GL: I'm back for another chapter! Sorry for being so long. The internet I have right now is screwing with me, forcing me to take another route and keep me away from the computer for a while. I hate it a lot.

This chapter was a little difficult to make, due to the plot being very straightforward and less story, so I had to improvise. I hope you like it.

By the way, I somehow lots contact with gladeo25 & TheOddPotch so I won't be able to put their OCs in. But got two new ones to replace them:

Shinji Greenfield/Rena Greenfield by SignalHunter

Rendemio Zakzos by FuryFire

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Final Fantasy XV and/or Hyperdimension Neptunia

After the party had their rest, they made their way to the Basilicom for the first time...at least for Noctis, Neptune and Compa since they've never seen it in person before.

"Whoa! This is a Basilicom?" Neptune exclaimed as the group finally arrived in their destination. It's a big building which almost looks like a cathedral. "It's so big and towering and pretty and stuff! But where is everyone?"

"Hiding from monsters." IF answered for her. "Planeptune seems more ravaged by them compared to the other lands."

"Well, not all nations can be easily peaceful." Noctis sighed. "It's natural that things can't be easily go as things hope."

"Anyway, go talk to the Basilicom's staff. They'll communicate with a different one and we'll be on our way. I'll wait here to keep Compa company. Ask them anything you want while you have the chance."

"Okay, then, we'll be back in a jiffy! C'mon, Noct!" Neptune grinned pulling Noctis to the Basilicom.

"H-Hey! Don't pull me! I can go in myself!" Noctis exclaimed, but Neptune ignored him as they were inside. The room was almost like a cathedral; chairs lined up, tall side windows and a podium at the end of the hallway. Noctis wonders why it looks like that, for religion, nah. For marriage, impossible. Whatever it is, this place must be important. Right there is one of the staffs of Planeptune's Basilicom, Neptune goes there to talk to him.

"Excuse me, we wanna go to other landmasses! Is that okay?" Neptune called out to the staff member before being clonked on the head by the prince of Lucis.

"Don't just easily blurt out the reason why we're here, you idiot!" He scolded her.

"Ah, hello." The staff of the Basilicom greeted. "Applying for Terraportation? Could you give us your reason and how long you will be traveling for?"

"How long? I dunno." Neptune replied before she was being patted on the head by Noctis."Let me do the talking." Noctis sighed, causing the pink-haired girl to pout, which was ignored.

"We're here to take a tour around the nations to see what they're like, as we are very interested in this. There are also places that we'd like to see that may give us some thoughts of what we can do to make Celestia like it was before. We'll be out for a long time, but I'm not sure how long though." Although half of that is a lie, the one about places they'd like to see isn't entirely wrong since they in a search for Key Fragments.

"Oh! And we also wanna travel the world to fight bad guys! We wanna be heroes of justice!" Neptune added, much to Noctis's dismay.

"...Okay, that's acceptable too." He sighs in defeat.

"Admirable for someone so young." The Basilicom staff member chuckled as he began registering their purposes. "Okay, so... long-term... salvage areas attacked by monsters. There. Or shall I word it in a more vague way? Volunteer work? That'd look better on your resume."

"Look, we don't care, whatever." Neptune began whining. "Hurry it up, our party is waiting for us!"

"Probably should have told you that we have more people than just us..." Noctis sighed.

"Oh, you have more friends with you, hmm? Could you write their names here?" The Basilicom staff asked them. They agreed as they signed their names along with IF's and Compa's. "...That's it. Thank you very much. Bye." Before he went back to what he was doing, Neptune stopped him for a second.

"W-Wait! This is actually our first time doing this, so we dunno anything about the Basilicom. Can you tell us about it?" Neptune asked.

"Now that you mention it, I guess I may need a small lecture about the Basilicom since I don't know it either. Just try to explain it in a neat and not-complicated manner." Noctis agreed.

"Basilicom novices, eh? Let me tell you two a bit about our origins and give a small history lessons." The Basilicom staff said. "Long ago, Basilicoms were created by CPUs, Console Patron Units you call goddesses. We assist them in governing this world. On the other hand, we perform missionary work to spread our beliefs. That's the gist of it. Did that help?"

"So basically, Basilicoms are like headquarters for CPUs." Noctis sums it up.

"I guess you could say that."

"While I don't particularly get it, I was expecting weird cult people here, but you guys seem normal enough." Neptune said.

"Well, it's different everywhere." The staff member sighs. "Some Basilcoms may be construed as weird. I really shouldn't say such things, though."

"So there are weird ones? Nice. The people, too?"

"Don't encourage him, you idiot." Noctis scolded, pushing her head down, causing the girl to pout.

"Heh heh, you two sure get along well." The Basilicom staff member chuckled on how well they go together. Must be nice to have friends, huh?

"Why not get back to your friends? You don't want them to wait too long, after all."

"Yeah, okay. Bye! C'mon, Noct! Let's bounce!" Neptune smiled as she pulled Noctis out.

"Darn it, Neptune! I told you I can go by myself!" Noctis growled as he was being pulled outside.

"Neptune and Noctis. Nice names for two adventurous travellers." The Basilicom staff chuckled as he resumed to what he was doing.

"So you got it?" IF asked the two.

"Yep! Now we can go anywhere we want now." Neptune cheerfully smiled.

"Except for the ones that are too good for us." Noctis added. "We don't wanna get ourselves killed by dungeons stronger than us, would we?"

"Why do you have to be such a party pooper, Noct?!" Neptune pouted.

