Upon arriving at the guild we didn't hesitate in turning on a terminal and creating the party between us. At first I planned on making a joke about it being like a game when I remembered that this entire world was about games so I decided to stay quiet about it.
"I've got us a quest" Noire announced walking back over to us. "It seems like it will be perfect for gaining levels quickly"
"What is it?" I asked, while still petting a sleepy Plutia. How this girl can fall asleep so quickly is beyond me.
"Well a lower level group stumbled upon a large crystal in a nearby dungeon and upon touching it, it seemed to spawn higher level monsters" Noire replied "so the guild put up a request for a group to either extract or destroy the crystal"
"Ooh sounds fun" Plutia spoke up.
"Good as the reward for completing this is high" Noire smirked.
"How many legs did you have to break to get this mission?" I chuckled.
To be honest I wasn't paying too much attention to the mission because I'm sure Foxhound will alert me to what we have to do. I am actually focusing on the design of my katana, while it does look good with the Neptunia design I want to change it to a traditional katana look. Can't beat the classics.
So this time the blade was completely purple but the hilt and guard were white. But instead of just leaving like that I think it's time I added a sheath and what better than my favourite swordsman and boss sheath. Jetstream Sam.
"I did not break anyone's legs!" Noire's annoyed reply brought me back to what was happening.
"Sure you didn't" I replied sarcastically "shall we get going then before the police come to get you for breaking someone's legs?"
Sighing Noire left the guild shaking her head, Plutia, myself and Foxie all behind her.
"Pilot were you designing a new weapon?" Foxie spoke up as we walked down the streets
"Modifying my katana" I replied "but how did you know I was doing something like that?"
"We are linked remember pilot" Foxie replied "I can understand your plans so we work better together as a team"
"That's... A good point" I muttered feeling slightly embarrassed at forgetting that fact.
Deciding against question Foxie anymore I concentrated on making sure the sheath matched this armour colours. Now I don't plan on making sheaths for all my weapons, just for my katana. I mean I'm wearing a suit of armour, I should have my strongest weapon on show too as I might not be in the same party as the girls all the time so don't want to ruin my chances of getting a invite from someone else.
If you couldn't tell my old MMO RPG instincts are kicking in.
After finally being satisfied with the design, colour and making sure that the explosive charge was placed inside just like Sam's I started focusing on forming it. Having never done this before you could say it was difficult.
"What are you doing Tom Tom?" Plutia asked causing me to look up. Apparently I had fallen behind the group a bit.
"Ah sorry I was working on something" I chuckled moving faster to catch up with the group.
"Do that later we are nearly there and we need you to focus" Noire huffed.
"Boo Noire's gotten all focused and bossy" I whined. What? Can a man not sulk when he is interrupted and told not to tinker?
"We've been walking for hours Noire!" Plutia whined too.
"It's been half an hour" Noire barely batted an eyelid at Plutia's half assed attempt to get a break.
"Come on Noire please?" I was about to pull dog eyes but remembered I was wearing a helmet. "Even Foxie is tired out!"
"I am?" Foxie asked before catching on "I mean my servos and cogs are on the verge of taking serious damage"
After finishing his attempt to help us he fell over on his side, locking his limbs out so he looked like he fell asleep. Plutia followed suit which left me and Noire standing.
"Don't you dare." Noire warned me, glaring at me.
"Why?" I chuckled.
"You know why. We have a quest to do so help me get them back up"
"But I want to rest too"
"No buts just get them up!"
"Nooo I wanna rest!"
"You're just as bad as Neptune!"
"I know it's amazing isn't it!?"
Following that I fell backwards into the floor which resulted in a groan of frustration from Noire.
"Fine! Five minute break! Are you happy?" She growled sitting down, I assume with her back to us so we couldn't see the frustrated look on her face.
"Yay~ Thank you Noire!" Plutia replied.
By this point tho I had already sat at and removed my helmet. Who would of guessed you can get really overheated in a helmet which has no real areas of venting as I haven't gotten round to fixing them.
"I'll kiss your cheek after the five minutes" I called over to her and from the way she suddenly sat straighter she probably heard me.
And so the five minute break began. Plutia flopped on Foxie, Noire sulking because no one listened to her and me. Forming a sheath and sword. Pretty average day.
-four minutes later-
"It is done!" I cawed holding up the completed sword and sheath like Libk does.
