Hyperdimension Neptunia is owned by Compile Heart, Idea Factory, Sega, and whoever else worked on it.
Originally this part was supposed to be in the previous chapter, but my other mind said "It'll be too short, brah". So yeah I split it up into this sole chap.
Enough about me, moving on to the…
Chapter 8
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Around 8 AM, three days after the party, on a bright red sky with the ever-shining sun that bathes the Gamindustri with its light, normal days go on as usual. On Lowee, there was a training activity happening right now.
Nepgear, Gehaburn, Magic, and Brave were sparring with each other. They all take turns in their team-ups, this time, Nepgear paired with Magic against Gehaburn with Brave.
Their battle goes on for a while, Nepgear with her new All-round Gunblade called the "AllRon Slay", made by Kurome and her tech-mechs, took up the front as both offense and defense while exchanging clash and blasts with Brave. Meanwhile, Magic was occupied with Gehaburn
"Come on Brave, Is that the best you got?" Nepgear said, clashing and then parried Brave's red sword from above making him flinched.
As there was an opening, Nepgear used her Gun mode and fired some beam projectiles then back to her blade mode to slash on the air making a lilac-colored wave slash, all aimed at Brave's Chest.
Brave had anticipated it and blocked it using his sword as it is spun rapidly on the front by Brave's hand part spinning swiftly, making a red barrier as it was rotating.
"Of course not Milady. Take this!" Brave's lion chest blasted a fiery red beam from it coming to Nepgear.
Nepgear instinctively dodged it by jumping backward, she noticed that the beam wasn't aimed at her. The beam was targeting the area close to Nepgear.
While there was a lot of dust resulting from the beam, Gehaburn suddenly appeared in front of Nepgear.
"BOO!" Gehaburn shouted as she swung her giant purple aura claws from her right side and was about to hit Nepgear. But instead of doing any counter, Nepgear just smirked at Gehaburn making her confused a bit
"Oh don't you dare" Magic, wearing her black bikini-like armor infused with immunity to cold status, popped up from the floor like a shadow with her scythe blocking the attack to defend her mistress, then proceeded to strike Gehaburn with the Scythe.
"Ah dang it!" Gehaburn blocked the attack but she has pushed away with a heavy force, Brave then cushioned the pushed purple lady with his left hand.
"Are you alright Lady Gehaburn?" Brave asked, with Gehaburn replied it with a nod, then two went back to their battle stance. Brave firmly holds his big red sword with both hands aiming at his opponents and Gehaburn with her wild stance opening both of her big purple aura claws.
Magic spun her scythe quickly from the front and to her side, it stopped to make her battle stance. Nepgear was about to put up her readied state but she put back her gunblade to her inventory and clapped her hands twice.
"Alright, wrap it up. We've been doing this for a while and I think it's enough for today"
The other three sighed in relief. Gehaburn turned off her big claws, Brave put back his sword to his waist, and Magic poofed her scythe into herself.
"You three have improved well, especially you two" Nepgear pointed at Gehaburn and Brave "Never thought that both of you put out a good teamwork"
"I just did it instinctively when Brave had made you vulnerable, hehe," Gehaburn said with a smug face for a while before continuing "But you were confident there, not dodging my attack, and just smirked at me. I was a bit flustered at that"
"It's simple, I just trust Magic to defend me when I'm in a pinch," Nepgear said while patting Magic's left shoulder, it surprised Magic and made her face red "Once you trust someone, your performance and teamwork would increase exponentially"
"That is why, as long as you trust who is beside you no matter the personality, you can beat any opponent you face. So long as you don't betray the trust, got it?"
Brave and Gehaburn nodded at Nepgear's lecture as a sign that the two understood Nepgear's word. Gehaburn then noticed something further back.
"Uh, even if it's something like that?" Gehaburn pointed to the back while smiling, which made Nepgear and Brave look in the finger's direction.
"My lady said s-she trusted me, a-a-and My lady even touched me! KYAAAA! I'm in bliss!" Magic was daydreaming while embracing herself repeatedly since Nepgear had touched her, She replayed Nepgear's words and her pat in her mind but with a more exaggerated level and even to further aftermaths that didn't even happen.
"Even if it's something like that…" Nepgear recited what Gehaburn had said to her and sighed at Magic's behavior, she then walked towards her.
