Hyper Arc; Purple Story - Part 2; Gold Third B-Sha
After the events dealing with Arfoire and escaping with a mysterious robot ninja. Jeff, Neptune, and friends brought IF to the hospital to get her wounds treated. Once she is able to get on her feet again she now remembers Neptune, Jeff and the others. They were glad to have their friends back and remembered them. Now the group has gathered together on a quest to learn of what AffimaX is planning.
"It's great to have you both back to your normal selves." Ruby tells the two girls that are now with them.
"It's just like old times where we teamed up together, oh man those days bring back good memories!" Jeff says with a smile on him.
"I've apologized to you both so many times, I don't even know what went on to make that happen." IF tells them feeling confused why she forgot about her friends.
"It's true. Why has everyone in the world forgotten about Nep-Nep, Jeff, and the other CPUs and Protectors?" Compa asks also confused
"I don't know the root cause, but this all happened after the CPUs lost to Gold Third." IF explains to them. "But now that Nep and Jeff are back, I inexplicably feel like everything will turn out okay."
The group goes around the city for a bit to find any sources about AffimaX
"It's been a while since all of us have gone out together." Compa says happily
"Yeah, between the festival and dealing with AffimaX, we've been working 24/7." IF says
"I heard they popped up in Lastation recently." Compa explains
"Right. If I recall, what got stolen over there was some company's documents and research about some of their patents." IF tells them
"Didn't Arbore steal a game console before that, too?" Neptune asks her
"Yep. For some reason, AffimaX keeps stealing Planeptunian game consoles. I don't really know what's up with that." IF explains which made Jeff think deeply
"What's up Jeff? This is the first time I've seen you like this..." Ruby asks his buddy.
"Some people are starting to joke around that game consoles are the very most valuable thing Planeptune has to offer." Kaylin explains
"Gaming consoles…" Jeff says under his breath in real deep thought. "Could they be after a specific console… would they dare grab the one inside the Basilicom?"
"Seriously, I have no idea what they're planning with that. It's such a weird move." IF says confused why this is happening
"Ooooh! A used-games shop in a place like this? "Chuko's Super Rare Second-Hand Shop". Sounds like there might be some bargains! Let's take a peek!" Neptune says excited
"Oh, that shop. It opened pretty recently. They sell mostly a bunch of retro consoles and games." IF tells Neptune
"Be still, my beating heart! I have a feeling that a retro treasure exists within these walls!" Neptune says holding her excitement for games.
"Hey maybe we can take a look in here. If AffimaX is grabbing consoles we could see if they might find something here." Ruby tells the girls while Jeff is lost in thought about why they would steal consoles.
"I was thinking the same thing actually." Kaylin says now in her original form. "I just wonder why they would go and steal something such as that?" The group enters the store to find a white mouse seemingly feeling down with a sigh.
"I can't believe this happened…" she says
"Miss Salesclerk mouse…? Is something wrong?" Neptune asks getting her attention
"Oh, customers. Hello. Welcome to my shop." She greets them. "Actually, I'm sorry. I'm all closed up today."
"Closed? Did something happen?" IF asks the mouse
"Yes, something awful. You see, all of my game merchandise was stolen." She explains to them
"Wait, does that mean the culprit is the secret organization?" Tempest asks
"Highly probable. So, did you report this to the police?" IF asks the clerk
"I just finished doing that." the mouse told her.
"Okay, that's good. Then, could you let us in on all the details? My name's IF. I work at the Basilicom. These all are Nep- I mean Neptune, Jeffrey, Compa, Tempest, Ruby, and Kaylin." IF tells the mouse girl.
"Nice to meet you. I'm the manager of this store, Chuko." She says to the group.
"That's an adorable name. It's nice to meet you, too!" Compa says and Chuko explains her situation.
"I see… So, when you came to work, the store was already in this state." IF says understanding the situation. "And all of your used games and consoles had already been stolen from your shop…"
"Are used consoles and games valuable enough to warrant stealing them?" Compa asks
"They aren't all that expensive, so I can't believe they're really worth it." IF tells her
"Heh heh heh. You guys don't understand the high values placed upon retro games." Neptune tells them "It's these kinda titles that core fans keep forever because they're not mad anymore. They can go for ten times their original price!"
