Zero Arc; Chapter 5; Unexpected Arrival, Dimension Traveler Neptune and Jeffrey!
"Oh, great, she's already here. See you later!" Xander tells them and quickly presses the button starting the machine
"Transfer initiated." Histoire says as they were being teleported back and Arfoire starts aiming for Uzume and Xander
"Uzume, watch out!" Nepgear shouts out as she and Adam jump out of teleportation and tackle the two
"Huh?! Nepgear?!" Neptune reaches out to them
"No Adam!" Jeff shouts trying to stop them but it was too late since they were now transported back to Hyperdimension
-Zero Dimension; Terminal Transport Room-
At the moment after Nepgear and Adam tackled Uzume and Xander from an incoming attack by Arfoire the terminal has surging with static
"... No way… the transfer terminal…" Uzume says in disbelief
"Uzume, are you okay?" Nepgear asks her
"You damn idiot! Do you understand the implications of what you just did?!" Uzume yells at her
"But, the way things were going, you would have-" Nepgear explains but gets interrupted
"I ain't having it! It was your chance to go home! We worked so hard and you just freakin' blew it!" Uzume continues upset at her
"Hey don't take it out on her! We didn't just save your asses for nothing!" Adam yells at her as both he and Uzume glare at one another
"Uzume, nothing can be done about that now. What's done is done. Please focus your energy on finding a means of escaping." Umio tells her
"Tch! We'll talk about this later, Gearsy! Let's force our way through the front! Stay close, you guys!" Uzume tells them and with Xander's Iron body he busts through the wall making an escape path and they begin heading North hoping to escape from Arfoire. After some long running they stop to take a breather "A-alright, I think we're in the clear." Uzume then turns her head to Nepgear still upset from before "Okay, Gearsy, seriously, what the hell was that?"
"Well, you were in danger, Uzume… my body just kinda moved on its own, and before I knew it, I was jumping out of the term-" Nepgear gets interrupted again
"None of that matters! I shouldn't have even been part of that equation! This was your chance! What are you doing wasting it on me? So stupid!" Uzume continues upset until Xander placed a hand on her shoulder with a calm expression
"Even so, what does matter is that we are alive. We should thankful, I almost let my guard down if Adam hadn't gotten me out of the way of the blast." Xander tells her remembering what Jeff and Adam told him "Even if we barely know each other, we still consider you our friend… Those were the words they said to me, and they won't allow any of their friends to die in front of them." He looked at the sky as Uzume was tearing up not having to give both Adam and Nepgear a way back home "We should plan on our next move, I have a feeling it won't be long before that witch follows us."
"I propose we evacuate this area completely." Umio says
"You really want us to run away from her?" Uzume asks him
"Not exactly. We'll need to devise an appropriate strategy of retaliation, considering this foe is so different from what we've faced in the past." Umio explains "Concurrently, we can also be considering alternative options to return both Gearsy and Adam home."
