Me: "Hello again, faithful readers. It's Halloween and you all know what that means…"
Heero and Neptune: (Enter IC) "Dressing up, getting candy for free and having tons of fun?"
Me: "Umm… well, that's part of it… I meant that it means we're having another special. A Halloween special, to be precise."
Compa, IF and Lyrica: (Enter IC from Lounge) "So another bonus chapter for the readers… this wouldn't happen to be because some of those jerks asked for one, would it?"
Me: "Eh, I had already started on this one a while back and figured we might as well use it. I just made sure to go over and edit it for when I posted it."
Lyrica: "Well, I have a concert scheduled during this chapter… Am I going to have a small part?"
Me: "Nonsense! I know how we can work it in. You'll just have to read the chapter like everyone else."
Nisa and Gust: (Enter IC from the roof) "The Keeper of Justice in Gamindustri has arrived!"
Gust: (Spins around a few times before falling on her back) "Gust… will use front door… next time."
Black Heart: (Enters IC from Break Room) "I see that you've not only decided move this bonus to Lastation, but you have also included me as well. I'm sure the readers will happy to see their favorite character make an appearance."
White Heart: (Enters IC from Left Entrance) "…Get over yourself, dumbass. Everyone knows that I'm the favorite of the readers. You can play second fiddle all you want though."
Green Heart: (Enters IF from Right Entrance) "You truly believe yourself to be the favorite? That vulgar mouth and short temper of yours do nothing to elevate your status in this story. Now, if you want to know who the favorite of the readers is, look no further. I have no doubt that our loyal fans worship me on a daily basis."
Me: "And… cut! Before we go completely off topic, let's wrap up this segment of the Intro Corner. I'm sure our readers came here to read the actual chapter, not listen to you debate about who the favorite character of the story is." (Points to cast) "Go!"
Heero, Neptune, Compa, IF, Lyrica, Gust, Nisa, Black Heart, White Heart, and Green Heart: "Heero Uzuki does not own Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Super Robot Wars, or any work pertaining to any of these franchises. However, he does own the idea of crossing over Gundam Wing and Hyperdimension Neptunia."
Me: "I feel like crying every time I hear that… Let's just get this Halloween Special underway."
Me, Heero, Neptune, Compa, IF, Lyrica, Gust, Nisa, Black Heart, White Heart, and Green Heart: (Leave IC)
Bonus Chapter: Halloween Special! Operation: Brutal Halloween Bash! Battle for the title of 'Queen of Halloween'! (Cuz' you get a ton of candy and get to make the King of Halloween do anything you want!)
It was Halloween night in the world of Gamindustri and the party had taken a break from searching for the Key Fragments to go to Lastation for a Halloween festival. Neptune really just wanted an excuse to not have to do any work and get free candy, but used the excuse of 'the party needs to take a load off.'
The group was staying at their safe house in Lastation and like every other day, Heero was busy doing work. Heero was indeed working, but the work he was doing did not pertain to the party's quest for the Key Fragments, rather it had to do with the festival that was going to take place shortly, "…Considering that this is supposed to be a holiday, it seems to be a rather brutal festival. At least when compared to Lastation's previous Halloween festivals."
Heero stopped his work as peals of bubbly merriment began to come down the stairway. The Gundam pilot directed his attention over to the stairs to see Neptune, Compa, IF and Lyrica coming down, all of whom were wearing costumes instead of their normal attire. Neptune was wearing a purple Chinese dress with a slit on the right side that exposed the skin of her leg when opened, purple cuffs with gold trim and a pair of purple high heels.
Compa was wearing a pink Nurse's outfit with pink boots, white stockings, and a white headband sat on the top of her head with a pink cross in the center. A stethoscope was dangling from around her neck and she carried her large syringe in her left arm.
Next to her, IF was wearing a female police officer's uniform with a long sleeve button down top, a blue short skirt, blue high heels with tan colored stocking and a blue police officer's cap. Around her waist was a belt with a holstered pistol, a night stick, and a pair of hand cuffs, all of which was presumably fake.
The last person coming down the stairs was Lyrica, wearing a heavy looking black coat with spiked studs around the wrists and leather clasps just below the shoulders. Underneath the heavy jacket, Lyrica was wearing a navy blue bikini top, black shorts and a pair of black boots with blues shoelaces. A blue star was painted onto her left cheek, and the headphones she normally wore were replaced with a set of black and orange headphones with pumpkins painted on the sides.
Heero noticed that Lyrica was trying to reach for something behind her back and was having a difficult time of doing so. Eventually the songstress stopped and looked at the Gundam pilot sitting on the coach, "Heero, I can't reach the zipper on my top. Can you zip it up for me?"
Lyrica lifted up her heavy coat so that Heero would have access to the zipper. Heero grasped the metal fastener and pulled up on it until it would go no higher. As soon as the Gundam pilot was finished helping the musician he turned his attention to the hyperactive party leader, who was unable to contain her excitement, "Isn't this great you guys? It's Halloween! I can practically hear all the sweet, delicious candy calling my name. This is gonna be awesome!"
Compa could not help but smile at the bubbly preteen, "Nep-Nep is already in the spirit of Halloween. Isn't that nice, Iffy?"
IF was looking down at the shoes she was wearing with a frown, "Yeah, whatever. This is why I wear boots, it's so damn hard to move around in high heels."
Neptune turned her attention to Heero, "So, you're gonna be joining us for all the tricking and treating, right Heero? I mean, it's Halloween! We get FREE candy!"
The Perfect Soldier folded her arms over his chest and shook his head, "I will be busy dealing with other matters, and will be unable to join you."
Lyrica began to scratch her cheek, "I can't go either… I have a concert scheduled tonight." The cerulean haired teen then had a look on her face as though she remembered something. "Oh, I left Mr. Guitar in my room. I can't go anywhere without him."
Lyrica retreated back upstairs to get her electric instrument, followed shortly by Heero to retrieve a few things of his own. Neptune turned to face Compa and IF, "Did you see that? Heero was totally checkin' me out."
