So… I made the first couple of mistakes when it comes to writing.
Oh well. After all, everyone learns. I should strive for quality, not quantity. I wrote the last one a tad too quick once I started to get more confident.
I might need to get a beta reader in the future, so that they could point out any mistakes in the story for me and fix any inconsistencies in the story. My battles do need a bit of tweaking so that I can actually point out Nexon's clumsiness when it comes to fighting, and describe more of the… juicy bits. I'll have to thank a certain someone for pointing that all out there.
Plus, about the personalities for the CPUs, I do have a vague idea on how they act, but I still feel like I haven't nailed them down yet. I might have to do something about that to get it fixed.
Anyways, let's start going. I'll be experimenting with perspectives by first going into Nexon's POV, then I'll see if it sticks. Third person might be better than first person, but hey, you never know if you try.
Plus, I realised that I've been writing the male tome's name wrong the whole time. It's Timoire, not Timore. I meant for it to fit in with the last few letters of the other fairies. For example, Histoire and Croire. I meant for his name to be 'Time', like 'History' and 'Chronology'.
But I decided that I have to ditch Timoire's name. From now on, the OC male tome is going to be called Memoire. 'Memory', which it's deprived from. It's a bit stupid, switching names when I've just stuck the name on him, but overall, I think it sounds better. I'll go over the sudden change of name in the story.
I own nothing except my OCs. The respective content of Hyperdimension Neptunia belongs to Compile Hearts, !dea Factory and any other official parties.
1st person view, Nexon
I opened my eyes, and the first sight I was met with was the rocky floor. I had also found that I was no longer hugging Neptune, and was sprawled out on the cold and flat floor. There wasn't any signs of me and Neptune crashing, so… where am I? Did someone drag me here?
I put a hand to the floor, lifting myself up. The first thing I noticed about my body was that I was in severe pain. Every part of me was bruised, ranging from my chest to my arms and legs. I also noticed that there was a huge laceration across my chest, as if I were cut with a spear. A immense pain had spread throughout my body as soon as I realised that, which almost made me collapse again.
I then lifted my face to see something that I feared.
Neptune was kneeling, heavily injured and facing Arfoire. There was no sound, but I could tell that Neptune was refusing to give up, judging from the defiant look in her eyes. The witch just scoffed and stepped back, summoning her spear. My eyes widened at the sight of that.
She was going to kill her.
"Neptune!" I shouted, sprinting over to her with what was left of my energy, ignoring the obvious pain in my legs. Arfoire drew back her spear, ready to stab it into Neptune's chest. I could see the girl closing her eyes, a tear dripping down from her overshadowed eyes. My heart started to beat faster, as the person who I had sworn to protect was about to be killed right in front of my eyes.
"NEPTUNE!"
I was faced with darkness once again, the sound of my heavy breathing being the only thing I could hear. I found that the injuries from before were gone, like they were never there.
'Was that… a dream?' I thought. 'It felt real. Too real…'
"It's dark… Like, pitch black. Where am I?" The familiar sound of Neptune's voice cut into my thoughts. I turned around to see Neptune, who was looking around. Surprisingly, I can see her even though it was completely dark.
'Neptune…' I sighed in relief. She isn't dead, after all. She's still alive and kicking. I was about to go forward and greet her, but I stopped myself before I could take a step forward and make my shoes splash the water around, revealing my position. I looked down to my jacket, which I couldn't see because of it being similarly coloured to the background. A idea started formulating in my head.
'Oh, this is going to be fun.' I inwardly snickered, before putting the hoodie on top of my head, concealing my entire torso and head. I crouched down so that she wouldn't see me, trying to make the least amount of noise possible.
"Oh, I get it! It must be a power outage! Or maybe the circuit breaker dropped?" Neptune outwardly mused to herself, as she tried to figure out why it was dark.
I've just noticed that nothing in here echoes. It might be because that we were in a really small room, or we're just living in a dimension where nothing echoes at all. Either way, I can't figure out how it doesn't echo in here.
"But why am I bright like I've been splashed like fluorescent paint?" Neptune asked herself, looking at her hands and jacket. Another good question, I thought. WHY can we see ourselves? It does support the fact that we're standing in a different dimension where nothing echoes. And apparently, anything that's not from here can be clearly seen.
"I guess it's just my brilliance emanating from me! Heh, just kidding!" Or perhaps we might be bioluminescent. Who knows?
"Uh, hello? Is anyone there? I hope I don't step on your figures or anything."
Now is my que. I smile and put on my most spookiest voice.
"Oooooooooooo!" I started to pretend I'm a ghost.
"AH! Huh? What? Who's there?" Neptune looked around nervously, trying to find the source of the voice.
"I am the spirit that has come to haunt you in your dreams! OOOOOOOOOOO!" My ghosting intensifies, as I controlled my unstable laughter. Neptune looked around more, panicking.
