The Console Wars

by BlackNoire

The CPUs are at each other's throats, but not in Celestia but in Gameinudstri. This is not done from Neptune's perspective or any CPU for that matter. A male arrives in Gamindsutri who appears to be from somewhere else. All is not as it seems as this is not from the Neptunia universe but a general gaming universe. This is a fanfic unlike any other. Rated M for violence.

127. Victory or Death Continued

Chapter 127: Victory or death continued

"Just to let you know Black, Honda has taken a rest. Hopefully you'll now be able to catch him and stop him, I hope you do, because I know you're ever so tired and you're in such unimaginable excruciating pain and because of this, you desire nothing more but to rest, but I know you know yourself you can't rest just yet, I know you know you have to keep going, keep fighting, for all of us, our friends, our family, our nation, and our world.

You're all that's left big brother, you're all that's left standing between him and our nation and if he so much as steps foot in there, we'll have to declare war on Team Rocket officially, and we won't be able to handle both them and Leanbox at the same time, and with that we'll lose for sure, and then they'll be no way of liberating Lowee, and with that no hope for the world in seeing prosperity, freedom and happiness.

And not only that but Lastation will no longer know the wonderful things like progress, prosperity, happiness, freedom, and having plenty of wealth such that there's no poverty, there's delicious food, wonderful drinks, exquisite luxuries like holidays, consoles, electricity, electrical goods, high quality internet connection, fast high tech heavily customised hyper cars, excellent accommodation consisting of atom manipulators which can make any delicious food that's ever so healthy and drink which is also delicious and healthy.

There are also clothes made of any fabric possible from cotton, wool, cashmere to straw, bamboo, jute, velvet, polyester, acrylic, lycra, carbon fibre, silk to nylon, even fur and feathers which are like real fur and feathers, but no animals are harmed to make them, and they can also get rid of waste.

The accommodation in our glorious nation has things like coloured lights, bathrooms with large baths, shower and Jacuzzis, large bedrooms with plenty of clothes, massive televisions, all the consoles including the handheld ones, as well as a large bed, along with chairs, and these rooms are gigantic, and there are even some with gardens, and space big enough for all the sports like football, ten pin bowling, rugby, cricket, horse racing, elephant racing, camel racing in which these animals are well looked after and are happy to race, swimming, tennis, table tennis, boxing, squash, badminton, hockey and curling.

There is also places that are rather beautiful, and all the loyal kind smart people in Lastation are able to live for a very long time and to be healthy too, and we're even trying to research into new technology to come up with more wonderful things like exoskeletons for people who would like to jump high into the air, nanobots for people to customise furniture and wall paper so they can alter the appearance rapidly, and do so repeatedly without having to devote time and resources to altering it.

There's also teleportation for those that wish to get to any destination instantaneously, in fact when this is all over I was considering on working on space travel so that we can see if there are other planets of life out there, and what there is, as well as too develop time travel so not only can we try and stop Neptune before she could even so much as lay a finger on anyone, we could perhaps see how this world was created and what happened before we came.

Yes there's a lot of cool stuff we're trying to research, which will provide new and wonderful opportunities for people to do stuff they've never done before, and to make their lives even better, and we hope to provide this for everyone, though what we have already provides hope and prosperity for the people there, and this must be preserved at all costs, so that the world knows hope and that this terrible war can end in the future, and that they can share the same benefits that we have here.

If he is not stopped, then all of what Lastation can have in the future, the world can have, and all the freedoms, and luxuries and prosperities Lastation has will be lost forever, our glorious nation is all that's standing between Neptune and her goal of world tyranny which will never ever end, and the world will forever be bleak and hopeless and dark.

I can only hope that if you do succeed and you must do for the sake of us all, that we can reward you enough so that it more than pays for all the wonderful things you've done in the name of making humanity better and to get rid of the villains who would dare try and ruin it and destroy it, because we wouldn't be where we are if it weren't for you, and you'll certainly be one of the main people responsible for the defeat of Neptune when it does happen. We'll have to do much more than get you to try a brand new milkshake Noire has created.

At least it's just him left now and then your body can rest and I'm sure Noire will really look forward to restoring it back to full health and be in an excellent shape again, for it will be needed in our rescuing of Dawn and Ash, I know you know that this is the last section of this fight, and there's not much more to go, and that your body is tired and wants nothing more but to rest, and I only wish that I could give you something so that your body doesn't feel pain or fatigue, but that would arouse suspicion and I only hope that the stakes will motivate you to carry on.

I do indeed worry that if anything your body could collapse real soon, but with your skills and intelligence I am confident that you'll defeat him. I know you can reach him, you'll have to, and then you'll have to use your wits and skills to kill him and keep Lastation safe from destruction, for Lastation, the world, and everyone in it. You have to stop him Black, we're rooting for you big brother, and look forward to celebrating your victory my big brother, my best friend." Uni says to me doing her absolute best to motivate me, and my body to continue.

It's a truly wonderful speech her mentioning all the fantastic things that's great about Lastation and how it's all that's left, and why it's important that I defeat Honda who is currently resting which I'm relieved to know, it's excellent motivation to know why one should fight and it being because of how great the nation is and how bad it would be for the world if it were to fall. I know what's at stake which is far too much, and Uni knows I know, but to be reminded of it, and to hear it from Uni, I hope will get my body to carry on for this little while longer, before I can then finally recover, knowing that this will help ensure our nation's survival and will lead to its inevitable victory.

My body needs to carry on, for Honda has rested and with this rest, I have a chance to catch up with him, and then with this I can fight him, and just like the others even though his health is much higher than me, and he feels much less pain than me, and compared to me has less blood coming out of him, I will defeat him. Though with that said, how I don't know, since my weapons are either too limited in ammunition with regards my sniper rifle, or in range with regards my bow and arrow, and then there's ensuring that I can hit him in the back since he has a riot shield, plus which my aches and pains are such that my speed will be low, and out manoeuvring him will be ever so difficult.

