Me: "Hello my good readers. If you're reading this for the first time, then welcome. If you have read this chapter before, then I'm sure you won't have any trouble in seeing my editing job."
Heero and Neptune: (Enter IC) "Fixin' stuff is great in all, but don't forget about moving the story along. That's the only way Heero and I will get out M Rated scene."
Heero: "While I'm not enthusiastic about this M Rated scene of hers, I do agree with Neptune. You need to make sure to set time aside to work on updating the story."
Me: "I make sure to put time into our as yet released content, so stop worrying about it."
Compa: (Enters IC from Lounge) "Just don't forget the new chapter, Mr. Author. The readers will get upset if you forget about it."
Me: "I'm aware of that. Now, enough chitchat, We gotta read off the disclaimer so the readers can focus on reading the actual chapter. IF is still getting use to the place, so we can't wait on her.
Heero, Neptune and Compa: "HeeroUzuki does not own Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Super Robot Wars, or any work pertaining to any of the franchises."
Me: "We leave you to read or reread our work. Noow, we have to get back to work ourselves."
Me, Heero, Neptune and Compa: (Leave IC)
Ch.3 Return of the Sand Worm…?
It had been twenty-four hours since IF had joined the party and the group had just returned from completing an 'optional quest' as Neptune called it. The party was resting in one of the parks located around the capital city of Planeptune after their quest was finished.
Heero was sitting on a bench typing away on his laptop, looking through the newly updated and its wares, "It seems they have new equipment available… we may be able to outfit Neptune with a new weapon." Heero looked at the aforementioned purple haired girl, who was trying pushing the sides of her chest together, "(…What exactly is she doing?)
After a few attempts to do so, Neptune cheek puffed up, "It's not fair!"
Compa was standing behind the irritated Neptune with an ice cream cone in her hands, "What's not fair, Nep-Nep?"
Neptune turned around and looked at the Compa, then at her chest, and then back at her. "Compa, I have an uber huge favor to ask you!"
A quizzical look made its way onto Compa's face, "What is it?"
"Let me have your boobs!"
There was complete and udder silence between the two girls. Neptune looked at the nurse-in-training with a hopeful look in her eyes, while Compa stared back at her. Heero had been listening to the conversation from the beginning, he closed his laptop, then his eyes and crossed his arms, "(Three… two… one…)"
"W-W-W-WHAT?!" Compa nearly dropped the ice cream cone in her hand as she covered her chest, "N-Nep-Nep! What do you mean let you have my boobs?"
Neptune motioned to her chest as she tried to convey what she was talking about to the nurse in training, "Because, Compa, I think Heero is into girls with a little more… up here."
Compa looked at the purplenette for a moment, not understanding what she meant. "…What do you mean 'up here'?"
Neptune looked slightly more irritated as she explained what she was getting at, "What do you mean 'what do I mean?' I'm talkin' about how Heero must like girls with titanic tatas! Massive melons! Big soft pillows! What did you think I meant?!"
IF came back from a nearby food stand with a chocolate ice cream cone in her hands, "What are you two babbling about now?"
Compa turned to look at the brunette, "Nep-Nep asked me to give her my boobs!"
IF alternated between looking at Compa and Neptune looking at the two of them as if they were stupid, "(…Oh wait, that's right… they ARE stupid.) If you're so self-conscience about your bust, try drinking milk. I hear it helps."
The party leader began to pout as she replied, "But I want 'em now! And of all three girls in our party, Compa's are the biggest."
"Why exactly do you want bigger breasts anyway?"
Neptune began to push her index fingers together bashfully as she replied to the brunette, "Well, I think Heero is into girls with bigger boobs and all, so…"
IF raised a questioning eyebrow, "And you would know this… how?"
The purple haired preteen rubbed the back of her head, "I don't. I'm just taking a shot in the dark here."
The brunette released an agitated sigh, "Did you try asking him?"
Neptune stared at IF for a moment before her lips curved into a wide grin, "That's a great idea, Iffy! I guess you really are smart after all."
IF could feel her eye twitch, "(…I should seriously kill her.)"