"Okay, as long as we get to fight back. I hate being passive. It doesn't feel right." Uzume says
"Exactly like Jeff, he hates it not being able to fight. Whenever a challenge comes his way he doesn't back down from it." Adam says knowing his brother very well
"Understood. Let us return to our main base. Some of our friends may be able to offer help." Umio tells them which confuses Adam and Nepgear
"Um, sorry to interrupt, but what do you mean by "main base," Uzume? Wasn't this your base?" Nepgear asks confused
"Oh yea, guess we forgot to mention it. That was only a temporary base we created for our bouts with the giant." Xander tells them
"And don't think asking me questions is gonna make me forget your foolish move. You're in for a long lecture once we get over there, Gearsy." Uzume tells her
"Wow now this is like back home with Histoire lecturing her and Neptune before…" Adam mutters to himself
"P-Please go easy on me…" Nepgear says slightly worried about the upcoming lecture from Uzume. The group heads forward to a cavern dungeon "This cave is your main base? I think I can hear monsters…"
"Nah. this isn't it. What is this place, Umio?" Uzume asks the fish
"It's a shortcut I found not too long ago. We run less of a risk of being spotted traveling through here than walking outside." Umio explains "There are monsters inside, but… well, I'm sure you all can handle it." the head forward through the cave while unknowingly being followed by Arfoire heading into a trap. The group fought some large enemies and more machine enemies, they continue forward until stopping in a large open area that didn't seem to have another pathway
"Aren't we there yet, Umio?" Uzume asks him
"This is most strange. It should have been straight along this path. Don't be alarmed, but it appears that we've lost our way." Umio explains slightly worried "Let us retrace our steps." but before they could go back
"Haaaa ha ha ha ha ha!" A familiar laugh echoed behind them "Playtime is over, brats!" Arfoire says looking glad about the mix up the group took
"Ugh, you're that pop-up purple hag!" Uzume shouts angry
"I am not a pop-up purple hag! My name is Arfoire… a name that will signal your demise, and ring the bell of destruction for this hopeless world!" She says as the guys get themselves ready to fight
"This location does not exist on any map in existence. How do you know of this place…?" Umio asks the witch
"Simple. I took the liberty of following you fools who didn't have the sense to cover your tracks." she tells him "because of your stupidity, I was able to trap you all here in this dead-end, so, thank you."
"Following us, dammit I should have been more cautious before!" Adam curses himself for not being careful
"Blast… my deepest apologies to you all, I should have known better. This is my fault…" Umio apologies to them
"There's no need for apologies, for now I'm ready to take on this witch!" Xander says cracking his knuckles "I'm ready to take this one on!"
"You got that right! Here is something you should be worried about now!" Adam says taking his stance "Alright girls get yourselves ready, this ends now Arfoire!"
"W-what?! What did you say just now?!" She asks surprised which questioned Adam
"Uh… I said, "this ends now Arfoire!" Adam replies of what he said
"Just the last part! Just say the last part one more time!" She tells him wanting to hear something after the annoyance of Neptune
"The last… are you saying, just your name? Arfoire…?" Adam was getting confused at why she would ask him to say her name
"One more time, with some respect!" she demands which Adam was completely confused about
"... Miss… Arfoire?" He says questioning why he is doing this and she was having tears come out of her eyes
"ohhh…" she moans happily hearing her actual name "Since first I appeared, it's been Arsnore this, Arbore that, or pop-up purple hag… the worst. Finally… Finally, you called me by my name!" she exclaims happily which Adam was now understanding the situation
"Oh, now I fully get it, she was getting tired of the names Neptune called her… I actually can understand how she felt like a few times I've been called ice-boy from before. That got me annoyed once." Adam says remember the days with the Deity of Sin years ago "Even so I respect villains by using their real names unlike Neptune, but that doesn't mean we won't fight you!" Adam tells her and gets into a stance
"Agreed, now let us fight until the other perishes. Which will be all of you!" Arfoire says summoning a spear and both girls transform into their CPU forms
"Ice-make Ice Cannon!" Adam forms a launcher and fires a large ice ball and Arfoire moves away from the shot and Purple Sister flies at her and they clash their weapons together as Orange Hearts flies at them and Arfoire pushes Purple Sister back and thrust her spear at Orange Heart which she flips above and shouts through her megaphone to cause a Soundwave to push Arfoire back and both Adam and Xander charged at her with sword weapons with their magic clashing their weapons with sparks flying. As both Adam and Xander clash against Arfoire, Purple Sister flies at her with a heavy hit knocking her back and Adam creating cannons shooting at her into the cavern walls and Xander using his club attack causing her to fall to the ground but gets up again charging at Orange Heart and thrusts her spear causing her to fly back a bit. Arfoire then uses an ability as the guys got near her they were knocked back by a Dark force, but doesn't stop Adam from creating many swords and sending them at her and striking her from every angle and blast her with multiple ice cannons.