As I head towards where he is, I wonder why he's decided to rest, especially how he could have just simply headed on to Lastation, do the attack and force Lastation to declare war because of the attack, and with the war on two fronts being disastrous, it will mean a massive defeat for humanity, and the world will no longer know hope, or ever know peace and will only know suffering, pain and bleakness for eternity. He'll have ensured Neptune's victory and our defeat, a defeat which will be final and will mean we'll have lost the war, and have no hope of ever defeating Neptune, which words can't describe how awful that would be.

I really don't like how it's not down to us but down to their incompetence with Honda resting, that we will defeat them, then again it must be humiliating for them how their mistakes and stupidity will have let them down, but will they realise this? Then again if they won't we will and as long as we defeat them then that's all that should matter, she cannot be allowed to win and we must ensure that she doesn't just fail but fail spectacularly. One thing is for sure though, we cannot afford to rely on their stupid mistakes, and instead we must rely on our tactics, our determination, and our technology along with our organisation, our hardworking, and our benevolence and our intelligence to defeat them, and defeat them for good.

Whatever the reason for Honda deciding to have a rest, whether it's to taunt me with resting before I come and then head over because he can, though I hope it isn't because then I'll be defeated for sure, or if it's because of him having a feeling that Okuni won't be able to defeat me, not with her having a bow and arrow and machine pistol to assist her, and so wants to finish me off, as if to frustrate me with how close I am to stopping him, as it's only him left, after going through all of those enemies, and to be so close, yet no victory, or even if it's because he wants to attack Lastation with full energy, not just to be there at any cost, and wishes to have a good fight there, and I say that since right now he perhaps feels he's too exhausted with all the armour, and perhaps feels crippled and doesn't want to risk collapsing from fatigue and carrying all of that armour, though even with that I wonder if he wonders if that would make any difference because we should be able to defeat him easily, then again he perhaps prefers to fight as a warrior, but whatever the reason for the opponent of mine having a rest, I should be happy that he's rested as it gives me a chance to rush over towards him, and then make a last stand and fight him there, but what concerns me is that will I be able to make it since my body is that exhausted, and even if I do how much time will I have left before I faint, as he'll then be free to attack our high tech nation and cause our destruction, and there'll be no one left to stop him.

What really worries me is if I can get to him before he's recovered and attacks, is how can I sneak up on him, since that's probably the best way, and how can I defeat someone with much more health and energy, and in a much better condition than me, though I realise that for now I need to do all I can, to ignore my aches, ignore my fatigue, ignore the blood all over me, as I run as fast I can, screaming in pain because my body wants too, and while I'm far away and in a forest so it's difficult to hear from far away, I can do, and even if there's no certainty it might just sooth my pain at least a little bit, whilst thinking about what Uni has said to me in her motivational speech to keep me going, as well as promise for a new milkshake and to receive even more of Noire's never ending gratitude as well.

I just hope that my ignoring of my concerns, yelling in pain and thinking about why I'm doing this will be enough for I fear it won't be, and though Uni has done a magnificent job encouraging me to keep going, I worry that my body will eventually collapse, after all that it's been through for the last several chapters, fighting this battle that has lasted for numerous chapters, having to fight such difficult fights against numerous characters from the series, all of whom will have taken a toll on me.

It is then though that I realise that I'm better off concealing my pain once more as it's only a matter of time before Tadakatsu will be within range where he can hear me yelling, and I don't want to indirectly tell him that I'm here, because then it'll be even harder to kill him or he could possibly decide to attack Lastation which will be game over.

I also realise how I should just focus on finding a strategy to take him down, hopefully one where I don't have to do so much running, to increase my chances of being conscious long enough to take my opponent down, it's no good worrying, worrying about whether I'll collapse from exhaustion in pain before I can defeat my last remaining enemy, because there's nothing I can do.

Yep, nothing I can do, a shame I can't decide when my body will collapse from exhaustion and from the pain and loss of lots of blood, in which I'd prefer it to be after I defeat Honda, the only thing I can control is how long I take in killing him but even then, I don't see how I can kill him in time, especially with how I must have really affected my body on this with the running and now with the pain concealment as well. This goes through my mind a lot, as I struggle to think of a way of defeating him quickly, which is what I need if I am to stand a chance, to be able to hit him and to keep on doing so until he's dead, but I feel that killing him would be difficult as it is let alone doing it in a time limit.

It feels like a game again in which I have to defeat a difficult boss within a small time limit, but the tragic thing is that the clock is ticking now, and I don't know what the time is, then again that could distract me and I'll just have to pretend that there isn't one, and just keep going for as long as I can, I only hope that I won't lose consciousness, or at least it does not affect me too much to fight.

At least I am almost there, and I know that his back is turned, which is good as I have a bit of an edge, which I could really do with if I am to stand a chance against my enemy Tadakatsu. It is then that I also realise that if I am to have a better chance in defeating the enemy, and more precisely on time, then I need to make the most out of the ranged weapon I have, for it won't last, and so I decide to use up my sniper rifle first, and then to do my best to get him with the bow and arrow, and hopefully if I can hit him once, then it should knock him down, and from then I can repeatedly hit him with the rest of the arrows, and hopefully it'll be enough to kill them, though that is if I can get through the shield of his, which will be difficult because I don't think I'll be able to run any more let alone outrun him.

I cannot worry about that though, because it'll probably make it worse, I can only put my plan into action, and to then respond accordingly if the situation changes, which I worry it will be. I need to win, I cannot lose, this I say to myself repeatedly for I most certainly know that there is just too much at stake for me to fail.

With my strategy in mind even if it's for the first part, as well as an awareness that it can easily go awry like it has done in the past, and my nerves calmed down to the best of its ability, despite my concerns about dying, fainting due to a lack of energy and blood and not being able to defeat him, he is within range of my sniper rifle, and so as quickly as I can, I get in position, and with my rifle in hand I aim at the best place to shoot him, and fire as many bullets as I can while he's sat down with his back to me resting.