Compa looked at the purple haired preteen, "Are you sure Heero was looking at you, Nep-Nep? I'm pretty sure he was looking at me."
Neptune gave the nurse in training an annoyed look. "Pffft! Yeah, right. Heero was looking at me cuz' I have the costume that shows more of my super delicate skin. There's no way Heero would look at another girl when he's got this awesome view!"
The purple haired party leader began to slip into one of her wild daydream, "Yeah… I can totally see it now."
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It was one of those awkward settings that took place in a girl's daydreams when she was thinking about someone that she liked; the background was mostly white with some scenery so that it wasn't completely bland, some furniture and the girl who was busy doing the fantasizing, Neptune, was alone… alone with the individual who she was thinking of.
Neptune was standing in front of Heero, who was staring at the preteen as she twirled around in her costume, "So, whatcha think of my costume, Heero? Do you find super hard not to look at me? Are you hot for me now?"
"I do find it difficult not to focus on you… so much in fact, that I feel that I should do something about it."
The party's bubbly leader was confused for a moment until Heero pushed her back onto the bed behind her. Before she had a chance to get up Heero positioned himself on top of her, his left hand slipping through the slit in the side of her dress and began to gently rub her leg. "For wearing such an enticing outfit, I am left with no choice but engage in sexual intercourse with you to relief this growing sexual tension."
Neptune's eyes lit up as soon as he said 'sexual intercourse' and 'you'. The preteen began to lift up on the side of her dress so as to expose her leg, "I've been waiting for this… our first M rated scene! Well, I'm ready for ya, you bad boy."
Both Neptune and Heero began to close what little distance there was between the two of them as their hands began to roam over the other's body.
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Neptune had an awkward smile on her face as she let her fantasy run its course, a few giggles escaped the preteen as her fantasy of sex with the party's lone male member continued, and both Compa and IF weren't feeling comfortable around her. The two girls moved away from Neptune as they continued their debate on who Heero had been 'looking at', "I'm pretty sure Heero was looking at me and not Nep-Nep."
IF gave the nurse a questioning look that was mixed with irritation, "And what makes you say that?"
The nurse in training looked down at her costume then back at IF, "Well… why wouldn't he? This costume really suits me. I'm sure Heero would say that I look great in it."
Compa allowed her mind to wander, "I'm sure he would even…"
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Compa was standing next to a table used by doctors when they prepared to operate on patients, and in front of her was Heero. The Gundam pilot was observing the nurse in training as she fidgeted slightly from having Heero's eyes on her, "Do you like my costume, Heero? I wanted to go with something that fit my personality."
"You're choice of costume fits with your future career choice. Given your warm and kind personality, I would not be surprised if numerous men decided to line up to marry you."
Compa's face was a bright pink hue as Heero talked about men wanting to be with a girl like her, "Oh… I could never do that. I-I mean, I'll only ever have eyes for you, Heero."
The Perfect Soldier continued to examine the pink haired nurse, who was loving the attention she was getting from him. "However, you appear to be missing something…"
Heero walked up to Compa as she gave him a perplexed looked, "But I'm sure I put on everything that came in the package… what am I missing?"
Without warning, Heero forced Compa onto the medical table and restrained her arms with leather fasteners that dangled over the sides. Compa looked back at the Perfect Soldier to see a smirk on his face, "What you are missing is experience with the part. In order to remedy this problem, we're going to play 'Doctor'. I will be the Doctor and you are the patient."
Heero picked up a pair of medical scissors from nearby and used them to cut open the top of Compa's outfit, exposing the bra she was wearing. "It' time to operate."
The Gundam pilot placed his free hand on Compa's stomach and slowly began to move it up her body until he groped one of her breasts, "Perhaps I should start here first."
Compa let out a moan as Heero began to fondle and play with her breasts, slowly removing more and more of her outfit as the game of 'Doctor' went on.
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The pink haired nurse had a blissful look on her face, which for some reason disturbed IF. The brunette retreated over to the couch and began talking to herself… her inner chibi, "Oi! Why are the stupid ones acting so… stupid?"
"Those two are doing what they normally do… talking about who they think Heero is really interested in and probably having some kind of erotic daydream about him."
As with any other time a girl started to move in on, or even think about getting close to Heero romantically, IF's inner chibi was pitching a fit, "And you're fine with this?! Those hormone crazed bitches are trying to move in on Heero, how can you not be angry about that?!"
IF crossed her arms as a smirk began to form on her lips. "Simple. Because I know those two are nowhere near good enough for Heero. It should be obvious to him that I'm the only one he should be looking at." The brunette looked down at the costume she was wearing. "I even wore this costume to get his attention…"
And shortly after talking to herself like her fellow party members, IF began to lull into her own fantasies about the Gundam pilot.
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IF was standing in front of a wooden table looking directly at Heero, whose eyes were roaming over her figure. The Guild Moderatist was slightly embarrassed at how Heero was focusing so intently on her, "So, what do you think? Does this costume look good on me, Heero?"
"You certainly look good in that outfit. Only you would be able to look appealing as a police woman."
The brunette was just eating up the praise she was receiving from Heero. The Perfect Soldier took a few steps toward IF as she looked down at her feet, "…Perhaps too good."
IF looked up at Heero trying to decipher what he meant, when the brunette suddenly found herself forced onto the table next to her. IF recovered in time to see Heero position himself between her legs and restrain her hands above her head, a smirk forming on his face. "We're going to play 'Good Cop Bad Cop'. I'll play the part of the Good Cop and you will be the Bad Cop who is withholding information that I want, and I WILL get what I want out of you."
IF liked where this situation was going, so she did what she could to goad him on. The brunette wrapped her legs around Heero's waist to pull him closer and licked his lips, "The only way you'll get anything out of me is by interrogating me."
Heero used his free hand to remove IF's skirt and slowly tug at her pantie, "Then interrogate you I shall."
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Lyrica and Heero came back downstairs, Lyrica with Mr. Guitar and Heero with several cases ranging in size. Lyrica was the first to arrive downstairs, "Sorry that took so lo-"
The songstress stopped in mid-sentence when she saw three girls with awkward facial expression and talking to themselves, "You really are a bad boy, aren't you?"