"E-eep! W-what did I do wrong? U-umm… Please don't haunt me!" Neptune was totally scared out of her wits, crouching and putting her hands over her head in fear.
At that point, I lost it.
"PHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OH, THE- HAHAHAHAHA!" I started laughing uncontrollably as I stood up, Neptune looking up from her crouching position. She stood up as well, pouting.
"Hey! Stop laughing! Who are you? Are you a ghost?! I can't see your body!"
I reduced my laughter to a few chuckles, rubbing the tears of joy from my eyes. "Oh, man… that look on your face, though." I unzipped my jacket, revealing the shirt underneath and throwing back my hood to show my face. "I'm not a ghost though, so you don't have to worry about me spooking the skeleton out of you."
Neptune just pouted, puffing out her cheeks and clenching her fists. "Boo… you could have given me a heart attack. Or scared the spoopy skeleton out of me, whatever you said."
"Sorry, I couldn't resist. I just wanted a good laugh out from pranking you." I chuckled, rubbing the back of my head in the typical gesture of modesty seen in anime.
"Eh, no offence taken." Neptune said. "So anyway, do you know where we are? I'm asking you, since you might know the place."
"Um, no. I'm confused as you are, but I do have a theory. Either we're in a dream, waiting for someone to talk to us, or we're just standing in a dimension where it's just a endless void." I elaborated, saying what's on my mind. As soon as Neptune heard the word 'Void', she started to panic.
"W-wait! Void?! We're not trapped in limbo are we? ARE WE?!" She started to panic once again.
"Woah woah woah woah, calm down. I assure you, we're not in limbo… I think. Okay, how about we explore the place, see what's going on here?" I tried to calm her down, to get her mind off the fact that she was stuck somewhere.
"Well, I'll trust you, I guess. But, ew. Who knows what we could step in?" Neptune thought. "It could be leftovers, for all I know."
"Last time I checked, it was just water we were stepping on. If it isn't, well, I don't know what it is." I reassured, taking a few steps towards Neptune. The splashing and squelching could be heard from each step I took.
"Yikes?!" Neptune suddenly yelped, which made me jump in surprise.
"What is it Neptune?" I said, concerned.
"I definitely stepped on something soft and squishy. Ew, ew… I don't think it's water…" I squinted at her.
"Neptune, I think that's just you." I said, lifting up my shoe. "There's nothing on my feet. See?"
She took one good look at my shoe, but she stared wide-eyed at it, pointing towards it in fear. "W-w-what's that black stuff?!"
Huh? What black stuff? I took a good look at my shoe, and…
"OH GOD! THE LIQUID'S MADE OF ACID! IT'S MELTING OFF MY FEET!" I started to panic, trying to jump. But it only made the liquid splash up my legs.
"ACID?! Oh no, I'm going to die here! NOOOOO! I've never got my-"
"NOW'S NOT THE TIME TO STAND HERE AND DO NOTHING!" I took Neptune by the shoulders, shaking her wildly. "WE GOTTA- WOAH, WUH, AAAH!"
I slipped, bringing us both down. We started flailing on the floor, splashing liquid everywhere on our clothes while we panicked.
"NUUUUUUUUU! I'M MEEEEEEELLLLLLTTTTTTIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!" Neptune cried out in agony.
"AHHHHHH! IT BURNS! IT BURRRRRNS!" I screamed, as I felt the liquid soak into my clothes.
'I've never even had the chance to say goodbye to my friends…' I thought, as I closed my eyes, waiting for my inevitable death.
…
Wait… I don't feel my skin melting off…
I opened my eyes, putting my hands in front of my face to see if they were melting off. They weren't. They were perfectly fine, and so were my clothes. It really was just water. I stood up, as the water dropped from my soaked hair and clothes.
'Brrrr.' I thought. 'It's pretty cold.'
I turned to Neptune, who was curled up on the floor, mumbling something. I went over to her, shaking her.
"Hey. It's just the colour of the water here. Nothing to worry about." I reassured the sulking Neptune.
"…i'mmeltingi'mmeltingi'mmeltingi'mmeltingi'm- Huh?" She realised that she wasn't being burned by acid, so she stood up and looked at herself. She seemed pretty relieved.
"Phew… I thought I was gonna die here." She said in relief. "But, brrr… It's cold…"
She started to hug herself, rubbing her shoulders. Seems like the water soaked her to the bone, too. I went over to her, to say something.
"Hey. You okay?" I said, trying not to show how cold I was myself.
"Y-yep. But it's really cold… ugh, now I'm all wet…" Neptune said, shivering.
I sighed. Might as well do this. I went over to her, hugging her from behind.
"H-huh?" Neptune stuttered, a small shade of pink visible on her face.