Thankfully for me I manage to fire a couple of clips at him, but after that he has stood up and he is facing me carrying the riot shield and machine gun, only for him to crouch so that way, I cannot hit him with my weapon, not that it matters because I don't think I have much left.

I knew it would be like this, that I wouldn't be able to do much damage to him, but at least every little helps, and I realise that although he is still much more healthier and in less pain than me, and has less blood coming out than me, he does not have full health or full energy not with how White tried to significantly wound him, and I've already managed to shoot at him earlier, but even if he's slower than before, and has less health, he still has that shield and with him crouched, I cannot harm him at all from head on.

I'm guessing he realises that standing with the shield leaves his legs exposed, and although him being crouched will result in him being slower, we both know that I'm not much quicker myself, it is then as he moves closer to me, does he then talk.

"A pathetic attempt, to kill me while my back is turned, how very foolish and cowardly of you, you won't be doing that any more.

Still, guessing from you actually being here, you must have defeated Okuni then, though no doubt in a cowardly way, let's see how you can handle me, my armour and my weapons, let's see if you can be brave, for once, or are you much better off just letting me put you out of your misery, so that I can see if there anyone in Lastation brave is enough to face me." Honda says to me in his tone, clearly not impressed with me.

What he says angers me because I know that the people of Lastation are brave to carry on fighting despite the enemy being at their front door, and vastly outnumbering them, as well as to fight with me and my friends in Lowee, without the advanced technology due to arousing suspicion, and knowing full well that it will be a long time before they can be revived when they inevitably fall due to the overwhelming odds.

To face such odds indeed and for it to become desperate, they are most certainly brave to carry on, and while I'd like to put him in his place, I'll indirectly tell him that I'm from Lastation and with that he can report to Team Rocket, and since no one from our landmass is allowed in Lowee, then war will be declared, besides even if I didn't mention the futuristic nation and responded, I'll indirectly tell him where I am, and so I say nothing and ignore him like before.

Note: Readers please listen to Samurai Warriors 2 Annihilation while reading this:

I switch to my bow and arrow, as I see him head for me quite slowly, though I'm beginning to feel faint from the pain and blood loss, and I feel that I have even less time to defeat Honda than I thought, annoyingly though I'm not within range, though I'll have to do a lot of dodging of the machine gun before I can even consider firing an arrow at him, but just how to fire an arrow at him and ensure that it hits him? Hmmm.

The only way to do that is by flanking, and I need to outflank because once I have him on the side at least, then just one arrow is all that's needed, and then I can use the rest of the arrows to take him down, as he'll be on the floor then, though I need to ensure I take cover, and I need to ensure not to scream in pain as I run from his gun, as well as stay hidden in cover so he doesn't spot me. I hope not because then if he notices me it'll be even more difficult, perhaps to the point of too difficult for my body which I fear its collapse is imminent, as more blood leaves me.

I then as quietly as I can and doing my utmost best not to scream in pain which is increasingly difficult over time as my blood leaves me, and my fatigue increases more and more, do I then run fairly slowly so as not to strain myself considering my condition from cover to cover towards him, so I can be within range of him as he approaches me slowly, firing his machine gun, never ceasing to hope that he does not notice me trying to flank him.

Though the tragic thing is that it's not long at all before he does in fact notice, as he slowly turns around while firing his machine gun, forcing me to run from cover to cover, and although at least I can run around quicker than he turns, I do not know how much more my body can take, though this has been a question that's plagued my mind for all this while.

"Hah. You can outflank me and fight like a coward, all you want it won't work, you'll just postpone the inevitable, and you will get shot down." The armoured warrior speaks to me in the same sort of tone.

It really frustrates me that I'm having to rush even more again, and I wonder if he knows my body is down for the count, and so his strategy while trying to get me is to tire me out, meaning I'll either be shot or pass out where he can shoot me just to be sure and he'll have won, yet the thing is that after all of this time of being deeply concerned and finding myself thinking that I can't be doing with this any longer, I soon realise that while his gun has lots of bullets, it won't take very long before he runs out of bullets, in fact I'm guessing just a few seconds now.

It's to be a battle of attrition, what will happen first, me collapsing considering how I'm starting to lose focus a bit, though I worry that it will increase shortly, or him running out of ammunition? I hope that even in the state I'm in he'll run out, and when he runs out he'll be quite a while before he's finished reloading his weapon, though the thing is that even when he's reloading he can still move so that while he's reloading he can protect himself which is no good at all for me, but I soon realise that although it's possible for one to reload and move at the same time, considering the way I remember seeing him reload his gun, with the shield on top, without standing up exposing some of his body, I don't see that happening, because the shield will hit the ground and he won't be able to reload properly if he's crouched.

This pleases me because then I'll have a window of opportunity to strike against him, when he's having to reload which shouldn't be too much longer now, but then again considering how he may know he could just easily not reload his gun and just use the shield to protect him, and wait for me to get exhausted.

I really do hope not or at least I can come up with a strategy to get him to reload his gun, though maybe I'm better off seeing what happens as he's on his last few bullets for the clip in his gun, as I try so hard to run, and conceal my pain, but at least I shouldn't have to do too much running after this, though even if running is no longer required, there is still the matter of using my muscles which ache from the wounds to fire arrows at him, and to do so accurately.

Nope, I'll find a way just focus Black; just keep running through cover for a little while longer, he'll run out before you know it. Just keep going, ignore your aches, ignore your lack of stamina, and ignore the fact that you could collapse at any minute, hah that's certainly easier said than done but that is what I must do.

In fact he does need to inevitably reload, and yes I'm still conscious even if I have no idea for how long for, though probably only for a microscopic period of time, and now I can flank him while he reloads, that is if he does in which tragically he does not, and instead turns towards me as I'm trying to flank him making it harder to find an opening. I sigh as I knew that this would happen, and it looks like I'm either going to end up fainting, or I'll tire myself out trying to flank him while he manages to keep up with me, nuts, nuts, nuts, I'm in trouble now and I think he knows it.

