Me: "Hello my good readers, and welcome to the actual first chapter of this rather odd and wacky story."

Heero: (Enters Intro Corner) "I would prefer it if you did not waste time going back to fix these updates.."

Me: "I know, but after looking back over the story I've seen a lot of spelling errors and missing text from when I uploaded the chapter onto . So I thought I would fix these problems now rather than wait... Besides, it slowly killing me to see missing work."

Heero: "..."

Me: "I know, I know... I need to get back to work on the chapters I'm working on, but this helps me in the long run."

Heero: "Do not waste too much time on what has already been completed. I you do, I'll kill you."

Me: "Yeah, yeah, I got it..."

Neptune: (Enters Intro Corner) "You better hurry up with this Author man, I don't want to be kept waiting for you know what."

Me: "If you all would shut the hell up and leave me alone, we might get there sooner." (Points at Heero and Neptune) "Read off the disclaimer you two!"

Heero and Neptune: "HeeroUzuki does not own Mobile Suit Gundam, Hyperdimension Neptunia, or any other related works belonging to these franchises."

Me: "Okay, let's wrap it up and get this underway."

Me, Heero and Neptune: (Leave Intro Corner)

Ch. 1 A New Mission…? Journey with Neptune!

The Wing Zero was plummeting… or falling sideways if that was possible… or possibly even… falling up… as crazy as it sounds? Regardless, everything looked the same outside the metal giants frame. Heero was lying unconscious in the pilot's seat, to have gone so long without regaining consciousness was unheard of for a Gundam pilot.

Xxx

Heero was lying on his stomach with his eyes closed; the teen slowly regained consciousness and picked himself up off the ground. His movements were tantalizingly slow, still recovering from whatever it was that caused him to fall unconscious in the first place.

As Heero's senses returned, he took the time to examine his environment… or rather, the lack of an environment. Everywhere he looked it was pitch black… complete, total nothingness. At first Heero thought that perhaps he had gone blind, but upon looking down Heero could clearly see his arms, legs and torso, as well as the clothes he had been wearing, "What's going on? Where am I?"

Heero's voice wasn't directed at anything in particular and he received no response either, "Is it possible…that I am now deceased?"

"(No… you are not dead.)"

The Gundam pilot quickly looked around for the source of the voice he had just heard, "Who are you?! And why am I here?!"

The tone of Heero's voice suggested that he was not so much asking as he was demanded to see whoever it was that was talking to him, "(Please forgive me… but there is something I must ask of you. Rest assured, you are merely unconscious.)"

Heero did not like being unable to see the source of this disembodied voice. While his instincts as a soldier told him to ignore the strange voice, his curiosity wanted to know why this 'person' was reaching out to him of all people, "Explain yourself. Now."

"(The reason I am reaching out to you is to ask for a favor.)"

Someone was asking Heero for a favor? Someone who Heero knows nothing about, asking HIM for a favor? "…Go on."

"(Perhaps it would be best if I introduced myself. My name is Histoire, the tome that has assisted the goddesses of Celestia for generations. The favor that I ask of you is to help me correct a mistake I have made.)"

Heero raised a questioning eyebrow, "(…A tome…? Goddesses…? Celestia…? What the hell is she talking about…?) Do not waste my time. I have little patience for this idle chatter about these little fantasies you are telling me of."

"(I am sorry, but you must believe me. What I tell you is no fantasy… rather a reality that has suffered dire consequences because of my actions. No matter the distance drawn between it, my body, and my mind… I can still recall… I recall the tragic notes of bloodshed. A war which should have never happened. The Console War.)"

Heero certainly was perplexed as to why Histoire was telling him all this and not simply getting to the point, but retained his silence. "(Two worlds exist in Gamindustri. That of humans, and that of Celestia, where the CPU [Console Patron Unit] resided. The CPU gained her powers through the faith of humanity, who in turn gained the CPU's protection. It was well-balanced. The world below and the goddess who ruled it… one for one. That was how things were supposed to be)"

The Gundam pilot knew that the moment Histoire said 'That was how things were supposed to be', she was going to explain what went wrong and, hopefully, what this favor was that she was going to ask him and more importantly; why? "(However, the former goddess and I broke this careful balance and created four separate goddesses, four CPUs. The Celestia, ruled in tranquility, no longer existed. It turned into something I would never have anticipated.)"

"I believe I know what you are about to tell me. These four 'CPUs' as you call them held great disdain for one another and engaged in conflict in order to rid themselves of the other three."

Judging from her silence, Heero guessed that he had hit the nail on the head, "(Yes…the four CPUs grew to despise one another and began to fight for the honor of ruling over the world. The land where the four CPUs resided turned into the stage for a tragic war.)"

"This must be that 'Console War' you spoke of, correct?"

There was another brief pause before Histoire continued, "(This is all due to my ignorance. No matter how I torment myself—being far, far away from the CPUs—all I can do is wait here… wherever 'here' is. I only wish to end the tragedy caused by my own mistake. Please, help me!)"

Heero was contemplating what he should do; it was not like he had to help her. After all, this was a person he did not know, talking to him while he was supposedly unconscious, and asking him for a favor when he owed her nothing. But then he thought back to his world before he had inadvertently fell into the space-time phenomena. The Earth was at peace, armed organizations and militaries were undergoing total disarmament, and there had been no reports of any uprisings... his world had no need for him anymore,"…What is the mission?"

The tone of the disembodied voice suggested that she or it was slightly perplexed, "(The…mission?)"

Heero crossed his arms, "What are the requirements to fulfill this favor of yours?"

"(Then you will help me? Thank you! Words cannot express my gratitude.)"

Heero tapped his foot on the ground… or whatever it was he was standing on, growing just a little bit more impatient with each passing second, "There is no need for thanks, besides you should save it for when the mission is completed."

"(Very well, let me explain the… 'Mission' as you refer to it. I need you to assist Neptune, one of the four goddesses I mentioned. I have given her the task of releasing me, as I have been sealed away. It is not that I doubt her… but I fear that Neptune will not be able to handle this endeavor by herself, and I feel that she needs the guidance of another who does not share in her… energetic, carefree, and bubbly personality.)"

Energetic? Carefree? ...Bubbly? Heero didn't exactly have much tolerance for such people, as during the war against OZ and later, Mariemaia, he had to put up with a Gundam pilot who was energetic, carefree, and to a lesser extent bubbly. Though Heero would admit that while the pilot had been more than a little annoying, he had proven to be a capable ally, "(Could this dealing with this Neptune play out in a similar scenario?) I cannot make any guarantees about being able to work with her. If she should prove to be a hindrance to the completion of my mission… I'll kill her myself."

"(Please, I would prefer it if you did not. She means well… she just has a habit of saying and doing random and inappropriate things.)"

"So I am to be her babysitter…"

"(Do not say it like that. I know this must be very difficult for you to take in, and I have no right to request this of you… but you appear to be the only one who I can ask. I have no one else to turn to…)"

Heero was in deep contemplation, all he knew was that if he accepted the favor from the disembodied voice, he would be stuck dealing with a potential living headache… and that actually made him cringe. Then he remembered what Zero had told him, "(…If this is what Zero was telling me about, then…)" Against his better judgment, the Gundam pilot believed it would be best to accept. "Mission…accepted."

A small light appeared within the vast expanse of darkness, and it began to expand, "(Before I forget, I would like to know the name of the one who has answered my plea for help.)"

"…My name is Heero Yuy."

The light had become so intense within such a short amount of time that Heero was forced to shield his eyes, "(I will contact you once you arrive, Heero. But for now… I suggest you brace yourself.)"

The Gundam pilot could barely here Histoire, all he really caught was; 'contact' and 'brace yourself'.

Xxx

When the light subsided, Heero found himself in the pilot's seat of the Wing Zero, and he was no longer in the strange space-time anomaly, "(Was it just a dream?)"

Just as Heero was contemplating whether or not he had been dreaming, the warning alarm began to sound off in the Mobile Suit's control booth. When the teen looked at the monitor, the altitude meter was dropping… fast. The Wing Zero was currently in a free fall and heading straight for the ground, "Damn! …Come on, Zero…"

Fortunately, whatever was wrong with the Gundam had either subsided or corrected itself, as the mobile suit was responding to the controls once more. The Gundam's angelic wings began to flap as the numerous thrusters that lined them flared to life. The first thing Heero made sure to do was get the Wing Zero into an upright position, so that in the worst case scenario should the Gundam experience the same problems from earlier it will at least land on its feet, rather than its head.