"In any case, we got what we needed, with one less thing to worry about." IF spoke. "We can now go to other nations. By the way, I know I'm the newest party member, but can we get a move on and go somewhere else for a change? Not like the same old dungeons over and over." It's actually true, since they've been going on various quests for the sake of getting materials, money, ingredients, experience points; you name it. They're practically over level 20 already.

"Well, we have been doing lots of quests and have barely been gone on new places. We should probably go somewhere else." Noctis agreed. But Neptune was against that unfortunately.

"We can't ignore all the monsters left on Planeptune. We gotta walk this path properly, y'know?" She protested.

"Yeah, 'slow and steady wins the race!'" Compa followed. "Collecting key fragments is important, but we can't leave troubled people alone!"

"But...wouldn't they just respawn like all monsters in dungeons do, regardless of how many times we go in there?" Noctis shrugged. The two girls looked at each other ad back to Noctis, they never thought of it like that.

"Well, just be quick and discreet about it. We can't stay in this nation forever, you know." IF sighed. "Besides, there are other dungeons in other nations to take care of so let's not keep doing this just for the sake of heling people, as well as getting materials and money. Speaking of which, Neptune, I hope you're not making us do all this just so you can get a new mobile phone that we currently have." Neptune flinched as if she's been found out.

"W-What?! What are you talking about?! Why do you think I would do that?! You're just imagining things!" Neptune scratched the back of her head while walking and whistling at the same time.

'What a terrible liar...' Noctis and IF thought with a sweatdropped while Compa was literally confused of what just happened.

They decided to take one last trip to the dungeon to do one more quest which seemed somewhat interesting; another sand worm has appeared in a dungeon, but something is different this time. Curious, they decided to take the job. Before doing so, they began shopping for items in case of emergency. They stopped to find a merchant carrying lots of weapons and other goods. In fact, the bag was almost as big as himself. Yikes!

He takes an appearance of an average built man with light blue crop plus fringe hair and ocean blue eyes. His casual wear includes a white dress shirt with long sleeves, black jeans, black frame glasses (Not the nerdy ones), and bandages wrapping most of his hands expects for the fingers and thumbs. He also seems to be part cat since his cat ears pop out on top of his head and they are also light blue with his cat tail being slightly shorter than average cat people tails.

"OOOOOH! LOOK! THAT GUY HAS CAT EARS!" Neptune squealed in excitement. Noctis took a small look at him in slight surprise.

"Wow, he looks cute!" Compa added.

"Hmm..." Noctis took a good luck at the merchant. "I've heard stories about demi-humans that have animals parts on them. Seeing them for real is pretty something else."

"What, you don't have those kind in your home?" IF asked.

"You could say that..." They all approached to the merchant. "Hello, we'd like to buy some things from you." Noctis said to him. He didn't really say anything. All he did was take out his huge bag and opened them, possibly revealing the most unorthodox pack of items. There was pair of goggles with green lens, a purple cape with an interesting symbol, a crazy-coloured hat, etcetera, etcetera. The party widened their eyes in shock to what they are seeing.

"WHOA! LOOK AT ALL THESE COOL STUFF!" Neptune squealed in delight.

"My goodness! I even see dentures... oh, wait. That's a toy..." Compa said.

"Is that...a karate gi?" IF spoke in disbelief.

"Where did you get all of this stuff? And where do you possibly keep of these?" Noctis asked the merchant. He was still silent, it was quite akward when no one is speaking right now. "Urg, did you hear me right?" He nodded without saying a word. Noctis sweatdropped as he still wasn't saying anything.

"Um...Noct, I don't think he can speak." Compa said to Noctis.

"Is he mute?" IF asked.

"Maybe..." Noctis answered.

"Look at me! I'm a superhero!" Everyone turned to see Neptune wearing a odd outfit while covered in ridiculous accessories, including the hat, goggles and cape. The party just face-faulted while the merchant just sweatdropped. The merchant then took something out from his bag and it was a box displaying a purple mobile phone which looked similar to ours, except for the colour. It also had a note of a 30% discount on it. Neptune jaw-dropped from what she just saw.

"IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS?!" Neptune shouted. She grabbed the box and stared closer to it. "It is! It's a mobile phone!" She began dancing around with it.

'Isn't she being too overexcited over this?' Noctis, IF and Compa thought with a sweatdrop.

"The merchant must be recommending that to us..." IF said.

"HOW MUCH IS IT?!" Neptune asked the merchant.

'SHE'S BUYING IT?!' Noctis, IF and Compa thought again in shock. The merchant took out his notepad and wrote something in it. He showed it to her when he was done. The price was originally 145000 credits which was ridiculously pricy. However, with the discount labelled, the price now was 101500 credits. Funny thing is the fact they have enough for it, due to the fact they've been constantly grinding EXP and money at the same time while doing numerous quests with rewards in them. They have like over 300000 credits, now money was barely anything to worry about.

"I'll take it!" Neptune immediately replied.

'Of course, she will!' Noctis and IF thought with a deep sigh. Noctis payed for the phone while Neptune happily opened the box and examined her new phone. The merchant bowed with a smile as he placed all his stock back into his bag, much to everyone's surprise. How does he carry something so big is beyond them. He gave Noctis a card before leaving them. Noctis looked at the card which read 'Shinji Greenfield'.

"Must be his name." Noctis said.

"I wonder if we'll meet him again." Compa said.

"I've got a lovely purple mobile phone. Do-do-do-do-do. Take a look, it's brand new and shiny. Doo-doo-doo. One button, two calls. Almost as big as my hand. Give 'em a swipe, and a little wipe. There's more of what I can!" Neptune began singing. (What she sang was a parody of 'I've got a lovely bunch of Coconuts' by Merv Griffin).

