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Neo Riders: Kabuto and Gatack of Gamindustri
Ch2: Planeptune's Guardian and Kamen Riders!
"Of course, since we were asked to help you on your journey but we must rest first." Ran said.
"But why?" Neptune asked, making a pout.
"Obaa-chan said, 'those didn't get enough sleep, will be worn out later'. You'll do no one any good in your current condition" Ran reminded.
(Play Next Level by YU-KI)
As the song begins the screen is covered by insect wings which soon falls apart revealing Kamen Rider Kabuto in Masked Form. The next scene shows Kabuto in Rider form arrives being surrounded by Worms. He gets ready for battle as the next scene shows him riding on the Kabuto Extender.
Kimi ga negau koto nara subete genjitsu ni naru n' darou
Kabuto continues drive in a wide open area in which he is soon replaced by Ran, Azuya, Neptune, and Compa walking in different paths. The next scene is a meteor crashing into a city.
Erabareshi mono naraba
The next scene shows how many Worms can disguise as normal people and bunch of Dungeon monsters are attacking. The scene soon shows lights in the sky by a tower.
Bousou hajimete
Ran and Azuya on their bikes, getting ready for their journey.
Sekai wo moto ni modosu ni wa mou. Jikan ga nai
Ran, Azuya, Neptune, and Compa heads of through the Dungeon of unknown.
MOVING FAST Kokoro no tokei ni hashirase
Neptune is playing a videogame. Compa is looking around the medics' cabinet. Azuya is practicing his swords with the Gatack Zecter watching. Ran and Kabuto Masked Form pass through each other. The same with Azuya and Gatack Masked Form as they moved through each other.
Ashita no sono saki e
Ran and Azuya stands back to back with their respective rider forms. Neptune saw the silhouette of Noire, Blanc, and Vert as she can't help but trying to figure them out before she saw Ran reach his hand for her.
Kimi no tonari tatakau tabi umarekawaru
Kabuto and Gatack use Cast Off and transformed into their Rider forms. Kabuto shows off his Clock Up and ran through a frozen explosion.
Me ni mieru SPEED koete 'ku MOTION
The next scene is Kabuto, Gatack, and Purple Heart shows off their fights skills so far as they fight Worms and Dungeon Monsters.
Ittai jibun igai dare no tsuyosa shinjirareru?
Without a clue of who she was, Neptune begins to cry before noticing green slime dropping in front of her.
Kousoku no VISION minogasu na. Tsuite koreru nara...
Kabuto starts a fighting in Clock Up along with Gatack. The two riders stand side by side as the screen covered up by insect wings and the logo.
After a goodnight's rest and good breakfast, the group starts setting for their journey to at a dungeon that resembles an abandoned factory. As for weapons, they found an old bokutou in Compa's closet and given to Neptune.
Ran and Azuya have their bare fists and their rider buckles. They tell the Zecters to stay hidden until they really need them to transform.
As for Compa's weapon, however…
She had a giant syringe are used by combat nurses out on the battlefield. But Ran and Azuya were slight disturbed by how big it was and what ominous colored liquid in it, it could intimate anybody.
But what is bothering them right now is the strange music that they keeping hearing in the background when they left Compa's house.
"Where is the music coming from?" Azuya asked.
"There doesn't seem to be any music devices around here…" Ran said curious.
Out of the entire group at the dungeon, Neptune was more excited.
"Is this the dungeon you found searching DungleMaps?" Neptune asked Compa. "Yeah, it feels like a dungeon with lots of tough monsters."
"No, no strong monsters here," Compa answered. "I searched for 'dungeons with weak monsters.' We're not ready for the strong ones yet."
Somehow this annoyed the amnesiac goddess, "What? Only weaklings? Then just go in and find the boss then, call me when you find him…"
This caused Azuya to facepalm himself again as Compa began to freak out a little bit.
"Th-That's no fair! We're party, so we're all basically soul mates!" Compa protested. "Abandoning your party now goes against the rules of this world. You'll get punished by the goddess!"
Neptune supposed to be one of the Goddesses… Ran thought.
Azuya decide to back up Compa's logic and some videogames languages, "There is a hug setback to your plan, Neptune. If Compa, Ran, and I go through all the weak monsters just to find the boss and then follow your plan, we'd have to go back through all the monsters we fought, take you with us back through those monsters to get to the boss, and once we DO make it back, we will be too weak to fight due to dealing with the weak monsters while you wouldn't gain enough XP for the boss."