"Ha take that you damn witch! Look who got outnumbered!" Xander shouts out
"What delusions are you living in? I've barely used half of my strength." Arfoire tells him
"Pffft, your bluffing. That wouldn't be even possible!" Xander says feeling confident but Adam felt like she is gonna do something big
"Your ignorance will cost you. It's time for you to learn your place the hard way! My true form, and my true power!" Arfoire flashes a Dark light and her figure changes to a large beast familiar to Nepgear and Adam
"T-that form?! Why are you in that form…?" Purple Sister asks in shock
"She wasn't kidding, but why does it have to be that form?!" Adam asks himself out loud and Arfoire uses an explosion blast knocking them all away and damaging them badly and now laying on the ground barely able to move
"Dammit, who knew she would have hidden that much strength…" Xander groans in pain from the large attack
"Damn, I think that blast made me hurt my leg!" Adam curses himself not being quick enough to defend against the incoming attack and Arfoire was laughing enjoying seeing the four unable to continue "No... Jeff… if only you were here…" suddenly a scream was heard by Xander's hearing and heard by Purple Sister also who both looked confused
"Huh? Was that a voice?" Xander asks thinking the scream sounded familiar
"What is it, Xander?" Orange Heart asks him
"I thought I heard Nepsy's voice with my hearing…" he says and Purple Sister agreed hearing Neptune also
"How is that even possible?" Adam asks
"Hmph. Don't think I'll fall for such an obvious, time-wasting bluff. I will end you!" Arfoire says ready to attack them
"Move, move, moooove! We're gonna craaaaash!" The voice sounding like Neptune yells out as another spoke also
"You damn idiot! I told you to be careful and look at what is gonna happen!" A male voice shouts which sounds like Jeff but slightly different. When suddenly something or someone or two crash landed right next to them all as they cough from the heavy smoke
"... So much smoke…" Purple Sister says coughing from the large smoke
"W-what?! What fell? We're these losers really able to call for reinforcements…?!" Arfoire says surprised something actually happened. Once the smoke cleared they could see two people one on top of the other, a girl who looks like Neptune but with longer hair, also taller, and a bigger chest size, her clothes look exactly the same except are black instead of white, and no stockings. She also has a pouch strapped to her leg for a notebook and another for holding a handgun.
"Oh, man, I really took a tumble there. Shoot, and I was so close to finally catching a skyfish…" the girl who looks like an Older Neptune says disappointed "I didn't realize the around was missing there…"
"Well next time be sure to watch where you are going alright!" The guy who is under her says annoyed "you should be glad I used my body to give you a soft landing."
"Of course thanks Jeffy~" the girl gives him a kiss on the cheek and the two realized they were being watched "Oh, it's the people who were down below. Hey! You guys hurt? Everyone okay?" The two get up and the group get a better look at the guy's outfit and looks, he has slight messy black hair and blue eyes, he wears a black long coat with white trims, has a white shirt with black markings, black pants, and black shoes. He also has a necklace around with a Crystal sphere with white and black swirl of energy inside it.
"Who are you?!" They all ask them
"... me? My name's Neptune!" She tells them
"And I'm Jeffrey, pleasure to meet you all!" He says with a smile
Now to explain this, usually characters from different dimensions are suppose to look similar but since Ultradimension Neptune is human and grew to adult age that makes her different, for Ultradimension Jeff his looks are gonna be different and also wielding swords for battles. He wouldnt have gotten Dragon Slayer magic, and there is a story behind the necklace which might be revealed later in this story.
"To be honest, I'm a bug hunter who explores other dimensions; I just happen to be passing by!" Neptune says "I also ran into my new buddy Jeffy along the way and we became dimension travel buddies, he is so fun to be around with!" The others were staring at them in disbelief of who the two actually are "whoops, looks like you all were in the middle of something. Sorry for interrupting you!"
"They look like they need an extra hand, how about it Neptune?" Jeff asks her and nods agreeing
"Hey, cutie with the pink hair, what's your name?" Neptune asks Purple Sister and was confused a bit replying with 'M-me?' "Yup, you!"
