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Chapter 7
"CPU..." Chrome began, her voice soft but full of dread.
"White..." IF continued, anger and hate in her voice as she stared at the bitch who had killed her friends, who had burned her body, who had caused so many problems for the people of Lowee.
"Void..?" Neptune finished as she looked at the monster that Blanc had turned into. There was a palatable sense of fear, dread and terror emanating from White Void in ways that made even Iris Heart feel like a cuddly teddy bear. 'This isn't right, this is all wrong.'
But Neptune couldn't deny what her instincts were screaming at her.
Whatever a CPU was in this world, Neptune knew one thing...
...They weren't Goddesses.
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Ram watched as her sister transformed into White Void and shuddered in fear and anxiety. 'I... That's what I'll turn into?' She slumped to her knees as tears fell out of her eyes. "I... I don't want to become a monster... I don't want it. I'd rather be dead!"
"Oh shut up!" White Void growled and everyone noticed her voice was a lot deeper, almost grutteral, as she spoke. "To think that I was ever like how you are at one point in my life." White Void's voice almost sounded nostalgic. "But you really are a pathetic waste of a CPU. I guess I should be lucky that I was an only child." She smirked at Ram. "If I had a twin sister like you do, I probably would have been killed by her." She scoffed and looked at Rom before casually floating over to where her sister was and grabbing her by her head and pulling her to her feet. "I wonder..." She grinned at Rom's look of confusion. "Perhaps I should have just killed Ram in front of you?"
Rom's eyes widened and she felt a throbbing sensation through her whole being. "What... Did... You..."
White Void chuckled at Rom. "Yes, I think I'll just kill her off. See if that causes you to fully embrace your nature and finally transform."
"LEAVE HER ALONE YOU BIAAAAH!" Rom screamed in pain as White Void pulled her in close and punched her so hard in the stomach that blood came out of her mouth.
"How pathetic." White Void sneered at her. "I think I'll..." White Void blinked and turned her head as she caught something moving in the corner of her eye. "What the GAH!" She yelled as Neptune's foot connected with her face in a flying jump kick, causing her to let go of Rom as she slid away from Neptune. "Well, I do believe that you wish to die."
Neptune gave her a stern look while a simple katana formed in her hands. "Leave Rom and Ram alone, you big meanie! I'm the one who's going to give you a spanking!"
Chuckling, White Void casually dropped her axe to the ground and shrugged while walking up to Neptune. "Oooh!" She waved her hands at Neptune in a sarcastic manner. "I'm so scared." White Void grinned and held her arms to the side as she continued in with her nearly grutteral growl of a voice. "In fact, I'll give you a free shot, strike me however you want. But I'm warning you..." She nearly laughed as Neptune leaped forward and slashed at her. White Void didn't bother moving as Neptune's katana hit her in the shoulder.
Neptune's eyes widened in shock as the katana shattered from connecting with White Void's body. "Nep whaaaah?!" She let out a cry of pain as White Void reached up with her left hand and grabbed Neptune's throat, squeezing hard and instantly cutting off the air to Neptune's lungs.
"If you screw up, you're going to regret it." White Void said in a nasty whisper before using her right hand to punch Neptune in the face so hard that everyone winced from the shock wave that came from it as Neptune was sent tumbling across the city square. "NONE OF YOU ARE TO LEAVE! IF ANY OF YOU DO I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN PERSONALLY AND FEED YOU TO MY PET LANDSHARK!"
Every single person in the square instantly stopped trying to run and they turned to watch the impending execution of the poor soul who had tried to defend the CPU Candidates. No one knew if White Void had a pet landshark or not, but none of them wanted to take the chance that she did have one.
White Void sneered and rushed at Neptune, who was struggling to get back to her feet. "TAKE THIS YOU LITTLE BITCH!"
Neptune looked up just as White Void got close and punched her in the face, causing her head to jerk back as she went flying. The next thing Neptune knew, White Void had jumped in the air and landed on her stomach, driving her into the ground hard enough to leave a small crater.
