Chapter 2: Meeting Planeptune's CPU (Part 2)

EX: Hello again, everyone! And welcome to Chapter 2, of HDN: Ethereal Blood! Now let's go on over to the review corner:

ChaosJeff: Neptune is like "Nepu!? Why da fuq you here?" And the story is pretty nice. One question, is there going to be a harem or naw? I hope there is, but if there isn't, I'll still give the story a try.

Response: Yeah that's what I was going for. Thank you, I appreciate it! The answer to your question, is yes I am planning to let Dante have a harem, but it won't be immediately. The CPUs, and other characters will have to get to know him first. Of course, maybe not Noire, since you know tsundere. Let's just call it 'Harem progression', the CPUs and other female characters will progress their feelings towards Dante as the story goes on. So yes, Dante shall have a harem!

SublimeHeart609: Hmm... Very interesting. You plan on having Dante lose his immortality? That could either be a great twist or it may make your writing harder as then battles will last longer and Dante may even suffer mortal wounds that you will have to go into detail about. As for right now, we shall see how he reacts to Neptune being CPU of Planeptune. This is going to be fun.

Response: Yes I do, because even though I thought about him being immortal, when I began this story, I thought something would happen, that would make Dante lose his immortality. I will give you a REALLY large hint, in later chapters, he shall gain a great power, but with that power, something else will be gone, and that is his immortality.

Thank you all for your reviews, and as I keep saying, they really do motivate me to help make more chapters for everyone! And before I forget, I do not own Hyperdimension Neptunia! All I own is my OC! Now onto the chapter!

Dante was now standing in the living space of Purple Heart. He couldn't believe it.

"Dante! What's wrong?" IF asked, running into the room.

"N-Neptune! Y-you are Purple Heart!?" Dante asked, with his eyes still as big as saucers.

"Wait you met my sister before?" Nepgear asked, confused on how he knew her.

"Yeah, we met when I went to a pudding cart in the middle of Planeptune. She was sitting there. Wait wha? You're her sister!?" Dante asked, facing Nepgear.

"Yep! I am Nepgear, Neptune's little sister, and CPU Candidate of Planeptune." Nepgear answered, with a smile on her face.

"I… I need to sit down, so I can think straight." Dante told them, and he sat down on a couch nearby, to think all of this through.

"Oh! How about I make some tea, to help?" Nepgear offered Dante.

"Sure Nepgear, it will help, thanks."

IF sat next to Dante.

"Hey you alright Dante?"

"Yeah I'm okay, it's just that I am slightly overwhelmed, that's all." Dante said, still pondering on how crazy this day came out to be. First he defeats a dragon that didn't have any wings, then he went to the Guild, and IF said someone important requested him at the basilicom. Now he's met the CPU, Purple Heart, and her sister. That's when Dante planned to ask IF a question.

"Where is this oracle of sorts you were talking about before, IF?" Dante asked, waiting, with a cup of tea in his hand, that he took a sip of.

"I do not know, but I am sure she will be back soon, from wherever she is."

Meanwhile, where Histoire is...

Histoire was floating in the Sharicite room, and found that strangely there was another one that appeared there. The large blue crystal was much brighter than the other Sharicite crystal, and it crackled with electricity around it. The electricity dispersed towards the ceiling, trying to reach Dante but couldn't.

'The Ethereal Sharicite Crystal, but why is it here?'

Back to Dante and the others...

Dante noticed that Neptune was sitting around playing video games, for a couple hours now.

"Uhhh... Nepgear?" Dante called, staring at Neptune.

"Yes Dante?"

"Is your older sister always this lazy?" Dante asked.

"Well yes, even though me and Histoire keep telling her to do her work."

"Bah! Histy isn't here, so I can do whatever I want!" Dante, Nepgear, and IF, noticed a girl sitting on a book, with blonde hair, blue eyes and headdress, behind her, with her face half-covered in shadows.

"She's floating right behind me isn't she?" Neptune asked.

"Yeah..." We all said in unison, when the CPU in question, saw Histoire's scary face.

"EEP!" Neptune said, afraid, when Histoire grabbed her ear, and started to drag her towards a room.

"I believe it is time once again, that I pound into your thick head what it means to be a CPU Neptune!" She said.

"NOOOO! Please not again!" Neptune pleaded.

"Well now, I think I should explain what my Ethereal Blood does. There is more than meets the eye to my powers." Dante started.

When the doorbell rang again, Nepgear answered it and a girl with long jet black hair, with some of it worn in pigtails, and also in ribbons. Her eyes were red. She was wearing a black dress with blue lining.

"Ah! Uni! What brings you here?" Nepgear asked.