"Oh, that's nothin'. Some games produced in small quantities might sell for over 100 times the original price." Chuko tells them
"O-One hundred?! But does anyone buy them for that much?!" Compa asks shocked from the price multiplier.
"Can we get back on the subject at hand?" Jeff asks them, getting slightly annoyed with their conversation. "So for now I believe we will look into this, we will let you know what we find."
"Thank you so much for your kindness." Chuko tells them and the group leaves the store.
"It's gotten so dangerous lately, I hope we can go back to how peaceful it used to be here…" Compa says with hope.
"Honestly, Planeptune is doing relatively okay. I just got word that Leanbox is being invaded by unknown forces. Doesn't get worse than that. The bummer for us is that all air and ship transportation has been halted because of it." IF explains
"That's kinda scary. I wonder if Vert's doing okay. I hope she's working something out…" Neptune says worried about Vert.
"She has Isaac and Mark with her, so she should be alright… I hope." Jeff says who seems to doubt himself a bit. The group walks around for a bit until some certain ones called out to them.
"Jeffy!" Selena shouted out and tackled hugged Jeff barely having to react in time.
"Gwah!" both of them fall to the ground while Selena has him in her arms and he could feel her chest against his body, and also her looks and clothes indicate she is currently in her Ice Dragon Slayer Style. Without power from her gauntlet she can't switch to her Fire Element. "I'm glad to see you Selena."
"It took a while, but we finally made it back." Adam says without a shirt.
"Adam, your shirt is gone." Jeff tells his brother and Adam freaks out. Jeff gets Selena off of him and they stand up. "So what have you three been doing before?" He asks them as Nepgear is happy to be with Neptune.
"Well for starters we were with Uni and Noble. They are currently trying to get Noire and James out of the basilicom. Rom and Ram found Seth and are looking for Blanc and Alex. Nepgear also did a bit of hacking to find some info from Leanbox." Selena explains to him
"I see… Everyone is having their own problems and we can't go out to help out." Jeff says disappointed he can't help out the others. Neptune then planned that Nepgear should go help out Vert and Isaac. Nepgear agreed on it and took off as IF told Neptune that would be the better chance of Vert taking Nepgear for herself which Neptune realized her mistake. "... Adam go with Nepgear to Leanbox."
"Huh? Why would you do that?" Tempest asks Jeff
"Watch over her just to make sure Vert doesn't get any ideas to take her." Jeff tells him "besides I got these two, Ruby, Kaylin, and those three with me. Once everything is cleared up we will come and get you both."
"Alright bro, you be careful. I have a bad feeling there is a lot more than we are going to expect." Adam warns him
"Right, and let Isaac know that Silvia is working on Replacement devices for the protectors and younger brothers." Jeff tells him
"I'll be sure to let him know." Adam says and follows Nepgear to Leanbox
"I hope those two will be alright." Selena says slightly worried, though Jeff reassures her with a smile.
The group now along with Selena continue to find some info for their situation, while Jeff had something to explain to Tempest and Selena about something important.
"Is something on your mind Jeff." Ruby asks his buddy
"Look I had to tell someone this and I doubt those three would likely get what I'm thinking…" Jeff says sounding serious
"What is it? You have been in deep thinking for a long while before." Tempest says and Jeff took a moment to think about what he wants to tell them.
"My thoughts start off with when Neptune, Nepgear, me, Adam, and Ruby traveled to the Zero Dimension…" Jeff starts off
"The one where you met that CPU and Protector?" Kaylin asks and Jeff nods. "What does that have to do with what is happening?"
"I'm getting to that… First is about Arfoire, she was from the Zero Dimension. Neptune confirmed to me that Arfoire said she wanted to get back for the humiliation back in the Zero Dimension. Which also means she survived that intense battle we went through." Jeff explains
"But you barely used part of Dad's power right?" Selena asks him and replies with a Yes. "That's a very small chance of surviving against his strength given to you… question is how did she survive?"