'Just what is she singing?' Noctis and IF thought in confusion.

"Ugh! Thanks to her, we've spent a quarter of our money!" IF groaned.

"Well, Nep-Nep does seem very happy, so all's well that ends well, right?" Compa said.

"I'm not sure that's how it goes..." Noctis scratched the back of his head in frustration.

"4-PLAYER CO-OP! LET'S DO IT GUYS!" Neptune declared talking about the app Kings' Knight.

"We can do that AFTER we finish the quest!" Noctis scolded her. "Besides, you haven't even downloaded the app yet!"

"I'm starting to wonder if we're ever gonna go..." IF sighed. She took another look at the merchant's card. "Shinji Greenfield..." All of the sudden, she crushed it with her hand with angry eyes, much to everyone's shock.

"Goodness! Iffy?!" Compa squeaked. IF then regained her composure as she looked at the crushed card in surprise.

"Wha- What did I just-?!" She stuttered as she then looked at everyone's shocked faces. "I-I'm sorry, guys! I don't know what came over me! When I took a look a his name, something about it rubs me the wrong way..."

"You know, I think I heard small stories about him." Compa said. "He is said to be one of the most special merchants who travels around the world selling various products to customers. He mostly goes to Planeptune due to the population of people here. They say he's a good person, not really somebody to hated. Aren't you glad you met someone like him?"

"Yeah, I know, but there's something about him I just don't like..." IF stated.

"But...why? You must have some kind of reason."

"...Nope, just don't like him, especially with that name."

"...Do you want to talk about it?" Noctis asked.

"...Maybe another time, I don't feel like it right now. Let's just go finish the quest already. I'd like to go somewhere new." After they, they finally pressed on to the Evil Cave dungeon once more.

As usual, the party moves on and easily eliminated the Sand Worm due to the over-leveling experience they were in. They past through to reach a dead end.

"Well, we're here. So...what now?" Neptune asked in confusion.

"We're just going to have a look around to find anything suspicio-" IF said but she was cut off by an evil womanly laughter.

"Haaaaah ha ha ha! I've found you, Neptune. I didn't think you actually to the world below!" She cried out.

"Who's there? What's with that melodramatic laugh...?" Neptune asked. Hearing that made the woman twitch in anger as she revealed herself. She looked to be an actual witch, due to her pale skin and her attire; a witch's hat, a thorn necklace and an exposing outfit.

"Don't mock my snickering! Pushing people's buttons... You've not changed a bit." She snarled. Neptune was rolling her eyes, utterly confused to what she's talking about. "Makes it easier for me to desire your demise. Brace yourself!"

"Hold on, are we just gonna fight without knowing who you even ar-" Noctis cried out but he was cut off when she attacked him with her spear. Noctis barely dodged the attack.

"Killing speaks louder than words! Unless you don't want to die, run away like a wimp or come at me, boy!" The witch smirked.

"Ugh! What a pain in the ass!" Noctis growled as he summons his Engine Blade.

BGM - Sonic Lost World OST - The Deadly Six Theme

"Have some of this!" The witch smirked as she fired some kind of dark magic on all of them. They all dodged while separating themselves from each other. IF fired a couple of shots, but the witch deflected them all with he spear. "Such small bullets cannot stop me!" She taunted.

"Oh yeah? What about this?!" IF shouted as she immediately lunged to her, making a rush attack on her. The witch tried to block them all but most of them were too fast to see, she ended up getting hit by some of them.

"ARGH! Impudent little!" The witched gritted her teeth, before casting another dark mage. She created a huge shockwave, sending everyone flying to a wall. They all grunted in pain from the impact and toughness of the wall.

"Ow, how did I not see that one coming?" Noctis growled as he got up. "We need to make a plan, otherwise, she'll beat us to a pul-" Noctis was cut off though once again.

"CHAAAARGE!" Neptune shouted as she was charging towards the witch.

"DAMMIT, NEPTUNE!" Noctis shouted angrily. Being the reckless girl she is, she landed consecutive slashes at her enemy...only to be instantly launched back by her to the wall again.

"Ow, my tushie!" Neptune winced in pain.

"As usual, you go head-first like a literal donkey." She laughed. "You'll never defeat me if you keep doing like that. Oh, and while things are getting quite as boring as I'd imagine, how about we bring some company? Y'know, for more the fun?" She then began to summon monsters from the ground.

"Um...this really doesn't look like fun to me!" Compa pouted.

"That's because it's not supposed to be!" IF shouted angrily.

"Ugh! Just when we have more than enough to deal with!" Noctis growled in anger. "If we don't think of something fast, we'll be dead meat for sure."

"Oh, trying to call your mates even if you're enough, you're getting cocky here!" Neptune complained.

'You're one to talk!' Noctis, IF and the witch thought at the same time.

"You leave me no choice! I'm going to use my secret weapon!"

BGM END

"Secret weapon?" Noctis, IF and Compa spoke in unison as well as confusion. Did Neptune have a secret weapon? If so, why didn't she say anything. The pink-haired girl reveals her weapon from her inventory and what it was shocked everyone in the dungeon.

"BEHOLD! MY CUSTOM-MADE NEP-LAUNCHER!" Neptune declared as she held a huge mini-rocket launcher almost as big as her.

"WHAT?!" Everyone yelled out in shock as their jaws dropped down to the floor.