"I was wondering if we could hang out together. Wait who's that?" Uni, was curious of the boy in the room.

"Oh that's Dante, the one with Ethereal Blood." Nepgear answered.

"Wait are you serious!?" Uni asked, with her eyes as big as saucers.

"Yep! Oh that's right, hey Dante?" Nepgear asked, making him look towards them.

"Hmm what?"

"How about you show your Ethereal Blood to us? I am interested in seeing what you look like." Asked Nepgear, and Dante grinned.

"Okay, that seems like a good reason. Why not? Besides, I like using my powers. It gives me a feeling of adrenaline whenever I use it."

He closed his eyes, standing in the room, as he breathed in deeply, and breathed out, as a turquoise aura appeared around his body. His eyes opened to reveal two blue ones instead of their regular amber, and blue glowing circuits showed up through his clothes from his skin. Now he wielded dual pistols.

"I can form any weapon from my powers. Guns, swords, cannons, you name it."

Everyone in the room, with IF included, were shocked seeing Dante's power.

'T-this power, is so much similar to that of a CPU! But does his personality change? I guess it did, considering now he sounds more serious.' Nepgear thought.

"Amazing..." Uni muttered.

Dante stopped using his Ethereal blood, as his eyes faded back to amber and the glowing circuits disappeared along with the aura. About an hour later, when darkness set over Gamindustri, Dante felt a strange presence in the Planeptune Basilicom. He remembered having this feeling, whenever he was close to the Ethereal Sharicite Crystal. Neptune walked out of the room, where Histoire gave her a lecture, and the tome came towards Dante and the others.

"Nepgear who is this?" Histoire asked.

"Oh, his name is Dante, and he has Ethereal Blood."

Histoire stared at the boy for a couple minutes, for some reason Dante had no idea about.

"Are you truly the one?" Histoire asked herself, when Dante's eyes flickered blue.

"Well it's time that I leave you guys! It was nice meeting you, Dante!" Uni said, leaving the 4 of them, in the room.

"Likewise..." Dante muttered.

"Well, it was nice to meet you Nepgear, Histoire, and also you Neptune. But I need to get back to my apartment, I am really tired." Dante said, before yawning.

"Okay Dante, how about you come visit us tomorrow?" Nepgear asked.

"Why not? Besides I have nothing to do, except quests, that are easy." Dante answered, smiling at his new friends.

"But Dante, I want you... to stay... ZZz... pudding...pudding." Neptune tried to say, before falling asleep, probably from that long lecture that Histoire gave her.

"Don't worry Neptune, I will come back. Oh yeah, before I forget, I can summon a portal that only I can enter to the Ethereal realm, cause of my powers, and I can also appear in my apartment from that realm. Bye!" Dante said, before walking through to the Ethereal realm.

Dante walked through the realm, with his powers now flowing through his body. The realm still had the rivers of blood, now there were some shamblers coming towards him. Shamblers are the monsters in the Ethereal realm. They have the body of a scaly dragon, with a spade-shaped-tail, and several claws, their head has several sharp spikes, on top of their head, and their eyes glowed, with a blue fire. They usually use their claws to attack, but there are also different kinds of shamblers that use different attacks, and tactics. There are flying shamblers, doggoo shamblers, etc.

The spot where Dante appeared was near a cliff, but he didn't have time to fight the shamblers, so he decided to walk out of the portal, into Gamindustri again. But for some reason, he wasn't in his apartment. He was outside, when his eyes saw his apartment gone, like burned to ashes. Dante fell on his knees.

"MY home!" Dante screamed, before seeing a figure above the burning ashes of his home. Dante couldn't exactly make the figure out, when it disappeared. Dante ran back inside the ethereal realm, and walked back through the portal, into the Planeptune Basilicom.

"Dante, you're back!" Nepgear said, happy to see him.

But something was wrong on Dante's face, Nepgear could see it, as well as Histoire. He was angry, like extremely mad.

"My apartment... it's gone! I AM GOI-Ughhh..." He said, when suddenly he fell onto the floor unconscious from using too much of his stamina.

"Dante!" Nepgear cried, and went to his aid.

There was one question on Dante's mind as he was unconscious...

Who burned his apartment down?

EX: Hopefully you have enjoyed this new chapter, cause I sure did writing it! And yes again, it is still a small chapter, I could make it go on longer, but my writer's block gets in the way, and I am used to writing short chapters like under 2k words or less. Sometimes I actually do make long chapters, but it takes time. Now I believe there won't be any questions, if you want your questions answered now, PM me or ask the question in the reviews. I believe it to be more helpful than just listing the answers here. Now onto the chapter preview!

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