Ho-Hum and the Alien Visitation

A Hyperdimension Neptunia Fan Fiction

by Derald Snyder

Chapter 39- Rescue Kyon!

*Abandoned Apartment Building, Planeptune City*

"This is the place," Nepgear said, looking down at her N-Gear. "Where I traced the signal to..." She was accompanied by Nepgya, Dragon Ball and Urusei in her battle bikini, Uzume having agreed to stay behind and hold down the fort.

"We should be careful, Master," Nepgya spoke up. "No doubt there's all kinds of cool ninja traps waiting to spring on us..."

"I've dealt with ninjas before," Dragon Ball stated.

"As have I," Urusei nodded. "And if any of those traps are electronic, my lighting will fry 'em right quick-tcha..."

"Alright, let's move in quietly," Nepgear said as she put away her N-Gear and equipped her laser blade...

"And let's hurry," Dragon Ball added, "it looks like Lady Haruhi's starting to get impatient..." Sure enough, as the martial artist pointed at the sky, it had become a swirl of rainbow technicolors! Already, some NPCs in the area were pointing at the sky in confusion...

"We still have 17 minutes left..." Urusei sighed as she unslung her chain.

*Inside the building...*

The quartet proceeded quietly through the second floor, Nepgear and Nepgya using their laser blades to light the way forward... they had decided not to flip any light switches, in case they were booby-trapped. There was a general sense of hypertension among the group, not knowing where an attack could come from...

"I sense two energy signatures in the next room," Dragon Ball quietly observed.

"The ninja and his captive?" Urusei guessed.

"No, I sense another, weaker energy far up," DB shook her head. "That's probably Kyon..."

"So the ninja has an accomplice. Good to know," Nepgear nodded as they approached a closed door. "Ten-to-one that door's booby trapped somehow..."

"Allow me, Master," Nepgya offered, walking up to the door in question... but when her hand closed around the knob, several darts suddenly struck her! ... and then clattered to the ground. "Analysis indicates mild poison designed to paralyze the human body. But it has no effect on a robot such as myself~!" With that, she forcibly kicked the door open! "We're here, Generic Ninja #25~!" There was no initial response as the quartet quickly entered the room, just as dark as the first, but far larger...

(Music- 'Final Boss', Sonic The Hedgehog 3)

"Welcome, Nepgear and company," said a voice that was definitely not Generic Ninja #25, as a single orange eye with a slit pupil suddenly became visible in the darkness!

"What the goodness-?! Overlord Momus?!" Nepgear cried in shock. "W-what's the final boss doing here?!"

"Subverting your expectations!" Momus cried, as twin curved energy blades erupted from his wrists! He quickly attacked, Nepgear and Nepgya barely managing to parry! "Did you think I was just another Orcus on his throne, waiting for you to come and defeat me?! Now that you are aware of my existence, I need not hide from you any longer!"

"Talk about an unexpected development!" Nepgya cried as she continued to parry Momus' blade strikes!

"I know you're there, Ninja #25!" Dragon Ball called out. "I can sense your energy! You can't hide from me!" She heard something being blown ducking to the left to dodge the poison dart! "Missed me!"

"I wasn't aiming for you," Generic Ninja #25 retorted, causing DB to look behind her...

"Ugh..." Urusei groaned, her chain slipping from her hands as she slowly collapsed to the floor. "Too slow... in my old age-tcha..."

"Doesn't matter!" Dragon Ball asserted, "I can easily take you on myself!" With that, she was engulfed in a white battle aura, brightening the room's interior considerably as she charged forward, attacking with a flurry of fist strikes! However, Ninja #25's speed enabled him to dodge or parry most of them, sliding around behind his opponent, only for her to block the retaliatory kick! "Too slow!" DB taunted as they continued to trade blows...

"This enemy has no weakness in his fighting style!" Nepgya cried as she and Nepgear continued to struggle against Overlord Momus.

"While I have extensive knowledge of yours!" Momus appended, easily sliding under a horizontal slice, one of his blades impaling Nepgya through the torso, his other blade decapitating the robot! "Checkmate!"

"Nepgyaaaa!" Nepgear cried in horror as Nepgya's head tumbled across the floor.

"Sorry, Master... I failed you..." Nepgya lamented before shutting down.

"HOW DARE YOU?!" Nepgear screamed as she was engulfed in a pillar of light, transforming to HDD, an angry battle aura engulfing her! "You'll pay for killing Nepgya! Even if I can repair her!"

If Momus was intimidated by the transformation, he did a good job of hiding it. "So, that's what it takes for you to get serious, does it?" He promptly crossed his energy blades to block an overhead swing. "And yet, still too predictable!" he declared as he kicked Purple Sister away.