The moment IF said, 'Did you try asking him?' Heero reopened his laptop and pretended to look busy because it had not finished booting up yet. Despite this Neptune still walked over, "Hey, Heero. I got a question for-"
"I have no interest in answering your question in regards to what my preferences are in a women's bust size."
Neptune had not even asked her question and Heero had already shot her down. Neptune walked out of Heero's peripheral vision and only once he was sure she was gone did he dare look up from his computer. Neptune did not seem to be around and while that did give Heero relief, it also disturbed him. Heero was about to return his attention to his laptop, when suddenly his vision was almost completely white safe for some purple and he could feel a pair of hands on the back of his head, "Small boobs or big boobs?! Tell me! Tell me! TELL ME!"
Heero brought his hands up to Neptune's waist and pried the preteen off him, glaring at her once his face was free, "I would appreciate it if you would not stuff my face into your chest."
Neptune's cheeks puffed up and she walked towards Compa, "It looks like Heero isn't going to answer, Nep-Nep."
Neptune looked at the strawberry ice cream cone in Compa's hands, then devoured the frozen treat in the blink of an eye, not bothering to even chew it. The nurse-in-training stared at her hands where here ice cream had been and her eyes began to fill with tears just ready to pour out, "N-Nep-Nep… y-you ate my ice cream… that wasn't very nice…"
Neptune quickly got behind Compa and began to push her toward Heero, who had just gotten comfortable in his seat, "Haaaaaaaa!"
Heero looked up to see Neptune running straight at him with Compa out in front as if she was a human shield. The two girls were already so close that Heero had no time to react.
Neptune shoved Compa at the last second, causing her to land on Heero… specifically, Compa's chest landed on Heero's face. The pink haired nurse's face was blood red in an instant, meanwhile Heero was once again experiencing the strange sensation that he had been feeling ever since he meet these girls. Also, Heero thought that for a brief moment he saw an irritated look on IF's face.
Compa quickly backed away from Heero, still embarrassed by what had just transpired, "I-I-I'm s-s-sorry Heero! I d-d-didn't think Nep-Nep would do something like that!"
Heero stood up from his seat and walked away, leaving his things where they were. IF watched the teen for a moment before directing her attention at Neptune, "Did that answer your question?"
Neptune was twitching slightly, "Must… have… big boobs… must… have… now!"
IF was slightly disturbed by Neptune's twitching until the preteen's stomach let out a growl, prompting her to stop twitching and rub her stomach, "But first things first, I'm hungry."
Compa stared at Neptune until she heard a voice behind her, "Compa." The nurse turned around to see Heero with a strawberry ice cream cone in his right hand. The teen held the frozen dairy treat out to Compa, "Try not to let Neptune eat it this time."
Compa's cheeks were tinged a light pink as she gingerly took the ice cream from Heero, "T-Thank you… Heero."
Heero suddenly felt Neptune latch onto his arm, "Heero! Buy me some ice cream, too!"
The Gundam pilot looked down at the preteen clinging to his arm, "But you just ate Compa's."
"Pffft! Heero, don't you know? Food always tastes better when you receive it from your destined lover." Heero had no choice but to comply, otherwise Neptune would most likely continue to bug him until he did get her ice cream, "…Fine."
A grin spread across the amnesiac's face as she pulled on the boy's arm, "Goodie! You can come with me and help me pick out three scoops of ice cream."
As Neptune dragged Heero towards the food stand, IF balled her free hand into a fist and slowly began to crack open her wafer cone for her ice cream, "For some reason, seeing her hold him like that gets on my nerves…"
As the three girls finished their ice cream, Heero closed his laptop, "If you girls are just about done, we should depart for the Basilicom. We will need a permit in order to use the Sky Harbor and in turn, continue with our search for the Key Fragments."
Neptune leapt out of her seat, "Let's go, people! To the Basilicom!" Neptune was about to take a step forward, but suddenly stopped. A nervous drop of sweat ran down her cheek, "Uhh…" The preteen turned around to face the rest of the party, "Which way is the Basilicom?"
IF face-palmed herself, "You're hopeless. I'll lead the way, since it's obvious you would just get lost."
