Hyperdimension Neptunia is owned by Compile Heart, Idea Factory, Sega, and whoever else worked on it.
I forgot to mention in the previous chap that the Fin Funnels that Nynamirin has are the well-known Nu Gundam's fin funnels (Well known in the Gundam community that is).
Anyway…
Chapter 22
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17:30, a bit farther from Ultra Planeptune's border, in a resting tent.
Later after dealing with the Hazard hordes outside Ultra Planeptune, Plutia, in her pinkish-white orange pajamas, tend to the health of her fellow Planeptune soldiers with Magic by her side after convincing Plutia that she's here to help per her Lady's order. Magic was on her black armored bikini this time minus her black mecha wings so she doesn't get in the way of others around her, given that her wings are pretty big.
Quite fortunately, no one died, and had only a minor amount of injuries. Despite that, Plutia insists on tending to their well-being even after being told to rest by the other soldiers, using her utmost healing ability to rejuvenate their HP. Magic can see in a glance at Plutia's face that she's tired, which is the reason why the soldiers told Plutia to rest up.
"...You probably should've realized by now that your people care for you, right? It doesn't hurt to rest up for a while after a tiring battle…..and after your efforts before today" Magic tried to convince Plutia.
"I know….but If I don't take care of my people, I won't be able to make a happy and cozy place for me to play with Neppy," Plutia said to Magic in a slow manner before she focused back on her patient, but she began to say more words.
"And….. Do we need a reason to care for the people you love, Miss Magic?" Plutia added.
"...Yeah, I do. I know well enough about that" Magic faintly smiled while thinking of her Lady and her family.
"Umm, Lady Plutia. Aren't you treating us well right now so you can laze off la-OWOWOWOWOW!" The Planeptune soldier couldn't continue her words because Plutia pinched the part where it hurts the most while putting up a smile.
Which was her left shoulder, the part that Plutia tends to.
"Ah, ah, ah~. You should be careful with what you're about to say, naughty girl~~" Plutia said with a sinister smile and a slow tone of little sadism, then her aura changed to a kinder side.
Magic could only nervously smile and took a little step away from Plutia.
'Ah….. Even in her human form, she can also be a bit sadistic. I suppose this is a lesser version of Iris Heart's personality. Which reminds me, why don't I have a spike change in my personality in my CPU form?" Magic thought for a short while, then she put it aside and tended to other wounded Planeptune soldiers.
"Just remember. If you keep charging forwards, You'll end up collapsing" Magic said to Plutia while she tends the wounded
Plutia stopped what she was doing for a while, then she kindly smiled at Magic with a slight nod.
"Alright….Um, should I call you Magic or Miss Magic?" Plutia asked as her eyes looked above while thinking.
"Whichever you're comfortable with," Magic said without a second thought.
"Ah, then Maggy~," Plutia said as if she's found the right answer and with a light bulb above her head.
"...You're getting comfortable too quickly. But I suppose it's fine" Magic said.
The two chuckled and continued to treat the remaining wounded soldier's one by one with the medic team. The wounded Planeptune soldiers did not mind their conversations, because it lifts their morale after a long struggle against the Hazards. The last thing that everyone wants is a depressive atmosphere.
Suddenly, a Planeptune Soldier rushed toward Plutia and Magic with a look dreading enough to make everyone worry.
"Lady Plutia, Bad news! The Basillicom tower is being attacked by the Hazard Hordes as we speak!" The dreaded-looking soldier said.
Magic was shocked to hear that the Hazards are inside, but even more so for Plutia. She stopped healing the patient near her while her magenta eyes turned lifeless with no shred of happiness.
"What?! How can it be?! Explain in full detail!" Magic said while she gets up and gets close to the soldier.
"O-our intel says that the Hazards appeared from the sewers and began to attack the Basilicom tower since it's the closest. Miss Histoire's protection barrier is currently holding them off from the tower and the closest guild members and soldiers have already begun to mobilize themselves to the tower. But the barrier won't hold by itself for long, so-"
"OUT OF THE WAY!" Plutia had already turned into her CPU form, Iris Heart, and quickly exits from the tent to open up her black mecha wings with hints of Magenta. Then she flew towards her Basilicom
"Hey, Plutia!... Tend to the wounded, we'll head back to Planeptune!" Magic said to the medic team before she skipped off from the tent.
"Yes, Ma'am!" The medic team said in unison.
Magic got out of the tent and began to transform while building up her momentum of speed by running. She summoned her scythe and used it like a pole to jump herself up gracefully while enveloping herself with scarlet light.
"HENSHIN!"
Magic shouted and turned into Scarlet Heart, Then she boost herself again with her scarlet mecha wings to catch up with Iris Heart who was en route to Planeptune's tower.
"Plu- Iris Heart, calm yourself! Have you forgotten that our energy has not fully recovered?!" Scarlet Heart said to Iris Heart.
"My Histy, my two daughters, and my people are in the tower, which is in trouble! And you're telling me to CALM down?!" Iris Heart said with a frustrated look.
"You're haste will cost us! Believe in their strength, as you did with me! Besides, Warechu is with them" Magic said to calm Iris Heart down while referring to the part where Iris Heart lets Scarlet Heart help her against the Hazards.
"Is he really that reassuring? Never mind, , we can't just slow down! Their lives are at stake!" Iris Heart said while thinking for her people's safety.
"I don't remember saying anything about slowing down. Hold my hand together with yours, we'll spin ourselves to share our energy and maximize our wings' speed!" Scarlet Heart explained a way to speed up their flight.
Iris Heart inhaled and exhaled her breath once again to calm herself down. With a hopeful darker shade of her magenta eyes, Iris Heart grabbed both of Scarlet Heart's hands and gets their bodies together before spinning.
As their spin began to spin even faster, they formed a Magenta and Scarlet colored spiral beam that speeds up their flight even more towards Planeptune's basilicom.
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17:35, Inside Ultra Planeptune's basilicom tower
In front of the tower, many Hazard's monsters were eager to barge in and feast upon the prey inside. They repeatedly strike and crash on the tower's barrier made by Ultra Histoire right after hearing the news about the Hazard hordes marching toward Planeptune. Ultra Histoire, along with Ultra IF and Ultra Compa, had prepared some shelters in case something like an inter-dimensional attack or an army attack occurred. Planeptune's basilicom tower was one of them.
Sadly, despite their preparation, the Hazards had proved themselves to be too much for the barrier to handle. Even more so than the power that Hyper Rei Ryghts had struck upon the Ultradimension's countries in the past.
"Guh….At this rate, the barrier….will break (o)" Ultra Histoire said while keeping the barrier up and running in the Tower's lobby with her hands out on the first floor.
"Is there something else we can do?! You're barely hanging in there, Histy!" Ultra IF said, anxious for Ultra Histoire's well-being.
"I'm afraid not…It won't be long before those things are going to break in (-_-')..." Ultra Histoire said despairingly, even if it was said in her cute baby-like tone.
"No….. But the people we have here…" Ultra Compa said while feeling sad and gripping both of her hands as she thought for the safety of Planeptune's people who were in the tower.
"Hey, we can fight back! What's making y'all feel bummed, chu?" Warechu asked insensitively while wielding his shotgun with both hands since it was kinda big for him.
"Only we can, the people in here can't fight with us, Mr. Mouse! They're just civilians!" Ultra Compa yelled while being frustrated over Warechu's insensitiveness.
"I-I'm sorry… Forgive me, my angel….." Warechu felt sad after being yelled at.
"Hmph!" Compa looked away with eyes closed and huffed.