"I'm not sure, but what I can confirm is she is in league with AffimaX." Jeff tells them
"How can you be certain?" Tempest asks
"Remember when that robot ninja arrived and retreated with Arfoire?" Jeff asks and they remember the ninja taking Arfoire somewhere. "There was something that he said, a name… General Affimojas…"
"Affimojas? That name sounds similar to AffimaX." Ruby says
"You think this Affimojas is the leader of the AffimaX Organization?" Kaylin asks Jeff
"It's a huge possibility that this General is the one who made the Organization. Their goal I am not sure, however there is one thing that is bugging me." Jeff says and the others were confused
"Oh do you mean why Arfoire was stealing consoles?" Ruby asks him
"Exactly... "Why would AffimaX go for Planeptune gaming consoles? And is there a reason going for our nation's consoles? Why not any of the other nations instead? Could they be after a specific type of console?" These questions go through my head trying to find the answers to all of these." Jeff says feeling confused.
"Well we don't know why they are doing it… but first I think we should go chase after that rat." Selena says as they saw the other girls starting to chase a familiar rat.
"Oh that little guy, how odd that he actually remembers us." Jeff says "Let's hurry after them quickly." the five of them follow behind the three and see the rat Warechu tackle a little boy making him cry. "That damn rat just hurt a little boy, that is gone far enough." But before he can go after him.
"Hold it right there!" A dramatic female voice spoke which was familiar to Jeff.
"There she is!" IF exclaims and a certain blonde haired girl appears with a mask covering her eyes, but the outfit and her scent is easily noticed by Jeff.
"The heavens, the earth, the people all call! They summon me to defeat the wicked! Listen up, evil-doer!" She shouts out dramatically.
"You gotta be kidding me…" Jeff says dumbfounded seeing the person acting like a hero to the citizens.
"W-Who the hell are you, chu?! Think you're so tough?! Outta my way!" Warechu yells out unexpecting an unknown person to show up.
"I am the hero known as Presto Mask!" She exclaims to the rat. "To cause a child to cry is inexcusable! I will deliver swift justice!"
"Are you seriously kidding…? Presto Mask?" Jeff asks with an expression that has his eyes half open.
"What the hell is with this loser wearing that stupid mask, chu?! If you won't move, I'll have to move you by force!" Warechu tells her
"I won't allow it! Take this! My special move, Presto Kick!" She shouts out and epicly kicks Warechu knocking him away and flat on the ground. "Some people are just too proud to admit their own mistakes…"
"Thank you, Presto Mask!" the boy tells her
"Thank you so much. How can we ever repay you…?" the mother asks her
"I only did what's expected of a hero of justice! You don't need to thank me ma'am." the masked girl tells the mother.
"The epitome of a hero! How cool is that!" Neptune says amazed
"How about the exact girl that kicked your butt in that match…" Jeff and Selena say in their thoughts knowing Neptune doesn't realize that girl is one of the Gold Third members.
"So, you're the ones chasing after that mouse?" the masked girl asks the group.
"That's right." Neptune tells her
"Hmm, never seen your face before. Then, as a first-time service, I'll lower the price to 1000 credits!" the masked girl says
"Excuse me…?" Jeff asks dumbfounded. "1000 credits? You are charging us?"
"Oh, I forgot to mention, but she takes money from anyone who's not a kid." IF tells them and Jeff turned to her with an annoyed look and sighed.
"I can't believe there is someone like that." Jeff says under his breath and goes into his pockets and looks through his credits and takes out the exact amount. "Alright, here you go 1000 credits for you." Jeff hands the masked Gold Third the money still annoyed.
"Thank you for your services. I'll see you all another time, then! Farewell!" She tells them and walks away.
"How can there be someone like her be the protector of our nation?" Jeff asks pinching his nose trying hard to not let his anger unleash.
"I'd like to know as well…" Ruby says as the girls decide to take Warechu with them and Compa to fix him up. So they get to the basilicom and Jeff laid down on the couch taking a rest and the cute part is him resting his head on Selena's lap.
"He is so adorable when he sleeps." Selena says in her thoughts and Warechu later wakes up. Then Neptune, Compa, and Tempest returned to the basilicom. The girls ask the rat about AffimaX and tells them some stuff and then about the witch Arfoire.
