes." Xelor's screen brightens with a winding up sound effect playing.

The two goddess transforms back to normal and checks the cave out with Andrew. "How deep to you think it is? And what kind of nut would live in there?" Neptune asks.

"I agree. He must have a reason that we aren't seeing" Xelor says.

Andrew flashes his light deep in the cave and sees that it goes in deeper, "It looks like we got to venture through. We should stay close."

Glue transforms into a sword and Andrew holds it up to defend him and his team.

Neptune grabs Andrew's arm and Nepgear grabs Neptune's arm. The group interlocking so they don't get lost, "Lead the way, Andy!" Neptune says.

Andrew nods and enters the cave. We go to our favorite feline character.

"Ice… Ice! Where are you!" Scratch says looking for his buddy. He sniffles, "My bro… where did he go?"

Scratch is still in Planeptune looking around for Ice. "I'm getting a bit sad. I forgot where they told me he was at."

The group continues on in the cave where it grows to be a maze, Andrew feels like it's going to be more difficult than he previously assumed, "So… anybody seen him yet?"

Nepgear shakes her head, "Sorry."

"I got an idea…" Neptune shouts at the top of her lungs, "Yo, creator! Where ya at?!"

The cave starts rumbling from the sound of Neptune's voice. Xelor beeps, "We should run now, I sense an avalanche."

Andrew nods and runs with the Neps towards safety in the cave as the ceiling closes in on them and tries to smoosh them. "Pant pant… How much farther?"

Xelor beeps, "Almost there, he's close."

The cave continues to rumble as the group nearly avoided a game over. In the distance, they see a narrow passageway. "That looks like where he could be." Andrew says.

"It is! Hurry so you can make it!" Xelor says beeping out of his mind.

Neptune shouts, "Sprint!" She runs ahead of them while the others hold on to her trying to keep up with her speed.

Of course to what Neptune doesn't know is that shout made some rocks fall on top of her or at least tries to, "Watch out." Xelor zaps a laser at the boulders and they get vaporized.

The others saw what he did and Neptune asks confused, "Did you just save my life?"

"No time! We need one more stretch!" Xelor says.

Neptune runs even faster and only Nepgear could keep up because it's pretty much at unhuman speeds at this point. At the end, she slides into the small crevice and the other follow her into it.

The avalanche finishes with a loud rumble and they made it out safe. "Is everyone all right?" Andrew says.

Nepgear nods, "I'm fine."

Neptune nods as well, "Me, too. And at least I know that Xelor actually cares about me."

Xelor tried to cover for himself, "I can still care and hate you."

Nepgear smiles as she doesn't believe it, "You really do like Neptune after all."

"Ok, enough about me. We still got my creator to talk to." Xelor says avoiding the topic.

Nepgear asks looking at something, "Is that him getting away?"

Neptune chases after him, "Not on my watch!"

Neptune darts after him as he's pretty slow because he's old, he turns around and uses a rod to cast boulders on him would didn't work as Neptune uses her katana to slash away at them. "Tell us why you hate us so! We might go easy on you if you do!"

Andrew catches up to her and tries to calm the old creator down as he looks startled. He was dressed in a brown cloak and his head is hooded up so you can't see his face. "Easy. Can you please tell me why you would program Xelor for this?"

The creator speaks, "The goddesses are using you, Andrew."

Andrew asks surprised, "How do you know my name?"

"I have been watching you through Xelor for a while now. You are following the wrong path. You should join me and we can rid of them and make this world better. Just like it is on Earth." The creator continues.

Andrew asks, "Earth? Wait… you are from my dimension?"

The creator nods, "You know me, Andrew." He pulls down his cloak. "I am your grandfather!"

Neptune shouts, "Holy plot twist! The evil dude is your grandfather, Andy! How does that make you feel?"

Andrew frowns, "But, how? And why… why would you do this?"

Andrew's grandfather says, "You know of the tragic car accident that me and my wife had? Well… news found that my wife had died but I vanished. They reported me either missing or dead. A strange light abducted me into this world and I have been living in it for millenniums, learning it's ways and adapting… giving me longevity via technology I have been creating. I made Xelor and sent him to your world to find you so you could help me conquer this world."