Gehaburn laughed at Magic's continuous daydream whilst Nepgear tried her best to get Magic back to reality. Brave facepalm at the sight of her comrade for a while until he got a beeping sound from his right arm, signifying an incoming call.
Brave opened the call and from his arm, it projected a Killer Whale with a worrying look on its face.
"Sir, there is trouble in the Northeast area near the sea!" Said the Killer Whale. It surprised Nepgear, Gehaburn, and even Magic, the three then went to his side wanting to hear what was going on from the whale.
"Explain the situation, is there any damage or casualties on our side? What's the threat that we're facing?" Brave demanded a report with a serious tone.
"We haven't suffered any significant damage and our Whale brethren are all okay while dealing with the threat for now. As for what they are…It's better if Sir, Our lady, and the rest look at it personally"
"Alright, we are on our way. If the situation gets worse, focus on the defensive and wait for us" Brave ordered the Killer Whale.
The Whale salute at Brave and ended the call. Brave looked at his mistress Nepgear as she was wondering what kind of enemy they are facing.
"Is there any human that I had left behind alive? Not possible," Nepgear spoke to herself softly while wearing a serious look but shrugged it off to ponder it later. She then turned on her Deity powers, indicated from her eyes turning from Dark Lilac to Red, and floated herself upwards "As the Whale said, let us go take a look at our enemy and help them while we're at it"
"Of course!" Brave agreed first, turning on his booster.
"Yeah!" Gehaburn also agreed while conjuring a purple aura devil wings.
"As you wish, My lady," Said Magic while she bowed slightly and opened her sharp black blade wings.
The three flew up to Nepgear's side and then dashed towards the Northeast area where the trouble was at.
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Nepgear and the others had arrived at the scene, they look on below in midair and what they saw was disgusting.
A squadron of Whales is fighting against a swarm of deformed black Dogoos coming from the sea with disproportionate metals and building parts on their bodies, all of the black Dogoos eyes were red but lifeless. The odds are in the Whale's favor as they killed the Dogoos one by one, courtesy of Brave's training and care to them, but more kept coming from the sea.
"What the FUCK are those?!" Gehaburn shouted in disgust "It's like they came out from a horror movie or something"
"I can't even fathom what they are…But I know that they are not my Lady's Dogs. Ours is even better than these…abominations…" Magic spoke while showing a repulsive look.
"We can talk about these later, for now, we must help the Whales in dealing with this threat. Magic and Brave aid the Whales on the shore while Gehaburn and I dive into the Sea to find the source" Nepgear ordered.
They all agreed and went on to do their work, Magic and Brave crashed down in the middle of the Black Dogoos horde. The two were at each other's back, surrounded by their enemies.
"Don't drag me down, Brave, this is for our Lady" Magic said while wielding her Scythe on her right arm.
"I don't plan to," Brave replied as he held his sword with both hands pointing towards the Black Dogoos.
Both of them dashed forward in opposite directions and began to relentlessly attack the Dogoos with quick, large slashes and blasts.
The Killer Whale who had called Brave a while back noticed them on the far back. It then began yelling to its fellow Whales.
"HELP HAS ARRIVED, WE MUST NOT FALTER HERE! KEEP THE PRESSURE GOING!"
The Whale squadron's morale had increased exponentially and began to push through the Dogoos with their might and roar. Meanwhile, Nepgear and Gehaburn were already inside the depths of the sea after turning on their spell which enabled them to breathe underwater.
"Wow, they are loud as fuck, I can hear their warcry from here. But at least we don't have to worry about them" Gehabun commented as she swam deeper with Nepgear leading on the front.
"Yeah, it's reassuring alright, now where would the source be…Ah, there it is!" Nepgear pointed to the left, there is a red portal releasing the Black Dogoos. The portal is guarded by a black giant High Heal Dogoo, but this one is even more horrifying to look at.
The Giant High Heal Dogoo's tentacles were all over its body as if it was a Virus cell with tentacles. A few bulges with a doggo face were also scarcely visible on the body and all of them were distorted. Its eyes were also lifeless and red like the others. An addition of a foul stench was leaking from it and slowly polluting the sea.
"OH FUCK, That shit is a literal abomination straight from some zombie game!" Gehaburn was about to puke in the sea, luckily she had a plastic bag in her inventory and let it out quickly in the bag and quickly put it back in her inventory.