Once the Gundam had corrected itself, Heero's next priority was to decelerate and find a secure location to land. Heero scanned the area below, the ground was dark and visibility was low; evidently it was night time, so the poor visibility was to be expected. The Gundam pilot scanned the ground and found a forest just outside of a futuristic looking city; it wasn't exactly the best location to hide the Wing Zero, but it was better than nothing.

The Wing Zero had been descending with such speed that it uprooted a few trees when it had passed over the tree line. After a minute to decelerate, the Gundam finished its descent and landed behind a row of trees, "…This is still too close to civilization."

Even with the cover of night and the rows of trees to hide it, the Wing Zero would still stand out, so rather than simply having the giant crouch, Heero navigated the mobile suit into a nearby lake, making sure that the Wing Zero was lying down so the water would completely conceal the Gundam. Reaching behind the seat for his waterproof backpack, Heero opened the control booth of the Wing Zero and swam to the edge of the lake and pulled himself up onto dry land.

The Gundam pilot unzipped his pack and holstered his pistol, not knowing whether or not he would need it. Heero zipped the bag back up and proceeded towards the city, "Landing point established and Zero has been successfully hidden. My next priority is to establish a safe house, after that find… Neptune."

Heero cringed once more, then stopped, "(Wait… how do I know that any of that was real?)"

Heero had been so caught up with receiving a mission in so long that he had not even questioned whether what had happened was real, or if the space-time distortion had even real occurred… perhaps he had been hallucinating? Or maybe he just had not gotten enough sleep?

Heero was walking into a clearing and was pulled out of his train of thought when he heard someone screaming. He quickly scanned his surroundings, but could not see anyone or anything... had he bothered to look up, he would have seen the source of the screaming.

The Gundam pilot felt himself crash to the ground and begin to lose consciousness again, for the SECOND TIME… in the SAME DAY. It was already unheard of for a Gundam pilot to remain unconscious for over three minutes, but for a Gundam pilot to lose consciousness twice in the same day? Anyone else might say that the world must be coming to an end.

Before he blacked out, Heero saw what… or rather who it was that fell on him. He saw shoulder length, messy purple hair and a cute face, "(…What the hell…? A girl… falling out of the sky…?)" The teen blacked out, while the girl who fell on him struck the ground head first, obviously knocked out cold.

Xxx

Heero found himself on his stomach again, the Gundam pilot picked himself up and looked around to see the vast expanse of darkness… again, "(As I told you, Heero, I would contact you again... though I would have preferred it to have not been under the circumstances that they were.)"

Heero checked his head with his hand in case he had sustained any serious injury that could jeopardize the mission, "(…At least I'm not going crazy… I think.) What is it now, Histoire?"

"(It has occurred to me that Gamindustri may be a little different from your world. And I while I am not able to do much, I can at least give some means to protect yourself… if you are interested.)"

Heero was about to protest, but decided to look at the situation from a more logical point of view. If this truly was a new world different from his own, then he had no connections for getting supplies, no map or any other directional guide to plan out where he should go, and Heero had no idea how long the ammunition for his pistol would last. Adding the clip that had been slid into his pistol before he had been knocked out; Heero had only four clips.

With so little going for him at this point, Heero could not afford to pass up any provisional aid when it could mean completing his mission, and failing before he had even begun, "Very well, but should whatever you have in mind prove a burden, I will not hesitate in disposing of it. Having nothing is better than holding onto dead weight."

"(Do not worry, Heero. What I intend to give you will be anything but a burden.)"

Heero closed his eyes, immersing himself in his thoughts, "(I don't believe this… I'm talking to a voice that, for all I know, could just be in my head… she, or it may not exist at all…)"

"(I assure you, I am very real.)"

Heero was able to hide his surprise at having his mind read; the Gundam pilot narrowed his eyes "I don't remember giving you permission to read my mind."

"(My apologies, I just wanted to make sure that you had not come under the impression that you were losing your mind.)"

Before Heero could retreat into his thoughts again, a brief flash of light from in front of him caught his attention. In the air in front of Heero was a strange rifle like weapon that had a rather thick blade with a green edge folded vertically along the forearm, "(Strange… how did she-)"

"(I realize it is different from what appears to be your weapon of choice… but it should prove useful nonetheless; also there is one more thing I wish to give you.)"

A set of disks suddenly appeared out of nowhere next to the rifle-like weapon, "(These will undoubtedly be the your most useful weapon while you are here.)"

Heero looked at the disks with a questioning gaze, "Is there some kind of information in them in regards to my mission?"

"(These are quite different from what you are thinking of. There is nothing in them regarding the 'mission', but rather something that will help you should you come across a foe that you cannot defeat with your strength alone.)"

This only made the Gundam Pilot more suspicious of the circular disks, "How could these possibly help in a combat environment? If anything they would only serve to take up valuable inventory space that I could use to hold something else that would actually help me on my mission."

There was a momentary pause before the teen heard Histoire once more, "(Heero, I know they seem to hold no value to you now, but you must trust me. Anything I may ask or give you is not to make this already difficult favor any more so than it already is. Their true value will be known to you in time… so please.)"

Heero saw little he could do, besides she did have a point. Histoire was the one who asked him to undertake this mission, so it wouldn't exactly make sense that she would give him something that would make it more difficult, "Very well."

"(Now that that is settled, I believe it is time for you to wake up.)"

Xxx

Heero groaned as he began to awaken from his unconscious state. The teen brought a hand to his head and inspected it for injuries, "I don't appear to have sustained any major injuries. Mission parameters uncompromised."

Heero examined his current surroundings from a lying position. The Gundam pilot gathered that he was in a room. Whose room it belonged to he did not know, but whoever it belonged to seemed to love the color pink… A LOT. The walls of the room were painted pink, the drapes near the windows were white with pink heart designs sewn into them, the blanket he was currently under... with every new item Heero saw in the room he came to two possible answers; the room either belonged to a girl or a guy with severe mental issues.

As he continued to examine the room in all of its… pinkness, Heero heard a soft moan next to him and immediately turned his neck to see a familiar face, even if he had only seen said face for a split second earlier, "(What the hell?! How did she get this close to me?!)"

Heero's face was only mere millimeters away from the face of the girl who had fallen on top of him. She was wearing a white hoodie with the ends of the arms and waist area being purple with two lilac purple stripes, two light blue stripes running down the arms, lining the hood, and down the center where Heero could see some of the zipper which was a circle with a curved purple N; there were two plugs for hoodie strings, and two rather large pocket with big circular objects with purple Xs on them. She also wore a plain white choker, white hair clips that looked like directional pads, purple and white stockings, and lilac with blue and white accent shoes.

The girl whose name Heero did not know had a vice like grip on Heero's arm, "…She is making my ex-filtration of this place harder than it needs to be."

Suddenly an alarm on the night stand next to the bed began to sound off, causing the girl next to the teen to stir, "Shuuuuuut… up! Oh, crackers. Did I break something? Where am I? My room…?"

As the preteen began to sit up she slowly opening her eyes which were a different shade of purple than her hair, she let go of Heero's arm, looked around the room, and then noticed the teenaged boy next to her, "Hey, who are you? Is this your room? *Gasp* Are you one of those guys who likes pink?"

Heero glared at the girl, then took notice of his pistol which was on the small night stand next to the bed and it was within arm's reach. He swiftly grabbed the fire arm and pointed it at the purple haired girl, "Who are you?!"

"Sorry, I didn't know you were so sensitive about people asking you about your room and if you liked pink."

Heero's index finger hovered over the trigger, "This is not my room. Now, answer the question; who are you?"

The preteen put her hands on her hips, "Is that really the kind of question you ask a girl while pointing a gun at her? I doubt it's even real."

The Perfect Soldier was dangerously close to pulling the trigger, glaring intensely at her, "If you don't answer my question, you will find out the hard way."

The girl took the time to notice that she was sharing a bed with Heero, "Hey, what are you doing in bed with me anyway? I'm waitin' for an explanation buster!"

"How in the hell should I know? I woke up and tried to leave, but you impeded my attempts of escaping."

The girl's eyes were in a half open glare, "Heh, a likely story. *Gasp* YOU HAD YOUR WAY WITH ME, DIDN'T YOU?! PERVERT! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?! WHATEVER YOU DID, YOU BETTER UNDO IT!"

"What makes you think I did anything to you? If anything I should kill you right now for rendering me unconscious."