"What is?" Noire looked up. After the first minute Noire had moved over beside me and had nearly dozed off. Apparently leaning on someone makes her fall asleep quickly.
"My new sword" I stood up after making sure Noire wouldn't fall over and quickly attached it to my armour.
"So you've got a katana and a sheath" Noire blanked.
"Oh my dear Noire" I chuckled "it is more than a simple katana but that is a secret"
"Tom Tom you have a letter stuck to you" Plutia yawned.
Looking down there was indeed a black letter stuck to my armour.
"You know I'm not even going to question how this appeared" I muttered bending down and pulling it off my leg.
"What does it say?" Noire asked stretching a bit before getting up.
"Let me open it first!" I rolled my eyes before opening it.
"Do not proceed into the cave and complete the quest you have set out on. If you do, D3ath shall come for you" I shrugged. "What a cheerful letter, it's even in crimson writing"
Looking up I could see Noire and Plutia hugging each other in fright.
"What's wrong with you two?" I have them a withering look.
"D3ath is a legend. Adventurers who get those letters must stop adventuring and are given well paying jobs by the goddesses for a reason" Noire whispered.
"Those who don't aren't seen again" Plutia whimpered. "The longest fight someone was in with D3ath was only 30 seconds and that person disappeared afterwards. All that is known is that D3ath is male and apparently has no weaknesses"
"What do you mean?" I asked picking up my helmet.
"He takes damage but not enough that no one can see it. The person who lasted the longest only just made the red show before he was taken" Noire mumbled.
"Sounds like this guy is an insane early boss" I chuckled
"No we have to abandon the quest!" Noire shook her head "I don't want D3ath getting you"
"If D3ath comes for me I'll twist his bloody nipples off" I retorted "Now let's go"
Raising the helmet to put it back on I heard a heavy Thunk! and after lowering the helmet so I could see what made it heavier I could see a what looked like a kusarigama without the chain was buried in the helmet. The tip poking back through the visor.
The was a moment of silence. No birds tweeted, nobody spoke of move. Just pure silence.
"Okay now that is just being cheeky" I muttered pulling the kusarigama out of the helmet and throwing it into the floor before storing the now destroyed helmet in my bag.
"See!? we have to abandon this quest!" Noire almost shouted getting up.
"Hell no! I'm going to complete this, I'm going to twist D3ath's nipples off and I'm gonna kick him in the balls so hard he grows a pair of tits and from now on will be known as miss D3ath!" I shouted angrily. "Now I'm going in there!"
Storming ahead into the cave I could hear the others scrambling to catch up with me.
"Foxie which way to this crystal?" I grumbled, slowly coming down from my anger.
"Take the next left" he replied, his tone of voice matched my own due to the destruction of the helmet his previous pilot wore.
"Are you two insane!?" Noire exclaimed.
"Tom Tom this is not a good idea!" Plutia whined
"It doesn't matter anymore. If this D3ath comes before or after we complete this he'll be leaving it with no nipples" I replied continuing on.
"What is your obsession with pulling his nipples off?" Noire asked.
"It's a reference to an old TV show I watched called 'Red Dwarf'" I answered.
And like that the group fell silent with me and Foxie in the lead while Noire and Plutia were behind us. And someone else followed us from above.
"Pilot you do know someone is above us?" Foxie asked so quietly that I had to strain my ears to hear him.
Deciding against whispering a reply I simply nodded.
-10 minuets later-
We arrived at a massive chamber where a giant pink crystal stood in the centre.
"You know when they said large did they forget to say it's the size of a London double decker bus?" I whistled.
"Whatever that is I guess they are about the same height" Noire replied holding her head. Apparently references to another dimension with things in it that she doesn't know about gives her a headache.
"So what's the plan? Blow it up?" I replied walking closer.
"Either way we need to destroy the monsters that will appear once we touch the crystal" Noire pulled out her sword.
"Oh? Does that mean I can go all out Noire?" Plutia perked up, light almost shining from her eyes.
"Erm.. Tom?" Noire looked to me for help as I held up a hand to touch the crystal.
"Sure been a while since I've seen Iris Heart" I shrugged.
"Are you sure though? I mean we are gonna have to wait until she changed back to be safe" Noire shivered.