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With IF leading the way, the group eventually arrived at a large multi-colored structure that was surrounded by trees, and a concrete path was built around it. Neptune stared at the building, "Whoa! This's a Basilicom? It's so big and towering and pretty and stuff! But where is everyone?"
IF was looking down at the pink cell phone in her hand, "Hiding from monsters. Planeptune seems more ravaged by them compared to the other lands." The brunette stuffed her cell phone back into her pocket, "Anyway, go talk to the Basilicom's staff. They'll communicate with a different one and we'll be on our way."
Neptune grabbed Heero's hand, "Okay, then we'll be back in a jiffy!" Heero looked at the preteen who seemed to be fond of dragging him around whether she realized it or not, "'We will?'"
"Of course, Heero. The hero and the heroine always stick together, especially if they're lovers like us." IF seemed slightly irked at Neptune's decision to take Heero into the Basilicom with her, then realized just who had volunteered to go, "It actually may be a good idea for you to go with her, Heero. That way you can keep her from doing something stupid. I'll wait out here to keep Compa company. Ask them anything you want while you have the chance."
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Heero and Neptune stepped inside the large building, there were rows of pews, stained glass windows and support beams lined the walls on the left and right, and a red carpet was rolled out and lead to the other end of the room. Neptune looked around before she started shouting, "Excuse me, we wanna go to other landmasses! Is that okay?"
Heero narrowed his eyes at the preteen next to him, "Do you not know how to use an inside voice?"
"But if I did that nobody would hear us." A young man who Heero presumed was one of the Basilicom's staff approached the two, "Ah, hello. Applying for Terraportation? Could you give us your reason and how long you will be traveling for?"
Neptune assumed her thinking position, "How long? I dunno. Reason… um, to defeat monsters! We wanna travel the world and fight bad guys!"
"Admirable for one so young. Okay, so… long-term… salvage areas attacked by monsters. There," Heero had honestly thought that it would take longer to get their permit, not that he was complaining, "(Objective complete. This should make it easier to complete our mission.)"
"Or should I word it in a more vague way? Volunteer work? That'd look good on your resume." Neptune's eyes were half open as she was bored from just standing around, "I don't care, whatever. Hurry it up, our party is waiting for us!"
"Oh, you have some friends with you, hmm? Could you write their names here? …That's it. Thank you very much. Bye." After receiving the permit, Neptune was about to walk back out the door, when Heero grabbed her by the collar of her hoodie, "…Aren't you forgetting something?"
Neptune tilted her head for a moment, then her eyes widened upon realizing what Heero meant, "W-Wait! This is my first time doing this, so I dunno anything about the Basilicom. Can you tell me about it?"
The staff member turned back around, "A Basilicom novice, eh? Let me tell you a bit about our origin and give a small history lesson. Long ago, Basilicoms were created by CPUs, Console Patron Units you call goddesses. We assist them in governing the world. On the other hand, we perform missionary work to spread our beliefs. That's the gist of it. Did that help?"
Neptune scratched her cheek, "Hmm, no. Not particularly. I was expecting weird cult people here, but you guys seem normal enough."
"Well, it's different everywhere. Some Basilicoms may be construed as weird. I really shouldn't say such things, though." Heero could not tell whether Neptune was excited, weirded out or nervous, "So there are weird ones? Nice. The people, too?"
"Uh, sure. Well, why not get back to your friends? You don't want them to wait too long, after all." Neptune gave one of her cherry smiles, "Yeah, okay. Bye!" Just as they were about to leave, the staff member stopped Heero and Neptune, "By any chance, are you two close? You seem like you would make a nice couple."
Heero felt the urge to strangle the man, but restrained himself, "No, we are-" The teen stopped in mid-sentence when he felt a pair of arms wrap around his torso, "Did you hear that, Heero? Our first opinion outside of our party about our love! We are more than a couple, we're destined lovers. So, if you were thinking of trying to hook up with me sorry, but I'm already taken."
"Lovers? You must be close then." Heero narrowed his eyes at Neptune as she pulled him towards the door, "…Why do you insist on telling everyone we come across that we are lovers? We clearly are not."
