Note: So who's ready for some fanservice~?
This one-shot is based on an omake from the Neptunia manga (specifically from Volume 1), where the girls (excluding the CPU Candidates) go to the Hakone Hot Spring.
For those unaware, Rokku has the ability to fuse (or more appropriately, "Megamerge", a term used in the Mega Man ZX series) with Mega Man (from the Classic games). When he megamerges with him, Rokku becomes Mega Man Neo. That is what he is referred to as when he's megamerged, not Rokku. Just keep in mind Rokku and Neo are the same people; they just use different names depending on the situation.
I don't own Neptunia or Mega Man-Must I read this each time...? I know it's to inform those who are unaware who are the true owners and stuff but... It's obvious, no? Anyway...
Enjoy~!
"Ohhhhhh..."
Rokku Akihiro was in Neptune's bed, surrounded by his friends, Mega Man, Shade, Neptune, Nepgear, Noire and Compa.
Poor Rokku had very small genuine tears on the verge of sliding down his cheeks, for the young teen had a giant cast on his right foot; starting just below his kneecap and ending at the very tip of his toes, covering his entire foot.
"Wow, that looks pretty awful..." Nepgear said sympathetically.
Noire folded her arms with a concerned look. "How exactly did this happen?"
Instinctively, the Lastation Goddess slowly turned her eyes towards the double d-pad wearing Planeptune Goddess, making her flinch.
"Ah! How rude Noire! Suspecting me so quickly!" Neptune cried.
Noire wasn't buying that. She began to tap her foot on the ground.
"Okay, maaaaaybe Rocky may have... Tripped and twisted his precious wittle ankle~..." Neptune said nervously.
Nepgear sighed. "Rokku came with Neptune and I on a quest. He said he wanted to try not relying on his "Mega Man Neo" form all the time. Near the end of the quest, Rokku got his leg tangled up on the vines of our enemy... It wasn't a good sight to see..."
Noire turned away from Neptune. "Of course that's what happened. Were you guys not watching him enough?"
Nepgear flinched and began to nervously press her two index fingers together. "W-We were! I-I just thought Rokku could handle himself, since he was, um, Mega Man Neo, and all...!"
"I knew I should've joined you guys..." Mega said sadly. "I'm his best friend and guardian and I failed at both of those jobs..."
Rokku tapped his finger on the bed. "H-Hey, don't say that. You're still a great friend~!"
Mega smiled, happy to know that Rokku had no ill feelings towards him.
"How bad is it, Rokku?" Shade asked, while placing a hand on his shoulder.
"It's pretty bad..." Rokku whimpered, dropping his smile from earlier. "I feel nothing but pain nonstop... I never felt this much lingering pain before...!"
The Oracle of Planeptune, Histoire, appeared on the scene. She displayed disappointment and agitation. "I have warned you time and time again, Neptune. We had to keep Rokku away from situations like this. We can't have one of the protectors of his world come back injured."
"Hey now, at least I said I was sorry, right?" Neptune cried in a panic.
"I... Well..." Histoire knew Neptune was right. She did in fact apologize. "That's acceptable I suppose... However, Rokku was still injured, and it could've been prevented."
Rokku whined some more. "W-Wait, aren't you guys Goddesses? Well, three out of seven of you are... B-But my point is, can't you do some mumbo jumbo magic on my awesome leg!?"
"Hey, we aren't magicians or anything." Noire retorted. "If we get an injury, we have to heal up just like any other human."
Noire then smiled. "At least, that's what I would have said if it weren't for the fact there's such a thing as healing grass. With that, your body could heal faster than normal."
Rokku beamed with hope.
"Aaaaaaaaaaand we don't have any on us." Neptune said.
Rokku pouted. "Drat."
"I promise you'll be okay soon~!" Compa assured him. "A little rest and relaxation will heal that leg up in no time!"
"But I want my leg healed now!" Rokku whined.
"Acting like a spoiled child won't heal it any faster, Rokku." Noire lectured.
Rokku pouted again. But, out of the blue, an idea popped in his head. "Heyyy! Acting like a spoiled child won't heal it any faster, but megamerging will!"
Everyone, excluding Mega and Shade, scratched their heads in confusion.
"Mega! Let's Megamerge!" Rokku requested.
"Umm, okay!" Mega nodded determinedly.
In a quick instant flash of light, Rokku had become Mega Man Neo and donned the armor, including helmet, Mega Man vest and all.
What the girls didn't see (because the transformation is so instantaneous) was that Mega Man flashed and turned into data particles. Almost immediately, he entered the Combi-Carrier and the particles started to engulf Rokku's body with a bright light. First he would have a black bodysuit materialize on him, then his blue boots would materialize, followed by his briefs, vest (+ neck-guard), gauntlets and finally the helmet. The light would disappear and reveal his awesome Mega Man Neo armor.