"I'm ready for my 'shot', Doctor…"
"You have to be very thorough with your interrogation…"
Heero was standing just behind Lyrica, and he too was listening and watching the three girls, "…What in the hell are they talking about?"
The cerulean haired teen gently shook her head, "I don't know…"
Heero cleared his throat to get the attention of the three daydreaming girls. "I hate to interrupt, but if we are going on this little outing of yours, then we should leave now."
Neptune and Compa scrambled to get their bags that they would be using to collect candy, while IF removed the high heels she was wearing in favor of her boots. Once they had everything they needed, the party left their safe house for the center of the city where the festival was being held.
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It took some time for the party to get to the center of the city, mostly because Neptune was not use to walking around in high heels and was having to grab onto whatever she could find to support herself until she decided to have Heero carry her, much to the Gundam pilot's irritation.
The center of town was overflowing with people, most of whom were residents of the landmass or adventurers and the rest were tourist interested in the festivities. The vast majority of the people who had gathered together were wearing costumes of different shapes, sizes and appearances.
Neptune's eyes went back and forth between the thousands of people who had gathered for the Halloween festival on Lastation, "Whoa… there are so many people here. Are we gonna be able to get any candy with so many people walkin' around?"
Heero kept his attention forward as the group advanced further into the crowd, "Apparently there is a contest this year to remedy that problem, though I was unable to find any specific information. I assume that the details will be disclosed here."
As the party drew closer to the center, the crowd started to thin out and it was easier for the party to get around. Heero put Neptune down so she could walk on her own, and the party eventually found themselves in the middle of the festival goers, "Ugh… I'm not getting a very good connection on my cell. Figures that it would happen on Halloween. I was hoping I could get a map of the area so we could get around this crowd, but…"
Compa was trying to find an opening that the party could use to get through the crowd, but was having no luck, "I don't see any way out…" The nurse in training noticed that Lyrica was hiding behind Heero and she looked like a nervous wreck. "Uh oh… poor Lyrica. She still isn't use to strangers."
Lyrica was shaking like a leaf as she slowly turned her head to Compa and IF, "C-Can we… please get out of here…?"
Heero was finding it difficult to find a means for the party to navigate the growing crowd of people and get to the stage all the way at the front. The Gundam pilot looked at Neptune, "Neptune, if I were to lift you up on my shoulders, would you be able to find a way for us to get out of this overly populated area?"
The party's energetic leader flashed a thumbs up sign, "You betcha! I'll find us away out of these weirdoes."
Heero knelt down so that Neptune could sit on his shoulders, then stood back up so that Neptune could see over the crowd. Neptune scanned the area from left to right until she saw a gap in the crowd, "Over there!"
Neptune pointed in the direction that she saw the gap and the party advanced in that direction. Heero took the time to set Neptune back on the ground, of course the preteen just hopped onto his back after a while since it was still difficult for her to walk in high heels.
After making it through the crowded area and into the gap between people, the group was then able to navigate the rest of the crowd and find their way to the stage. Lyrica breathed a sigh of relief, "I feel so much better now…"
IF looked at the songstress as she pulled Mr. Guitar out from behind her back, "So are you going to be playing the entire night?"
"Only until the festival is over, but that won't be for a while." Lyrica began to head backstage, donning her 5pb personality as she ascended the steps, "Wish me luck!"
Since it would be another ten minutes before the announcer for the special Halloween contest would get onstage to explain the event, the party was stuck where they were. As Neptune looked around, she caught sight of three individuals who she had not planned on seeing that night, "Hey… it's the plug suit ladies! Only they're not wearing their plug suits… I betcha they're here to steal Heero!"
Compa watched the three 'plug suit ladies' who did not seem to be aware of the party's presence… or one another's for that matter, "Well, they haven't noticed us yet. Maybe we can get Heero away before-"
"Hey, plug suit ladies! What're you doing here?!"
IF and Compa looked at the preteen in disbelief as she shouted at the three girls who they believed were after Heero, "We know that those three are after him, and her first thought is to shout at them?!"
Black Heart, Green Heart and the Newtype turned in the direction of the shouting, knowing it was directed at them. And sure enough, three girls saw Neptune, "…What the hell are you doing here? Don't you have some 'important quest to be doing?"
"Really now… I realize there are a lot of people here, but do you really have to shout?"
"Neptune?! I see you decided to ambush me… Pretty clever, but you made the mistake of telling me where you were!"
It was only after they had their attention on Neptune did the three girls notice one another. Black Heart was surprised to see the other two, but regained her aggressive posture. "What are you two doing here?!"
Green Heart just looked at the sword wielding teen, questioning whether or not she should tell her why she was there, "I'm here for the festival… and because it gives me an excuse to dress up."
The Newtype held up the book in her hands, "...I'm looking for inspiration for my writing. Not that it should matter to you, shithead."
Neptune stomped her foot on the ground as she looked at the three women, "I know why you're really here! You're here to steal Heero!"
The aforementioned Gundam pilot came up behind the purple haired preteen, "Neptune, it would be best for you to refrain from starting a fight in the middle of all these people."
The moment they caught sight of Heero, the three girls that Neptune had been shouting at had all but forgotten about the preteen. Black Heart pushed Neptune aside so that she was in front of Heero, "H-Heero! What a coincidence! I didn't think you would be here."
"I am using this time to rest from my normal routine of working and information gathering. If I do nothing but work, I risk getting sloppy and uncoordinated with my work. As someone who strives to do a perfect job with his work, I cannot afford to let that happen."
Neptune was picking herself up off the ground as Black Heart continued her conversation with the Gundam pilot, "I know that feeling. I'm a perfectionist myself so…"
The white haired swordstress started playing with a few strands of her hair as her cheeks turned a light pink, "A-Anyway… Wh-What do you think of my costume? Not that I care or anything. I'm just interested to hear your opinion."
