Me: "Okay, after the unfortunate mishap of not getting a new update up for two f*#king weeks, I have begun to put forth a greater amount of effort of returning to my usual habit of putting up new updates to the story at a ridiculously fast rate, or so some of reviewers have told me I have done."

Heero: (Walks into 'Intro Corner') "So, we can safely assume that the time required for you to finish a new chapter for the story will be shorter than the previous update?"

Me: "Yep. I'm trying to put aside as much time as possible to work on the story, while simultaneously working on the Valentine's Day Special that I plan to add to the story on Valentine's Day."

Neptune: (Runs into the 'Intro Corner' and glompes Heero from behind) "Is there gonna be any romance in it for me and Heero? I mean, it IS a Valentine's Day Special and we ARE the main pairing."

Me: "Maybe… you'll have to read it like everyone else to find out. I also have to work in some romance for the others-"

Compa and IF: (Rush into 'Intro Corner') "You're not the main pairing, Nep-Nep! (Looks at Author) So you're going to pair us up with Heero? Yay! Isn't that great, Iffy?"

IF: (Averts her eyes) "Well, I suppose so. But I don't see why you're getting so worked up. It's probably going to be something mild."

Me: (Starts to grin) "Oh?"

IF: (Looks at Author (Me) suspiciously) "…What?"

Me: "You have no idea. Anyway, let's get this chapter underway, we can talk about the Valentine's Day Special later. Now, read the disclaimer everybody!"

Heero, Neptune, Compa and IF: "HeeroUzuki does not own Gundam Wing, Hyperdimension Neptunia, or anything related to either one."

Neptune: "By the way… what is Gundam Wing? Or Hyperdimension Neptunia? They sound super cool!"

Me: "…I will reveal that when this story reaches its final chapter. For now, just focus on doing your part."

Me, Heero, Neptune, Compa and IF: (Leave 'Intro Corner')

Ch. 10 Another Neptune Stalker?!

The party stayed at one of the Inns on the snow covered landmass, Lowee. Although they had Terraported only yesterday, the landmasses of Lastation and Lowee had already put considerable distance between one another and the Sky Harbor was closed until another landmass was close enough for the bridge to be used.

Heero and Compa were standing next to a bedridden Neptune, the purple haired preteen's cheeks were tinged a light red and small beads of sweat ran down her cheeks, "Compaaaaa, I'm feeling icky-sticky. Can you take my temperature and stuff?"

The pink haired nurse pulled a thermometer out of her small purse and stuck the small glass object into Neptune's mouth, "Oh, you may have a cold. It's because you never use the covers when you sleep. You should be more careful about that!"

Heero looked over at the trashcan located in the room near the kitchen, sticking out of the trashcan were pieces of tin foil with barbecue sauce stains, "I also attribute Neptune's sickness to the fact that she stayed out so late last night."

The purple haired preteen looked at her 'Destined Lover', "But I had to go out, Heero! There was a food shack that was selling the biggest drum sticks I'd ever seen."

Neptune's purple eyes gave off a bright gleam as she remembered the exact size of the drum sticks she had stayed up to get the previous night, "They were SO tasty, and they were as big as your head and mine put together, Heero. It's a good thing I bought two."

Heero stared at the bedridden preteen, she had stayed up and risked getting sick just for food, "…Was it really worth risking your health?"

Neptune gave the Gundam Pilot a grin and a thumbs up, despite feeling slightly weak, "Totally. And I'd do it again… if I wasn't feeling all icky-sticky."

Compa turned in the direction of the kitchen, "Hold on a minute and I'll make you some good medicine."

As Compa walked into the kitchen, Neptune began to pull on the sleeve of Heero's jacket, "What I need right now is the tender loving care of Destined Lover. Why don't you get in bed with me, Heero? I'll scoot over and we can kiss and make out and do the thing like real lovers! It'll be our M rated scene."

"But you are sick, and are in no condition to be engaging in physical activity of any kind."

Neptune had already started making room on the bed for the teenager, "I'm fine. Nothin' to worry about. So c'mon, lover."

"I cannot-"

Before Heero could finish, Neptune gave the Perfect Soldier her 'puppy dog eyes' look, "C'mon Heero, please?"

Heero could not understand why, but he felt guilty as he looked into the preteen's eyes. The Gundam pilot mentally sighed in defeat, "…Very well, however we will not be engaging in any sexual contact."

Heero began to liedown on the bed next to Neptune, who wrapped her arms around Heero's torso and locked her legs with Heero's right leg, "Pffft. You say that, but I know you'll warm up to the idea, Heero."

"(…Why am I doing this? I should be preparing myself for any tasks we may have to carry out.)"

Heero was left with no choice but to lie there on the bed in Neptune's tight embrace while waiting for Compa to make some medicine for her cold.

When Compa came back she gave the cold medicine to Neptune, though her cheeks were slightly red and puffy, most likely because of Heero and Neptune's position on the bed. After what felt like hours, Neptune began to pout after Compa administered the medicine, "Are ya done yet?"

The nurse-in-training watched Neptune for a moment before looking back down at the medicine she was holding, "Huh? Why…? It's not working…"

IF walked over to the group, smiling for some reason, "Let me handle this. Sometimes, beginners luck works. (Besides, Heero will see how useful I am and that will make it easier for him to see that I'M the obvious choice, especially when I'm compared to these two.)"

Compa began to throw a fit, "No! I want to help Nep-Nep! (Besides, Heero will see just how good of a nurse I am, then it won't be that hard for him to see that I'm the only one for him, since Nep-Nep and Iffy aren't as good at healing as I am.)"

IF was irked, but she kept it to herself as she maintained her smile, "But you're not doing it right… Come on… (Damnit, just hand it over already! You're making it harder for me to get Heero's attention!)"

The door to the party's room suddenly swung open and on the other side of the doorway stood a little girl. The little girl had bright chocolate brown eyes, short hair that framed her face and was almost the same color brown as her eyes, and her most noticeable feature was her giant white rabbit cap.