"And why do you keep denying it? We're totally meant for each other, Heero!" The Basilicom staff member watched as Heero and Neptune past through the door, "Neptune. A nice name for a nice girl. That Heero guy must be pretty lucky to have a girl like her."
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After taking care of obtaining the permit for the Sky Harbor, the party took on the quest to deal with the Sand Worm as it had been causing trouble again, however Heero was unsure about the job. The party arrived inside a section of the Evil Cave, IF turned to the other three in the group, "I know I'm the newest party member, but can we get a move on and go somewhere else already?"
Neptune began to flail her arms in the air, "We can't ignore all the monsters left on Planeptune. We gotta walk this path properly, y'know?" Compa chimed in on Neptune's side, "Yeah, 'slow and steady wins the race!' Collecting Key Fragments is important, but we can't leave troubled people alone!"
Heero crossed his arms, "While I concur with IF on the idea of going to a new landmass, my mission is to assist Neptune. I will go along with whatever she chooses for our course of action." Neptune threw a fist in the air, "You hear that, Iffy? It's three against one!" The brunette's eye twitched for a moment, "Were it not for the fact that Heero has to babysit you, it would two votes both ways."
The group made their way into the cave, which looked similar to the cave from the previous day, even the layout looked the same. After walking towards the intersection, they found that at least something was different… the monsters. On the left path were two pink bunny like creatures with only two legs and long tails that bobbed left and right.
The strange tag displayed the name of the monsters as being 'Killer Rabbit', Heero armed his GN sword, "…The monsters here just get more and more strange." Before Heero could assume a combat stance, Compa and IF were already in front of him, "Let us take care of this, Heero."
"You'll be our… secret weapon."
The teen crossed his arms and the hybrid weapon vanished, "Do as you will."
Compa and IF had determined looks on their faces, not because of the battle, but because they had overheard what the Basilicom staff member had said about Neptune and Heero being a cute couple, "(Nep-Nep has been such a Heero hog lately, I bet Heero and I could be just as cute of a couple!)"
"(There's no way I'm gonna lose to Neptune…)" The two girls were emitting a very powerful aura and the monsters must have been able to sense it, as they had started sweating bullets. The two girls walked towards the two Killer Rabbits, pulling out their weapons as they drew closer. The monsters could not move, as if their feet had been nailed in place.
The moment IF and Compa were in front of the monsters, only one thought went through their minds… and it was the exact same thought, "(The best way to get Heero's attention… is by beating these monsters myself!)"
Thus, the fight began. Neptune stared awe-struck, while Heero's eyes widened in surprise, as what was supposed to be a fight was instead a one-sided massacre, "I don't think I've ever seen a syringe get used like that."
"…Nor have I seen a soft bodied animal leave such a large crater upon impact… and when the point of impact was barely more than two feet off the ground…"
After the… 'battle' was over, Compa and IF returned to their fellow party members, "What did you think, Heero? Have I gotten stronger?"
Compa's eyes were full of hope, Heero looked from the nurse-in-training to the monsters, and back, "Is that a rhetorical question? You may be stronger than Neptune now." Compa looked down at her feet, her cheeks slowly turned pink, "D-Do you really think so?"
Heero merely nodded, "I would say the same for IF, but to be brutally honest, it does not take much to be stronger than Neptune right now."
IF crossed her arms and averted her eyes from Heero, as with Compa, her cheeks were slowly turning pink, "W-Well, I haven't been traveling alone because I'm weak."
Inwardly, the two girls were satisfied. They had obviously gotten Heero's attention and 'scored points' with him in the process. Neptune had an annoyed look on her face, "Hey, what do you mean it doesn't take much to be stronger than me right now? I'm plenty strong!"
"And you use a wooden sword as your weapon."
Neptune found it difficult to argue with that, "…Well, they haven't had any swords on sale, what am I supposed to use?"
Heero was willing to give her that one. Neptune couldn't get a new sword when AMAZOO wasn't even selling any at this time, "To your credit, your transformation is easily our most powerful asset. So while you don't have a new weapon, it does make you the strongest of all four of us when used."
