Ho-Hum and the Alien Visitation
A Hyperdimension Neptunia Fan Fiction
by Derald Snyder
Chapter 48- VS Chrysalimon
*AffimaX Airship- Hangar 2, Center Room*
Neptune and Peashy entered cautiously, keeping their eyes peeled... "Hmm, this is where we fought Steamax last time... betcha that Chris-sally-mon pops up any moment..."
"Ssssss!" a noise was heard, Peashy putting up her dukes as the duo looked up, seeing Chrysalimon drop down in front of them, it's thin limbs splayed out to look more intimidating!
"It kinda looks like that scary virus from before!" the child CPU observed.
"It IS the same virus, you stupid kid!" BlackGatomon chastised over the intercom. "Chrysalimon, destroy them!"
(Music- 'Crash', Mega Man Zero)
"Sss!" Chrysalimon grunted as it lashed out with it's six limbs, tearing Neptune's and Peashy's shirts as they barely dodged!
"Pretty fast for a cocoon!" Neptune said, "But not fast enough! Cross Combination!" While the sword combo forced Chrysalimon back slightly, it only ended up with light scratches on it's hard shell! "Neppit! Adrian was right!" she grunted as she backflipped away from the Digimon's retaliatory attack! "P-ko, give it the o'l drop kick!"
"Okay, Neptuna! Here I come!" Peashy cried as she ran and nailed Chrysalimon with a double-footed kick that sent it tumbling away! "Did I get it?"
"Saaaaa!" Chrysalimon hissed as it righted itself, shooting dark energy at the duo!
"I think you just made it mad!" Neptune cried as she and Peashy desperately dodged! As they retreated to the far wall, Neptune squeaked as sharp spikes suddenly poked out from said wall, barely avoiding getting her eyes gouged! "Yeow! Affimojas must've upgraded the defenses!"
"Hahahaha! There's no escape, meow!" BlackGatomon taunted as Chrysalimon closed in!
"Whadda we do, Neptuna?!" Peashy clung to Neptune's leg in fear.
(We gotta get behind it!) Neptune thought, (Then, maybe...!) "P-ko, I'm gonna try and heave you up and over, okay? Then hit it from behind!"
"Okay," Peashy agreed.
"But first-!" Neptune used her sword to parry Chrysalimon's lashing out with it's long limbs! "Okay, now!" Quickly kneeling and cupping her hands, Peashy stepped onto them, getting flipped backward over and behind Chrysalimon! Wasting no time, the child CPU slammed into Chrysalimon from behind with another drop kick-
-slamming it into the spikes as Neptune rolled aside, the Digimon crying out in pain! "Yay! We hurt it!" Peashy cheered.
"Oh no!" BlackGatomon realized. "How did I not see that coming, meow?!"
"Too bad, demon kitty! Looks like your minion has fallen victim to the 'hazardous arena' trope!" Neptune taunted as she parried more attacks from Chrysalimon... only to get blown back by a dark energy blast, tumbling head over heels! "Oww... that'll teach me to pay attention..."
"Don't hurt Neptuna!" Peashy cried in distress, hitting Chrysalimon with her Bratty Rotating Punch, slamming it into the spikes several times!
"Argh! Retract! Where's the 'retract spikes' button, meow?!" BlackGatomon grunted as she frantically searched the control panel... "Oh no... don't tell me... it's automatic?!"
"Remind me to thank that ex-robo-villain later!" Neptune said as she and Peashy threw themselves to the ground, as Chrysalimon spun around and around, flailing it's limbs in every direction out of desperation! Eventually, however, it tired out, allowing Neptune and Peashy to simultaneously body-slam the Digimon into the spikes, it's hard carapace cracking completely, collapsing to the ground, crying in pain!
(Neptunia Victory Jingle!)
"Yay! We beat the virus monster!" Peashy cheered.
"Heh, wasn't too hard once we figured out the gimmick," Neptune sighed in mild relief. "Got anything else for us, demon kitty? If not, we're comin' on up!"
"Dammit, this can't be happening!" BlackGatomon cried in anguish. "Chrysalimonnnnn!"
"...sssss...ma...ma..." Chrysalimon grunted, a tear falling from one it's eyes... it couldn't end this way, It would NOT let it's mother down! "SssssrrrrrRRRRAAAHHHH!" It screamed it as it was suddenly enveloped in a white glow!
"What the nep?!" Neptune gasped as she and Peashy backed off a little... despite the light, she was able to observe the outer shell crack apart completely, a new creature crawling out, resembling a giant spider! The glow then faded, revealing a white mask-like face with yellow eyes and large black pupils, a red-and-white body, and eight spindly limbs with sharp yellow claws!
(Music- 'Maverick Battle,' Mega Man X2)
"Fish sticks and chips! Me and my big mouth!" Neptune exclaimed. "I forgot one of the standard rules of boss battles: If it seems too easy, that usually means a second phase!"
"Hahahahaha! Behold the Ultimate-level Digimon, Infermon!" BlackGatomon laughed in relief and triumph. "Now, kill them both!"
"Yessss, motherrrr," Infermon hissed, abruptly retracting it's legs and charging Neptune at high speed, the protagonist barely throwing herself to the ground in time! Stopping at the far end of the chamber, Infermon turned and fired several mouth blasts, Neptune and Peashy quickly jumping and dancing to avoid them!
"P-Pea's not scared of a g-giant spider!" Peashy yelled. "Take THAT!" She promptly ran at the Digimon and hit it with a drop kick, but only managed to shift it's body slightly from the impact! "Uh-oh..."
"Isss that all you can do...?" Infermon turned to glare Peashy in the eye.