She wore a light blue dress with princess-puff sleeves and ruffled lining. Around the bottom of her dress was a big brown segment with light brown lining and dark brown marks and around her neckline was what looked like a belt or a collar with a gold buckle. On the front of her dress around her stomach was a BIG pocket that looked as though it could pass for a kangaroo patch considering that it was able to hold a glass bottle and reagents, and above the pocket were two gold buttons. She also wore plain brown boots and white rabbit themed gloves.

The girl stood in the door, the expression on her face suggested that she found it painful to look at Compa and IF, "I can't watch any longer! Let Gust take care of it!"

Compa looked over at the doorway, not expecting anyone to enter the room, "Huh? Wh-Who're…?"

The young girl gave a small smile, "I am Gust."

Gust walked over to the bed that was occupied by a sick Neptune and Heero was had been reduced to a body pillow. The little girl took the two bottles out of Compa's hand, along with the vial containing finely ground powder, "Mix Potion A and Potion B, then add powder."

Heero watched Gust mix the… strange concoction in her hands, his attention was mostly focused on the powder. Heero turned his gaze on Neptune, who wore a slightly tired look on her face as she draped herself on top of Heero, "Neptune, I apologize for what I'm about to do."

"…Huh? Wha'?"

Heero had flipped himself over so he was on top of Neptune and pulled the thick blanket over himself and Neptune, the aforementioned preteen was now lying on her back, looking straight up at Heero as her face started to turn red, "Wh-What?"

Just as Heero had positioned himself over Neptune, a small explosion sounded off in the room. Compa's eyes widened and she let out a small shriek as a bright light filled the bottle in Gust's hands after the explosion subsided, a puff of smoke escaped from the lid of the glass container, "Agh!"

IF had took cover behind the bed Heero and Neptune were currently occupying, "…I'm glad I stood back. What was that minor explosion? Is it done?"

Gust looked at the bottle for a moment, simply staring at it, "…Synthesis failure."

The little girl set the bottle down on a nearby table, then turned to Compa and IF with a timid smile, "Explosion is reaction caused by old ingredients."

A look of confidence made its way onto Gust's face, "Wait here. Gust make good medicine using her own ingredients."

Gust reached into her pocket and pulled out a glass bottle and some synthesis reagents. Gust was silent as she worked, concentrating solely on the synthesis ingredients in her hands. A smile made its way onto the young girl's face when she was finished mixing the ingredients, "…There."

Gust held the bottle out to Compa, the nurse-in-training smiled at the young girl in turn, grateful that she had made some medicine for the sick Neptune, "Thank you."

Compa saw that Gust still had her hand out, "Um… what's this? Do you want me to shake your hand?"

Gust's eyes began to gleam, Compa thought she could see money signs in the little girl's eyes, "For ingredients and labor."

Compa looked at Gust in disbelief, as just moments ago she was nice enough to make some medicine for Neptune, "What? You charge?!"

Gust just gave a sweet smile, "Oh yes. Valuable ingredients. I won't charge labor this time."

A small bead of sweat ran down IF cheeks, "…She must be pretty strict with money."

Compa let out a sigh as she reached into her purse for money to pay Gust, "This was an… unexpected expense."

"Oh, Heero!"

Compa, IF and Gust looked over at the bed to see a blanket covering its two occupants, but could tell that Neptune was the one talking, "If THIS is what you wanted, then you don't have to apologize! But if we're gonna be under here, we gotta strip. Me first!"

There was shuffling underneath the covers, then Compa and IF saw Neptune's hoodie fly out from under the blanket and land unceremoniously on the ground, then Neptune's white tank top, and then her striped panties.

Heero was now looking at a very exposed Neptune, the unknown strange sensation he felt since meeting the girls came rushing to the forefront of his thoughts, "Neptune… put your clothes back on."

There was more shuffling under the bed, as Neptune positioned herself on top of Heero, "What? Why? *Gasp* I get it, you want to strip first! Well, you could've told me. And since we're lovers, I'll help you."

"Neptune, let go of my jeans."

There was more shuffling on the bed as Heero tried to top Neptune from taking off his jeans, "Oh, come on, Heero. We can't have our M Rated scene if you still have your pants on!"

IF's eye started to twitch at the mentioning of 'M Rated scene' and Neptune getting her hands on Heero's jeans. The brunette grabbed ahold of the blanket draped over Heero and Neptune, "Alright just what are yo-"

When IF pulled the blanket off of the bed, her face turned a deep shade of crimson from what she saw. Not because of embarrassment, but from anger. Neptune was straddling Heero and one of her hands was under his tank top, while the other was trying to unbutton his jeans.

Neptune immediately buried her face into Heero's chest, her face turning bright red from embarrassment, "Ahhh! Heero! Iffy's being a big pervert! She must be tryin' to watch us have our M Rated scene!"

IF began to gnash her teeth and veins started to become visible on her hands and on the side of her neck, "(What the hell is this?! Now even Neptune has gotten farther with Heero than I have!) Why would I want to watch you do something so inappropriate with Heero?! Besides, I sincerely doubt that he's a cradle robber!"

Neptune's cheeks were starting to get puffy, "You calling me a kid, Iffy? I betcha you're just jealous that Heero is mine and we were about to do the thing."

The purple haired preteen wrapped her arms around Heero's torso, "Heero is MY Destined Lover, so I'm gonna have an M Rated scene with Heero before you! Not that I'm ever gonna let you have one with him!"

The Gundam pilot could feel Neptune's breasts against his chest through his tank top. While they were small, they were still remarkably soft, which only increased the intensity of the sensation he was feeling.

While Neptune and IF started arguing about having an M Rated scene with Heero again, Gust was sizing up Heero, a bright gleam in her eyes, "…Or, you can let Gust burrow your friend."

Neptune and IF stopped arguing to look at Gust, while Compa dropped her purse and gave the little girl and incredulous look, "G-Give you Heero?!"

"He looks strong and durable, and Gust wishes to test some new experimental potions."