"It's different than the rest…" Nepgear spoke "I can tell from its energy that it is much stronger than the ones above….But not enough to overpower us"
Nepgear readied herself with her "AllRon Slay" Gunblade on her right hand "I'm gonna put it to rest, are you with me? or do you need to puke more?" Nepgear asked Gehaburn.
"Ugh, a bit, but I can hold it in for a while. Let's put this thing down!" Gehaburn acknowledged Nepgear and invoked her two giant purple aura claws.
Gehaburn went up to the Giant Heal Dogoo's top part while Nepgear shot and did wave slashes repeatedly before getting near its lower part.
Nepgear noticed that its regeneration pace was really quick, an unusual trait for a Dogoo to have.
'Damn, guess I'll have to do this then' She then used a spell to counter the regeneration gimmick while dodging the Dogoo's tentacle attacks, her Gunblade shone a red light after she finished her spell.
"Burn! Synchronize your attacks with mine to double the regen nullifier that I had placed" Nepgear shouted to Gehaburn.
Gehaburn randomly lacerated the tentacles in front, she stopped after hearing Nepgear's short plan.
"Alright, time to do some combo developing!" Gehaburn replied, she then flicked her red aura claws that were filled with Nepgear's recent spell since they can share buff effects.
Nepgear slashed with her gunblade from her right side and Gehaburn clawed from her left side. They keep doing the attacks from directions opposing each other and moving to the opposite direction as well. Gehaburn went from the top to the Dogoo's face and Nepgear from the bottom to its back.
The opposing synchronized attacks went on like trimming a hair until the Dogoo's tentacles were no more, leaving its body and several distorted doggo's faces on it were exposed clearly.
Gehaburn raised her left claw and Nepgear lifted her right arm wielding the Gunblade to deliver the final blow.
"Rest In Sea!" Gehaburn yelled at the weakened Dogoo.
The two slashed through the Dogoo, making a giant X purple-red mark on it. The mark unleashed its chain reaction into a big explosion that can be seen above the sea, dealing massive damage on it.
"That was amazing! We should do that more often" Gehaburn excitedly spoke as she gestured to Nepgear with an arm bump with her left hand.
"I admit that was pretty cool. Also, that finisher you said, it rhyme's with the original one. Nice" Nepgear compliment her for the RIP reference, her eyes turned back to normal dark lilac color.
"Hehehe, I thought it was appropriate since we uh…. down the sea," Gehaburn told her reason with a silly face and scratched her head.
"Hmph," Nepgear smiled a bit while huffed. "Anyway, about time we check the portal"
"Oh yeah! right there" Gehaburn pointed at the portal which was close to them.
Both of them went near and slowly held out one arm each to look inside. Once their hands were in it at the same time, it sparked shocking red lightning, making Nepgear and Gehaburn back away from the portal.
"Well that was something," Nepgear said while checking her right arm to see if it was okay, same for Gehaburn checking her left arm. "Did you get something from it, Burn?"
"Yeah, I did. It was only a short while but I managed to know where it was coming from, and it's not from this dimension"
"Not this dimension you say?" Gehaburn nodded at Nepgear, Nepgear thinks for a little while and spoke again "Looks like we're dealing with some threat beyond our world huh, anything else?"
"Unfortunately nope. It shuts itself the moment we put our hands in it as if it's like a safe mechanism placed on the portal"
"Cunning move" Nepgear mentioned "For now, let's take the Giant Dogoo's body and the rest back to Trick's lab to research them all," She said while pointing at the Dogoo
"Carrying that big ol' thing? Why? It smells and looks disgusting as hell!" Gehaburn grumped.
"Because I must know exactly what we are dealing with, especially since they look like that AND it didn't even vanish to bits like every monster does when they are defeated" Nepgear explained.
"Oooohhhh…" Gehaburn realized what Nepgear meant. "Okay, we should hurry up then. I don't wanna get near it any longer"
"Mhm," Nepgear nodded.
The two then carried the body up to the surface. Magic, Brave, and the Whale Squadrons had recently finished the last of the black dogoo's on the surface, they turned to saw Nepgear and Gehaburn carrying what they thought to be the source of it all like a winner bringing home a trophy.
"What a beautiful view of my Lady! Ahhhh~, as expected!" Magic said, praising the sight before her. "Quick Brave! take the photo!"