"Oh yeah! I feel like a million zenny~!" Neo roared.
Then he hopped off the bed and on his feet. With a heroic pose and a triumphant smile, he truly felt great. "It feels so good~!"
"Hey, your megamerging technique sped up the healing process!" Nepgear cried in awe.
"Alright, now let's de-megamerge!" Neo said.
A bright flash appeared again, and Mega Man stood beside his human partner. However... Rokku still had the cast on his leg. He suddenly collapsed on the ground while everyone looked at him in surprise and concern. A very loud audible bone crack was heard once he fell to the floor.
Slowly but surely, Rokku's face changed from dumbfounded to a crybaby face.
"AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAHHH-"
NEPUUUU~!
PLEASE STAND BY! UNDERGOING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES RIGHT NOW~!
NEPUU~! NEPUU~!
The brunette boy now had a pouted look on his face after he was almost immediately placed back on the bed.
"Rokku, for your own health and safety, I highly recommend you stay in bed." Histoire lectured.
"Hmph." Rokku pouted.
Compa came in carrying a pink tray containing food and a drink.
"Here Rocky~!" Compa said happily, carefully placing the tray on his lap. "Tasty Chicken Soup, a carton of milk with the straw attached and your favorite, melted cheese broccoli~!"
Rokku glanced at the food. He couldn't help but crack a small smile when he saw the broccoli covered in delicious cheese. He was one of the rare kids that loved vegetables; especially broccoli. However, he was obsessed with broccoli with melted cheese. Something about it just made his heart dance silly and his stomach tap it's non-existent foot in glee.
"Thank you Compa." Rokku said.
Compa smiled, happy to have been of help to him. Then Neptune lunged her hand towards his face, holding a container of something no one could mistake.
"And here's Planeptune's famous pudding, straight from Nep-Nep herself~!" Neptune said.
Rokku sweatdropped and slowly grabbed the container. "Y-Yeah... Thanks."
"Anyway, we have to skedaddle outta here~" Neptune said with her fists on her hips.
"Skedaddle?" Rokku repeated like a parrot. "Skedaddle where?"
"Oh, you didn't know?" Nepgear asked. "Well, we were actually going to the Hakone Hot Spring!"
"This time, including the CPU Candidates!" Neptune added.
Rokku's face went pale. "Y-You guys are going to some special place! W-Without me!?"
"We were considering bringing you along but... You have that bummed out leg..." Nepgear giggled nervously.
"Besides, even if you did come, you and Mega would've been by yourselves." Noire said. "There's no way we're bringing men to a girl's bath."
Rokku whimpered. He's never been to a Hot Spring before, but from his Japanese research, he's heard they are an amazing experience! Because of his jacked up leg, he's unable to experience what he's always wanted to do since he was 12!
"N-N-N-No fair!" Rokku whined, (literally) talking like a baby. "I wanna go too!"
"Hey bubsy, there's nothing you can do about it!" Neptune said half-seriously. "Just lie there and heal up, okay?"
Mega Man held onto his partner's shoulder. "At least I'll be here! We boys gotta stick together, right?"
"Speaking of which..." Noire turned to Shade. "Hey, you should come with us, Shade."
"No thanks." Shade answered in a almost emotionless tone.
"C'mon, that stoic attitude can't be good for your back Shadey~!" Neptune said. The Planeptune Goddess received a glare from the kunoichi, mostly from the cringey nickname she was given.
"Putting aside the embarrassing nickname, Neptune is right. You don't look like you've relaxed in quite some time." Noire said. "We won't force you, but you might regret it later on."
Shade folded her arms. "I said no. Rokku is my top priority."
"Oh man, you're the type that's super overprotective over the main boy character, huh. *=_=*" Neptune said. "I bet if Rokku got kidnap by some big baddie, you'd go full-on rage mode."
Shade merely sweatdropped, but she was also blushing a little. She held her scarf over her face to hide her blush. In all honesty, Neptune wasn't completely wrong...
"Go on ahead Shade." Mega said. "I'll stick around and take care of Rokku. You focus on relaxing your body, okay?"
Shade looked at Mega and then at Rokku. He nodded slowly with that dorky smile of his that his friends and family; mostly his mother; loves oh so much.
The kunoichi sighed and dropped her arms. "Very well then. I'll join you."
"Yeah! The ninja girl is in~! *v" Neptune cheered, fist bumping the air.
Shade sighed again and followed the girls out. "Get well, Rokku."
