Chapter 4

A New Beginning

So this is how my new life begins. I serve a goddess from another dimension. Her name is Noire of Lastation, the Land of Black Regality. It's also known to be the heart of Gameindustri. I came to this world with nothing at all. I can't forgive myself for what happened in the past. I wish to throw it all away. I will make a new man out of myself here in Gameindustri. Noire and I now set out in my first mission. We have to defeat a pack of wolves. A young girl wandered into a cave looking for her father and was never found. Our job is to save the little girl and find her father.

"So our mission is clear and simple." I stated

"Correct Anthony. We just defeat the enemies in our path and find the people in question and turn it in for money and shares." Noire stated in her usual serious tone of voice.

"You need those shares for more power I assume."

"Yes. Shares are the source of a CPU's power." Noire stated in a slightly sad tone. I wonder why, but I didn't question. I figured I would just get slapped in the face for asking. I pull out my sword.

"Then lets do this Noire." I run towards the horde of monsters. I hacked and slashed through them.

"Anthony don't just charge in! Leave some for me!" Noire runs towards me and fights the monsters off with me. Her skills are superb and way better than mine. I honestly didn't expect anything less from her. I saw a wolf about to attack her from behind and I charge toward it. I slice it down in one sword slash.

"Be more careful Lady Noire." I stated as we saw a giant cave.

" I could have killed it. . . . we're here Anthony." Noire stopped for a second. It seems like she notices a slight presence in the cave. Something dangerous must be in there I assume. We enter the cave and watched our surroundings. We found a little girl surrounded by monsters. I run towards the horde of enemies.

"Hey over here! You want me! I'm over here!" The monsters gave me the death stare and charge right at me. Noire notice her chance to save the girl and grabs her and takes her to a safe place. I try my best to fight off the enemies. I take down half of the horde of enemies before Noire shows up.

"Lace Ribbons!" She performs a somersault kick and finishes with a powered horizontal slash. She defeats the enemy at hand.

"Not bad Lady Noire." I stated.

"That is nothing. I am the CPU of Lastation. I can only do everything." Noire said with a confident smile.

"I'm going to take the little somewhere safe in town Lady Noire. I will be back quickly." Noire nods her head and proceeds deeper in the cave. The little girl looks at me as I take her back o Lastation.

"Are you and Lady Black Heart going to save my daddy?" The little asked me with tears coming down her eyes.

"Yes we are. I need you somewhere safe right now." I take the little girl to the basilicom. Kei comes towards me.

"IS this the little girl that was in the cave?"

"That is correct Kei. I need to go back to the cave and help Lady Noire. Please excuse me for the rush." I walk out of the basilicom.

"More honorable than I expected. There could some hope for that young man." Kei stated to herself. I go back into the cave. There is no monster around. Noire killed them all. I wandered around the dark and misty cave. I heard a roar following by a shriek. I run towards the noise only to see a giant sword-wielding demon about to chop someone down. I saw a man in the corner shivering in fear. I ran between the giant monster and the person it was about to kill. I realize it was Noire. My sword clashed with the demon's giant sword. It crushes me into the ground. I get back up.

"So you're going to be that asshole. Fine I will not go easy on you." My sword glows dark red and I run towards the beast. Noire is trying to catch her breath as she watches me fight off the beast. A beam of light comes from her. I'm barely keeping up with the beast as a red aura forms around me. My eyes glow red and I swing my sword vigorously at the demon before I saw a mecha-sword in front of me. I saw the demon fly away from me. I look to my right and saw a woman in a black jumpsuit. She was long flowing white hair. She is wearing metal claw gauntlets and wielding a mecha-sword. Her eyes are a enchanting teal eyes. I felt a seriously powerful aura about her.

"You're not the only power warrior here boy. I'm about to show the power of a CPU." I became stunned by what I am seeing. This is Noire's Goddess form. I shook my head and charge at the beast.

'Allow me to help you Lady Black Heart." My sword glows brighter as I attack the beast.

" Just don't be a nuisance Anthony." She slices the demon down along with me. It keeps blocking our attacks.

"I don't plan on holding you back at all." I stab the demon's back.

"Burning Impact!" I thrust my sword towards the demon causing massive damage. It swings it's sword right down on me. I block it's giant sword.

" I would attack now while I'm holding him at bay." Noire notice blood coming down my head.

"Anthony. . ." Noire couldn't say anything at that moment.

"Don't waste time. I can't hold him forever!" It grabs me and squeezes me tightly forcing me to scream in pain. I stab in right on it's hand to let me go. Noire catches me.

"Thanks Lady Black Heart."

"Black Heart is fine. Honestly you can call me Noire. Now let's finish this monster Anthony." Noire stated in a serious tone as she heals me.

"Got it Noire. Let's finish this now." I jump on the demon's back and slice it's back to cause damage to it. Noire prepares for a powerful attack.

Volcano Drive!" A giant pillar of fire engulfs the demon. The demon started to fall in defeat. I jump off the demon. It's falling towards her. I acted quickly and pick her up bridal style and run away from the demon as it finally falls and disappears. Noire went back to her human form.