Ultra Compa did not play with Warechu this time, since she worries about Planeptune's civilians. Despite being an orphan, she loves her planeptune as if it was her home with the people she loves, particularly Plutia, Ultra IF, Ultra Histoire, and Neptune.
Meanwhile, Ultra IF ponders on what Warechu and Compa had said. On one hand, Warechu is right that they could fight off the Hazards in a narrow space such as the basilicom's entrance, dwindling them off a portion to portion.
On the other hand, there's a risk that the three could only deal with some of the Hazards with no soldiers to back them up. If one or more slips away from either of the three, the ones that will get hurt or killed will be Ultra Histoire and Planeptune's civilians.
'There's no other place that we can move to safely keep the people… Even if we did have one, we would have to sneak around those weird monsters. But their sense of smell is all high from our previous encounters… We would be detected sooner before reaching one ' Ultra IF thought.
She then opened her cell phone to check the distance between the other guild members and the Planeptune's soldiers' army. Much like she had guessed, they're still far.
Then she moved on to the tower's security camera to check up on the sheltered civilians. From the looks of it, the Hazards had not breached the Barrier yet. But the people's expressions were getting dreadful due to the repeated banging and monster sounds outside the barrier.
Ultra IF could hear a mother and her five-year-old daughter talking to each other because they were close to the cameras.
"Mama…. What's with all those noises?" The daughter asked, unable to tell what was happening.
The mother knows that the weird monsters are near their shelter. But instead of telling her what was happening, she smiled and caressed her daughter's hair.
"Don't worry, my dear. Everything's going to be alright. The people outside are doing some….changes to the building. So we need to be here with the rest to be safe" The mother lied to her daughter.
"Really?! Can we go for a walk later? I want to see them!" The daughter said with enthusiasm.
"Alright dear, just lay down on my lap and get some rest. Then, we'll go on as many walks as you want" The mother said.
"Okay Mama, sweet dreams…." The daughter quickly fell asleep on the mother's lap.
The Mother put on a warm look until she is sure that her daughter was well asleep. Then, she pats her head and looks over at the camera near her with a sad look. The mother was hoping that the trouble would end soon as she worries for her daughter's life.
Ultra IF felt bad for letting this happen. She did not check the Planeptune thoroughly. Ultra IF thought that if she checked the Sewers and other parts, this wouldn't have happened.
Fearing that a battle in the tower would result in casualties. Ultra IF had a risky idea to ensure their safety.
'I guess there's only one thing to do… I will not let any little kids go orphaned' Ultra IF closed her phone and walked away to the nearest window, which made the others wonder what Ultra IF was going to do.
"IF…what are you doing (°∆°!)" Ultra Histoire asked.
"I'll lead the things away from the tower. Giving more time until backup arrives" Ultra IF grabbed the window and opened it slightly.
"But what about you? This is too dangerous!" Ultra Compa said with teary eyes.
"There's not much time left and I need to do this! Don't stop me, just stay put!" Ultra IF said and opened more of the window to jump out.
But before she does, Ultra IF turned to Ultra Histoire and said her last words to her.
"Take care of everyone for me"
Ultra IF smiled faintly and jumped out of the window, then she began to get Hazard's attention to her and her only.
"HEY, YOU UGLY SHITS. I AM RIGHT HERE!" Ultra IF shouted.
The Hazards stopped crashing and tearing down the Tower to look at Ultra IF, making an L-shaped finger on her forehead, telling the Hazards that they were losers.
"Try and catch me, you poor excuse of monsters! Oh? You can't, can you? LOSERS!" Ultra IF mocked Hazard and ran away at a steady speed.
The Hazards didn't fully understand what the brown-haired girl was shouting about, but they knew the feeling that they were feeling right now.
Feeling of being underestimated, ridiculed, and mocked.
In their fury, they all chased Ultra IF through the streets. Every single one of them shouted with high bloodlust toward Ultra IF.
"IFFY! NOOO!" Ultra Compa said as she looked at Ultra IF from the 1st-floor window.
"IF… The Tower is free…..from those things….I'm sorry…(,•-•,)" Ultra Histoire wanted to cry, but she had exhausted almost all of her magic.
Ultra Histoire can sense that not a single Hazards was outside the Basilicom tower, so she let out a sigh and fainted down to the floor. The nearby guild members took notice and immediately treated the tiny fairy back to health.
Ultra Compa began to rain some drops of her tears. She was reluctant to lose her friend that goes out alone whilst being hunted down by those Hazards.
Ultra Compa was about to jump out of the window to catch up to Ultra IF, but she was soon stopped by Warechu, who holds Ultra Compa's left leg which is not on the window yet.
"Don't do it, My angel! You'll be in danger, chu!" Warechu said while trying to pull Ultra Compa out of the window.
"Get off of me, Mr. Mouse! I need to save Iffy" Ultra Compa used her strength to get out of Warechu's grasp.
Which is surprisingly hard, mainly due to how strong Warechu is.
"No! I will not let you die, Chu! I'll be sad if you go!" Warechu put in some more strength to pull out Ultra Compa.
As he struggled on, Warechu noticed that Ultra Compa began to cry even more
"And what about me?!... Please...If I don't save Iffy. I'll regret it….for now saving her…Please, just let me go" Ultra Compa let out more tears, desperate in trying to save her friend.
Warechu was stunned by Ultra Compa's words. He unintentionally let go of her grip and Ultra Compa's legs and contemplated her words. Ultra Compa sees this as a chance and jumped out of the window and ran off to where Ultra IF went.
"Regret….." Warechu mumbled.
That word reminded him of Nepgear's past story. From what he knew during his time in the Sigma dimension, Nepgear regrets killing her fellow Goddesses and her sister, because that act is the starting point of what she is now. Despite Nepgear trying her best to renew her world, she always kept that sin in her heart.
He can't imagine how would it feel like, but deep down Warechu doesn't want that to happen by losing his angel, Ultra Compa. Warechu began to curse himself for letting his angel cry and go out like that.
"Damn it, chu! This is not the time to be scared!" Warechu said while slapping himself to ward off his fear of fighting head-on, then he readied his shotgun and jumped out of the window.
"Wait for me my angel, I'm going to save you, Chuuuu!" Warechu took out a grey bottle from his bag and drank it while he was running on the road.
Then, Warechu grew his Maroon wings from his back and flew off to the sky. He can see from above that two girls were being chased by the Hazards, presumably, the two girls are Ultra IF and Ultra Compa.
"There they are! I gotta at least back them until the others arrive, Chu!" Warechu flew to the Hazards as fast as he could.
But with the current wings he had, he couldn't get to them very fast. In comparison, the Hazards were faster than him.
"Darn it! At this rate, my angel will-. That's it, chu! I'm chugging all this shit inside me. Sorry Nepgear, but I'm getting desperate. I'm going all in on this one!" Warechu took out his gray bottle and drank all the liquids inside, hoping for a boost to catch up to the Hazards.
On the Ultra IF and Ultra Compa's side, things are getting troubling for the two.
The two have reached a dead end on Planeptune's white purple-ish walls. What's worse, the Hazards have caught up to them, proving that they can get to their prey when provoked.
"Whaddaya know, they can catch up to me after all," Ultra IF said while wielding her Katars in both hands.
"I told you that it was dangerous, Iffy. You wouldn't listen," Ultra Compa scolded Ultra IF with her hands on her giant syringe.
"Why the heck did you come here knowing that, idiot?" Ultra IF heightens her tone.