"'Obaa-chan said, 'Early birds get the worms' Not only that but we will gain more XP before you did." Ran added.
Both Neptune and Compa stared at Ran except Azuya who have more experience understand meaning behind Ran's advices from his grandmother.
"I have no idea of what you just say but I want to get my XP too." Neptune sighed before remember what Compa says. "Goddess? So not only are there monsters, but there's a goddess here, too?"
"You mean you didn't know? Silly amnesia… But forgetting even the goddesses? Oh, you poor things!" Compa responded with pity in her voice before regaining composure to explain. "Aside from Planeptune, there are three other landmasses: Lastation, Leanbox, and Lowee. Each Landmass is protected by a goddess, and people go to the Basilicom to worship them and help govern each land. But we have no idea where the monsters come from. Their power just grows and grows. Everyone thinks it's due to the goddesses weakening powers. Heated discussion takes place every night on the Bascilicom's blog."
Both Ran and Azuya find the information from Compa is quite useful, before Neptune went off asking a random question, "Basilicom? So… what kind of place is that? Is one nearby? Do they bake cookies?"
This cause both boys to groan when Neptune think it's a bakery.
"I think the Basilicom is more like the government office, church, and many other faculties in one," Azuya said.
"If you done talking about cookies, we should get going now and start this quest." Ran said.
"Ran-kun is right, Nep-Nep, Azu-kun, enough banter," Compa said, "We should get going before the weak monsters get tired of waiting for us!"
Ran, Azuya, Neptune, and Compa began to venture into the dungeon. The dungeon is mostly brown in color, resembling a rusty abandoned factory or some similar facility.
Ran and Azuya were caution when they enter the dungeon as they were looking for any possible threats come at them.
"Ran, is there anything coming?" Azuya asked.
"No not yet." Ran replies.
"What are you two doing?" Neptune asked curious.
"We're making sure we don't get ambushed by any monsters." Azuya replies.
"Aww, we just start our first mission and you DO care about me?" Neptune asked, smile happily.
"We're only doing this because we made a promise." Azuya said.
"Azu-kun said 'we' though, so he means the whole group too, Nep-Nep!" Compa said, puffs her cheeks.
"Ooooh, treasure! Gimmegimmegimme!" Neptune caught sight of what appeared to be a treasure chest and ran toward the box.
"Come on, Ran-kun, Azu-kun. Let's make sure Nep-Nep doesn't hog all of the treasure."
As Ran, Azuya, and Compa made their way over to Neptune, the bubbly girl opened the chest and began to look inside for its contents, bending over and giving the two boys a good view of her white and blue striped panties. Both Ran and Azuya look away as Neptune got something out. "This is better than the sword I've got now, awesome!"
When she walks back to them, she wonders what's wrong. "Ran-kun? Azu-kun? What's wrong?"
Ran decides to tell her with his straight face, "Neptune… your skirt is just way too short! We almost saw your panties that time! Don't bend over too much. Let's buy you some shorts when we get back out to the city!"
Suddenly Neptune looks at Ran and pouts, puffing up her cheeks. "Aw, but I don't wanna! These are so comfortable and so breezy!"
"But what if we end up going somewhere too cold?" Azuya asked. "Your but will be freezing to death."
"Then you and Ran-kun will be there to protect me from freezing! After all you're supposed to protect me!" Neptune said happily. This causes the two friends to sweatdropped.
Azuya look at Compa for aid and plead, "Compa-chan… can you convince Neptune?"
Compa shake her head. "I'm sorry Azu-kun. I don't think we can convince her…"
"I see. This is going to be difficult mission." Ran sighed.
Raising her new sword, Neptune pointed down the passage that the group had yet to explore, "Alright, let's keep going people!"
As they continued walking deeper into the dungeon, the group encountered two green blobs like creatures, Neptune's eyes began to burn with determination, "We finally found some monsters! Let's beat 'em up!"
Both Ran and Azuya have weird look when they first see the monsters. Slimes with dog faces? That's what's been pushing back the military in this world? They were expecting something more of a challenge since there is no way they will henshin on these guys. (The military in this world is pathetic excuse!)
