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Brave Heart was currently zooming over the skies near Planeptune.
WOOSH!
His hair flapped behind his head as the rush of wind was refreshing to no end.
"This is it. I'll never get tired of this part of being a CPU. But I got somewhere to be!" He remembered as he shot forward towards Planeptune.
ZOOM!
As he flew, he went through some clouds, letting the precipitation of the fluffy mist hit him as the droplets were blown away from the speed he was going at. That alone added another layer of refreshment to his first class flying experience.
It wouldn't be too long, only about a minute at most, before he would see the city he once resided in. He knew that he wouldn't be able to get to the cleaners in time if he stopped by the gate and ran, so instead he decided to fly over the city.
Now, this probably looked very sketchy for the average Planeptunian Guard, but Brave Heart had a plan, and normal human eyesight couldn't see him clearly this high up. He flew thousands of metres into the air, stopping at about 10,000 meters above sea level. It was getting kind of cold up there, but he could endure, nothing too severe.
He looked down and spotted the cleaners on a relatively clear street. No cars, no byatanders and few obstructions.
The perfect landing spot.
Then, he thought about deactivating his form. The warm feeling in his core would be much more present when he first tried to activate it, and by it being more prevalent, it was easier to smoother it back down, rather than raise it back up. He already knew how hard that was.
Soon enough, the pillar of white light returned, and after a few seconds, he would revert back to being Nebula.
REVERT!
After that, he would immediately begin to plummet.
PLUMMET!!!
Nebula immediately made himself compact, to increase his falling speed, and directed himself to the clear street. The wind roared by his ears aa he fell, and made a low pitched whisle as he zoomed towards the pavement at increasing speeds.
9,000 meters.
He neared terminal velocity as the bandages were be flailing wildly, as would his hair and jeans as he continued to descend.
8,000 meters.
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7,000 meters.
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6,000 meters.
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5,000 meters.
...
The ground was incoming as he then put his feet first instead of his head, and stayed compact, hands clutching his shoulders as he came closer.
4,000 meters.
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3,000 meters.
...
He then opened up his body and reel back his fist, cranking out some of the remaining KI he had from before into it. The orange glow returned as he channeled.
BURST!
REEL!
2,000 meters.
...
1,000 meters.
...
750 meters.
500 meters.
250 meters.
100 meters.
50 meters.
25 meters-!
He was right upon the ground at this point as he drove his fist forward, towards the cement.
SMASH!
RUMBLE!
DUST!
Dust shot up as a small tremor shook the groumd from the impact.
When it cleared, Nebula was seen now be trying to uproot his hand from the ground. His plan had worked but worked it did, too well.
"Hnnn! Hnnnnnn! HNNNNNNNN!".
PULL!
His hand had been implanted about 3 feet in the ground and multiple cracks around it. He struggled until he remembered something.
"Oh wait. I have a move for this." A dumb look came across the adventurers face.
He outstretched his hand withon the cement and focus a ball of KI within the ground. Then, he'd detonate it, causing a mini explosion to occur below the surface as he freed his trapped appendage.
"Bakuhatsu!" Nebula chanted.
BOOM!
Nebula yanked his hand out, before looking around to see if anyone heard the two explosions of him falling and his SP Skill.
Apparently, no one inside did, no one was outside to hear. Just like he had hoped.
So he just counted his blessings and dusted off his hands before entering inside the cleaners, named Laundromasters.
When the automatic doors slided, he was be met with some refreshing air conditioner breeze, as well as the smell of detergent and cleaning products. There were many washing machines littered about in different states. Some would be on a spin cycle and others shut off. He spotted his clothes in a plastic bag on the counter.
He walked towards the clerk, who was a short coffee brown haired woman with sky blie eyes, dreesed in casual buisness clothes. She looked at his bandaged chest for a split second before looking back up at him.
"Hello, sir! What can I do for you today?" She would ask in a cherry voice. Nebula looked down amd see her name tag. He then gazed back up at her.
"Norihime, right?" He asked.
She would nod in affirmation.
"Well, it's my clothes. I left them here about a week ago to get cleaned and I was looking to collect them." Nebula would say. "Do you still have them?" He sheepishly asked.
"Oh, you mean these here?" She would pull the bag that he was eying when he got in.
"Yep. How much do I owe you."
"150 Credits, sir."
He whisled at that. He didn't know if he actually had that much change on him.
But luckily enough, the male fished for some change in his pants and pull out the exact amount.
