Birth of the CDU

A young boy around the age of 16 is walking through the streets of the landmass known as Lastation, the land of black regality, with a sad aura around him. His ruby red eyes that were framed by his crimson-haired bangs had a dullness in them that was almost indescribable. He was dressed in a black overcoat that had a red western style dragon on it, a red T-shirt with the same dragon on it, there were afew holes in his overcoat, and some looked like burns, black boots that looked like he had walked for miles on end, black and red fingertip less gloves with what looked like a dragons face on each one and a pair of black small framed glasses and to top of everything, he had 2 Katana's. 1 on his back that looked like it was wrapped in gauze, and another one on his left side that had a glowing red handle with a black blade. The boy smelled like straight out ash and smoke, like he had just gone through hell and back.

"…" The young boy walked in silence, completely oblivious to all his surroundings. People occasionally bumped into him and he received a negative comment from one of his passers.

"You so in my way, GET" said a tall dark skinned male as he pushed the kid back.

"Hey isn't that the boy that got rejected by lady Black heart just awhile ago? I believe his name was Zayne" a woman asked.

At this, the young boy sunk down on a nearby bench. True that he was rejected by the goddess Black Heart, but she wasn't the only one. He then closed his eyes as he remembered the rejections he received from a group of certain women, the CPUs.

Flashback

"Excuse me, I was wondering if I may do you the honor of a date tonight" the young boy was in much better shape as he spoke to a girl that was about a foot and a halve shorter than he. She was Neptune the CPU of planeptune.

"Go out with you? Ummm maybe if everyone else in the world died, but then I guess I'd have no choice huh?" responded the CPU.

The boy cringed at the harsh response he received as the CPU turned around and walked away.

End of flashback

The boy slightly cringed at that memory before remembering the one that hurt him the most. His long time admiration, the CPU of Lastation, Noire. Although he expected to be turned down, he never thought it would be this blunt or hurt so badly afterwards.

Flashback

"Umm, Lady Noire, I understand that you may have a lot of things that you need to attend to but I have something that I must ask." The young boy said as he chased after Noire before she could reach the basilicom.

The CPU turned and looked at him with an expression of pure annoyance.

"What do you want? You're becoming really annoying." Said the clearly annoyed CPU.

The boy paused for a second before getting on one knee, bowing his head and then making his request.

"Would you please go on a date with me?" he asked in a moderately loud manner.

There was silence for a few seconds before Noire snurked.

"What, are you serious?, I don't even like talking to you, so there's no way I'd even consider dating you" she said in a snide manner.

At this, the boy felt his world and his heart just completely break. He didn't know what to think. He was just shot down by the one he admired for so long, and she didn't even try to coat it.

Noire turned back to the Basilicom. "Now I'd appreciate it if you don't talk to me anymore unless it's important, you're really annoying." She said before walking back into the basilicom leaving the broken boy on the walkway.

End of Flashback

Things for him didn't get any better either after that

Flashback 1 week ago

He was on an errand for his mentor, Suigata Hiromatsu, a master swordsman who had taken the young boy under his wing. He was basically like a father to him and taught the boy everything he knew about the way of the sword. As he made his way back to the shrine he noticed there was smoke coming from the general area. The boy gasped as he realized that it was from the shrine. He dropped the groceries and ran with all his might to the shrine. He soon arrived to find the shrine in flames.

"MASTER…..MASSSSTERRR" The boy shouted as he ran along the shrine area

Suddenly a sword wrapped in gauze flew out of the shrine and from that area he saw the silhouette of what appeared to be Suigata in the blaze. The boy's eyes widened as the shadow was soon engulfed in flames.

"…..MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR RRR" Screamed the young swordsman with all his might.

End of Flashback

Present time

The young boy had made his way to the outskirts of the city. It was obvious that he had not eaten much since. He did go to Lastaions Basilicom but they thought he just wanted to bother there goddess again and banned him from entering the sanctuary until further notice. He was at a dead end now, no food, no support, no friend….. no Family.

The boy wasn't paying attention to anything around and suddenly tripped over something that felt earthly solid and landed on his face.

"enggh" he said as he impacted the muddy surface. Now everything from his face to his waist had mud on it, even his swords.

