A/N: Hey there guys/girls StarKnight07 here with another update! ….Though there's a reason behind this update. So I usually update during weekends or holidays and things like that, and my holidays over yesterday, which is the day that I posted the seventh chapter. So the reason why I wrote this 8th chapter is that… A dear friend of mine got into this fucked up accident. I shit you guys not, and I was there too but unfortunately I couldn't do anything for the poor guy. I felt this pressure and all so I thought maybe I'll relieve myself by writing so yeah… maybe this chapter's gonna be a short one, so let's… let's just start, shall we?

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

Chapter eight: "Broken Soul Finish!"

*CLASH!* *CLASH*

Sounds of clashing blades between me and Glacies echoed within the frozen fields. My eyes looking at the ice dragon with anger while its lances keep blocking my and X's attacks.

"You piece of shit! Stop blocking my attacks!" I shouted while swinging Neptune's blade with anger.

"Hah! Your emotions are making you lose your true goal, Nuit! Maybe one rumor about you is true after all." Glenn said, still keeping his smirk while looking at me and Glacies.

"Goddammit Hikaru! Calm your ass off! Glenn's cocky enough to let us fight Glacies without him interfering! This will be an easy job if you calm down. We can win without blowing some rage off!" X shouted at me as he clashed against Glacies by using my left arm.

"How. Can. I. Calm. The. FUCK DOWN?!" I shouted while still attacking the dragon in front of me.

*SLASH!*

"ROAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!" Glacies roars in pain as my attack finally broke through its defense.

"What?!" Glenn shouted in confusion.

Noticing this, I slashed its body and keeps attacking without mercy.

"You hurt my friend with that ball of energy bullshit or whatever! You hurt my friend that tells me about interesting stuff about this world! YOU ATTACKED MY FRIEND IN FRONT OF MY EYES AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE HER PAINED EXPRESSION BECAUSE IT REMINDED ME OF 'THAT' SCENE FROM MY PAST!" I shouted and ended my fury of attacks by kicking its stomach.

Glenn ended up coughing up some blood. "Gh! To think that you could give a decent damage to Glacies' hard skin…" He mumbled while wiping his blood with his hand.

"Hmm… So that's what he meant by 'one lives being connected to each other…' Hikaru! Let me lead the attack now!" X told me.

I nodded and start running towards the ice emperor.

"Here we go!" X shouted as he controls my left arm and start attacking Glacies.

After suffering a decent amount of damage, Glacies' movements are slower than before, but it still could block against my and X's attacks.

"Enough of us playing around! Glacies, Freeze Shot!" Glenn commanded.

What, we're playing pocketed monstrosities now?! What is pocketed monstrosities anyways?! Hearing Glacies' roar, I move towards my right at the right time as Glacies shoots out three balls of ice.

"Nice reflex. Well, let's pull a counterattack!" I nodded once again as I dashed towards Glacies.

"I'LL GIVE YOU A TASTE OF HELL! GRÉVE DU SOLEIL!" X shouted, even though only I and Grimoire could hear it, as he slashed Glacies with the sword from Grmoire.

Glacies roared in pain once again as X also gave a massive burn damage, as if the sword had the power of the sun itself, wait… 'Gréve du Soleil'?!

'X… You… You know how to use that technique?' I asked him inwardly.

"….I'm inside your head. I can easily mimic your skills as long as you still remember how to use it." X explained.

That… Actually makes sense. Glenn walked towards Glacies while staring at me menacingly.

"You! How could you be this… strong?!" Glenn asked me while gasping for air.

"Simple. And it's not plot armor, as long as I have the will…" I paused as I take a breath, "…I'll always keep my promise, even if I need to gamble my own life." I said to him.

He laughed, and no it's not a prideful or a sadistic laugh of a villain. It's a genuine laugh.

"….You really are him. Glacies! We'll finish this once and for all!" Glenn said.

"Hikaru, I'll use Gréve du Soleil again. Do you know how to use your Gréve de Lune attack?"

'Yeah. What about it?'

"Think about it. Those two attacks literally meant 'Strike of the sun' and 'Strike of the moon' respectively, or that's what the mister edgy writer thinks. It's his fault if he's wrong… But anyway, if we use those attacks simultaneously, what's the result?" X asked while I keep my guard high as I keep watching Glenn and Glacies' movements, they did the same.

'Uh… More explosions?' I answered X with uncertainty.

"You dumbass! We'll create a mini eclipse! God you're so stupid sometimes!" X shouted at me.