Neptune picked up her clothed and slipped them back on, while a feeling of dread came over IF, "Great… so it's either we pay her for the ingredients, or we give her Heero as a guinea pig for her experiments."

Neptune climbed back into bed, suddenly feeling weak again from being sick, while Compa and IF exchanged glances. The answer was obvious, "…We'll pay her."

Xxx

After paying Gust for the rare reagents she used for Neptune's medicine, the party sat around the room, and Compa was striking up a conversation with the young traveler, "So you're traveling alone while selling items you synthesize?"

The pink haired nurse gave Gust one of her beaming smiles, "You're so young but such a hard worker. I'm one impressed nurse-in-training."

Gust's cheeks turned a light pink color from Compa's flattery, "Heh. You flatter."

The hard working little girl's eyes exhibited a glow like when she charged the party for the medicine for Neptune's cold, "Tell Gust if any items needed. Gust will make for cheap."

Compa's own eyes began to glow at Gust kind gesture in the form of reduced prices for her synthesized items, "Really? Then, please tell us if you need any ingredients."

The nurse-in-training began to exude an air of confidence, "We'll go gather them for you."

Gust seemed to be happy with Compa's proposal, "You will? Gathering is challenge. That is wonderful!"

Heero looked at Compa's face and she looked as though she was about to squeal, "Gust, you're our friend now."

The Perfect Soldier looked over at Gust, and even she looked like she was going to squeal at any moment, "Yes. Friends!"

IF was sitting next to Heero a smile on her face that carried a tinge of uncertainty, "They seem to be getting along."

The brunette scanned the room, as if she was looking for something… or someone, "I haven't seen Nep in a while. Did any of you let her off her leash or something?"

Compa looked over at the bed closest to the window to see a ball like shape underneath the blanket, "She's in a deep sleep after taking the medicine."

IF looked over at the bed occupied by Neptune, slightly surprised that the medicine was strong enough to put down the party's energetic preteen leader, "No wonder it's so peaceful."

Gust began to make her way towards the door, "Gust must go now. Must find more ingredients for items."

As soon as Gust left the room, the party turned their attention to Neptune, who was snoring and talking in her sleep, "…I want the chocolate cake… Yeah, I'll take some cotton candy… mmm, drumsticks… and a big juicy burger… with extra bacon…"

IF and Compa stared at the sleeping preteen, "Even when she's asleep, the only thing Nep thinks about is food."

Neptune rolled onto her side, a weird smile on her face, "Huh? ...You wanna have our… M Rated scene, Heero…? *Giggle* Okay… I'm ready for ya… you bad boy you…"

At this point, Heero started to give the preteen a questioning look, "…Or she is thinking about getting me to engage in this 'M Rated scene' with her."

Compa held a hand close to her mouth as she let out a small yawn, "I'm a little tired. I think I'm going to sleep."

IF looked over at the beds that lined the wall near the window. There were only two beds with mattresses, while there the third was only the bare supports, "We still need replacement mattresses for the ones Nep destroyed last night. We'll just have to share the two beds."

Compa began to walk towards the bed occupied by Neptune in a slightly uncoordinated manner, "I'll sleep with Nep-Nep."

The nurse-in-training almost immediately fell asleep when she crashed onto the bed. IF watched the two sleeping girls, then came to a sudden realization, "(Wait… if Compa and Nep are sharing that bed, then…)"

The brunette swallowed hard, her cheeks slowly turning red. She turned her head to look at Heero, only to find the Gundam pilot walking towards the door, "Where are you going?"

Heero looked over his shoulder at IF, "To gather information… if there is any reliable information to be obtained, it would be best to acquire it now."

Heero was had just placed his hand on the doorknob, when IF's hand suddenly took ahold of it, "W-Wait!"

Heero looked back at IF, "What is it? If you have something you wish to say, say it now."

IF was looking deep into Heero's Prussian blue eyes, when she finally snapped out of her daze, IF realized that she had been staring at Heero and looked down to hide her now red face… only to notice where her hand was, then turned around so her back was to Heero, "Uh… W-Well… I-I was just going to say th-that… you could share the second bed with… M-Me. B-Besides, you need to get some sleep, otherwise you won't be at your best and that could… affect the mission! (That should do it.)"

Heero stopped and let IF's words sink in, "(She does make a valid point. If I do not get any sleep my combat performance will suffer, and that could jeopardize my mission.)"

The Perfect Soldier took his hand off the doorknob and faced IF, "I apologize for the inconvenience."

IF shook her head, "I-It's alright. I-I-I mean we're a party after all, so we should get use to… this kind of thing. (Yes! It worked!)"

Heero made his way over to the second bed with IF, lying down on top of the bed after he took off his jacket. IF took off her blue jacket and set it down on top of one of the chairs in the kitchen before walking over to the bed occupied by Heero.

The Gundam pilot was looking up at the ceiling in contemplation as IF looked at him, "…Something wrong?"

Heero shifted his gaze to IF before closing his eyes, "It is nothing of grave importance, though I am curious as to whether or not you are comfortable sharing a bed with another."

The brunette averted her gaze from Heero, "Well, it's not like I'm completely against it or anything… I just don't want the person I'm… sleeping with to kick or push me out of bed in the middle of the night, that's all."

IF lied down on the edge of the bed, which Heero immediately took notice of, "…You realize that you are sleeping on the edge of the bed, correct? The probably that you will roll over and fall are quite high."

IF kept her back to Heero, "I-I'm just trying to mind your personal space, Heero."

Mind his personal space? If anything, it seemed that IF was being too mindful. Heero slid one arm around IF's waist and pulled the brunette towards himself.

IF had been taken completely by surprise, her legs were locked with Heero's and her face was in the crook of his neck between his head and collar bone. The brunette began to stammer as her face changed to a tomato red color, "H-H-Heero! Wh-Wh-What are you doing?!"

"You said that you did not mind sharing a sleeping space, so long as the other individual you are with does not awaken you from your sleep. You would have woken yourself up if you had slept on the edge of the bed like that."