Heero's eyes traveled over Black Heart's form; the white haired girl was wearing a black and white maid's outfit with short sleeves, a black and white maid headdress, a frilly white apron with a skirt that came down just below her thighs, and a pair of black high heels. Because Black Heart was not wearing any socks or stockings to go with her shoes the skin of her legs was exposed, and Heero was finding it extremely difficult to take his eyes off the white haired beauty, "…You do look quite attractive in that outfit. Perhaps more so than anyone else here."
Black Heart's face turned a bright red as she looked away from Heero, "N-Naturally! I put a lot of thought into this costume, there's no way I would come in second to anyone."
The white haired teen slowly began to lull into a daydream much like Neptune, Compa and IF had before leaving the safe house, "(Heero likes my costume! Maybe he likes it enough to…)"
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Black Heart was standing in front of Heero in her maid outfit, and she was pulling down on the front of her skirt in embarrassment, "S-So… Do you really like my costume, Heero?"
"You look very attractive tonight, Black Heart. I imagine every man on Lastation would line up just to look upon you."
The white haired swordstress looked down at the ground. "O-Oh, stop it… I-I don't look that good…"
Heero closed the short distance between himself and Black Heart. "You're right… you look TOO good."
Before she had any time to react, Black Heart found herself being forcefully turned around and bent over a table that had appeared seemingly out of nowhere, "H-Heero, what are you-"
"Silence. You will only address me as Master."
The white haired swordstress of Lastation turned her head to see Heero behind her, his lips curving into a smirk. "This outfit is very enticing… its enough to make any man think about you. You are obviously very naughty to have chosen this. Perhaps I need to punish you."
Black Heart didn't know why, but she found Heero's sudden forwardness and the way he commanded her to be a turn on. Black Heart goaded the Perfect Soldier on by hiking up her skirt, revealing the white panties she was wearing, "I'm so sorry Master, I've been a bad girl. Please don't punish me too hard."
Heero began to tug at Back Heart's panties, teasing the girl by whispering into her ear, "I know what it is that you want, but you have to beg me for it…"
Black Heart shuttered under Heero's breathe, beads of sweat ran down her body as Heero began to rub the inside of her legs, "Please… Master… stop teasing me…"
Heero pulled down the white haired teen's panties slightly, rubbing her most sensitive area between her legs with one hand and groping her breasts with the other. "Then say it…"
Black Heart began to moan uncontrollably as the Gundam pilot played with her body, "Please punish me, Master! I can't wait any longer!"
The swordstress heard the sound of a zipper coming undone and felt her panties fall to her feet, "If you're good, I will punish you more…"
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Steam was rising out of Black Heart's head as her thrilling daydream went on, "Please… punish me, Master…"
Green Heart shoved the white haired girl away as she was daydreaming and took hold of Heero's arm, "Heero, should you really spend so much time complimenting her? She's second best compared to myself."
Green Heart was wearing sailor fuku the top of which was stretched out by her ample bust, a green skirt with a bow tied behind her back, a pair of shoulder length white gloves and green boots that came up just below her knees. The voluptuous green haired girl had a hurt look on her face, though she was faking it in an attempt to get Heero's attention. "I went to all the trouble to get this costume just to impress you, and you would rather look at another girl."
"That's because he doesn't want to look at your sorry ass!" The CPU of Leanbox was pushed out of the way by the Newtype, who was glaring at her. "I'm sure Heero would much rather look at me than someone like you."
The blue haired girl was wearing a pure white angel costume that included a long sleeveless dress, a pair of slippers, wings and a tiara. Green Heart had to cover her mouth as she suppressed the urge to laugh, "Not to be rude or anything, but when it comes to you there really isn't much to look at."
The veins in the small girl's hands were beginning to pop out as she balled them into fists, "…The hell did you just say?! You want me to tear you a new asshole?!"
A bright flash of light emanated from behind Heero and just as it subsided, the Perfect Soldier found himself being pulled back. Heero looked over his shoulder to see the mature and serious Neptune, and she was glaring at the three 'stalkers', "I don't like the idea of them being near Heero."
The purple haired swordstress began to pull on Heero's arm in an attempt to get him away from the three women who were after him. Heero was suddenly pulled away from Neptune by his other arm, which was trapped between Black Heart's arms and sizeable breasts, "And I don't like the idea of YOU being near Heero! I'm sure he would much rather be with me."
Before Heero could say anything, something slammed into his chest… which was the Newtype, "Heero doesn't want to waste his time with any of you. He's going to be spending time with me."
A pair of arms wrapped around Heero's neck and he felt something press into his back. Turning his head, Heero saw Green Heart behind him, "I'm sure Heero would rather spend his time at the festival with someone mature. Someone like myself."
The four girls were casting glares at one another as they fought over who would get Heero for the Halloween festival. Before the fighting could escalate, a loud shrill sound like that of a microphone being tested was heard. Everyone in the area directed their attention to the stage to see someone with a microphone in their hands, "Everyone, may I have your attention please. We are about to begin the first annual Lastation Halloween Battle Festival!"
Everyone in the crowd was exchanging glances. Neptune raised a questioning eyebrow, "Battle Festival…?"
Black Heart had a smirk on her face as she noticed the looks of confusion on the girl's faces, "Figures that none of you would know a thing about the Halloween Festival. This isn't going to be your normal Halloween, people are going to be competing to get as much candy as they possibly can."
Heero picked up where sword maiden had left off, "Apparently fighting is part of the contest and is perhaps the most important element. Instead of going from house to house during the holidays like normal, small groups of people can band together to fight and defeat other festival goers and acquire the candy that the defeated has amassed. It is a rather interesting system in that it can save a considerable amount of time."
Neptune started pulling on Heero's arm once more, "Well then, Heero is going to be joining us."
With a sudden burst of strength, Black Heart pulled Heero away from the other three girls, "Too bad for you, group size is limited to three people. And correct me if I'm wrong, but you already have your other two members over there."
The white haired girl pointed at Compa and IF, who were standing behind Neptune. Neptune looked back at the two girls who were watching the spectacle before them with jealous eyes, "Compa, Iffy, you two play rock-paper-scissors to determine who will be in the group. Loser has to fend for themselves."