But they're monster still…
"Azuya, let's get this over with." Ran said to his childhood friend.
"Right." Azuya said before turn to Compa. "Compa-chan, can you back up Neptune with your shots?" Compa nods to Azuya's request.
"Charge!" Neptune said as she ran at the first monster.
The two 'Dogoo' saw Ran, Neptune, and Azuya were coming at them as the monsters were ready to pound them down with easier…
(Few minute later…)
The Dogoo pair were smashed down when they been smashed, punched, kicked, and various way to make a combo. But Ran and Azuya notice Neptune is using a raw style of combination with clumsy swings, occasional punch and kick. She has long way to go despite having amnesiac.
"What do you two think? Do I rocked or what?" Neptune flashed a peace sign.
"Ran, I think she reminded me of how Momotaro is like…" Azuya said to Ran.
"I see your point. I wonder if it possible that he existed too" Ran ponder.
Somewhere in the time train known as Denliner, a certain red oni sneezed when somehow mention his name before getting attack by a young woman name Hana.
"I can't tell you… but you still have long way to go." Ran said.
Somehow his words make purpled hair girl to pump up her arms. "You hear that, Compa? I've got the potential to be the greatest hero ever! Ran said it!"
Ran facepalm himself that Neptune takes his words as a compliment and decide to move on ahead. Neptune and other followed Ran who is in the lead. Soon they enter up find another treasure chest, Ran decided to opened it and find two items inside the chest then handed to the two girls.
"This hammer could be used to help clear paths for us while the bell looks like it can summon monsters for us to fight once rung," Ran said.
"Why would we need this bell to summon them?" Compa asked.
"We may need to call a specific one in certain cases." Ran replies.
"How do you know all of this?" Neptune asked.
"I read the instructions come with them," Ran said. This causes them to have anime sweatdropped.
"…"
As they continued deep into the dungeon, the group find themselves face an iron fence blocking their way. Sending Neptune ahead, she grabbed her new acquire hammer and get ready to pound away.
"Go! Go! Hammer away!"
Ran and Azuya have to look away, Neptune again shown her panties into the air before crushing the iron fence with her hammer. Is this how their journey to rescue Histoire will be like?
Soon they encounter more Dogoos and a painfully monster known as Babyvader, and they went down with ease when Ran plans the attacks this time. The group reached the last room as they find nothing new but a big magic circle at the other side…
"I don't see any monsters here." Azuya said.
"No, the monster is definite here, Azu-kun." Compa said.
"Compa-san, I think you need to use the bell now but run back immediately." Compa nods her head. Neptune, Azuya, and Ran stand back while Compa walks slowly toward the magic rune. "I can do this, I can do this…" When she pulled out her new gold bell and began to ring it. "Oh, monster, don't be shy and come out."
Seconds passed, and nothing happened… there weren't any monsters coming out. Ran and Azuya were feeling impatient since THERE is nothing in front of them.
"Umm… Do either of you know what exactly this 'Boss' supposed to look like?" Azuya asked curious. Now he thinking about Compa didn't mention what boss monster is.
Neptune gave a big cheerful grin, "Well, it's gotta be some kinda big monster with eight legs, and a really big sword!"
"Idiot!"
Suddenly Ran's eyes wide when he felt something is above them, "Compa-san, get back, now!"
Everyone scatter when a something dropped where they had been and it turns out to be the monster. The monster had the lower body part of a spider, it's waist up looked humanoid except for the head isn't human. In its left hand was a large two handed with sharp edges on both sides of the blade and the monster's body seemed to be armored. This is the Guard Vermin.
"I don't believe it… she is right about the appearance…" Ran said.
Neptune stared at the boss monster, "Whoa…I was guessing the monster's appearance…but it disgusting!"
The Guard Vermin had set it sight on Neptune. The monster charged with its sword raised at the purple haired preteen who only has a bokutou for a weapon.
"Neptune!" Ran shouted.
"Neptune!"
Even though, he still hasn't forgiven Neptune for what the incident, but he can't allow harm comes to her.
Just when Guard Vermin brought down its large sword down to slice Neptune into two, Ran grabbed Neptune and carried her in bride style, narrowly escaped the fate. Neptune looks up to see Ran as her face is flushing with redness. "Ran-kun…"
"Neptune, you can't charge in recklessly!" Ran shouts.