I said nothing, as I started to share my body heat with her. She didn't seem to complain though, since I was doing this as a kind gesture. To be fair though, I am a bit embarrassed as well. We stood there, without uttering a single word for a few seconds.
Neptune spoke up after said duration of seconds. "Hey, uh… would you mind letting me go now?"
"Why not?" I said. "You said you were cold, did you? So it would be logical to use body heat."
"I, er…" She said nothing, as she found that she couldn't reason against it. So she shuffled a bit, so that she would press closer against him.
"Hey, you're right. Looks like I am getting warmer. Hehe!" Her blush faded, and she giggled to show her appreciation.
"See? Sharing body heat is a good solution."
We chucked for a good few seconds, before staying silent again. We stared off into the void, with nothing else to say or do.
"…" Neptune just stood there, looking bored out of her mind. Meanwhile, I was waiting with slightly more patience than her.
On a small note, I noticed that I was slightly taller than her, standing this close. I guess we are the same age, technically. She was about 146 centimetres while I was around 150 centimetres.
"Okay, uh… now it would be a perfect time for SOMEONE to speak out and pass a message onto us now." I said, speaking into the void. I finally got impatient.
"Yeah! Whose message are we waiting for, anyway?" Neptune agreed with me.
"I apologise for making you two wait. Did I keep you long?" A familiar heavenly voice echoed into the darkness, seemingly out of nowhere.
"Hey, a voice! Who are you? Where are we? Did our souls go to limbo?" Neptune fired off questions in surprise at the voice, while I sighed.
"Please don't ask too many questions at once. I know you're surprised, but calm down." She replied. "My name is Histoire, a tome. You fell along with him from the landmass known as Celestia, and now me and Memoire request a favour from you two."
While Histoire was explaining things to Neptune, I caught the name 'Memoire'. 'What?' I thought. 'Didn't he say that his name was Timoire a while ago?'
My musings were interrupted when Neptune misheard what Histoire said.
"T-t-t-tomb?" Neptune stuttered, wide-eyed and nervous. "I knew it! I'm actually dead! And what do you mean, 'fell'?! Was it to Limbo?!"
"Hey, hey hey." I said, trying to be serious. "We are not-"
But Neptune just ignored me. "Augh! I should have finished my backlog of games and erased everything on my Hard Disk Dr- Mmph!"
I covered Neptune's mouth, interrupting her from saying anything more. She started to twist and turn in my grip, trying to break free. "Calm down. Take some deep breaths. Count to four, inhale, count to four, exhale."
She didn't seem to take my breathing lessons, though. She tore my hand off her mouth, then said: "How can I calm myself down when someone can look into my 'Special' Hard Disk Drive collections?!"
"Okay, first of all, you need to put up a password for that. I can relate somewhat. And second of all, you are NOT DEAD. Just… in a sub-consciousness of sorts, I guess." I attempted again to convince her to calm down.
"He is right, Neptune." Histoire interjected. "You two have merely fallen unconscious."
That seemed to do the trick. Neptune stopped struggling. I let go of her, so that she would have some breathing room.
"Wait… really? What a relief! Hehe! Um, Ms. Heavenly Voice? How do you know me? Are you my fan?" Neptune questioned Histoire.
"…" I gave Neptune a blank look. I assume Histoire is too, since she didn't say anything.
"…I am Histoire. I record the history of Gamindustri with the goddesses." The tome said, eventually.
"Sure, don't answer me then…" Neptune muttered.
"She's getting tired of pointing out everything for you, Neptune." Another voice rang out.
"What? Two heavenly voices?!" Neptune gasped, surprised.
"Oh, hey Timoire. Or Memoire." I casually greeted the male tome.
"Hello." The male tome greeted back. "Just go by Memoire, though. I prefer that out of the two names."
"You two know each other?" Neptune asked, turning to me.
"Yeah." I answered, smiling. "Some things happened, I went into a TV like it was Persona 4, I started falling and stuff and now I was standing greeting him. It was a pretty good time."
Neptune was about to open her mouth, until Histoire cut in.
"We are running out of time, so I will get to the point." Histoire hastily said, as we started to hear static.
"You must lend us your powers, so that you can free us." Memoire said as loud as he possibly can, through the white noise.
"I can't hear you! You need to speak louder!" I shouted back, trying to penetrate the thick wall of static.
"There's a lot of noise on our side!" Neptune added, cupping her hands together and putting it in front of her mouth, trying to amplify her voice.
"Please stop Arfo… and put…end to the…onsle War…" The static was getting heavier.
"WHAT?!" I tried to shout out again. But we could barely hear their voices now.
"Wake up, Mr Nexon… wake up and smell the ashes…"
Similarly to Neptune, I didn't like to wake up early. I would normally stay in bed until I either got bored of it, or if I needed something to do. If it were up to me, I would laze around forever…
…But this annoying alarm clock had different plans.