It was then that a girl stepped into the room, "Oh, you're both up. Good morning, sleepyheads! Well, good afternoon, technically…"

Heero took the time to glance at the girl out of the corner of his eye, the girl had light skin, pink eyes (though Heero wondered how the pigment of her eyes could be such a color), long, curled cream pink hair and was well endowed. The girl wore a white, borderline tan wool tank top with a thick neck and unattached sleeves with small puffy balls attached to them with strings, the boots she was wearing matched her top as well, with more little puffy balls attached to strings. She also wore a red plaid skirt, a black choker with a small heart on it, blackish brown knee length socks with light pink heart cut frills, and a black purse was sitting on her hip with a C on it and button like hearts ran the length of the belt the purse was attached to.

The girl next to Heero just seemed to smile; obviously she didn't seem to notice the gun Heero was pointing at her anymore, "Um, this isn't my room, huh? And he says it isn't his... Is it yours? Why'm I tucked into your bed so snugly?"

The pink haired girl closed her eyes, as if to gather her thoughts, "Well, let's see. It all happened last night. I was looking up into the sky and saw a shooting star. That was you."

"I was a shooting star? Are you yanking my hoodie strings? I fell from the sky?"

The pink haired girl opened her eyes having finished recalling the events of the night before, "I'm pretty sure. I followed you to the ground with my eyes and you definitely slammed into the earth like a spear. I also saw you fall on your friend here, so I pulled you from the ground you pierced so elegantly and carried you two to my bed, since you were both passed out."

"All by yourself? That's cool, thanks! You're a lot stronger than you look."

Even Heero had to admit that he was impressed, though he kept it to himself. If this petite girl was really capable of carrying an unconscious preteen and teenaged boy by herself then she would have to be quite strong, "I attend a nursing school. Transporting limp bodies is part of our training, so I'm used to it! My name is Compa, um…"

With the conversation now steering towards introductions the purple haired girl placed an index finger on her cheek, as if it was some kind of thinking position, "Oh, I'm Neptune. Compa, huh? Then, should I call you… Com… uh… whatever. Compa's fine."

"It's nice to meet you, Nept-… Neppee-… Neptaa-… Ne-pelvis… Nep… tumor… W-wahh…"

Compa seemed as though she was about to cry just from not being able to pronounce Neptune's name, so Neptune came up with a solution for her, "Oh, is it confusing you? Okay, then you can call me Neptuna, Nep-Nep, Neppermint, or something else!"

"Okay, then I pick Nep-Nep. It's nice to meet you, Nep-Nep!"

During the conversation between the two girls, it was Neptune's name that caught Heero's attention, "(She couldn't possibly be the girl I was tasked with finding… could she?)"

Heero was pulled out of his thoughts when he noticed that both girls were looking at him, obviously expecting him to tell them his name. Fortunately, he had put away his pistol since it did not seem that threats were going to work on them, "…Heero."

Neptune began to rub her temples with her index fingers, "Hmm… err… could you spell it out for me?"

Heero mentally sighed, "(If this is the girl I am supposed to help then this mission has already ended in failure.) H-E-E-R-O."

When the teen looked back at Neptune the preteen had a starry eyed look on her face, "Ooh, if you take off one of the E's you get Hero!"

Compa shared the same look as Neptune, "Are you some kind of hero, Mr. Heero?"

Heero looked out a nearby window, "I'm no hero… I'm just a soldier…"

The gleam in Neptune's eyes only seemed to grow brighter, "Ooooh, he must a tragic hero!"

The Perfect Soldier thought that his words just went through one ear and out the other; he had just said that he was NOT a hero. Heero was about to contemplate his current situation when he noticed Compa shuffling slightly, "Umm… I'm sorry I only had the one bed. I would have put you in separate beds, but…"

Heero's mind began to process this new information, then his mind went back to Neptune's earlier accusation, "Ms. Compa, as the owner of this residence surely you came in to check on us at one point. Did you see anything happening while you were here?"

"Well, I don't think so… oh yeah! I did see a lot of moving around on the bed."

Neptune pointed an accusing finger at the Gundam pilot, "I knew it! You did have your way with me, pervert!"

"But you were still out cold, Mr. Heero."

Neptune stopped pointing and looked over at Compa, while Heero narrowed his eyes, "What exactly did you see?"

Compa's face was now beet red and she began shuffle around more, "Well… I saw Nep-Nep hugging you… and then she… licked your lips… and started rubbing herself against you… and it looked like she was trying to touch your… well, let's just say she was doing a lot of very intimate things."

Neptune's face was red from ear to ear, "No way… I didn't really do all those things… did I?"

Compa only responded with a nod, too embarrassed to give a verbal answer. Heero on the other hand was giving Neptune a glare as cold as death, "It would seem that YOU were the one having your way with ME! Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you…"

The purple haired preteen rubbed the back of her and gave a timid smile, "Cause I'm cute, adorable, and innocent?" Heero drew out his gun once more, pulled back on the slide, and pointed the barrel at Neptune's head, causing a few nervous beads of sweat to run down the side of her face. "Come on, it was an accident! And we were asleep! You gotta forgive me! Please?"

Heero, for the life of him, could not figure out why he could not pull the trigger, "(What's wrong with me? Why can't I shoot?)" The teen lowered his gun, "If you do anything like that again… I'll kill you."

Neptune blew off the threat from the Perfect Soldier. "Yeah, you say that, but I bet you were all like, 'Oh yeah, Neptune you're soooo amazing! Don't stop, give me moooore!'" Heero continued to glare at Neptune, who returned a cheeky grin. "You liked it and you know it."

Compa cleared her throat to get the attention of the bed occupant, "By the by, I noticed your all beat up everywhere. Allow me to take a look real quick."

Neptune looked down at herself, and sure enough she had a few cuts, scrapes and bruises, and her hoodie was slightly dirty, "Oh, yeah, I am kinda scraped up, huh? Thanks, nurse-in-training, I'm trusting you with this important task!"

"Sure, but I've just started… and I'm not too savvy… I get bandages all tangled up."

Compa examined Neptune's injuries, "Your injuries aren't bad, but the scratches need disinfecting. After that, I'll wrap you up. It might sting a little, but hang in there. How much bandage should I use? A little? A lot?"

"Hmm, use it all up! Wrap me up so it doesn't come loose. Besides, it's a waste if they don't last."

Heero thought it was a waste to use any amount of bandages on such minor injuries, meanwhile Compa grabbed her bandage roll, "Okay, then I'll use what I have. Please let me know if it's too tight. This way… that way… loop it over…"

Heero had already began to make plans to vacate the room the moment Neptune's clothes had been stripped off, fortunately his tank top was the only article of clothing that had been removed and it was neatly folded onto a nearby chair. He grabbed the green tank top, slipped it on, then waited outside the room.

The voices of the rooms occupants could still be heard through the door… very easily, "Huh? Nrrrg, h-hold on, slow down! Be carefu-"

"I don't want it to come loose or you'll trip over it! Hmph, hah! There."

While this was going on, Heero was experiencing a strange feeling, "Ahhh-guuuuh-wooooo! This is way too tight. I'm gonna snap, can't breathe, can't make… more… comments!"

"Nep-Nep? …Did I do it too tight after all? Please get a hold of yourself. I'll unwrap you right n-ahhh!"

Based on the sound of Neptune's voice, Heero could only guess that the preteen was losing her mind and becoming hysterical, while Compa was only making things worse by trying to undo the bandages, "It's tighter now! You're just tangling me up… stop! Gimme scissors… gimme now! Put 'em in my hands and I'll do it myself…!"

Once Heero was sure the rather crude operation was over he stepped back inside to gather his possessions, taking note of the large syringe leaning on the wall. Neptune was now fully clothed… at least in her own clothes anyway, "Ahem. By the way, I was thinking while you were wrapping me in bondages… where am I?"

Compa had a look of disbelief on her face from hearing Neptune refer to her bandages as 'bondages', "Th-They're bandages! Were in the Central City of Planeptune."

Neptune looked absolutely confused, "Planep… tune? Hmm, okay, I remember someone mentioning the world below?"

Compa smiled at the preteen, which she seemed to do a lot of, "Yes, that's absolutely correct. This is one of the major landmasses beneath Celestia."

Although it wasn't much, it was the first piece of useful information Heero had heard since waking up, "When you say one of the major landmasses, do you mean there are more?"

"Why, yes. There are four major landmasses floating around. Sometimes they come close to one another and drift away. Remember?"

Neptune did not seem to have a care in the world... and she didn't seem to remember anything, "Nope, not at all. Planeptune? Landmasses? Rings no bells for me."

Compa looked at Neptune in fascination, "Maybe you're suffering from amnesia. I've never seen a case in person. How original! Maybe you bumped your head…"

"Isn't there medication or something for that?"