Moments later, the girls were out of the bedroom, leaving Rokku alone with Histoire and Mega Man.
Mega Man arrives back into Neptune's room carrying a cup of water. The reploid boy looks at Rokku, a little concerned over his partner's current expression.
"Rokku, what's the matter?" Mega asked.
"The girls get to go on a trip to the hot springs while I'm stuck in bed..." Rokku mewled.
"Oh... Yeah, that does bite. I wish we've could've gone." Mega admitted, placing the cup in Rokku's hand. He then smiled at his partner. "...But your health is more important than some stupid hot spring anyway!"
"You're right Mega, and I really appreciate you staying by my side..." Rokku smiled. "But still, I should've brought you with me on the quest. None of this would've happened otherwise..."
"I guess, but there's nothing we can do about it now. All we can do is make sure you're okay." The classic Blue Bomber said.
Rokku sighed... But then his face lit up. The look on his face TRULY concerned Mega Man since it was the type of look the reploid didn't like to see.
"Rokku..." Mega began in a suspicious tone. "What's with that face...?"
Rokku tossed all the water down his throat and drunk it in one gulp. He then wiped his mouth and revealed a very, VERY devious smirk plastered all over his youthful face. He placed the cup on the tray he had earlier, courtesy of Compa, and grinned mischievously at his reploid best friend.
"You say there's nothing we can do about it, but I disagree~" Rokku told his friend. He had a low but very mischievous tone when speaking, something a little uncharacteristic of Rokku (but more characteristic of Mega Man Neo when he tends to get the upper hand against his opponents).
"You...disagree?"
"Yes, I do~" Rokku raised his right wrist, showing his friend the Combi-Carrier on his wrist. It didn't take long for Mega Man to realize what his friend was about to do.
"Ohhhh no. Don't you dare, Rokk-" Mega was suddenly changed into data particles and transferred into the wrist-device. A quick flash of light immediately followed and Rokku had changed into Mega Man Neo, complete with the armor and all.
Neo jumped off the bed and held his wrist to his face to look at the Combi-Carrier's screen, seeing Mega Man's annoyed expression.
"My good ol' leg won't heal unless I actually rest up. However, when I megamerge, all that goes away~!" Neo explained. "Now that my leg is "healed up", I can totally go to the Hakone Hot Spring!"
"Rokku, this isn't right!" Mega lectured. "You need to properly heal up your leg!"
"That's boring. WAAAAY too boring." Neo said, tapping his foot.
"Come on! It's not like the injury is permanent! You can skip out on one trip!" Mega Man lectured. "By the time your leg is healed up, you can go on the next trip in no time!"
"Maybe, but why wait when you can do it now?" Neo asked with a cheesy grin.
"Oh brother..." Mega facepalmed. "I've never seen you so irresponsible before..."
"Alrighty!" Neo began triumphantly, ignoring his friend's comments. "Hakone Hot Spring, here I come~!"
With victory in his hands, Neo teleported out of Neptune's bedroom...
...However, because he didn't actually have the coordinates to the Hot Spring, he accidentally teleported just outside, behind the window. He panicked and fell all the way down to the ground. The fall must've lasted about 17 or 19 seconds.
But nevertheless, Neo landed harmlessly on the ground. It's all thanks to the Full Auto Balancer (Gyroscopic Stabilization System) that allows Neo to land cleanly in area and in any kind of state. Quite a nifty tool!
Neo would go quickly search for directions to the Hakone Hot Spring and would eventually find the way to get there. Without skipping a beat, Neo headed off to the location.
...All the while, Histoire had no idea that the "patient" and his "caretaker" left Planeptune... But she would have to check on the boys sooner or later, and she may be shocked at the revelation...
"Whew..." said the nurse-in-training.
Compa and IF had entered the waters of the Hakone Hot Spring, letting the warm sensation course through their bodies. The steam was lingering throughout the entire area, obviously originating from the water itself.
"It's been awhile since we've been here." IF said. "Last time, you-know-what happened."
"Yep. But this time, things should be peaceful, Iffy~!" Compa said assuredly.
Just as Compa said that, she felt a dangerous presence behind her. She slowly turned her head and saw Neptune in the bath with them, her towel covering her chest. She had her hands raised and bent her fingers in a "gropey" motion.
"Second verse, same as the first Compaaaa~!" Neptune said maliciously. She then lunged at the poor girl. "Boobie Grope Attack~!"
Compa let out a scream and pleaded with IF to help her. "Kyaaaa! Save me Iffy!"
"Not again..." IF said with a crooked smile, watching the same scenario repeat once again. Suddenly, IF saw the other Goddesses come out with their bath towels covering their bodies.
