Chapter 9

When I say familiar face, I mean the face looks similar to someone. The person, who was female, had the look of Hikan, but it was more feminine. Her breathing was ragged and her dark red hair, like I said, looks like Hikan, was short and messy. Most of it went down the back of her neck towards her shoulders, so it looked like she combed it back to make sure it stayed there. Her clothes consisted of a brown short sleeved jacket with a white t-shirt. She at least had a C-cup. Her white shirt was tucked into her short denim shorts, which stopped at her thighs revealing only a little bit of skin due to the white stockings that went down into her brown combat boots.

I crouched down next to her and felt her head, she didn't seem to have a fever, and she didn't have any sort of injuries on her at all. At least, not from the outside.

"What happened to her?" Uni asked me and I looked back at her.

"I'm not sure, but we should get her back to the Basilicom." I told her and Uni hesitated before nodding. I picked the girl up and carried her piggyback style back to the Basilicom, the girls groans continued as we walked back.

"...No…" the girl groaned.

"She's asleep?" Uni asked again and I nodded.

"She must be having a bad dream, but that's a weird spot to fall asleep at." I said and looked back at Uni. "Think she's a traveler?"

"I don't see what else she could be. But this is my first time seeing her." Uni pointed out and I looked at the girl.

"Yeah, I haven't seen her before either."

"Do you think she was kidnapped too?" Uni asked me, I wasn't too sure honestly.

"I don't think so, if she was kidnapped by the beast then she wouldn't be lying beside the cave and it would've been reported by now." I pointed out and looked back where I was going.

"Yeah… you may be right."

"Stay…with…me…" the girl groaned again, her voice sounded as if she was in pain.

"Must be some nightmare…"

"I guess so…"

We arrived back in the Basilicom and immediately went to Noires room, I laid the girl on Noire's couch and turned back to Uni.

"I wonder what she was doing out there." Uni told me and I looked back at the girl again.

"I'm not sure, but let's leave her here to rest." I said and pulled up my phone.

"Calling Hikan…?" Uni muttered.

"Uni… Hikan's not a bad guy. Sure, for the past couple weeks, he's been lazy. Even I got annoyed by it. But when something serious happens, Hikan takes things serious. Give him some time." I explained and Uni looked away.

"I'll believe that when I see it…"

Entering Hikan's contact, I held the phone up to my ear. The phone kept ringing and ringing… and ringing before going to voicemail. "Come on Hikan."

I tried again. The phone rang twice before Hikan finally picked it up. "Shizuki…? Do you know what time it is...?"

"Yeah yeah, you were asleep. But this is important Hikan."

"Did something happen with Uni?"

"No… well kind of, but it's fine now. We found another person, but it's not Noire or Yagi."

"Wait… Yagi? Who's that?"

"No time! You can sleep now, but I want you here in Lastation first thing in the morning before the Council meeting!"

"...Alright. I'll be over there later."

"Thank's Hikan. Bye."

"See ya."

I hung up the phone and looked back where Uni was, she was no longer there. She must have went back to her room. "Sometimes, I worry about you Uni…"

I sat down on the couch next to the sleeping girl. Where did she come from? And why was she asleep next to that cave… there's so many questions that I have that can't be answered yet.

"You'll be safe here." I told her, I don't know if she can hear me or not.

"A girl that resembles Hikan… You know what might happen don't you?" The Curse started. "Kill her while you have the chance!"

"Will you be quiet already?" I scolded and stood up, I should get some rest. Hopefully Hikan remembers to come over here…

...Not again.

Again I was in a void with a younger me sitting in front of me. She had a smile on her face and was sitting patiently for me.

"What do you want now?" I asked her and the Curse giggled.

"I sense a disturbance from that girl. She's not supposed to be here." the Curse said.

"Will you give it a rest? I'm not going to kill anyone else that's close to me." I growled, but the Curse simply giggled again.

"It's obvious that you won't do what I say, but I keep trying to warn you. That girl is not supposed to be here." the Curse warned. "If you keep her here. Bad things will happen."

"Whatever. I'm not gonna believe anything you say. All you want me to do is kill everyone I know and love."

"I'm here to help you!" The Curse shouted. "Ever since your parents died, I led you on the right path! I helped you live through every ordeal. I was the one who told you to join The Saviors! I helped you meet Hikan!"

"I'M NOT THAT PERSON ANYMORE!" I snapped. "I listened to what you said back then, but now I'm on my own path. I'm not under your control anymore… Hikan helped me break out."

The Curse said nothing, she just stared at me for a couple seconds before a smile crept back across her lips.

"Hehehehehehehehe." She giggled. "You'll know soon enough…"

The Curse waved her hand in front of her and my vision went black.

"Hey. Wake up."

"...huh?" I opened my eyes and saw Hikan looming over me. "H-Hikan?"

"Yeah, it's me." he said and a smirked stretched across his lips. "And here I thought it would be ME getting up last."

"Shut up…" I muttered and rubbed my eyes. "Did you see her?"