The Guard Vermin was able to attack Ran, just then the Kabuto Zecter and Gatack Zecter appeared as they starts to attacking the Guard Vermin's face that forced the boss monster back.
"Ran! Are you alright?" Kabuto Zecter asked.
"Aibou, it looks like it times" Gatack Zecter said.
Both Ran and Azuya know what this mean, Ran put down Neptune so she can stand on her own, "Neptune stay here. We will take this guy down."
"But why? I want to do it!"
"I know that…But I don't want you get hurt." Ran said.
This cause Neptune's face turn red and she start sputter, "I-I… I didn't know… you thought about my safety, Ran-kun."
Suddenly the Kabuto Zecter and Gatack Zecter then fly into their partners' hands.
"Henshin!" Ran and Azuya yelled before placing their Zecters into their belts.
"HENSHIN!"
Ran and Azuya soon became consumed by hexagons until all that were left are two armored warriors.
Ran had bulky silver armor with bits of red over lapped a black bodysuit. He wore black boots with silver metal plating on them going towards his ankles. The outer side of his lower legs had silver metal plates on them and his ankles had three to four silver. He also had silver knee pads above his knees. On the sides of his thighs were metal plates. His shoulders were covered in bulky metal armor that had rounded ends. The underside of the shoulder armor was red while the rest of it was silver. The front and back of both shoulder armors had a silver metal orb that acted like a joint. On his left shoulder that front orb had a strange symbol that looked like a beetle and had the word ZECT written within it.
His arms were covered in silver segmented armor and his forearms were bound with silver jointed gauntlets. He wore a silver chest plate that had a red upper piece that wrapped around his neck. He had a silver antenna on the front of his head and a small forward facing horn on top of his helmet. He had a single blue eye plate set under the silver armor of his helmet, the edges around the eye plate trimmed in red. He also seemed to have a silver mouth plate. This was Kamen Rider Neo Kabuto Masked Form.
Azuya donned a similar armor like Ran except it blue. Shoulder mounted guns were part of it while his face had large red eyes with horns resembling a stag beetle's pinchers. His chest was box-like with blue trim and cylindrical sections ran down his arms. This was Kamen Rider Neo Gatack Masked Form.
Both girls were surprised by their transformation. The only one who isn't impressed is the Guard Vermin and the boss monster charged at the two riders.
Neo Kabuto quickly took out his Kabuto Kunai Gun and start shooting the Guard Vermin. Neo Gatack soon followed with firing his mounted guns at the Guard Vermin's face. This causes the boss monster to taken a lot of damaged. Neo Kabuto quickly changes his gun into an axe and start attacking the Guard Vermin in the stomach, no doubt the attack cause a lot of pain, the monster shrill a cried into the air.
However, before Neo Kabuto was able to attack, the Guard Vermin brought it's blade around and struck Kabuto across the abdomen section, this send him to the wall of the cave. The rider was knocked off balance by the attack, he slowly getting up from the ground.
"Ran, are you alright?!" Neo Gatack shouts.
Neo Kabuto nod slowly to his friend. The Guard Vermin turns its attention on Neptune and Compa, plans to attack them next. Neo Gatack rushed in and tackled the Guard Vermin before turned his attention to the girls.
"Compa-chan! Get Neptune out of here! We will handle this guy ourselves! Hurry!"
Soon Neo Kabuto starts attacking the Guard Vermin from the behind with his weapon as he trying to draw the monster's attention away from them.
Compa notice how quiet Neptune was when Neo Gatack told them to flee and the purple haired girl is biting her teethes.
"Nep-Nep?"
Neptune stepped forward. "No… I won't leave you two behind! I will save both of you! Because we are a team!"
"Neptune! It's time to activate your Hard Drive Divinity (HDD)!" Histoire said.
"Histy?" Neptune asked looking confused. "What is Hard Drive Divinity?"
"The Processor Units will give you incredible power that you can use in times of desperation… Perhaps now is the time…"
Neptune nod and readies herself. "Okay! Hey guys! I'm totally gonna blow everyone away with my ultimate super-secret HDD move!"
Neo Kabuto, Neo Gatack, and Compa stared at the bubbly preteen for a long moment other, "…What is this HDD move?"