The rocket launcher was a long, dark purple rifle with a tubular appearance, a left-hand grip and glowing orange highlights from inside the tube. This baby holds at least six nozzles and an ammo magazine at the bottom.

BGM - Danny Elfman - Breakfast Machine

"Neptune...where did you get that?" Noctis asked in disbelief.

"Eh? Weren't you looking? I bought it form the merchant guy." Neptune answered as Noctis became dumbfounded. "It had a good deal too, it only costed 54000 credits and I can custom-make it with the colour; although that was 2000 credits extra."

"Who said you could buy it, and also; where did you get the money from?! I was keeping it!"

"...I sort of... stole some of your money to buy it. I'm so sorry, I was desperate to get it. Besides, it has cool features as it says on the paper right here which was stuck on the launcher; heat-seeker, big explosion, and colourful missles."

"Is that last one really relevant?" IF shrugged.

"Wait a minute, the paper says that the rocket launcher is called '6-packed Mini-Rocket Launcher'." Noctis said before Neptune ignored him.

"Now with the details out of the way, let's go wild with this thing!" Neptune squeaked as she was ready to fire the big gun at her enemies, who all paled on what's going to happen, including the witch herself.

"H-Hey! Maybe we could talk about this..." She nervously said but she was completely ignored by her.

"3...2...1..." Neptune started counting Noctis, IF and Compa took steps back behind Neptune.

"H-HOLD ON, ONE MOMENT!"

"FIRE!" Neptune cried out as she fired the rocket launcher sending all six rockets to kill the monsters. There was problem though, they weren't targeting the enemies, in fact they weren't targeting anything at all. All six rockets were flying everywhere around the battlefield like huge flies, none of them hit a wall yet.

"Compa! Look out!" IF yelled out as she tackled Compa down just before a rocket flew under them.

"Whoa!" Noctis twitched as he ducked down to dodge the rocket.

"Ack!" The witch dodged one, sadly for the enemies, they weren't so lucky as they got blown up by the rockets; 2 now remain as some hit walls and others hit enemies.

"I THOUGHT YOU SAID THE ROCKETS WERE HEAT-SEEKERS!" Noctis shouted at Neptune.

"I did! I didn't know something like this would happen!" Neptune shrieked as she showed him the paper. "The paper didn't say something about this-"

"Did you check the back?" IF asked Neptune. The pink-haired girl grew silent as she flipped the paper over to reveal more words.

"Warning: The Mini-Rocket Launcher has not completely been programed properly and may cause the missiles to lose the targets and go berserk..." After Neptune read this, there was a huge akward silence around the area, in fact, there was a small ball made of straw slowly passing by them thanks to the wind, right before another explosion by a rocket was occured. "Oops?" Neptune sheeply said while scratched the back of her head while sticking her tounge out.

"OOPS IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT!" Noctis and IF scolded her angrily.

BGM END

"Noct, Nep-Nep, Iffy! Help!" Compa yelped as the heroes turned to see she's been captured by the witch herself.

"Well, well, look what I have here." She smirked. "She's so cute, it'd be really sad if she had a scratch on her cheek." She slowly moved her sharp finger onto Compa's neck.

"Using a girl as a hostage, how dirty!" Noctis gritted his teeth.

"Oi... you might wanna look out behind you!" Neptune warned her. Noctis and IF were confused a first until they saw what Neptune was looking at; the last rocket flying to her.

"You think using that trick is going to work on me?! Only an idiot would fall for that!" The witch remarked.

"Actually, you may need to take cover and possibly hurt Compa too..." IF shrugged.

"Seriously, lady! Get DOWN!" Noctis yelled out.

"Oh haha, keep going you stupid, pitiful group of-"

BOOM!

The witch could not finish her statement when she was hit by the rocket. Compa, while not particularly hurt, was sent flying towards her allies. Good thing, Noctis caught her, and he caught him princess-style for that matter.

"You alright, Compa?" Noctis asked her.

"Oooh, I think so..." Compa moaned before recovering her composure. When she realised her position, she began to blush red. "Wha- Noct! What are you-?"

"It's okay, you're safe." He smiled making Compa blush even more. Neptune was puffing her cheeks, just looking at the two and some heat was flowing from her. IF just sweatdropped from the atmosphere.

"Unbelievable!" The witch who survive and covered in smoke while coughing, got herself up. "Damn it all! You can't be this capable, plus you don't even look like you exercise, so why? Tch, that's right... this is Planeptune! It's your home turf, Neptune. But it won't be like next time. Don't forget my words!" After that she vanished through a dark portal.

"What the hell?! She came out of nowhere, threw a hissy fit, and left." IF angrily bragged. "She must be menstruating or something."

"In any case, we got rid of odd presence in this place. Let's get out of the place. I'm getting sick of being here." Noctis groaned as he was scratching the back of his head in frustration.

After finishing that last quest, they decided to leave Planeptune and go to the other nation. Before they did that, they ran into an elder with an old jukebox. It's been a while since Noctis has seen one, last time he saw it was at his world in a bar in Altissia, he kinda liked the classic music played there. The elder explains that he was going to throw away the jukebox due to it not working anymore. They say that the music it plays is like lovers dancing together. Noctis began imagine himself dancing in a ballroom with Lunafreya, it would be romantic. Though dancing with another woman would be great, such as Iris, Cindy, Purple Heart... Why did she pop up in his head all of the sudden? He shook his head with his face slightly red to forget about what he'd imagined.