"Here ya go, Norihime." Nebula handed the requested fee.
"Thank you for you buisness! Here's your clothes." The woman thanked.
She handed him the bag with his clothes.
"Hm. Do you guys have a changing room around here?" The blue protagonist haired fellow asked.
"It's in the back." She point to the door on the right. It was vacant as she directed the blue haired adventurer.
"Thanks again," Nebula said before entering the changing room.
When he left, he was now in a peacock blue long sleeve V-neck with white sleeves. His pants would be new as he changed them as well. His scarf hung on his neck once more, as his wristbands were now concealed. His knee guards were placed in the bag as well.
He then walked out and thanked the girl for being so helpful, and left a 20 Credit tip, an odd bill that he decided to donate which made her get a little embarrased as no one ever tipped her that much before.
Wasn't he almost broke or something-
He just waved it off and left, heading to Compa's place.
He left the laudromat and headed towards where he had saw her last, which was in her apartment.
It took a while though, mostly because he realized he forgot where she lived and wandered around the city for 3 straight hours, which was enough time to buy some SP Chargers for his SP, and a Kat-Kit Bar as well as get back some spare armor he purchased from the armory, but he decided to take a break and sit on a bench near some apartments.
Guess he had more money than he thought.
He looked up towards the afternoon sky, and think about how he was going to find her again.
But then a familiar face appeared. It was AL.
"Sup, Neb." The familiar face greeted.
"AL." Nebula responded.
They greeted each other as AL went to sit down next to him.
"What's poppin', homie." AL began. His ebonics popped up every now and then as he spoke. Gave him a flair, in a sense.
"Nothing much, man." Nebula anwsered.
"So what are you doing sitting on a bench by yourself? I never took you for the lonely type." AL poked fun with his bud.
"Pfft. Me? Lonely? Fat chance. It's not that, but I'm taking a break right now." Nebula chuckled before giving his friend a genuine anwser.
"From what?"
"I've been searching for this girl's place and-" Nebula halted his explanation.
Nebula cut himself short as AL would give him a look. The look he always got whenever he talked to women and told his bro about it.
"...Hmmmmm?" AL hummed with expectation.
"It's not like that-" Nebula tried to explain, to be cut off by a hum of even greater length.
"Hmmmmmmm?" AL's face became one of suggestive suspicion as he pried with a hum of interest.
"Stop your bull-" Nebula gave his buddy a dull glare.
"HMMMMMMM!?" The afro man's eyes widened as his expression intensified into something akin to an investigator of bullshit.
"I swear to Lady Purple Heart if you don't stop right now I'm clocking your cranium." Nebula balled his fist as he shook it menacingly at his friend.
"Alright, alright... But who's this girl you're looking for. I might know her." He offered.
"Her name's Compa. Ever heard of her?" The blue haired man asked.
"...Name sounds familiar, but nope." AL anwsered.
"Great." Nebula sighed.
"Hey, if it makes you feel any better, I'll look for her with you." The afro boy offered.
"Nah, you probably got things to do. This is my problem, after all." Nebula responded.
"You sure?" AL asked with a questioning tone as he raised his brow.
"Mhm." Nebula hummed.
As he said that, they'd feel some moisture fall on them. They made a glance at the sky.
"Drizzle...?" Nebula questioned.
"Oh yeah, it's supposed to rain today. You should probably come over by my old man for a place again if you can't afford a motel." AL reminded.
"No need. That's why I'm looking for Compa; She offered me her place." The blue haired male explained.
AL looked baxk at him with a deadpanned expression. Then, after a few seconds it would turn to excitement beyond belief.
"YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" AL would holler as he would run around, radiating hypebeast energy as he ran in circles around Nebula like a estatic dog.
"MY MANS FINNA GET IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!" He would continue.
"AL, no, she didn't let me stay 'cuz she wanted to have-" Nebula was shushed by him with a finger near his lips.
"Shshshshshshshhhhhh... Accept the blessing from our Goddess, my friend," AL cut off as he put his palm by Nebula's face.
"Maybe you'll finally stop masturbating and hook up for once ever since your girlfriend left-" The blue haired adventurer stopped him right there.
"Dude. I haven't touched myself since I was 15. And I know she left, stop bringing it up. And she looks way too innocent to be thinking about that type of stuff." Nebula went to explain.
"It's the innocents that get the most freaky once they're in the sheets. How old is she?" AL asked with a smirk.
"I dunno." He stressed.