"Alright…" Brave sighed at Magic's fangirl request, then he touched a button on his right side of his and took a photo of his Mistress and Gehaburn with his camera placed on his forehead.
Gehaburn gestured a V sign with her right hand as the photo was taken.
Nepgear and Gehaburn went down near them and put the Giant Dogoo down, In front of her were Brave, Magic, and the Killer Whale with Whale squadron behind it.
"We're glad that Mistress and Lady Gehaburn are safe, all of us were worried for a second when there was a giant explosion on the sea" Brave spoke first while kneeling a bit.
"No need to worry, It was an easy battle" Nepgear reassured them.
"Words spoke with beauty and strength," Magic said while trying to remain cool and not go on like a devotee for now. "What shall we do about the remains? We had noticed that they didn't disappear into bits which were odd".
"We know that as well firsthand," Nepgear looked at the Killer Whale leaning its body a bit to bow at her. "Bring all their remains including this big one to Leanbox through the portal for Trick to analyze as soon as possible"
"It shall be done, excuse us" The Killer Whale and the rest of the whales began doing what they were ordered from the Mistress, Gehaburn waved at them as they left.
"Magic, Brave," Nepgear called out to them.
"What is it, My Lady?" Both of them said at the same time.
"Gather the others back to the Neptower. We are about to have a meeting concerning this trouble cause I fear that this is the beginning of a storm approaching us. For Trick, tell him to go online in the meeting from Leanbox"
"Certainly," Magic said.
"Affirmative" Brave spoke.
The two went on their way to get their comrades. Nepgear and Gehaburn walked on to leave the shore and back to Neptower, Gehaburn stretched her arms while she treads on.
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At Planeptune, inside the Neptower's Meeting room, which was renovated to accommodate more big individuals inside.
Nepgear was walking in circles near the new and improved screen board for a while waiting for Kurome to come in. In front of the board, there's a long table with chairs lined up from one end to the other. Gehaburn was sitting with Magic at her side, Brave on the other hand was beside Judge.
"Gear, chill out," Gehaburn said while making a small signal telling Nepgear to calm down with her left hand.
"I'm anxious right now with our looming threat, Burn. Especially since it has been peaceful for a while until now, so I can't pretend like it's not a problem" Nepgear countered.
"Ohh! Drink my handmade beverage called "Judgester". It'll help you, My Lady" Judge spoke while he showed a black bottle, with a green liquid inside, to Nepgear.
"I didn't think you could make drinks" Nepgear pointed out thus making Judge flinched cause of the roast. When Nepgear drank from the bottle, she felt calmer and a bit energetic.
"Well, this is delicious, thanks to Judge"
"No problem, my efforts and trials weren't in vain!" Judge said.
"Does your effort and trials involve some of our brethren getting hospitalized due to drink poisoning?" Magic glared at Judge, Gehaburn, and Nepgear also glared at him cause of the info.
"Just think of it as a body test to see if they are tough on the inside," Judge said to Magic, which made her sigh.
"Ugh, whatever. Just give me some of that as a payment for the hassle you put me through to get them back to health" Magic asked while she extends her arm to Judge.
"Hey! Hey! Me too!" Gehaburn also asked as well.
"Here you two go. I had some spare of it so I made more, HAHAHAHA" Judge said while throwing the bottles each to one, including Brave.
While they drank, Kurome appeared from the door that can automatically close itself. She was in her dark clothing with her right shoulder mantle. On her right hand, it was holding a Nep-Projector.
"Sorry, I'm late. I had to do the final check-up so there won't be any problems and you all having a drinking contest?" Kurome raised her eyebrows.
"Nope, we were just waiting for you while we drank some of Judge new drink" Nepgear explained
"Yeah sorry bout that. Can I have a drink, please" Kurome was thrown a Judgester by Judge, she sipped it a bit and it was delightful to Kurome.
"That was one of a heck drink, thanks!" Kurome thanked Judge, he respond with a proud but kinda stupid nod.
Kurome walked to one of the empty chairs beside Judge for her to sit. Before sitting, she set up the projector that she held on her empty left side, it pointed upwards
"Just adjust it a bit here and…..there!" When Kurome had finished her little work, the projector activates and it showed a colored hologram of Trick analyzing the Black Dogoo's subjects brought by the Whales. He conducted his research with Arie Hoek and Arakhne. The lab, which was located beside the Leanbox's main base, was bigger than Trick's personal lab.