"You'll be fine. If need be I'll draw her away from you" I chuckled as a flash of light behind me and a predatory chuckle told me that Iris had arrived. Pressing my hand against the crystal I felt a jolt of energy pass through my system almost making me jump back in shock.
"Difference in levels detected" A robotic voice spoke. "Changing defender levels to match Opponent they fight"
"That can't be good" I muttered stepping backwards quickly to line up with the girls and Foxie.
Suddenly eight monsters appeared out of no where. Looking like a mix of hell hounds, death Knights (big buggers who swing claymores like toothpicks) and... Two dragons...
"Dibs on dragons" I called out. "Foxie?"
"Ready pilot" he replied before I felt pressure on my back. Feeling multiple clamps connect to the armour I waited patiently, wincing slightly as they tightened up.
"Pilot the L.R.P.S is ready for use. Just think what you want to do and I shall do it" Foxie announced.
"Bring up a image of us could ya? The readers need a description" I asked.
Suddenly I could see a image of how we looked.
His chest had moved and wrapped around my body covering the white with black armour, while he barely touched my left arm, just covering the white in black my right arm was now armoured close to what Jetstream Sam's looked like but with purple instead of red.
His back legs had wrapped around my legs shutting off more of the white armour so now I was just purely black and purple. On my back was his head, the eyes pointing upwards while what I can assume was the rest of his body made two short wings.
"How can you completely cover my armour? You're not that big" I asked.
"Nepgear made this form from experimental metal which allows construction and deconstruction of the metal plus quick repairs" Foxie announced. "I could move my head over yours but without a helmet I decided to put it on your back instead"
"Nice though next time make my arm come out of your mouth, it'll look even more badass" I chuckled moving my shoulders slightly, getting used to the new weight.
"Affirmative" Foxie replied.
"Thanks for waiting monsters!" I shouted over to them. They all simply nodded and started tensing up.
Looking back at Noire and Iris Heart it appears Noire decided her HDD form would be best so now Black Heart and Iris Heart stood behind me.
"Ready for a party?" I asked pulling out my katana slowly and gripping it in both hands.
"Always" Black heart replied.
"I'm going to have a good time" Iris Heart purred.
"Okay, Let's Dance!" I grinned finally able to say those awesome words and the thought of jetting forward to press the attack had barely crossed my mind when I shot forward eating up the distance between me and the first dragon.
Swinging as I went by I saw a decent amount of its health drop but not enough to make me feel really confident about this fight.
With a roar it turned belching a ball of fire my way. Attempting to duck under it Foxie cut of the thrusters causing us to drop like a stone under it before starting them up again causing us to hover as we squared each other up.
"I need to get on its back quickly Foxie" I said tightening my grip on the katana while watching the second dragon take to the air to support its brethren.
"Hold on then Pilot" Foxie replied before we shot forward.
With a screech the first Dragon dived towards us mouth outstretched but at the last second Foxie boosted to the side and after a quick turn and boost forward we landed on its back.
Flipping the katana around I buried the blade into its back and with the help of Foxie started pulling along its back. It wasn't going to kill the dragon but it would sure as hell deal some damage.
Launching myself off its tail Foxie put us in hover so we could see the damage our little stunt pulled. A decent chunk of its health had been removed.
Suddenly another screech reminded me their was a second dragon. Turning I managed to see the fireball before it struck me, launching us both flying.
"Hot hot hot!" I shouted patting myself over to kill the small flames that had sprung up on me. "You okay back their Foxie?"
"Affirmative but I advise we remove the dragons quickly as the damage is mainly pushed onto me." He almost growled in return, I could just about make the pain out in his voice.
"Well let's kick it up a notch then" I replied and we shot back towards the dragons. Ducking under a swipe from the undamaged dragon we neared the damaged one.
"Pilot your new sheath can deal massive damage to this creature" Foxie reminded me.
"Good idea get me close enough then!" I replied sheathing the blade.
Suddenly Foxie pushed out a massive burst of speed before shutting the thrusters off so we flew directly at it. Time started going at a crawl as we flew towards, the dragons eyes burning with hatred as we flew closer inch by inch.
When we were close enough I squeezed the trigger on the sheath while tightening my grip on the hilt. The explosive charge detonated launching the katana forward at blinding speed and I only just managed to keep it steady, and the blade cut through the dragon.
Nearly all of its remaining health disappeared from the blow and so to finish it off I used the momentum from the blade to spin myself around and jam the blade into its head.