"Yaaay! A pool!" Ram cried rushing into the bath.
"Yaaaaay..." The shy girl Rom said in cheer as well.
"This isn't a pool, it's a bath to relax your bodies. Don't go-" Blanc couldn't finish her lecture as Rom and Ram began playing in the bath as if it were a pool. Blanc sighed. "Good grief."
"Now, now, they are children, Blanc. Keep that in mind~" Vert said to the Lowee Goddess.
"C'mon, let's get in Uni!" Nepgear told her friend, dropping her towel and entering the bath.
Uni followed right after her and moaned in delight. "Ohhhhh... This feels really nice..."
"I know... I feel really relieved in here..." Nepgear moaned as well. "I don't want to leave this place..."
Noire, Blanc and Vert would follow after the two CPU Candidates, dropping their towels and entering.
"Ahhhh... I had forgotten how good this feels~..." Noire sighed happily, resting her back against some rocks.
However, one other individual has yet to enter the bath. A long haired ravenette with a towel covering her upper and lower body, and a face covered in blush from both the heat and the naked girls. As usual, her arms were crossed.
"Heeeey, Shade-san! What are you still doing there?! Come on in! The water's great~!" Neptune yelled, kicking her feet in the water.
The flustered kunoichi looked around. Everyone was beginning to stare at her, making her feel more embarrassed and flustered.
"I-I..." Shade didn't know what to say or do. She couldn't bring her legs to step into the bath. "I-I'm not particularly used to this... I've never been in a hot spring before..."
"Whaaaaaa!? That's crazy!" Neptune cried.
"Just come on in, Shade." Noire said. "We're all girls so there's nothing to be nervous or embarrassed about."
She says this as she's sometimes embarrassed to be naked around them as well. However, the sensation of the water seem to have made her forget that.
"Besides, the water feels excellent~" Vert added. "I promise, you will not regret it~"
Shade's lips quivered a little. After thinking it over, she finally gathered up the courage to experience a genuine hot spring. She dropped her towel and entered the bath.
Her face was redder than before and her eyes lit up suddenly. She felt completely at ease. She felt good. It was much better than soaking in a bathroom bath! She wanted more of this feeling.
"Yeah! The ninja girl has faced her fears!" Neptune cheered. Shade decided to ignore Neptune's comment and soak in deeper.
Vert, however, was awestruck. "My, my~"
The Leanbox Goddess slowly made her way towards the kunoichi with an awfully seductive expression. When Shade opened her eyes and saw the Leanbox Goddess before her, she blushed more.
"Wh-What...?"
"I never knew your breasts were so big~" Vert said in awe.
Though they were submerged into the water, the kunoichi decided to slowly raise her hands to cover them as she was flustered once again.
"Ahhh, they must be C-Cups~" Vert said, slowly reaching for them.
"H-Hey! Back off!" Shade demanded, moving away from Vert in a panicked state. Vert followed right after her.
"Tell me, Shade. ARE they C-Cups~?" Vert asked, right behind the kunoichi.
"Y-Yes... They are, now leave me alone, please!" Shade requested.
Blanc, meanwhile, sunk her head lower into the water upon learning of Shade's true breast size.
Eventually, Shade would escape Vert's "assault" and attempt to relax in this bath...
Mega Man Neo arrived near his destination. The skies were clear and dark, just the way Neo likes his nights; especially when traveling to new areas.
"Okay, we made it!" Neo celebrated.
"Rokku, I do have to ask a rather important question." Mega sighed, having long given up on changing Rokku's mind about going to the Hot Spring.
"Shoot." Neo said, walking along the stone pathway.
"What exactly do you intend to do here anyway?" Mega asked.
"What a dumb question to ask, Mega! I thought you were really smart!?"
"No, I mean... You're in armor. Megamerged armor. The only thing you can really take off is the helmet. We aren't going to feel relaxed once you step in the water. We probably aren't going feel much of anything because of how the armor is made."
Neo stopped, dumbfounded at the sudden realization.
"Oh... I... Uh... Didn't think that far ahead, come to think of it..." Neo admitted.
Mega gave Rokku a look that read 'Seriously dude?'. Neo tapped underneath his chin, looking at the night sky as he attempted to conjure up some type of plan.
"Ummm, maybe when we actually get to the hot spring, we can de-megamerge and you can carry me into the water!"
"No way!" Mega rejected almost immediately.
"Why?! You should have absolutely no problem lifting me! I don't weight as much! I'm actually pretty light!" Neo exclaimed.
"Your weight isn't the issue! (Though I can lift your entire body with one hand, honestly. Maybe even two-three fingers... I AM a reploid after all...) We weren't supposed to be here! We're supposed to be back at Planeptune!"