"All I know for certain is that she's lookin' for a game console with a "swirl mark" on it." Warechu explains which Jeff instantly opened his eyes hearing those exact words with his hearing.
"Console with a swirl mark… she's looking for that exact one?! How does she know about it?!" Jeff asks himself in his thoughts
"A console with a swirl mark?" Tempest asks
"... Swirl mark, huh? Nah, it couldn't be…" Neptune says quietly while Jeff has a sweat dropping expression of why AffimaX wants that console, and wonders how they know about it.
"I see. So that's why you all keep trying to steal game consoles." IF says understanding their plans.
"Yeah, but we've come up empty handed, chu." Warechu says
"Alright, next question. Tell me more about the other members. Don't forget to say what their roles are, either." IF tells him
"I have to say that, too?" Warechu asks feeling worried now
"It's the most important part." IF says
"... I'm still feelin' like I don't really wanna be a snitch and sell my friends out, chu." Warechu says
"Says the one who talked about Arfoire." Selena says to him
"That old bag treats me like crap. so she's an exception, chu." He tells her who sounded annoyed when around Arfoire. Then suddenly an intercom turned on.
"Ding, dong, ding, dong! Business call, business call. Ummm… Neptune, IF, Compa, Jeffrey, Selena, and Tempest, please come to the audience room ASAP." a familiar voice spoke. "This has been a business call! Ding, dong, ding, dong!" the intercom turns off
"It's rare for B-Sha to call us." IF says surprised
"B-Sha is this nation's Gold Third, right? I completely forgot until now." Neptune says
"Really Neptune? Ugh sometimes you really are dense, especially when she was being Presto Mask." Jeff says annoyed at her. "Now come on, I don't think we should keep her waiting now… but first we should keep this guy somewhere safe." He looks at Warechu and IF had decided to put him in a cell and they go into the meeting room with Histoire and the Gold Third member known as B-Sha, who now is in rule over Planeptune.
"We have been waiting for you." Histoire says with B-Sha next to her.
"Good of you to come, Neptune! I haven't seen you since the exhibition matches." B-Sha says while Jeff has a glare on her upset about their loss.
"Gah?! You're that pay-to-save hero!" Neptune exclaims out loud.
"Eek! M-Maybe you're thinking of someone else?" B-Sha asks trying to avoid the suspicion though Selena rolled her eyes and Tempest has the sweat dropping expression on her.
"No way, anybody would figure that disguise easily!" Neptune says and Jeff placed his hand over his eyes and shaking his head.
"As expected of a CPU. To think you would see through my perfect disguise…" B-Sha says admitting to her role of being a hero.
"To us Dragon Slayers her scent was obvious…" Jeff says in his thoughts. "So you remember her being a CPU, huh?"
"Of course. As well as you being the Goddess Protector. I also know you've been helping out with a few things." B-Sha tells them. "But that's not why I called all of you here today. I want you guys to go to Haneda City ASAP."
"Haneda City is the neighboring city, right? Did something happen?" Compa asks with a worried expression.
"It's currently under attack by a horde of delusionary monsters. Please, you must hurry and save them." B-Sha explains to them.
"So, that's why you called all of us." IF says
"Alright, I have been waiting to get some action going." Jeff says about to go out the room.
"On the subject of this discussion, B-Sha, I will have you go along as well." Histoire says
"What?! Me too?!" She asks shocked to hear this.
"Why have her tag along? I'm already way strong enough to handle some ugly monsters. She can stay for all I care!" Jeff says bluntly and leaves the meeting room.
"I guess Jeff is still upset from the loss during the Tournament…" Tempest says worried for him.
"It seems he can not trust the members of Gold Third, after everything changed. He had the instance of not trusting either you or your comrades B-Sha…" Histoire explains to her.
"Jeffy can be harsh at times, it may take time for him to calm down about the incident…" Selena tells her and the rest follow Jeff to the neighboring city that is seriously packed with monsters. Jeff being in front was already up for a fight, and the other two Dragon Slayers follow as well. Ruby then noticed B-Sha running for her life.
"Hey! B-Sha is leaving! What do we do?!" Ruby asks
"Let's worry about her later! We have enemies to deal with!" Kaylin tells him as she takes her human form and Ruby grabs on Jeff's back and carries him into the air.