Heero pried himself away from Black Heart and picked up the cases that he had dropped during the girls' little spat, "I will not be participating in his contest of yours myself. I will be playing a more indirect role."
All of the girls looked disheartened as Heero bean to walk away. Green Heart let out a disappointed sigh, "I was hoping to get Heero somewhere alone… Perhaps that was too much to ask for."
The event announcer went back to his explanation of the event, "Here are the rules: Party size is limited to three people. You can make a truce with other parties during the, but don't be surprised if they decide to stab you in the back. The contest area is limited to this city. Anyone caught violating the rules of the event will be dealt with by security and will face the possibility of disqualification."
A group of people stepped onto the stage, all of whom were in uniform with the exception of one, the individual being Nisa. The self-proclaimed 'Keeper of Justice' started shouting towards the crowd, "Evil doers, beware! I will show no mercy to anyone who would disturbed this holiday!"
The event announcer went on. "You are free to battle with anyone you come across, except for the security teams positioned around the city. When you defeat another person or party, you are free to take as much of their candy as you want… that it sort of the point of the Battle Festival after all."
Everyone was talking amongst themselves about the rules, however everyone was silent as the announcer went over the final rule, "The contest will last for three hours. After which, everyone participating will reconvene here and we will announce the winners of the event. The 'King of Halloween' will be determined based on their costume, and the 'Queen of Halloween' will be determined based on both their costume AND how much candy they were able to collect. Once we have both of our winners, the Queen of Halloween will be able to issue one order to the King that must be obeyed."
Compa looked back in the direction Heero had gone, "It's a shame Heero isn't participating… I'm sure he would have won King of Halloween for sure."
Neptune frowned as she thought about the idea, "And I would have been able to make him do whatever I wanted."
Black Heart looked back at the other girls, "I'm not losing to any of you. You all can compete for second place, but first place is mine."
Green Heart folded her arms under her chest, "The contest hasn't even begun, and you are already proclaiming your victory? That overconfidence will be your downfall."
The Newtype slowly shifted her eyes from one girl to another, "…I'm not one to back down from a challenge. You all can watch from down here when I am named the Queen."
All six girls were staring each other down, all of them wanted to win the contest. After a few minutes, the announcer announced the beginning of the contest, "Let the Halloween Battle Festival… BEGIN!"
Everyone in the area began to scramble, looking for the nearest house they could get candy from… and inevitable be forced to fight t protect or take candy from another trick-or-treater. Neptune, Compa and IF left the area together, as Heero was not going to be in their party for the contest. Black Heart, Green Heart and the Newtype went their separate ways as well, preferring not to have to work with the others.
While everyone was busy with their trick-or-treating, Heero busied himself by looking for a certain alchemist that he knew would be on Lastation. After a minute of searching Heero eventually found Gust under a tree, a disheartened look on her face, "Halloween, not so good for business."
"Gust."
The young alchemist turned around to see Heero behind her. "Heero is here? Where are friends?"
"They are participating in the Halloween event. You do not appear to be busy."
Gust let out a disappointed sigh, "Gust thought that Gust would get more business… unfortunately, that is not case."
Heero knelt down in front of Gust. "Then I have a proposition for you." The Gundam pilot began to whisper into Gusts ear so that passerby would not hear him. When Heero pulled away from the alchemist, money signs appeared in her eyes, "Heero has Gust's exclusive service tonight!"
"Then we need to get to work. I already have a list of things I need you to make for me." Heero and Gust left the area, with no one paying any attention to them as they went their way.
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Fifteen minutes into the contest, battles had already taken place across the steam punk themed landmass. Some people were successful in stealing candy from their victims, others who instigated the battles became the victims.
Neptune, Compa and IF were having an easy time with their battles. They had already defeated five groups of festival goers and retrieved the candy they had obtained from houses, or pilfered from other people. Compa checked inside of her bag to see the candy she had collected, "I think we're doing pretty well so far. If Heero were here, we would probably have even more candy."
IF scanned the area the three were in, watching to see if any of the other parties would try to fight them, "True, but we can't rely on Heero to do everything."
Neptune caught movement out of the corner of her eye and saw three people approaching them, "We have company…"
Compa and IF turned in the direction of the trio of incoming festival goers who were clearly adventures, as they were using real weapons. The incoming party was only a few yards away when Neptune saw two objects soar through the sky towards them. "…What are those?"
The objects crashed into the ground in front of the adventurers and large plumes of smoke came rushing out of them. Shortly after the objects built up a sizeable cloud, gun shots were heard followed by cries of pain. The cloud of smoke slowly began to subside, the party that had been advancing toward Neptune, Compa and IF were lying on the ground. The trio of girls were on guard, expecting whatever it was that had defeated the adventurers to come after them.
Minutes passed, yet nothing happened. Slowly, the girls began to approach the adventures… specifically, their candy bags. Even when they retrieved the bags of candy, nothing happened. Neptune slowly scanned the area looking for any sign of… anything. It was then that the purple haired swordstress noticed something on the ground, which she knelt down to pick up, "These look to be rubber bullets."
IF looked around but did not see anyone else around, "Well, who fired them?"
The girls emptied the bags of candy that belonged to the adventurers before tossing the bags to the side and continuing with the contest. It did not take long before the girls found themselves being targeted by more adventurers… a few groups to be precise. There were 15 of them in total, and all of them were heading straight for the party. Compa looked at Neptune and IF as the adventurers drew closer, "Wh-What do we do?"
Neptune tightened her grip on her katana, "What else? We fight them."
IF looked at the purple haired sword maiden as if she had lost it, "Are you out of your mind? There are too many of them!"
Neptune suddenly felt something tug on the back of her dress, prompting her to turn around. The teenaged girl saw Gust standing behind her, "Follow Gust, please."
The small girl took off down the street, leaving the trio to question of whether or not to follow the young alchemist. Neptune gave into her curiosity and began to follow Gust, "Come on, let's hurry after her!"
Neptune, Compa and IF took off after Gust, with the large group of adventurers hot on their trail. The trio had arrived at a four-way crosswalk when they lost sight of Gust. IF looked around for the alchemist, but could not see her or any trace of where she went, "Great… now what?"
