A/N: Hey there guys/girls StarKnight07 here with the third chapter! First of all I wanna say I'm sorry if you guys were confused about the characters' dialogues, I will tell you guys which dialogue is for which characters now. For example if the character doesn't have physical body or he/she is talking in the other character's mind, let's say for the example Grimoire. She'll talk like "Insert comments about Hikaru's dumbass choices here." So yeah, if the character doesn't have physical body in the present, he/she will speak using the Italic font, but if there's a flashback scene, whether the character have/ don't have physical body, he/she'll talk with the Italic font too. Also if someone is thinking about something, he/she will think like 'Insert useless or important thoughts here.' I hope I told it in the easiest way to understand because I myself was kinda troubled at how I poorly wrote the conversations XD anyway let's start the chapter!

Hyperdimension Neptunia is owned by Idea Factory and Compile Heart. I only own my story and my OC.

Chapter three: "Visions"

"So Histy, what's with the new problem anyway?" Uzume asks to Histoire, which Histoire responds with a nod before she replies.

"Lots of people have been rioting against the system of this nation, some even dares to threaten the government saying they would pull a war against us." Histoire said.

"Welp, let's just beat the crap out of them!" one of the teenagers that looks younger than Leo said. Me and the rest stares at him with a look of disapproval.

"Uh… that's for a last resort, of course! Geez, take a break you guys!" he remarked.

Leo just sighed because of the teenager's comments.

"Dammit, Ace. We know your taste of humor is crap, but please just stop." So the teenager's name is Ace, then who is the other one?

"Well, chief, what do you think of this situation." The other teenager that I still don't know his name asked me.

"Oh! As expected from Maxsy, asking important questions, straight forward style!" Uzume exclaims, so that teenager's name is Max?

"Hmm… based from what Histoire said, it's best that we talked to them in the nicest way as possible. If it becomes intense… I'll let you three to handle it." I said to Max, Leo and Ace.

Wait, why did I spoke as if I'm some kind of leader or something? Maybe it's because Leo and Max called me with the title "chief".

"Heh, as expected from our Chief. You can relax your shoulders and we three will clear this crap in no time!" Leo said with an excited tone.

"Ehem, still you three can't just use brute force." The woman said.

"Yeah, we know Grimoire-san. We'll do our best not to beat them." Max said with a calm tone.

"Anyway, Histoire, is there any other problems?" I ask Histoire.

"Well, there is a little-" before Histoire could finish her sentence, the door opened with a loud sound, making all of us look to the door, there's a basilicom member, sweating furiously.

"Sir Hikaru! We have trouble, a group of Ancient Dragons are destroying the outskirt village!" The member said.

"So this is the problem?" I ask Histoire, she only nods at my question with a frown.

"Well, I'm going." I said as I walk towards the door.

"Geez, Chief! Wait for us!" I heard three pair of footsteps behind me.

"Well, boys. Let's greet the Dragons, fast." I said as I started to run to the basilicom exit.

"YEAH!" The three exclaimed. So in the past I'm a squad leader? My life is kinda interesting. We ran to the outside world of this unnamed nation, and it's time to slaughter some dragons.

"Oh my Goddess, what the hell?" Leo said as we walk to the outskirt village, or the ruins of the village.

"Max, check if there are some survivors. Ace, go look for the dragons. You with me, Leo." I said as I walk through the ruins.

"You got it, Chief!" Ace said as he ran to see if the dragons is still in close distance. Max just nods after hearing my orders.

"Chief, if the damage is this big, I'd say it's a group that consists of twenty or maybe twenty five Ancient Dragons, but I would be shocked if it is indeed twenty five Dragons." Leo said as we looked at the destroyed village.

"Chief, there's no survivors, unfortunately." Max told me with a sad tone.

Not long after that Ace joined back. "I saw three Dragons. It seems the rest are… devoured by those three." Ace said.

"The hell? Cannibal dragons? Well they make it easier for us, but still what is going on?" Leo asks.

"I don't know either, Leo. But one thing for sure we'll beat the living crap out of those craps." I said with a hint of anger.

"Well, when you're angry even Lady Grimoire couldn't stop you. Well, let's go then." Max said with a chuckle.