"Yeah, I did… and well…"

"Well what?"

"She's awake."

"What?!"

I jumped up and ran out towards the couch. True enough, the girl was awake. Her eyes were orange, like the color of a sunset. She looked over at me.

"Um… hi?" I said awkwardly. The girl stared at me before choking back a laugh.

"Is that how you always greet others?" she asked, her voice resembled mine a little bit. But it sounded a little deeper.

"Not really, but I didn't know how you would act." I said, this is an interesting person already…

"I act like me! Obviously!" she said and looked around, "So, where am I? I don't remember being here."

"You're in the Lastation Basilicom." I answered and the girl scratched her head.

"Lastation…? That sounds familiar…"

Hikan walked into the room and looked at the girl. "I would hope so. It's one of the four big nations here."

"Four… nations?" the girl questioned again. "I-I can't remember."

"Oh no…" Hikan muttered before facepalming.

"What do you mean you can't remember?" I asked and Hikan stepped closer.

"If you don't mind me asking. What's your name?" Hikan asked and the girl closed her eyes and rubbed her temple.

"I… I can't remember that either!" she yelled and her eyes opened wide.

"Oh dammit! I knew it!" Hikan cursed and looked back at me, "It's amnesia… it's ALWAYS amnesia."

I looked at the girl. "Oh no… what will I do… I can't even remember my favorite meal!"

"Calm down, it'll be alright." I reassured her and gave her a smile. "We'll help you recover your memory. Won't we?" I looked over at Hikan.

"Yeah, we'll help. But for now, we have to go." Hikan checked his phone. "The Council starts soon, by the time we get back to Planeptune we'll have to haul ass."

"Alright." I looked back at the girl, "We'll be back later. For now though, stay here."

"Wait! Why don't I just come with you?" The girl asked and Hikan shook his head.

"That wouldn't be a good idea…" Hikan said and the girl stood up and walked over to him.

She put her finger on his chest and smiled. "I'm not gonna listen anyway. Come on! Let's go!"

"...It's no use." I muttered and looked at the girl. "Fine, you can come. Let's go."

"Yes!" the girl said and jumped into the air and ran towards the door.

Hikan let out a sigh and followed after her. Why was he so against letting her go with us?

"If you're coming with us, then your name, for now, will be…" Hikan put his hand to his chin to think, "Yukiko?"

The girl nodded, "Whatever! Let's go!" she said excited and left the room, Hikan and I following after her…

I drove on my bike with Yukiko while Hikan was flying in his CPU Form beside us. Yukiko stared at him in amazement.

"Whoa. You look awesome!" she complimented and Hikan shifted his gaze at us.

"I appreciate the compliment." he said before looking in front again, his serious face never changed.

"Does he always look like that?" Yukiko whispered.

"That's just his alternate form. He'll be normal later." I said, "So Yukiko? Do you remember anything at all?"

"Hmmm… I remember me having a mission… but I can't remember what it was…"

"Don't worry, I'm sure that we'll be able to help you remember what it was." I reassured her and she gave me a wide smile.

"Thanks."

Hikan upped his speed and flew faster then before. I could barely keep up with him. "Hikan! Wait!"

At the mention of Hikan's name, Yukiko went silent. I felt one of her hands leave my side, she groaned in pain again. "Hikan?"

I kept my eyes on the road, "That's his name, he's Hikan and my name is Shizuki. Sorry for not introducing earlier."

"And… Shizuki…?" Yukiko muttered and she leaned on me, I came to a stop so Yukiko didn't fall off. Hikan looked back and came to a stop as well.

"You two… why does those two names sound important?" Yukiko muttered as Hikan flew towards us.

"What's wrong? We need to move." Hikan pointed out and I looked at him.

"Hikan, look at her." I told him, "She's in pain. We need to help her."

Hikan stared at the girl before nodding, "Fine, but we need to hurry."

I smiled at him before laying Yukiko on the ground, I held my hand over her and closed my eyes. I felt energy surround me.

Yukiko's energy felt… odd. It feels like she has a lot of burdens on her… I shouldn't be going through this stuff though. But… I can't find the reason for her pain.

"...Gah!" Suddenly I snapped back to reality. What the heck was that?! Something's blocking me out.

"Shizuki?" Hikan walked beside me and held my shoulder, "What is it?"

"She…" I held my breath, "She should be alright now." I stood up and helped Yukiko to her feet.

"Owww… that hurt…" Yukiko complained and opened her eyes, "What?"

Hikan stared at her before smiling, "Nothing, let's get moving." And with that, Hikan flew back into the air and flew off as Yukiko and I followed on my bike…

A/N:

I have returned! I know that a lot of you have been waiting, but I am finally back and ready to write again. I have much more stuff planned now for this story then I originally did, so I hope you all will like the ideas I've come up with ready to continue this journey with me again. And before I forget, I highly recommend going to check out Jack Hunter, He's someone that I've been chatting with to help him get ready for his next big story on Neptunia, so go show him some love! With that being said, I hope you liked the stories return and I hope to see you all later!

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