{Chapter 5-Brawl in Lastation}

(Part 2)

"YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!" Little Vert shouted and summoned a spear. Without wasting any time at all, she lunged at Kuro and thrusted her weapon at the black girl's head. Kuro barely dodged the attack and then leapt backwards to put some distance between her and Little Vert.

"Hehe, looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Kuro said with a grin. Little Vert just ignored her and looked at Neptune's lifeless body laying on the basilocom floor. She then knelt down and put her ear to Neptune's nose to listen for any breathing.

"Oh thank goodness." She sighed in relief and quickly gave Neptune a healing item. It took a few seconds for the item to take affect. Moments later, she slowly regained her consciousness.

("Hmm..I didn't know wounds like that could be healed so easily. I better get rid of her before things get ugly for me.")

Kuro leapt into the air and smiled deviously at Little Vert. "Hehe, I'll send you to hell with this one!" She said as she summoned a massive purple ball of dark energy. As soon as it was completely charged, she hurled it in a straight path for Neptune and Little Vert. "Oh no." The little child said breathlessly, knowing full well that she didn't possess enough strength to stop the attack.

To her surprise, a purple trail of light slashed through the ball of energy and dispersed it throughout the air. "What the hell!?" Kuro shouted with wide eyes. When the pollution from her attack vanished she was able to lay eyes on the person who stopped her attack so easily.

It was none other than Neptune, and at this point in time she was absolutely pissed. "This has gone on long enough! I'm done with going easy on you!" She said while glaring daggers at Kuro. The small child could do nothing but stare in shock at the hidden power Neptune had finally decided to unleash. She had transformed into her 'NEXT Form', a power that transcends HDD and gives a CPU overwhelming strength.

("Wha-what the?") Kuro thought as she continued to gawk at the sheer power of Neptune's new transformation. A few moments later, she finally shook her head and snapped out of it. Without wasting any time at all, Kuro flew at full speed toward Neptune and aimed a slash at her neck. Neptune dodged the attack so quickly that she created an afterimage and in the blink of an eye she gave Kuro a vicious roundhouse kick to the stomach.

"G-aack!" She uttered and choked up a little blood. Neptune proceeded to pummel the helpless child with a barrage of punches and kicks and then finished her combo with a swift kick that sent Kuro careening to the floor of the basilocom. She quickly staggered to her feet and looked up, only to see that Neptune had vanished. Before she knew it, Neptune elbowed her in the cheek from behind and sent her flying a few feet backwards. Kuro planted her feet on the floor and slid to a complete stop. "Whoa that's crazy, I couldn't even follow any of her attacks." Little Vert said without bothering to mask her amazement.

("Damn she's too strong! I'll have to retreat for now and come up with a strategy.") Kuro thought to herself as she panted and desperately tried to catch her breath. She then put her hands together while leaving them open and released a flurry of dark energy balls at Little Vert. Neptune quickly summoned her sword and sliced through each one of them almost effortlessly. Kuro then used that window of opportunity to escape through a black sinister-looking portal she created.

"You haven't seen the last of me bitch! You better be ready for the next time we meet!" She screeched just before the portal closed. ("So she used that attack as a distraction to create a chance to retreat. That was kind of crafty, I'll give her that much.") Neptune thought to herself.

"What's going on!?" Two familiar voices called out. Neptune turned around to see it was Nepgear and Uni rushing to the scene. She sighed in relief and reverted back to her human form. Then she walked over to where the others were gathered.

(5 MINUTES OF EXPLAINING LATER...)

"No way, there is a kid out there powerful enough to make you use your 'NEXT Form'?" Uni asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, but I think I probably could've won without using it though. I guess I lost my cool and got caught up in the heat of the moment." Neptune admitted while scratching the back of her head and smiling awkwardly. "Well she's gone now so I guess we can go back to 'chillaxing'." She said in her usual happy tone.

("That's my sister for ya, always going through life without a care in the world whatsoever.") Nepgear thought with a bead of sweat running down her cheek. Everyone decided to dismiss the matter for now and went inside to get some rest, after all it had gotten pretty late.

Coming Up:{Chapter 6- Slumber Party!}

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Hold on, wait wait wait pitchforks and torches down! I can explain. I had a lot going on during my absence and I really just couldn't find the time and energy to continue the story, with all the moving, transferring schools, assignments, work, etc. I'm back though and I promise I'll be able to update regularly from now on so I hope you can forgive me for that ridiculously HUGE cliffhanger I left you with. Anyways, I hope you guys liked the chapter. Don't forget to review and maybe drop a fav for me, okay? Ciao ;)

(Once again, I apologize for any grammar mistakes.)