We dashed to the area where the Ancient Dragons are waiting us. Whatever the reason they did this, they will be judged. And I never noticed it, but it seems that Leo, Max and Ace wore the same sweater and jeans. Must be a matching uniform, and I wore a deep blue sweater and a pair of navy jeans, so since I'm the 'chief' I wore the same uniform yet the colors are different. Simple and neat.

"Ah! There they are!" Ace said as we went closer to the dragons.

"Well Chief, what should we do?" Max asked me.

I smirked while cracking my knuckles. "Easy, beat them up, go back to the Basilicom and then deal with the rebels."

Leo laughed at my answer. "Haha, that's our Chief, alright. Oh! Hey Max, Ace… you guys wanna use that? I think Chief would be surprised at our little progress."

Hm? Little progress? What is he talking about? Max and Ace looked at each other and nodded.

"Yeah, but we could only do it for like, I don't know, ten minutes at best?" Ace said.

"That's true, but since we've been training so hard, those dragons over there wouldn't stand a chance…" Woah, did Max's personality changed?

"What are you guys talking about?" I asked. They looked at me with a serious look.

"Chief, let us handle this. Boy that's some crappy cliché line." Leo said while clenching his right fist, summoning a… crystal?

"Sit tight and watch our badass presentation, Chief. 'Cause we're gonna go full gear from now on!" Ace said while he and Max did the same thing just like Leo.

"Uh… okay? Whatever you guys are doing, I'll help if things go haywire." I said to them, the three of them nodded again.

"Well, let's do this! Fangs of War, Tear Out!" Leo said as he crushed his crystal.

"Wings of Famine, Spread Out!" "Claws of Death, Break Out." Ace and Max said respectively while crushing their crystals as well.

I close my eyes because oh gawd the crystals literally could make all man who are within its light go blind. I opened my eyes and… WHAT?! The three friends of mine took a drastic change in their looks. Leo's teeth looked like fangs of a dragon, a pair of jet black dragon wings for Ace and lastly Max's hands looks like a pair of huge dragon claws. Also their eyes became sharp and red in color, just like the eyes of a dragon.

"Let's do this!" Leo shouted as he dashed to the three Ancient Dragons.

"Sigh… Leo will always be Leo, I guess. Let's go Max!" Ace said as he flew to the Dragons.

"Yeah!" Max replied as he also dashed to help Leo.

"Take this!" Leo said as he attacked one of the dragons with his dagger, and then he… did he just bit the dragon's arm?! Yes, yes he did.

*RAGHHHH* The dragon screamed because of the pain.

"Bleh… ugh, dragon blood tastes awful… WHY IS MY POWER-UP A PAIR OF FANGS ANYWAY?! IT'S SO UNFAIR!" Leo complained as he slashed the dragon again and again.

"Geez, always complaining about your fangs, huh?" Max said as he attacks one of the dragons with his claws.

"Heh, get a life, Leo! Eat this!" Ace teased Leo as he kicked on of the dragon's head.

"Shut it, you two!" Leo said as he slashed the one-arm dragon for the last time.

"This one's all yours, Ace!" Leo shouted at Ace, Ace nodded.

"Okay! WINDS OF ATONEMENT!" Ace creates a pair of black tornados and his wings pushed the tornados towards the Dragon, destroying the dragon in the process.

"One down, two to go!" Leo said as he ran to the other dragons.

"Huh, maybe they would clear this mission by themselves." I said as I looked at their movements. A little rusty at teamwork, sure, but I'll give them an A- at their fighting styles. Leo is an all-out fighter, always attacking without any signs of retreating. Ace is the defensive type, guarding with his wings and then attacking with his legs while not lowering his defense. Max, however, is the wild type. Wild as in not using a pattern for his movements. Oh, it seems that they will unleash their final attacks at the second dragon.

"THIS IS THE END! PURGATORY STRIKE!" Max said as he slash the dragon's chest.

"Go, Leo!" Max said to Leo.

Leo smirked. "You got it! FLAREFANG ATTACK!" Leo bit the dragon's left arm with his burning fangs, yes, burning fangs.

"Crap, that's awful! End it, Ace!" Leo said to Ace, Ace nods happily.

"You got it! Let's end this crap! WINDS OF ATONEMENT: GALE THRUSTER!" Ace used the black tornados to lift the dragon to the air, and then Ace slashed the dragon repeatedly by his wings, making the dragon's body into bits, and then the bits exploded. Leo breathes heavily while Max and Ace stand beside him, in front of them is the last and the largest Ancient Dragon.