"Not done yet!" White Void grabbed Neptune by her neck as she got off of Neptune and pushed down before running forward, causing Neptune to cry out in pain as the ground gave way under the forces it was being subjected to while Neptune was dragged across the ground. After several feet, she threw the unresponsive Neptune into the air before she spun around and wrapped her tail around Neptune's leg and slammed her back to the ground, getting a cry of pain out of her.
White Void grinned in delight and did it again and again, each time the street cracked and broke apart.
After a minute of that, she had her tail let go of Neptune and she turned to see the girl unresponsive, blood around her and barely breathing.
"HA HA HA HA HA HA!" White Void screamed in delight. "After all of that you're just as weak and pathetic as every other person in this world!" She held up a hand into the air and several white balls formed in the air before spikes popped out of them. "Well, either way, time to make an example out of you." White Void chuckled as she looked around. "Let everyone see what happens when you oppose a Void! Weiße durchbohren Rakete!" Snapping her hands down, the spiked balls rushed down at Neptune, who was able to crack an eye open and see the attack coming.
When several digital swords came out of nowhere and blasted the balls apart, everyone stared in shock, though White Void managed to quickly recover when the blades slammed into her and shattered with no ill effects. "What was that?" She asked as she grabbed Neptune by her hair and lifted the bruised, bloody and beaten girl up to look at her in the eye. "What was that?"
"Th...Th...thirty-two bit... Mega...Blade..." Neptune managed to groan out painfully.
White Void snarled at her. "You had that kind of attack, huh? FINE!" She suddenly shot into the air while dragging Neptune after her by her hair. After shooting up nearly two hundred feet in a few moments, she turned around in mid air and threw Neptune to the ground as hard as she could. "Let's see you survive a fall from this height!"
Neptune's limp body went flying through the air before she crashed into the ground so hard that she created a crater that tore itself across the ground for several feet.
"HA HA HA HA!" White Void laughed as she looked down. "Just what can you... HUH?!" Her eyes bugged out as she saw Neptune struggling to get up. "...HOW?!"
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Rom watched, shock on her face as Neptune crashed into the ground. 'No... Stop...' Her eyes teared up as images of Neptune trying to protect her flashed through her mind. 'Why are you doing this for me and Ram? We're monsters.' She knew that she would become a monster thanks to what Blanc had told them. "What can we do?"
Several onlookers wondered if Neptune was dead and if they could go home. "LOOK!" Filyn, who was by Chrome, yelled out in shock.
When everyone saw Neptune struggling to get to her feet and push herself out of the hole, none of them could hide their surprise.
"Is that..." Neptune coughed softly, "all you got?" She pushed herself to her feet and turned to look at White Void, who was floating in the air and staring at her in shock. "I've survived falling from thousands of feet in the sky. And what kind of wimp are you? I raised a five year old girl that hits harder than you do."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" White Void was suddenly in front of Neptune and punching her in the stomach. "WIMP?! WIMP?! YOU'LL REGRET SAYING THAT!"
Neptune let out a cry of pain as she was hit in the stomach before jerking as she got hit in the jaw multiple times. Her eyes widened and she cried out in pain as White Void stomped down on her knee from the side, resulting in a sickening crunch that forced Neptune to fall down.
White Void panted a few times before stomping on Neptune's back. "I'll tell you what. If you apologize to me, beg for my forgiveness and promise to never say anything around me ever again, I'll let you live with one broken leg."
"I'd rather die than beg you for anything you flat-chested butt munch."
If music had been playing, there would have been a record scratch as White Void's pupils shrank from that. "...What...Did...You..Say..?"
Neptune chuckled. "It seems some things aren't any different no matter the world, huh?" She raised her head to give White Void a defiant look. "You're the flat-chested Queen of the flat people spreading flatness everywhere. I bet you get jealous of the wall, you know, because you lack any sort of boobs on your body. I bet I could scrub my laundry on your chest, because Celestia knows it's not good for anything else."
"YOU BITCH!" White Void screamed as she pulled her foot off of Neptune's back and kicked her into a nearby wall. "THAT'S IT! NO ONE CALLS A GODDESS A FLAT-CHESTED QUEEN AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!" Her eyes were glowing a bright red as she snarled at Neptune.
As she slid down the wall to the ground, Neptune gave White Void a defiant look in return. "You're no Goddess. If you were a Goddess you'd be doing all you could to get the love, respect and adoration of your people. Instead you delight in their suffering."