"My name is Nepgear." She tells her
"Wow, you have "Nep" in your name, too?! Crazy! This Nep can't help but feel like there's some kind of sentimental fate at play here!" Neptune says and Arfoire tried getting their attention however they were still having a conversation with them
"How about you guy? What is your name?" Jeff asks Adam
"W-who me? Well my name is Adam." He tells him
"Wow, neat you have an awesome name there. For some strange reason I got this weird feeling about you." Jeff says
"Hey, hey, Umio, what's going on? Nepsy and Jeff left, grew up and changed super fast, and then fell on us!" Orange Heart tells him completely confused
"Even I cannot begin to understand this. But, if they are willing to help us, their presence will be quite appreciated." Umio tells her, as Arfoire still tries to get their attention
"Whoa hey there tough guy, you look as strong as iron there!" Jeff says looking at Xander
"Well heck I am tough as Iron!" Xander tells him then Arfoire shouts getting their attention and big Neptune made fun of her just like the Neptune they know
"Yup, even so that is even acts… geez." Adam mutters quietly and Jeff provided some drinks for the two, when they tasted the drink it was bitter. Both Adam and Xander were suddenly refreshed from the instant damage taken before and now ready to face Arfoire once again. Purple Sister charges in and strikes Arfoire as Adam takes his stance and part of his body is covered now going to use his Devil Slayer magic "Ice Devil's Zero Destruction Fist!" Adam jumps at Arfoire and heavily punches her causing her to be pushed back from the attack
"Iron Dragon's Club!" Xander reaches and hits Arfoire and was about to attack when she sees Jeff running on the arm holding a sword enhanced with fire magic
"Flaming dance!" Jeff yells and strikes Arfoire with his fire enhanced sword and jumps high "Electric Rain!" from his left hand he shoots lightning above and creates a storm cloud and rain small bolts of lightning hitting Arfoire like crazy. Neptune then readies herself and attacks Arfoire instantly with her Raging Rush skill, as Orange Heart flies with a punch attack and then causing an explosion damaging Arfoire and she tries swiping at Jeff and Neptune, but the two dodge away and the two enter a Couple attack
"Dance of Swords!" Jeff takes Neptune's arm tossing her up and striking Arfoire and she tosses one of her katanas to him and he starts slicing away at Arfoire doing a multiple hit combos and tosses Neptune's katana back to her and the two get together and charge strike Arfoire ending their move and Arfoire was actually getting worn out
"Ice-Make: Freeze Lancer!" Adam creates large spikes of ice and heavily hitting Arfoire in every spot
"Iron Dragon's Lance!" Xander turns his arms into iron poles and smacks Arfoire head on, smashed into the wall. The onslaught of attacks Arfoire was given had completely worn her down unable to continue. Once that was all done the two girls changed back to normal and Uzume was going to beat up Arfoire who was still unable to move, however Neptune used her special notebook and Arfoire shrunk and got absorbed in the book and Neptune taped her in.
"I am unsure of how that notebook of hers works. But as long as that bad lady is sealed in that then I am alright with it." Jeff says to Adam and Xander, and the groups allowed Neptune and Jeff to travel along with them
"Bro is gonna be amazed when I tell him I met another version of himself. I wonder which dimension these two are from." Adam thinks to himself as they find the right pathway toward base
-End of Z Chapter 5-
Adam: After the surprise encounter of meeting the two newcomers and allowing them to travel with us. We get to the other base Uzume talked about.
Xander: and seems Neptune, Uzume, and Umio are being picky with a certain food…
Adam: and great it looks like them being picky they gave the food they hate to Arfoire and allowed her to escape Neptune's Notebook.
Xander: it looks like we gotta find this person Neptune calls Crosity
Adam: wait a moment, that's Croire!
Croire: sup? How has my creator been?
Next time; Arfoire Released?! True Power Unleashed!
So I'd like to say that I haven't been able to get this out sooner since I have been occupied with other things currently. So now I am gonna finish up the Zero dimension Part for you guys, also there is a Poll for the Hyperdimension Part for this story with the four parts, go ahead and vote which one you want me to work on first and I will remake the poll for the next part, so thanks for understanding and enjoy.