"*huff**huff* the last dragon, huh…" Max said as the dragon walks towards them.

"Yeah, let's finish th-" Before Ace could finish his sentence, their bodies glowed, transforming them to their normal forms.

"Shit! Time out, of all times!" Leo said as they fall on their knees. The dragon began to run towards them, its claws ready to kill them.

"Oh not in my watch!" I said as I pulled a katana from a portal that I summoned, and I jumped towards the dragon. "GRÉVE DU SOLEIL!" I shouted as I slashed the dragon's body, splitting it into two pieces before it exploded into bits.

"Wow, this katana is so OP." I looked at my katana. Its blade is purple in color and the edge of the blade is a darker shade of purple. The hilt is black in color, and also the blade kinda glows every five seconds. Disturbing as hell.

"Thanks, Chief. You really saved our butts." Ace said while scratching his head to me.

"No problem, don't want my teammates to be another dinner for a dragon, right?" I said while walking to my team.

"Woah, Chief. Using that katana just for slaying one dragon? Can't you just pick another sword?" Leo asked.

I tilt my head in confusion. "Why? It's not like this katana could make the user insane, right?" I asked. The three look at me with fear.

"No, of course not, Chief! Just put it back to your inventory, please." Leo said while Max and Ace just nods furiously.

"Well, okay." I dissolved my katana into thin air. "Well, mission complete. Let's go to the Basilicom, shall we?" I said as I pull them one by one, and we start our walk to the Basilicom.

"We're back." I said as we walked to the living room. According to Leo, I lived here with Uzume, Histoire and Lady Grimoire. It felt so weird to call Grimoire with 'lady', but it seems that Leo and the other two didn't know that I don't know anything about this past life of mine, which is good.

"Welcome back, Hikaru-san. It seems you four did an excellent job, yes?" Grimoire, or 'Lady' Grimoire asked me.

"Err, actually Lady Gri-"

"Yes, Lady Grimoire, actually they are the ones who magnificently beat the dragons, even I don't know how to react at their amazing attacks" I stopped Leo from finishing his sentence. 'Lady' Grimoire laughed at my reply. Not a sarcastic one, mind you.

"As expected from the Shadow Hunters! You three really gave your hardest at training, of course a horde of Ancient Dragons are nothing for you all!"

Now THAT is a sarcastic tone. I didn't know Grimoire have this personality. The more you know, Hikaru. The more you know.

"Y-yeah! We are the Shadow Hunters, after all! Those dragon don't stand a chance!" Ace said while Leo just nods.

"Well, Chief, we will start our daily training at the Basilicom's training ground." Max said as the three walks to the exit.

"*sigh* those three never change, as usual." I looked at Lady Grimoire, who just shakes her head while smiling a little.

"Why did you cover their mistakes, Hikaru-san?" She asked me while she goes to read a magazine.

"You know I covered them up?" I said as I sit on the opposite side of her.

"Why, yes of course. I have Histoire, after all. She is the World, and the World is her everything." She explained.

"I see…" So Histoire is not your ordinary fairy, but she also knows everything that have happened in this world? Amazing.

"Furthermore, they couldn't even control their powers properly. They will feel immense pain after they used it for ten minutes." Lady Grimoire said.

So ten minutes of using that power, they will go numb or even worse at the end, so that's why they can't move after the time limit went up. Again, another new info.

"Well, I thought you would be angry at us since the village… you know, and they literally messed up due to the time limit." I explained.

"haha… you really are a nice leader. But HIkaru-san, I will tell you again and again; don't use your power if you can handle it by normal methods." Lady Grimoire told me in a serious tone. I must not use my power at all cost? What kind of power up that's far more dangerous than a pair of fangs anyway?

"Sure, anyway I'll go to the training field now." I said as I walked towards the exit.

"Oh, Hikaru-san? One more thing," I looked at Lady Grimoire.

"Uzume wants to talk with you, and she's also at the training field." She said. I nodded and I walk towards the exit. Uzume wants to talk with me? That's nice, since I have some questions for her too.

"Ah, Sir Hikaru. Do you want to go to the training field, sir?" A Basilicom member asked me. I nodded and I smiled.

"Yeah. Gotta go see Leo and the rest." I said.

"Ah, I see. Sir Leo and the rest really give their best in their training session." The member said.

"Hey, got a question." I said to him.