"Hey now! You had plenty of options to de-megamerge on our way here! You have that ability! It's not like I forced you to come, did I?" Neo asked.
Mega flinched a little with a bit of sweat running down his cheek. "Uhhh...I-I-I-I-I-It's not like I wanted to come to the hot springs or anything! Nope not at all! I just, uh, didn't think about my ability at the time!"
Neo held his forehead and grinned in disbelief. "Gee, you really sounded like Noire there for a sec, dude."
The boys continued to bicker back and forth. However, their argument had caught the attention of three other boys... Boys that looked completely uninteresting and aren't really important.
With that mind, describing their character designs is useless, useless, USELESSSSS!
If it means anything, they do look like they are around Rokku's age, if not slightly older.
...But... What the heck were they doing hanging around in the female section of the hot spring...?
Whatever, the trio of boys approached Mega Man Neo, making the modern Blue Bomber jump in surprise since his bickering with the classic Blue Bomber kept him distracted.
"W-Whoa! Um, hey there... Random dudes..." Neo said. Though he did not understand meta-humor, he felt a very strange sense that these trio of boys weren't very interesting in the slightest. He'd probably forget them after this one-shot.
Also, Mega Man, for safety reasons, has stayed quiet.
"Hey there mecha guy." Boy #1 greeted.
"What're you doin' around here?" Boy #2 asked.
Though they did not share the same voice, they all had the type of voice that would make almost anyone punch in the face. In other words, they sounded like troublesome boys.
"Umm..." Neo was a little surprised. He's not used to random people approaching him because on his world, the majority of the citizens would stay clear of him because either they knew he was fighting and didn't want to get in his way or they feared him because of his slight similarities to Maverick mechaniloids such as the Galleons.
The modern Blue Bomber had to remember that he was in Gamindustri, a place where a lot of characters of uncanny resemblances to certain video game characters. It just so happen that Mega Man Neo also had a resemblance to one. (Take a wild guess~)
Neo shook his head after thinking so much and stood up straight. "I came here to see some girls."
The boys looked at each other and smirked. The way Neo had said his purpose of being here made him sound like kind of a bad guy too...
"Yeah, so are we!" Boy #1 said.
"Heh, you should join us!" Boy #3 also said.
"Join you?" Neo parroted.
"Yuh-huh! We saw like 11 girls come here 20 minutes ago!" Boy #2 informed. "They don't look like they are leaving for like another hour, so we still got time to check up on them!"
Neo grinned excitedly. Once again, his timing of the grin made him really seem like he's a bad guy like these trio of boys...
"Those 11 girls sound like Neptune and the others! Yahoo~! I can still join them in the hot springs!" Neo thought happily. He had apparently forgotten about the glaring issue: He's in armor that cannot be removed unless he de-megamerges. Even if he does, he'll need someone's help to carry him because he has a broken leg.
Neo nodded his head cheerfully. "Yeah! Let's go!"
"Ehehehehehehehe... Come on then. Those girls are just right ahead~" Boy #1 snickered. He walked ahead and the other two boys followed suit. Neo began to march right behind them.
Mega Man had a look of concern over his face. He began to talk to Rokku telepathically about his concerns.
[For the uninformed, Mega Man, having Biometal data within his body, has some abilities of a Biometal, such as speaking internally with their partner. Biometals are said to only being able to communicate with their Chosen Ones via the mind, and any one who ISN'T a Chosen One cannot hear them. Rokku, however, is technically NOT a Chosen One, but rather an artificial one. Nonetheless, he can still hear other Biometals thanks to Mega Man.]
"Rokku, something feels a bit...off about these weirdos..." Mega Man said.
Neo looked at his Combi-Carrier screen to see Mega. "What? Do you think they are totally uninteresting too?"
"No...Well actually, yes, that too, but that's not what I was referring to. Something doesn't seem right about this..."
"They are leading us to Neptune and the others! What's so wrong about that?" Neo asked."Trust me, when we meet them, they might be shocked at first, but we'll all be happy together in a couple of seconds!"
Poor Rokku was naive as to what was really about to happen involving these trio of boys. Mega Man was having his suspicions and the suspicion meter was steadily rising as they got closer to their destination.
Mega Man Neo followed the trio of boys to a "secret passage" through the bushes that led them to a rather strange area. It was small and pretty tight, but from here, one could get a clear view at what was going on inside the large bath area. However, the bushes had to be cleared a little in order to get that view.
"Here we are~" Boy #3 whispered.
"Why are we whispering?" Neo asked, raising a brow.
"Because, dumbass, we don't want the girls to see us!" Boy #2 told him.