The blaring beeps of the godforsaken invention made me rouse from my asleep state. I mumbled something incoherently, rubbing my eyes.
"Stupid alarm clocks…" I mumbled.
"Shuuuuuut…up!" I heard the girl backhand the alarm clock, much to my relief. But the loud clang of something shattering made me instantly wake up.
"Neptune, what in crack did you just break?" I said groggily, as I opened my eyes. I had found that she was lying on my chest, while we were hugging each other. She was slowly rousing from her sleep as well, lifting her face from my chest. The covers that were on top of us slid off.
I then noticed that we were in a room. It didn't look like mine, as I started to see obvious differences. It was… girly, to say the least. The room's walls were orange, and the curtains that were rolled up, leaving the light shine into the room from the windows were pink and had small heart designs printed onto them. The ceiling was yellow, with round lights built into them. The floor was tiled purple, with a yellow carpet that included a red border. A small beige table was in the middle of the room, accompanied with a white table sheet spread over it. A plush chair was seen facing the table. There were cupboards and a bookshelf in the corners of the room, not including where the bed was. There was a large syringe leaning against another corner of the room, filled with a mysterious purple substance.
Huh… so, the girly style of the room, the bed, and the syringe leaning in a corner of the room… this isn't my room…
It's Compa's.
Plus, we weren't wet anymore… maybe because we were just in a dream. My jacket's gone, just leaving me with my shirt.
Neptune started to sit up, shifting herself up to my stomach and looking around. "Huh… where am I?" She wondered. "Is this my room? Is it yours?" She directed the question towards me.
"I don't have a room this bright, so I don't think so." I replied. "Unless somebody had decided to remodel my room, which is highly unlikely… plus, there's a giant syringe over there, what's that about?"
"Oh, you two are up. Good morn', sleepyheads! Well, good afternoon, technically..." A cheerful voice greeted us, and we turned to the source of it.
Carrying a bucket full of medical supplies was a girl. She had orange eyes with creamy, orange and curly hair, which reached down to her back. She wore a wool jumper that that left her shoulders bare (There were sleeves and it covered her torso, not her shoulders) and on her head was a black hairband, with a decal that looked like a white circle, but with a rectangle cut off it, making it look like a 'C'. Around her neck was a black choker, with a pink heart that had the same 'C' decal in it. A satchel was strapped around her waist, which was pink and also had the same 'C' imprinted onto it. Below it was a red tartan patterned skirt, which reached halfway down her thighs. I noticed that she wasn't wearing her wool boots with the fuzzy balls and small ribbons, but maybe it's because we were inside. She was wearing her black-brown kneesocks with the light pink heart cut frills, though.
I noted all those details with my purple eyes, but I found myself looking at some certain things on her chest. Let's say that… *ahem* she's got some nice juggs. Neptune seemed to agree, as I saw her staring at Compa's chest.
As the girl sat down on a chair that was next to the bed and placed the medical equipment to the side, Neptune asked some questions.
"Um, this isn't my room, is it? And I don't think it's his? Is it yours? And why was I tucked in so snugly?" Neptune said.
"Yeah… where are we?" I added in with Neptune. I had to act like I didn't know where we were, so that they wouldn't get suspicious. I do have prior knowledge of the game's events, after all.
"Hmm… well, let's see…" She started to recollect what happened, putting a finger up to her chin. "It all happened last night, when I was looking out my window. I saw a shooting star, four of them actually. One of them was both of you."
Wait… four? Four shooting stars? I'm gonna have to ask about that later.
"That was a short answer." Neptune replied. Her eyes widened when she processed the word 'shooting star', though. "Wait, are you yanking my hoodie strings? Does that mean I fell from the sky?!"
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure." Compa nodded, confirming it. "I went to investigate where the two of you crashed. You were both stuck in the ground, though you would have died if it weren't for mister star protecting you, though." She turned to me, smiling.
"No worries!" I winked, giving them both a thumbs up.
"Anywho, When I found you both, I pulled you two from the earth and carried you to my bed, since you both were passed out!" She put on a proud smile.
"All by yourself? That's cool, thanks! You're a lot stronger than you look!" Neptune praised her, impressed. I nodded at that.
"Moving limp bodies is a part of my training, since I attend a nursing school. So really, I'm fine." She said, not minding the praise and continuing to smile.
"Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you my name!" Compa realised. "My name is Compa!"
"I'm Neptune! Thanks for saving me, Compa! Hope we can be friends!" Neptune replied with her usual energetic tone.
"It's nice to meet you, Nept-… Nepee-… Neppl-… Nepthe-… U-um…" She found herself struggling to say Neptune's name for some reason.
'Seriously, it's not that hard to say, woman!' I thought. 'Say her name, it's Neptune!'