"What is it, sir?"

"Do you know why Lady Grimoire doesn't let me use my power-up? I kinda forgot the reason because, y'know, work and stuff." I asked him. I kinda lied because I didn't even remember this part of my life.

"Ah, about that… We members of the Basilicom didn't know the exact reason. But, there's a legend where four warriors, or horsemen, fought against a Dragon." The member explained. Four horsemen, one Dragon… Oh, now I get it…

"May I continue, sir?" The member asked. I nodded in response.

"Those horsemen aren't just your ordinary horsemen, however… They brought apocalypse to this world, with the title The four horsemen of the apocalypse, they fought against the Dragon, which the legend stated that the Dragon itself is the Dragon of the apocalypse." The member explained with a serious tone.

"Hold up. The four horsemen of the apocalypse are Conquest, War, Famine and lastly Death. Am I right?" I asked the member. The member nodded.

"Yes. Anyway, the four horsemen fought the Dragon, and that same fight resulted a massive damage for this land of ours, as if it's an apocalypse. They fought day after day, until the four horsemen sealed parts of the Dragon. War sealed the Dragon's head, neck and tail. Famine sealed the Dragon's pair of wings while Death sealed the Dragon's claws. Thus ending the war, although the land is pretty much ruined." The member said.

"Wait, Conquest didn't seal anything?" I ask.

"That's the confusing part, sir. The books that recorded the war have zero information about what Conquest sealed." The member answered.

"Well, thanks for telling me about that legend. Will try to remember it. Welp, time to go." I said as I walked towards the exit.

"Have a good afternoon, sir!" I waved my hand as a reply. I exited the building and began to walk to the training field. So if Leo uses the power that War sealed, Ace uses the power that Famine sealed while Max got his power from Death, so my power should be the Dragon's part that was sealed by Conquest, right? If so then what's my power? I thought that same question over and over again as I continue to walk to the training field.

"Oh. I've arrived." I said as I walked to the entrance. I heard a… clashing noises? of swords and scythe.

"Ah, Hikachii! You came!" Uzume waved at me in from a distance.

"Well I need to check at them, y'know." I told her as I sit beside her. Damn the grasses here are comfortable, and also clean!

"hehe, you're the Chief, alright! Hey, seeing Leochii and Maxsy being so serious like this… did something happened?" Uzume asked.

I sighed in response. "Time out, they almost got killed because they told me to just sit tight and watch the show." I explained.

"Eh?! Did Grimsty found out? I bet she would be pissed." She said.

"Well, she's not pissed. Just being sarcastic because I covered up for those three… wait, where's Ace?" I ask.

Uzume points her finger towards a tree. "Up there, napping from reading his spell book as usual."

I looked up and, just like what Uzume said, I could see Ace napping on one of the large branch of the tree.

"Hey, Chief! Wanna do a little match against the two of us?" said Leo to me.

"Well, I just got here but whatever." I said as I stand up while cracking my knuckles. I walked to Leo and Max as I summoned a katana, not the disturbing purple katana, mind you.

"Go, Hikachii! Beat them up real good!" Uzume shouted.

"Geez, if you said it that way some people would thought I'm a sadist or something." I sighed as I prepared my fighting stance.

"You two ready?" I said to Leo and Max.

"If you're ready, Chief, then we're ready as well!" Leo said as he and Max prepared their own fighting stance.

"Well then… three… two… ONE!" As I said that, I dashed towards them, and the both of them dashed towards me as well.

It's time to test the powers of my two friends. I could also find out about my power-up by doing this. As I thought about that same question again, my katana clashed with Leo's sword and Max's scythe. So far, I enjoyed living my past life, lots of new names, new experiences, and new mysteries. But something is wrong, I can clearly sense that. Eh I'll think about it later, because right now I have this training match to win. This life of mine, is becoming better and better as I continue clashing against Leo and Max.

{END OF CHAPTER THREE. SAVE THE PROGRESS?}

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A/N: And that's the third chapter of this story! Guys I'm really, really sorry because of the late update. Lots of stuff going on in real life. Schools, Make-up tests, monthly school events and also… private problems that I don't want to talk about. BUT it's okay now and (maybe) I'll update with a normal pace… if there are no new problems that would give me headaches. As always, reviews are appreciated, be it critics, suggestions, or helpful tips! StarKnight07, signing out!

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