"Do not smash, until she's confirmed legal." AL's tone dropped to a dead serious tone.
"Wasn't gonna smash anyway." Nebula replied with a deadpan.
"Pussy." AL jabbed.
"Horndog." Nebula jabbed back.
"Ok, Mr. One Hit Wonder. I'll be seeing you tomorrow, I gotta go train. And hopefully you'll snag another body, you sad little boy." He got up and walked away, with a hand in the air.
"At least I didn't almost catch syphilis." Nebula shot back.
"Fuck off!" AL yelled before he flipped him off with his raised hand. Nebula laughed at that reaction.
"Nah, I'm supposed to do that with her, remember." The blue haired male reminded him with a smirk
"So you do admit you're gonna hit it!" AL AHA!'d with his bird turning into a index stretched out.
"Bye AL." Nebula shooed as AL cackled into the early night.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...!"
THUNDER!
RAIN!
Thunder boomed as the drizzle started to rain down more. It soon became a downpour.
"Crapbaskets." Nebula censored as he ran into the nearest open building, which happened to be an apartment complex.
He was partially wet when he entered from the rain, but nothing too damp. He then realize after looking around a bit that this was the apartment complex that Compa lived in.
"Talk about hidden in plain sight. It's when I give up I find it. How ironic." Nebula muttered to himself, a vibe of deadpan washing over his person.
That familiar feeling however, was overcome with immediate relief, knowing that he wouldn't have to tread in the rain, and run the risk of catching a cold.
"But man, this couldn't get any better." He said aloud as he walked to Compa's door number after walking a flight of stairs and to her door. He might've forgotten the building but he did remember the door.
Yet again, how ironic.
He knocked a few times and wait.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
CLICK!
The door opened to reveal Compa. She was in her normal clothes still as it was relatively early.
"Neb-Neb! I thought you weren't coming anymore. It was getting late!" She told him with surprise.
"Compa, it's past 8. How late could it be." Nebula rolled his eyes.
"Oh, yeah." She said, remembering the time. She looked down to his side and saw the bag he had with him.
"Are those you're clothes?" Compa asked curiously.
"Yup." Nebula responded with a pop at the end.
"Ok. Come on in!" She invited as she let him in.
He walked into the apartment and rested down his bag by the door as he walked inside her apartment again. He stood around for a bit before sitting down on the couch, stretched his legs a bit and closed his eyes, to take a short rest.
SIT!
"Fuaaaa..." He moaned as all his worries would wash away as he felt the softness of the couch beneath him.
But then, the power was abruptly cut as a flash of lightning struck a power pole somewhere within the city.
LIGHTNING!
POWER OFF!
"Kyaaa!" Compa could be heard shrieking as the lights turned off. This chain of events caused Nebula to jump before getting up and head to where he heard her scream.
"Compa?! Where are you! Are you alright?" He shouted. One rest and something bad possibly happened.
"I'm fine, Neb-Neb! The thunder just startled me." She responded.
"Oh, ok." He replied. His frantic search died down to a calm scan as he still looked around. "Where are you though?" He said as he used some snippets of his KI to create orbs of energy that glowed a soft orange. The living room would soon be illuminated.
LIGHT!
LIGHT!
"I'm in the kitchen. I was gonna cook us some dinner, but the power went." She said, deflated.
"Oh. It's alright, Comps. I ate so I'm-"
His stomach growled loudly, interrupting his assurance.
GROWL!
"...Full. Guess I'm hungry again." Nebula's tone fell after his stomach growled.
"Was that your stomach? Sounds like you still haven't eaten in a while." She guessed
"My stomach is weird, ok... Have any snacks?" He said as he illuminated the bathroom next.
LIGHT!
LIGHT!
LIGHT!
"I have some munchies that we can eat in the fridge," She offered as she would go near the fridge.
LIGHTNING!
THUNDER!
"Eek!" She squeaked again at the sound of thunder. It was just one of those fears she just couldn't get over, ever since she was a kid.
"Hold on just a minute Comps, I'll light up there too." The blue haired boy focused as he finished up.
"Y-Yessy..." The Nurse-In-Training responded.
Nebula then walked towards her with a orange KI ball in hand.
Compa was still until a warm soft light would luminate near her. When she stared in that direction, Nebula would appear with a glowing ball of KI.
"Okay, so here's a light source." He stated as he let the ball float at the ceiling in the center of the room.
LIGHT!
"Wow... it's really pretty..." She remarked, ogling the martial art energy.