"Hmph, so you think you're good just because you've managed to dodge all of my bullets? Hah that's not bravery that's cowardice, merely postponing the inevitable, the inevitable demise, just like you always do. You won't win so you might as well just surrender so that you can be put out of your misery by my machine gun, and then I can see if the CPUs of Lastation are a lot braver than you to face me." Honda says in an irritated tone, eager to face who he considers a worthy opponent.

Once again a part of me wanted to respond, to put him in his place as I know full well that the CPUs will make mincemeat of him, and that he is unwise to underestimate us, but then I realise that I shouldn't respond and just let him underestimate us and let that be his own doing, even though I quickly remember that if Noire ends up having to take him out instead of me, the fall of Lastation is as inevitable as the sun rising and setting, which will be a terrible, terrible event to say the very least.

With this in mind, as much as I hate to admit it, a part of me does feel like I am postponing the inevitable defeat of myself and our glorious nation, especially since I'm struggling to see how I can outflank him with him moving towards me, and yet I need to while I still have the chance, I need him to reload, how do I get him to reload? It is then that I know how to, I need to make him think that I've given up, that I wish for mercy for him to put an end to me, then he'll reload, and when he does at the right moment, I'll strike when he's at the right stage of reloading his weapon, since with the way he does it, he moves the gun around a bit to get at the different areas of the weapon. I like to think that it's a good tactic.

The thing is I only hope that it works though as it relies on the next set of events here going as precisely as I planned it with him reloading and how he'll reload, but first I need to get within range, and so I continue to run closer around him knowing that he'll protect himself, before collapsing to the ground after getting within range.

"OWWWW! ARGH! Curse it, why does my body ache so, urgh, alright, I surrender, I can't take much more of this, please put an end to me now. Argh!" I scream in agonising pain clutching my body in an attempt to sooth it; at least I don't have to fake it.

What concerns me though and keeps playing through my mind as my plan is carried out is will he fall for it? I like to think so because he desires for me to be defeated, and I know how much it would satisfy him to personally defeat me after frustrating him, for all that time. Though even if he was to fall for it, there is still the matter of ensuring that I can somehow quickly stand up and fire the arrow and it hitting him in a place not protected by the shield, it's real risky and he could easily block it, though I like to think that he'll be too busy reloading to notice. There's just so much riding on this, and it's ever so tense. It is then that he responds to me.

"Oh? Surrendered have we? Well I knew you'd eventually see sense, if you can't fight like a true warrior then at least die like one, and let me fight the Lastations who are hopefully warriors who can give me a good fight. I won't allow you to just die on your own since you've asked nicely, and you could just easily attack me with my back turned like before, nope I'll put an end to you personally, and then I'll see if I can defeat the CPUs from Lastation. Come prepare to meet your end by my gun." The opponent of mine says to me in the same tone as before despite the fact I've done a favour for him.

This is truly excellent, and I'm ever so pleased with this wonderful news, for I have got him, as he intends to reload his weapon which will expose himself to my arrow, that is if I can hit him, which I hope so. I really hope it works as it needs to, for it's the only chance I have, a chance I can't afford not to take even though it's extremely risky to take it, because of having to quickly get up which will make noise, perhaps too much noise to alert him, and then there's firing the bow and arrow at the right place at the right time, which will be difficult because of my muscles, and my arms aching from all the fatigue, and the extreme pain due to the wounds and very low health, and from all this it means a slim chance of succeeding.

I know I have to take the chance despite the unlikelihood of it succeeding, because if I don't then I'll never get another one, as he'll have reloaded, and then I'll either have to dodge in which it'll be the same as before, or more likely worse as I'll feel less conscious from the pain and all the blood loss, and not only that but there's also how I'll have even less time left to defeat Honda, and I don't think my body could take it anymore not with being back at square 1, in which it's running at fast speeds, or there's the other option in which I just simply lie there where I'll die for certain.

It is then that I realise that not only must I take the chance but take it quickly, and I just have to hope I can get it at the right part of his body and at the right time, as it is now that he begins reloading, and I hope that as I stand up and quickly aim and then fire, that he doesn't notice that my surrender, my plea to die by him is fake, because if he does then there's no way that I can get him with an arrow. With that said though, I like to think that he won't notice on time, and I say this because he'll be so focused on reloading, and he may have even let his guard down as I've told him what he would like to hear and that is for my surrender.

Well here goes nothing, I then as quickly as possible stand up, even though doing so in the condition I'm in hurts quite a bit, though with the pain I'm in and the blood oozing out, it's getting ever so close to the straw on the camel's back, and as soon as I have done so, despite feeling more groggy, and in more pain, I then aim the bow at an exposed place as quickly as possible, and then despite the worry that the window of opportunity will go, because of where the shield will be as he reloads, and the several seconds it takes to reload his weapon, I then fire the arrow as best as I can, and all I can do as it's been fired is hope that it hits him.

I like to think that it will because even despite the pain I like to think of myself as a good shot, and I've managed to defeat enemies and bosses who are more numerous and deadly and had significant advantages over me, though the tension that I feel from all of this never ends, as I find myself repeatedly going through the plans I have, the concerns I have, and I try my best to either reassure myself, or plan accordingly as best as I can, even though that in itself is easier said than done, in fact I also keep thinking about the details of each stage of my plan, as I know each one can make all the difference, in fact I find myself being concerned that if he was to get hit successfully, will I be able to fire all the arrows required, and ensure that they all hit him in time before I actually collapse from the poor condition I'm in?

In answer to that question, all I can do is my best and to make this work, I like to think that once he's knocked on the floor, and I'm confident he will be, I just need to get his legs which I imagine would be exposed, though I am concerned that like it's been the case before, he will respond to this, forcing me to come up with a strategy to defeat that one, which hasn't always been easy and has taken its toll on me, and that could kill me this time.

