Disclaimer: I do not own any of the material of the Hyperdimension Neptunia series or the Halo series in this story as they belong to Microsoft, Compile and Idea Factory…


The Rookie

Location: The Planeptune's Guild

A Day after drop…

BGM: $100 – Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2

After catching up with Nepgear and the others, they arrived at the Guild as Compa introduced Rookie and Nepgear to the Guild, they sign up for some 'fun' work as Compa said but there's only one work order was available, IF read what it said.


- Quest Overview -

Defeat the Dogoos that are overpopulating Virtua Forest.

Reports for traveller being attacked by packs of Dogoos.

TERMINATE THEM


"That's what it said?" Nepgear asked and Compa nodded.

"Yep. It's not a very hard quest, the Virtua Forest is very close to us and the mister Dogoos aren't very tough" Compa explained.

'Rather annoying ones' Rookie commented, remembering his first encounter with them.

"O-okay… But… Am I ready for this?" Nepgear played with her fingers, worried.

"You'll be fine. Ready Rookie?" IF asked and he nods.

"Good, let's head to the Virtua Forest" And the four walked outside the Guild and towards the Virtua Forest.

At the Planeptune's sidewalk

"So IF, you worked for Planeptune's Guild, right?" Nepgear asked.

IF nodded. "Of course but it's more like a part-time job right now" She shrugged then Nepgear was a bit disappointed and apologized.

"I'm sorry. Because of me, right?" And IF shook her head. "Nope"

'This girl is doubting herself too much…' Rookie got a bit worried about her.

After a conversation about the Guild, gathering information and Nepgear… still doubting herself which worries Rookie more till Nepgear forgotten something.

"Oh I almost forgot" And the group stopped walking.

"Forgot about what?" IF asked.

"I forgot to say. Thank you for saving me back there, if you three haven't come… Who knows what will happen to us" Then Compa smiled.

"You're welcome but you should thank Rook-Rook" Then IF spoke.

"Yeah, he's the one who located the CPUs and saved you from that big guy" Which she referring to Judge.

"Oh…" She looked at the Rookie but looks away, blushing. "T-th-thank you, R-rookie…" And everyone including Rookie chuckled and continued heading to the Virtua Forest.

END BGM


Back at Earth...

Dutch

Location: Uplift Nature Reserve

30 Minutes after drop…

BGM: The Menagerie - Halo 3: ODST

Dutch was having a rough time as he was driving a M12 LRV Warthog with marines on the passenger seat and operating the Vulcan at the back, destroying Brute Choppers and helping the first platoon at the Nature Reserve.

"Where the rest of your team, trooper?" The First Marine asked him from the radio and he responded.

"Scattered, dead, dunno…"

"That's too bad, we're gonna need all the men we can get"

As Dutch broke through the enemy's line, A Brute Captain Major send out a ghost pilot to give a warning to the Chieftain.

"Warn the Chieftain! The enemy has breached our lines!" The Brute Captain Major was soon tore apart and the ghost boosted away.

"Don't let that ghost raise the alarm!" Dutch grabbed his Spartan Laser and was able to destroy the ghost before it went off sight. "Hmph, Bullseyes" Then he jumped into the Warthog and drove off to the Second Platoon's location.

"Trooper, you're almost at Second Platoon's Location. Give them a hand and push them to the primary objective!"

"What is the objective, Colonel?" Dutch responded.

"You know the Covenant Carrier that slip away from the City? We need to secure their old LZ. Snatch a Tier One asset"

Dutch had reached to the Second Platoon which were pinned down by Wraith's Bombardment, luckily the Wraiths are on the open, they was soon destroyed by Dutch's Spartan Laser and kill off the remaining Covenant Forces. He jumped on his Warthog again and drove off to the bridge but suddenly the Space Elevator was starting to collapse.

BGM PAUSED

"Look, the elevator!" A Second Marine saw explosions from the Space Elevator and it fell apart. "INCOMING!" A piece of the Space Elevator felled near the Nature Reserve.

"WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?!" Dutch shouted while driving on the bridge.

Then the Second Marine responded. "Slipspace rupture! They must have weaken the support rings"

"All units *Cough* target assets are...on the move. Everyone clear the area...before more debris comes down *cough* *cough*…" Colonel weakly responded.