Heero could not believe how Neptune thought that amnesia was treatable with medications, "(This may be a mission I cannot complete…)"

Compa smiled at the amnesiac once more, "No, not for amnesia. It's usually a temporary thing. I'm sure you'll begin to recall things eventually. My Grandpa always said, 'Fancy may kill or cure!' Get some sleep, take it easy, and you'll be better in no time."

The nurse-in-training turned to the Gundam pilot, "How about you, Mr. Heero? Do you remember anything?"

The Perfect Soldier crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, "There is nothing for me to remember. I am not originally from here. I came here from my world to complete a mission given to me by someone, so my source of information is severely limited."

Heero took a moment to cast a glare at Neptune, "Of course, I'm surprised I don't have amnesia. Shortly after I came to this world, Neptune fell on top of me."

Just as Heero was about to retreat into the recesses of his mind, he suddenly realized what he had just said, "(What has come over me?! How could I just give away such sensitive information so easily?!)"

Neptune and Compa looked at Heero with great intrigue, "So you're like a tragic hero from another world? That's so cool!"

"Wow, a real otherworldly hero! I never thought I would meet a hero from another world!"

Compa returned her attention to Neptune, "But you should still get some sleep, Nep-Nep. You'll feel better soon."

Neptune looked slightly irritated, "…Get some sleep? I feel like someone asked me to do something while I was unconscious."

The preteen's eyes widened, "Yeah, someone was crying out for help… in my dream!"

"In your dream? Then it's not real."

Neptune however, only reaffirmed herself, "Oh, you never know. It was so weird. I betcha someone from far away was like pa-choo and sent me a telepathic message, y'know?"

"It's possible. Actually, many places, Planeptune included, are being threatened by more and more monsters lately. The military powers failed to keep them from appearing. We can only defend ourselves and keep them at bay now."

"Then… there must be a boss generating all these monsters somewhere! I bet our mission is to go defeat that boss and save the world!"

Heero raised a questioning eyebrow, "'Our' mission?"

Neptune appeared to be brimming with confidence, "Yeah, you and me, Heero! We're the ones that are gonna team up and save the world!"

"You may be right about a boss, but nobody has seen or heard anything like that. How will you find it? This is irrational, dangerous, and absolutely impossible!"

Compa's attempt to dissuade Neptune seemed to be in vain as the purplenette pumped her arms, "Nobody's gonna beat the boss if we just sit here. Someone's gotta take initiative, y'know? That's me and Heero! Plus, I can't ignore this once I've noticed it. Haven't you heard 'strike while the iron's hot?'"

Compa seemed to contemplate this, and then her eyes slowly widened, "I believe Grandpa did have a saying like that. Yes, that's right. I wanted to be a nurse to save people."

For the first time since meeting her, a serious expression made its way onto Compa's face, "So, why should I save the injured, but not those being threatened by monsters? How impolite of me!" Compa's facial expression changed from serious to determined. "Nep-Nep, I'm not the strongest, but I'll help. Two is better than one!"

"You will? Don'tcha have school? You're not in the middle of summer vacation or anything, right?"

"Right, but… this city's population has been declining due to monsters eating them. Students are leaving school out of fear, so it's closed down for now. Classes are suspended until further notice."

The bubbly preteen was ecstatic that Compa would be helping, "Oh, that sucks, but that means you can camp out, right? Goodie! Let's go find the dungeon where the boss is waiting!"

Neptune turned to face Heero, "You're gonna help me too, right? I mean, you ARE a hero and all."

The Perfect Soldier was regretting his decision to accept Histoire's favor with each passing second, but he had accepted, and Heero would see this mission through even if it killed him... and considering who he would be having to work with the likelihood was very high, "The mission I was given was to assist you, Neptune. I have not been given any further instructions beyond that, so as it stands I am now subjected to your whims. (This is ridicules…)"

A starry eyed look made its way onto Neptune's face, "*Gasp* O…M…G… I think I've figured it out! Heero, you and I are totally supposed to be DESTINED LOVERS!"

Heero looked at the preteen incredulously, "How exactly do you come to that conclusion?"

"You said that when you first came here, my pretty face was the first thing you saw and that I fell on you, sorry 'bout that. But if I really fell outta the sky then falling on you may have saved me! Then we wake up in the same bed, holding each other! And now, you're saying that you're supposed to help me!"

Heero was contemplating Neptune's justification of how she came to the conclusion that they were 'Destined Lovers', "(If anything it was just a coincidence, there is no substantial evidence to proof this strange theory of hers… but for some reason, I find it difficult to argue with logic like that… even if it is coming from her.)"

Neptune put her hands on her hips, a big smile on her face, "I take back what I said, you're no pervert, Heero. You were just checkin' out your true love, can't blame you for wanting to. And, I don't mind the fact that you were touching me, my super-hot lover! You're gonna have to work real hard for my love, but you and me, we're joined at the hip for life, Heero!"

Compa was beginning to look teary eyed, "T-That's not fair… I want to be Mr. Heero's Destined Lover too!"

Neptune pinched her chin with her thumb and index finger, "Hmm… that's right… Compa did save us and fix us up… that means she's my rival for my lover's love! I accept your challenge, Compa, but don't think I'm just gonna hand him over."

Heero could swear he felt his eye twitching, "(Are they in their right minds? I have no need for such relationships.)"

Heero grabbed his backpack, which was in front of the bed, unzipped it, and pulled on a denim jacket before slipping his arm through one of the straps, "We should go. We will not accomplish anything by standing here."

Neptune pumped her arms, "Yeah, let's go save the world!"

Heero opened the door leading outside, allowing Neptune and Compa to step out first before leaving himself, "(…What the hell have I gotten myself into?)"

Xxx

The group of three entered a 'dungeon' that Compa had found on an internet site called Dunglemaps. The dungeon really just looked like an abandoned metalworks factory with pipes, fences, wooden boxes, and large boilers scattered all over the place. What Heero wanted to know was where the strange 8-bit music was coming from, "(I don't see any audio devices… how is it that I can hear that strange music?)"

Neptune ran out in front of the group, unable to contain her excitement, "Is this the dungeon you found searching Dunglemaps? Yeah, it feels like a dungeon with lots of tough monsters."

Compa shook her head at the bubbly preteen, smiling the entire time, "No, no strong monsters here. I searched for 'dungeons with weak monsters.' We're not ready for the strong ones yet."

Neptune's excitement dropped like a rock, "What? Only weaklings? Then I'll wait here and spend some quality time with Heero where we won't encounter any and you can come get us when you find the boss."

The nurse-in-training began to pout, "Th-That's not fair! I want to spend time with Mr. Heero! Besides we're a party, so we're basically soul mates. Abandoning your party now goes against the rules of this world. You'll get punished by the goddess!"

Heero glanced at Neptune out of the corner of his eye, "(And Neptune is one of these goddesses…)"

The teenager could see the gleam in Neptune's eyes, "Goddess? So not only are there monsters, but there's a goddess here, too?"

"(…a goddess who can't remember a damn thing.)"

Compa went from pouting to sympathizing with the amnesiac, "You didn't know? Silly amnesia… but forgetting even the goddess? Oh, you poor thing!"

The nurse-in-training immediately went back to the one thing she did almost all the time, which was smiling, "Aside from Planeptune, there are three other landmasses: Lastation, Leanbox, and Lowee. Each planet is protected by a goddess, and people go to the Basilicom to worship them and help govern each land."

Compa tried to make her expression match the tone of the topic. "We have no idea where the monsters are coming from. Their power just grows and grows. Everyone thinks it's due to the goddesses' weakening powers. Heated discussions take place every night on the Basilicom's blog."

Heero took in what vital information he could from the discussion between the two, while Neptune went off asking random questions, "Basilicom? So… what kind of place is that? Is one nearby? Do they bake cookies?"

Heero was quickly growing tired of the banter between the two girls, "If you two are just about done, we should get moving. If we have a mission here then I would like to finish it as quickly as possible."

"Mr. Heero is right Nep-Nep, enough banter. We should get going before the weak monsters get tired of waiting for us!"

Neptune, Compa and Heero began to venture into the dungeon. While they walked down the passage, Heero's eyes darted from one spot to the next, never focusing on any one location for more than a few seconds, "(As crazy as all of what they have been saying sounds, if these 'monsters' are indeed real they could very well come at us at any time.)"

Neptune looked at Heero as he looked around with what seemed like ADD eyes, "What'cha looking for, Heero? Did you drop something?"

"If these monsters of yours are real then I want to make sure we don't get ambushed."

Neptune wrapped her arms around Heero's right arm, "Aww, are you THAT worried about me? You're so sweet; this is just another reason why we're Destined Lovers! Keep this up, and maybe we'll get an M rated scene."