With these thoughts running through my mind, and after all this stress about whether I've hit him, I quickly realise that I can just look to see if I've got him, to put my mind out of my misery, I wonder if this is down to fatigue and me losing consciousness and significant amounts of blood, which is quite worrying as I could make mistakes that can cost me this fight, and so with this realisation I look and yes I'm ever so pleased to find that the arrow hit him in the chest, stopping him from his reloading and it explodes sending him to the ground.

He lands on his back with his weapon to his right, and is really frustrated, and angry as he grunts from that explosion.

"Curse you, I should have known you'd do a dirty trick such as that, but you won't get to do that again, I will put an end to your cowardice with my machine gun, that I promise you." Honda says to me in a rather aggressive manner.

Well it's nice to frustrate him after all he's done making me run for my life as he tries to kill me, but I know I cannot celebrate just yet, even if an added bonus is the fact that he has to start the reloading process all over again, which will mean more time before he could be deadly again with his gun, yes, yes, yes this is wonderful news.

With this said, I know that I must not relax yet, not with how there is more arrows that I need to fire at him, and how exhausted I am from all that stress and relief in how I've not fainted yet which surprises me. I know it will come though however, and it's difficult not to think about that, along with whether I have enough time to still get him, after all this that had happened, and whether I can ensure that every arrow I fire at him, hits him considering how I worry that he'll be smarting from that trick of mine.

The thing is I then realise that while it'll take a lot of well-aimed arrows, I have a lot of arrows and even in the condition I'm in, I can fire them reasonably quickly even if it'll hurt me adding to the immense pain I already have, I also realise that he's on the floor, and his legs are exposed, meaning that I don't just have a good area to hit him, which will keep him on the floor, but I can slow him down as I hit his legs, and not only that but there's also how with him on the floor and the shield being in the way, it's going to be ever so difficult for him to reload or fire his weapon, he'll probably ditch it and be forced to go prone to stop falling down, and he'll have such a wide area, meaning I'll just need to fire fast, as opposed to fast and accurate, this should be easy for me from now on.

Yes it's such a wonderful contrast for earlier with how it was difficult and stressful, trying to ensure I survive before I can even land a shot and now, I have a golden opportunity with being able to finish him off good, though I quickly realise that he could easily reach me and kill me or worse, I could faint as now it's becoming a battle to stand, and so I'm forced to sit down to rest myself for a bit. I don't like that it's a race against time as we're both crippled, both not standing yet both refuse to give in, and wish to continue to fight, as I fear that the quicker I fire those arrows, the sooner I'll faint due to the firing tiring me, and yet the longer I take, the more likely I'll either faint due to energy loss, or be killed by him.

Despite my worries that refuse to leave my head, I manage to fire a few arrows at his legs and chest, and it hits him in the leg and just in time, because after that he's protecting them with a shield, and I find that with him being in this position, he will be completely protected, and I won't even be able to flank him, and he might even adapt his reloading technique so he can do it from there. Fortunately though the explosion knocks him on his back again, and with the weapon in his hands, he ends up carrying it with him, meaning he's not protected anymore, allowing me the opportunity to fire more arrows at him, though I doubt it would be much of an opportunity, still several is better than nothing.

Annoyingly though I'm finding that he's not ditching the shield in favour of crawling towards me, perhaps because he knows that's what I want him to do, and knows that I'll have a hard time trying to fire arrows when he has a shield protecting him. Yet all I can do is to try and fire arrows such that I can send him back down again, and do it enough times such that because of me being able to get him anyway, he'll find it's best to switch. The trouble is that with all of this focus it's taking a toll on my body full of bullet holes which ooze out blood, and my body aches like such agony, and not only that but my concentration is affected as well, I feel that I'll pass out within a minute or two. Come on Honda, ditch the shield so that I can defeat you and finally get some rest.

"Go ahead and fire your arrows, see if enough will hit me, but you'll find that it won't be and that you'll fall much sooner than you think." The opponent of me boasts to me.

I wouldn't be so sure, but I realise that even now that it's best to just fight as opposed to spending energy on responding and yelling to his reactions to what I do, as I find that I am not able to fire many arrows on his chest, before he places the shield on his body, putting a stop to my firing and while at least there is the legs of his that I can still get, it's only a matter of time before he sits up and places the shield in front of him which will protect him, and unless I can get him at the right part of the leg, I'll no longer be able to hit him what so ever as his shield will be in the way, and with that he can then reload his weapon and finish me off for good.

I manage to get a good few on his leg before he puts the shield in front of him, and hides his body behind them, and while most of them hit him in the upper leg, there is one which hit him really close to his hips, and I hope that this arrow will send him to the floor, I really do, as I don't think I can bear facing the events which will happen if it doesn't, and I'm pleased that I don't have to because as he manages to move his legs behind the shield, the explosions from the arrows happen first at his lower legs which causes him to scream in pain, followed by the final one close to his hips which despite not being on his chest, the force, is still enough for him to be knocked back screaming his head off.

"Hah to steal the weapons of my allies, especially my daughter and use them against me, what utter cowardice though I expected nothing less, but you won't win that I promise you." Honda says to me after screaming in pain, his body language shows his aches, and frustration with how I'm defeating him.

Just as before, I don't respond to him getting exploded by my arrow, as I let my actions speak since they're louder than words, in fact the force of the explosion is more than enough to send him to the floor, as once again he's lying on his back and his shield is not protecting him, this pleases me as now I know that I can shoot an arrow near his hip and it'll send him back down, what concerns me though is that will he ditch the shield, or will he try again, and if he does will I still be able to get him?

Then again I need to think what would he do considering what has happened, he is getting shot repeatedly, and this is despite having a shield and gun attached, in fact he has not even been able to reload his weapon, but will he try again, though with a different approach and keep his body covered by the shield, as I try and continue to fire at him despite the ache and fatigue of my arms increasing with each arrow I fire at him?