"Because…I just can't let you die alone.." Ultra Compa whimpered with a few teary eyes.
"No wait I did mean…..Jeez….. Guess I'm also an idiot. Sorry for bringing you into this" Ultra IF apologized.
"It's okay Iffy, it's not your fault. This is my choice and I don't regret it one bit. Besides, this is also your choice, so I'll help out the best I can!" Ultra Compa said to Ultra IF.
"There were no better options, so if this is our finish line then might as well do my best and stay alive. Cover my back, Compa!" Ultra IF said, then she rushed forward to the Hazards in front of her and used her best skill on them.
"APOCALYPSE NOVA!"
Ultra IF slash jumped a Vader Hazard in front of her, then unleashed rapid sharp blue projectiles from the sky onto the Hazards in a wide area. She then strikes the ground with her Katars to make a blue fissure wave and knock off some of the Hazards.
"Alright, lemme just do- Wahh!" Ultra Compa spins around but ultimately falls, which led to a failed proper attack skill. Even so, her giant syringe had accidentally let out a single heart beam to the sky followed by a rain of purple beams to the Hazards.
"Haha, me and clumsiness…" Ultra Compa said while scratching her back head and laughing nervously at her failed attempt to do a proper Bread Crumbs skill.
While Ultra IF sighed as she fights the Hazards on her side, she saw a Hazard Crystal Ice Golem attempting an assault on Ultra Compa who was about to get up from the ground. In Ultra IF's haste, she knock off the Hazards near her and rushed to Ultra Compa's side while repeatedly doing a Rapid Rush attack.
"Compa! Move away from there!" Ultra IF warned Ultra Compa to make her move out of the way before she is hit.
"Eh?" Ultra Compa heard what Ultra IF said, but instead of moving away, Ultra Compa look to her left side to see the Hazard Crystal Ice Golem close to her and about to smash her body with its Crystal arms.
"NO!" Ultra IF cried out as she jumped to block the attack in midair.
Ultra IF blocked the attack, but her defensive posture was too weak and the Hazard C.I. Golem hit her hard on the ribs. She let out a small cough of blood and was sent flying to the nearest building wall. It made a crack in the wall and Ultra IF was unconscious from the crash.
"IFFY!" Ultra Compa quickly get up and tried to get to where Ultra IF was at.
But because she didn't look at her surroundings due to her panic for her friend, a Hazard Garuda pushed her off to the Hazard's side and was quickly constrained by a group of Cyber Dolphins. Her Giant Syringe was dropped as it was removed from her hands by the Hazard Cyber Dolphins.
"Get off of me!" Ultra Compa struggled to get off of their grip her eyes shrank in desperation, but the Hazard Cyber Dolphins' strength was too much for her.
But when she saw a Hazard Lizard king slowly opening its jaw in front of her to feast on her, Ultra Compa's eyes turned dimmed in hopelessness and she stopped her struggle to get off of them. She glanced at Ultra IF who was about to be eaten by hungry Hazard Cerberus, then Ultra Compa cried at the thought that she couldn't save her friend.
"I'm sorry, Iffy, Everyone..…" Ultra Compa apologized and closed her eyes, awaiting her end while she reminisce her time with Plutie, Neptune, Ultra IF, and everyone else that she loves.
The Hazard Lizard King was slowly opening its jaws even bigger to get a clean bite on Ultra Compa's head. But when its jaws reached the limit, its head was suddenly blown off by a shotgun bullet. A loud splat can be heard from the blown-off Hazard Lizard King's head, which snapped Ultra Compa back to her senses and opened her eyes. The Hazard Cyber Dolphins wondered where did the shot come from, but they let their guard down and their bodies were shot by numerous Shotgun shots from above. Those shotgun shots came from Warechu, barraging its ammo onto the Hazards near Ultra Compa.
"GET AWAY FROM MY ANGEL YOU SONS OF BITCHES CHUUU!" Warechu yelled while shooting in midair.
"Mr. Mouse?" Ultra Compa said in surprise.
Ultra Compa was freed from their constraint and quickly grabbed her Giant Syringe and threw it onto the Hazard Cerberus before it ate Ultra IF. Once she did, Ultra Compa rushed to Ultra IF and healed her up.
"Iffy! IFFY! Are you alright?! Third Aid!" Ultra Compa said as she held Ultra IF in her arms and used her healing skill.
"Mmmrrgghh…I'm fine Compa, lower your voice down. You're gonna break my eardrums…" Ultra IF said with a little weak tone.
"Iffy! I'm so glad…." Ultra Compa cried and hugged Ultra IF.
A few seconds after Ultra Compa was hugging Ultra IF, Warechu landed down near them while keeping Hazards away with his shotgun.
"Take that! And that! And to you too! And-...Huh?" Warechu kept on pressing the trigger, but the Shotgun had run out of ammo and it only let out clicking sounds.
"Shit, out of ammo, chu…" Warechu put his Shotgun back into his inventory.
The Hazards were regrouping for a while due to the sudden shotgun barrages, during this, Warechu spoke to Ultra Compa as he turned to look at her.
"My angel…..I'm sorry for being an A-Hole and a coward to you, chu. It's a bitch of me for letting you cry and stopping you from doing what you need to…" Warechu apologized.
"Mr. Mouse….Me too, I'm sorry for being hasty before" Ultra Compa apologized as well.
"...To be honest, the only thing I care about is your safety, and mine as well. But that would mean shit If I can't make you happy, chu… That is why…" Warechu put up an offensive posture and clench his tiny fists toward the Hazards.
"I'll fight not just for myself, but for your happiness, smile, and your love! And I won't let some fricking Hazards stop me!" Warechu declared the Hazards and flew toward them to try and punch them.
"No, Warechu!" Ultra Compa could reflexively put her hand out in Warechu's direction as he was about to fight head-to-head with the Hazards.
With his new determination, Warechu's molecule, which was contaminated by the CME liquid, began to react and form a new power for him. Paired with the Grey Bottle that he drank before. Warechu was enveloped with a Grey Purple light just before he was to hit a Crystal Ice Golem Hazard.
The light only shone for a quick while and Warechu's figure was nowhere to be seen. Instead, a tall humanoid figure stood in front of the I.C Hazard Golem. The figure had a long arm with claws for fingers, soon after, the I.C Hazard Golem was penetrated by the Figure's claw pierce.
"RODENT CLAW!"
The Tall figure shouted with a voice that is similar to Warechu, but deeper and a bit manlier. Its strike had made a big Grey purple piercing aura, obliterating the I.C Golem and the Hazards near it. A gust of wind had backed off the Hazards near the three and made a clear view for Ultra Compa to fully view the tall figure who looked back at her.
Its body posture was that of a human, but its height was not on par with the human's average height. The figure was half tall more than Ultra Compa, and it dons attire similar to that of a Human gang-biker. Grey Purple colored Tight muscle shirt with Warechu's red-yellow heartbroken design in the middle. a black long-sleeved leather jacket over the muscle shirt with a purple bandana wrapped around the right bicep, It also wears a pair of Grey purple leather pants with steel knee pads, there's also a pair of leathered grey purple steel-toed boots that reached up below its knees with small spikes on top of the steel-toed area, a scaly tail made of steel had stretched out from the figure's tail bone added with a black heart shape at its end. Finally, he wears a purple bird-like mask that covered only the top half of his face with additional rat-shaped ears on each top side, dimmed blonde hair that spiked out in the back, and skin that was colored pale lilac.