Moving along, they found some street fighters breaking and sending barrels flying about, and that's not the half of it; there were a few destroying old cars with their bare hands. The party were surprised by their strength, and look! Here comes a new challenger! The fighters were all unorthodox, like a Chinese girl with monsterous thighs and a sumo wrestler, a buffed soldier and even boxing champion! Noctis is starting to wonder if they're all from around the world going together in one big group.

They then saw a truck unloading coloured blocks. They began stacking them without any gaps in between them, and that's a very good skill. One blue thin and long block fit in perfectly with the pile and then the men yelled out 'Detris' as a victory cry. Compa explained that this is one of the most popular puzzle games which is about falling objects to match the pile. Noctis wasn't familiar with the game, but if it's available in the app store, he would love to play it.

At last, the party made it to their destination, the Sky Harbor which is used to for people to travel between the lands when the come close together.

"Ooh, look, the ground is split here!" Neptune exclaimed. "Did this happen during some great war from long, long ago?! I betcha it was a totally crazy, epic war between some profound sort of darkness and a really great light!"

"That sounds more like an original fantasy plot, don't you think?" Noctis sweatdopped. Although, his world is somewhat like that, except more creepier and darker than people think.

"...Just what is it with her anyway?" IF shrugged.

"I'm sorry. Please be patient with her." Compa apologised. "She really doesn't remember anything... I think. Noct doesn't much about her either."

"Right. Hearing that from a Nurse-in-training is reassuring. How long have you two known her?"

"A few days. I found her stuck head-first in the ground, so I pulled her out and treated her wounds." Compa explained.

"Ouch! Her head really have gone bonkers if that's case..." Noctis shrugged, While he understood what Compa said, IF didn't.

"S-Stuck in the ground? You pulled her out? So, Neptune grow in the ground around here. How can I believe that?" She stuttered in disbelief.

"Nonono, that's not how it's supposed to be, IF!" Noctis spoke.

"She's not really from the ground, per se. What I mean is that she fell from the sky and got stuck in the ground after, Miss IF." Compa explained appropriately this time.

"Huh? Oh, it's been bugging me, but you call me 'Miss'. You don't have to be so formal, but..." She was cut off when Neptune spoke loudly.

"Noct, Iffy, Compa, hurry up! The view is so stupendous here. You two scared? Hah, I bet you are! I'm so brave!" She mocked the three, angering Noctis and IF a bit, not Compa; she's too innocent for that.

"I don't like her being overly friendly with me." IF grunted. "I feel like she doesn't quite understand her place beneath me."

"That's amnesia for you, they forget everything, including identities." Noctis sighed. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it, eventually."

"Easier said than done..." IF groaned. Compa then approached Neptune to explain her about Sky Harbor.

"Nep-Nep, this is the Sky Harbor area, where two landmasses come in contact with one another. It doesn't really mean the ground is split." She explained it to her.

"Oh, I see. So how do I cross over? Should I jump? Should I shout 'wahoo!' as I do it?" Neptune began asking.

"Why not slap on some overalls and a red cap while you're at it?" IF sarcastically said. Noctis flinched when IF said that, as if he heard that description before, from an old game. "Actually, we use a bridge to cross over. We needed the Basilicom's permit to get the bridge lowered. Now we can use it anytime."

"How long does it take to get to another landmass?" Noctis asked.

"Hmm... about 5 minutes in car but 30 minutes if we just walk."

"Eeeeeh? That's long, can we buy a car then?" Neptune asked.

"We can't afford one, thanks to you who wasted lots, over a phone and a incomplete rocket launcher." Noctis scolded.

"Hey, at least I got some good things!" Neptune retorted.

"There's a faster way to get to Lastation on foot, but you'll have to get past a dungeon in order to do so." IF informed. And that's just what they did.

The dungeon wasn't really much, it was just a cave passageway with lots of bats. It was pretty easy to get through, and when they did, they finally arrived in Lastation.

BGM - Hyperdimension Neptunia OST -Lastation's Theme

Noctis was shocked to see how completely different it was compared to Planpetune. There were clouds covering the sky because of the smoke from the factories. The buildings looked all to be skyscrapers and there were lots of different factories around the land; Weapon factories, vehicle factories, electricity factory and many others. The land was so steam-punkish, it reminded Noctis of the Empire Headquarters a bit.

"So this is what Lastation looks like." Noctis commented.

"Wow! This place is all steam-punky and spiffy and futuristic!" Neptune squeaked.

"I don't know about the futuristic part, compared to Planeptune." Noctis sweatdropped. "More like this is from the 19th century."

"Lastation is ruled by the Console Patron Unit Black Heart." IF began explaining. "This land is mostly obscured by industrial factories."

"So, um, does the 'theme' of each landmass match with that goddess' preference?" Neptune asked.

"I don't think so. The CPUS are here to protect us, but humans develop civilization itself."

"Aw, that's so realistic. Compa, what are your thoughts on this place?"

"These factories and chimneys... remind me of an industrial revolution. I'm not familiar with this kind of thing." Compa replied.

"I suppose it's not appealing to mainstream girls. I think it's cool." IF smiled.

"What 'bout you, Noct?" Neptune asked when he turned to the black prince. She flinched in shock to see him miserable and depressed, even the atmosphere around him makes the scene more creepier than it already is. "Wha-?! Noct?! What's up?!" Neptune cried out in shock of what happened to her friend.

"Are you alright, Noct?! What happened to you?!" Compa worryingly asked him.

"N-No! I'm fine!" Nocts spoke while turning to them with a miserable face. "It's just that...this place made me remember something that I don't want to remember."

"Eh? What was it?" IF asked.