"Oh, is it finally online?" Trick turned his back from his Dogoo subject to look at the projector to see his Lady and the rest. "Hello there Lady Gear, sorry I wasn't able to finish my work and be there on time. The things you've sent me are interesting and complex at the same"
"No need to fret, it's what the projector is for. You can at least hear out the meeting from afar while examining them subjects" Nepgear encouraged Trick that it is fine since she's the one who ordered him to do some tests.
"Then I must excuse my body in return to get some results from the Dogoo's, my ears are available if anyone calls to me. Wait, I don't have an ear. Erm, you know what I mean"
"Alright we get it, notify me when you got any results" Nepgear added, Trick nodded and he turned back and slide to his experiments leaving his giant back with his large disk visible to the others.
"Now that everyone's here, I'll start the meeting" Nepgear connect her tablet to the screen for everyone to see its contents, it showed a red portal that Nepgear and Gehaburn found below the sea.
"As all of you known by now, Lowee were attacked by some hideous Black Dogoo's which was a surprise. Coincidentally, Me, Burn, Magic, and Brave were there to avert the trouble quickly before it gets messy. The Dogoo's came from this portal under the sea"
"When I and Gear gets close to the portal, it pushed us away in a shock and disappeared in a second, like "poof!" gone" Gehaburn added while making a poof motion with her hands.
"Damn, so we can't know who's behind it?" Magic frustrated at the thought of the culprit who ruined her daydream and time with Lady Nepgear stayed anonymous.
"Correct" Nepgear said disappointingly, then she continued "But I know how to locate its origin, thanks to Burn's hint about dimension"
"Dimension?" Judge spoke with a confused look.
"It's better if I show it to you all rather than explain it" Nepgear turned her look towards the door on her right "Bring in the Sharicite!"
Two small Epsilon guards went inside as per their mistress orders, both holds the giant Sharicite together. Nepgear took out her Histoire's book and walked near the crystal to connect the two via energy link.
"Burn, place your hand on the crystal. Since you interact with the portal, your power should've at least known something from it instinctively" Nepgear told Gehaburn.
"Mkay" Gehaburn stretched out her left purple aura arm and placed it on the crystal. It shone from a dark lilac to purple color, a sign to show that the connection was successful.
"Well….that's a lazy way to do it, but whatever. Now to turn to the dimension page and….there it is!" Nepgear found the page she was looking for. The page consists of information on Dimensions.
"Ah, so this is where it comes from," Nepgear said after knowing where the portal signal originated. "Everyone, take a look at this"
Nepgear redirected the book towards Gehaburn and the rest, it then projected two dimensions zone. One dimension is called "Sigma Dimension", is represented with the color red. The other one near it is called "Ultra Dimension", shown with the color purple.
"Is that where it came from? Ultra Dimension?" Brave asked as he pointed at the purple zone.
"Yep, that's where our target is" Nepgear spoke
"Then let's trash 'em all! We'll show them that no one messes with our home!" Judge said fiercely.
"Oh, that I agree as well!" Magic agreed at him.
"Hold it right there, wouldn't that be too hasty of a move?" Kurome interrupted.
"Lady Kurome is right. Lashing it out on all of them would be catastrophic and costly as well" Brave added another fact.
"Then what's our course of action then? Though I still would've liked the "Trash 'em all" plan" Magic asked.
"Stealth"
Magic, Brave, Kurome, and Gehaburn looked at Nepgear after she had said that.
"I'm going there alone and find the one who's behind it while not attracting too much attention," Nepgear told them as she closed Histoire's book and put it inside her Inventory, meanwhile, Gehaburn's left arm retracted back to her.
"Alone? Are you sure about that decision My Lady?" Magic said in a panic.
"Yes, I am sure. Don't worry about me, Magic. I have Burn to accompany me, so have some faith for me" Nepgear reassured her.
"Oh, with Gehaburn. Then I'm convinced that my Lady Nepgear will be fine, cause I trust Burn and have faith with my Lady" Magic spoke with a relaxed tone.
"You trust me? Aaawwww, come here" Gehaburn then happily hugged Magic.
"Hey! This is not the time for hugs" Magic was trying to get off of the hug.
"Aww…..boring" Gehaburn pouted at her and let go of the hug.