Ultra Compa could not recognize who it was for a bit, but the bird-like mask with rat ears and its red-yellow heartbroken design on the chest had made her realize that the tall figure is Warechu himself, but in a new form.
"Mr. Rat…Is that you?" Ultra Compa asked the tall figure just to make sure.
"Huh? Of course, it's me. Can't you see from my cute and puffy-, wait, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?" The Tall Warechu said in shock at his new form.
"...Check your status, you idiot…" Ultra IF weakly said, which made Ultra Compa gesturing her to rest.
"Heh, How can I rest… When something bizarre is happening…especially if it involves… Him" Ultra IF said.
"Hey! what the fuck do you mean by that huh?!... Hmm. Well, it's said in my status….I'm still me, Warechu. But now I'm in a form called…."Kaiser"?" Said Warechu, bewildered by this sudden change.
"Kaiser….That sounds like a name from an old anime show" Ultra IF mumbled.
"...Kaiser Warechu?….Aha! Kaichu! Let's call Warechu that name in this form" Ultra Compa said to the two.
"Seriously, Kaichu?" Ultra IF looked at Ultra Compa with a dissatisfied look.
"Awww, but it sounded cute…" Ultra Compa whimpered.
"Kaichu….. I like it! It's a nickname my angel made for me" Kaichu said in delight, then he realized something odd.
"Hol' up, did my angel called me by my name?" Kaichu just realized that Ultra Compa had called him by his name instead of the usual Mr. Mouse.
"Huh, now that you mentioned it… What kind of development is this?" Ultra IF was shocked as well.
Ultra Compa could only blush and looked away.
"W-what's wrong with that? I just wanna be casual with him" Ultra Compa shyly said.
"YES YES YES, Finally! HAHA!" Kaichu jumped around with a satisfied laugh.
"Grrr, don't think like what you would think, you Rat! Compa's just wants to be casual with you. Nothing beyond that!" Ultra IF blurted.
"Haha…." Ultra Compa nervously laughed.
Their time was cut short by the Hazards who had finished regrouping themselves and were ready to attack the trio once more. Kaichu, Ultra IF, and Ultra Compa grouped together as they were only three against a Horde.
"Ready your weapons guys, we gotta make them fight us so they won't bang up the shelters," Ultra IF said with her Katars up and ready.
"Okkie Iffy! I won't let my guard up this time" Ultra Compa said with her Giant Syringe held in her arms.
"Shit, I only have my claws…..Hm? A notification?" Kaichu shortly checks his equipment notice to see two black shotguns ready to be used.
"Heck yeah! I can hold these bad boys with ease! Alright you bitches, have a taste of my-, huh?... Angel! IF! Duck now!" Kaichu wanted to show off his new dual-barrelled shotguns, but something came up and he had to move his body and cover the two girls near him.
Shortly after they ducked, a giant Magenta Scarlet spiral beam struck hard at the Hazards Hordes, making a big explosion on them. It killed some and damaged a lot of the Hazards. The blow that it made was quite strong, if it weren't for Kaichu's warning, the three would've been blown away from the area.
Once the smoke was gone from the explosion, road cracks and property damage could be seen on the street. In the middle of the same street, Iris Heart and Scarlet Heart were on site and were eager to eliminate the Hazards.
"Thankfully they haven't damaged the whole city yet, I wonder why…" Scarlet Heart said as she laid her scythe on her shoulders, glaring at the Hazard Hordes in front of her.
"You bastards dare trespass in my home? I will have to make every one of you punished this instant" Iris Heart dangerously proclaimed to the Hazards with a disgusted sadist look.
Every Hazards on-site shivered from the sadistic aura that Iris Heart had leaked, making them hesitate to act.
Kaichu gets up after covering Ultra IF and Ultra Compa, and he made sure that the two were fine.
"You two alright?" Kaichu asked.
"Barely, but thanks," Ultra IF said while wiping off the dust from her blue coat.
"Thankies~," Ultra Compa said in a cheerful tone.
"Good, now then…" Kaichu turned back and approached Iris and Scarlet Heart with an annoyed look.
"The heck were you two thinking? You could've blown us off!" Kaichu protested as he walked towards them.
In sudden reflex after hearing a voice they could not recognize, Iris Heart and Scarlet Heart swiftly swung to their backs, aiming at Kaichu's head and body. Fortunately, thanks to his new form, Kaichu was able to block the weapons with his claws.
"Hey, what's the big idea, you want a piece of me?!" Kaichu said while holding their weapons so they will not hurt him.
"Right now? I'm in the mood to do that, but who and why are you talking to us like we've known each other?" Iris Heart said, then she noticed from Kaichu's back that Ultra IF and Ultra Compa were approaching her.
"Wait Lady Plutia, don't kill him!" Ultra IF said.
"He's Warechu… or Mr. Mouse if Plutie forgot his real name" Ultra Compa added.
"IF…Compa… You're okay" Iris Heart pulled her sword and stabbed it into the ground before approaching the two.
"Y-yeah, even though we had to lure away those-"
Ultra IF could not finish her sentence as she, and Ultra Compa was hugged together by Iris Heart. For Ultra IF, this was kinda sudden and odd, but when she felt that Iris Heart's body was trembling and her sobbing can be heard, Ultra IF knew that Iris Heart feared that she and Ultra Compa would die because of Iris Heart's flaw in not keep a check on her country's blind spots.
Even if it was not entirely Iris Heart's fault, she could not help to blame herself for putting Ultra IF, Compa, and Histoire in harm's way.
"It's okay, Plutie. Relax, you don't have to feel bad about it" Ultra IF said to ease Iris Heart by calling her casually this time.
"Yeah, Plutie shouldn't feel so bummed like this, cheer up. Also, we have Kaichu helping us. Kaichu is Warechu's nickname in this form, by the way, nicknamed by me of course" Ultra Compa said her words as well while also patting Iris Heart's back.
"Him?... Well, I'll be damned, the CME Liquid and the grey Liquid had finally kicked in you. Thank my Lady later when we're done" Scarlet Heart retracts her Scythe.
"Yeah yeah later. Wait, you were expecting this?" Kaichu asked in his surprise that Scarlet Heart was taking this with ease.
"Correct, and if you're asking 'Since when?', It was when we had scanned your body after drinking one of our assets without consent," Scarlet Heart remarked with her arms crossed under her boobs.
"Worth" Kaichu shrugged it off, proud of his newfound power.
Iris Heart had finally stopped sobbing and let go of her hug, then she approached Kaichu to thank him for keeping Ultra IF and Ultra Compa safe.
"I can't thank you enough for saving IF and Compa, if there's anything that you would like to-"
"A date" Kaichu cut off Iris's Heart words.
"...A what?" Iris Heart blinked thrice.
"A date…. With my lovely angel," Kaichu said.
"Are you crazy? A mouse dating a human? No way Compa would want that! Right Compa?" Ultra IF turned to Ultra Compa.
"..." Ultra Compa's face was slightly red and looked away.
"Compa? Hello?" Ultra IF called out to her, but Ultra Compa ignored her.
"You sure are bold to ask Compa for a date. You'll have to go through me~" Iris Heart said while getting close to Kaichu with a sweet but menacing smile.
"Getting in the way of my love? I'll take you up on that. It's also my chance to pay back what you did to me a long time ago" Kaichu was eager to have his revenge on Iris Heart, especially after being humiliated and tortured by her.
Scarlet Heart had enough and split the two away.
"Can it, for now, we have bigger things to deal with, remember?" Scarlet Heart said as she pointed to the Hazards behind her with her thumb.