White Void screamed and held out her hand, causing her axe to glow as several blue runes lit up along its frame before it flew through the air and to her hand. "I was going to be nice, show that I can just stop at brutalizing people, but now you need to die!"
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Chrome watched as White Void started to stalk towards Neptune, anger etched deep into her visage. 'Those things she's saying, it's not possible... Is it?' Chrome didn't know what was going on, but quite frankly, she hoped that she was right. Taking a deep breath and slowly letting it out, she turned to look at IF, Linda, Warechu and Gust. "Do you four trust me?"
"Huh?" They all asked at the same time.
"I'm asking you. Do you trust me?" They nodded, wondering what she was talking about. "Then do one thing for me, please?" They looked at her in confusion as Chrome pointed towards Neptune. "If you truly trust me, put your faith in Neptune." She sighed at their uncomprehending looks. "Please, just... Imagine someone who can inspire hope for a better tomorrow."
"And that's the idiot getting her ass beaten and is about to die?" Linda asked. "Seriously boss, why do you care?"
"...Because at this point, Linda, there's nothing left to lose." Chrome answered her. "If you can't believe that she can do anything, then believe in me, because I believe in her."
"I do..." Compa said from behind Chrome as she, Rom and Ram stood there. "I'll believe in Nep Nep."
"...She was nice to me..." Rom whispered softly. "She was really nice to me."
"Ah, fine!" Linda sighed softly. "I guess I can believe in her, if just a little bit."
"Same here, Chu, but I don't think anything will come of it." Warechu winced at the look Compa gave him. "Okay, fine, I believe that she'll be able to stop White Void, you happy?"
Compa smiled at him. "Thank you, Mr. Mouse."
IF bit her lip and nodded. "Yeah. If all I can do is believe in you... Then I'll do that. Kick her ass for everyone she killed!"
"Gust doesn't know why, but Gust will go along with you."
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"HA HA HA HA HA HA!" White Void grinned as she stood on top of Neptune, her foot on Neptune's chest and her axe high in the air. "Any last words before I kill you?"
Neptune was about to say something when she felt a feeling of warmth that she hadn't felt since she got to this world. "...Warm..."
"...Huh?" White Void stared at her stupidly. "What's so warm?"
Neptune closed her eyes and smiled. "The faith and belief of everyone..." She opened her eyes and they were glowing with her pupils having changed shape. "Which is something a monster like you could NEVER UNDERSTAND!"
A pillar of light erupted around Neptune, causing White Void to get knocked away by the eruption of power.
White Void and the people could only stare in absolute shock. This pillar of light, while similar to what White Void had used to transform, was white with white numbers surrounding it.
For Chrome, who was watching, she could only stare in disbelief as a warm, tingling sensation went up her back. "It can't be... She really is a CPU from another world."
When the light faded, Neptune was no longer there, instead there was a young woman with long, dark purple hair that was done up in twin braided ponytails that reached down to nearly her feet, she was quite a bit taller than she was before and she had a long-sleeved black body suit with purple trim on it that covered her from crotch to shoulders while leaving the top of her breasts exposed. Her legs were covered in leggings that went from her armored boots that were over her feet to half-way up her thighs. There was a segment of her body suit that was light purple and almost transparent, showing off her abdomen, in her hair, where there used to be two white D-clips were instead circular black clips with plus symbols in the center of them. In her gloved hands was an over-sized katana and her eyes had changed from a light purple to a brilliant blue. On her chest, above her breasts was a choker with a "N" symbol on it, as was the symbol that covered her butt.
While she had a power symbol in her eyes, unlike White Void, the color of the symbol was white instead of black and flipped over so that the half circle was on the bottom of the power symbol, not the top.
"Who are you!?" White Void yelled at the newly transformed Neptune, whom she noted was completely healed from the beating she had just gotten.
"I am CPU Purple Heart," she replied, her voice deeper, full of confidence and and warmth. "And I'll show you... Just what a real Goddess can do."
To be continued...
About time, Nep!
If some of you are wondering WHY she can transform with so few shares, well... That'll be explained later.
Landshark reference is Garchomp from Pokemon.