Just as I feared, he still intends to fight with his shield, though my gut tells me that this will be his last attempt, I hope so because I do feel like I could collapse at any moment, and it's long overdue, still I cannot give in, I just need to make each shot from my bow count, since my arms wish for me to stop firing my bow, and my blood in my body is getting less and less, along with my energy.

Trying to avoid getting knocked down again, and to be able to reload without me stopping him, he quickly blocks my arrows with his shield, though this time it's more to the centre, protecting some of his legs, and although his legs are still exposed, he tries to reload his weapon whilst lying down, but after firing arrow after arrow despite getting increasingly tired and groggy, and doing so for several arrows, he stops as he feels that with each hit and explosion, will distract him and slow him down significantly to the point where he won't be able to reload before I kill him.

"If you think that tactic of yours will kill me, think again, for you're only prolonging your agony, you know it and I know it, and for the sake of your own body, just surrender now!" Honda warns me in his usual tone, his voice telling how much pain he is, along with grunting as the explosives hurt him, and causes blood to leave his body.

It does concern me that he knows but then again I suspected that since my body language would be clear to him, as he keeps saying the same thing about postponing the inevitable, then again he's one to talk as I do my best to finish him, as he changes strategy though after aborting his reloading attempt he then lift his legs, while at the same time moving his right hand to his side, along with his left so that the shield is no longer protecting him.

I know what he's trying to do and that is a kip up, a move in which they can quickly get from lying on their back to standing up which is ideal in a fight and is not good for me right now. In response despite my agonising ailments, I fire as many arrows as possible at him, and also on his thighs so that he can be knocked back down, which I hope will happen, and hopefully force him to get rid of his shield considering the results of trying to use it against me.

Unfortunately because of his speed, I do not manage to fire many arrows at all at him, but I do fire them at the crucial areas, and before he can begin reloading, they explode sending him back to the ground, and just as I have hoped and predicted, he has dropped his weapon, and has switched to his shotgun, yes, yes, yes it is just a matter of quickly shooting a final batch of arrows, which can't be too many right now, but now my vision is real blurry no doubt from all my painful aches and blood loss, and despite me sitting down I feel really dizzy and swaying a lot, as if I'm drunk and could collapse at any second.

All I see is a distinct blob which must be him, and so I just fire and fire and fire as many arrows as I can, though with my other hand as my original one aches far too much now, and using my other one isn't as easy as the original but I can still do it, though it is incredibly difficult as my pain is unimaginable, I just have to fire as many as I can, but the trouble is that although I like to think I have fired a good batch though it is hard to count due to how exhausted and groggy I am, I find myself being only able to fire one more arrow before I faint, and even then I'm unsure if I've hit the target.

I am unable to move now, I'm unable to move a muscle, and I am not even able to wake up and see if Honda has been defeated, because I'm that exhausted, that everything is a blur, in fact I can't even hear Uni telling me if I have taken out my nemesis. Well although I like to think that I have managed to hit him all of those times, and have managed to fire all those arrows, not to mention in the time I was conscious notice his body language telling me, how much pain he's in and the lack of health he had, as well as how desperate he was to get me more as he changed tactic, I have to assume the worst.

I have to, as there's no way of knowing if I have him now, or if he's still standing after all that and intends to attack Lastation despite the fact that I have or at least like to think that I have severely reduced his health, well I suppose there's the being finished off part with bullets just to ensure I've been defeated for sure by Honda and then I'd know, but even then would I be able to feel it because of the pain I'm in, and the lack of consciousness that I have to feel it?

It's just too bad that being revived if I was to be finished off by him would be out of the question, as although I could not just see but then take him out, he could then report to Team Rocket, and they'll know something's up and will declare war. Oh if only I could wake up a few seconds without being revived, so there's no suspicion as he'll see me extremely crippled, and to be able to hear and see properly just so I know if I killed him, because even if not then at least I'll know for sure, but it is not to be.

At least I could have actually got him but I doubt it, and it looks like I have lost, and it's depressing how it's not the bullets that would ultimately defeat me, despite being shot loads of times and being sent to a critical state with the immense blood loss and pain, but it's the exhaustion being too much for me to bear, and I suppose me being forced not to rest when my body demanded it didn't help one bit either, but I couldn't give in to my body's demands.

Another depressing fact is how I've fallen at the truly last hurdle, as of all the troops and bosses outnumbering me, and even eventually having more health and are in less pain than me, I'd fall to not just the last one, but at a point where he clearly had low health, and the frustrating thing is that all of those that went before him would have taken a toll on my health, whittling it down, increasing my pain and fatigue and blood loss, such that my inevitable collapse would get more and more certain, and now it has at the last section, where killing him was a matter of just a few more arrows, and that I have no doubt.

It depresses me to know that all of that resistance myself and my allies did, all of that fighting against the enemy, the strategies with which we used to outwit and defeat all of those enemies, as well as hoping that our brains and brawn will overcome theirs, and it has for the most part, though it's a tragedy that it's only for the most part. It only got the vast majority, and even worse still it's all but one. It's not nice to know that we've failed not just for wanting to succeed and to do well, but who we've failed to.

I despise the idea of failing to them because of what they represent working for Team Rocket who have not just taken over Lowee, but caused it's destruction, with the Loweeans that were once there either dead or on the extreme brink of survival in a few places, or have fled to Lastation with hope that they'll help them reclaim their land which was taken from them and savaged, and restore it back to its former glory.

It's the exact same thing with the Pokémon as they've either been murdered, or fled with their trainers, and right now Team Rocket wishes to do the same to Lastation by conquering it and to destroy the culture and people there like they did in Lowee, and they wish to do that by hiring people to attack Lastation forcing a war, a war they won't be able to win because of having Leanbox to fight as well.

What Team Rocket have done disgusts me, and we have failed to beat them, these deviants who I'm sure are a vassal of that dreaded Neptune, but I mustn't get upset, for we have do our best. We have managed to defeat numerically superior and much healthier enemies, and we've managed to keep going despite the odds not diminishing, despite our health doing so and our bodies getting in more pain and more tired, and not only that but we've managed to keep going despite the concerns of the inevitable defeat. We have done well, well indeed to have taken on such a larger force of troops and bosses with only a few of us, and to have bled their numbers to the point where they were almost wiped out.