"Anyway, while I'm away with Burn, I need all of you to cover every edge of the Gamindustri with Nep-Beacons that I had made. It'll notify the nearest base of an attack and when it does, clear the attack and extract their remnants back to Trick for experimentations"
"Uugh, do we have to? Burn said that they are so disgusting as fuck" Judge protested.
Nepgear glared at Gehaburn drinking the Judgester with a poker face.
"What? I'm right" Gehaburn said as she sips the bottle, Nepgear rolled her eyes at it.
"And what's the usage of the waste anyway? It's not like we can use it" Judge protested.
"Well, my fellow fierce-but-idiotic friend, It turns out that we can use this to our benefit," Trick roasted Judge as he appeared in the projector, which made Judge get owned.
"Ah Trick, you finally got something to tell?" Brave asked him.
"Indeed," Trick then showed everyone a medium-sized flask filled with purple liquid.
"After I and my team had extracted and distilled the waste, the results were this liquid. When I test this liquid with various equipment, I concluded that it can be used as material for goods and weapons. It can also give us a temporary boost when we consume it"
"That is intriguing….can we also use that to make new members?" Nepgear asked him.
"Hypothetically it can, but with the current amount from the Dogoo's, it won't suffice" Trick answered.
"I see, thanks for the info"
"My pleasure, also I almost forgot to mention that this liquid already has a name from its log. It is called "CME", which is a short term for "CPU Memory Essence" Trick added.
"CPU Memory Essence? That's something that doesn't exist in this Dimension alright. More evidence towards the Ultra Dimension then" Nepgear commented "Further examine and test the CME, see if we can do something about it more"
"It shall be done, My Lady. I will also put the Nep-Beacons on this land's edge as well. If you'll excuse me, I must continue my work" Trick obeyed Nepgear and slid away again.
"Okay, so all in all, Gehaburn and myself will travel to the Ultra Dimension while Magic, Brave, Kurome, Trick, and Judge protect Gamindustri from future attacks alerted by the beacons, then gather the waste and bring it to Trick so all of us can use it. Is that clear?"
They all nodded at Nepgear's summarization.
"Then this meeting is done. Execute our plan now" Nepgear commanded.
"Yes, Lady Nepgear," Magic, Judge, and Brave said at the same time before leaving the meeting room to spread the Nep-Beacons, followed by the Epsilons carrying the Sharicite back to its chamber.
Kurome was still in the room, closing the projector and packing it to her inventory so she can also spread the Beacons on Lastation. Nepgear, with Gehaburn by her side, called out to Kurome.
"Kurome!"
"Hmm? What is it Gearsy?"
"I'm gonna need more weapons before I go so I'll be in Lastation's weapon factory. Once you're done with the Beacons, help me make the weapons. Burn will also help us with our work" Nepgear told her.
"More weapons eh, neat. I was thinking of making new ones from the CME. Combine that with our technology and Burnsy's power and we'll get ourselves some weapons that pack a punch!" Kurome said with excitement whilst she had done putting the projector back to her inventory
"I know right? Imagine they go "Boom Bam Pow!" but with more impact and explosions" Gehaburn was excited as well.
"Heh, I agree on that. Shall we go?" Nepgear gestured them both to walk with her.
The three girls exited the room and went on to the Portal Room with Lastation as their stop. Leaving the meeting room with empty Judgester's bottles on the table, which will be later picked up by Bits.
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In the afternoon, at a black-colored building labeled "Weapon Factory" in Laguna's City.
Kurome landed near the factory's gate and changed back from her SDD form to her human form after she had done putting most of the Nep-Beacons stored in Lastation. Kurome handed over the rest of the edges to Malvader and its gang since she can't wait to make some new weapons.
'I'm sure they can handle it, now time for me to get my hands dirty on making them weapons' Kurome thought to herself with a grin as she walked into the building.
Kurome kept on walking until she arrived at a room labeled "Designing", she expect that Nepgear and Gehaburn were working on the designs for Nepgear's weapons. Kurome proceeds herself into the room.
In front of Kurome, Nepgear was looking at her with arms crossed on her chest wearing a pouted look.
"Gearsy?"
"Let me guess, you left the rest of the Beacon job to the Vaders so you can work on the weapons, didn't you?" Nepgear asked.
"Am I really that obvious?"