"You attack my home, and attack the people living here. That is unforgivable you monsters! Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Jeff has streams of fire from his arms and smack a horde of the monsters away from civilians.
"Ice Dragon's Roar!" Selena blows a twister of cold wind filled with ice shards to freeze the monsters.
"Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!" Tempest creates a large amount of winds blowing a lot of monsters high into the air allowing Jeff to toss them into others which they burst into cubes. Neptune, IF, and Compa also have dealt with their own group of monsters.
"Jeff! We just noticed a man having a strange reaction towards Nep-Nep!" Compa shouts out to him while still in the air. "If Nep-Nep is around other then they might remember her!"
"She's right, when Neptune was in HDD form he had a nostalgic feeling. If people see her like that then maybe they'll remember her and us as well." Tempest says having Kaylin carrying her.
"That is great, if this continues then maybe it'll be possible! Let's continue forth everyone, Ruby let's fly!" Jeff tells his buddy and he replies with 'Aye Sir!' They fly further into the city and Jeff now having hope to help his nation, even if no one remembers him and Neptune he will protect those that matter to him.
At the center of the city a large monster has knocked down most of the basilicom staff members while two are left standing keeping distance away from the beast.
"Dammit, what is with this guy?! He's way different from the others!" One of the members says holding his spear at the enemy as it growls getting closer.
"Too many troops have fallen to him… At this rate, it's hard to tell which side is the surrounded one…" The other member says with fear filling into his body.
"It really is a monster… If only our CPU and her Protector were here at a time like this…" the first member says with hope the two leaders they knew would return.
"Don't say things like that, both of them aren't here anymore! We have to hold it down without her!" the second member tells his comrade, while the monster goes for an attack towards them. "Oh no look out!"
"Fire Dragon's Talon!" Jeff dives towards the monster that was about to attack the two members and kicks it straight on knocking it away from them. "You dare attack these guys… I will never allow harm to come onto the people of my home! I will burn you to dust!"
"Lord Jeff! It really is you!" One member says amazed and glad to see Jeff.
"So there are people who do remember you…" Tempest says surprised. Neptune arrives at the scene and transforms into Purple Heart.
"In order to answer their wishes, we will defeat you here!" Purple Heart says and both her and Jeff ready themselves to fight the Ancient Dragon.
"You all get the knocked out staff out of here, we will take care of this beast!" Jeff tells the others and has fire emit from his hands.
"Right, let's hurry and get them out of here quickly!" Selena says and the others hurry and get the wounded soldiers out of the area.
"Jeff are you ready?" Purple Heart asks him.
"You bet I am ready!" Jeff replies to her and the Ancient Dragon roars at them and swipes its claws at them.
-Play Fairy Tail - Sannin No Dragon Slayers-
Jeff dodges another swipe attack from the large enemy and throws an Iron fist attack pushing the Ancient Dragon away and Purple Heart readies herself and flies towards the enemy leaping over the claw swipe and strikes it's head and Jeff leaping towards it with a powerful kick up the jaw of the beast. Purple Heart then suddenly barely blocks another attack from the enemy, however she got some claw marks and rips from her arm.
"Damn, that was close." She curses herself and the two suddenly notice the monster surrounded by a dark aura and it's form changed to black scales and red line marks with pulsing blue energy flowing through it. "What just happened to it?"
"It might have changed like how other monsters take on a Viral form. Let's take it out quickly!" Jeff tells her and the two continue the fight however they noticed that the Ancient Dragon suddenly was faster at its attacks and strength and it punched Jeff into the ground though he was able to stop it from crushing him. "Looks like it really did get a big power boost!" He is currently struggling against the suddenly heavy weight being pressed down against him.
"Let him go!" Purple Heart flies and struck the arm causing it to flinch and give Jeff the moment to escape the small crater that was made. "Are you alright?"
"Yea, however it was a close call." Jeff says glad to be out of that predicament he was in and they get distance from the Ancient Dragon and Jeff readies another attack. "Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" He tosses a ball of fire causing it to explode on the enemy and knock it back though it didn't seem to do much. "Damn, this thing must be resilient with its new strength."