IF tried to think of what she was supposed to do in her current situation, but her mind pulled up a blank. As she was busy thinking, Neptune suddenly sat up, "Rival senses… tingling!"

The purple haired preteen's eyes darted around the room, "Somebody's tryin' to steal my Destined Lover!"

Neptune's eyes fell on IF, who had a look of contentment on her face as she lay on top of Heero, "IFFY! I won't let you steal my Destined Lover!"

IF was snapped out of her reverie of thought when she heard Neptune shouting at her. When she looked up, Neptune had jumped off her bed and landed on the bed that she and Heero were sleeping on.

Neptune's cheeks were red and puffy as she looked at the brunette, "Where's your jacket, Iffy? *Gasp* I know what it is your doing! You're trying to get Heero in the mood for an Adult Rated scene! Jerk! Traitor! Adult Rated scene stealer! Well, two can play at that game!"

Neptune quickly took off her hoodie, tossed it aside, and threw her arms around Heero, "C'mon, Heero! Let's have our M Rated scene now, so we can go right into our Adult Rated scene after we're done!"

Compa had woken up due to Neptune's shouting, when she saw Neptune and IF in bed with Heero, the nurse-in-training got out of bed and stomped over to the remaining free space on the bed, "Nep-Nep, Iffy, I can't believe you two would try to steal Heero while I was asleep. I should have known better!"

IF was finally able to sort out everything that had transpired between the time that Heero had pulled her in close, to now. IF violently shook her head as her cheeks began to burn, "No one is trying to steal anybody! (Damnit! This was supposed to be my alone time with Heero!)"

Compa took her wool top off, revealing the bra she was wearing underneath, "Three can play at that game!"

The pink haired nurse climbed onto the two mattress bed and pulled Heero's arm into her breasts. The Perfect Soldier immediately felt Compa's soft, plush skin against his arm, and with Neptune constantly rubbing herself against him while arguing with IF about how she would be the one to have an M Rated scene with him, the abnormal sensation was upon the teenaged soldier.

When Heero tried to move his hands, Compa and IF gave a small shriek. It seemed that in her argument with Neptune, IF had tightly wrapped her arms around Heero's left arm and slowly moved it down towards her… legs. Whether or not this was intentional, Heero did not know, but he did know that this would undoubtedly spark a new topic for the girls to argue about.

IF closed her legs after Heero had accidently stroked her… unmentionable area, "Wh-Wh-What were you d-d-doing Heero?! (…Do it again!)"

Compa closed her legs too, only she had trapped Heero's hand in-between them, "I-I didn't know… you want me that badly Heero…"

Neptune looked between IF and Compa before focusing her attention on Heero, "That's not fair! You gotta touch me now, Heero!"

Heero's eye noticeably twitched, "…It is going to be very difficult for me to get any sleep at this point."

Xxx

After their two hours of down time, the party went back to Entremets to ask about the locations of dungeons that were inhabited by strong monsters.

When they asked for a map, it was no surprise that Financier was the one to greet the party and provide them with what they required, "These are all our monster-infested dungeons. Are you sure you'll be fine? They're very formidable."

Neptune put her hands on her hips and gave the Basilicom employee a confident smile, "Yep, no worries. This is how we like it! Nothing's gonna stand a chance against all three of us lovely ladies!"

Immediately after telling Financier that they would be fine, Neptune threw her arms around Heero, "Besides, I've got my super strong, super smart, super hot and nice bodyguard/Destined Lover! There's no monster that can beat us!"

"While I will acknowledge the fact that I am your bodyguard, we are not lovers."

The energetic preteen jumped onto Heero and began to nuzzle his cheek with her own, "He's just embarrassed. We're totally made for each other."

Financier was slightly uncertain, "Overly confident people like you tend to trigger death flags pretty quick. However, you seem like you're okay with it."

Neptune merely waved off the comment, "Oh, pshh! Death flag! I'll snap it in half and toss it in the recycle bin, because I'm environmentally conscious!"

"A recycle bin, eh? How modern of you. Anyhow, good luck monster hunting."

Heero tried to pry the energetic Neptune off of him, though not only had she wrapped her arms and legs around him, she had a very strong grip, "Neptune. Let go of me."

Heero's attempt to dislodge Neptune from his person only prompted her to hold on tighter as she displayed her affections for the Gundam pilot in the form of nuzzling cheeks, "No way. When you say to let go, it only makes me want to hold on tighter!"

"…Neptune. Don't let go."

The preteen's smile grew, "Don't worry about that, Heero. I have no intention of letting go."

Heero noticeably winced. So it didn't matter if he asked or not, Neptune was not going to let go either way? As Neptune continued to nuzzle Heero, a woman approached the party, "…Pardon me, you there. I heard you talking about monster hunting. Have you heard of Overlord Momus?"

The party turned in the direction of the individual who had just asked them the question, the person in question turned out to be Lady White Heart's Evangelist.

Compa inclined her head at the question, "An Overlord…? Hmm, maybe we've heard of that a few times."

Heero glanced at the pink haired nurse while trying to pry Neptune off, though having no success, "Remember the Heretic from Lastation?"

IF folded her arms over her chest, "You mean that old man in the cave who acted like he was doing drugs? If you ask me, I think he's got a few screws loose."

The Evangelist continued, "As I thought. These monsters are Overlord Momus' loyal vassals. You will face judgment if you defeat them."

Compa blinked at the Evangelist a few times, "So… you're telling us not to fight them? I don't know if we can manage that!"

"That's unfortunate. You must think you're saving this world by fighting them… This world is already hopeless. As a servant to a goddess, I should never utter such things. However, even the goddesses are not absolute. Your efforts will go to waste. You're all still young. Don't risk your lives doing this."

Compa shook her head as the Evangelist told the party not to fight the monsters, "Wh-Why are you saying all this to us?! We're trying to do more than sit and wait! We could probably beat that Overlord, too!"