BGM RESUMED

"Colonel? Sir?!" The Marine heard no response from the Colonel. "Damnit, he's gone…" Then the Marine responded to Dutch. "Trooper! Head up the hill. We gotta find a way out this park" And Dutch continues driving uphill.

Dutch arrived at the Assault Carrier's old LZ with marines pinned by more Covenant forces. After clearing the area for the marines, he drives to the top of the hill which he was greeted by a Wraith, a War Chieftain and… even more Covenant forces.

Fifteen Minutes Later…

After dealing with more Covenant forces, he's the only one on the Warthog as the marines with him was killed off then he found a hole.

"Trooper, there's a hole. Floor it!" Dutch goes on full speed and went off the hole.

He soon notices a street below him and bailed out as the Warthog rammed into a building, smoking.

"Uh, Lord? I didn't train to be a pilot. *pant* *pant* Tell me I don't have any more flying to do today?"

Then Dutch saw a Drone Fighter crashing into a monument, he soon stands up and picks up his helmet.

"So...was that a yes or a no?" And suddenly out of nowhere, his Warthog exploded right after his sentence as he turns around to his destroyed Warthog.

"Amen…"

END BGM


The Rookie

Location: Virtua Forest

A Day after drop…

Meanwhile with Rookie and the other girls, they were walking through the forest to complete a quest, they spotted some Dogoos roaming around the forest.

"Hmmm… Oh, I can see some Dogoos over there" IF pointed to the Dogoos and readies her qatars. "Ready, guys?" Rookie nods, equipping his Gun-Blade.

"Yep, yep!" Compa equips her Big Syringe and Nepgear… shyly nods.

"Y-yes…"

"Alright, let's do this" They all charged at the Dogoos which they were caught off guard.

BGM: Outside The Dimension - Megadimension Neptunia VII

"DOGOOOO!" One of the Dogoos was slice in two by Rookie's Gun-Blade as the dogoo disappeared.

'Hmm… I wonder how good I'm at on sword combat' Rookie decided to fight them in close combat. He saw four dogoos on his sight, two tried to ram him but he jumps over them and back slash the two, instant killing them. The other two charged at him, he slashes the first dogoo and dodges the other. 'Hmph' He finishes the first one as the other jumped at him, he impales right through the Dogoo, making it disappeared into thin air.

"Wow… That's a bit overkill, Rookie" IF watched the whole thing and was surprise about his combat skills.

The other girls are doing fine with the other Dogoos, IF was slashing her qatars. "Demon Flames!" She summoned flames from the ground, burning up the Dogoo while Compa was behind us because she a medic and medics always get protected by their allies and the first target to take out, she was shooting her Big Syringe and healing IF and Nepgear as she was killing off the Dogoos with her Beam Saber as Rookie joined them for support.

END BGM

Five minutes of terminating Dogoos later...

Only one Dogoo was left from the pack…

IF spoke. "One more Dogoo left. Great let's finish him off, complete our quest and get our reward" But the Dogoo ran away.

"Dogoooo!"

"Goodness, it's hopping away! Hold it right there!" Nepgear shouted.

IF growled. "Don't let that Dogoo get away!" And the four pursue the Dogoo which made Rookie thinking.

'Is he going to another pack?' Rookie guessed as they pursued him and cornered him.

"Alright Dogoo. We got you cornered now" Said IF as the Dogoo howled.

"Dogoooooooo!" Then suddenly another Dogoo came by. "Dogooo!" And another one. "Dog. Dogoo" AND another one… "Dog. Dog. Dogoo!" Then it suddenly turned itself into a pack. "Dogoooey!"

'I guess I was right…' Rookie sighed in his helmet as the others was surprised.

"Yikes! So many Dogoos!" Compa shouted and to make matters worse, they started to combine with each other.

"Wh-what are they doing?" Nepgear asked as they were finish, it grew bigger and bigger into a…

'You have got to be shitting me…' Yep. It turned itself into a Grandogoo.

"DOGOO. DOG. GOO!" The Grandogoo roared.

"Did they just combined?!" Nepgear yelled.

"Oh great… Not another one of those things" IF whined which surprise Nepgear.

"Wait… You fought one of those things" She asked.

"Long story but not now. Things are getting a litte… Challenging for us…" She paused and got an idea. "Oh, I know. Gear, go ahead and transform" Which Nepgear was a bit nervous.