Neptune stuck her tongue out, "Ha! Did you hear that? Heero said I'm the strongest!"
IF wore an irritated look on her face, "He also said 'when' you transform. Without it, you're the weakest here."
"If we are done, we should continue with our search for the target."
The party made their way deeper into the cave. They had not encountered any monsters along the way, the only possible explanation would be that the monsters had saw what had become of their comrades at the hands of Compa and IF, and did not dare show themselves for fear of sharing a similar fate.
Since the layout of the dungeon was similar to the section of the Evil Cave the group had been the day before, it did not take them long to find the other end of the cave. Once they reached the back, the Sand Worm was waiting in front of a room, "There's the boss from yesterday. Let's kick his butt and get oodles of experience points!"
Heero could not put his finger on it, but something felt wrong to him. Nevertheless, the group came out from behind the curved wall and ran straight at the large insect. Since no real plan was needed, each member of the team moved and attacked as they saw fit, it had only been about thirty, maybe forty second into the battle when Heero noticed something was off, "This enemy is hardly putting up a fight… this is far too easy in comparison to our last battle."
The Sand Worm fell in under a minute, having breathed its last. Neptune struck a victory pose, "Am I, like, super strong? That was easy."
IF crossed her arms as she looked at the defeated enemy, "That was easier than last time. Maybe it was just weaker than before."
Neptune noticed the room behind the monster and her curiosity began to take hold, "Let's go check out that room! Maybe we'll find an awesome rare item."
Heero, Compa and IF followed after the purple haired preteen as she ran into the wide room. After a quick look around, the party found nothing, which disappointed Neptune, "There could have been at least something in here, like maybe another boss or something."
Suddenly, the room was filled with the melodramatic laughter of an unknown individual, "Haaaah ha ha ha! I've found you, Neptune. I didn't think you actually fell to the world below!"
Neptune and the others looked around the room for the source of the voice, "Who's there? What's with that melodramatic laugh…?"
The unknown individual appeared in front of the party, it was a woman with a very big witch's hat with a golden leaf and a purple rose with thorns spiraling around it, slanted cat-like blood red eyes, pale gray-white skin and short purple hair that looked like Neptune's; only her hair was very slanted and some of it framed her right cheek.
Her outfit could be considered as very flashy in terms of design, it consisted of a bustier like top with thick strings looping through holes in it and traveled up the center of the bustier, unattached sleeves and rather long, claw-like nails. The outfit was very gothic, mostly black with only hints of purple.
The woman seemed to be quite angry with Neptune's remark, "Don't mock my snickering! Pushing people's buttons… You've not changed a it. Makes it easier for me to desire your demise. Brace yourself!"
Neptune was very confused, while Heero armed his GN Sword, "Target acquired, eliminating."
The party armed themselves, as the strange women was clearly not hear to chat or be nice… she was after Neptune. Heero and IF ran straight at the woman, while Compa continuously fired at the unknown individual. She was able to block most of the bullets with her glaive, then readied herself for Heero and IF.
Their attacks collided with the glaives shaft and were able to force her back, but that did not deter the stranger in the least, "Out of my way! I'm going to finish Neptune."
The woman had somehow been able to get past Heero and IF, moving straight towards Neptune with incredible speed, "Dammit…"
Neptune blocked the attack aimed at her with the wooden sword in her hands, but that was about all she could do in her current situation… even Compa could not do anything, as she was sure it may end up hurting Neptune in the process, "Accept your fate, Neptune!"
Just as Neptune's guard was about to be broken, Heero came running at the woman with the GN Sword in Rifle Mode. The bursts of beam shots forced the woman to pull back, while none of Heero's shots had hit he did not expect them to, he was just aiming to get the woman away from Neptune. Heero knelt down next to Neptune, "Have you sustained any injuries?"
The leader of the party dusted herself off as soon as she was on her feet, "No… but she's pretty strong."
Neptune's assailant came back for a second attempt to get Neptune, Heero wrapped his free arm around the preteen's waist and evaded the attack, which made a crater in the ground. The woman was after Heero and Neptune in no time, and Heero would not be able to outrun her while carrying Neptune.