"It's also very useful. I lit up almost every room here, save for the bedroom." He told her, as he stood there.
"Thanks a bunch, Neb-Neb!" Compa thanked him, as the room now had more of a comfy feel under the soft light. She got some snacks from the fridge with the help of the light and they would then be eating some snacks on the couch infront of the moot TV. They would be about a foot apart.
"So Compa, if you mind me asking, how old are you?" Nebula asked, following AL's words of guidance somewhat. Age was just a number, so what was the harm?
"Oh. I'm 18. How about you?" She yold him as she ate some more snacks.
'18... Oh damn, she's legal. This means she's succeptive to hectic logic. Uh oh...' Nebula thought as he assumed she was a bit older than that, same age as him probably. Guess not. Atleast she was legal-
"19." The boy responded.
"Ok. Why did you want to know how old I was?" She asked.
"Thought you looked alot more mature than you actually were." He covered up as he looked up for a bit, feigning the reason of interest. He then dug into the snack bowl.
"Thanks, I guess." Compa anwsered as Nebula took some fruit snacks out of the bowl. He was about to throw them into his mouth when-
LIGHTNING!
THUNDER!
"Kyaaa!" Compa cried out once more and clinged onto Nebula, making him drop his snacks.
'Damnit!... My fruit snacks...!' He mentally cried out in dismay until he realized that Compa was holding onto him and her..."assets" were pressed against his arm. Now, he'd usually have a conflict between being a thotslayer and being a deviant, but Compa was scared, through and through.
It was pretty much criminal to do something to her at this point, so he put those feelings aside and let her stay that way.
"...You ok?" He asked as he remained stationary.
"Y-Yeah... It's just that..." Compa faltered.
"The thunder?" Nebula asked.
She nodded.
"Hm... Well if you're really that scared, you can cling onto me for a bit longer." Nebula opted, which made Compa grip him slightly tighter as the downpour did not cease but rather slightly intensifed.
DOWNPOUR!
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They would just sit there.
And be close.
Waiting for the thunderstorm to pass.
In silence.
But as they sat there, for probably about 30 minutes, the sound of thunder and lightning continued, and Compa only grew more and more afraid every time it struck.
LIGHTNING!
THUNDER!
Nebula held onto her and held her tight, which made her stop herself from screaming. They then eased up, but still maintain a hold of each other.
"Still scared...?" Nebula asked.
"Mhm." Compa nodded
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"...If it makes you feel any better, I'm willing to stay by your side for the night... So you won't have to be alone and die of a panic attack the next time thunder booms. Becasue that'd suck." He suggested once more, looking away so Compa wouldn't see the notion of impure thoughts appearing into his head.
Compa herself grew a bit red from the notion, but soon returned to being somewhat timid when thinking otherwise.
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"I'd appreciate that." She would respond.
"...Do you want to try to go to sleep now? Or do you wann Brave the thunder some more?" Nebula asked.
She'd hesitate.
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...
"I would, Neb-Neb." She responded after a bit.
"Okie dokie. Are you too scared to walk?" He'd question.
"N-No. I can manage-" Compa was cut off.
LIGHTNING!
...
THUNDER!!!
"Eek!" She'd peep out before furiously nodding her head.
'Good grief. Alright, Comps.' Nebula thought as he confirmed that she lost all movement of her legs from that last lightning strike.
He'd sigh.
"It's alright. Up we go." He quipped, as he held Compa bridal style, which got her face to go red as she felt his muscular frame carry her to her room as she looked down at the floor before towards her room.
He then restwd her on top of her bed before illuminating the room with his KI spheres.
LIGHT!
LIGHT!
LIGHT!
"You gonna sleep in those clothes?" He would ask. Man, he really sounded like her caretaker at this point.
"I don't want to, but the thunder-" She started to make an excuse as to why she couldn't.
"Won't hurt you. Look, I'll even go in the corner there and wait until you're done if you really can't do it alone." He offered. The amount of guys who wanted to be in a room with her changing was immense sure, but he was a good boy like Mr. Mūten said, and his actions were utterly unclouded.
At least he hoped they stayed that way.
She looked at him, and saw the earnest look he had on his face that showed willingness to help her out, which would make her brave enough to go...
Change her clothes. World breaking actions, people.
He patiently waited in the corner, stifling his growing libido he gained from hugging her all that time, thinking of old people and his family for what seemed like an eternity until Compa would be finished to ward off the lust bubbling within his heart.