"T-Transform?"

"You know, Hard Drive Divinity. HDD. You haven't use it since coming back, right? Here's your chance" Said IF which made Compa frown.

"You just wanna see Ge-Ge in her super pretty HDD form…" She muttered.

'I wanna see how she fights in her HDD form' Rookie wondered.

"Alright… Activate HDD and fight… Nnngh" As Nepgear tried to transform but due that she is doubting herself and a bit scared, she can't transform.

"What's the matter?" IF asked.

"I… I can't transform… I'm too scared to use it" She began to shake and tears came out.

Compa frowns even more. "Iffy! Stop being a bully to Ge-Ge" She growls.

IF rolled her eyes. "Jeerz, fine. Let's just beat him up the old-fashioned way" She looks over to Rookie but he isn't here for some reason. "Rookie, are yo—where's Rookie?" They looked around and their eyes widen seeing Rookie, fighting the Grandogoo and defeated it before they even started.

"DOGOOOOOO-*BOOM*"


A few minutes ago…

While the others were chatting, Rookie was the first one to strike.

'Let's see how like a taste of my new weapon, jelly!' He switched his Gun-Blade into Automatic mode, the barrel turned into a Gatling gun and started firing and Rookie notices something weird about the Automatic mode… 'Huh. The Gatling gun doesn't seem to have strong recoil…' Then he got a message. From Histoire.

"Please remember that the Gun-Blade is modified, and has less recoil on each mode, please note, Rookie." – Histoire

PS. You're doing great! :)

BGM: Axios - Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn [1:53]

Message ended with smiley face and Rookie giggled. 'Alright, let's finish this' Rookie continued firing at the Grandogoo, it jumped into the air and about to slam on Rookie but he luckily jumped out of the way.

"DOGOO!" Rookie ran faster towards the Grandogoo as it tried to ram him, he evades and jumped, taking out his second frag grenade and throw it into the Grandogoo, jumping away from the Grandogoo.

"DOGOOOOOO-*BOOM*" The Grandogoo exploded, launching goop all over the area, some spattered into Rookie's armor but easy to wash off.

END BGM


Present

BGM: Minicar - Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2

"WHAT THE GOODNESS!" Nepgear shouted as IF and Compa was shocked and their eyes widen about Rookie, beating a Grandogoo… Alone.

"Well… That was unexpected…" Compa commented.

"Yeah, unexpected from the Rookie…" IF replied and she shook her head. "Ok, now that's done. Let's head to the Guild and report it" And they walked back to Planeptune except the Rookie which he saw Nepgear was frozen and he clicked his fingers.

"Wh-what?" Nepgear snapped of it and saw them walking away. "Oh… Hey, wait up!"

END BGM


Back at Planeptune Guild

BGM: $100 - Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2

"Report the results and get paid. See? It's pretty simple process, right?" Said IF and Nepgear nods.

"Yes. We get work from the Guild, complete it, report it and then we can collect the posted reward" Then Compa smiled.

"Aww, you're such a smart girl, Ge-Ge"

'Hehehe' Rookie chuckled then Histoire called on his radio com.

"Cute, isn't it"

'Yeah…'

"But be prepared what's awaits you on your journey, Rookie"

'I'll do my best to keep myself alive and…' He looks at the girls then he smiled in his helmet. 'Protect my new friends' His sentence reminded Histoire about his 'tragic moment'.

"Excuse me, Rookie but… What do you mean 'A tragic moment you'll never forgets'..." Histoire asked and Rookie looked down remembering what had happened during the Human-Covenant War.

Histoire responded. "It's alright if you don't want to talk about it"

'Mhm'

"And… I may have found the Mascot"

'Wait, you found it'

"Yes, you and the girls should be coming back after the quest you've completed"

"Alright, let's go back to the Basilicom" And they nodded.

"I'll see you at the Basilicom" Histoire hangs up.

"Hey, Rookie. Are you coming or not!" IF shouted, calling Rookie as he nods and they walked out of the Guild back to the Basilicom.

END BGM


Author's notes:

Great... It's February... *Groan* The time where people go back to school, so anyway I'll be releasing the next one tomorrow because school is right around the corner.

Please note that I don't rush my chapters...