"…Impossible. The Overlord is so strong, even the original goddess was barely able to seal him away. The current goddesses had no choice but to escape to this world and get away from danger. All of the goddesses, except one, came down to their lands at once. That should be enough proof. They stood no chance against the Overlord, ran away, and let Celestia get ravaged."

The Evangelist paused for a brief moment before continuing her long winded speech about Overlord Momus, "Besides, I saw it myself. The messenger's punishment by the Overlord's hand. You, too, will eventually…"

Neptune assumed her thinking position while still maintaining a strong grip on Heero, "I betcha that messenger was like mid-boss level. We can't save the world if we're scared of a weakling like that!"

IF had been checking her cell phone since she did not want to listen to the Evangelist rave about 'Momus' and the 'Messenger', "Yeah, but thanks for story time. How could an Overlord like that really exist? You have to stop playing RPGs so much."

Heero had been glaring at the Evangelist from the moment she walked away from the party after delivering her piece. Because she was almost right in Heero's face, Neptune was able to see the Perfect Soldier glaring at the front door of the Basilicom, "What's wrong, lover? Did she make you mad when she said not to fight the monsters? I know she made me one unhappy Neptune."

"…I do not trust her words. Or rather, I don't trust her."

IF cocked an eyebrow at the lone male party member, "Don't trust her? Sure, she comes off as being shady, but is that reason enough to not trust her?"

"…You mean to tell me you do not see what is wrong with what she said, IF?"

The brunette inclined her head, "Aside from her spouting off about that whole 'Overlord' thing?"

Heero kept his eyes fixed on the door the Evangelist had passed through, "She is an Evangelist. She is supposed to spread the believes of Lady White Heart, yet her she is talking about this Overlord that is more powerful than her goddess. Another thing to note, she talked about the goddesses coming down to this world, except for one. How would she know this? Also, she claimed to have seen the 'Overlord's' power. If that is true, how is it that she is still alive? If this Overlord Momus created these monsters, one can assume that he would eliminate any human he came across."

Neptune positioned herself in front of Heero, her face only a few millimeters away from his, "So, what you're saying is that she knows more than she's supposed to for her job?"

Heero was actually surprised that Neptune had figured out what he was trying to tell the girls, even before IF, "I am surprised that you have found out already. Yes, she knows too much to be a mere Evangelist. And the fact that she said that this world is already beyond hope makes me suspicious as to what it is she's really doing here, as it is clearly not to spread the believes of Lady White Heart."

Compa looked at Heero in slight disbelief, "Not spreading her goddess' believes? Shouldn't we report this to the Basilicom?"

The Perfect Soldier shook his head, "That would not be the best course of action. While we know she is not fulfilling her job as an Evangelist, we do not know what her real goal is. For now, we'll leave her to her own devices, though we will need to monitor her if we are to find out what her true intentions are here in Lowee."

Neptune let go of Heero and swallowed hard, "Heero is getting all serious. It's giving me goosebumps!"

Neptune bent over and pointed at her left butt cheek, "See? I'm even getting them right there! And I didn't think that was possible!"

IF slapped Neptune upside the back of her head, "Quit flashing Heero!"

"Ow! What was that for? Heero is my Destined Lover, he can look if he wants!"

Heero pinched the bridge of his nose, "(…I need some headache powder.) If you are finished, we should begin our search for the Key Fragment. Since we have a map to the locations of above average monsters, we start from the closest dungeon and work our way around the landmass, checking off each location once we have thoroughly searched it so we will not have to make any return trip."

Neptune held the map Financier gave the party out to Heero, "You get to hold onto the map, Heero, cause I don't want Iffy to lose it."

IF narrowed her eyes at the preteen,"I was going to say give the map to Heero because I didn't want YOU to lose it."

Compa moved to keep the peace between the two girls, "Nep-Nep, Iffy, please don't fight. Remember where we are. Besides, Heero has the map now, so we won't have to worry about losing it. (I was going to tell Heero to hold onto it myself, because I didn't want Nep-Nep OR Iffy to lose it.)"

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The party was heading towards a dungeon mentioned by Financier, White Heart's loyal chamberlain. The dungeon in question looked to be a tower, on the inside multiple stone support beams lined the long corridors of the structure.

Heero scanned the entrance for either monsters or the Key Fragment, though there was nothing to be found, "…I believe our target is further in the dungeon."

Neptune was playfully swinging the Mech Sword Armas around, "Then let's go beat up the boss and any monsters in our way. We might even find the Key Fragment!"

IF was looking at her cell phone as Neptune went on about finding the Key Fragment, "That's wishful thinking. There's no guarantee that it's going to be in this dungeon."

The party advanced into the structure to both defeat the boss and to possibly find the Key Fragment. The party did not advance far into the, as they were stopped by a monster as they neared a three-way path.

The monster in question looked like a Jyaki, though there were noticeable differences aside from its name, which was 'Yeti'. The 'fur coat' on its body was yellow, its long hair was a moss green color, and its legs were a slightly darker color.

The Yeti raised the club in its hand and brought it down with great force, though it was relatively slow so the party had no trouble dodging the attack. A small crater was left in the ground where the Yeti's club had fell, and Neptune stuck her tongue out at the monster, "You suck. There's no way you're ever gonna hit us."

The monster attempted to strike Neptune, though the attack did not have very much power behind it, so Heero was able to stop it with his GN Sword, "You can taunt it later, focus on defeating it."

Neptune held out the saber in her hands, "You got it, lover!"

The preteen quickly cut off the 'Yeti's' arm that Heero had stopped, while IF and Compa had circled around to the monster blind side, "…She really needs to focus more on the battle."

Compa stabbed the monster with her syringe, while IF swiftly brought her Katars down into the 'Yeti's' back, leaving an X shaped mark. Heero slashed the large monster across its stomach as it was still reeling from the attack launched by the three girls.

The 'Yeti' fell to the ground, having breathed its last. Neptune held the Armas in the air, "Our party rules! And I've got the greatest bodyguard/Destined Lover to protect me."