"I'm done, Neb-Neb." Compa signaled.
But when he turned around, his boner did all but almost come back in full force.
"!" He reacted.
She now wore nothing but a cream night dress that showed her curves and her slender but busty figure. Nebula would literally have to snort back up a nosebleed the split second it appeared to not seem perverted. Well, it was fast enough for Compa not to notice so he was in the clear.
"Let's get to bed then, Comps." He told her as he took off his shoes and his shirt and went under the covers. He laid on his back and stared at the ceiling, waiting for the girl to join him in an anxious state.
"Ok, N-Neb-Neb." She responded as she too got under the covers and would lie down next to him, making sure to stay divided and seperate, as both of them had varying degrees of red on their face from sexually repressed to innuedous overload.
One much more than the other. The air of awkwardness and sexual tension only got worse from here.
'Don'tgetabonerDon'tgetabonerDon'tgetabonerDon'tgetabonerDon'tgetabonerDon'tgetabonerDon'tgetabonerDon'tgetabonerDon'tgetabonerDon'tgetabonerDon'tgetaboner-' Nebula internally chant in his mind as he was lying next to a very attractive girl, who was vulnerable and scared, and needed the company of someone else for the night.
It really was starting to turn into one of those doujins for him.
THUNDER!!!
Conpa instanly clung onto him once the sound of thunder was heard. She hugged the bare chested Nebula as he grew slightly more red at the notion. She too then began to become more flustered after realizing what she had just done.
But then, her heartrate became akin to a jackhammer as Nebula stayed still, his body heat soothing her worries as her body felt warmer from the contact between the two.
He felt her breath on his person as he too, began to calm himself down, a pleasant feeling on his back being Compa's bust lulling him to drowsiness.
They stayed like that until Compa would finally drift into the land of dreams, and Nebula after realizing that she had, would soon follow minutes after.
'Actions... Utterly... Unclou... Zzz...'
SHINE!...
Nebula felt feel the morning rays beating down upon him. He slowly opened his eyes as he awoke from his slumber.
He felt a warm feeling on his back, that made him blush a bit from remembering what it was, but shook off the thoughts. Remember, utterly unclouded.
He even turned his head around to see the serene face of a sleeping Compa. Her features being glorified by the rays if sunshine only made it harder to look away from her.
And from seeing her like this, he remembered all the events that took place last night. And the blush on his face would return full force.
"Well, atleast she slept well... Now to get ready." He'd whisper as he slowly undid himself from Compa's grip and would get off the bed. He wouldn't want to abruptly wake her up after all that effort to get her to sleep peacefully.
STAND!
He went on to stretch, then went to the bathroom. Nebula washed his face, then went to the bag he had at the door. He took our his spare toothbrush and returned to the bathroom and brushed his teeth.
After, he went to use Compa's shower and get clean, bathing in piss cold water just to speed up the process (And because he didn't know how her shower worked.).
He dried himself with one of his spare towels in his bag and put back on his V-neck, jeans and his boots in the bathroom as he got his bag from the door. He finally dissapated all the KI orbs he had put up by snapping his fingers.
SNAP!
DISSIPATE!
It was when he finally went to sit down on the couch and finish his fruit snacks was when the door would be knocked on.
"Now... Where was I...? Right, I had some snacks to eat! I'll have to wait on Conpa for breakfast, but atleast I can eat these now-!"
KNOCK KNOCK!
"Son of a... Dang." Nebula grumbled. His hunger would have to wait.
He carried his fresh self to the door and opened it.
"Morning Compa, ready to go and get some Shares for the Sharicite?" IF smiled with her eyes closed. When she opened them though, inatead of the bubbly nurse she knew most of her life, was a complete and total stranger. Someone she'd never seen before in her entire life, just staring back at her with mild interest.
STARE...
STARE...
They maintained awkward eye contact before Nebula quickly clthed the door with a disturbed look on his face, that stemmed from the awkward amount of time they did nothing but stare at each other.
It was even more uncomfortable when Nebula knew who she was, but she had no idea that this was his human form.
CLOSE!...
But then the door swung open with an angered IF with her Qatars out and ready to strike.
SWING!
"Who the hell are you and where's Compa!" IF yelled, dangerously pointing her blade at Nebula.
Nebula however, only got into a defensive stance and try to dissuade IF.
"IF, Compa's fine. Put down the weapons and then we can talk." He told her. He saw the rapid assumptions she came up from the gaze in her eyes, and he was most likely none of those things.
