Hyperdimension Neptunia is owned by Compile Heart, Idea Factory, Sega and whomever else worked on it.

So this is not the original chapter that I posted. I will explain.

What I originally posted was something that, for all intents and purposes, wasn't something I actually enjoyed. I wrote that chapter less out of enjoyment and more out of obligation than anything else.

In the end, between the outrage I got over the chapter and my own personal dislike of said chapter, I have decided to scrub the chapter entirely.

HOWEVER! For those of you who wish to see what it was originally, I will share it with you if you ask and via PM only.

But for those who don't want to know the details but want to know what it was about...

Trick was doing Trick things.

Chapter 85

Pulling the trigger on her Uzis, Uni jumped backwards but saw that the bullets were bouncing off of Judge with no real effect.

"Is that all?!" The large, black robot, yelled and rushed at Uni, using thrusters on his feet, as he held his weapon to the side. Uni jumped away as he swung his scythe in a wide arc, destroying a good chunk of the ground and sending wind, debris and pressure at Uni, who let out a cry of pain as she was caught up in the attack. "Even if you avoid my attacks, you'll still feel pain!"

Groaning as she stood up, shallow cuts on her body, Uni snarled at Judge. "Good to know!" She made her Uzis disappear and an energy rifle formed in her hands. "Take this!" She pulled the trigger and fired a beam of energy at Judge, who merely held up his hand and Uni could only stare in shock as the attack was stopped cold.

"Pathetic." Judge scoffed. "My body's nearly indestructible. You've got nothing that can stop me!" Raising his right arm up, he dropped it down, along with his halberd, sending out a wave of energy at Uni. "DIE!"

Letting out a cry of pain, Uni barely managed to avoid the direct attack, though the air pressure from the attack sent her flying off of her feet and landing on her back hard. Grimacing through the pain, Uni rolled a couple of times before flipping over to her feet and sliding back. Looking up, her face and arms scuffed and lightly bleeding from her impromptu tumble, she glared at Judge and snapped her fingers as a four barrel rocket launcher appeared in her hands. "I don't like this weapon, but..." She dropped to a knee while slinging the rocket launcher over her shoulder and took aim at Judge. "FIRE!" She pulled the trigger, launching the rockets all at Judge at the same time as they flew and spread out slightly before converging on Judge, exploding and causing him to cry out in surprised pain.

Uni screwed her right eye shut and looked away as Judge was engulfed in a dome of fire and noise. "That's why I don't like using this weapon." She jumped away from a random piece of shrapnel that came flying out of the dome. "Too much damage."

Suddenly a shadow burst from the flames and Uni gasped as she saw Judge, who, despite his armor being singed, was completely unharmed. His scythe was glowing before he swung it, sending an arc of energy that traveled across the ground and was too large to jump over it. All Uni could do was cross her arms and brace herself. As the vibrating wave of power washed over her, she let out a scream of pain as she was knocked off her feet and onto her back.

After the attack ended, Uni was laying on her side, her arms cut up and bleeding from blocking the attack, as were her legs and stomach, which was easy to see as Judge's attack had destroyed most of Uni's clothes, leaving just a bit covering her chest, hips and feet.

"Is that it?" Judge scoffed as he saw Uni laying on her side, bleeding and struggling to move. "Whatever," he slowly made his way over to her. "I think I'll have some fun with you."

As Judge made his way over to her, Uni flopped onto her stomach and tried to push herself up. 'Come on, Uni! Move! MOVE!' She yelled at herself as she tried to get her arms to push her up without much success. "He's going to kill you." She muttered to herself as tears came out of her eyes. "You'll die like a dog. Is this how you want to die? Do you want to..." Uni could feel herself sinking into despair. "Is this how you want to go out?"

When a shadow loomed over her, Uni turned her head to see Judge standing there, his weapon held up high above his head. "Time to die." His voice was surprisingly somber. "I hate it when my toys break so easily, but whatever."

He dropped his weapon down and Uni cringed as she waited for the pain to happen.

There was a clanging sound that rang out in the silent courtyard.

"WHAT?!" Judge screamed in shock as his halberd was stopped cold.

"H...Huh?" Uni's eyes widened as she realized that one, she wasn't dead and two, someone was protecting her. She rolled onto her side and could only stare in shock, disbelief and more than a few emotions she couldn't figure out as her skin got goosebumps all over it. "...No way..."

"Lady Uni," Steamax said as he stood there, a sword in his hands as he pushed against the halberd. "I apologize for not getting back to you sooner."

"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU!?" Judge screamed as his weapon was pushed away just long enough for the blue robot to turn, grab Uni and get away from Judge.

"My name is Steamax." He said as he landed on his feet, Uni held in his arms bridal style. "Lady Uni's loyal bodyguard and personal ninja."

Uni was blushing, but felt her eyes watering up as she suddenly wrapped her arms around him. "I thought you were dead! Purple Void showed your throwing star and..."

"Ah, well, if you want to know what happened..." Steamax looked rather flustered as he explained what happened.

*Flash*

Steamax didn't say anything as he twisted out of the way of a slash and put his feet on Purple Void's stomach and used it to launch himself to the ground below. He looked up to see Purple Void grimacing while several black glowing blades formed around her. "Shit!"