"But... Shouldn't we be joining them?" Neo asked, ignoring the curse word insult.
"Whoa, you got some guts there, mecha man." Boy #1 said with a grin. "But you should really be watching them for now."
"Hmm, so I guess we wait until it's time to reveal ourselves..." Neo thought naively.
"Alright, let's get the show started~!" Boy #1 announced, opening the bushes a little.
Once the bushes were spread out, they got a glimpse of the Goddesses, Candidates, IF, Compa and Shade in the bath. The steam was also hovering around. It felt nice and the water was the cause of it.
Neptune was splashing around with Nepgear, much to her little sister's dismay. Noire was trying to relax in the bath, but could not do so because of Neptune splashing about like a child and Vert attempting to literally grope her chest. Blanc, amazingly, was reading a book while her sisters, Rom and Ram, were pestering Uni about her chest size. IF was getting a shoulder rub from Compa and The Guild member couldn't have been more happy to have a shoulder rub from the nurse-in-training.
Shade, Neo's best friend and ultimate partner, was looking very peaceful. She had blush from the sensation of the hot spring water, and her arms spread along the stone ground while she rested (almost) without interruption. She could go without Neptune's childish bantering, but she was overall "relaxed".
"Wow... Shade looks so... relaxed..." Neo said internally in awe. "I wonder what she's thinking about..."
Mega grew more concerned. "No... Something definitely doesn't feel right Rokku... Tell me you don't feel it..."
Neo heard the boys snicker mischievously and have blushes on their faces.
"Ummm..." Neo was admittedly starting to feel it too.
"Man, look at that busty blonde~" Boy #2 said.
"You can have your "busty blonde", I'll gladly look at that black haired girl that's being groped~!" Boy #1 said.
Neo's face lit up upon hearing that boy's description. That could've meant Noire, Uni or even Shade. Neo took a peek. Though he hadn't noticed it before, he saw a rather strange acting Vert groping Noire from behind. Noire didn't appear to like it for the most part. Yes, you heard right, for the most part. TvT
"Ughh! This is dejavu all over again!" Noire cried. "What is with you and bringing booze to a hot spring!?"
Neo's face went a little pale. He hadn't realized it until now, but...
They... They were all naked! COMPLETELY NAKED!
Neo had assumed they were wearing swimsuits or something, but he didn't know they were naked!
"Man, this is freakin' awesome!" Boy #2 grinned.
"I just want to touch those bouncy balloons on that busty blonde~" Boy #3 said, beginning to feel his nose drip with blood.
Neo felt uncomfortable. He felt...dirty. He slowly leaned back and just stared at the girls in the hot spring without directly looking at anyone.
"A-A-A-Ahhh...!" Neo screamed internally. "Oh nononononononononononononono NOOOO! This isn't right! This isn't right at all!"
"Wh-What is it Rokku!?" Mega asked in alarm.
"Mom told me that looking at naked girls is wrong! We're looking at naked girls!" Neo screamed.
"W-Wait... They are naked!?" Mega also screamed. He had saw characters like Rom, Ram, Compa and IF with bath towels around them, but that must've meant that the likes of Neptune and Shade were completely naked in the bath! "Oh my gosh! This is wrong! This is totally wrong!"
"People who look at girls are called 'deviants'! We're deviants! Degenerates! Sleazeballs! All that!" Neo screamed more in absolute shame.
Neo started to fidget around, making the bushes move a bit.
"Man... That short lilac haired girl is pretty cute~" Boy #1 said. He then raised a brow and looked behind him.
The trio of boys had begun to notice the bushes moving around and Neo bumping into the boys.
"H-Hey! The hell's with you!?" Boy #2 angrily whispered.
Neo was panicking. He was doing something that's against his morals and was unaware of it! His freaking out was making the bushes move and he was also unintentionally pushing the boys... Who were without a doubt, perverts.
"Knock that off!" Boy #1 demanded.
"Quit shoving dumbass!" Boy #3 whispered in irritation. "They're gonna see us!"
Nepgear, who was starting to enjoy splashing with her big sister, stopped when she noticed the bushes above the wooden fences moving quite irregularly. She had a question mark form above her head as she looked on. Neptune was about to splash her sister, but noticed she wasn't focused on her.
"Heyyy, Nep Jr, whatcha starin' at?" Neptune asked cheerfully. She soon followed her gaze and saw the bushes moving about. The Nep sisters squinted to get a slightly better view, and although faintly, they saw what appeared to be boys pushing and shoving.
"Haaaaah!?" Nepgear gasped loudly with a embarrassed and freaked out expression. "W-We're being watched!"
"Peeping toms!" Neptune roared, grabbing a wood bucket and aiming to throw it at the bushes.