Andrew asks, "If that was his sole purpose then why would you allow the ranks to be included?"

Andrew's grandfather explains, "Because it was still incomplete. Hence why it only hates Purple Heart and only one nation. I finally got it finished so please update it, Andrew… so we can control this world."

Nepgear shouts, "Don't do it, Andy!"

Neptune nods and shouts as well, "Yeah! We are your buds! Your grandfather is senile, which is why he is doing this."

Andrew's grandfather shouts, "I'm doing this because I am unappreciated with my work! Why would they send me to this world when I realize that I had no purpose? So, I made up my own and you can help me, Andrew. Help me get rid of these ungrateful goddesses so this can be like home."

Andrew asks, "If Xelor can go between dimensions, then why didn't you go home?"

Andrew's grandfather closes his eyes, "You can figure that out. I am considered dead in your world so why return? I can do so much better things here."

Neptune asks, "Are you following Arfoire?"

Andrew's grandfather laughs, "I'm getting rid of her, too! Nothing can stand away between a human ruled world."

Andrew plead, "But, grandpa…"

Andrew grandfather stops him, "I am called Vox Magna here. I was here in the beginning before these goddesses showed up and I intend to keep it that way. You can help me or else I have to stop you, too.

Andrew gasps, "You would kill your own grandson?"

Vox shakes his head, "No, but I will have to contain you until I cleanse the world from goddesses."

Neptune replies, "Yep, you are Xelor's creator, and we can't let you do that. We will have to resort to defeating you if that's the case. Sorry, Andy."

Andrew shake his head, "No! Please, grandpa. These goddesses are my friends, my only friends I have made and I don't want you to take them away from me. Besides, the people here need them."

Vox thinks it over, "How close are you with them? I might reconsider it."

Neptune shouts, "Very! We are the bestest of friends!"

Vox replies, "That's not what I'm saying. The ranking, how far is it?"

Andrew checks and gasps, "I'm still at level 2?"

Vox nods, "That's what I thought."

Neptune objects, "That must be rigged, you set the XP bar way too long!"

Vox replies, "That's how it worked in the old days, it takes forever to level up, you know."

Andrew says, "It's not that he set it too long, he just doesn't make me get that much XP."

Vox sighs, "It's how it works in real life, if you want It to go higher then there has to be strong feelings towards the both of you."

Andrew asks not liking where this is going, "What kind of feelings?"

Vox replies, "Romantic."

Andrew blushes, "Oh boy…"

Neptune shouts, "What?! But… we are just friends."

Vox replies, "Not the feeling I get when I see you two through Xelor. I tell you what… If you two max out the rank, then I will reconsider it.

Nepgear says relieved, "Thank you, Andy's grandfather!"

Vox says, "I'm only doing it because I love Andrew and want him to be happy but I need to know if I can trust you goddesses again. I've lost that ages ago."

Nepgear frowns, "I'm sorry you feel that way but honest, we care about your grandson."

Neptune feels rejuvenated, "What are we waiting for? Let's max out that lily rank!"

Andrew blushes, "O-ok…"

Vox says, "I also got the feeling that the goddesses will want to do the same considering what I saw so they can help as well.

Andrew nods and asks, "Can you give me my form back?"

Vox nods, "You got it!" He presses something on his high tech rod and adds on, "I also got rid of Xelor's hatred for Planeptune so it will be simpler for you, Andrew."

Andrew smiles, "Thanks!"

Vox laughs, "You're welcome!"

Nepgear pulls out something and presents it to Vox, "Here… this is yours."

Vox looks at it and says, "This is the watch I gave him."

Nepgear adds on, "It broke, but I fixed it good as new."

Vox asks, "How did it break?"

Nepgear replies nervously, "Oh, err… umm…" It's obvious that she isn't good at lying.

Andrew helps her out, "I dropped it by accident."

Vox nods, "Oh, well at least it's fixed now. I appreciate that but I must stay on my word. Max out the ranking and I'll reconsider."

Neptune shouts cheerfully, "You got it!"

Vox waves his rod, "Go now. You need all the time you can get!"