"You alright Noire?" I asked her as I carried her out of the cave along with bringing the man along.

"Y-yea I'm fine. You can put me down now." Noire stated in a disgusted, but nervous tone. I saw her blush as I put her down.

"Sorry about that. Are you alright sir?" I asked the man.

"Yes I am. Thank you so much. What's you're name young man?" The man asked me.

"I'm Anthony."

"Anthony. . . . I see. I'm Eric. It's nice to meet you both. I thank you so much for saving me and my young daughter."

"No problem sir. Let's go to the basilicom. Your daughter is waiting for you there." Eric nodded his head and we go back to the basilicom. We enter the basilicom and the young girl runs towards Eric.

"Daddy!" She hugs Eric tightly.

"You alright Cindy?" Eric asked his daughter.

"Yes Daddy. I'm alright! Let's go home!" Cindy grabs Eric's hand and walks out of the basilicom.

"Thank you young man and Lady Black Heart!" Cindy waves to us as they leave. Noire and I looked at each other for a few seconds.

"Good job Anthony. You fought well tonight." Noire said to me in a slightly nervous tone.

"I'm glad I did a good job. I'm just glad those two are safe." I saw Noire's arms all cut up.

"Allow me to see your arm for a second." I take a first aid kit out and attend to her wounds.

"Wait! What are you doing! Huh?" She seems surprised that I knew how to attend to minor wounds.

"What? You surprised that I can do some basic first aid healing?" I laughed a little.

"I'm surprised that a battle crazy man like you knows how to attend to any wounds, but thank you." Noire said sweetly. I blushed as she said that. She looked at me weirdly.

"Why are you blushing?" Noire got disgusted.

"I'm not blushing! You're just seeing things. You clearly need some sleep Noire."

'"I'm not seeing thing and are you almost done. . .OH! You're done." Noire's right arms is covered in bandaged.

"If you're wondering I had to learn some basic skills to treat my wounds as being a mercenary. It's a skill that is needed when you're a lone wolf like me." I stated.

"Makes sense I suppose."

"Take it easy for today Noire."

"Don't tell me what to do! I can keep going." Noire falls on me. I caught her. I look into her red eyes.

"You can keep going? I think you can stop for today." Noire didn't say anything back in her defense. I sit her down on a chair.

"Just relax Noire. You need not to push yourself so much." I'm concerned for some weird reason.

"Fine. You should take it easy to. You took a beating today."

"You have a point I suppose."

"So I have a question for you?"

"Shoot away Noire."

"When did you get into mercenary work?" I felt a little weird when she asked me this question.

"I started around nine years old."

"NINE?! Why so young?" Noire is in shock.

"I lost my father while he went monster hunting, so I took up his work to repay him for what he done for me. I'm the reason he die."

"What do you mean?"

"My father got killed saving me from a horde of monsters. I made back to the basilicom but my dad die in the field."

"To the basilicom?"

"Yes I was sent to the basilicom as it's a place of safety."

"I see. So what happened to your mom?"

"My mom? I never seen her. I have no clue what she even looks like."

O I see." Noire comes toward and give me a gentle hug. The hell? This is different side of Noire. A rare sight to be sure.

"Thank you Noire." The only thing I could do is return the hug.

"You're welcome Anthony. Don't get used to this."

"I know Noire. I know." I smiled a bit. Noire eyes widen in surprise.

"What?" I became confused.

"I just never seen you smile. That's all!" Noire got flustered.

"Oh I see. I should a bit more."

"And why do you say that."

"To see you acting cute like this so damn adorable." I laughed heart fully.

"Anthony!" Noire face becomes so red. I just laughed harder.

"Hey come down. It's just mean you're beautiful." I stated in a serious tone as I walk upstairs. Noire became frozen in embarrassment.

"Yell at me all you like. It will not changed anything at all. I'm going to bed. I will see you in the morning." I went to my room and decided to sleep for a while.

"O-ok" Noire is still blushing a deep red.

'Why am I feeling like this. He just called me beautiful. Lots of my fans think I'm pretty and great. When he said that I felt really. . .happy.' Noire smiles upon her own thoughts. She goes to her room and lays down.

'Being a CPU is so tiring. I should let him help a little more. Do I really want him? I know nothing about him. I need to know about him first. I'm sure I could just ask him question.' Noire kept thinking about how she could talk to me.

'Noire. . .Why the hell am I thinking about her like this. I'm her bodyguard and nothing more. That was a different and rare side of Noire I saw today. That hug felt so warm and gentle. I guess any kind of affection would make a man like feeling warm and fuzzy.' I couldn't get Noire out of my head as I fell asleep. What will tomorrow bring? Time will have to answer that for me.

Author's Note: Hey guys. Hoping bring this story back is worth it! :D Stay tuned for the Summer Special is coming soon. Remember to review and thank you ever so much for reading my story. Due check my main story HDN: Reborn. Until the next chapter.