The Hazard Hordes was finally set on bringing their prey to their bellies. Their eyes were all filled with bloodlust and hunger instead of fear from Iris Heart.
"Ah, we'll 'discuss' this later" Iris Heart pulled her sword from the ground and readied her battle stance, with Ultra IF and Ultra Compa by her side.
"Don't you forget" Kaichu grinned while he summoned and spun his Dual Shotguns for a bit, additionally Scarlet Heart was beside him with her Scythe.
Ultra IF got a sudden notification ringtone from her cell phone, she opened it up to see many Guild members and some Planeptune Soldiers were on standby near their building. They sent the message to her that they were waiting for a signal.
Kaichu took a glimpse from Ultra IF cell phone out of curiosity, and once he saw the message, he grinned gleefully and head start first towards the Hazards Hordes.
"Kaichu! Wait for us!" Ultra Compa said after seeing Kaichu running off.
"Not this time, Angel. This is my chance to show off and party it up!"
Kaichu stomped his right foot hard to the ground and jumped high above the Hazards. He put out his Dual Shotguns and infused them with his SP. The Infused Shotguns radiated purple energy around it, enabling Kaichu to do his new skill.
"Have a load of this! RODENT SWARM!"
Kaichu pointed his shotguns randomly at the Hazard Hordes and furiously pulled their triggers, barraging many purple bullets that deal wide area damage to the Hazards. His speed in changing his targets was quicker than the Hazards who attempted to strike at his blindspot in midair. Kaichu's rampage goes on not just in midair. Once he landed on the street, he continuously fired his bullets Indiscriminately at the Hazards around him.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" Kaichu kept on repeating those words every time he shot, his face was filled with ecstasy over the power he has right now.
Ultra Compa was cheering on Kaichu, while Ultra IF and Iris Heart could only stand still watching Kaichu rage on his own. They were surprised to see that the small mouse was this chaotic. For Scarlet Heart, smiled faintly and nodded at Kaichu's power.
"Go go! Kaichuuu~!" Ultra Compa cheered him on.
"..." Ultra IF put on a stale face, then she got another notification from her fellow Guild member.
The message said, 'Is this the signal?'.
Ultra IF sighed and texted 'Yes, join in now, but the masked one is one of us. Don't do a friendly fire'
The fellow Guild Members gave a thumbs-up emote and left the chat.
"Punish them all!" Iris Heart marched onward whilst swinging her black sword with magenta edge to the Hazards, followed by Ultra IF with her Katars, Ultra Compa with her Giant Syringe, and Scarlet Heart with her Scythe and spider-like wings.
Seconds later, The Hazards Hordes were also ambushed by the Guild Members and Planeptune Soldiers. They all took advantage of the Hazards of confusion and decrease the number of Hazards one by one. The battle in Ultradimension Planeptune was in the nation's favor, with the Hazards being overwhelmed by their might, Kaichu's, and Scarlet Heart's aid.
Though they might have to use some funds to repair the damage to the buildings, which can be covered by Rogue's funds that had been sent before.
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17:55, Inside the Black Nep-Tower on the V-Shaped Island.
Lilac Heart, Gehaburn, and Indigo Heart were still battling against Evolry wielding a Conjured Cursed Sword.
Right now, Evolry was clashing his sword as opposed to Lilac Heart's Allron Gunblade several times. Each time their swords clash, energy sparks throughout the Black NepTower's interior, making cracks all over.
"Hey, hey, heyyy. Don't you think you're being a vandal at the moment? Breaking apart my crib?" Evolry said to Lilac Heart as their blades were at a stalemate.
"A crib that is the source of the Hazards plague? Yeah, I don't mind vandalizing it" Lilac Heart parried off Evolry's sword, then they clashed three more times before they were in a stalemate again.
"Not if I beat you first!" This time Evolry parried hard and pushed Lilac Heart off-balance, then she took the chance to slash her.
But before Evolry could land a hit, it was blocked by Gehaburn's big Purple arms and Indigo Heart's Black-blue Megaphone.
"Denied. DREAM ROAR!" Indigo Heart used her other Megaphone to shout at Evolry's head point blank.
"GHH?!" Evolry's head was ringing inside, confusing her focus.
Gehaburn took the opening and enlarged her right purple arm and punched Evolry right at the center of her body. The punch caused Evolry to deactivate her red-conjured cursed sword and flew to the Black Nep-Tower's inner wall.
Thought just as Evolry was about to make a crater shaped of herself, she quickly cleanse herself from the ringing in her head and timed her feet to land on the wall, then she boost herself towards her target same time after she landed.
"Nice combo! Here, have a treat on me"
Evolry shouted, making a big red sound wave attack Indigo Heart from a distance, with a sound power similar to Indigo Heart'a Megaphone. The shout made Indigo Heart knocked away from Gehaburn and Lilac Heart.
"You can do that? Without a Megaphonneee….?!" Kurome shouted as she was flown to the wall and ultimately outside of the Black Nep-Tower.
"Indigo!" Lilac Heart said with worry over Indigo Heart being thrown outside the building, with Gehaburn looking away as well
Seconds after getting Indigo Heart out of the building, Evolry targets Gehaburn while conjuring her red Cursed sword on her right arm.
"Hey, I'm still here y'know!" Evolry said while swinging her sword horizontally to the ground near Gehaburn, making a wide crack to blow Gehaburn away.
Once it was done, Evolry took a quick step and went to attack Lilac Heart with her conjured sword. Seeing that Evolry's going for a stabbing attack from above, Lilac Heart puts a blocking posture to counter the stab and proceed with a quick attack.
Unfortunately, it didn't go the way Lilac Heart thought. Evolry did attack her with a stabbing attack, but not directly at her. Evolry's stab trajectory only grazed off Lilac's Gunblade and instead, she stabbed the ground to make a ground-shattering attack.
Lilac Heart was shaken by her actions. She had to react fast but Evolry attacks her with a downward kick with the momentum built up thanks to her Conjured sword as the pole for her attack.
Evolry's kick hit Lilac's head with a loud thud that made her spit out a little blood.
"Ouch, sorry that was a bit hard there, I gotta need you alive since I was yelled at to do so. Kinda pain in the butt, but orders are orders" Evolry crouched at Lilac Heart while telling her those words, then she got up and grabbed Lilac Heart's head with her hand to look at her closely.
"Though my boss didn't say that I should not rough you up a bit. Here comes the boom!"
Evolry, with a sinister grin, did a roundhouse kick at Lilac Heart to send her flying away and crashing into the wall. But Gehaburn's giant purple arm had caught Lilac Heart midair and midway from crashing. A short time after that, Gehaburn swung her arm hard and launched Lilac Heart toward Evolry with speed.
Then, Lilac Heart throws her Gunblade at Evolry, making her flinch after parrying the Gunblade.
"That's your best- oh shit"
Lilac Heart punched Evolry in the face hard with her right hand which was equipped with the R2 wrist gloves. This followed suit by Gehaburn doing a left hook after closing in on Evolry, then a V Spear right slash from Lilac Heart, then an uppercut from Gehaburn at Evolry's chin launching her midair. Next is some stabs from the V Spear at Evolry's belly in midair then quickly a hard downward swing of the B Axe. Gehaburn grabbed Evolry with haste and repeatedly punched her face with her right arm.
"Take this, and this and this and this and this and This!" Gehaburn enhanced her last punch to send Evolry flying to the black ceiling.
Before Evolry was about to be crashed, Indigo Heart flew towards and spun herself near Evolve While holding her Megaphones in both hands.