(Focus, Nepgear!) the CPU Candidate chastised herself. (If he knows your fighting style, you have to do something he's not expecting!) So, she threw her blade at Momus, who instinctively deflected it, only for Purple Sister to hit him in the leg with a sliding kick, making him drop to a knee! She then followed up with a high kick that snapped him back upright, then a roundhouse that sent Momus to the floor! But then Purple Sister was caught off-guard by explosive shuriken from Generic Ninja #25!

"That's what you get for tunnel vision!" Ninja #25 taunted as he continued to parry/dodge punches and kicks from Dragon Ball!

"Thank you, Ninja #25," Momus said as he righted himself. However, Purple Sister had also retrieved her laser blade, easily parrying Momus' attack and kicking him away again!

(Have to... do something!) Urusei thought to herself, still unable to move from the poison dart... but there was one thing she could still do, focusing her energy... (Hopefully Lady Nepgear can withstand this...!) Gritting her teeth, the alien let loose with an unfocused flare of electricity, shocking everyone else in the room!

"OW! What the goodness?!" Nepgear cried in pain. However, Momus fared significantly worse, his energy blades shorting out as he again fell to a knee, sparks flying from the mechanical augmentations on his body!

"Overlord Momus!" Ninja #25 managed to get to his boss' side, despite his own pain from the unexpected discharge.

"Gotcha..." Urusei chuckled weakly.

"It's over, Momus! You lose!" Purple Sister pointed her blade at the two villains. "All that's left is to unmask you and dismantle the rest of your House of Humiliation!"

"Au contraire, Nepgear," Generic Ninja #25 shook his head. "We still have one card left to play!" He pulled out an insulted remote control, pressing the button! A distant scream was heard above... "Bye bye, John Smith!"

"NO!" Dragon Ball cried, putting two fingers to her forehead-

*Outside...*

John Smith screamed as he was suddenly launched out of the building, the shackles coming undone and sending him falling to his doom! (Goddess, save me! It can't end like this!) He shut his eyes as the street raced up at him-

-but then he stopped, someone having grabbed him around the torso! "Whew, that was close!" Dragon Ball sighed in relief, holding John in an awkward upside-down position! "You okay?"

"I'm alive!" John cried in shock and relief. "Oh Goddess, thank you..."

"I'm not a goddess, but you're welcome," DB said as they slowly lowered to the ground, setting John down on his hands and knees. Just then, a plume of smoke erupted from the second floor, several coughs being heard! Purple Sister promptly flew out the window, carrying Urusei Yatsura in her arms... "What happened?!"

"(Cough) Smoke bomb... with (cough) tear gas!" Purple Sister hacked out, her eyes watering. "They got away...!"

"Thanks... (cough) for helping me," Urusei grunted. "Sorry I... wasn't very useful..."

"You tipped the battle in our favor," Dragon Ball pointed out. "You've got nothing to be sorry about, Mrs. Yatsura..."

"Yeah, thanks for coming for me," John Smith nodded. "Um... but can we get off the open streets, please?! I don't like being exposed like this!" Indeed, a few NPCs were already starting to point at the near-naked teenager...

"Here," DB grunted as she managed to remove her blue undershirt from under her orange gi. "This should help."

"Thanks," Kyon nodded as he quickly pulled the shirt over his head. "This'll work 'til we get back..."

"Right, I should call Haruhi and let her know..." Nepgear said as she reverted to normal, pulling out her phone... "Oh goodness, it's been shorted out!"

"Sorry, milady," Urusei lamented.

"It's fine, I'll just warp John back real quick," Dragon Ball said, she and John swiftly vanishing, DB reappearing alone a minute later. "Well, Lady Haruhi was happy and relieved..." Indeed, the swirling technicolors in the sky swiftly faded back to its normal blue shade. "Oh yeah, maybe I should warp Mrs. Yatsura back too, so Lady Haruhi can cure the ninja poison..."

"Right, and I'll go pick Nepgya up..." Nepgear nodded, handing Urusei off to Dragon Ball...

*Planeptune City Outskirts*

"Well, that could've gone better," Generic Ninja #25 sighed as he assisted Momus in walking, with Momus' arm over his shoulder. "Who would've thought that old alien had lightning powers like Iris Heart..."

"Indeed," Momus nodded in agreement. "I can walk now, the static's worn off... ugh, my vox encoder's shorted out... good thing this is a written fan-fiction, so the readers can't recognize my voice..."

"Don't worry, we'll get back to base soon enough," Ninja #25 assured him. "Hopefully Dr. Pop will be able to repair your augmentations when we get back... By the way, does anyone else know your true identity?"

"Soldier #20 knows," Momus replied. "But there's a reason I didn't want anyone else to know who I really am..."

"I know all too well, but let's take care not to spoil the readers," Ninja #25 asserted. "But I think it's fine if MAGES. finds out, she knows how to keep a secret..."

"I should hope so..." Momus sighed as the two continued on their way...

*To be continued...*