"You sure are. We can sense you coming inside rather quicker than we had predicted, and we also know your habits in shortcuts anyway" Gehaburn answered Kurome from the back where the designs are at.
"Damn" Kurome whimpered.
"Have you assigned some guards to them at least?" Nepgear interrogates Kurome.
"Yep, I assigned some Fomalhauts with them. No need to worry on that front" Kurome replied.
"Least that is reassuring. Next time, be responsible on the job okay? This is a threat we are dealing with and I don't want any casualties happening in my world. What if the Vaders were overwhelmed and we are too late to notice before putting up the beacons, hmm?" Nepgear scolded Kurome.
"My bad…." Kurome felt bad after the scolding and with the fact that she left behind her Vaders doing her supposed task, which she enjoys hanging out with when Kurome got some free time.
"Don't be too tense on her, Gear. Kurome just wanted to make some weapons for you as soon as possible. Besides she gave them some guards, so It'll be fine and what's done is done" Gehaburn told Nepgear.
"Yeah…I get it. Sorry for the scolding, Kurome. I was just distressed for you and our home, but I take it too seriously"
"No no, I understand that you are worried for us. It's my fault, Gearsy. I'll try to be more responsible next time" Kurome said to Nepgear.
"You better do that, unless you want to get some spanking on that ass from Gear or me"
"That's pretty erotic, Burnsy. I like it," Kurome said with a lewd face.
"Hm" Gehaburn hummed at Kurome.
"EHEM. We are getting nowhere with this, so let's just focus on making the weapons, okay?" Nepgear cut off the weird atmosphere.
"Alright, let's get it on!" Kurome walked onto the design-making machine, which looked like a giant UI screen and black media with keyboards below it that almost made the room look full. "How is it coming along?"
"See for yourself" Gehaburn gestured her hand to show Kurome the screen that Gehaburn had turned on, it showed the designs for several weapons.
"Already this many? You guys worked fast huh" Kurome looked briefly at Nepgear and Gehaburn from both sides then turned her view back to the screen.
"R2 Wrist Gloves, NG Sword, V Spear, NP Katana, B Ax, and two UB Machine Gun that when combine it turns into a Sniper? Jeez Gearsy, how prepared are you gonna be?"
"As prepared as I can be," Nepgear said to Kurome.
"Well, you lack something if we're going this far, here lemme add two more" Kurome began to make his design by interacting with the screen and tapping the keyboard for finalization.
"A little bit of this and that…..adding this also with all of these combine and….Done!" Kurome finished swiftly and back away for Gehaburn and Nepgear to see.
"That was fast. Well, fair enough since we were also fast" Gehaburn praised Kurome, which made her happy smile. "A Nep-Power Boots and a Histo-Book?"
"Yep, I imagine that if you're going all out, Histoire's book would be another power addition. With the book channeling its magic power to all of your weapons merge with Deity and CPU powers instead of holding the book to utilize it, you can almost beat anything! But you need to balance your powers, Gear. Can you handle that?" Kurome explained
"I must, It's for my home after all so let's go with this setup. But why the boots?" Nepgear asked about that point her.
"Why not? You get more agility and kicking power, beneficial and cool at the same time if you use the boots for a finisher"
"As long as it works, I'm fine with it. We'll also need Portable labs, a mask, other throwable items, a dimension watch, and finally, an upgrade boost for my Gunblade" Nepgear added more work as she summoned her "AllRon Slay" which was derived from Nepgear's HDD form gunblade but with black color and a broken N logo in the middle.
"Got it. Wait, why the mask?" Gehaburn told her holding the Gunblade that Nepgear gave her to hold
"To hide my identity, duh," Nepgear said as if it was an obvious answer.
"Oh, right"
"Then" Nepgear tapped the keyboards for a while to register the mentioned things. After that, she flailed her arms for it to work more flexibly and walked on to the "Producing Room" which was next door.
"Time to make some stuff, let's go you two" Nepgear went first, followed by Gehaburn and then Kurome after she turned off the machine.
They worked on it for a long while with some of the CME, delivered by Trick's courier which was a Fenrir, and finished them until nightfall. When all is done, Nepgear, Kurome, and Gehaburn went on to their bases, but for Nepgear and Gehaburn, the two had to prepare themselves more for tomorrow's departure.
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The next day, around 7 AM. Outside of the Nep-Tower.