'But I thought the 'earth' also helps the sun and moon to create an eclipse?'

"...That doesn't matter. Deus ex machina BITCHES!" X shouted randomly.

"Let's go! Glacies, GIGA BLIZZARD FINISH!" Glenn shouted with all his might.

Glacies roared while charging its attack for the third time today. Not long after that, Glacies shot its final attack.

"HIKARU, JUMP!" X told me.

I jumped into the air, dodging Glacies' attack as me and X crossed Neptune's blade with Grimoire's sword, making a big 'X' sign.

"Ready?" X asked me

"Yeah!"

"Then let's go!FEEL OUR SPIRITS! GRÉVE… DE L'ÉCLIPSE!" Both me and X shouted into the air. And somehow X's voice could be heard across the dungeon as well.

The two melee weapons shines in the color of red and blue, just like the burning sun and the calming moon. As the weapons shines brightly, Glenn looked at me with an expression of disbelief.

"TAKE THIS YOU BASTARD!" I shouted as the weapons of me and X creates a shockwave that could make even a dragon's eyes useless. So this is what X meant.

"Kh! I can't see!" Glenn shouted.

"This is our chance, Hikaru!" Said X as I landed on the frozen field and start running towards not Glacies, but towards Glenn.

"This is the true Gréve de l'éclpse! Take this asshole!" I shouted as I and X slashed Glenn's body furiously.

*SLASH!* *SLASH!* *SLASH!* *SLASH!*

"THIS IS YOUR END, GLENN!" I shouted as I dealt the final blow to Glenn's body.

*GRAB!*

"What the?!" I asked as Glenn's hand caught Neptune's blade.

"Heh… You think I would die this easily?" He asked as he shot a glare towards me.

X, still controlling my left arm, swings Grimoire's sword, but unfortunately Glenn caught it with his other hand as well.

"Foolish! A Retainer will not die easily, especially someone who made a contract with a Dragon Lord! Glacies! Shoot this idiot! FREEZE SHOT!" Glenn shouted as a creepy smile crept onto his face.

"What the?! A suicide attack?!"

Glacies shoots a ball of ice towards me and Glenn, and-!

*BOOOM!*

"GAHHHHHHHHHH!"

The both of us got hit by the dragon's attack.

"*huff*… *huff*…."

"*huff*… *huff*… You… even though you got a direct hit, not like me who got used to Glacies' attack… Why… WHY ARE YOU STILL ALIVE, NUIT?!" Glenn shouted at me.

I'm in a pinch right now. I can feel blood flowing out of my body from my back, my right leg is heavily bruised, as well.

"….Because… I promised to her…. I promised that I'll win… for Neptune!" I shouted in pain as I feel the area surrounding me becoming hotter than before.

"Hikaru, do what you must. I'll stop controlling you left arm. Show me what you got!"

'I will.'

Feeling my left arm once again, I took a fighting stance that is somewhat familiar, but feels strange at the same time. My glare towards Glenn intensifies as I feel my anger turning into strength… wow ain't that cliché.

"Glenn! Get ready!" I shouted as I dashed towards him. My bruised leg? I don't care.

"That power! It can't be!" Glenn said.

What's the matter? I'm dashing straight towards you, y'know! Even Glacies floats in the air without doing anything, as if waiting for its master's commands.

"You fool! Do you realize that you will destroy this dungeon?!" Glenn asked me as our distance becomes shorter and shorter.

As the distance between us is only two meters away-!

"I WILL ACHIEVE IT, THE SWEET TASTE OF VICTORY! FEEL MY WRATH, BROKEN SOUL… FINISH!" I shouted as I punched Glenn's stomach with my fist. Shockwave came from Glenn's back, destroying the ices from Glacies' skill.

"Guh! You… How did you… HOW DID YOU PULL THAT ATTACK?!" Glenn asked me as I he coughed up blood, some of them dripped into my right shoulder.

"….Isn't it obvious? Even if I lost everything, even if I ended up in some hospital in the process… As long as I have the will… I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT!" I answered as I pushed him with my fist.

*BAAAAAAAM!*

The sound of his body breaking because of him hitting a frozen tree resonates throughout the field.

"*huff*… *huff*…"

I catch my breath as I forced myself to walk towards the dying man. Without me knowing, Glacies just… gone. Gone into the wind.

I kicked Glenn's face with my left leg. "Tell me… Who ordered you to 'kill' me? TELL ME!" I shouted towards the man.