Heero suddenly felt a pair of arms around his other arm, he looked to see Compa with her cheeks slightly puffed, "Heero said 'we' though, so he means me too, Nep-Nep! It's not fair for you to keep Mr. Heero all to yourself!"

"Well he was mine to begin with, but anyway let's keep going! I can smell treasure and monsters."

Both girls began to pull on Heero's arms, irritating the Gundam pilot, "I am more than capable of walking myself, I don't need you two to drag me around."

Heero's words seemed to fall on deaf ears as Neptune and Compa continued to pull him down the passage, he also found himself unable to free his arms from their grip. The Perfect Soldier mentally sighed, "(Talking and threatening them with my gun doesn't seem to work. They are just too… carefree and energetic.)"

As the group rounded the corner, Neptune caught sight of what appeared to be a treasure chest. Letting go of Heero's arm, the preteen ran towards the item holding box, "Ooooh, treasure! Gimmegimmegimme!"

"Come on, Mr. Heero. Let's make sure Nep-Nep doesn't hog all of the treasure."

As Heero and Compa made their way over to Neptune, the bubbly girl opened the chest and began to look inside for its contents, bending over and giving Heero a good view of her white and blue striped panties. Once again, Heero experienced the strange sensation that he had felt earlier. When Neptune stood back up, she was holding a wooden sword in her hands, "This is better than the sword I've got, awesome!"

Heero could not believe what he was hearing. Was Neptune so poorly equipped that a wooden sword was actually better than the equipment that she brought with her? "(How exactly does she expect to fight with such a poor weapon? The worst she could do is give these 'monsters' splinters.)"

Raising her new sword, Neptune pointed down the passage that the group had yet to explore, "Alright, let's keep going people!"

Shortly after walking deeper into the dungeon, the group encountered two green blob like creatures, Neptune's eyes began to burn with determination, "We finally found some monsters! Let's beat 'em up!"

Meanwhile, Heero just stared at the 'monsters', "(…Is this a joke? These are the monsters they have been going on about?!)"

Heero could not believe that these small, insignificant creatures were causing damage to the human society of this world. Still a monster was a monster, and any obstacle that would stand in Heero's way would be removed. He was about to reach for his pistol when a series of 1s and 0s surrounded his right arm. In a brief flash of light, the weapon Histoire had given Heero was clasped around his arm, "So it was real after all…"

Xxx

Heero was waiting in a hanger after being debriefed on an upcoming mission. As he was leaning against the wall, a man who looked slightly older than Heero walked in, he was wearing a blue flight suit with a blue helmet in his right hand; he had slightly curly black hair and crimson red eyes.

The older man made his way over to Heero, "…You heard the briefing, right?"

Heero nodded a response, "These mobile dolls are starting to be a problem. Their large quantities and the new technology implemented into them already made the mission difficult… now we have to deal with mobile dolls with AIs built to deal with a particular Gundam. Even you have been studied by the enemy for this, Setsuna."

Setsuna directed his attention to the two mobile suits in the hanger, "I know… if we continue to fight as we have been, they may create an AI able to fight us on equal ground. For that reason I've come up with my own plan to deal with them."

After a brief exchange of words, Heero raised a questioning eyebrow, "…Switching Gundams?"

"When fighting the mobile dolls, we have to change the way we fight in mid battle, which could give the enemy an opening. If we switch Gundams on the other hand, all we have to do is apply our own techniques to the Gundam we're using. With the change in battle style used by the Gundam, the AI won't have any way to react, compromising their defenses."

"It may very well work… but rather than waiting until we arrive on the battlefield, we should go over the functionalities of the Gundams for the other pilot to make full use out of your strategy."

Both pilots explained in detail the weapons and abilities of their Gundams, Heero explaining the functions of the Wing Gundam Zero and its formidable Zero System, and Setsuna explained the capabilities of his Gundam known as the 00 Raiser. After Heero explained the different firing modes of the Twin Buster Rifle used by Wing Zero, Setsuna had to go into detail about the newest addition to the 00 Raiser's arsenal, the GN Sword III, "…unlike the Exia's GN Sword, the change between rifle and sword mode is faster, leaving less time required to engage the enemy at a given range. You have to press on the handle below the trigger to change modes…"

Xxx

Heero continued to look at the weapon on his arm that bore a striking similarity to the 00's formidable GN Sword III, "If it is anything like it, then I should have no trouble using it."

The soldier quickly aimed the rifle barrel at the first blob, which seemed to be known as 'Dogoo' by the strange tag above its head along with a green bar. A large burst of pink thermal energy shot out of the barrel once Heero pulled the trigger, and upon contact, caused a small explosion. Once the smoke subsided the monster was gone and the green bar was empty, leaving only one more.

The strange creature was in a panic. Not only was it alone, but the smoke from the explosion kept it from seeing anything, and when it did clear, Heero was gone, "…Too slow."

In a fraction of a second, the monster had been cut in half by a horizontal slash. Heero was standing behind where the creature was, though it was now dead, its green bar now depleted, "All enemies confirmed eliminated. Continuing mission."

Neptune and Compa stared at Heero with their starry eyed look, "Wow… that weapon is soooo cool! It has to be uber rare, and the way you took out the monsters so quickly was awesome! I totally would expect nothing less from MY lover."

"We'll definitely be safe with Mr. Heero around."

The Perfect Soldier rolled his eyes, "(I don't exactly see why they are so impressed.) We should continue with our mission."

Neptune began to look at the weapon on Heero's arm, "Hey, Heero. Can I use your super awesome weapon?"

Heero replied with a very simple answer for the preteen, "No."

Before he could move away, Neptune had already threw her arms around Heero in a hug, "Aww, come on! We're supposed to be lovers, y'know, joined at the hip? You can trust me!"

"(I trust you about as far as I can throw you.) …Maybe."

Once more, Heero found himself saying something other than what he really meant to say, Neptune gave the teenager a big smile, "All right! Remember, I get to use it whenever I want."

Heero narrowed his eyes at Neptune as the GN Sword disappeared in a stream of 1s and 0s, knowing that with this girl he would not be able to go back on what he said even if he did not mean to say it, "…Within reason."

Neptune and Compa stopped to pick up three disks that the monsters dropped, "There's three of them Nep-Nep. We should each take one."

Neptune took two of the disks and ran up to Heero, putting one of them in his hands, "You should always stop to pick up the goodies that the bad guys leave behind."

Heero narrowed his eyes at the disk, he did not know what exactly he was supposed to do with it, but realized that not only would it have been pointless to protest considering the two girls he was traveling with, there was also the fact that there were definite advantages to looting a defeated enemy… of course, the fact that it was Neptune who thought of this actually logical and not completely random idea left Heero to wonder whether or not Neptune had a brain and just did not use it. The strange disk disappeared before Heero could do anything with it, whether he still had it or not was of no concern to the soldier, so the group continued their trek of the dungeon.

The threesome came upon a three way intersection and another treasure chest, Neptune and Compa ran towards the box while Heero followed at his own pace, "Finders keepers!"

When the girls arrived at the container, they wasted no time in opening it. Neptune pulled out a large mallet, while Compa recovered a small gold bell; the aforementioned preteen playfully swung the giant hammer, "Neat. I bet'cha this will come in handy."

Compa noticed another treasure chest in a nearby room, ran up to the box, and relieved it of its contents. Compa returned to Neptune and Heero with ten bottles filled with a green liquid and a remote with a single button on it, "Look! I found more treasure!"

Neptune grabbed the controller in Compa's hand, "What does this do?"

When the bubbly preteen pushed the button, a small explosion erupted from where Neptune was. When the smoke cleared, Neptune was nowhere to be seen, "N-Nep-Nep? Where did you go?"

Heero raised a questioning eyebrow when he heard what sounded like screaming from overhead, and when he looked up, who else did he see other than Neptune heading right for him in a free fall, "(…I'm not making that mistake again.)"

Heero took five steps to his right and shortly after he did, Neptune landed right where Heero had been standing with a splat. The purple haired girl was twitching wildly and an ghostly body began to escape from Neptune's mouth… which strangely enough looked like Neptune; only it had the word 'Soul' in kanji written out over the front of the hoodie, "(I do believe we know what that button does now, it is a 'make annoying girls go away' button… or at the very least a 'make Neptune go away' button.)"

Compa violently shook Neptune in an attempt to wake her, "Get ahold of yourself, Nep-Nep!"

Neptune eventually woke back up, rubbing her bottom, "Ow! That hurt! I think I landed on my butt!"