Andrew nods, "Alright. Let's go, everyone."

"I'll teleport us out of here." Xelor says as the blue beam envelopes the group and they vanish.

They return to Planeptune with Histoire waiting for them, "What did he say?"

Andrew says to Histoire, "He's my grandfather. I can't believe it. What happened?"

Histoire asks confused, "What do you mean?"

Andrew says again, "How did he got here and during the dawn of Gamindustri? It was like 10 years ago since I've seen him."

Histoire nods, "Time moves differently on your dimension compared to ours. And how he got here… I saved his life from the car crash."

Andrew sighs, "You abducted him, you are no different from Xelor."

Histoire gasps, "I only saved his life! I didn't ask him to put himself in danger!"

Andrew asks, "Why him, though?"

Histoire replies, "Because of the same reason you are here, his video game skills."

Andrew tells Histoire, "He told me that he sent Xelor directly to me. But, it might have been found by that competition instead, good thing I got it anyway."

Histoire nods, "I see. What did he want?"

Andrew continues to tell Histoire, "He wants to get rid of the goddesses and have this world ruled by humans instead, just like my dimension. But, I pleaded with him to change his mind and he said if I maxed out one of the goddesses' lily ranks then he'll reconsider it."

Histoire nods, "Alright, since he's your grandfather, I'll allow it. But, are you sure you can do this?"

Andrew looks down, "I… uh…"

Neptune pats his back, "He can do this! I believe in him! And I'll help him!"

Histoire reminds Neptune, "You can't do this all the time, you have your own business that you have to do."

Andrew says to Histoire, "I'll help her with that."

Histoire thinks about it, "Very well… good luck."

Andrew smiles, "Thanks.

Histoire leaves and Andrew asks Neptune, "What should we do next?"

Neptune shouts out happily, "Video games!"

Andrew asks for something else, "That won't be enough. We have to interact a bit more than that."

Neptune nods, "You're right. It'll get boring beating you anyway."

Andrew say offended, "Hey, I resent that. It was only a few times and it's not like it'll happen all the time."

Neptune smiles, "I'm just kidding! I just wanted to see your reaction."

Andrew replies, "Oh…"

Xelor suggests something, "How about instead of teasing each other, you two finish doing what you were doing previously. That big pile of Neptune's clothes still needs to get checked out, Andrew."

Andrew suddenly remembers, "Oh."

Neptune does too, "And I remembered that you hugged every goddess that bought you clothes but me."

Andrew waves his hands nervously, "T-that didn't mean anything. I was waiting until we got some free time. That was a lot of clothes and I didn't want to bore the other goddesses."

Xelor says, "Nice cover up, Andrew."

Neptune laughs, "Xelor's actually kinda funny now. Ever since your grandpa took away his 'hater mode', he's more friendly."

"I've noticed, too. How does that make you feel, Xelor?" Andrew asks.

"Actually, it puts a lot off my memory. Not getting irritated by Neptune actually makes me process things a bit better. I can't believe how irrational I was hating Neptune over just being herself whereas I was no better." Xelor says.

Nepgear smiles, "At least you understand now."

"How could I understand better than transmitting Andrew's thoughts into my database? That hatred was just a filter." Xelor says.

Andrew asks, "Can you send Neptune's clothes into her sanctuary?"

"Of course." Xelor says as he beams Neptune's clothes that she got Andrew into the real world.

Andrew gulps, "Yep, that's a lot of clothes…"

Xelor reminds Andrew, "You are wearing a shirt from that pile. There might be more matches in this than I had expected previously."

Andrew asks, "It is because you like Neptune now?" Obviously teasing Xelor.

Xelor bluntly responds, "Yes."

Neptune laughs, "I told you you'll be swayed by Nep Nep one day."

Xelor says, "You didn't sway me, my creator took away… never mind, I suppose you did." Taking back what he's going to say.

Andrew is slightly shocked hearing that, "Whoa, what happened to you?"

Xelor says, "Nothing is wrong. The discovery of my creator being your grandfather has me thinking that you are truly the bearer of me and you alone. Meaning that no one can replace you and I would be held responsible to whatever that may happen to you."