"…We are not lovers."

Neptune tucked the beam saber back into her pocket, "You say that, but then why've you been so nice to me, Heero? You love me, and you know we're Destined Lovers!"

IF shook her head as Neptune went on about how Heero was her lover, "Save it for later. (I'm about to strangle you!)"

The party walked down the left path, which although long, would more than likely not lead straight to a dead-end. Neptune was humming to herself as the group followed the winding corridor, garnering the attention of IF, "…What are you so happy about?"

"This dungeon is gonna be a cakewalk cause we've got Heero. And I just know the Key Fragment is in this dungeon!"

Compa looked at Heero, who was walking next to her, "Heero is very reliable, but we can't make him do all the work."

IF looked back at the Perfect Soldier, "This is probably the only time I'm going to say this, but Compa's right. We wouldn't be much of a party if we left everything up to one member. And how can you be so sure that the Key Fragment is in here?"

Neptune's excitement was written all over her face, "My gut's telling me it's here!"

After a long walk through the dungeon's very long corridor, the party arrived at another three-way path. Neptune looked to her left, and then forward, "You guys wanna flip a coin?"

"Here's a better idea, why don't you and Compa check out the path ahead?"

Neptune pointed her finger in the direction IF told her and Compa to go, "All right let's- … wait a minute, why don't YOU go, Iffy?"

"Because you're the one who wants to know which way to go, and it's the best way to check for a dead-end."

Heero saw two monsters approach from the path in front of the party, and three more from the path on the left, "…We have company."

The trio of girls saw the five monsters heading for them; three of them were Rocs, while the other two were Vampire Bats. Neptune pulled out the Mech Sword once again, "Look pretty weak."

Having fought them before, Heero knew the attack pattern of the stubborn Rocs, and knew how to defeat them without incurring the same amount of damage like his first run in with the monster in Lastation, "Eliminating the target."

Neptune, Compa and IF went for the monsters along the left path, while Heero focused on the two Rocs straight ahead. One tried to rush the Gundam pilot, while the other readied its talons, Heero ducked under the first one, while the blade of the GN Sword III snapped back against the forearm to reveal the rifle barrel behind it, and fired three shots at the second large bird.

All three blasts of thermal energy struck the monster, knocking it off balance long enough for Heero to lob its head off with a single clan cut. After the first Roc was defeated, Heero immediately turned his attention on the second one, taking the time to briefly glance at the progress the girls were making.

Both Vampire Bats were lying flat on the ground with multiple cuts across their bodies, and the trio was focusing their attention on the Roc, "(Looks like I have nothing to worry about.)"

Heero returned his attention to the monster before him, which had charged at him once more, "I've been meaning to test this to make sure this sword is up to par with the original."

A pink glow coated the blade of the GN Sword, before turning into a long blade of beam energy. Because the Roc was approaching so fast, it had no time to stop or pull up, causing it to impale itself against the long saber blade.

The Roc had a spasm before it dropped dead onto the ground, "…Good. It is capable of th same functions as the original."

"Put me down!"

Heero looked up to see the Roc that Neptune, Compa and IF were supposed to be fighting, and it had the purple haired preteen in its talons. Neptune squirmed as she tried to break fre from the monsters grip, "My Destined Lover is gonna let you have it if you don't put me down!"

Heero mentally sighed as he watched the monster carry Neptune overhead, "…I should have known better."

The Perfect Soldier fired a shot from the GN Sword at the Roc, putting away his weapon after hearing a loud *Squawk*, and held his arms out. As if on cue, Neptune fell right into Heero's arms and wrapped her own around his neck, "Lover…"

"…Stop that."

Heero set Neptune down on her feet, while Compa checked Neptune's shoulders, "Are you alright, Nep-Nep? That monster grabbed you so suddenly, you may have an injury!"

Neptune wasn't as worried as the nurse-in-training, "I'm built pretty tough, besides Heero saved me before that monster could do anything."

Heero began to walk down the left path while IF watched, "Aren't we going to check the other way to make sure it isn't a dead-end?"

"There were more monsters coming from this direction, which means there is more room this way, and as such holds the greater probability of leading us to the target."

IF followed after Heero, and shortly after, Neptune and Compa caught up with them. The trek down the path eventually lead them to their target; a 'Hot Dog'.

Suffice it to say, the monster looked nothing like a dog, but an oversized wolf, only it had an reddish-orange fur coat instead of a dull, ash-grey coat. Neptune readied the Armas yet again, "Let's beat up that boss! It's gotta be guarding the Key Fragment."

Heero wanted to formulate a plan to defeat the target, but knew that Neptune was just going to charge straight in. Once the party had readied their weapons, they rushed the 'Hot Dog' in an attempt to catch it off guard.

Upon seeing the party, the monster ran straight for the member out in front… which of course was Neptune. Heero was able to close the distance between himself and the monster fast enough to keep Neptune from getting bitten by the people eating monster. Neptune tried to attack the 'Hot Dog' while its teeth were caught against Heero's GN Sword, but the monster seemed to be fairly intelligent, and dodged the preteen's attack.

Compa fired at the monster with her Syringe, but the 'Hot Dog' dodged the bullets the nurse-in-training fired at it while running right at her. Before its attack could connect, IF blocked the monsters claws with her Katars, "Monsters like this like to go for the healer, so the party has to fight on what strength they have left."

The brunette forced the 'Hot Dog' back, all four party members focused their attention on the target, "A monster with some level of intelligence and can fight back. This is getting interesting."

"I do not wish to waste any more time on dealing with the target. I have a plan I would like to recommend."

The party huddled together to listen to Heero's strategy on how they were going to defeat the 'Hot Dog'. When he was finished, Neptune pumped her arms, "Yeah… he won't know what hit 'em!"

IF was quite impressed with Heero's strategy, "It's pretty simple, but it sound effective."

Having decided to implement Heero's plan, the party lined up in single file formation with Heero in front, "On my mark… three… two…"

Heero bent his knees slightly so that when he made his move his initial speed would be higher than if he were to break into a run while standing straight up, "…Now!"