Nepgear and Gehaburn were ready to go to the Ultra Dimension. There's a portal that Gehaburn made, coordinated by Histoire's book.
"All set, Gear?" Gehaburn asked her while she maintained the purple portal, she wears the same purple outfit as she was before.
Nepgear was also wearing the same black clothing but with a few add-ons. Black wrist gloves, with an N logo on the center, were visible on her hands. A Black belt was strapped in the same position as her colorful leathered sashes, on the back there is a book holster with Histoire's book acting as a powerful energy circulator when Nepgear uses any weapon that is registered to it.
"Yep. Weapons are in good condition, items are all here including the healing ones, and portable labs are set to be used later, though for the Nep-Watch I'll have to test it on the other side" Nepgear answered as she looked inside her inventory and equipment. "Oh wait, there's one last thing"
Nepgear put up her black hoodie on her head, as she does, a black mask with white cracked decorations and two big sharp purple eyes appeared, covering Nepgear's whole face while wearing the hoodie.
"It works and you look amazing, neato" Gehaburn praised her with a thumbs up.
"Thanks. Now, where are the others though?" After she put off her hoodie and mask, Nepgear looked around her as she was expecting Magic and the others to come to see them before they travel.
"LADY NEPGEAR!" From the distance, Magic was approaching Nepgear and Gehaburn, followed by Kurome, Brave, Trick, Judge, and some of the monsters as well.
"Ah, you're here, scratch that, you're all here" Gehaburn was surprised that the monsters were coming with them.
"We couldn't just ignore our mistress departure, even if it messes up our wake-up schedule," A Giant Dogoo said.
"So almost all of us are here to tell our Lady that My Lady doesn't have to worry about Gamindustri, we'll keep it safe. It's our home and with my honor, I shall protect with my brethren!" Brave spoke with a bold tone.
"Yeah! What Sir Brave said!" His Dagon said beside him.
"If Gearsy and Burnsy need any help, call us through the Nep-Watch and we'll help you as much as possible" Kurome said to Nepgear.
Nepgear looked around the others. They all seemed determined to protect her and their homes, which is lessens her worries.
"Thanks, guys, I appreciate all of this. Do you guys want something while I'm away?" Nepgear thanked and asked for something they want.
"Come back safely to us. It's all I wish for, My Lady" Said Magic with Brave, Kurome, and the present monsters nodded with agreement.
"Oh and bring some souvenirs from there!" Judge added.
"Also some interesting materials and figurines would be nice as well If My Lady doesn't mind getting them" Trick also added.
"I'm fine with it, I'm the one who asked for it after all. If there's no more, then…." Nepgear walked onto the portal, but before she went inside, she turned back to see the others and smiled.
"We'll be on our way. I'll leave our Gamindustri's to all of you. See you all later" Nepgear said as her last's words before she went inside.
"We'll be back soon y'all, so bye-bye!" Gehaburn said cheerfully and waved them goodbye before entering.
"Bye, you two, and be careful out there!" Kurome shouted before the portal closed itself.
"Now, let's do all we can to protect our home, return to do our daily routines while anticipating any attacks, Got it?" Magic said to all of them.
"YEAH!" They all shouted before leaving the area to their respective places and continue their usual basis while also waiting for any new attacks for them to clear it.
As for Nepgear and Gehaburn, they are on their way to confront their enemies on the other side. With the will to protect their family and their home.
To Be Continued
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Sorry for the late chapter, I had to think this well plus with new works on my end, That doesn't mean I stop making this story though (It's what I wanted after all).
BTW, I wanted to put some info here. First, the Gunblade's name, It's a word from AllRon that means All-Round in Luksemburg.
Think of the Dogoos deformed shape like some messy garbage and virus look-alike.
The Judgester is basically Monster Beverage can but in this dimension.
Neptower's structure building remains the same but it's bigger than before.
For the weapon factory, just think of the ones from Lastation but more future-like.
Nepgear's black boots remain the same design.
And finally, the mask, search Kamen Rider Rogue and look at its head. now imagine it without the crocodile design and only the face part in Nepgear's mask
This Nep-Watch is normal shaped, like the ones Kurome wears but with N logo and purple stripes.
Now that I have said what I wanted to say
Wait for my next chapter, which will take place in Ultra Dimension.
And I'm sorry if there's any mistake.
Buh bye!