"How do I know you're not lying? And how do you know my name?!" She asked him. The girl grew more suspicious of him as he got ready to defend himself.
"We've met before. If I was lying to you, I would have just punched you in the mouth already and ran off." Nebula told her. But the Guild Agent didn't believe it for a moment.
"Shut up!" She said as she lunged at Nebula. He quickly weaved to the left and step on top of the coffee table by the couch. IF then slashed diagonally, which made him dive into the couch and roll to avoid being stabbed by a follow up strike as IF penetrated the couch.
WEAVE!
SLASH!
ROLL!
STAB!
The male then tried to reason with her once more.
"IF! Chill out! You're gonna break her stuff at this rate!" He tols her as he ducked and weaved another couple of attacks.
DUCK!
STAB!
DODGE!
SLASH!
"I don't care to hear what you have to say, you pile of scum!" She responded.
Nebula came to the conclusion that IF probably wouldn't stop even if he explained the truth to her at this point. So he decided to do something that was rather stupid, but would stop her in her tracks. He waited for her to swipe at him, then he would grab the blade with his bare hand.
SLICE!
STAB!!!
His hand completely stopped the Qatar, but not without causing it to bleed as blood was shed from her blade running right through his hand. The red substance landed on the floor with a splat.
SPLAT!
"Stop." Nebula growled in a low voice as he was beginning to get annoyed at this point.
He couldn't eat his snacks and now IF was indiscriminately attacking him. And he bled on Compa's nice carpet! Getting blood off of that was hard!
How did he know?...
That's classified.
"Not until I know Compa is safe!" She said, as she would thrust the other Qatar towards his stomach.
But he stopped that blade by letting it pierce his hand completely then gripping it through his stab wound.
CLUTCH!
STAB!!
"I said stop, IF." Nebula repeated himself as now both his hands were injured as he glared dead into her eyes.
IF then did the next best thing in the situation. Kick him in the balls. But when she did, no immediate reaction was made.
KICK!
THWACK!
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"I should kick you straight in your underdeveloped chest for what you just did. But we're already in a misunderstanding, so I'll refrain." Nebula spat. Nutshots were a low move.
"Underdeveloped!? Why you...!" IF had her feminine pride insulted and began to get upset.
She struggled to pull out her stabbed weapon and clutched one from Nebula, but suddenly, Compa would walk out of the room.
"Neb-Neb? Where are you? Why are you making all this noise-" Once she got out of her room and saw the scene before her, her demeanor would change entirely.
"Iffy?! What are doing here and why are you hurting Neb-Neb?!" She shouted in worry as she rushed to the both of them.
'Thank the... Goddess?... Or should I just thank myself... Hmm...' Nebula thought as he would see Compa hurriedly telling IF that what she was doing was wrong, and clarifying that he was not in fact, a bad person. IF was still skeptical, but would let him take out his hands from the blades.
Soon, they were all sat after Compa dressed and would cuurently be bandaging Nebula's hands as IF questioned him. She asked him who he was, how he ended up im Compa's apartment, why he knew her name how he was strong enoigh to completely stop her in her tracks.
"Alright mister. Who are you?" IF asked with a suspicious glare.
"Ok. My name is Nebula. I'm 19, and I travel around Gamindustri looking for adventure and treasure. Even though I'm a traveling adventurer, I'm actually from Planeptune. I knew your name because you and I have met before." He told her without a stutter.
"Where?" IF specified.
"Virtua Forest." The adventurer anwsered smugly.
"...Virtua Forest..." The Guild Agent reflected.
IF soon remembered the other man she met at Virtua Forest yesterday.
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...
"Wait... You're Brave Heart?!" IF asked incredulously once she put 2 and 2 together.
"Brave Heart? Who's that?" Compa asked her friend, perplexed.
"It's just a transformed version of myself that I met with IF in Virtua. I get power signals for eyes, big muscles, deeper voice and I can fly and punch really hard." Nebula summarized. "And that's just the things I know about." The adventurer continued.
"Ohhh... So kind of like Nep-Nep Ge-Ge?"
"I have no idea who those people are, but I would assume its something similar to how they transform?..." Nebula suggested.
"So like HDD?" IF opted, making a clearer picture for the pseudo protagonist.
"Hard Drive Divinity... It dosen't sound too farfetched from what I've seen, but I need confirmation from a informed source." Nebula explained, which made Compa tell him about the Oracle.