Heero ran straight for the 'Hot Dog', quickly closing the distance to the monster. The 'Hot Dog' readied itself for the imminent attack that Heero seemed ready to launch. Heero was right in front of the monster when he suddenly jumped out of the way. The monster had been so focused on Heero and what he would do, that it did not even bother to think about where Neptune, Compa and IF were.

Neptune cut the monster across the face with her beam saber, Compa stabbed it in the chest cavity with her syringe, and IF severed it's left front paw off with her Katars. Neptune ran right back at the monster, Heero had the beam projected over the blade of the GN Sword and impaled the wolf-like monster with it, before Neptune cut it in half with one final attack.

With the boss now defeated, the party was free to check the room the monster had been guarding, "C'mon! The Key Fragments gotta be in here!"

Neptune ran into the large room, followed by Compa, then IF, and finally Heero. The room was quite spacious with multiple support beams lining the walls. Compa looked around the room the 'Hot Dog had stood guard over, but found nothing, "That was the dungeon Ms. Chamberlain told us about, but of course we didn't find anything. Let's go ask again."

"…Hold it."

Th party turned around to see a girl standing in front of the entrance to the room, she had short, messy powder blue hair with a cowlick on top and very long bangs that almost reached down to her stomach. She had reddish-pink eyes and irises that looked like power button symbols, and she wore a white bodysuit that resembled a bathing suit with cut-off sleeves, with small marking on them in black and light blue colors.

Neptune stared at the mystery girl who had entered the room, "Whoa, sweet! Lowee has some totally tubular people! She kinda… doesn't… match this land's theme, though."

The blue haired girl focused her attention on Neptune, "…The outsiders can stay out of this. Neptune's all I need."

IF folded her arms over her chest, a questioning look on her face, "You're after Nep, too?! Geez, how does she attract stalkers? You can't make us go away that easily!"

Compa began to exude a rare air of confidence, "That's right. The four of us are as one. We're a party!"

Neptune pumped her arms, "Yep! Four as one. What now, eh? You still wanna fight?"

The mystery girl narrowed her eyes slightly, "…You're involving them? You've got no sense of… No, what you don't have are your memories. Neptune…!"

The blue haired girl brandished a large axe that looked too heavy for someone her size, yet she held it with relative easy. Neptune readied the Mech Sword Armas once more, "She wants to go? Then let's get her!"

"…Mission acknowledged. Eliminating."

Heero ran at the axe wielding girl with IF close behind. Heero swung his GN Sword at the blur haired girl, who in turn swung her axe at the Gundam pilot. Both weapons clashed for a brief moment before the mystery girl moved to dodge IF's attack, then went straight for tried to stop the axe wielder with her syringe, but the blue haired girl knocked Compa's weapon out of her hand and elbowed her in the stomach before continuing towards Neptune.

The moment she was close enough, the young girl wasted no time in swinging her axe at Neptune, both the axe and beam saber clashed, sparks flying in multiple directions. Unfortunately, the mystery girl put more force behind her weapon than Neptune put behind hers, forcing her back.

Neptune was trying her best to keep the young girl back, but her situation only seemed to get worst with each second. Neptune looked over the axe wielding girl at her party, "Heero! I need some help here!"

Pink streaks of beam weapon fire flew past the mystery girl, prompting her to look back to see Heero shooting at her, "…Damnit!"

The axe wielder moved away from Neptune to avoid being struck in the back by the bubbly preteen's bodyguard. After putting some distance between herself and Heero, the mystery girl quickly moved in on the Gundam pilot, her axe clashed with the GN Sword III causing sparks to fly wildly in every direction.

After a few seconds of being locked in a stalemate, both combatants forced each other back. The mystery girl kept her gaze fixed on Heero, "(…I knew this one would be the most difficult. The other two are pushovers, but I'll have to work to beat this one.)"

"Transform!"

The young girl grit her teeth as she saw Neptune transform a short distance behind Heero, "…I should have gone after Neptune before she transformed."

The now transformed Neptune shot past Heero and launched a flurry of attacks at the axe wielder, who was just barely able to keep up with the twin braided swordstress, "I'll give you credit for lasting this long, but you have no chance of victory now."

Neptune bought her sword down with enough force to make a crater in the ground, knocking the axe wielding girl off balance. Neptune's sword made contact with the blue haired girl's torso, launching her half-way across the room and straight towards Compa and IF, "Don't screw this up, Compa!"

"R-Right! Here goes!"

Compa and IF spun around one hundred-eighty degrees, IF's left leg shot out while Compa's right flew the air, both girls delivered a painful kick to the blue haired girl's stomach. The double attack was powerful enough to sent the mystery girl flying back across the room and straight towards Heero, "It's all you Heero!"

"Roger."

The blade of the GN Sword on Heero's right arm was enveloped by the longer beam saber blade he had just started using. The blue haired girl saw Heero preparing to finish her with the GN Sword in its beam saber mode, "…Like hell am I going down!"

The mystery girl tried to stop herself in mid-flight by thrusting the long shaft of her axe into the ground. The idea was successful… for two seconds, the shaft would have stopped her, but it had struck unstable ground and instead launched her towards Heero with even greater speed than she was already moving at.

The increase in speed left Heero with no time to react as all he saw in his peripheral vision was white. The blue haired girl slowly lifted herself up off the ground, "…Shit, that hurt!"

When she tried to move her legs, the blue haired girl found that she could not move them. When she looked down, her cheeks began to burn. The reason why the girl was unable to move was because her legs were trapped behind Heero's back, the perfect soldier's face was in-between the blue haired girl's legs and was having slight difficulty in getting up since she was sitting on him.

The girl in white was very embarrassed and very angry, she began to lift her right arm to hit Heero, who could do nothing but stare at the girl from in-between her legs, "…Bastard! Son of a bitch! Dumb as shit pervert!"