Andrew understands now, "This kind of gotten a bit serious, hasn't it?"

Neptune asks not getting it, "What do you mean?"

Andrew explains, "That means if anything happens to me then my grandfather would take revenge on anything and everything. If he made Xelor then there's no telling what he could make. Wow… millenniums of years really enhanced his tech skills."

Nepgear asks, "He wouldn't do that, right? He seems like a sweet grandfather."

Andrew adds on, "He fought in a war once… all by himself. After he saw his comrades get slaughtered before his very eyes, he was fueled by vengeance to take care of the opposing threat. An entire army… he wiped them out on his own."

Neptune and Nepgear grimaces as they hear that, "He could be a bigger threat than Arfoire!" Nepgear says.

Andrew shrugs, "I don't know about that. Just as long no one else knows about this, then we'll be safe."

Neptune says, "And you remembered all that when you were five? Wow…"

Andrew shakes his head, "He left his war journal behind so I read through that."

Nepgear gasps, "That didn't scar you?"

Andrew shook his head, "That made me look up to him. I wouldn't be able to do all that but he taught me to play video games. And I couldn't ask for anything better."

Neptune suggests, "What if the video games are simulations to come up with war strategies to wipe us out?"

Andrew thinks about and replies, "I don't know about that, but it could be… there's no telling."

Andrew turns at the pile of clothes and says, "Um… I think that's enough scary stories for now, let's look through that pile now."

Neptune feels relieved, "Wow, that was just a story? You got me worried there for a second!"

Andrew frowns and says, "That… actually happened."

Neptune's eyes widens, "What?! There's a lot more about you then I would have guessed! What would the other goddesses think?"

Andrew shakes his head, "I really don't want to tell them about that. They seem like they would go after my grandpa without thinking about the consequences."

Neptune says, "That's what I would do."

Andrew replies, "Maybe come with a strategy…"

Neptune frowns, "Hey…"

Andrew chuckles a bit, "Sorry. But, I don't want to risk it so could you not tell them about any of this?"

Neptune nods, "You got it! This will just be filed as Planeptune's tippity top secret!"

Andrew laughs a bit, "OK…"

Neptune thinks for a moment, "Hmm…"

Andrew picks that up, "Something wrong, Neptune?"

Neptune says, "Maybe we have to train your human form to fight. I've seen a lot of close calls with your watch not relying on you so let's get your squishy human form in shape!"

Andrew nods, "I guess… but how will we do this?"

Neptune says, "We can always spar. You have that dogoo that can transform to a sword, right? So, you can just learn to keep up with a goddess' speed and you'll be golden."

Andrew smiles, "I like that idea. When will we start?"

Neptune says, "The training will commence tonight so you must stock up on delicious pudding energy so you won't burn out."

Andrew laughs, "Ok, Sensei Nep."

Neptune slashes her katana near Andrew, "This is not funny! This is serious work! I don't want you to have uber fails out there so you must be ready!"

Andrew's eyes widens from her almost slashing him, "O-k…" He's staring at where the katana almost hit him.

Nepgear asks Neptune, "Can you be easy with the rigorous training, sis? I think you are frightening Andy."

Neptune says, "This is for his own good. He needs to learn how goddesses fight and since he's not one, he must start from the ground up."

Andrew asks Xelor in his head, "What happened to the cheerful Neptune?"

Xelor replies, "I'm guessing she's worried about your safety so she's doing this to help you out. This is how friendship works, I suppose."

Andrew looks back at Neptune, "Oh…"

Neptune suddenly reverts back to her happy self, "Now let's look in this pile, Andy!"

Andrew tries to recover, "Ok."

Andrew looks in it, "Hey, some Planeptune themed socks. I could actually use those." That got him back to being not afraid of Neptune.

"Yeah! Planeptune is the coolest nation! You need to have socks representing it." Neptune says.

Andrew says jokingly, "At least there's not Planeptune themed un-" Only for the words to be eaten out of his mouth. "Boxer shorts, cool…"

Neptune smiles brightly, "Do you like them?"

Andrew asks, "They're not all like this, right?"

Neptune shakes her head, "Naaaaw… there are also accessories in there."