"G-get awaaaayyy!" Peashy squealed as she lashed out with her Bratty Rotating Punch, pounding the spider in the head repeatedly!
"P-ko, get outta there!" Neptune cried as she ran over, only to watch in horror as the child CPU was blasted away with more mouth blasts! Rushing to her side, she saw that Peashy had a few holes in her shirt, with bad skin burns underneath!
"You'rrrrrre nexsssst!" Infermon hissed as it fired again, the shots deflected by Neptune's laser sword!
"I don't think so! You'll pay for hurting P-ko!" Neptune cried with tears in her eyes. "Cross Combination!" Infermon was forced back slightly from the furious slashing, though it didn't seem to suffer any discernible damage. Infermon tried to retaliate with another Spider Shooter, but Neptune easily backflipped and dodged! "32-bit Mega Blade!" she intoned next, but Infermon managed to skitter away before the giant sword could impale it! The spider then retracted it's limbs and shot forward again, hitting Neptune dead-on and sending her tumbling away!
Fortunately, Neptune managed to stop before hitting the spikes on the wall, holding her ribcage as she tried to regain her senses... but when her vision cleared, she saw Infermon pinning Peashy to the floor! "Now, time to feassssst!" it cackled...
"HALP MEEEE!" Peashy screamed in terror, struggling to no avail!
"P-KO!" Neptune cried as she tried to will her body forward, despite knowing she wouldn't make it in time...
"Sylhet Spear!"
A massive spear suddenly shot from behind and beside Neptune, nailing Infermon and knocking it off Peashy!
(Music- 'Purple Heart Theme', Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory)
"What?!" BlackGatomon gasped in shock.
"I think not!" a refined female voice spoke, it's green-haired busty owner soon floating into Neptune's field of vision. "Sorry I'm late, Neptune." She quickly flew over to the fallen Peashy, gently picking her up and bringing her back to Neptune. "You poor thing, little Peashy... don't worry, Vert's here now."
"I-it hurts, Bert..." Peashy grunted as Green Heart set her down on her back.
"Here, this'll help," Neptune took out a potion and held it up to Peashy's mouth. "C'mon, drink it down..."
"Hsssss!" Infermon righted itself, attempting to fire on the CPUs, only for Vert to easily deflect it's shots by twirling her spear!
"You look after Peashy, I'll swat this arachnid!" the busty CPU asserted, charging forth to do battle!
"This can't be happening!" BlackGatomon cried in distress. "You shouldn't be able to transform with the Nega-Share sword active!"
"Sorry, but that only works with normal HDD," Vert asserted as she deflected more energy blasts! "If you bothered to look closer, you'd easily see that I am in my NEXT Form!"
"Oh yeah, she did seem a bit skimpier on the outfit than usual," Neptune realized, lifting Peashy into a sitting position as the healing potion took effect, her burns vanishing. "You OK, P-ko?"
"Blech! That tasted terrible!" Peashy made a face.
"It's medicine, it's not supposed to taste good," Neptune deadpanned. The two then looked back to Vert, who was easily parrying claw swipes from Infermon!
"Dieeeeee!" Infermon cried as it retracted it's limbs and charged again, but Vert easily flash-stepped aside, the Digimon crashing into the wall as a result! Wasting no time, NEXT Green fired an Inbetween Spear at the enemy, pelting it with several pointed energy projectiles, ending with a larger one that knocked it over on it's side! Quickly righting itself, Infermon tried to fire another Spider Shooter, only for NEXT Green to easily deflect the attack with her Purpurascens Burst technique, her final thrust nailing Infermon in the face!
"Time to end this! Kinestra Slash!" NEXT Green cried, hitting the Digimon with an impossibly fast 16-hit combo! Infermon cried out in agony as it collapsed, several slash marks visible on it's body and limbs!
"NO! Infermon, get out of there! Use the terminal!" BlackGatomon ordered, the spider promptly dissolving into data bits that flowed into a nearby monitor and vanished! "Tenga, abandon ship! Abandon ship!" The intercom promptly cut off, indicating that the black cat was beating feet as well!
(Neptunia Victory Jingle!)
"You better run, you bad kitty!" Peashy yelled at the ceiling. "And your stupid spider, too! Pbbbbbtt!"
"Peashy, that's enough," NEXT Green gently admonished as she floated over. "Are you all right?"
"Pea's fine," Peashy nodded. "Thanks for helping me, Bert. But I still love Neptuna more!"
Neptune couldn't help but snicker at seeing Vert's face fall. "(ahem) Anyway, Vert, what happened to looking after the aliens?"
"I lied," Vert stated matter-of-factly as she reverted to normal. "Haruhi herself would be more than enough to deal with any surprise attacks... but I wanted to catch Ho-Hum off-guard in case you faltered or fell into a trap. Not that I didn't have any confidence in your abilities, mind you..."
"I see, so ya snuck after us in secret, huh?" Neptune mused. "That's fine, I guess, but did ya have to steal my HDD theme for your big entrance?"
"Well, my fight theme wouldn't have fit the mood very well," Vert shrugged. "Besides, you are here, so it's not like it was completely out of context... anyway, let us proceed to the bridge, throw out that Negative Share sword, and then start piloting this ship back to Leanbox City..."
*Outer Deck*
Adrian watched as several Tenga took flight from the ship... "Looks like Lady Neptune and Lady Vert succeeded," he nodded to himself. His conversation with Vert had been brief, the CPU again warning him that he would answer to Peach for what he had pulled... "Well, guess I better evac as well," he grunted as he picked up his laser rifle, activating his jetpack and flying off...
But then, his jetpack began making strange noises, before sputtering out! "Oh shiiiiiiiitttt!" he screamed as he fell uncontrollably to the mountain below...
*To be continued...*