Before the girls had time to plan their next course of action, the large group of candy hungry adventurers entered the four-way intersection, "What do we do now?"
Neptune dropped her bag and readied her sword once again, "Seems we have no choice but to fight."
Just then, there was a rustling noise coming from the bushed nearby. Then, Gust came out of the bushes with a long belt of ammunition over her shoulders and Heero stepped out from behind a tree with a fifty caliber machinegun in his hands. IF stared bug-eyed at the Gundam pilot, "Where the hell did he get that kind of hardware?"
Heero held one hand out to the alchemist, who handed him one end of the belt of ammo. The Perfect Soldier slid the ammo into the feeding chamber of the heavy weapon in his hands and aimed his weapon at the group of adventurers who did not know that Heero was there until he opened fire.
Loud thunderous bangs filled the air that overpowered the screams that came out of the adventurers as Heero laid down a barrage of fire on them. The fifteen adventurers were all lying on the ground unconscious in under a minute, leaving their bags of candy free to be pilfered. Neptune looked over the carnage that was the result of Heero's work, "That was quick."
The trio looked back at where Heero and Gust were, only to find they were gone. Compa looked from side to side as she looked for the Gundam pilot and alchemist, "Where did they go?"
"Hold it right there!"
Neptune, Compa and IF turned in the direction they heard someone shouting from to find Nisa with a group of the security personnel that was assigned to the contest. The heroine walked over to the group of adventurers lying on the ground. "You are free to make a truce with another party, but only ONE party! Two or more is prohibited! Take them away!"
The security team began to carry away the rule breakers, all while Nisa shook her head, "Just because it's Halloween, that's no excuse to be breaking the rules."
Neptune watched as the heroine went off after the security team, then turned her attention to Compa and IF who were collecting the bags of candy, "This must be what Heero meant when he said he would be playing an 'indirect role.'"
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Black Heart was traversing the business district of Lastation. Being a resident on the landmass she knew the layout better than anyone, and that meant she knew the best places to get candy and ambush the other contestants, "They can try all they want, but Neptune and the others are just going to end up in second place."
The swordstress was approached by two adventurers looking for an easy mark, "Hand over the candy, and we might let you go."
"Can't we have some fun with her first?"
Black Heart's eye twitched at that last remark. Within the blink of an eye, the swordstress was standing on the other side of the adventurers and they soon fell to the ground groaning. Black Heart emptied both bags of candy into her own before tossing them to the side, kicked both boys in the stomach, and promptly walked away, "How dare you say that you're going to have fun with me! The only person allowed to say or do anything like that to me is Master!"
The white haired swordstress stopped for a moment, processing what she had just said. Black Heart then slapped a hand over here mouth, embarrassed at what had come out of her mouth. "Wh-What am I doing saying something like that?! I-I don't need or want a Master! Get a grip, Black Heart!"
As she reprimanded herself, another group of adventurers began to approach Black Heart from behind. His group was about twice as large as the group that had attacked Neptune's group, and were clearly confident in their numbers based on the way they walked and swung their weapons in the air.
Black Heart turned around to see the group of adventurers when they were less than six yards away, "You think you can beat me with numbers alone? You all have guts if nothing else!"
The swordstress felt something tug on the back of her skirt, and when she turned around, found Gust holding out a walky-talky to her, "Please take."
Black Heart took the handheld device from Gust, who scurried off after completing her task, "I know you are a capable fighter, but there are too many of them for you to fight at one time."
The white haired beauty knew immediately who was talking to her through the walky-talky, "Heero? Is that you? Where are you?"
"I cannot disclose that information. Just follow my instructions, and you will come out victorious."
Black Heart wasn't normally one to take orders, but felt that she could trust Heero. "Follow the street until you get to the train station. From there climb up the steps to the second platform."
Doing as she was told, Black Heart ran down the street toward the train station with the large group of adventurers running right after her. It did not take long for the sword maiden to arrive at the train station, "Heero said the second platform… right?"
Black Heart raced up the steps to the second train platform, knowing that her pursuers were right behind her. Once she made it up the steps, Black Heart held the walky-talky back up, "Okay Heero, I'm here. Now what?"
There was no response. "Heero? Are you there?"
The loud clamoring of the adventurers reminded Black Heart that she was not out of the woods yet. The group was running up the steps to the platforms, prompting the swordstress to run to the other end of the platform.
One by one the adventurers made it onto the platform where they could see Black Heart, "Looks like I have no choice but to-"
"It would be best for you to get behind me."
Black Heart turned around to see Heero, then she noticed what he was holding in his hand which made her eyes widen, "Where did you get that?! Never mind, I'm not going to ask questions."
Black Heart ducked behind Heero, who lifted up the minigun in his hands and held it at waist level. The large group of adventurers did not have any time to turn around and get off the platform as Heero opened fire and began to mow them down. The heavy weapon put down all of Black Heart's pursuers, leaving them on the ground groaning.
Black Heart poked her head out from behind Heero to find that not a single one of men who had been pursuing her was left standing. The teen stepped out from behind the Gundam pilot, poking the men with her sword to make sure they were unconscious, "Glad that's over."
When the swordstress turned back around, Heero was already gone. "Where did he-"
The loud sound of a whistle being blow drew Back Heart's attention, "Stop, rule breakers!"
Nisa was standing on the platform with two security teams behind her, that were already beginning to haul away the adventurers, "So many rule violators… what's so hard about following the rules?"
The heroine took off with the Lastation security teams after they had removed all of the adventurers who had broken the rules for the sake of candy. Black Heart emptied all of the bags of candy into her own and began to leave the train station after making sure she had everything. The swordstress took one last look at where Heero had been, "I guess… I can rely I Heero. B-But only a little bit! It's not like I need help or anything."
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Music filled the air around the center of town as 5pb and a few other musicians performed on stage for the people who were not participating in the Battle Festival. 5pb was nearing the end of her break and was about to go back on stage when she saw Heero walking towards her, "Heero? What are you doing here?"
"Nothing worth mentioning. Are you about to start performing again?"