"Then how about we combine our strength as one?" Purple Heart asks and Jeff looks at her in the eyes and nods in agreement. "Then let's pierce this monster and finish it." She makes her sword disappear and holds Jeff around his waist and flies high dodging a swipe from the Ancient Dragon. "You're not feeling sick are you?" She asks him since she knows about his motion sickness, at times when she carried him he felt sick. However this time he was completely fine.
"You are a person, not a vehicle… my imagination gets in the way… but I won't let it hold me back!" He tells her and she flies high into the air and they position themselves and fly down and move up heading straight at the enemy.
"We will protect the people of Planeptune, this is our nation so get out of here! Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" Both of them shout together as Jeff and Purple Heart are surrounded in a ball of fire and flying at the Ancient Dragon and pierces right through the chest area. They slow down and Purple Heart winces from her injury on her arm releasing Jeff from her grasp, but Jeff quickly reacted by wrapping his arms around her and they fall to the ground and roll around until they stop with Purple Heart on her back on the ground and Jeff on top with his hands holding him up and looking down at her.
-End Music-
The two looked at each other for a while and they just smiled at each other while the monster bursted into cubes.
"You know, there were times where I am always mad at you for being lazy and such. However deep down you still care for all the people around us, even me and Selena." Jeff tells her with a huge grin on his face.
"Of course, you have always stayed by my side no matter what had happened. You fought for everyone's sake, as well as mine. I guess I really did choose the right guy to be my Protector… and the one I could eventually love." Purple Heart says placing a hand on his cheek.
"Come on, you know I'm not good with this love stuff…" Jeff says embarrassed with a slight blush on him and Purple Heart drew closer to him about to kiss him.
"Hey can you wait to do that?" IF asks which drew the two out of their moment and their faces were deep red remembering there were others around. The two of them get up looking away embarrassed.
"You were about to do it huh!" Ruby says to his buddy with a teasing tone.
"Shut up, no we weren't." Jeff says not wanting to admit it.
"You love her~" He says and Jeff blushes deep red as well as Purple Heart's face turning red from embarrassment.
"That's it come here!" Jeff yells out and chases after Ruby as he flies away teasing his buddy.
"That's Jeff for you." Selena says and walks to Purple Heart and whispers. "Make sure you include me in your moments." Purple Heart looked away embarrassed being in a relationship with not one, but two Dragon Slayers that were raised by the same Dragon. "Tempest let's go make sure Jeff doesn't hurt Ruby too much."
"Right!" Tempest says and the two chase after Jeff and Ruby. Once the two girls got Jeff to calm down, the group returns back to the main city and into the basilicom.
"We're home, Histy!" Neptune says proudly
"Welcome back, everyone. I have received reports from the people of Haneda City." Histoire tells them. "I heard you were quite successful."
"Darn tootin'! Oh and Histy, you're not gonna believe this! There were a few guards in that town that hadn't forgotten about me or Jeffy!" Neptune tells her happily
"Is that true?! I am shocked there are others who remember you besides us." Histoire says surprised
"Yea, maybe it's because they had wanted to help them so deeply that their emotions were powerful to keep their memories." Tempest says
"Possibly true." Kaylin says now as her cat self.
"By the way, has B-Sha returned yet?" IF asks
"B-Sha? No, not yet… was she not with you?" Histoire asked
"Well…" IF starts explaining of what happened
"I see… so that is what happened…" Histoire says understanding the situation that she learned. "Having seen her so eagerly play the part of the hero, I cannot imagine she would run from the monsters…"
"Hey, Histy, I'm gonna go look for B-Sha." Neptune says
"Let me go with you, I can find her easily." Jeff says to her.
"Alright, let's go Jeffy!" Neptune exclaims and the two go off to look for the Gold Third member. It took no time to find her in a park sitting below a tree looking sad. "A wild B-Sha appeared!"
"Huh? N-Neptune? A-And Jeff?" B-Sha says surprised to see them find her.
"Looks like you made it back safely. That's good! We were worried when you suddenly disappeared." Neptune tells her and B-Sha apologizes to them.