"Watch and Learn!" Neptune jumped up and spun around with her arms and legs spread out, power suddenly surges throughout the area, enough to make the Guard Vermin stop its assault.
Is she doing a magical girl posing? Neo Gatack and Neo Kabuto questioned in their minds. Since it been done in manga before.
Neptune was surrounded by glowing, green binary code that rapidly alternated between the number 1 and 0. A ring of disks surrounded Neptune and she pulled one out, "Going all out now!"
A bright light shines, and in a flash, Neptune, or rather who Neo Kabuto and Neo Gatack thought was Neptune who now stood before them had undergone a dramatic change, and it taken the whole group by surprise. Her hair was much longer now and was a mix of dark lilac and purple, the bangs that framed her now strikingly beautiful face were longer and her hair was pulled into two tailed braids. Her light purple eyes had become crystal blue and her irises now looked like power button symbols, her hairclips had changed into black circular objects with glowing blue X's.
Her hoodie was replaced with a black skin suit with purple and silver segments along it and the suit hugged the curves and swells of her new, mature body very well. The units attach to her with as though they were being slotted into and hammered onto her legs, waist, shoulder, back, and finally her head that matched her suit. In her right hand, she held a large, futuristic katana that shared the same black and purple color scheme as her skin suit with a few glowing blue spots and pair of wings were floating along the sides of her body. With this, she somersaults into the air and spins one last time.
This is Purple Heart, Neptune's HDD form.
"Woah…" Neo Gatack uttered.
The purple haired woman turn toward Neo Kabuto and Neo Gatack, "Ran… Azuya… This time I shall help you two."
Neo Kabuto noticed how deep her voice is but and the cheerful tone is replace… with confident, arrogant, and pride.
"Are you really Neptune?" Neo Gatack asked.
"Of course I am. I'm just stronger than I was before." Purple Heart said.
"Azuya… It's time to use the second forms." Neo Kabuto said.
"It's about time!" Neo Gatack said before turn to both girls. "You girls might need to duck."
Before they can ask anything Neo Kabuto flicker the horn of his Zecter and Neo Gatack flicker the pincers of his Zecter. Their armors soon had electricity surrounding them and their armors look like they're going to pop off.
"Cast Off!" Neo Kabuto/ Neo Gatack shout.
"CAST OFF!"
Both Kabuto's and Gatack's outer armor pieces flew off and a very high pace. Both Purple Heart and Compa duck while some of the armors hit the Guard Vermin.
"CHANGE BEETLE!"
Neo Kabuto still had on his black bodysuit but most of the bulky armor was gone. Now his armored body was much sleeker. His thighs and lower legs still had the side armor plating and his feet still had armored boots but the extra out armor was gone. He still had his silver knee pads too. Nearly all of the segmented armor on his armor on his arms was gone as well. His upper arms now only had a single silver plate covering the sides as did his forearms. His forearm arm plates connected to silver wrist bands which also connect to a Black Hand guard trimmed in silver on each hand. His shoulder armor was also less bulky. The top parts were a shiny red color while being trimmed in silver. The outer sides of the shoulder armor were flat yet slightly rounded.
His helmet and chest plate had undergone the biggest change. His chest plate was now more pronounced, looking like body armor. Nearly completely crimson red in color, only the lower sides around his ribs and parts of his back were trimmed in silver. A black track line separated the chest armor, giving it appearance of two solid pectoral plates and two solid abs plates.
His helmet was ready different. The top was mostly red in color while the bottom half was silver and trimmed in black. The black linings also seemed to separate some of the silver area, giving it a distinguished look, really like that of a beetle. The black part of his helmet also trimmed around his silver mouth plate and his blue eye pieces. On the top of his helmet was a small forward facing silver horn. A long horn attached to the chin of Neo Kabuto's helmet rose up. It attached to a slot above his blue eye plate, creating a beetle horn. His single blue eye plate had now become two blue eye pieces. This was Kamen Rider Neo Kabuto Rider Form.
Neo Gatack went into similar change like Neo Kabuto did. His guns were completely gone. What was on his box-like shoulder pad now looked like short blades styled after stag beetle mandibles. His chest plate was styled after a beetle abdomen and his arms were clear of the cylindrical section. His head had the same silver mouth guard and the red eyes were now larger. On the sides of his helmet are two horns rose to the sides. They were styled after stag beetle mandibles. This was Kamen Rider Neo Gatack Rider Form.