"I call this the Spinning Dream!" Indigo Heart said with a battle-hungry smile while damaging Evolry.
"Ow ow ow ow! I thought you were blown away already! Ow ow ow ow!" Evolry, even when being hurt, still had the opportunity to ask.
"I have these dark blue wings, remember? It was just an act before. And up you go! HYPER DREAM ROAR!" Indigo Heart used her two Megaphones to shout loud towards Evolry, making a big blue sound wave that pushed Evolry even further to the top and ultimately destroyed the Black Nep-Tower's top pointy part.
"Remind me to keep an eye on her Megaphones later" Lilac Heart worryingly said for her own Nep-Tower.
"Will do, now let's end this!" Gehaburn opened her purple songs and flew upwards, followed by Lilac Heart with her sharp Lilac wings.
The two catch up to Indigo Heart, and the three nods at each other before Indigo Heart and Gehaburn boost themselves to Evolry who was getting her head back together and focusing once again.
"Dang I hate those Megaphones," Evolry said, then she looked down to the duo, Indigo Heart and Gehaburn, coming at her with the face that says 'We're about to beat you up'.
"Ah shit, here we go again" Evolry summoned her red conjured sword and approached the two.
Evolry began to fight hard against Indigo Heart and Gehaburn. Evolry kept on giving some blows and slashing at them while also receiving some bashes from Indigo and claw strikes from Gehaburn. Evolry can withstand all the attacks, except when Indigo Heart was about to do her Roar again, Evolry instinctively dodged and then disarm Indigo from her Megaphones.
"Hey! That's my prized invention... Guh!" Indigo Heart exclaims, then she was grabbed by Evolry's left arm on the neck, while Evolry's right arm was fending off Gehaburn's attacks.
"Amazing, but annoyingly trash. Should've been terminated" Evolry said with a hint of annoyance, then tightens her grip on Indigo's neck.
"Indigo! Tch, Terminate this!" Gehaburn had enough of attacking the conjured sword, again and again, so she enlarged her left purple arm and sharpened the claws to strike Evolry from above.
Evolry smirked that it was too easy to be avoided. She only needed to move forwards with her wings and Gehaburn's claw strike missed the mark.
But it didn't miss its purpose.
It was only a fake attempt for Evolry to get close to the front, so Indigo Heart can kick Evolry right in the face with her left leg.
Because of the kick, Evolry let go of her left arm grip and the sword on her right arm was off balance. Indigo Heart and Gehaburn took the opportunity to rough it out on Evolry. Indigo Heart struck first with her Dream Combo, in which she rapidly punches Evolry with a barrage of fists at random. Then she finished it off with a Dream Smash Fist right at Evolry's face and pushed her back to Gehaburn from a distance who was ready to pummel Evolry down.
"Stay down!" Gehaburn said while using both of her enlarged purple arms and smashing Evolry downward to make her fall back to the Black Nep-Tower.
Which was on the brink of collapsing after so much collateral damage by the four.
Evolry tried to get herself back together again, but a shower of bullets from below hindered her attempt. Evolry, feeling she took too much damage, had to deactivate her sword and put up a red barrier. Evolry looked down to see Lilac Heart shooting at her with the two UB Machine Guns she is currently using.
"Feeling on the defensive? Finally, you're starting to break. Indigo! Burn! Do it now!" Lilac Heart shouted while summoning all her close-range weapons, from NP Katana, NG Sword, V Spear, B Axe, and Allron Gunblade.
Then, Lilac Heart gestured for them all to pierce through the barrier so Indigo, Gehaburn, and Lilac Heart can deal the final blow.
The weapons flew fast and tried to pierce Evolry's red barrier, but all were in a stalemate due to Evolry's attempt on strengthening her barrier. One by one, the weapons started to break down to pieces, given how strong the barrier is. Even Lilac Heart's Gunblade couldn't keep up and it broke in the end. The only surviving weapon was the NP Katana, struggling to break through the barrier.
At its last attempt, the NP Katana backs up a bit and pushes through one last time, As if someone was holding the Katana before it breaks.
"Too bad, all your weapons were fut-"
Evolry couldn't finish her sentence because her barrier was covered it cracks and it dissipates.
Once it's down, Lilac Heart, Indigo Heart, and Gehaburn all do a flying side kick with their respective energy color right at Evolry. Lilac from below while Indigo and Gehaburn from above.
Evolry couldn't time herself to defend and was receiving a lot of damage. Evolry curses the three and herself before she was defeated.
"Arrghhh! Should've not jinxed it in the last moment!" Evolry said in pain.
"Your end! The FINALE!" Lilac Heart pushed her to kick one more time, with Indigo Heart and Gehaburn following suit.
"You all don't get to call my End!"
It was Evolry's last words before a big lilac, blue, and purple explosion had been created due to the sheer kick power. The explosion was so big that it destroyed the Black Nep-Tower and left the rest into debris.
Lilac Heart, Indigo Heart, and Gehaburn had safely escaped the aftermath and landed on the ground near the remains of the Black Nep-Tower. Indigo Heart and Lilac Heart turn back into their human forms.
"Finally! We won! After….How long have we been fighting again?" Kurome asked while stretching her arms.
"More than an hour," Nepgear said while clearing some dust from her black clothes set.
"Really? Hah…..I could've made something within that time instead of a long fight like this. Also, why did you waste my precious, Gear?!" Kurome said, referring to the weapons that were destroyed.
"I can't help it, I got tired to think of the best outcome. Have some slack for me, will you? Look, we'll make them again once we're back, okay?" Nepgear tried to ease down Kurome.
"Hmm….fine, that Evolry was tough anyway. Wait, where're my Megaphones?" Kurome just realized she had no weapons on her.
"Right there on that big part of the debris" Nepgear pointed to one of the Debris.
"My Babies!" Kurome rushed to the directed area and began to search for her weapons.
Nepgear sighed at the sight of Kurome's energy, especially after their long fight. Then, she walked towards Gehaburn laying her body down on the ground tired.
"You alright? You look so wasted with all those bruises. I could almost not recognize you there" Nepgear jokingly said.
"Oh shut it, I could also say the same to your hair. Black spots on almost every inch of your hair, are you gonna turn edgier now?" Gehaburn said with a smirk.
"Hush, this was because of the unfinished painted walls inside Evolry's room. My hair feels stiff and kinda sticky too" Nepgear told her reason.
"Excuses, excuses," Gehaburn said with a smile.
Nepgear huffed, then she extends her right arm to help Gehaburn get up. Gehaburn grabs it and gets up with the Help of Nepgear. The two then rejoined Kurome, who had collected her weapons, and looked at the remains of the Black Nep-Tower.
"What now? I'm glad that we get rid of Evolry, but now we have no lead to her master" Gehaburn said.
"No need to rush. If she's in that form, her master should've been dead after we killed her. For now, we should regroup with the others and head on to Hyperdimension" Nepgear said.
"Oh yeah, the whole 'Bond between the two,' kinda thing. Then let's call the others and head back a bit" Kurome said.
"Mhm, let's….Anyone feels some rumbling going on in the ground?" Gehaburn asked about the shakiness on the ground, Nepgear and Kurome nodded yes.
"No way …." Kurome said while anticipating what she would not want to anticipate
"YEAH, YOU THOUGHT RIGHT!"
A huge red shockwave was felt by the three in the distance, knocking them away from the remains of the Black NepTower. The three looked on to see Evolry looking alive but quite damaged and dirty.
"You shits, what a feat that was! Now I'm gonna f-... hmm?" Evolry stopped her sentence and picked up a ringing red phone from her dark red pocket.