Neptune, seeing Compa's struggle to say her name reassured her. "Oh, is it hard for you to say? Well, you can call me Neptuna, Nep-Nep, Nepper, it doesn't matter what you call me!" She's pretty easygoing, as expected of her.
That brightened up Compa. "Oh, well in that case, I'll call you Nep-Nep! Nice to meet you, Nep-Nep!" She greeted her again, using the new nickname.
I chuckled at their small conversation. They eventually turned to me, which I was confused at.
"Huh? What are you looking at me for?" I asked.
"You have to introduce yourself, you know." Neptune answered. "Otherwise we won't be able to progress with the fanfic."
"Ah, yeah, right." I realised, nodding. "But, uhh… Neptune? Would you please get off me? My tummy's starting to get cramped with you sitting on it. Though you're surprisingly light…"
"Oh, I almost forgot! Sorry! Eheheheh!" She awkwardly laughed, as she moved herself so that I could move. I stood up, facing the two girls.
"My Name is Nexon. Pleased to meet you two, Neptune, Compa." I said with a smile and bow.
"Nice to meet you, Nexon! I hope we can be the bestest of friends!" Neptune said enthusiastically.
"Pleasure to meet you, Nexe-… Nexx-… Next-…" She somehow started struggling with my name, too.
"You know, just call me Nex or something like that. I don't care." I said, while still retaining my smile.
"Okay then, Nex-Nex it is, then. Pleasure to meet you!" She said, smiling back. But then she had a blush on her face.
"Hm? What's wrong, Compa?" I asked, seeing the red tint on her cheeks.
"Well, uh… I'm sorry for only putting you two in one bed. I would have put you two in separate ones, but…" She said, putting her pointer fingers together, looking down and blushing.
"Oh come on, no need to worry. You're the owner of this house, so it's not your fault." I reassured. "So did anything happen while Neptune and I were unconscious?"
"Well, I don't think so…" Compa pondered. "But, I did see a lot of moving around on the bed…"
What.
Neptune and I turned to each other, with apparent blushes on our faces.
"No way… did we… have our way with each other?" Neptune gasped.
"Y-yeah, I guess so…" I muttered, rubbing the back of my head and looking off to the side.
"Er, um… take responsibility, okay?" She said to me, quivering. "I'm… I'm no longer a pure maiden now…"
Compa panicked, trying to explain the misunderstanding between Neptune and I. "N-no, wait! You weren't doing anything naughty! You were just hugging each other, that's all!"
We glanced at Compa, sighing in relief. The blushes on our faces disappeared altogether. "Oh god… Well, at least that didn't happen. Let's forget about that for now…"
"But you know you liked it right?" Neptune said, cheekily grinning all of a sudden. I turned to Neptune.
"To be honest, I did like hugging you." I said straightforwardly, smiling.
Before things could get sidetracked even more, Compa interrupted.
"Oh, yeah! I just realised that you're all bruised, Nep-Nep. Allow me to take a look."
Neptune took a look at herself, unrolling one of her sleeves. Sure enough, her arm was marked with bruises and scrapes.
"Yeah, I am kinda scraped up, huh?" Neptune agreed. "Strange, I feel like I've been sandbagged… Ah well, I'll trust you with this important task, Nurse-in-training!" She concluded.
"Before we go any further…" I interrupted. Compa turned to me. "Where did you place my jacket?"
"Oh, your jacket? It's neatly folded and placed on a table. It should be over there, along with some other things." She explained, pointing to the door where she came from.
"Alright, thanks." I smiled at her then went past the door she told me to go through. Sure enough, resting on a table was my jacket, cleaned up.
"Hm… not bad." I said to myself, inspecting my jacket. As I picked it up, though, I saw more things on the table. Curious, I slung the jacket over my shoulder and examined those.
There was a mobile phone and necklace there. I immediately recognised the phone as mine, but there was a weird case that was protecting it. I ignored it for now though, pocketing it and grabbing the necklace.
I dangled the necklace in front of me, the silver chain gleaming in the sunlight. There was a medallion that was hanging from it, which had a purple 'N' as the insignia.
'Huh… I didn't own something like this, the last time I checked.' I thought, as I put on the necklace, concealing it beneath my shirt. 'And I do think I had brung my phone when I jumped into the TV, but… what's with the weird case on it?'
I took the time to pull out my phone from my pocket, turning it on. There were the usual applications, like Phone, Messages, App Store, all that kind of stuff. But a few in particular had caught my eye.
There were a few apps that were now on my phone. They were typical menu options for an RPG, like 'Inventory' and 'Equipment'.
I pressed equipment first, and a holographic screen had suddenly popped out in front of my face. I stumbled back in surprise, but then I realised that it was being projected from my phone, being set on 3D mode by default. It detailed my condition and my equipment, as expected of a menu.