"CHANGE STAG BEETLE!"
"Walk the path of the Heaven! Rule over All! Kamen Rider…Neo Kabuto!" Neo Kabuto said as he pointed his finger into the air.
"I'm the Dual blades of war. The one who walks path of battle and light! Kamen Rider…Neo Gatack!" Neo Gatack said with a pose.
"Hmm… you two are more interesting than I thought" Purple Heart said, giving a smile.
Neptune took out her katana before making the Guard Vermin flinch at every slice, and even her kicks appear to damaging the boss monster before launched it into the air.
"Let's do this…" Neo Gatack said. He drew his swords as he and Neo Kabuto hit a familiar buttons on the side of their belts.
"CLOCK UP!"
(In Clock Up)
Neo Gatack and Neo Kabuto charged at the Guard Vermin. Neo Kabuto got out his axe and hits the boss monster's armor. Neo Gatack joined his friend as the two riders done a lot of damaged at the Guard Vermin. Neo Kabuto managed to stab a vital part before their belts announced.
"CLOCK OVER!"
(Out of Clock Up)
Purple Heart and Compa were surprise Neo Kabuto and Neo Gatack were on top of Guard Vermin. Neo Kabuto pulled out of his kunai and placed it away. Neo Gatack and Neo Kabuto walk off to their friends while Neo Kabuto and Neo Gatack pressing the buttons on the tops of their Zecters
"1! (Making their way toward them) 2! (Looking for a reasonable distance) 3!" They saw the Guard Vermin getting up and charge at the Riders.
"Look out!" Compa shout.
Neo Kabuto pulled the horn of his Zecter and Neo Gatack pulled the pincers of his Zecter to their original position before said this to no one in particular.
"Rider…Kick!" Both Riders said before pulled the horn and pincers back.
"RIDER KICK!"
Energy traveled through Neo Kabuto's and Neo Gatack's helmets then through their legs. As the Guard Vermin charge at them, the boss monster was greeted by two flying house kicks from both riders.
The monster collapsed, its antenna hits the ground.
A mystery purple jewel is in the antennas; Neo Kabuto picked the object up and walks back to his friends.
"Well done, Neptune." Neo Gatack said. "I'm surprise you have the talent of a fighter."
Purple Heart smile then looks at Neo Kabuto. "Thank you, Ran… I will protect you when you saved my life. I promise…" She then closed her eyes. "Until we meet again… Ran."
With that, the transformed CPU illuminates the factory and, after a flash of bright light, she is back to her normal, immature form.
"I will remember it. Thanks you" Neo Kabuto said.
This cause the purple haired preteen's cheeks become red and beaming at him. "Aw, thanks, Ran-kun! It was nothing."
Both Neo Kabuto and Neo Gatack placed the Zecter's horn back to their original position before, pulled it out of the belts, and let them go. Neo Kabuto and Neo Gatack then turned back to Ran and Azuya with the Kabuto Zecter and Gatack Zecter flying around them.
It was here when they REALLY noticed Compa's look of shock as Azuya sweated trying to figure out how to explain the situation.
"Compa-chan, are you ok?" Azuya asked, nervous.
"Wow, you guys… That was incredible! You won it amazingly!"
Ran, Azuya, and Neptune hear the familiar voice of Histoire again, "Neptune, Ran-san, Azuya-san… Can you hear me?"
Neptune happily responds. "Histy, thanks for the awesome tutorial, what's up?"
"Histy?" Compa asked in confusion. "Nep-Nep, Ran-kun, Azu-kun, who're you talking to? Um… nobody is here except for us."
"You can't hear her?" Azuya gasped.
"Histoire-san, you can't contact Compa-san at all?" Ran asked.
"I apology you three, but I can only talk to the three of you at this time… Just pass my words to your companion when I am done speaking." Histoire sighed sadly. "Also, I do not think I am comfortable with the name Histy."
"I will try and remember that," Azuya sighed. Not to referring to the Histy nickname.
"Sorry, Compa, I'll just tell you what she says later," Neptune replies to Compa before returning to talking with Histoire. "Anyway, Histy, Ran-kun picks up something weird and shiny just now!"