The blue haired girl's fist flew through the air, but was caught in mid-flight. The mystery girl saw a purple and black armored hand around her wrist and looked back to see Neptune standing behind her.

Neptune yanked the young girl up, giving the blue haired girl an ice cold glare as she looked at her, "…So you're here to try and steal Heero from me? This is the second time some random stalker has come after me, and tried to steal Heero."

The blue haired girl squirmed and struggled to free her arm, but Neptune strengthened her grip, gritting her teeth at the young girl as she stuck her sword into the ground, "…I'll teach you to seduce my man!"

Neptune's fist connected with the axe wielder's stomach four to five times before grabbing her sword and striking the young girl in the torso, sending her into a wall.

Before the blue haired girl had a chance to recover, Neptune had already grabbed her once again, pulled her out of the crater in the wall, and delivered yet another bone crushing blow to her torso with her sword, this time sending her into the middle of the room.

The axe wielding girl picked up her slightly bruised body, "…What the hell?! How did she suddenly get so strong?!"

When the blue haired girl looked back where Neptune had been, the twin braided swordstress was gone, "…Where the hell did she go?!"

The mystery girl slowly looked up to see Neptune falling towards her, her futuristic katana held out in front of her, "No one steals my Destined Lover!"

The blue haired girl just stared at Neptune, even when her sword was right in front of her face, "…Destined… Lover…?"

Upon impact, dust was kicked up all over the room as bits of the floor were destroyed and tossed around. A large dust cloud filled the entire room, slowly clearing up as the battle had died down. Neptune emerged from the cloud of smoke, still prepared to fight it the stalker chose to continue.

When the majority of the cloud had dispersed, the aftermath of Neptune's attack could be seen; the entire floor of the room was cracked and broken, it may as well have been one big crater.

The blue haired girl picked herself up once again, covered in bruises and dirt, "…I screwed up? No. I haven't gotten my full powers back."

The young girl picked up her axe and turned in the direction of the entrance to the room, "…Bye."

Neptune looked over at the single entrance to the room that the mysterious axe wielding girl had passed through, "Why was she after me? I don't understand. I don't recall meeting her before."

Compa focused her attention on Neptune, "Well, you are an amnesiac. That Ms. Newtype might be an old acquaintance."

Heero raised a questioning eyebrow at Compa for a brief moment, "(Newtype? I have seen Newtypes in battle before, and that girl does not exhibit the same heightened sixth sense or combat abilities of a Newtype.)"

IF slipped her Katars back into the sleeves of her jacket, "Yeah, I wouldn't be shocked if you've pissed off a few people in the past before losing your memory."

The brunette folded her arms over her chest, "You were probably running away from that Newtype, got caught and then buried in the ground. Yeah, makes sense to me."

Compa inclined her head at IF, "What sort of people would do that? She was stuck in the ground like a spear. So, shouldn't they be satisfied now?"

The pink haired nurse's cheeks began to swell up, "It's very rude of her to keep holding a grudge. She's like… like… a Nep-Nep addict!"

Compa and IF looked over at the subject of their conversation, Neptune had rushed over to Heero, who had just picked himself up off the ground, "Are you alright, Heero? She wasn't successful in her attempt to seduce you, was she?"

"…Yes, I am fine. And no, she did not seduce me."

Compa's cheeks were swelling up even more and she began to flail her arms, "She's a Nep-Nep addict and a… Heero stealer! This makes two people who have tried to steal Heero from us! I am one very unhappy nurse-in-training!"

IF looked over at Heero, who was being examined by Neptune, "These Neptune stalker keep trying to seduce Heero… it makes me wonder how many stalkers Neptune has."

The overall result of the party's search of the dungeon was not what they had expected, they did not find the Key Fragment, they ran into a mysterious girl who seemed to know Neptune, and because of certain… events that transpired during the course of the battle, the blue haired girl was seen labeled as an obstacle by the trio of girls. One of two that was supposedly trying to steal Heero.

With nothing more to be gained from staying in the dungeon, the party began to make their way back to the entrance of the dungeon. Along the way, Neptune wrapped her arms around Heero's left arm, prompting the Gundam pilot to look at the beautiful swordstress, "May I ask just what you are doing?"

"I want to make it perfectly clear that you are my lover and I will not tolerate random stalker attempting to seduce you, Heero."

Compa suddenly took ahold Heero's right arm, "Nep-Nep! Heero is my lover, too!"

IF acted on impulse and threw her arms around Heero's torso, "Who said Heero belonged to you two? (If anything, Heero is mine.)"

Heero mentally sighed as the three girls continued to hold onto him as they made their way out of the dungeon, "…This is just perfect."

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Me: (Gives a small bow) "First, a small apology to all of you who enjoy reading my story. I had already loaded the updated to , I just forgot to add the new chapters to the story, which is why it says the story was updated on the 15th."

Neptune: (Walks into After Chapter Chat Corner) "So it isn't really your fault, you forgot to put them into the story."

Compa and IF: (Walk into the After Chapter Chat Corner) "At least you submitted the new updates, Mr. Author. I'm sure you felt better after they were in."

IF: "I take it that you're also working on the next story related chapter?"

Me: "うん!私はすぐに私がバレンタインデースペシャルで行われていたとしてそれに取り組むようになった." Translation: "(Yep! I got to work on it as soon as I was done with the Valentine's Day Special.)"

Heero: (Walks into After Chapter Chat Corner) "It may have required some time, however, you were able to add two chapters to the total number that the story has. You are to be commended for your efforts."

Me: (Rubs the back of his head) "Aww, don't say that. You're making blush."

Neptune: (Looks around room) "Hey, where's Gust and that chick that keeps trying to steal Heero?"

Me: "They had some work they had to do and couldn't make it." (Points at Compa) "Compa! If you would wrap this up for us."

Compa: (Gives small bow to readers) "Please read and review this chapter, thank you!"

Me: (Points to exit of ACCC) "Let us go comrade!"

Me, Heero, Neptune, Compa and IF: (Leave After Chapter Chat Corner)