It's just such a shame that it was close but not close enough to bring us victory, and instead of a well-deserved, well-earned victory, we get a defeat, and with this defeat Lastation will fall, and with that I think about Uni's speech at the beginning of this chapter telling me all the stuff that's great about the high tech nation now, and what it intended to do, and this being all the motivation needed to fight and yet it'll be gone, all of what's great about Lastation: it's highly advanced technology, it's immense wealth, beauty, prosperity, happiness, freedom and how environmentally friendly it all is and energy efficient, it's luxuries which everyone has, it's food which is plentiful and with a massive variety, and can be altered to be healthy and to taste differently, and can be made in a flash, it's drink which is the same, it's futuristic skyscrapers which look so beautiful and are ever so tall, it's natural environments of different sorts for different animals which are well looked after including forests, jungles, water and grass, along with hills, it's roads which are so great to drive along with tunnels, curves and bridges as well as ramps, it's high tech heavily customised cars that have nice art and cool high tech features, its facilities which cover a wide range from shopping of all sorts of things from clothes in any colour of any material without the harm of animals and in any shape, gadgets including consoles, accessories to cars, equipment of all things, anything for the house, to places to do sports, to experience entertainment of all kinds, along with the means to repair, or places to visit, there's also it's jobs which are safe, highly paid, clean and exciting to do ,and with a good amount of time for holidays from cruises to visiting different places in our glorious nation, and everyone having at least a few large rooms for their beds which are gigantic, massive TVs with all the consoles including handheld, electricity, phones, the atom manipulators for their food, their baths which include showers, toilet, and Jacuzzi, as well as a room for them to work or even to have facilities for them to play like arcade machines or an area to play sports which has a massive variety, there's also gardens where possible with trees, different plants, chairs along with even a pond, and a Jacuzzi and deck chairs.

I also think about what's great about the people while I'm reminded by her speech with how loyal they are, how they always vote for Noire, and has been voted in all those elections, there's also how hard working they are, how caring they are and they are so wealthy, so smart thanks to the advanced knowledge and excellent education with benevolent teachers they have covering a wide range of subjects like maths, literature, sports, history, science, engineering, geography, technology, arts, food, clothes, computing, languages, creative learning and construction, in which after doing some at a reasonable level they can choose which to study. They're also ever so happy with no complaints, protests, strikes or riots and they live for such a long time without diseases, and they don't age so they have eternal youth as well, so that they can continue to do the things they wish to do, and maintain their body capabilities, as well as their appearances not aging either, which is great for models both male and female who enjoy their work and are also good role models like Noire, in fact there are loads of famous people in Lastation, characters who I recognise from all the different games that originally came from the PlayStation, and they all have the same morals as the people, and I would have looked forward to meeting them along with the rest of the people to get to know them, as they fight for us and we appreciate that very much.

In fact all this, is what's current, as there were intentions for them to be even more advanced, like exosuits for carrying and travel, teleportation for speedier travel, nanobots for people to customise furniture and wall paper so that they can alter the appearance rapidly, and do so repeatedly without having to devote time and resources to altering it, they even worked on space travel so that they can see if there are other planets of life out there and what there is, as well as too develop time travel so not only could they try and stop Neptune before she could even so much as to lay a finger on anyone, they could perhaps see how this world was created and what happened before all of this.

Not only that but the intention was for it all to spread, so that there's new and wonderful opportunities for people to do stuff they've never done before, and to make their lives even better, and it would apply to everyone even those not in Lastation, which must be ever so wonderful for their traumatic experiences to eventually be long ago, and for then on to experience nothing but joy and opportunities as well as to live long, exciting and prosperous lives.

All of this greatness, Lastation, the people and its future was led by great people like Uni who was kind, helpful and good with computers and has been an excellent guide providing surveillance and being my eyes and ears, and Noire my sister, my girlfriend and my wife, who's beauty is flawless just like her and our nation, with her outfits that are beautiful, elegant and grand as well as well as regal like her, including her CPU HDD outfit which compliments her figure, and looks sexy and cool, with her green eyes with black eyeshadow which show compassion and care, as she will do anything for the innocent, her lips with nude coloured lipstick which go with her eyes speak words in a kind, posh voice, words which inspire and bring hope and speak highly of her people and that of the world apart from Neptune and her cronies, and also speaks of plans to make things better, and her long blue hair which goes to her thighs and covers her bum, which is ever so silky, soft, and layered as well as thick, and is all over the place and covers her back entirely, and there's plenty around her head and shoulders, it's so full, full of volume, and big like her womanhood, and it also consists of a fringe which covers her forehead, in which in her head are nothing but wonderful thoughts, thoughts about her friends, thoughts about our high tech nation, and thoughts about the world, along with thoughts of plans in making it better, thoughts in ensuring they work, and thoughts in insuring that there's no negative consequences, along with thoughts of what she needs to be like organised so that she always is, what works she needs to do to ensure that she is the hardworking person that she is, and what training she needs to do, along with the goals to help ensure she's the best CPU.

All of that will be gone, and it saddens me to know that instead we'll have Planeptune, a complete contrast to Lastation, a place full of disease, tyranny, poverty and starvation, a place where there is no luxuries and basics are non-existent, a place full of decline and ruin, and no doubt wastelands, rubbish everywhere and pollution, not to mention it being full of corruption and laziness, laziness from the leaders, along with sadness from the people and a lack of education, medicine, and utilities including water, and what people there that have not been killed brutally, tortured sadistically in the worst manners possible, or died due to horrific conditions, will either be brainwashed and forced against their own free will to fight for Planeptune, or have fled and joined us.