"We could carry you to Histoire, so that she can confim that it's HDD, and you're some sort of CPU now. Even though you're a guy..." She yols him as she finished bandaging his hands.
"Sounds like a plan." Nebula agreed as he took his hand from Compa.
"But what about this Sharicite thing you were talking about IF?" The male questioned. He wanted to know more about this Sharicite buisness.
"Histoire will explain it to you in more detail than I ever could, so let's go meet her." IF responded as she got to the door.
The two of them followed her once Nebula equipped his armor and they would head for the Oracle known as Histoire.
The trio now was within in the Basillicom, im front of a small tome, who was around 3'10", sitting upon a small open book with a blue hard cover.
Her blonde hair were in two pigtails at medium length along with the purple and orange headdress but this time it accompanied by a hat with the letter N in the center. She wore what seemed to be a purple graduate gown that was open shoulder, lined with golden designs, a white folded down collar and a teal tie. There was also some holographic flight processors behind her, that maintained her flight.Her leg-wear consisted of thigh high socks and white shoes with green circles wirh a black lining on the center.
She was plesantly surprised at seeing a new face, but maintained her compsed demeanor.
"Greetings IF, Compa." She greeted.
"Hey Histoire." IF greeted back.
"Hello Histoire." Compa greeted with her.
The three exchanged plesantries. From what Nebula gathered, she seem like a rather important person, and well versed since he never heard the term 'Sharicite' in his life.
"And who might this man be?" She asked, as she turned around to Nebula.
"I'm Nebula. It's a pleasure to meet you." He greeted the fairy lady as he bowed. She appeared to be someone important, so he took the proper measures bot to be yelled at. He already knew what that felt like from Mr.Mūten whenever he ran into one of his master's grandmaster friends.
BOW!
Histoire smiled as she acknowledged his respectful demeanor towards her.
"Likewise, Nebula." She replied. She looked him up and down, trying to see if he was a citizen, as his face seemed familiar. "What brings you here?" The tome questioned.
"I have some questions about something I'm able to do." He cut to the chase, with some nervousness on his face.
"And what may they be?" Histoire would inquire. She now had a interested look on her face as she wanted to know these questions.
IF Compa switched their gaze towards him as well as he explained his question.
"Well, I absorbed a strange rock yesterday andI got a strange power in turn. IF says it might be related to HDD. But as far as I know, only the Goddesses can use that." Nebula would tell her.
"I see. Could you demonstrate this power?" She asked him.
He nodded, then close his eyes. He would try to search for the feeling within him once more, when he transformes in Virtua Forest. It waa in the same place where he had found it before. He then tapped into it and brought it out.
...
PILLAR!
TRANSFORM!
There was white pillar that englufed him from below with green digital numbers circling around them as it lingered for 3 seconds. Then, when it dissapated, Brave Heart was present.
"This is it. So do you know anything about it, Histy?" He responded in his deep, godlike voice. His now yellow orbs looked into the tome's eyes, towering over her like a building to a bench.
Compa and Histoire were agape at what they had just saw. A boy had just transformed into a CPU right before them.
"Goodness! This is unheard of! I do not think that there has been any recorded information of a CPU God before!" Histoire exclaimed with a very surprised tone as she would stare the man up amd down.
"Neb-Neb, you look so cool!" Compa would tell the god as he scratched the back of his head.
"Thanks, Comps. I figured since by Histy's reaction, I'm one of a kind. And probably the first if my kind, if not the only one." He replied as he looked at her. He rubbed the bridge if his nose as he saw some other Basilicom workers stare at him agape as well.
He diverted his attention back to the tome as he asked her another question.
"So there's nothing about this kind of ability?" He asked with a raised brow.
"Not in your case, Nebula. The best I can do is try to relay the physiology of CPUs onto you and see if they line up with yours." Histoire would inform him.
"Seems legit. How soon can you pull this info up?"
"All of it... Would take about 3 hours." The tome anwsered
"3 hours?! You've got to be shitting me!" He would curse.
"Language." Histoire chided.
"My bad." He coughed into his fist and looked away.
"Histoire takes amounts of 3s to do tasks. 3 minutes, 3 hours, 3 days, 3 weeks... Sometimes even 3 months!" Compa told him.
"My... Huh, well I guess I gotta start saying by Me? But that sounds unbelievably narcissistic." Brave Heart would mutter.
"Ahem." Someone would cough.
They would all turn to IF, who had her arms folded.