Heero dropped Neptune on the ground behind him and readied himself for the stranger. While Heero was successful in blocking her attack, he could not move from where he was without subjecting Neptune to the risk of being attacked, meanwhile the woman laughed at Heero's predicament, "Not bad… for a human. Now, either move out of the way or die along with Neptune!"
Neptune looked up to see Heero locked in a stalemate with the woman who wanted to kill her, "…Are you finished?"
The gothic woman was slowly getting angry with the teen in front of her, "What?!"
"My mission is to assist Neptune, for the sake of my mission I am prepared to sacrifice my life." Neptune's eyes widened at Heero's words.
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"Come on, 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."
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Neptune sat motionless, just looking at Heero. He had said once before that she was his mission, and now he had just said he would sacrifice himself to protect her, "Heero…"
"Fine. Then you can die along with her!" Neptune shot up to her feet and stomped her foot, "That's it! No more Mr. Nice Neptune! I'm not about to let you kill my Destined Lover, missy!" The gothic woman stared incredulously at Neptune, "Destined… lover…?"
Neptune held out her hand, where her HDD disk appeared in a stream of 1s and 0s, then pulled the disk in front of her chest, "Traaaaaansform!"
The stranger grimaced as Neptune underwent her transformation, "Damn, I was hoping to get rid of her before THIS happened."
The stronger, more mature and serious Neptune was standing in-between Heero and her assailant, having forced her back, and she did not look happy, "No one threatens Heero in front of me."
The unknown woman pointed her glaive at the twin braided swordstress, "Don't tell me you have feeling for him. If so, then I may just have to kill him first if only to see you-"
Before she could get another word out, Neptune had brought her sword across the gothic woman's' stomach, sending her back a considerable distance and into a wall, "Did you not hear me the first time? No one… threatens Heero… in front of me."
The stranger emerged from the rubble holding her stomach, "She's kicking me all over the place…"
"Heero." Neptune glanced over her shoulder at the teen behind her, "I need your help to finish her."
Heero nodded at Neptune, "Very well."
The Perfect Soldier's own HDD disk appeared in front of him, and after the familiar flash of light subsided, Heero was covered in his multi colored armor. The strange woman looked on in shock, "What the- How can he transform?!"
Heero held out his Buster Rifle and fired, a large beam of intense beam energy shot out from the barrel and was heading towards the woman dressed like a witch, "Do you really think I'll stand here and let you hit me with that?!"
Before the woman could move, Neptune was already behind her, "Do you really think I'll let you dodge it?"
Neptune's sword made contact with the woman's back and sent her straight towards the golden yellow beam, which completely engulfed her. Several explosions erupted around the strange woman as she took the full force of the attack until the blast of thermal energy dissipated. She picked herself up off the ground and was able to stand… barely, "Damn it all. You don't even look like you exercise, so why? Tch, that's right… this is Planeptune… It's your home turf, Neptune. But it won't be like this next time. Don't forget my words!"
Compa and IF watched as the mysterious woman took off, and IF looked peeved, "What the hell? She came out of nowhere, threw a hissy fit, and left. She must be menstruating or something."
Neptune made her way towards Heero, who had reverted back to his normal self, "I fail to see why you needed my help in dealing with her."
Neptune stopped in front of Heero and gave him a small smile, "I'm sure you can figure it out, Heero."
Neptune quickly strode past the Heero, as she did, Heero felt something soft against his cheek and then warm air against his ear, "(I'm flattered that you would sacrifice yourself for me…)"
Heero turned in the direction Neptune was heading, and was suddenly mesmerized by the sway of her hips. Heero forced himself to focus on the task at hand, returning to the city, procuring supplies and finding a location to spend the night… while trying not to think of what he just did.
Neptune kept moving towards the exit. Her cheeks were slightly pink, as she had seen Heero looking at her after she passed by him. The swordstress stifled a giggle, then returned her attention in front of her.
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Chapter 4 is now done. What did you guys think of this one? Those who have played Hyperdimension Neptunia know who was after Neptune in this chapter. Also, more competition between the girls. Please vote in my poll if you have not done so already. Anyways, read and review, thanks!