And with Planeptune we'll have its rotten evil leaders: the Candidate named Nepgear who would sell her own people if it would keep her alive, and does nothing about her older sisters, and no doubt has even helped them from her own free will, the CPU Plutia who enjoys to sadistically torture countless people including innocent children and even babies, in all sorts of horrific manners such that their pain lasts a long time, and is all over their bodies, and even comes up with new ways to create new and longer, and more varied agony, and the CPU in charge: Neptune, who does nothing to help her people at all, and instead leaves them to starve, to get sick, to be poor, and to be dirty, as well as to give them no hope and to terrorise them, forcing them to do such hard work for nothing, all day every day, while the rotten Purple Heart has all the food, and does absolutely nothing, and when she does something, it involves fighting us, trying to make lives such a living nightmare in places like Lowee, and trying to do the same for Lastation. She wishes to destroy us because we're successful, we're better and she wishes to be the best, to be loved yet do no work, but to be cruel, and callous to her own, and to bully, humiliate and harm, even murder.

To top this all off, to go with the replacement of the lovely Lastation and its leaders for the pathetic Planeptune and its leaders, they will gloat and that is even worse, for they are people I do not want to lose to, none of us want to lose to them, because we hate what they represent, how they treat other people and how they despise us despite us being nice to everyone else, just because we work harder than them, and care about people where as they don't, they're jealous, which is ever so sad.

I hate how they harm their own people, I hate how they harm other people, I hate how they torture them sadistically, overwork them to the point of collapse, underfeed them to the point of starvation, under clothe them to the point of them being cold and having diseases, mistreat them, humiliate them, and force them to love them, and create a system where only they prosper, and how they only want as their allies, people who are lazy, who are stupid and who mistreat and bully others.

I hate what they stand for, and I know that their method is much inferior to ours, where we treat people well, we feed and nourish them with the best, we clothe them with the best, we look after them, we spend time with them, and our system is fair such that we have the means to create wealth for others, there's no poverty and people are rewarded for their work and they want to work and the work is comfortable, safe and clean and fun, and our way for people to get to the top even though there is prosperity and comfort and wealth at the bottom, is to work hard, to help others, to come up with new ideas to make things better, unlike them who force respect, we don't demand it, we earn it though I know that we have a lot more respect from our people our way, than they do from their people their way.

This is not what I want for a poor, tragic nation run by an inferior CPU with an inferior rotten ideology, to defeat a superior CPU with a superior glorious ideology, and that's what we'll all get all because Honda will get to Lastation, and what will happen as a result, and it is such a shame, a real shame that resistance will not continue from our nation for as long as we'll like for its defeat from both Team Rocket and Leanbox is inevitable.

In fact it'll probably go in a few days, for it's the last hope for the world to be free and to have our nation's benefits, instead of having Planeptune's heavy drawbacks. I know they were looking forward to us coming over there and liberating them, and are eager to see how we protect ourselves and keep our people safe and prosperous, and for them to have in their own lands eventual joy, freedom, possibilities, and prosperity, freedom and to have plenty, it's too bad it won't happen now.

It's a shame about the people because rather than their never ending horrific unimaginable suffering which comes in all sorts of different and new aspects being a long but temporary thing, it will be permanent, they will suffer with hunger, disease, tyranny, torture, destruction, death, squalor and poverty, and they will suffer with all this for the rest of time, for Lastation, the last hope in that it can end, will be extinguished.

Despite this though, this bleak situation, this nightmare which has become a reality, I know what Neptune wants most of all, for us to submit to her, to admit that she is the best CPU, and for us to suck up to her, bow down to her and her gigantic ego, and to be upset and bothered that she's won, as well as to despair, but although it will be sad for the world from now on, and the nightmare will be eternal, that does not stop the fact that before it we've had a wonderful dream and have had such pleasant lovely memories, memories that I will hold forever, memories of Lastation and the leaders there, of spending time there and with them, and having lots of fun.

I'll always be glad of the fun I've had seeing the skyscrapers, the wonderful statues, the fountains, the architecture, and having a ride in Noire's Bugatti Veyron, her stealth plane which is gigantic and luxurious, and seeing Noire's bedroom with all the gadgets and gigantic facilities, as well as balconies, and that's her bedroom and I wonder what her other rooms are like, no doubt just as impressive, not to mention how she has her own multi story car park as part of her place for her to drive, and have fun with the engine noise echoing, and driving up and down and in the lights, and furthermore she also has her cosplay outfits which is a massive amount, and they're all wonderful to see, as well as the fact that they're all varied, and they all look grand and elegant.

What I'll also be glad of is the fun we've had in resisting Neptune, including the memories of thwarting Neptune and Plutia and Nepgear in the past, and having fun owning her, and putting a stop to their plans, as well as seeing their reaction when we did, I'm also glad of how we've stopped Leanbox's attacks and have even managed to go to Lowee and wreak havoc on the forces of Team Rocket there, not to mention how despite all the nightmares that Neptune tries to put me through in the dreams, I defeat her at every time, in fact I'm ever so pleased to know that Neptune has failed to defeat us in the past, in our dreams, she's failed to brainwash us, to break us, and her forces have failed to kill me for good, in fact it's only exhaustion that has done it, and I like to think Neptune knows that, for she would have loved that for certain.

And now even though Lastation will know face impossible odds and it's defeat inevitable, I know that our great nation will go down fighting, just as I did, just as my friends did here in the forest on the border, and I know that the forces of our high tech nation, the remaining ones of Lowee, and it's leaders Blanc, Rom, Ram, Uni and Noire will do their best, and they'll do it for the free world, in which while it may be doomed tragically, the very fact that we continue to resist even now, postponing the conclusion, will anger them, bother them as we make them wait some more as long as possible for their ill-gotten victory, and when the defeat occurs, we will not show them defeat, we will show them defiance instead, as they will not never get the satisfaction that they do not deserve.

Continue to fight them Noire and Uni and everyone there, continue to fight so that the people in the world can be happy to know that we will delay Neptune for as long as possible, so that we can annoy her, humiliate her and frustrate her once again.