So far, I have no weapon, no armour, my ornament that is called a 'Planeptune Medallion', My current outfit which had a arrow prompt, meaning that I can customise my outfit and no accessories. Well, I have almost have nothing. The necklace I was wearing gave me ten to both Vitality and Mentality, giving me defence to physical and magical attacks. But there was also a description to it. It read;
Enchantment: Has the ability to severely weaken an enemy. One-time use.
Huh. That sounds useful. I don't plan on using it on a weak enemy, though. Only on certain bosses, if the going gets tough.
I took a look at my stats. I was currently level 6, probably because of that fight with the goddesses in Celestia. I had a total of 1780 HP, but it was currently 598, so I'm guessing that's because of the fall I took. My SP was a total of 910, and my strength… okay, I'm already getting bored.
It was perfect timing, actually, as I heard Neptune cry out.
"Auuugh! Hold… on! You're making it too tight! My… spine…"
Oh, right. I forgot that in this part of the game, Neptune gets to be wrapped up in bandages. Sighing, I dropped my phone into my pocket, slamming open the door.
"Okay, what in the world are you two doing? Bondage?" I called out.
The first thing I saw when I barged into the room, was a pained Neptune being restrained by bandages. She was completely naked, but the bandages were conveniently covering her up. She was struggling against the bandages, trying to make them loose, but Compa was holding her down while she was tightly wrapping the bandages around her. A pretty good sight, if you ask me, but…
"Compa!" I yelled out, grabbing her attention. "Are you trying to kill her?!"
The nurse looked at Neptune, which looked like she was about to pass out. She started panicking, then went through her medical supplies, trying to search for something.
"Scissors!" Compa hastily said. "I need some scissors so I can cut down the bandages!"
I nodded, looking around the room for some scissors. I looked at the table of the middle of the room, and sure enough, I could see a pair. I quickly handed them to Compa, then she immediately got to work. I turned around, so they wouldn't bash me for looking at Neptune's naked form. Mostly Neptune.
I heard Neptune hack and cough after the bandages that were constricting her lungs were cut off. She then took a long gasp, deep long breathing afterwards.
"Phew…" Neptune wheezed, still catching her breath." For sure I thought I was gonna get a game over screen there."
"Compa," I spoke, without turning around. "Make sure to wrap the bandages a bit less tighter, and have Neptune get changed. I'll be staring at this wall while I'm at it."
The nurse-in-training nodded without saying anything, then got back to work.
A few minutes has passed after that situation. Neptune was dressed, and I was sitting on the chair, facing her. She was still catching her breath, but she was relieved that she was still alive. Plus, I had placed my jacket on the table.
"Oh, come on, It wasn't that bad…" Compa assured. "It was only a wee bit tight…"
"Really?" Neptune deadpanned. "I was wrapped tighter than some huge fighting mummy…"
"So uh…" She began, thinking of what to say. "Why did you both fall from the sky?"
"I don't know…" Neptune and I answered at the same time.
"I… don't remember before anything before I came here…" Neptune thought aloud.
'Huh, she does not remember anything even though I gave her protection from the fall.' I mused.
"Nep-Nep, it could be that you're suffering from Amnesia…" Was Compa's unprofessional opinion.
"Oh, really? Well, okay I guess." Neptune replied calmly.
"I'd really like to help, but there Is no known cure for amnesia..." Compa apologised.
A cheeky Idea popped in my head.
"Actually I think I know a cure." I announced. Compa and Neptune turned to me.
"What is it, Nexon/Nex-Nex?" They responded at the name time. I grinned evilly.
"…repeated blows to the head." I cackled, cracking my knuckles and standing up. The girls went wide-eyed at that suggestion.
"NOOOOOO! I don't wanna get punched! Compa, save me!" Neptune cried out in fear, as she went behind the nurse. Compa looked at me, nervous.
"Umm… Nex-Nex? I think that's going a little bit overboard…" She reasoned.
"Oh come on! She'll be fine after a few hits. Now stand still Neptune." I started to circle around Compa, to try and reach Neptune.
"You'll never catch me!" She yelled, as she ran behind the table.
"Get back here!"
After a few seconds of running, we were tuckered out. So we took a break, with me sitting on the plush chair and Neptune lying down on the bed. I didn't actually want to hit Neptune, so I reassured her that it was a joke.
"So, anyway…" Compa spoke up, sitting on the plush chair next to me. "Since I saw you with Neptune when I found you, did you fall in the sky with her?"
"Well, yes. I guess." I answered, squeezing my chin with my index finger and thumb. "I remember being requested for a favour from someone, then I was sent to fight some people while I was protecting Neptune. After that, I remember trying to reach for Neptune after falling off, and now I'm here."
"Huh…" Compa said, processing the information. "You said you were doing a favour for someone… what was that favour?"