"Are you apologizing for running away? Or about making everyone worried?" Jeff asks her
"That's… um… both of those…" She says bluntly
"It's all good if you understand! But don't worry, we got a little concerned, but we're not mad!" Neptune tells her
"Really?" B-Sha asks
"Cross my heart. I wouldn't have come talk with you if I was. Although Jeffy…" Neptune says turning to him.
"I was… upset from the match… I wanted to get back after everything changed… but I shouldn't let my emotions take over." Jeff says looking up at the sky feeling sad.
"So, B-Sha… I would like to know why you decided to run away. If you've been keeping it from Histy, that means you've been bottling something up this whole time, huh? I just wanna help you out." Neptune tells her
"...Why? Why are you being so nice to me, even when I took control of this nation from both of you?" B-Sha asks her wondering why they aren't mad at her.
"Hmmm… I guess we should clear that up first. I never thought you wanted to take Planeptune from us. In fact, I wanna thank you for protecting our people in our place while they don't remember us. I'm not holding a grudge at all!" Neptune tells her while Jeff then just smiled of her cheerfulness and how caring she is. "...Unless… this was your plan all along to steal it from us…"
"N-No, I wasn't trying to do that! Please, believe me!" B-Sha tells her almost about to cry.
"Hmmmmmm… That reaction's kinda suspicious though…" Neptune says with uncertainty. "If you tell me exactly why you ran away, I'll believe you aren't a little nation-thief."
"... You're a meanie, Neptune." B-Sha tells her
"I can be a lot meaner than you would think." Jeff exclaims and B-Sha looks at his serious expression making her slightly scared.
"... You see, I'm scared of monsters. So, that's why I ran away." B-Sha tells them.
"Really… Did you have one of those traumatic experiences in the past?" Jeff asks a bit concerned.
"Yeah. When I was little, I was brutally attacked by a monster. I'm a little surprised that it's affected me so much. I have nightmares all the time. That's why I really look up to heroes who fight monsters and evil-doers." B-Sha says. "I thought that if I could be strong like them, I could overcome my fears. So, in order to become stronger, I joined Gold Third." She explains, then her happy expression turned to depression. "... But it proved impossible after all. My trauma's gotten worse since I joined. And recently I've been having more monster nightmares than ever before… I used to be okay fighting the little ones, but now, no matter what size of monster, I get so terrified I can't help myself..." She starts sniffling a bit. "I'm a failure as a Gold Third member, let alone as a hero…" Jeff felt pity for her so he knelt down to her eye level and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"It's ok to feel scared… it's common to humans, being afraid is part of being human. Dreams, nightmares, everyone has those. You chose to be part of Gold Third to hopefully rid your fears. You wanted to show others that you were a hero to them all. And if you ever feel the need to let something out, just talk to us and we will understand everything and help you out no matter the situation." Jeff tells her with a wide smile. "Besides you can prove yourself to the kids, they can believe in you."
"But because of my weakness, monsters were neglected and no one helped… that's why Haneda City ended up like that…" B-Sha replied
"How about we work together from now on?" Neptune tells her and the two look at her confused. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, and when we're at our lowest points, all we need is a friend to help us be strong again. You can take care of the city's security and we'll take care of the monsters, that way everything gets taken care of, alright?"
"You aren't saying this just to get out of work like always, are you Neptune?" Jeff asks while looking at her with a smug look.
"Rude! I wanna help do my part for this nation Jeffy!" Neptune yells at him
"Sure you are." He tells her rolling his eyes and then stands up holding a hand out for B-Sha. "Now how about it? You wanna do this?"
"Yea, I'm gonna rely on both of you from now on, Neptune. Jeffrey." B-Sha says taking his hand standing up.
"Oh, hey, while we're at it, you should call us by our nicknames. We're not strangers anymore!" Neptune tells her
"Is that okay?! I'll call you Nep-Nep from now on, too!" B-Sha says with a happy smile.
"And call me by Jeff, it's better for us. Let's also head back, the others are probably wondering what's taking us so long." Jeff tells the two girls and they return back to the basilicom while in the distance a young woman in her 20s with crimson long hair and silver armor watched the trio leave and having a smile on her.
"Good luck Planeptune rulers, I have faith in you." the woman says walking the other direction.
End of Part 2 - Purple Story