The songstress looked back up at the stage. "Yeah, but really we're just taking requests right now. Do you want to request something?"
Heero was about to say no when he caught sight of Green Heart walking down the street, and she was clearly unaware of the three groups of adventurers following her, "Do you have anything that requires you to be particularly loud?"
5pb was somewhat perplexed at Heero's question, then pulled a small book out of the pocket of her jacket, "Well, I have one song… But the part where we have to be 'loud' lasts for about ten seconds."
"That should be long enough."
The cerulean haired girl was confused by what Heero said, but got up on stage so that she could perform the song that Heero requested. Heero walked away toward a row of bushes near the street that Green Heart was along and Gust popped out of one of the bushes, "Gust, hand me the rifle."
The young alchemist pulled a long, thin case out from one of the bushes and opened it. Inside was a rifle with a scope mounted on the top and a full clip of ammo already loaded into it. "Go take this letter to Green Heart. I need to get into position."
"Leave it to Gust!"
Gust ran off to give Green Heart the letter from Heero while the Gundam pilot hid behind some bushes, waiting for the adventurers to get closer.
Green Heart had been minding her own business when Gust ran up to her, holding the letter out to her, "Please read."
The CPU of Leanbox took the letter from the young girl who ran off after giving her the letter. Green Heart read the letter to herself, then cast a brief glance behind her to see that she was indeed being followed. The goddess of Leanbox continued down the street as though nothing were wrong.
Just as Green Heart's pursuers walked into Heero's line of sight, Lyrica and the other musicians began to play very loudly. At that point, Heero started firing at the men, picking them off one at a time starting with the ones in the back. Because the music was so loud, the adventurers could not hear the gunshots from Heero's rifle, nor the sound of their comrades falling to the ground upon being shot. Heero was on the last adventurer when someone shouted overhead, "Stop right there, you fiend!"
The Gundam pilot looked up to see Nisa standing on the edge of a building, looking down on the last remaining adventurer, "Why must you insist on breaking the rules? I will teach you what happens to rule breakers!" Nisa jumped down from the building with her right leg outstretched. "Justice Kick!"
The heroine's foot made contact with the man's face, sending him right into a nearby dumpster. Meanwhile, a security team was picking up the unconscious men that Heero had dealt with, "Put them with the rest of the rule violators!"
Green Heart was left to watch as Nisa and the security team cleaned up the mess of adventurers before claiming their candy as her own, "I see Heero thinks of everything. I'm flattered that he cares so much."
The CPU scanned her surroundings to see if she could find Gust or Heero, but she could not see either of them. "I should do something nice for Heero the next time I see him."
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In one of Lastation's residential districts the Newtype was walking down the street, having dealt with her sixth group of contestants since the beginning of the festival, "…If they're all this easy, I should have no problem getting first place."
As the Newtype continued down the street, she heard the sound of several sets of footsteps approaching from behind her. The blue haired girl narrowed her eyes, "…Sounds like there are… 18 of them? Just means I'll be that much closer to winning."
Before she could turn around to face the incoming group of adventurers, the Newtype felt a hand on her shoulder. When she looked to her right, she saw Heero standing next to her with his attention focused forward, "Don't say a word. Don't look back towards them. Just follow me."
The young girl was unsure what Heero had planned, but complied and followed the Gundam pilot. The duo walked down the street with their pursuers following right behind them, following at a walking pace. It was not long before Heero and the Newtype came to a wooden bridge, water flowing freely underneath. As they crossed the bridge, the young girl though she heard a beeping noise from underneath the planks.
After crossing the bridge, Heero ducked behind a tree and was joined shortly by the Newtype, "…Okay, now what?"
"Now, we wait."
As Heero and the young girl waited behind the tree, they could hear the creaking noise of weight being put on the wooden planks of the bridge. After a few seconds Heero pulled a walky-talky out of his jacket pocket and held it up to his face, "Gust, blow the bridge."
Shortly after telling Gust what to do, a loud explosion came from behind the duo. The Newtype poked her head out from behind the tree and saw debris scattered everywhere and the sound of people falling into the water beneath the bridge, "…Damn. Didn't see that coming." The young girl looked up to see the bags of candy that her pursuers had been carrying fall from the sky and land on her side of the bridge. "Guess I owe you one."
When she did not receive a response the blue haired girl looked back to where Heero had been only to find that he was no longer there. The Newtype looked around for any trace of the Gundam pilot, but found nothing, "…Shit. I let my inspiration get away."
"What happened here?"
Nisa was standing on the other side of the now demolished bridge with another security looking down at the men who had fallen into the water below. "It's bad enough that you broke the rules, but destruction of public property and disturbing the peace? Unforgiveable! Pull them up and throw them with the rest!"
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The same occurrences took place around Lastation for the better part of two and half hours. The girls would go to house and beat up a few of the other contestants, and whenever they would come across a large group of festival goers Heero and Gust would deal with them and promptly disappear, and Nisa would show up to apprehend the rule breakers.
After a while the other contestants avoided the girls entirely to avoid not only having their candy pilfered, but so that they would not suffer a horrible beating from their mysterious guardian. The festival had reached the three hour time limit, and all of the contestants that had not been disqualified were making their way back to the center of the city.
5pb rejoined Neptune, Compa and IF now that the event was almost over, "How did you guys do?"
The trio presented their bags of candy which were close to overflowing, "Thanks to Heero, we were able to make quite a haul. I'm sure we'll be able to win with this."
The event announcer was standing on the stage with microphone in hand, "The three hour time limit has elapsed! Now it is time to name our King and Queen of Halloween! We will begin by selecting our King. Contestants, please line up so that the judges can decide on our winner."
During the process of selecting the King of Halloween, Neptune, Compa and IF ran into Black Heart, Green Heart and the Newtype, "Im surprised you all stayed here. I guess you really want to see me be named Queen."
Neptune, Green Heart and the blue haired girl glared at Black Heart, "I'm not won't lose to you, or anyone for that matter."
"It's as I told you, that overconfidence of yours will be your down fall."
"…I'm not going to lose to you, bitch!"