"Heeeeey!" Uni cried in shock while Rom and Ram screamed as well.
The boys noticed that they have been caught and their faces were as white as ghosts.
"Sh-Shit! We've been found out! Let's get the hell outta here!" Boy #1 ordered.
The boys left the bushes, hearing the sounds of (almost) every single girl there screaming their butts off (ha) over the discovery. Immediately, they grabbed their towels and was making their way out of the area. Shade has finally opened her eyes and was lost as to what was going on. She averted her gaze towards the fence and saw a trio of boys running in terror while everyone else was chasing after them.
"God! Why can't we come to these hot springs without sick perverts watching us!?" Noire angrily asked to no one in particular.
Neo, still in the bushes, was still in shock over what he was doing. He suddenly shook his head when he saw the boys escaping the scene. He had no idea what was happening at the moment.
"Rokku! Get up! We gotta follow those boys before they get away!" Mega ordered. "We need to demand why they were hanging around here on purpose!"
Neo gulped and nodded with a determined and heroic look. "R-Right!"
He darted out of the bushes and rushed after the boys.
The girls weren't so hot on the boys' trail.
"Ahhh! They're getting away!" IF exclaimed frustrated over it.
Before Neptune could intervene with her heroic line, Shade suddenly appeared.
"Not on my watch." Shade said in a creepily murderous tone. The kunoichi had her bath towel wrapped around her neck, making it look like her usual ninja scarf. She also strangely had time to put on her skintight black tanktop (that were above her belly) and skintight shorts...
Shade rushed ahead of the other girls and soared into the air. Three large shurikens materialized between her four fingers. She immediately threw them towards the boys. However, her eyes slowly widened at the fourth person running behind them.
Neptune also saw the fourth character seemingly following the boys, albeit a little far behind and steadily catching up.
"Wait a sec... Blue armor... Black spiky hair sticking out the back of his head..." Neptune began to slowly put the pieces together. However, that train of thought disappeared when she saw Shade land back on the ground.
Shade's face was filled with terror as the shurikens were getting closer to her targets.
Neo, not noticing that the girls were behind him, seem to have heard the sound of spinning blades heading his way. He turned around and saw three black shurikens with red highlights near his face.
"OMG!" Neo cried as he realized what exactly was about to impact him.
BOOM!
A large explosion sent the three boys and Neo soaring into the air, all screaming as they fell back to the ground.
Shade held a hand over her mouth while the others cheered in victory.
"Got 'em!" They cheered.
Uni approached Shade and congratulated her. "Nice job Shade! I didn't know you had exploding shurikens!"
"That's really cool~!" Nepgear gawked.
The two noticed Shade's face. It seem to read, "I don goofed."
Noire and Neptune rushed ahead of the three.
"Time to apprehend these perverted deviants!" Noire grunted.
Once the smoke cleared, Noire and Neptune stopped dead in their tracks when they found an additional boy they did not expect.
The modern Blue Bomber, lying on his bottom, having dizzy looking eyes and a wavy-like mouth. He slowly moved his head and upper body back and forth in dazed way.
"R-Rokku!? M-Mega Man?!" Neptune and Noire cried in unison.
The three boys were on their hands and knees, blushing furiously and begging for their lives. All before the Goddesses, the Guild member, the nurse-in-training, and the kunoichi. Mega Man Neo, on the other hand, was on the side of the boys, standing with a look of shame and his hands behind his back.
"Please! Don't kill us!" Boy #3 cried.
"We couldn't help ourselves!" Boy #2 yelled. "You guys were saying such sexy stuff!"
"Our instincts just kicked in!" Boy #1 hollered. "We're sorry!"
Noire's vein pulsed. She turned to Neptune and asked, "What should we do? And "letting them go scot-free" isn't an option this time."
"Oh come on, Noire!" Neptune said. "These uninteresting boys were just doing what their dum-dum brains were telling to them to do. It's not their fault."
"Y-You're kidding me, right!?" Noire exclaimed.
Shade, who was previously embarrassed that her friends, Rokku and Mega, saw her in her skintight tanktop and shorts, approached the boys. In her hand materialized her signature beam-katana, the humming blue energy coming from the blade pointing at Boy #1.
"They must pay for what they've done." Shade said coldly. "Not only do I not tolerate perverts, but I also do not tolerate dishonest scumbags."
The boys quivered as they saw this death machine glaring down at them like she was death itself.
"Geez Shadey, why so serious~?" Neptune asked in a false-creepy voice.
"Speaking of perverts..." Uni began as she averted her gaze to Mega Man Neo. He jumped in surprise and blushed heavily.