"Well… he said that I had to protect someone…" As soon as those words left my mouth, Neptune sat up and turned to me.
"Oh yeah!" Neptune realised. "You were talking to someone called Memoire in our dreams! Did you know each other?"
"Well, yes." I confirmed. "Not much, though. It was before I got transported from another dimension."
I tried to lean back a bit into my chair, but one of my bruises seemed to brush up against something. As a result, I recoiled, suddenly standing up.
"Ow!" I grimaced, rubbing my shoulder. I had forgotten that I was still injured.
"Oh, I forgot to patch you up too!" Compa went over to the bucket of medical supplies she had, picking it up. She then exited the room, probably to grab a few more supplies.
"Ugh… this sucks." I groaned, as I started to inspect my own body. Scrapes and bruises, just like Neptune… and the back of my left hand stung.
Compa then came back onto the room, her medical supplies refreshed.
"Okay, so um… I'm gonna need you to…" She started to trail off, blushing. "…take your shirt off…"
"Alright. Taking my shirt off…" I said nonchalantly, as I stripped off my white shirt. Neptune started staring at my body, while Compa was looking away.
"Wow…" Neptune gasped. "You have a pretty nice bod."
"Yeah, uh… They aren't the best muscles, though. I used to be a lot more active when I was younger." I replied. "Now, I'm not active that much, though I still try to stay fit from time to time. I'm surprised that I haven't gotten fat, over the time I started to laze around. And Compa, could you please start?"
"Y-yeah!" Snapping out of her embarrassed daze, she put down the bucket of medical supplies and started to examine my body. She did so with a light, almost imperceptible touch. I stood there as she did her work, and even let her gently lift up my slightly discoloured arm at times.
"No broken bones…" Compa muttered. "I'm surprised that they were durable enough to survive a fall…"
She then looked up and down on my arms. My chest wasn't scraped up, but my arms certainly were.
"I'll use some herbs to put on the bruises, and some disinfectant on the scrapes, just like I did with Nep-Nep. Though, without the tight bandages."
She picked up a damp sponge and some antiseptic spray. She started scrubbing the scrapes and cuts on my arms, then sprayed them with the antiseptic bottle. They did sting a little, but the pain did turn into a persistent tingling after a while.
"Alright, Nex-Nex… you have to sit down, now."
She IS petty good at this, if you ignore the fact that she misuses the bandages. I went over to the bed, Neptune shuffling over so I could sit on it. She grabbed a mass of poultice in a bowl, then started applying it to the bruised spots on my arms and chest. After the herbs were applied, she started wrapping the bandages around my torso to keep the herbs in place and to cover the open wounds. But unlike what she did with Neptune, she carefully secured it instead of tightening it too much. After the bandages were secured in place, she sat down on the plush chair.
"Phew… all done." Compa sighed in satisfaction.
I looked at myself. My torso and arms were neatly bandaged, and I had found that the tingling sensation from the bruises and open wounds were disappearing. Plus, I kind of looked like some sort of badass, the way the bandages were placed. Or maybe like one of those Chuunibyou guys. I placed my shirt back on, and the jacket that was lying on the table for the past few minutes.
"You know," Neptune spoke up. "I'm… feeling a bit hungry. Could I have some food that I can eat?" She asked Compa.
"I know it's asking for much…" I added. "But I am feeing a bit peckish. So I'd like some too, please."
"Food? Well, I don't have much, but how about some pudding?" Compa offered.
"Pudding?" Neptune asked, confused. "What's a pudding?"
I was about to open my mouth in surprise, before I realised that she had lost her memory.
"You don't know what a pudding is?" Was Compa's shocked reply.
"Nope. I've never heard of a food like that, or at least what I can remember, I think. Does it taste good?"
"Just a minute, lemme bring one…" Compa stood up, leaving me and Neptune alone.
"Hey, Nexon." She asked, turning to me. "Do you know what a pudding is?"
"Well, yes. And I know for a fact that you will certainly love it the first time you try it. Basically, it's a dessert. It's made of custard, topped off with some caramel." I explained.
Compa had returned with the cup of pudding soon after. She handed it to Neptune. "Here, you go, Nep-Nep."
As soon as Neptune received it, she turned it, examining it. "Hm… so this yellow thing is a pudding?" She picked up the spoon in the cup poking it. "Woah! It wiggles when you poke it!"
"Nep-Nep… did you lose memory of food, too?" Compa questioned, a bit worried.
"Well, I remember 'cake' and 'ice cream' and other things, so I guess that I really don't know what it is." Neptune answered, shrugging. "Well, here I go! *Nom*"
She immediately gasped, her eyes brightening as the flavour melted in her mouth. "This tantalising sweetness melts away on my tongue! This is the best!"
"Really…?" Compa asked.