Heero saw movement in out of the corner of his eye. When he turned to look, he saw two blocky, pixelated creatures with almost two dimensional bodies, "Great… more strange 'monsters'…"

The soldier wasted no time in going on the offensive as his GN Sword reemerged, cutting the first monster known as a 'Pixelvader' by the strange tag over its head with yet another green bar, in a horizontal slash. Unlike the first two monsters, this one did not die from the attack, "(What?! How is it still alive?!)"

Heero took the time to notice that the green bar above the monster had almost vanished, "(I see now… it is supposed to be a measure of the enemy's staying power.) Adjusting tactics."

Heero squeezed the handle of his weapon and the blade snapped back along the forearm, and then fired a shot from the rifle, finishing the pixelated creature. Heero looked for the second monster, but it was not in his peripheral vision.

Instinctively, Heero turned around to see the other monster lunging at him, before it could hit him Heero caught the creature with his free hand. Heero gave the monster an ice cold glare, causing a strange deformed drop of sweat to run down the 'Pixelvader's' head, the soldier threw the monster at the wall and fired three shots from the Sword-Rifle at it. The 'Pixelvader' was still alive… barely. Before Heero could plan his next move, the strange disk that he had received from Neptune appeared out in front of him and the pixelated monster was crushed by two pieces of earth.

The pieces of rock disappeared and the monster was no more and both the GN Sword and disk vanished in a stream of data, "(…Well, I guess this disk is worth holding on to…)"

After the battle, Neptune jumped onto Heero's back, "Heero, my feet hurt. Carry me!"

"I am not a pack mule."

Heero then felt the weight of another body, which of course was Compa, "Carry me too, Mr. Heero!"

The Gundam pilot dropped both girls onto the ground and was about to walk off, when both Neptune and Compa climbed onto his back once again, "(What the-)"

"Come on, Heero! You're not gonna win my love by being a meanie!"

Heero found himself with no choice but to resign himself to the degrading task of carrying the two girls, not because he wanted to, but because they would just get back on before he had a chance to escape, "(…A mule's lot is hard.)"

Their progress was a little slow, due to Heero having to carry Neptune and Compa. As they continued down the unexplored passage of the intersection, two more monsters sprang out from behind the corner; both were the same as the ones Heero had disposed of not long ago. Heero was about to ready himself, Neptune and Compa dismounted from Heero's back and readied their weapons, "Leave this to us, Mr. Heero!"

"Yeah, can't let you beat all the monsters by yourself, otherwise we wouldn't be much of a party."

Heero was about to question the girls' decision to fight, but was able to stop himself, "(This could be good opportunity to gauge their fighting levels, then I will know whether or not they're dead weight.)"

Neptune held up her wooden sword, while Compa carried a large syringe with a long needle. Heero stood off to the side with his arms crossed waiting for the battle to be over with; Neptune struck one of the 'Pixelvaders' over its head. The preteen then pulled out a toy gun from behind her back, "Gotta aim for the head."

Heero did not expect the toy to do anything, but was surprised when a bullet actually came out of the barrel and struck the monster, Compa held her syringe up at her hip and Heero was in for another surprise when a bullet escaped from the needle and struck the other 'Pixelvader'… and Heero was slightly disturbed when the nurse-in-training used her syringe to stab the monster, "(…A toy that can fire live rounds and a syringe that fires bullets? There is something wrong with this world…)"

After a few seconds of fighting, the pixelated monsters were gone. Neptune flashed Heero a peace sign, "What'cha think of that, Heero? Do I rock or what?"

"You're technique is unpolished, but you have potential." The preteen pumped her arms, "You hear that, Compa? I've got the potential to be the greatest hero ever! Heero said so, I think I scored some points there."

Compa's cheeks became slightly puffed, "What about me, Mr. Heero? I did well too."

Obviously Compa wanted praise for doing what in her mind was a good job. Heero was not going to lie, but for some reason he also did not want to hurt her feelings, "…I have not seen anyone use a syringe quite the way you do."

Heero had wondered if what he said could really be called praise, however Compa seemed to take it that way as her cheeks were no longer swelled up and a beaming smile made its way onto her face, "Thank you, Mr. Heero!"

"Alright people, let's keep goin'! I know there's a boss in here somewhere. Make sure to grab the stuff they dropped."

After finding bullets with red tips left by the monsters Neptune, Heero and Compa continued down the unexplored section of the dungeon… only to be stopped by a makeshift blockade made of fences and boxes. Heero analyzed the obstruction for a moment, "It should not take too long to move these aside."

Neptune pulled out her new mallet seemingly out of nowhere, "We'll just bust through with this!"

The energetic preteen swung the hammer down on the obstruction, causing all of the debris to scatter in broken pieces, "All clear! Come on, the boss has got to be waitin' up ahead."

Heero stared at the wreckage for a moment before continuing on, glaring at the back of Neptune's head, "I was going to move them myself so we could avoid alerting the enemy of our location."

Neptune carried on without a care in the world, "But that would've taken FOREVER! It was faster just to blow it away."

After a short (in Heero's case excruciatingly long) walk through the dungeon, the group of three arrived in the last room… only there was nothing there, just more unopened crates, fences and boilers, "…It would appear that we have been led on a false mission."

"No, the monster is definitely in here, Mr. Heero."

Compa pulled out her new gold bell, "we have to lure it out now! That's why I have this bell."

Heero question whether or not it was safe to use the bell if it attracted monsters, for all he knew the 'boss monster' might not come out.

The nurse-in-training began to ring the bell, the chiming noise echoed throughout the room. Seconds passed, and nothing happened… Heero's eyes darted around the room for any sign of movement, "(Where is it? We couldn't have passed it… so where…?) …Do either of you know what exactly this 'Boss' is supposed to look like?"

Neptune gave a big cheerful grin, "Well' it's gotta be some kinda big monster with eight legs, and a really big sword!"

"…So in other words, we have nothing to go on other than the imagination of an idiot."

The group heard movement above them, and when they looked up a strange monster dropped down from the ceiling, "Move!"

Heero, Neptune and Compa scrambled out of the way, as the monster dropped where they had been. The monster had the lower body of a spider, while it's waist up looked humanoid, like a strong warrior's torso and arms though the head was clearly not. In its left hand was a large two handed with sharp edges on both sides of the blade and the monsters body seemed to be armored, "…I don't believe it… she was actually right about what it would look like?!"

Neptune stared at the boss monster, "Whoa… and I was just guessing what the boss would look like… creepy."

The strange tag displayed the name of the monster now identified as a 'Guard Vermin' and the large monster had set its sights on Neptune. The monster charged with its sword raised at the preteen who had only just readied her wooden sword; it was painfully obvious to Heero that Neptune's poor excuse for a weapon would no doubt break should she attempt to fight the creature, "Damnit…"

Just as the Guard Vermin brought its large sword down in an attempt to cleave Neptune in two, Heero had grabbed Neptune and carried her bridal style, narrowly evading the attack. Neptune looked at Heero's face as he looked back at his target, "Lover…"

"Stop that. We need a plan to deal with this enemy, we can't just simply charge in recklessly."

Heero did not have much to work with; he had two girls with him, an energetic, random preteen with a wooden sword, a toy gun that fired live bullets and a 'magic' disk, and a nurse-in-training that used an oversized syringe that also fired bullets and had a disk. He had only the GN Sword III he received from Histoire, his pistol and the third disk he received earlier. He had no explosives, or anything to make a trap with and he did not have the Wing Zero with him.

Heero grimaced at their current situation, "I'll need to improvise if we are to emerge victorious from this battle."

Having taken body count and equipment layout for the 'party', Heero began to form a plan to defeat the enemy before them. "(…A direct attack supported by indirect fire support may give us a chance to win.)"

Obviously, that meant that Heero would be the one to risk his neck to get in close. The Gundam pilot set Neptune down so she could stand on her own, "Neptune, I want you and Compa to fire at the target while I close in. With any luck, we should be able to overcome this difficult enemy."

"Why do you get to be the one to finish the monster? I want to do it!"

Heero kept his eyes fixed on the Guard Vermin, "…Because I don't want you getting hurt."

Neptune's face noticeably reddened, "You know Heero, if you keep this up, we'll get our M rated scene in no time... and maybe even an adult rated scene!"

Compa made a small pouty face, "I want an M rated scene with Mr. Heero too!"

"(I have no idea just what the hell those two are talking about…) Both of you, get ready."

The blade of the GN Sword swung around into place over the rifle barrel and Heero charged at the Guard Vermin, while Neptune and Compa fired at it from a distance. The monster brought its sword around into a defensive stance, but a few of the bullets fired from the girls had struck the Guard Vermin in places where the sword was not shielding it.