IF would then ask something that she would be holding for a while, and also something that would put this conversation back on track.
"So should we tell him about what we're doing Histoire? We're getting off track here." The Guild Agent inquired.
"Oh, you're very right IF. My apologies." She remembered with her original topic back on her mind. She wasn't one to be easily distracted, but Nebula's case was vastly outlandish, to say the least.
"So, do you still believe in Lady Purple Heart?" Histoire questioned.
"I mean it's 50/50, now that I'm a CPU too, but I still have some form of respect for her now." Brave Heart explained. If he was a CPU now, that meant that he would the same race as the CPUs... And would be just as powerful as them?...
"Good enough. Well she, and the other CPUs along with her sister Nepgear, who was a CPU Candidate, went to the Gamindistri Graveyard to confront the spearheaders of ASIC. They were captured, and have been held there for 2 and a half years as of now. I have been sending IF and Compa to gather Shares for this object, known as the Sharicite." She would stop as she showed him the crystallized power of faith.
It wqs glowing, just like the stone when it reacted to his touch. Its blue hue gave off a positive feel to it, just like his power as he was in it at that point in time. He nodded and turn back to Histoire as she continued her explanation.
"IF and Compa have been collecting Shares for the Sharicite to help rescue the CPUs, and have been slowly gathering enough share energy for the Shariciteto be potent enough to free them." Histoire told him.
Brave Heart, now knowledgeable in both his new form and the situation at hand, he felt compelled to help them out. He told his peeps he'd save the goddesses if he could, and here was his chance.
Ayo, that's kind of simpish, ngl-
"Is there any way I can help? I've just been travelling around Gamindustri for a while now as an adventurer, but now since I know about this, I can't just let it slide. And besides, I'm sort of a CPU in a sense? So I feel kind of obligated to help at this point. Plus I need something to do and saving the world seems cool." Brave Heart inquired as well.
"It would be truly helpful to receive assistance at this time. Well then. IF, I would like you Compa to work together with Nebula. How does that sound?" Histoire asked the two friends.
"It sounds great!" Compa anwsered.
IF was still quite apprehensive of Nebula, but end up being compliant, for the sake of the CPUs, as well as for Gamindustri's.
She opened her moth to agree to working with him, when he put out his hand.
"No hard feelings, Iffy? Sorry for calling you... Lackluster in that department. I just get really antagonistic when someone kicks my balls." He saod with the last part being a deadpan at the end, as his hand would be outstretched. His face was one of genuine interest to work as a team as he stared down at IF.
She now noticed that maybe he wasn't such a bad person if he was willing to apologize for his actions in a genuine manner. And, he did help Compa through the thunderstorm out of good will alone by her iteration of what happened, so he had no ulterior motives that were hid under his actions. His utterly unclouded actions.
So she shook his hand, and told him this.
"Accepted. But if you ever call me that again, I will find a way to make it hurt." She threatened.
"I'd like to see you try, Iffy. Because that's the likelihood that it'll hurt." Brave Heart rebutted.
"We'll see Neb, We'll see-" She nicknamed him with a smirk on her face. She would finally give him one back as she now felt more comfortable working alomgside him.
But she was cut off by Histoire who would bring them back to reality.
"Ahem. We have work to do you three, so I suggest you save the small talk for later." She would tell them, which made them stop the handshake and apologize.
"Oops." The god realized.
"Sorry, Histoire." The Guild Agent apologized.
They were then assigned to go do some quests that would help the Sharicite gather Shares.
Nebula had regressed back to his human form in a pillar of light and digital numbers at the Basilicom. He had a look of determination on his face as he looked at the three of them.
REVERT!
"Let's get to it, ladies! The goddesses are counting on us! Histoire should be done pulling up the information by the time we're back so here we go." Nebula said as he turned and walked towarss the exit with a upbeat attitude. IF and Compa were beside him as their Party was formed. Histoire smiled at the back of the three before looking for info on any CPU Gods.
Save them. Before the world crumbles like a poorly baked cookie as the ashes of destruction lie in eternal defeat.
'Quiet you.' Nebula thought.
Oh come on, at least let me sound cryptic once-
A/N:
Heya there, reader!
If you're seeing this, this is a rewrite of the chapter, just to correct some repetition, fix some spelling errors, and improve the spelling quality, especially in the earlier chapters.
So remember, italics and bold is going for gold.
If you didn't get the reference I was making, it's a JoJo reference.
Arrivederci.
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