As he picked himself up he noticed something that was in the shape of a peach on the ground but something was weird about it. It was a golden color and it had a slight shine to it. He picked up the strange food like object and inspected it. It felt soft like fruit and it seemed to be safe, so he tried to take a bit. The moment he bit into it, a blinding flash of light began to spread.

"enngh" the boy grunted as he shielded his eyes from the light.

When the light faded, the young boy nearly fell back from what he saw.

There was a rather small girl that looked like she was sitting on a floating book. She had golden blonde hair and soft jade green eyes like emeralds. She was dressed however in what looked like the top of a robe where the sleeves passed her hands went and the robe seemed to go all the way down to slightly pass her thighs. She had a kind and sincere expression. She looked a lot like that girl, Histoire who yelled at the boy for wasting the CPU of Planeptunes time. The girl then floated up closer to him before speaking.

"Thank you… for releasing me from that seal" she said.

The boy looked at his new visitor with shock and curiosity.

"My name Aeriallina, but you can just call me Aerial." said the women.

The boy finally snapped out of his trance and inspected her abit before she asked him.

"and may I have the name of the one who released me?" asked the oracle.

"ummm….." the boy didn't know how to responde, but she just flew closer to him and put her hand on his cheek to calm him.

"Its okay, think of me as a guardian" she said with a smile

With extra motivation he finally gave his name to the oracle.

"Zayne…. My name is Zayne" said the young swordsman.

The oracle then backed up just slightly to get a better view of him.

"Zayne… the CDU, it's a perfect fit" she said.

That caught Zaynes attention, but before he could even proceed to ask his questions, a roar erupted through the area. Aeriallina became somewhat frightened while Zayne got into a battle pose. A few seconds later a giant blue dragon with red eyes, walking upright appeared in from of them from the forest.

"A Kaiser Dragon, hide" the swordsman said to Aeriallina before charging at the mighty beast.

The Oracle went behind a nearby bush and watched as her savior did battle with the monstrous beast. The dragon lashed out with its claws as Zayne drew his black Katana. He stopped the dragons hand and pushed its claw back before delivering two quick slashes to both the dragon's legs. The beast let out a slightly enraged growl and lifted its right leg up. Zayne realized his attack didn't do as much damage cause of his state and saw the dragon coming for a kick, which he slide under. As he was sliding, he kicked off the ground, got above the dragon's tail and was preparing to cut it. The dragon sensed this however and brought its tail up and wrapped it around the swordsman like a snake constricting it's pray. It then slammed him straight into a small rock hill, putting Zayne down.

"ZAYNE" screamed the oracle as she flew over to her fallen warrior

Zayne saw her in front of him and the dragon but couldn't speak a word. The Oracle looked at him as if to say 'you helped me, now ill help you', as she turned to look at the dragon with a determined look on her face.

'No, I've lost too much here, I can't lose anything else. I may not know anything about her. But I can tell that she truly is here to help me. So, I won't let her die for my mistake' thought the swordsman as the dragon approached them.

Queue persona 4 ost awaken

I who is about to awaken

I who is the one that rules over the shining crimson

Crimson light then surrounds the young swordsman with red lighting striking all around the area, the dragon then proceeds to back away at the raw power that was being generated while the oracle was smiling with relief. "It has finally happened, after 4 millennia, a new one has finally awakened." She said as she watched what was happening right in front of her.

At this point, the energy had grown so strong that it was visible from the other landmasses. Blanc saw this from her nation and quickly ran outside with her sister.

"Sis, what is this?" asked Ram

"It…feels…bad" responded Rom

Blanc continued to stare at the red flashes and darkened sky.

"Looks like troubles brewing ahead" said Lowees CPU.

Vert was playing her online game when all of a sudden, all the power went out. As she was about to speak the basilicom began to shake slightly. She quickly ran outside and was greeted with the same scene as Lowee.

"What is happening?" she said as she stared on.

From Planeptune, Neptune was doing a monster hunt with her sister; Nepgear had just finished a monster hunt when all of a sudden the landmass began to shake.

"yeoooowwwwwzzzers, what's happening?" asked the CPU.

Both sisters stood up after the quake stopped and noticed there a red mass of what looked to be like fire on Lastation.

"Neptune.." said Nepgear as she looked towards Lastation.

"That looks bad, I hope Noire's okay" said Neptune as she looked on.