As he closed in, Heero waited for his opportunity to strike, scanning each and every little movement the monster made until it eventually exposed a weak spot in its defense, "(…There!)"

Heero ran straight at the large monster and swung the GN Sword horizontally the Guard Vermin's torso, no doubt the attack had critically wounded the monster, as it let out a shrill cry. However, before Heero could get away the Guard Vermin brought its sword around and struck Heero across the abdomen, knocking him on his back. The soldier was knocked off balance by the attack, but had enough presence of mind to move before he could be hit a second time.

Heero was down on one knee, clutching the fresh wound across his abdomen, "(…This injury has impaired my ability to effectively move my torso. This leaves me with fewer options than I already had…)"

Compa ran over to inspect Heero's injury, "Are you alright, Mr. Heero?"

Blood was seeping out of the wound and Compa would be unable to properly treat Heero while the monster was still alive. Meanwhile, it seemed that Neptune was talking to herself, "What's that? Yeah, Heero got hurt real bad. What?! You're telling me he could die?! But we haven't had our M rated scene yet! Huh? Really? Okay!"

Neptune began to flail her arms in an attempt to get Heero's attention, a big grin on her face, "Hey, hey! Heero! I am totally gonna blow you and Compa away with my ultimate super-secret HDD move!"

Heero and Compa stared at the bubbly preteen for a long moment, "…What exactly is this HDD you're talking about?"

Neptune's grin was so wide it almost looked like it would split her cheeks, "I have no on earthly clue whatsoever! Histy just started talkin' to me and said, 'Neptune, use the Hard Drive Divinity, and kick the baddies' big fat butt'! …If he's even got one."

Compa fell flat on her face, while Heero pinched the bridge of his nose, "(Histoire… I hope you know what it is you're doing.)"

"(I am sorry you are having to deal with this, Heero. Please bear with it for now. And don't strain yourself, Neptune told me of the injury you have sustained.)"

Heero looked over at Compa after noticing her staring at him, "Mr. Heero, what is Nep-Nep talking about?"

There was something about Compa's face that caused Heero to feel the strange sensation that he had been experiencing around Neptune, "…I do not know how to answer your question, however I have not ruled out the possibility that she is a drug abuser."

Neptune stopped in front of Heero, jumped up and spun around with her arms and legs spread out, "(What is she doing? This looks like those strange poses done in… what were they called… manga? It looks like a pose done by those 'magical girls' if I'm not mistaken.)"

From what Heero had read, when a magical girl did her weird pose, something would happen and she would 'transform'. That 'something' certainly did happen, as Neptune was surrounded by glowing, green binary code that rapidly alternated between the numbers 1 and 0. A ring of disks surrounded Neptune and she pulled one out, "Going all out now!"

The room was suddenly bathed in a bright light and when it subsided, Neptune, or rather who Heero thought was Neptune who now stood before him had undergone a dramatic change, and it had certainly taken Heero by surprise. Her hair was much longer now and was a mix of dark lilac and purple, the bangs that framed her now strikingly beautiful face were longer and her hair was pulled into two tailed braids. Her light purple eyes had become crystal blue and her irises now looked like power button symbols, her hairclips had changed into black circular objects with glowing blue X's, the combination of which made Heero think they were the tops off of screws.

Her white and purple hoodie was replaced with a black skin suit with purple and silver segments along it and the suit hugged the curves and swells of her new, mature body very well, Heero could not tell whether she was wearing boots or some kind skin tight leg armor, but it reached up to her thighs and matched her body suit. On her hands, she wore what looked to be gloves or gauntlets with sharp fingertips that looked as though they could be used to rend and also matched her skin suit. In her right hand, she held a large, futuristic katana that shared the same black and purple color scheme as her skin suit with a few glowing blue spots, and numerous pieces of what could be considered armor and a pair of wings were floating along the sides of her body.

The woman turned to look at Heero, who was still down on one knee, "Heero, I'll take care of this."

Heero noticed how much her voice had deepened, not only that, but she spoke with a voice full of confidence… no, rather arrogant and full of pride, the teen narrowed his eye at the woman, not knowing whether it was Neptune or not, "Are you really Neptune?"

"Of course I am. I'm just stronger than I was before."

Heero could tell that she was not lying, he could feel an aura of power emanating from Neptune. Compa began to tug on Heero's jacket to get his attention, "Umm… Mr. Heero, I think the monster is tired waiting on us."

Indeed, the Guard Vermin was quite finished waiting for the group to make a move. Heero grunted as he began to stand up, his injury was worse than he had originally thought, he stumbled from his wound, only to be caught in Neptune's free arm. Once again the strange sensation came to the forefront of Heero's mind upon feeling Neptune's well-endowed chest against his own, "You should rest, Heero, you're obviously in no condition to continue. Leave this to me, you're plan worked quite well and the monster has been considerably weakened. It won't take much to defeat it now."

"True, this injury may very well have reduced my fighting ability, but I will not rest until the mission is complete. I can still provide assistance, however you will have to take my place in delivering the killing blow, Neptune."

Something about the way Neptune looked at him made Heero realize that while she was indeed Neptune, it was like he was talking to another person entirely, as Neptune shot him a cold look, "No, you're injury is too severe. I won't allow you to die on me."

Heero pulled away from Neptune and walked in the direction of the monster, "Normally, I would not give a second thought to simply leaving you to fight this enemy, however I have been given the mission to assist you in any way possible. And if we are really this 'party' that you keep saying that we are, then teamwork will be vital to success."

Neptune's face softened. She was not trying to be mean or controlling in any way, she just did not want Heero to lose his life, especially since he was the first person she had meet, "I won't try and stop you then. I need an opening to finish this quickly, can you manage that?"

Heero was about to reply when he heard Histoire's voice, "(Heero, now is the time for you to see the value of the disks I gave you.)"

One of the disks Heero had received from Histoire had appeared in front of him, surrounded by the same binary code that Neptune had that led up to her transformation, "(It will be quite different than the HDD that Neptune uses. In truth, I am unsure of what form you will assume once used.)"

Heero looked at the disk for a brief moment and decided that if it could help their situation, then it was worth using it. The teen reached out to touch the disk and when he did, Heero was engulfed in a bright light. Heero had shut his eyes to avoid from going blind, as he reopened them, he could see a targeting reticule in his peripheral vision.

As he looked down to look at himself to see what the disk may have done to him, he could see that his body was encased in metal armor. It was quite humanoid in appearance and it covered him from head to toe, the paint scheme was white, blue, red and gold. He had a rifle in his right hand and a red shield on his left arm, a large pair of wings was attached to the back of the armor and had a red, white and gold color scheme. The armor his shoulders was smooth and rounded, his face was covered in armor, his eyes were concealed by green see-through glass and a gold V sat on his forehead.

Compa stared wide eyed at Heero's transformation, even Neptune appeared to be intrigued by it, "M-Mr. Heero transformed too!"

"Compa." The nurse-in-training immediately shot up, unlike Neptune the transformation had not changed Heero's voice, "Y-Yes, Mr. Heero?"

"I need you to match your timing to mine. I am not as accustomed to this as Neptune is, and even with this new power I can still feel my injury lowering fighting capacity. We need to create an opening for Neptune to complete the mission."

Compa readied her syringe and stood next to the armored Heero, "We will only have one shot. Aim carefully."

As Heero pulled the trigger of his rifle, a yellowish gold orb appeared at the tip of the barrel that slowly increased on size, Neptune had readied herself for when Heero and Compa launched their attack.

The monster had waited long enough for the group to do something, and began to charge right at them. Compa was growing more and more nervous as the Guard Vermin drew near, "Are you scared?"

The nurse-in-training looked at Heero as he kept his eyes forward, at least he seemed to anyway, "Y-Yes, but I won't run away."

"…You're a strong girl, Compa."

Compa's face had reddened considerably, Heero had come off as somewhat cold, but his words just now were warm and sincere, "Now!"

Remembering her role in ending the battle, Compa fired a bullet from her syringe, while a large gold yellow beam shot out from Heero's rifle. Because of its blatant charge, the Guard Vermin could not evade the attack, so it brought its sword up in defense. Both attacks hit the sword in the same location, only the thermal energy that had been fired from Heero's rifle struck not only the sword, but it began to melt the scaly armor along the monsters torso.

When the last of the beam dispersed, multiple cracks littered the monsters sword and its torso armor had completely melted away, leaving unprotected bare skin, "You're finished."