"A deserted land...ruined base...filled with monsters...endless night...everything destroyed... zombie robots...and daemons..."

"Demons?" Neptune asked in confusion. Noctis's eyes widen, realising what he just said.

"N-Nothing! Don't worry about it! I'll get over it eventually!" He stuttered with his energy back up to full.

"Okay, if you say so..." But from the look on Neptune and Compa's face, they still seemed worried. Noctis is going to have to find a way to cheer them up, in order to prevent the worry from getting worse.

"So...what's next?" Noctis asked IF, changing the subject.

"We'll go to the Basilicom of Lastation, after that we'll buy some supplies and call it a night." IF stated.

"Sounds good, lead the way."

While the party were making their way there, Noctis received a notification. He opened to reveal a blog; a goddess blog to be exact. Historie once explained to him that blogs can let him read the news about the landmass and the goddess' daily life. They even show who the goddess look like. What Lastation's goddess looks like is a teenage girl with black twin-tailed hair along with red eyes.

Noctis was slightly stunned by this. He assumed that a goddess would be an adult size, but looking at her makes him feel uncomfortable all of the sudden. Does age not matter when having hat title? Then again, all gods can look weird nowadays.

They've finally reached the Basilicom of Lastation, which looks very similar to the one in Planeptune.

"Um, 'scuse me! I wanna get some information. May I come in?" Neptune called out. What came out of the Basilicom was the moderator, and he didn't look like he was happy to see the party.

"Monsters? What're you going to do with that information?" He asked them.

"We're searching for a k-" Compa was about to say but Noctis cut off her, to prevent her from spoiling some things that doesn't need to be heard.

"So we can strategize our way into killing them, of course." Noctis explained. "Otherwise, we'd be troubled. We'll be going in dungeons, so we were wondering if you have any information we could use from the Basilicom."

"Killing monsters? Don't be so foolish. Even the Lastation Defense Force doesn't stand a chance against them." The moderator stated. "You're nothing more than children. Go home!"

"I'M TWENTY!" Noctis shouted angrily. "Also, what gives you the right to order us like that?!"

"This land is ravaged by those ingrates and you all shouldn't be going to some place where you will perish."

"Y-You shouldn't judge us by our appearances. We defeated lots and lots of monsters!" Compa protested. "Nep-Nep can transform and become super strong. We'll sh-MMMPH!" She couldn't finish as Noctis covered her mouth to stop her from saying any more.

"Look, we're just here for info. If you just do us a favour and share something what we don't have, we'll be out of your hair, okay?" Noctis tried to politely offer him.

"Sorry, but I don't have the authority to spill beans to a worthless group like you." The moderator scowled. There was a tick mark of anger on Noctis's head. He's not liking his attitude, in fact he hates it!

"...This Basilicom is a bit arrogant." IF grumbled. "Shows what kind of leader Black Heart is when you meet people who serve her."

"Kinda reminds me of an Empire Kingdom, who which I consider by the way, a downgrade." Noctis replied.

"We're not like those who suck up to Black Heart!" The moderator hissed. "I don't care what people say, but don't confuse us for them. You brats better scram already, or I'm going to have to hurt you!"

"...Can I kill him now?" Noctis asked IF with a death smile forcing IF to sweatddrop, she knows how pissed Noctis is right now.

"D-Don't! We'll be in trouble if you do." IF replied nervously.

"I can make it look like an accident!"

"Really? How?" Neptune asked.

"Don't encourage him, you idiot!" IF scolded angrily. "Let's just come back later. We can't waste time." Despite how much Noctis wants to beat the crap out of the moderator, it would seem like he has no choice. Angry, they left with nothing in their hands.

"What should we do now? We couldn't even get inside the Basilicom..." Compa sighed in depression.

"He didn't hafta be such a party-pooper." Neptune puffed her cheeks. "I guess people are different everywhere... Sometimes the world is cruel."

"Did you hear the way he was talking?" IF followed. "He really crossed the line talking about their CPU like that."

"I didn't think there were people like that." Noctis said. "I guess there are those who defy their goddess who is trying to protect them."

"Hmm, maybe we should ask around about monsters in town." Neptune suggested.

"Good idea." Compa agreed. "It may take longer, but we just got here and we don't know much about Lastation yet. This is just the beginning. Let's take our time, explore, and learn!"

"That's the spirit, Compa! You heard her, let's get to it!" Noctis smiled.

"Yeah!" Neptune pushed her fist into the air cheerfully.

"Just to remind you, we have a few hours left before midnight." IF stated. "Best, we'd rent a hotel soon once we've finish... if we can find one that has a room for rent that is..."

IF wasn't wrong about that. Apparently, with the monster population being big in Lastation, most of the shops and hotels are locked tight, making them unavailable for anyone to go to. The best place they can safely rest is camping, much to Neptune's dismay since she prefers hotels. Since the shops were closed, they decided to make camp. They began search for a spot to make a safe haven and found a flat rock area, high up from the city.

"What a view!" Neptune commented, sightseeing the place.

"You can look later! Help us set up camp!" IF scolded her.

"You're no fun, you know that, Iffy!"

"And stop calling me that!"

BGM - Final Fantasy XV OST - Relax & Reflect

After setting up the camp, Compa is ready to cook a new dish. Looking at her new cookbook she got from the stores in Planeptune, she flipped a few pages to see what she can produce for the gang.

"Too sweet... too spicy...Ooh, this one looks good." She spoke as she pointed at a bowl of what it looks to be vegetable soup. "Fresh Assorted Vegetable Stew!"

"Veggies?! But I want meat!" Neptune whined, unhappy with the recipe Compa chose to make.