Everyone, including Shade, turned their attention to Neo.
"What are you doing here, Rokku?" Nepgear asked. "I thought you were healing your leg up."
Neo was about to answer, but was interrupted.
"Actually, come to think of it, you were running with these boys, Rokku." Vert said. "What were you doing with them?"
Neo blushed more and scratched his cheek. "I-I... I... Um..."
"Whoa... Hold the Nep-Phone... We're you being peeping toms like these guys!?" Neptune asked. Everyone's eyes slowly widened at Neptune's accusation.
"P-Peeping tom...?" Neo repeated. "Wh-What's that...?"
"Someone who is spying on others engaged in some type of sexual activity or undressing." Blanc explained, sounding a little more than pissed off.
"B-But Rokku... You were spying on us...?" Rom asked.
"You too, Mega?" Uni asked in a agitated and disbelief tone.
"N-Nonono! This is a major misunderstanding!" Mega cried in shock.
Shade blushed heavily at the possibility that she was being spied on. She began to look shy because of this possibility and slowly lowered her katana away from the boys.
"That's right! We were... sort of... tricked into... watching you guys..." Neo said shamefully. He wasn't completely wrong though. He simply misunderstood what the boys were truly up to. "W-We didn't know that it would lead to this! My Mom always said-"
"Tricked into it? Yeah right!" Noire interrupted. "You just couldn't stand not being able to spy on us so you megamerged so you could have the ability to come here! You're just like these boys! You're a pervert!"
Neo gasped. "N-No, you're wrong, Noire! Please, list-"
"I can't believe you made me believe you were so innocent, Rokku. You too Mega Man." Noire continued. "I'm disappointed in the both of you. Very disappointed."
Neo's eyes went blank and his mouth was left hanging open. Something in his brain just...
Snapped.
He looked at the floor, his eyes shaking at being called a pervert, something he didn't want to be. His eyes were hidden from the group, mysteriously shadowed over.
The girls had no idea that the boys were using the distraction to slowly slip away from them. However, Neo began to take notice and quickly glared at them. His eyes were glowing red and he had a devastating frown. The boys shook violently at the death glare given to them.
"Where do you think YOU'RE going!?" Neo boomed.
The boys screamed and scrambled to get away, but Neo quickly grabbed all of them and held them by their shirts and hoodies. He held them above the ground and they kicked their feet in fear.
"You degenerates fooled me into doing something perverted! Now people think I'm a pervert! I won't forgive you for this! I WON'T!"
Reeling back his leg and a deep growl, his boot began to glow blue and digital particles surrounded it. Then, with a flaming kick, he sent the grouped up boys blasting off into the night sky. Who knows where or when they would land back on solid ground.
The girls watched as Neo panted heavily with his back turned, all surprised by his sudden action.
"Well... That's one way of dealing with those guys..." IF pointed out.
"Whoa... He can get pissed off like Blanc... What a discovery..." Neptune said with a sly smile.
Shade approached her friend and placed a hand on his shoulder. She saw his child-like face welling up with tears over what has transpired. Shade just smiled and patted his back, while the girls watched on...
Back at Planeptune, after Histoire apologizes for not informing the group that Rokku and Mega Man had gone missing from the place, the Goddesses have a discussion with Mega Man outside of Neptune's room.
"Rokku's back on his bed." Mega informed the four Goddesses. "He won't be leaving until that leg's healed."
"Aaaand, he's kinda back in his depressed state again, like in the other one-shot." Neptune added with a bit of sweat sliding down on her cheek.
"I guess I'm partly to blame for that..." Noire admitted with a sigh, recounting how devastated Rokku looked when she told him that she was disappointed in him. "I suppose I was so embarrassed that I made false accusations without truly hearing his side of the story."
"Ehh, he'll get over it." Mega waved it off. "He's Rokku, after all."
"You're right about that." Noire agreed, having heard of the teen's quickness to forgive his friends.
"To think, Rokku would transform just so he could go to the Hot Spring with us." Vert said.
"...Only to realize that he won't feel the warm sensation of a hot spring because of his armor..." Blanc added, returning back to her monotone voice.
"I guess I have to apologize also..." Mega chuckled. "I could've stopped Rokku from going but... Admittedly, I also wanted to go to the Hot Spring so I didn't really do much to change his mind... Ehehehe..."
"Ohhh you!" Neptune laughed as she lightly punched the reploid's arm. "But tell you guys what, once Rokku's bummed leg heals up, we can go on a trip for realsies!"
"What kind of trip are you thinking about?" Noire asked curiously.
Neptune just winked at her ravenette friend with her tongue partly stuck out.
"You'll just have to find out in a future continuation of this one-shot~!"