"Hello? This is Evolry's hotline speaking…..Mhm….Uhuh….. hmmm…..hehe" Evolry spoke a bit quiet during her call.
"Gear, Kurome, a chance!" Gehaburn signaled the two to attack.
The three nodded and took the moment to attack Evolry. Nepgear with her fist equipped with R2 wrist gloves, Kurome with her Megaphones, and Gehaburn with her purple arm. Sadly, they were all blocked by a barrier that is even bigger than before.
"Could you three quit it down for a bit? I have an important call here and the caller is a bit bumped right now" Evolry said before getting back to her caller.
"...Oh come on, it's not my fault that the plan failed and the base go kaboom, well….not entirely my fault, hehe… Hm? … We gonna go for that plan? On it boss…..One more thing?... Fufu, I like where this is going. See you back at your crib then" Evolry hung up the call and turned to the three who were still trying to break her Barrier.
"What Tryhards huh" Evolry gathered some red energy on her palm and waved around the area which destroyed some of the debris, and red forest trees, and knocked Nepgear, Gehaburn, and Kurome away from each other.
"Grr, were you holding back this whole time?" Nepgear questioned as she struggled to stand up.
"Fufu, not entirely, but yeah. I wouldn't need to if I hadn't been told to hold back and keep you three occupied while my minions invade the four Ultra Nations, But that flops. So we move on to our other plan" Evolry crouched slowly in a stance to assault the three.
"And that…..is to Kill. You. All" Evolry boosts herself towards Nepgear with a flash.
Evolry punched Nepgear in the gut and made her spit blood. Then, she knee kick Nepgear right where she punched her gut and hit her head with an elbow strike.
Though Nepgear had defended herself on the last attack with both of her hands, she couldn't defend it fully and she was ultimately knocked off far and crashed through several trees. Huge destruction sounds can be heard throughout the island, which made Kurome and Gehaburn grew worried.
"GEAR!" Gehaburn shouted.
Seconds then, Evolry teleported behind Gehaburn as if she was skipping through the world's dimensional space and left some afterimages of herself. Gehaburn took notice seconds late and turned to attack Evolry with her right fist, but she was too slow to hit Evolry and her attack was grabbed by Evolry's left hand.
Evolry, with an evil smile, gripped hard at Gehaburn's right hand while also slowly bending it to left. Once it reached the limit of Gehaburn's right arm could bend, Evolry didn't stop and continued to bend Gehaburn's hand until it broke. Gehaburn screamed in pain, but she didn't give up and then tried to retaliate with her left-hand claws aiming at Evolry's left arm. Unfortunately for Gehaburn, her left claws were stopped and grabbed painfully by Evolry's right hand.
A smirk was shown on Evolry's face, as she bent Gehaburn's left arm to its limits, just like what she did to Gehaburn's right arm. Evolry enjoyed her time trying to break Gehaburn's arms whilst hearing her painful screams like music to Evolry's ears.
"Come on, sis. Show me more of those beautiful screams as pain keeps on flowing deep within you~" Evolry said joyfully.
"AARRRGHHHHH!" Gehaburn screamed in pain while kept on trying to break free, but couldn't because Evolry's strength and pressure were none like when they fought before.
When Evolry took her time, she sense an incoming attack from behind. And when Evolry looked behind, Kurome was already behind her, seconds before she bluntly attack Evolry with her Megaphones.
"Stay away from Burnsy!" Kurome said as she swung her Megaphone hard right at Evolry's head.
Instead of dealing any amount of damage or even a flinch, Kurome's attack did not affect anything at Evolry. The Bright Red Gehaburn only stood there smilingly and swung Gehaburn towards Kurome to launch them away from Evolry and crash through some debris and trees.
"There, I stayed away from her. Happy now? Oh wait, you two are far from me, whoopsie" Evolry said before following them both through the teleportation portal
The two crashed at Nepgear who was near a giant tree focusing on getting back up but failed due to the interruption made by Evolry. Nepgear get her head together and looked around to see Gehaburn and Kurome laying their bodies on the ground in pain. Though Kurome had the least injury out of the three, she still had trouble getting up.
At that moment, Evolry had teleported herself near them, with some leftover afterimages of herself from the dark red portal. Evolry walked towards where Nepgear was on the ground and crouched near her to tell her something.
"Well, I was expecting more of your power after I release a part of my limits. But after doing so, I'm soundly….unsatisfied. Maybe I overestimate you, Mech Geek" Evolry stood up and walked a few distances away from the three.
Evolry then charged her powers on her right arm, preparing some kind of attack. But before she unleashes it, Evolry spoke some words first.
"Now that you three had destroyed my crib AND our plans to dominate the Ultradimension's nations because of your lackeys, I'll have to put you all in a debt…. Which is paid by your lives" Evolry's right hand was ready to release a giant blast at the three, as seen through a giant dark red energy ball on her hand, flowing with immense energy.
"Luckily for some of you, there's a discount right now. And that means only one of you gets to pay, fufu" Evolry added before she randomly points out who she would blast.
"Eenie, Meenie, mynee… Mo… Bye bye, sis~"
Evolry, after choosing Gehaburn, let out a big straight dark red beam at Gehaburn with the intent to kill her. The beam was coming in quickly towards Gehaburn, and additionally, Gehaburn was severely tired and injured to get away.
"BURN!" Nepgear shouted in despair at the thought of Gehaburn being killed.
Nepgear tried to help Gehaburn by changing her into her sword form, but she struggled to do so as she was heavily injured and couldn't focus.
Gehaburn couldn't move her legs, so the only option she had was to defend herself by conjuring a purple barrier and a defensive stance. Gehaburn, even though knowing the chances of surviving the blast are low, tried to stay alive in the end.
Just before the red beam obliterates Gehaburn, Kurome pushed Gehaburn away from the beam's direction, exchanging herself for Gehaburn to live.
"Kurome…?" Gehaburn said moments before Kurome got hit with eyes shrunk and face looked tormented.
"Sorry for butting in, Burnsy…"
After those last words, Kurome's whole body was engulfed in the dark red beam's volume. The beam had gone all the way through the trees and almost out of the V-shaped Island's area.
"Hooo?" Evolry finished her beam attack and relaxes her right arm whilst looking at the aftermath.
Evolry's dark beam attack had scorched the V island's land in a straight line, all the way until she could see the sea from afar. Then, she looked around her to see Nepgear and Gehaburn near together, with despairing faces in the direction of the Beam. When Evolry couldn't find Kurome and only one of her Black Blue Megaphone, she had to come to realize what had happened.
"Hehe….HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! Oh, what a touching bond you three have. She sacrificed her life for you sis. And it's all because You. Are. Weak…Weak just like your Owner! HAHAHAHAHA" Evolry mocked and laughed at Gehaburn and Nepgear for their weakness.
Nepgear felt something that she hadn't felt in a long time. The feeling of losing someone you love had returned in her heart ever since she killed her sister and the other goddesses. Additionally, with Evolry's mockery, Nepgear remembered how she felt so weak against the Deity of Sin…. And against the world that had betrayed her before.
Gehaburn was in despair after losing someone whom she could play with and have fun with. And because of her difference in power over Evolry, Gehaburn felt responsible and helpless over Kurome's demise.
When Nepgear and Gehaburn felt similar negative feelings, all of it turned into rage and hatred against Evolry. The two stood up slowly, with raging glowing eyes and with looks that seeks out destruction.
"EEVOOOOOOLLLRRYYYYYYYY!"