"Since when were you picky?" IF questioned.

"No, no, no! That won't do, Nep-Nep! Meat is good and all, but you need have green veggies too, it's good for your health." Compa protested.

"But they taste so icky and bitter! No flavour at all!" Neptune kept whining.

"Y'know, Neptune. I used to hate eating vegetables when I was younger, and I didn't want eat them at home." Noctis told Neptune. "But when I grew up, they started to taste nice than I thought. ('Most likely, it's because of Ignis's great cooking'). They helped me get up and go farer places because I got a boost of strength from eating the green food. That's why I've gotten strong."

"Really?!" Neptune asked intrigued by his story.

"Yeah! Sure, meat and sweets are good and all, but sometimes fruit and vegetables can give you a good boost upgrade. Besides, if you keep eating meat and sweets, you might end up turning into one." Neptune, Compa and IF flinched in shock, much to Noctis's surprise.

"What?!" Neptune squeaked.

"That's scary!" Compa shrieked.

"You're not serious, are you?!" IF questioned.

"Wha-! Of course, I'm joking! You didn't need to take my words seriously!" Noctis's exclaimed. "But trust me, Neptune. If you eat this, you won't ever have to get tired for an entire day. Besides, I'll treat you if you want."

"You will?! Awesome! Okay, I'll eat it! You're the best, Noct!" Neptune happily agreed, much to everyone else's relief.

"You're pretty good when it comes to persuading her, Noctis." IF smiled at him. "I almost feel jealous of you."

"Eh, it's not really a talent." Noctis said. "You just need to talk to her the right way, and she'll agree to it instantly. That's the kind of girl she is."

"I'll keep that in mind."

After few minutes have passed, Compa has finally made dinner for the three (including herself). It was a bowl full of various vegetables; lettuce, carrots, mushrooms, potatoes, and many others, added with hot water and a bit of milk.

Ingredients: Fresh Milk, Potatoes, Mushrooms & Salad pack

Effects: Attack Boost (Level 4), HP Boost (Level 4), Magic Boost (Level 3)

"Come and get it!" She exclaimed.

"Wow! It actually looks good!" Neptune exclaimed.

"What do you mean 'actually'?" IF questioned which highly ignored. They all began to enjoy themselves in a nice warm campfire. Neptune just started playing King's Knight and already got the basics and already completed chapter 1, She must be a literal gamer if that would be the case. While the girls were chatting to themselves, Noctis was starring high in the sky, where the clouds are still covering the sky, despite that it is night time.

'This place sure is big, and I'm not really sure what I can say about it. Though, the girls are having a good time, despite the monsters lurking around. Kind of the same in my world. I guess this one and my have some things in common, huh?' And so, another day has passed and Noctis's journey in Lastation starts now.

Morning Ally Side Quest: Neptune - The Golden Monster

As Noctis was minding his own business. Neptune slammed her hands onto his armchair, scaring him.

"Whoa! Neptune! What's up?!" He asked loudly.

"See, I saw something rare shiny awesome in the forest, but I lost sight of it!" Neptune exclaimed. "How about going with me to look for it tomorrow morning? I bet it's still around somewhere!"

"Well, if it's awesome as you say, then there's no way I can't miss it." Noctis replied agreeing to go with her.

"I know right?! I can't wait to show you once we've hit the hay!" She cheerfully said.

"Don't try to oversleep again..." Noctis sighed.

The next morning...

BGM - Final Fantasy XV OST - Bros on the Road

"Let's do this thing!" Neptune exclaimed, happily energetic and ready to go, unlike her tired friend.

"How the heck are you so pumped up after waking up?" Noctis yawned.

"Come on! Come on! We can't miss the big one, can we?" Neptune began pulling him.

"Okay, okay! Stop pulling me! Geez!" They began running through the forest searching what Neptune is talking about.

"Y'know, you never told me what this rare shiny awesome thing is about. What is it?" Noctis asked.

"Well, you know what Dogoos are, right?" Neptune asked.

"Uh, yeah. Slime dogs, I get that. But why do you ask?"

"Well, that's kinda what we're after." Noctis became dumbfounded by her answer.

"...Excuse you?"

"H-Hold on! That Dogoo though is more special compared to every other ones. You gotta believe me!" Neptune insisted. "It's shiny and fast and...golden!"

"Wait, golden?" "Noctis spoke.

"Yeah! I spotted a golden Dogoo in the forest and I wanna beat it!"

"...And just we do we get by beating it, exactly?"

"More EXP, more money, or maybe a rare item! I'm sorry, Noct! But I MUST GET IT"

"Okay, okay! We'll beat it out! No need to hold your excitement any further!" Noctis groaned as continued running. The eventually stopped to find something glowing gold. It was the golden Dogoo which Neptune was taking about. Noctis and Neptune hid behind a rock to avoid it's presence as the golden Dogoo was hopping around.

"Is that it?" Noctis asked.

"Yep! That's the one I was talking about earlier!" Neptune exclaimed. "Just look at it, it's so sparkly and rare. I just wanna beat it and get cool stuff from it!"

"Stay here. I'll assassinate it from behind..." Noctis whispered. He slowly got off the rock and slowly approached the golden from behind, leaving the rare monster unnoticed. He stopped and turned to hear Neptune about to sneeze. She was trying to hold it, but she doesn't look like she can.

"Uh-oh!" Noctis gulped as he knew everything is going to go wrong. "Neptune, don't you dare...!-"

"ACHOO!" Neptune sneezed very loudly. The golden Dogoo flinched and was about to run away in high speed, only for Noctis to warp strike it and used his Engine Blade stab through its core, ultimately killing it.