"Die." Purple Void whispered as she launched all of the swords at Steamax at once.

Twisting, Steamax grabbed his large throwing star from his shoulder and launched it upwards. He didn't bother waiting to see the results as he heard the clash of metal on metal and pulled out a kunai knife from his hip and wrapped a wire around the hilt before launching it at the door. When he felt the kunai stop flying, he pulled on the wire and launched himself in that direction, which allowed him to avoid the first few blades that were about to skewer him. Flipping, he landed on his feet and looked at Purple Void as she merely raised an arm up and more swords appeared around her. "I see." He could make a heroic speech here, but he needed to return to Uni to reassure her that he was alright. Plus he could see that his throwing star had been cut in half and was falling to the floor harmlessly. "I have failed, goodbye." An explosion of smoke erupted from him, which cleared out a moment later, revealing he was gone.

"I want a ninja now." Purple Void muttered, her face showing how impressed she was with Steamax escaping.

*End Flashback*

"You big dummy." Uni sniffled as she was put down and looked away, her face red. "Don't worry me like that again. I thought you died."

"My apologies, Lady Uni." Steamax told her and looked at Judge, who stood there, looking at them as he fully recovered from Steamax's save. "It seems that our friend is ready for another round."

Uni nodded and two handguns appeared in her hands. Looking at them, she smirked. 'K-Sha, I might hate you, but I really did like your guns, hope you don't mind me using them.' She didn't care if K-Sha did or not, as far as she was concerned, that bitch could rot forever, but at least her guns were good.

"More maggots and pea shooters?" Judge asked as he looked at them. "It doesn't matter, you'll both die as I break you into pieces!"

"Keep him off of me." Uni told Steamax, who nodded and rushed at Judge while Uni pointed the gun in her left hand at Judge and pulled the trigger.

"I told you, it's useleaaargh!" Judge jerked as the bullet hit him in the head and exploded. "The fuck?!"

"Explosive tipped bullets." Uni smirked at him. "Useful for dealing with idiots."

Rushing in, Steamax swung his sword at Judge, who, despite his bulk, managed to turn and block it with his halberd. "You are strong."

Judge sneered at Steamax. "Just because I'm large doesn't mean that I'm not fast. Now you can, ARGH!" He jerked back as Uni blasted him with more of those explosive bullets, causing him to stagger back.

Steamax used that opening to swing his sword at the joints of Judge, in an attempt to weaken him. Suddenly a booster on the other side of Judge's body activated and caused him to spin enough that the attack just scraped across Judge's back, leaving a tiny scratch on the metal. Sadly for Steamax the booster didn't stop and Judge kept spinning and his free arm came around, smacking Steamax off of him and causing the ninja to fly backwards. Steamax flipped in mid-air and landed on the ground, sliding backwards until he was close to Uni. "His body is like mine, even though this sword is celestial metal, I can barely do damage to him."

Uni grimaced at that. "Even my exploding bullets are barely knocking him off balance. Do you have anything that can do any real damage to him?"

"Yes." Steamax nodded. "But not as he is."

"Enough of this!" Judge roared as his halberd started to glow and he held it back. "I'll end you both right now!" He yelled and swung it in a wide arc, sending a huge wave at the two.

"Lady Uni." Steamax grabbed Uni and leaped into the air, getting above the wave.

"Good, I didn't..." Uni's eyes widened as Judge, despite his appearance, moved so fast that he was in the air near them in an instant. "Look out!"

Judge laughed as he swung his weapon at the two, hitting them both and sending them crashing into the ground hard. It was unfortunate for both Uni and Steamax that the attack sent them crashing into the ground ahead of the energy wave.

Steamax saw the attack and threw himself over Uni and both grimaced in pain as the wave washed over and engulfed them.

Landing not far from them, Judge chuckled and made his way over to them. When he got close, he used his halberd to push Steamax off of Uni, who was laying on the ground with cuts, some lightly flowing blood and scrapes all over her body while Steamax had damage all over his body. "Pathetic. This is all that you have?" Judge asked and dropped the butt of his halberd onto Uni, driving it into her stomach and causing the CPU Candidate to scream in pain while grabbing at the weapon and trying to pull it off of her body.

Judge smirked and pulled his weapon up before dropping the butt of his weapon onto Uni's left thigh, getting more screams from the girl. "How pathetic, do you, GAH!" He screamed as Steamax had recovered from the attack and drop-kicked him in the head. "JUST STAY DOWN!"

Steamax stood there, glaring at Judge, his body twitching and sparking in some places. "I will protect Lady Uni, even if it costs me my life."

"So be it." Judge snarled as he readied his weapon. "I'll destroy your body and you can watch as I kill your mistress."

Behind Steamax, Uni forced herself to her feet while recalling her Uzis. She stared at the black robot and panted hard. 'D...Dammit, if only I could just get more power...' Part of her wanted to laugh, even now Noire's words about needing power were so right.

"I'm right behind you, Steamax." Uni said as she glared at Judge. "I won't let you fight alone."

"Then you can both die together!" Judge yelled as he rushed at them again, both Uni and Steamax prepared themselves to continue the fight, both knowing that they were out-matched, but they wouldn't stop.

To be continued...

I liked this one much better.