"Really! This has got to be made from the finest chef in the world!" She then turned to me, offering me a bite of her cup. "Hey Nexon, try it! It's delicious!"
"Alright." I tried a bit of it, popping the custard and caramel into my mouth.
There were two words that can only describe Compa's homemade pudding.
Pure. Heaven.
"Woah… you're right." I mumbled, as I swallowed.
"Hey, Compa. Where can I get more?" Neptune said.
"Well, I actually made it myself." Compa replied. Neptune marvelled at her, while I gave a approving nod.
"Amazing… Compa, you are such a genius…" Neptune praised Compa even more.
"This is the best pudding I've ever tasted in my life…" I added.
"Oh, stop teasing me, you two. I'll go get more." Comps once again left the room.
"Compa is pretty amazing. Plus, she has pretty nice boobies."
"I agree." I said, nodding. "I mean, those are some pretty nice melons, even though I don't judge on them."
After our small pudding feast, we started to talk about what we were going to do next.
"…by the way, what are you going to do now, Nep-Nep, Nex-Nex?" She questioned.
"I've got one idea." I spoke. "We could go to the place where Neptune and I crash-landed."
"Yeah, I totally agree. We could finds some clues as to what happened over there." Neptune added.
"…but here's the problem. We're still recovering from our wounds, and it's a bad idea to go out there while they're still regenerating."
Neptune turned to me, surprised. "What?! Oh, come on! But I really want to go!"
"Uhm… no. While I may strive for adventure, I'm actually a lot smarter and logical than you, which is saying a lot. So we should rest up for now, and let those wounds fully recover for a few hours."
Neptune opened her mouth to say something, but she was interrupted by Compa.
"Nex-Nex is right." Compa interjected. "You two are still hurt pretty badly from that fall, and it's going to be nighttime as soon as we get there. So we should rest for now, at least until you both are all better."
Neptune pouted, but she knew they were right. So she didn't bother to argue. "Fiiiiiine. *sigh* we'll go tomorrow…" She said, much to her disappointment.
I stood up and looked outside the window. Sure enough, the sun was setting. Time sure passes quickly. But a question arose in my head. I turned to the two girls, saying;
"By the way, where are we sleeping?"
"...What?" Both of them said.
Hey! Welcome to author's notes!
And phew, I've been REALLY thinking hard on writing this chapter. Sorry for the long wait, I just wanted to post longer chapters.
And not to mention, the godforsaken AUTOCRATIC- I mean AUTOCORRECT kept on changing Compa to Comps. Autocorrect is helpful, but sometimes it messes your spelling up at times.
Plus, how did you like the first person perspective? Good? Bad? I just need your opinions on this, so that I know what kind of perspective I should use for the future.
Anywho, let's get onto the reviews.
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Author Heart – Ance Xila Scott
Hmmm, I dunno… he may be somewhat of a pervert. But a certain OC that is coming up soon is, though.
I've tried to make Nexon panic and stumble in detail, but apparently that didn't work. Now I REALLY want a beta reader now.
I'll try not to go the complete way of Re;birth one. It has been foreshadowed with Nexon's conversation with Timore that Neptune could die in various instances in the future. He wouldn't have tackled Purple Heart out of the way if it weren't for that piece of news, and would have let her fall from Celestia, then jump down with her. Or he would have immediately went for Arfoire, but I dunno.
joanjoanleonar
Thanks for commenting on the first time that I've written my battle! ^_^
Oh, and plus, the 'Samurai Blade' is a reference to the Resident Evil series. It's a modified version of the beretta pistol, and it is used by S.T.A.R.S operatives, if you didn't know. It's not actually a blade-pistol.
Conceited3
Just so I'll let you know, I'll be throwing in tons of references, courtesy of Neptune and Nexon. I don't know about the 'Path of Sorrows' katana, though. I could implement that somewhere later in the story, if I feel like it.
Cobaltroid
I'll try not to make him OP as hell. At the most, he'll be struggling with a dogoo at first, then he'd be able to take on The Deity of Sin at the end of all this.
Sorry if it's a bit cliched. It was inspired by other HDN fanfics, after all.
Like I said before, the 'Samurai Blade' Is a reference to the Resident Evil or BIOHAZARD series. Just replace 'Blade' with 'Edge'.
KirbySage18
Sorry if this is a bit cliched. I'll try to diversify and be original, but no guarantees.
Good to know that my spelling is great so far. ^_^
Yeah, I've noticed that Nexon is a bit… bland. I've tried to put in the unique personality, but so far he seems like a way too calm and confident person. I'll try to make him more rowdy, like Neptune is. Possibly throw in some Neebs from Battlefield Friends.
Trust me, there will be a plot twist involving the OCs. I'll have to show it to you via PM, though, so that I can't spoil anything for the others.
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See ya all in the next chapter! ^_^