Neptune had entered the monsters peripheral vision and launched her attack at the monster. While both swords clashed, the monsters sword shattered into hundreds of smaller pieces against Neptune's strength and the swordstress continued on to strike the Guard Vermin in its new weak point. In the blink of an eye, Neptune cut the monster in half, effectively finishing it off, "Great, we won!"

Compa began to jump for joy, while Heero fell onto one knee, reverting back to his human form, "It would seem that the mission is over…"

Neptune walked over to Heero and knelt down to looked into his eyes, giving a small smile, as well as the first he had seen from her outside of her normal bubbly self, "You certainly don't mind being reckless."

The Gundam pilot stood up to his full length, trying to fight through the pain, "I did it for the sake of the mission."

Neptune reverted back to her preteen self, giving Heero a pouty face as she looked up at him, "C'mon, Heero. You just keep talking about 'the mission', what mission is soooo important that you would do stuff like that?"

Heero closed his eyes for a moment to collect his thoughts, then reopened them, "My mission is to assist you in any way I can. In other words, YOU are my mission, Neptune."

Neptune's cheeks had turned a dark red, her thought process made her come to the conclusion that when Heero said 'YOU are my mission', he meant, 'You are the single most important person in the world to me, and I will gladly give my life to protect you'. Neptune lunged at Heero, knocking to the ground and looking up at him from his chest, "We are TOTALLY Destined Lovers!"

Heero narrowed his eyes at the girl on top of him, "I would appreciate it if you would get off me." Neptune crawled up to Heero's face and began to rub his cheek with her own, "No way. You say that, but you know you like it, especially since you're doing it with your true love."

The preteen stopped upon hearing Histoire's voice once again, "(Neptune, Heero, can you hear me? This is Histoire.)"

Neptune returned to smiling as she looked up at absolutely nothing, "Histy! Thanks for that awesome tutorial. What's up?"

Compa looked at Neptune with half open eyes, "Histy? Nep-Nep, who're you talking to? Um… nobody is here except you, me and Mr. Heero."

Neptune looked slightly surprised, "You can't hear her? Histy, can you talk to Compa, too?"

"(I apologize, but at this time you and Heero are the only ones I can speak with. Please pass my words on to your friend when I am though. Also, I do not think I am comfortable with the name 'Histy.')"

Neptune faced Compa with her usual smile, "Sorry Compa, my lover and I are the only ones who can hear Histy, I'll just tell you what she says later. Anyway, Histy, I found something weird and shiny just now!"

There was a brief pause for a moment and Heero looked at Neptune, "She had just said that she did not want you to call her 'Histy.'"

Heero waited for Histoire before continuing any further conversations, "(You refer to the Key Fragment, I assume. That is an important item needed to release me from this seal.)" Neptune appeared to be thoroughly confused, "Seal? Where you at, anyway?"

"(I am uncertain. Somebody had locked me away in this world. Please, please… release this seal and safe me! In each land, you will find a Key Fragment. First, please collect these items.)"

Heero remembered what Compa had said early about there being three more landmasses along with Planeptune, "So we are to collect four of these Key Fragments."

"Four Key Fragments? If we do this fetch quest, we can save you, right? So where are they?"

"(Unfortunately, I have little information on that. I only know there is one on each landmass. You have collected one already. Each piece is guarded by a strong adversary. Find the fragments by defeating these foes."

Heero noticed a look of uncertainty make its way onto Neptune's face, "So, I get that we hafta save you, but should we really do all this for someone we don't even know?"

For the first time, Neptune said something that actually made sense to Heero, though since it came from her it did leave the Gundam pilot feeling a little creeped out, "(It is only natural to feel that way. Others do not trust me, either."

Heero remembered how Histoire reached out to him with her plea for help, "So you attempted to contact others aside from us?"

"(Yes, however, you two are my last and only hope. Please do this and save me.)"

Neptune returned to her contagious smile, "Hmm, it's tough for me to say no, but finding all these thingies sounds like a real bore-chore."

"(Are you concerned? There is no need. I am certain you can do this.)"

Neptune shook her head, "No, I mean, we're gonna do all this stuff to save one person… Can't it be like, to save the world?"

Heero mentally sighed, "(Just what she needs… an over inflated ego.)"

"(How honest. As I said, I am the world's everything and the world is mine. Saving me is tantamount to saving the world.)"

Compa looked very left out, while Neptune's excitement was skyrocketing, "Huh? Really? Oh, well, okay then! Don't stop there. Pump me up some more!"

"(By defeating the various monsters in order to obtain the pieces, you will save countless lives all across the world.)"

Neptune's excitement seemed ready to explode, "Killing two birds with one stone. I like it! Anything else to boost my drive?"

Heero speared his errant bangs with his fingers, "(I think your 'drive' doesn't need any more boosting.)"

"(I wish I could add a million credits to your saving… but that is a little beyond my control.)"

Fortunately, Neptune's excitement was not raised any higher than it already was, "That's so much! I better get my stomp on!"

Compa made her presence known after Neptune and Heero had spoken with Histoire over a prolonged period of time, "…Mr. Heero… Nep-Nep, why are you so excited? I can't hear anything… I don't hear this person's voice… What are you three talking about? I… I want to be included too… Nep-Nep…"

Heero couldn't help but feel bad for Compa, even more so now that she looked like she was about to cry. He stood up with Neptune and pulled her into a light hug, "Just because there is a lack of communication between you two does not necessarily mean you will not ever be able to speak with her."

Neptune proceeded to pat Compa on the back, "Oops. I'm so sorry, Compa! Let's get something to eat and I'll talk to you about it for hours and hours and hours!"

Once again the preteen returned to smiling, as if it was second nature to her, "But Compa, Histy's voice will never reach a cry-baby. C'mon, buck up, kiddo."

Compa wiped away a tear that tried to make its way down her face, "…Fine, I understand."

It was then that the nurse-in-training noticed how close Heero was and that he was hugging her, causing her cheeks to change a few different shades of red and her heart to beat a million times a second, "U-Umm… M-Mr. Heero…"

The teen let go of Compa, focusing more on what they would do now that they had a fourth of the items they would need to free Histoire, "…Now, if we are finished, we should return to the city. We need to plan for the journey ahead."

Neptune began to beam up at Heero, "Does that mean you're gonna stick by me, Heero?"

"As I said before, my mission is to assist you, Neptune. As such, I will accompany you and lend you my abilities until your mission is complete. Now we should depart, seeing as how our business here is taken care of."

Xxx

On their way back to the entrance of the dungeon, Heero was in silent contemplation while Neptune and Compa ran ahead. Inwardly, he was actually… excited. He had seen many things that did not exist in his own world. Not only that, his own world was at peace and no longer need him, whereas there were people in this world that DID need him and he could use his abilities to help them and save the lives of others.

Heero had been so deep in his thoughts that he did not notice Neptune walk up to him, until he was looking directly into her purple eyes, "…What is it?"

Neptune was giving the Gundam pilot a big smile, "You know, I feel pretty confident about this adventure we're gonna have because you're gonna be with me, right?"

Heero's lips curved into a small, almost unnoticeable smile,"…As long as you need me."

Neptune grabbed onto Heero's right arm with both of her own, "Did you smile, Heero? You totally did! Well, I'm always gonna need you, my Destined Lover."

Heero let his normal stoic expression replace the smile and felt another pair of arms around his left arm, he did not even have to guess who it was that was holding it, "That's not fair, Nep-Nep! You tried to have a private moment with Mr. Heero and score love points with him!"

"I told you before Compa, I saw him first."

While he would have to travel with two girls who called themselves his lovers, maybe he could get use to staying in this new world. This thought entered his mind as they approached the entrance of the dungeon, the sun's bright rays shining through it.

Xxx

Me: "No matter how many times I read this, it always feels like it's the first time I'm reading the story. Maybe it's because I'm the guy who made it..."

Heero, Neptune and Compa: (Enter ACCC) "It would be best for you not to become so engrossed with what you have already accomplished that you forget about the work you need to do to continue the story."

Neptune: "Cause I wanna have an M Rated scene with Heero!"

Compa: "Nep-Nep, I want an M Rated scene with Heero, too!"

Me: "I know you guys want me to focus on the new updates, just thought I'd go back and fix up some mistakes. Anyway, Neptune! Wrap this up for us!"

Neptune: "Read and review this totally awesome fixed up chapter people! Now, I'm gonna try and have an M Rated scene with Heero in the Break Room."

Me: "Please don't do it on the counters! We all use those to make our food..."

Heero: "I have no intention of engaging in this 'M Rated scene' of yours."

Neptune: "Don't be like that Heero. I know you wanna."

Me, Heero, Neptune and Compa: (Leave ACCC)