The announcer moved back to the front of the stage when the judges were finished deliberating, "We are now ready to name our King. The winner is-" Before the announcer could finish, a Roc descended upon the stage. The large black bird frightened off a few of the civilians.
The Roc let out a loud *squawk* and opened its mouth to take a large bite out of the event announcer, when the monster suddenly fell to the ground with its left wing falling elsewhere. Heero was standing on the stage with his GN Sword clasped to his arm. The security team located near the stage surrounded the large bird and began to pull it away, "Enemy confirmed eliminated."
Heero was about to get off stage when the announcer suddenly grabbed him by the arm, "Ladies and gentlemen, we appear to have a last minute entry!"
Suffice it to say, the Gundam pilot had no intention of being involved in the event, and was surprised that the announcer had suspected him of being a contestant, "A soldier dressed in normal civilian clothes... a very original idea! What do the judges say? What is his score?"
The three judges held up score cards to rate Heero's 'costume'. Two of the judges held up cards with 10 on them, the third help up a card with a phone number on it. "Well, everyone. I do believe we have our King!"
Neptune, Black Heart, Green Heart and the Newtype stared up at the stage, "Heero is... the King?"
With this new knowledge one thought came to the girls' mind… the exact same though, "(I can't afford to lose!)"
"Now that our King has been selected, we will now decide on our Queen!"
The girls began to make their way over to the judges, and it was then that Neptune noticed how much candy that the three stalkers were carrying, "Compa, Iffy. We have a problem."
Both girls looked at the swordstress before directing their attention to the three girls they were having to compete. Each one was holding three bags full of candy, whereas they only had one each, "If we're going to keep Heero from falling into their hands then one only one of us will be able to go."
Compa and IF exchanged glances before holding their candy out to Neptune, "Nep-Nep, you have to win so that they don't steal Heero from us."
"I don't like the idea of you getting Heero, but I'd rather someone I know win than one of those stalkers. Who knows what they'll do to him if they won?"
Neptune took both bags of candy from her fellow party members, a confidant smirk on her face, "Don't worry. I have no intention of losing to them."
The judges measured how much candy each female contestant had and judged their costumes until finally the judges were finished and the results were given to the announcer, "Ladies and gentlemen… we appear to have a four way tie for Queen!"
Spotlights on the top of the stage were pointed at the four girls who were tied for Queen of Halloween which were Neptune, Black Heart, Green Heart and the Newtype, all four of whom were glaring at one another, "I don't know how you three got this far, but I'm going to win!"
Neptune returned her gaze forward, though she was still glaring, "You must want my lover badly if you're trying so hard to win."
Black Heart's face noticeably reddened. "H-Heero became the King by coincidence! I just want to be Queen so that I can prove that I'm better than all of you!"
Green Heart returned her attention forward as well, "I'm sure I will end up the winner in the end, so why don't you three just drop out now and save yourselves the embarrassment of being second, third and fourth best?"
The Newtype began to grit her teeth, "…It's not over yet, Thundertits! Don't go spouting off crap like that until you've actually won!"
The announcer had been speaking to the judges as the girls began to get hostile with one another. He then made his way back to the front of the stage, "Well ladies and gentlemen, after much deliberation we have no choice but to name our four contestants Queen or in this case, Queens of Halloween!"
Applause and the sound of clapping filled the air as the four girls were named the Queens of Halloween. "And now, our Queens can issue any one command to the King!"
Almost immediately, the four girls crowded around the Perfect Soldier. Neptune latched onto Heero's arm, taking his arm in-between her breasts, "Since Heero is my lover, I will be the first to tell him what to do."
Black Heart latched onto the Gundam pilot's other arm, "No way! I'll be the first to tell Heero what to do, because you'll just do something nefarious with your command!"
Green Heart began to pull on Heero from behind, her large breasts rubbing up against his back in the process, "You two are being immature. As such, I should be the one to command Heero first."
The Newtype slammed into Heero's chest, "…Now who's being immature? I should be the one to tell Heero what to do first!"
Compa, IF and Lyrica were left to watch the spectacle happening on stage, "What do we do now guys?"
IF let out a tired sigh, "Nothing we can do now."
Lyrica watched as the four girls on stage had a game of tug-of-war with Heero, and he looked irritated, "I'm sorry Heero… I wish we could do something."
As the four girls continued to bicker, fight and pull on him a single thought came into Heero's mind, "(…This is going to be a long night.)"
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Me: "Well, there you have it people, our Halloween special. What do you think of my take on Halloween?"
Heero and Neptune: (Enter ACCC) "That was a rather interesting to say the least. I'm just glad I got to fight against other people."
Heero: "I can only assume that the Author will make another Halloween chapter like this one depending on the reviews it gets."
Compa and IF: (Enter ACCC from Lounge) "Hopefully we'll get bigger parts next time."
IF: "That's IF there is a next time."
5pb: (Enters ACCC from Hidden Entrance) "Wow… I didn't think I would actually play a part in this story."
Me: "I told you I would find some way to work you in."
Nisa: (Enters ACCC from Roof) "I was the one who played a small part in this chapter."
Gust: (Enters ACCC from Lounge) "Gust also got to be in chapter!"
Black Heart: (Enters ACCC) "I still think I should be the one to order Heero first!"
Green Heart: (Enters ACCC from Left Entrance) "Being the most mature among us, I should be the one to order Heero first."
White Heart: (Enters ACCC from Right Entrance) "Like hell! I should tell Heero what to do first!"
Me: "Ladies, please, this chapter is supposed to be open-ended. It's up to the readers to decide how the chapter ends. Now, let's wrap up this chapter and get to work on the next chapter." (Points at Neptune) "Nep, if you would be so kind."
Neptune: "Please read and review this chapter. Though I should tell you all that the only way this chapter should end is with Heero and me-"
Me: "Don't say that. Anyway, wanna wish everyone a happy Halloween, and hope you enjoyed our special! See you all in the next update!"
Me, Heero, Neptune, Compa, IF, Lyrica, Nisa, Black Heart, White Heart and Green Heart: (Leave ACCC)