Nepgear and Gehaburn screamed in unison. The two were circulating dark lilac energy that startled Evolry. The V-shaped island was shaking and the wings grew wilder than before as Nepgear's hair and eyes turned darker lilac than before whilst Gehaburn turned into her X-hilt cursed sword form. Nepgear put her right hand out and the Gehaburn sword immediately answered her owner's call. Nepgear grabbed Gehaburn's sword grip and pointed her sword at Evolry.
"BINGO, The very image that I saw before had been realized again! The unison form where you two killed all the humans, your friends, and that measly Oracle. This is a breakthrough, haha!" Evolry rejoiced after seeing Nepgear's current state.
"Come at me then! Let's- GUH!"
Nepgear wasted no time and swiftly plunged her Gehaburn sword right through Evolry's belly. The plunge made Evolry's belly spew out some blood and it dirtied Nepgear's black parka coat and her inside-black clothes with the yellow tie.
"Well…. Aren't you an impatient one…Blurgh!" Evolry vomits a little blood while smiling.
Nepgear wasn't done with Evolry. With the sword still on Evolry's belly, Nepgear flew through the red forest and crash Evolry through several pieces of debris and the environment while also punching her face with her left arm continually.
"This…Ow…Is How you….Ow….Gonna play…. Ow…it huh?...Ow…Alright then!" Evolry, after trying to finish her words, retaliates by punching Nepgear's face, not minding Gehaburn's sword through her belly.
Evolry and Gehaburn punched each other's faces several times until Evolry conjured her red cursed sword on her right hand to cut off Nepgear's right arm holding the Gehaburn sword.
Nepgear had seen through Evolry's attempt, so she let go of her Gehaburn sword in a split second before Evolry swung her sword at her right arm. In a quick response, Nepgear called her Gehaburn sword and removed it from Evolry's belly back to her right hand, then Nepgear swiftly cuts off Evolry's right arm up to her elbow. For the finishing touch, Nepgear teleported shortly to get a big boulder and hurl it at Evolry, swinging here off some distances.
Evolry shouted in pain as she landed, then she gets up and looked at half of her right arm cut clean.
"YOWCH! Ugh, it's gonna take some time to heal my arm…. I was supposed to cut off YOUR arm, not you cutting mine. It's my thing, not yours!" Evolry complained to Nepgear about taking her thing as Nepgear had teleported in front of Evolry.
Nepgear did not reply and only looked at the bleeding Evolry in front of her with darkly dimmed Lilac eyes and her right arm clenched hard on Gehaburn's sword. Nepgear and Gehaburn are dead set on killing their prey.
"Sheesh, don't look at me like I'm some kind of weak prey," Evolry remarked before putting her left arm upwards to summon dark clouds that set loose numerous red claps of thunder at Nepgear.
Nepgear mimicked what Evolry did perfectly, dark clouds were above her and they set loose a lot of Dark Lilac thunders at Evolry.
Red and Lilac Thunders clash with one another, making used electrical shockwaves that electrolyte the land, trees, and sea, and it even affected the skies as seen from it electrocuting some birds until they were charred.
"Now this is the kind of atmosphere for us to clash, get it? Atmosphere? These thunders? Hah…Never mind, let's get it over with"
Evolry gripped her conjured sword with her left hand firmly as she confronts Nepgear head-on. Nepgear did the same thing and the two engaged in a bloody thunderous fight. Each time their swords clash, the V-shaped island land shook roughly and the two different colored claps of thunder were conflicting with each other. Some of the thunder bits were sucked by the swords and made shocking sparks around the area.
Their fight was going on for a while until Nepgear was exhausted and could not continue fighting anymore. She slumped down to the ground and dropped her Gehaburn sword, which had reverted into her Purple Human form unconscious. Because of this deactivation, Nepgear's lilac thunderclouds were no more. Evolry stopped as well and unsummoned her thunder and her sword.
Evolry sighed and gets close to Nepgear and Gehaburn.
"Too tired huh, eh, it was expected. You forced that form upon yourself in an injured state which had a heavy toll on your body and your mind. Nevertheless, it was fun while it lasted" Evolry said before turning back and walking some distance from the two.
"I know you're hearing this, Nepgear. But consider your debt paid….. Oh, as a parting gift, take my right arm and my blood stains. Think of it as a tip from me. I'm sure you'll get stronger if you mingle them with your gizmos…..that is if you can handle them" Evolry said while pointing at her right arm on the ground and her bloodstains on Nepgear's clothes.
Evolry opened a dark red portal in front of her, but just before she went in and teleport somewhere. Evolry turned her head to the side and said some parting words.
"I can't wait for you to get more powerful than you are right now, hehehe…Be seeing you Nepgear, Ciao" Evolry flick her left hand and went inside the portal.
Evolry was nowhere to be seen on the Partly destroyed V-shaped island. Only the remnants of the Black Nep-Tower, messy and scorched lands, crushed trees, a single black blue Megaphone, an unconscious Gehaburn, and Nepgear lying on the ground sobbing. Her hands clenched some dirt on the ground and her body shivered. She was disheartened that she had once again failed to save someone that she loves.
"I failed…..yet again…hiks….why again…" Nepgear went from sobbing to crying. Her tears rained down like flowing rivers.
Her tears were soon mixed with the rain clouds from all the leftover thunderclouds that she and Evolry summoned before.
Nepgear may have averted the Ultradimension's nations from being taken, but she paid the price by losing Kurome. As an old saying goes, won the war but not the battle.
To Be Continued
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NEPSTATION TIME
Kurome: "YES…YYYESSSSS! I'm finally having a chance to be a host in the Nepstation! I've been longing to have some of my beautiful inventions advertised and displayed for the masses!"
Kaichu: "You died though"
Kurome: "Hush Rat….or ehhh, should I still call you Rat? You look more handsome…..or straight-up edgy"
Kaichu: "From now on, call me Kaichu in this form! Made from my pure love for my angel!"
Kurome: "Forgetting the CME you brazenly drank? And the grey liquid that you frank it whole?"
Kaichu: "Hush dead woman, you better took your time well here, cause this is your last time appearing in this fic"
Kurome: "Heck no! I'll be back soon. I'm an important friend of dear Gearsy. I bet that the author has plans for me. I can Imagine 'Kurome saving Nepgear's life on the brink of defeat!' in one of the fic's sentences"
Kaichu: "Cope seethe"
Kurome: "Err EHEM, anyway, since this is the end of Ultradimension's arc. Next, it'll take place in the Hyperdimension with the addition of Evolry's owner, the current state of the said dimension, and a special character will be appearing later on"
Kaichu: "There will be some stuff later on, but I can't spell it out right now"
Kurome: "Well, be seeing y'all….Is that all?"
Kaichu: "Should be… What now?"
Kurome: "Then let me show you every single of my inventions that I made while I was alive! This belt here can transform you into-"
Magic: "KUROME! NO ADVERTISING! My lady's orders are obsolete"
Kurome: "My babies are more precious!"
Magic: "You dare choose those things over our Lady?! I'll educate that brash mouth of yours!"
Kurome and Magic were having a fierce fight that thrashed several Nepstation broadcasting equipments. This made Gehaburn step down and told the two to calm down. Alas, her cries weren't heard.
Gehaburn: "OI, Kaichu! Could you stop munching down that popcorn and help me out here"
Kaichu: "Oh but I am helping, by enjoying the show….. Yummy"
Gehaburn: "HOW IS THAT HELPING TO YOU?! AAAAAAHHHHHH"