Meanwhile in the planeptunes basilicom, Histoire was watching this with a very serious expression. "It seems that 'HE' has finally awakened, I must tell the CPUs of this event" Histoire said.

On Lastation, Noire was taking a walk through the garden. "'sigh' Its been too quiet around here lately" she says. suddenly a huge quake rocks the landmass.

"What the..?" before the CPU could finish, red lighting suddenly struck a nearby tree and set it ablaze surprising the CPU.

"What's going on here?" she asked

Uni suddenly ran out the basilicom shouting.

"Noire, Noire there's something on that landmass that's creating an unbalance and its throwing everything out of balance. Whatever it is, it's really powerful." Said the CPU candidate.

Noire stood up with an unreadable expression.

"Where exactly is it? Is it nearby?" she asked Uni

"According to our scouts, the source is about 5 kilometers northwest of here" said the candidate.

At that, Noire transformed into her CPU for Black Heart and proceeded to the area.

Back with Zayne, the quakes had stopped but the lightshow was not over. The dragon was now back even further from the boy and oracle while the oracle was up above to keep safe distance. The Crimson aura began to shrink to a human size but the feel of power wasn't leaving, in fact, it was growing.

Follow me into the crimson world

The world of which I shall rebuild

The Aura compressed

Follow me, and I shall show you the WORLD

(silence)

THAT SHINES IN CRIMSON LIGHT

There was a thunderous bang followed by a blinding flash of red light that was seen, heard and felt all throughout gameindustri. When the light died from the area where the dragon was, the dragon was no longer there. All that was in its place were its footprints. Aerial then looked in the area where Zayne was last, and what she saw shocked for a moment but she quickly put on a cheerful, and happy expression.

Standing there was Zayne without a doubt, but he was different now. His crimson hair was longer and reached to his shoulder blades, he was covered in a black mech-like armor with red outlines with what looked like a red undersuit beneath the armor, on his left arm was what looked like a shield and it had 3 claws that sprutted from the end about 2 feet past his hand, the was a black mecha-looking sword in his right hand that had red outlines, he had red holographic-like dragon wings (picture bahamut wings from FFX) and to top it all of his glasses where replaced by a black mech visor with a red eye-sensor in it.

The oracle floated in front of the new being and smiled joyfully.

"At long last you are here, CDU Zayne, master of the crimson fire" Aerial said

Zayne smiled at his guardian before suddenly sensing a presence. He turned to the right and saw Nepgear and Purple Heart. He stared at them for a few seconds before he heard them speak.

"Neptune….who is that?" asked the CPU Candidate

Purple Heart had her sword ready just incase. "I'm not sure, but I feel an incredible amount of power coming from him." She responded.

Zayne signal for Aerial to stay behind him, which she did by getting on his back. As he was studying the 2, he felt 2 more on his left. He looked over and saw the one which he admired for so long and her sister.

"N-Noire, you feel that?" asked Uni as she aimed her gun at the new CDU.

"Yea, this guys no pushover." Said the the CPU of Lastation

Zayne just stared at Noire with an unreadable expression before turning to the two and facing them completely, making Uni tighten her grip on her gun and causing Black Heart to pull out her sword. Purple Heart and Nepgear also got into battle position. Zayne however then put his sword on his side before speaking to Aerial.

"Were leaving, hold on" he said as he began to disappear in a vortex of crimson fire.

"Hold it" said Purple Heart as she dashed towards him, but when she got there he was gone. Just as she set herself back straight, his voice was heard.

"My name is TrinityNova, you will see me again Neptune, Nepgear, Uni….. Noire. The other CPU's will find out as well as I guide the world down the path of the crimson light." He said

The two CPU's and there sisters looked into the now clear sky with one thought on there mind.

"Who was that?"

Well that certainly was an explosive debut. Zayne has become a CDU, but what is the purpose of the CDU and how does this relate to the CPUs, and will Neptune and the others discover the identity of this new being and will Zayne be friend, foe or both to the CPUs? Find out next time on Hyperdimension Neptunia: rise of the CDU

Spoiler for next chapter

Plutia and Rei appear

Aeriallina will explain everything about the CDU and Zayne will have his 1st battle as a CDU against a certain CPU that not only hates him but is dead set on killing him. Try and guess who it is.