Andrew looks through to see what she meant by that, "A necklace?" He says looking at it.

"Yeah! I got one that looks like my hairclips. Just to show you that you will always be part of my nation." Neptune says while continuing to smile brightly.

Andrew stares at it and says, "Part of your nation?"

Neptune nods, "I care about you a lot and want you to do good. That's why I'm going to spar with you."

Andrew looks into the necklace deeply and tightens his grip on it, he looks to be stricken with emotion from this. Neptune asks, "Are you ok?"

Andrew nods, "I am… it's just… thank you." He goes over to Neptune and puts her in a tight embrace.

Neptune says, "There's the Andy hug I've been waiting for!" She hugs him back just as tight if not tighter than what Andrew is hugging her.

This is noted by the bone crushing sound coming from Andrew, Neptune is using her goddess strength in this hug and it doesn't seem to bother Andrew. Nepgear asks, "That didn't sound good. Are you alright, Andy?"

Andrew nods, "I'm just fine. Just as long as I'm with Neptune."

Neptune raises an arm towards Nepgear, "Want to get it on in this hug? There's plenty room for all of us…"

Nepgear nods, "OK." She runs over and hugs them both which doubles the strength of the hug on Andrew.

More bone crunching noises are heard and that made Nepgear say, "Does that bother you? Do you want us to stop?"

Andrew shakes his head, "It hurts so good."

Neptune comments, "Ok, I don't want to turn you into a masochist…"

The three break off the hug which kind of disappointed Andrew, "Heh heh…right."

Neptune asks, "Now, why not you make us some pudding so we can get started on our sparring?"

Andrew puts on the necklace and nods, "Alright." Feeling a bit enthusiastic now and he rushes into the kitchen to make pudding for his beloved friends.

Back with Scratch and his efforts to find his best friend, Ice. Scratch continues to walk in Planeptune to remember what they told him, "Sigh… I can't believe I forgot what they told me. I feel so useless."

He isn't watching where he is going as he is looking at the ground sad, he accidentally bumps into someone, he apologizes, "I'm sorry."

It turned out to be Compa, "No, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there. Are you ok, Mr. Kitty?"

Scratch looks at her and his heart races, "I… think so. Please tell me… what's your name?"

Compa introduces herself, "My name's Compa!"

Scratch sighs dreamily, "Nice name… I'm Scratch but you can continue to call me Mr. Kitty if you like."

Compa happy says, "Ok! Do you need anything else?"

Scratch tries to think of something to get her to stay with him a bit longer, "I'm looking for my friend but I can't remember where he got to."

Compa says, "Well, if we looked hard enough together, we might be able to find your friend. What does he look like?"

Scratch says, "He's a penguin. His name is Ice."

Compa thinks for a moment and says, "I don't believe I've seen him, but I'll help you find him."

Scratch says, "Thank you. I'm so worried that I'll never find him but you are easing me plenty."

Compa smiles, "My pleasure!"

The two walks off and someone from a dark alley sees, "Chu! I don't believe it! How dare that mangy cat go off with my sweet Compa. I'll teach him a lesson that he won't forget, chu." Obviously it's the severely jealous Pirachu that Andrew fought earlier. He runs off keeping an eye on them.

Ice is still locked up and meditating, he checks the time, "Damn… how long am I going to be in this dimension? I need a way out of this."

Well… that's that. What might happen next to everyone? Will Ice get out of prison and will Andrew get stronger? Also, will Andrew's grandfather trust the goddesses again? Find out next time!

Review Replies!

Magical-Death: Thanks for telling me, I would have never guessed. I'll add her later whenever (spoilers) Andrew gets to the Ultradimension. Blue is also one of my favorite colors, it's my second favorite with purple being my first. And I hope I made it up to you with that hug, I'm trying to keep my readers happy, I just forgot. Thanks for reading, I appreciate it!

Jeitron: That's pretty much how these types of stories work. Yep, Xelor is what keeping Andrew alive.

Akio Blade: That's a good way of telling it.

Ghostorigins: Sorry about that. There will be much better fights in the future, I hope.

That's all I can write for now so… happy reading!