"… You refer to the Key Fragment, I assume. That is an important item need to release me from this seal," Histoire answered.
"Seal? Where you at, anyway?" Neptune asked confused.
"I am uncertain. Somebody has locked me away somewhere in this world. Please, please… release this seal and save me! In each land, you will find a Key Fragment. First, please collect these items."
"Four Key Fragments? If we do this fetch quest, we can save you, right?" Neptune guessed.
"I doubt it will be easy. So where are they?" Ran asked.
"Unfortunately, I have little information on that. I only know there is one on each landmass. You have collected one already. Each piece is guarded by a strong adversary. Find the fragments by defeating these foes."
"So, I get that we hafta save you, but should we really do all this for someone we don't even know?" Neptune asked logically. Neptune did rise a good point but Histoire seems to be prepared for her response.
"It is only natural to feel that way," Histoire sighed. "Others did not trust me either."
"So you attempted to contact other aside from us?" Ran asked.
"Yes, however, you three are my last and only hope. Please do this and save me." Histoire pleaded.
"I think we can trust her, Neptune." Azuya said.
Neptune looks at Azuya in surprise. "Are you sure, Azu-kun? I mean, I don't know if I'll even save the world if I do all this for her…"
"You're very honest. As I said, I am the world's everything. As the world is mine, saving me is tantamount to saving it."
"It like what Obaa-chan say 'Chase two birds, and you catch two birds.'" Ran said.
Neptune seems to be excited more, "I like it! Anything else to boost my drive?"
Ran and Azuya seems to be concern this could give Neptune an inflated ego.
"I wish I could add million credits to your saving… but that is a little beyond my control." Histoire said.
"Figures," Azuya sighed.
"That's so much! I'd better get my stomp on!" Neptune figured as Histoire finished her conversation with them… and poor Compa seems to be freaking out for some reason.
"…Nep-Nep, Azu-kun, Ran-kun, why are you three so excited?" Compa whimpered. "I can't hear anything… I don't hear this person's voice… What are you guys talking about? I… I want to be included, too… Nep-Nep"
Ran and Azuya couldn't help but feel bad for Compa, even more so now that she looked like she was about to cry. Azuya comes up to Compa and pulled her into a light hug. "Just because you can't heard her does not necessarily mean you will not ever be able to speak with her, Compa-chan."
"Ooop! I'm so sorry, Compa!" Neptune apologized. "Let's go have something to eat and I'll talk to you about it for hours and hours and hours!"
That is going to be a nightmare.
Compa wiped away a tear that tried to make its way down her face, "…Fine, I understand."
It was then that the Nurse-in-training noticed how close Azuya was and that he was hugging her, causing Compa's face turned red and her heart to beat faster, "U-Umm… Azu-kun…"
Azuya blush before let go of Compa, "I'm sorry… Compa-chan. I can't stand see you cried."
"Thank you…" Compa said, smile.
"Now let's get out of this cave and head back to the city." Ran said.
Neptune suddenly begins to walk beside Ran, "Does that mean we're friends, Ran-kun?"
Ran look at Neptune and thought about it. "I can't say but I sense the possibility."
On their way back to the entrance of the dungeon, Ran was watching while Neptune and Compa run ahead of him.
"What are you thinking, Ran?" Kabuto Zecter asked. The Zecter is flying beside his partner.
"I'm just wondering if there is ever a chance for us to return after this is done." Ran said.
"I don't know but remember what Tendou's Obaa-chan says 'When not close by, one is even closer.'" Kabuto Zecter said. This makes Ran feeling a bit better.
"I'm sure that we will find a way to get home in the future," Azuya said as he and Gatack Zecter walking beside them.
Well I'm glad you here… Ran thought. He couldn't get anything done without help of Azuya. Maybe they could get used to this world and enjoy the bright sun.
"Ran-kun! Azu-kun! Are you guys coming or not?" Neptune asked.
"We're coming, Neptune!" Ran shouts.
To be continued…
Chapter 2 is done and the debut of Purple Heart, Neo Kabuto, and Neo Gatack are in right now.
Ran and Azuya encounter a familiar face in a cave but with a surprise twist that could bite them down. Next time on Neo Riders: Kabuto and Gatack of Gamindustri- Chapter 3: Rika…? No its IF! Blade of Scorpion! Worms?!
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