Glenn laughed, "As if I could tell you all about my 'family'… Listen here, Nuit! You're lucky to defeat me. There are more 'Retainers' that will go to fuck your life upside down. Those who have the Demonic Dragon's Circle tattoo on their body… They will hunt you… The hunter shall become the hunted… Hehehehe… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Glenn laughed like a madman before he let out his last breath, somehow just like Glacies, his body disappears like dust. Instead of his corpse, three cards are there, waiting for me to pick them up.

"….." I said nothing as I picked the three cards.

"….Ice Dragon Emperor, Glacies…. Freeze Shot and… a blank card…" I said to myself. So can I summon Glacies to fight for me?

"Maybe. But Hikaru, we better take Neptune to the hospital, it's good that she didn't lost too much blood, but it can be fatal to her body. You too to be honest." X told me.

I nodded and start walking towards Neptune. But as I finally within a close range to her-!

*BZZZZZT!*

"Kuh!-" I fall into my knees.

"Neptune… I'm… sorry" I lost my consciousness.

*BZZZZZZT!*

"What are you drawing, *BZZT!*?"

"Oh, *BZZT!*, look! I created a new dragon!"

"Another dragon? Wow, that's so cool! Wait, this dragon looks like a serpent."

"Well I asked *BZZT!* and she told me that it's okay to let my imagination go wild! So I made an Ice serpent-dragon thingy!"

"Eh? That sounds like her, alright."

"Where are you going?"

"Training. Well, see you later."

"Bye bye!"

*BZZZZZT!*

"Ugh… Where am I?" I asked to myself. I'm staring at the creamy white ceiling above me.

"You're at a hospital." A voice of a lady told me.

I looked at the lady. The lady is a light skinned woman with very long, curly mint colored hair worn in a high ponytail with a black and green twin-bow piece with few bangs and long curls of hair framing her face. Her eyes are an almond-red color. Her dress are… um… revealing… She wears a revealing black dress with long boots and gloves that end at her wrist, along with a black neck piece with a white sphere in the center that has a small green x in the center and two small pieces of purple cloth. On both hips, the lady has black ribbon-cloth segments that have longer cloth pieces dangling from both sides with green sparkled coloring inside. The skirt is practically non-existent on the dress, being a simple cloth in front of her lower area.

"Uh… I'm sorry but… Who are you?" I asked the lady.

The lady smiled gently at me, although it looks like she forced herself, "I'm Leanbox's Oracle, Chika Hakozaki. It's a pleasure to help you." The lady introduced herself.

Miss Hakozaki, huh?

"Oh! Um… Thanks for helping me, Miss Hakozaki! I'm really grateful-Ow it hurts!" I shout in pain as I move too quickly.

Miss Hakozaki chuckled, "It's alright, I heard a report one of my workers saying that there's a strange phenomenon in Gapain Fields, so I went there with some soldiers. But there's only you and this girl that somehow looks like someone that I know… Anyway, since the two of you were badly injured, I ordered the soldiers to take you both to this hospital." She explained.

"Neptune? Where is she?" I asked Miss Hakozaki.

"She's on a different room. Truth to be told, your injuries are far worse than the girl. I told the doctor to help you and that 'Neptune' girl 24/7 so don't worry a thing. Also if you don't mind, when the two of you are good to go, I will ask you questions. Is that alright?" She asked.

I nodded, "….Of course, Miss Hakozaki."

The lady smiled, "Well just take a rest. I'll take my leave now. Farewell." She said as she left.

"Hey, Hikaru. This is just my advice, but don't tell her about your group, as in Lady Kurome and the others." X warned me.

'Of course. I'm not that stupid.' I replied inwardly.

"Well go to sleep, you'll need it. It'll help healing your injuries so…"

"Yeah… I really need it." I said as I went into dreamland once again. But somehow, my mind is still thinking about the whole 'Retainers' business…

My adventure ended for now as I rest my body in Leanbox's hospital.

{END OF CHAPTER EIGHT. SAVE THE PROGRESS?}

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A/N: And that is the end for chapter eight. I'm really sorry for the short update, I just… I don't know maybe I need some time to calm myself… anyways, reviews are appreciated, be it critics, suggestions, or helpful tips! StarKnight07, signing out! Godspeed to all of you beautiful readers!

~Next chapter's preview~

"So, what happened in the Field?"

"Somehow… I felt like I did something wrong…"

"Wait, so we're not doing anything now? Really?"

"Me? I'm the protagonist of protagonists!"

Next chapter: "Going back to Planeptune."