"God, Neptune! What worse timing can you make like this?!" Noctis groaned in frustration and disappointment. "We were lucky I was fast enough to react and kill the monster before it could run away from us."

"I know, I'm sorry, Noct." Neptune apologised in a very depressing tone, ashamed of what she did. It's actually rare for her to act like that, even for Noctis. With that look, he can't really argue with her. All he did was pat her head and softly rubbing it.

"It's alright. We got the golden Dogoo. That's all that matters, right?" He gave a smile to her, surprising the girl, before she smiled back with a red faint blush.

"Yeah, you're right! Now let's see what we got!" She went to the Dogoo and examined what's left of it. Some light shined from the leftovers of the monster and then faded to reveal a huge purple futuristic sword. The blade had purple neon aura, giving it a ferocious presence. It makes Neptune's current sword look like a joke compared to this.

"So what we got from the monster was..." Noctis said before Neptune finished for him.

"AN AWESOME LOOKING SWORD!" Neptune exclaimed with sparkles in her eyes. "THIS IS DEFINITELY A RARE ITEM AND ANYONE WOULD WANT! CAN I KEEP IT, NOCT?! CAN I?! CAN I?!"

"Y-Yeah! Sure! No one's stopping you, really!" Noctis replied with a sweatdropped. 'Although, I kinda what it myself, but I think Neptune wants it more than I do, so she can have it.'

"Yay! Thank you so much, Noct!" Neptune happily hugged Noctis tight.

"Y-Yep! Okay! Ack! You can let go now!" Noctis gagged from his friend's tight bear hug. "Let's go back now, everyone is waiting for us."

"Okay!"

Side Quest Complete!

Noctis's Audio Entry Log V

Geez, it's been only been three days and it feels like I've been in a lot of things. A witch ambushing us for no reason, references I don't remember and a steam-punked landmass. And the scary part is that I'm not even a quarter way of my journey. Planeptune, Lastation, Lowee & Leanbox...I doubt I'll be going back home anytime soon.

Though, I am supposed to start a new journey along with these girls, so I shouldn't be complaining, I am still worried though. Still, I'll have to concentrate on what's in front of me, for the sake of Neptune, Compa, IF, Histoire, Dad and everyone else in my world.

Although, Lastation doesn't seem like a friendly place. I mean the pollution and the factories are everywhere. I'm worried about the people who live too. Let's hope they don't act hostile like that poor excuse for a moderator. That bastard can go to hell for all I care!... Whoa... went too far on that one... whoops... ha-ha...'sigh'

Bonus: IF's Battle Quotes

Enemy Encounter: This shouldn't be a problem.

Enemy Encounter 2: Let's not waste time, shall we?

Enemy Encounter...Again: Geez, how many of you are there?

Rare Enemy Encounter: Well, this is something you don't see everyday!

Boss Encounter: Time to get serious!

Giant Boss Encounter: This...isn't going to be easy...

Low HP: Ugh! Not feeling good here...

Healing Item Used: That's one less injury to worry about!

Rescuing Ally: Keep it together, alright?!

Rescued by an Ally: Thanks for the help!

Ally Intensely Wounded: You should step back and heal yourself.

Vulnerable Enemy: He's open! Attack now!

Blindside: Right behind you!

Link-Strike: Together!

See Enemy Fleeing: And just where do you think you're going?!

Enemy Down: One down for the count!

Compliments Noctis: You're a person no one should mess with.

Compliments Others: You handle yourself pretty well.

Complimented by Noctis: Heh-heh, well, you know me.

Complimented by Others: No big deal, really.

Formation (Regroup): Guys! Let's gather up!

Formation (Attack): Go for the enemy, now!

Formation (Improvise): Let's make the battlefield much more easier for us!

Victory: That wasn't too hard, right?

Victory (Boss): That was close, but we did it.

Victory (Giant Boss): Phew! I think my heart stopped...

Victory (Barely): Let's NOT do that again, alright?!

Defeated: N-No way...

Defeated (Retreat): Ngh! I may have taken this a little too far, but I'm not ready to die yet! S-Sorry, but I'm afraid you're one your own for now...

Fleeing: We'll have to revise our strategy! Let's go!

Accidentally Hit an Ally: Ah! My bad!

Accidentally Hit by an Ally: Watch where you're using that thing!

Struggling with the enemy: This one's tougher than the other ones.

Losing Confidence: I knew we weren't prepared for this!

Fire Effected: Yeow! My clothes are burning, help!

Freeze Effected: I-I knew I s-s-should have worn p-pants!

Lightning Effected: Ack! T-T-That stings more t-than a needle s-s-should!

Poison Effected: Ugh! This poison is killing me...literally!

Confusion Effected: Ugh! I can't see properly! What?!

Ally with Poison Effect: (Name) doesn't seem to be feeling well!

Ally with Confusion Effect: I think (Name) may be in a sticky situation.

GL: And that's that for this chapter! Looks like the party are now in Lastation. What can they find there and will they meet the goddess Black Heart? Well find out in the next chapter!

Ally Morning Side Quests are added only after camping in safe havens, if any of your OCs wants to give Noctis one, and give me some suggestions. I also added new quotes, so use those as well.

Alright! The first OC is here and while we didn't see much of him, we will meet him again another time.

There are many references there such as Mario, Street Fighter, Tertris, etc. You'll find out eventually.

Feel Free to leave a review and I'll see you in the next chapter!