It managed to scream out in pain before it exploded into pixels causing us to fall for a moment until Foxie deactivated the thrusters allowing us to gently land on my feet.
"Nice work Foxie" I chuckled feeling him detach from my armour.
"It was a team effort but we cannot do it again" Foxie replied "A system malfunction has occurred"
"Did she make you out of calculator parts?" I mused before remembering the second dragon "so how can we fight this thing?"
"Leave it to me cutie~" I heard Iris purr before she launched towards it, her whip easily tangling the dragons wings before she began beating on it. And for the sake of the age rating for this story I shall not describe the pain that dragon was put through.
"Back sweetie. Did you see me in action?" Iris asked with a grin on her face.
"Yeah and I really wish I hadn't" I replied trying to remove the image of what she did to it out of my mind. "I'm going to need an extra thick brain bleach to recover"
"Noted" Foxie replied before turning to the crystal "we still had to destroy the crystal"
Looking back at it the crystal seemed to have lost part of its pink hue so I can only assume it was recharging.
"I doubt I can do anything. Maybe you two goddesses should try blasting it?" I shrugged, trying not to make it obvious that I was waiting for D3ath.
"Sure. Plutia help me with this" Black Heart agreed floating upwards till she was about halfway up the crystal and placed her hands on this.
"Oh an order? It has been a while since a man ordered me to do something" Iris purred "Do we get a reward for this?"
"I'll give you both a kiss if that helps" I shrugged. Hugs and kisses are the best I can offer for a T rated story. You guys will just have to imagine what occurs if the screen fade to black like in Mass Effect or something.
"I like it, Noire likes it too" Iris replied with a teasing chuckle at Black Heart. Placing her hands against the crystal Iris couldn't help but resist the urge to show her form off a bit more. "Do remember to enjoy the view from back there~"
"Didn't need to tell me that.." I thought to myself trying not to get too distracted with... Things..
A low whining sound started emanating from the crystal as the girls started pouring power into it and within a few short seconds it shrunk instead of exploding.
"It's the best we can do" Black Heart announced changing back and picking up the crystal. Turning her eyes widened.
"Tom!" She shrieked as I heard the soft sounds almost like a cat softly landing on its paws as someone fell from the ceiling behind me. I'll give you three guesses who that is.
"You shouldn't of-" D3ath started but I wasn't going to let them finish. Turning quickly I grabbed where their nipples were and twisted with all of my strength. Thankfully D3ath wore leathery armour almost like clothing so it was relatively easy to do this. What I wasn't expecting was the high pitched squeal and for D3ath to faint.
"Uh... What?" I stood dumbfounded.
"Looks like D3ath was a girl not a guy" Iris mused as she floated over to us before picking me up. "You were so brave~"
"Not really I just did what I said I was going to do" I tried to play it off but apparently Iris wasn't having that. So instead she was going to claim her kiss now. Pressing her lips and body against mine the familiar feeling of heat burned through my veins until she stopped but even then it wasn't completely gone.
"Well looks like you got your reward" I lightly chuckled looking back into her eyes as she grinned.
"And you got yours but don't forget dear Noire over there. She needs some love too" Iris replied gently lowering me to the ground and started tying up D3ath.
Deciding against asking what Iris was doing I walked over to Noire, who's cheeks had taken over that all to familiar colour of red.
"Come on you earnt this" I chuckled gently lifting her chin so she could look at me.
"I did?" She almost whispered. Noire is so cute when she is bashful.
"Yup" I replied before kissing her, letting the calming waves from her wash over me.
Breaking away from the kiss I could see she wanted another but I decided against indulging that request. I don't exactly want a jealous Iris Heart on me.
"So what are we doing with D3ath?" I asked turning to Iris who had just finished tying up D3ath. Oh she even hand cuffed her in pink fluffy hand cuffs too.
"We fly back to the Basilacom, I tie her up and we all have a rest before we wake her back up and talk to her" Iris replied shrugging. Picking up D3ath and slinging her over her shoulder.
"Foxie? Sound good?" I looked down at him as Noire changed back in a moment.
"It is the best course of action" Foxie agreed "the system malfunction has been repaired and L.R.P.S is fully functional"
"Well let's get home then" I shrugged walking towards the exit. Black Heart and Iris Heart right behind me.