Chapter 25
Hikan's POV
I was running toward the area where I saw the purple light, I needed to stop the two, I felt like there were people watching me, those cold stares bring back haunting memories...
Back when I was still a kid, those gazes everyone gave me when they saw me, when I was on my own, it's the same feeling as back then,
I was running through everyone in Lastation, running people over or turning corners, I tried to avoid running into people, but I was in such a rush that I needed to get there, Shizuki could possibly kill Noire and Noire could do the same, I can't let that happen, I WON'T let that happen!
I was now out of Lastation and was nearing the area I needed to go to, I already heard explosions and swords colliding with each other, I was moving even faster now, I needed to stop them!
"Noire! Shizuki!" I yelled, but I got no answer, I jumped out from a bush and saw destruction in front of me, craters were everywhere, some trees were ripped clean off the ground, I couldn't believe this,
Up in the air were both Noire and Shizuki, Noire was in her CPU form and Shizuki had glowing purple eyes and she had her sleeves ripped off, revealing purple markings on her skin, she had the same markings on her face as well,
they collided with each other again and they both shot down, landing right in front of me, "Stop you two!" I yelled, they both looked at me,
"Hikan! Get out of here!" Noire yelled,
"Hikan... I won't let it happen again..." she muttered, let what happen again?!
Shizuki rushed toward Noire, she did a horizontal swing with her katana, Noire blocked it with a slice of her own and pressed her blade against Shizuki's,
"Stop! Please!" I begged, they didn't hear me, they both kicked each other and knocked each other back, Noire rushed Shizuki and slashed at her again, Shizuki jumped into the air, but Noire grabbed her foot and pulled her down giving another slice along the way, Shizuki flew back with a tear in her clothes, revealing even more glowing marks and a little bit of blood,
Noire rushed her this time and kicked Shizuki in the air, then flew up to her and gave off a barrage of slashes, then smashed her to the ground, Shizuki immediately recovered and threw her katana in the air towards Noire, Noire dodged the blade,
"Missed me!" she taunted, but the blade came to a stop and turned around and flew towards Noire, she looked back and dodged again, but received a tear in her clothes as well and a little bit of blood,
Shizuki flew into the air towards Noire with incredible speed and grabbed her, then flew towards the ground letting Noire go,
Noire collided with the ground and left a crater, Shizuki teleported over her and had her blade in her hand, "Die..." she said raising her blade,
"STOP!" I yelled as I sprinted towards Shizuki, she looked up at me right before I tackled her to the ground, "Shizuki stop! You can't do this!" I also yelled, Shizuki stared at me,
"Hikan... Let me finish the job..." she muttered, I don't know why she wanted Noire dead, but I won't let her!
"Hikan, stay back!" Noire said as she grabbed my shoulder and pulled me behind her, "She's dangerous, she'll kill you without mercy if you're not careful!" Noire also said, Shizuki got up and glared at Noire,
"You won't take Hikan... away from me..." She muttered as her sword began to transform into a bow, Noire raised her sword up and prepared for an attack,
"Noire. please stop, I can handle this!" I begged grabbing Noire's shoulder, but was interrupted when she grabbed me and pulled me to the side, an arrow went past both of us,
"Stay here, I'll handle this." Noire said as she charged Shizuki again, Shizuki jumped in the air and Noire flew after her, she shot her arrow toward Noire, but Noire deflected it back at causing her to dodge to the left followed by another shot, Noire sliced the arrow way and charged towards her again,
Shizuki's bow turned back into a katana and she charged towards Noire, they both pressed their blades against each other's, I watched in horror as Shizuki gave a kick to Noire and another one to send her crashing to the ground,
"Gh!" Noire collided with the ground with a heavy impact, she was struggling to get up, I looked up to see Shizuki lift her blade up, the same purple markings started to form on her sword, then the sword turned into a deep shade of purple, she then charged at Noire and held her blade in a stab position,
"NO!" I yelled, I got up and charged towards them, my left eye was hurting so bad and I felt something start to surround me, the red aura.
I stepped over Noire she looked at me with worried eyes, "Hikan..." she said, I looked at her eyes and shook my head,
"I got this..." I muttered, I looked up at Shizuki, she stopped herself and was looking at me wide eyes,
"Hikan..." she muttered then she lifted her arm, she grabbed her arm with her other arm and held it down, but she started to charge right for me,
I picked up Noire and tossed her over to the side, then I blocked Shizuki's strike by grabbing her wrist, she leaped up and tried to kick my head, but I dodged it by ducking down, I twisted her arm behind her and disarmed her sword,
The sword tried to get out of my grip, but was unable too, Shizuki's arm was struggling to get free,
"Hikan..." she muttered again, them the sword in my hand turned purple, it started to burn in my hand, forcing me to let go of it, and sliced at me, I let go of Shizuki and jumped back to avoid the slice,
"Damn..." I muttered, Shizuki looked at me with a worried gaze,
"Hikan... run!" she yelled, then charged at me again, I took a stance and waited until she got close to me, then with my speed, I grabbed her arm and threw her over my shoulder and tightened my grip on her arm, she landed in front of me while I had her arm in an armlock,
"Shizuki, what's going on with you!" I yelled, she looked at me with her glowing purple eyes, my left eye felt like it was on fire,
then images appeared again, this time I saw myself running, I looked to be fifth-teen years old, I was running with Shizuki in my arms, she had those markings on her and she was bleeding profusely,
"Dammit, the curse is taking over!" the past me yelled, the curse? What curse?
I lost my grip on Shizuki's arm and held my head, my head was hurting and so was my left eye, I fell on my knees, why did I feel this way?!
Shizuki got up and walked in front of me, I looked up at her and she had her sword again, she raised it in the air, her face said she didn't want to do this, wait, that's it!
"Shizuki! Don't let it win!" I yelled, Shizuki's eyes widened, it's that curse! I remember now, Shizuki has the power of a curse, she can command it at her will, but sometimes she loses control,
I got up and grabbed her shoulders and looked her in the eyes, she still had her sword in the air, I pulled her close and gave her a tight hug, she let go of her sword and it dropped to the ground beside us,
"Shizuki, come back to us." I said as I looked down at her, she looked up with me and I saw the markings start to disappear, she wrapped her arms around me as well,
"Hikan... I'm sorry." she said as tears formed in her eyes, Noire got up and looked at us, she averted her gaze when she saw me looking, I looked back at Shizuki,
"Shizuki, I remember now, the power you have, it's dangerous, you need to promise me this, don't use it on any of the CPU's, in fact don't use it at all. Promise me." I said, Shizuki looked up at me,
"Hikan, If I don't use it, then you'll die, I don't want you to leave me!" she replied as she buried her head in my chest, I patted her head and held her close to me,
"I won't be dying and I won't be leaving you, I promise." I stated, Shizuki was now crying into my chest, I looked over at Noire and she was looking at us, but averted her gaze again,
"Noire, I apologize for all of this, but please, don't hold it against Shizuki, she was only trying to protect me." I said, Noire looked over at me again,
"She attacked me, I only fought back with self defense." Noire stated crossing her arms over her chest, I got the feeling that the relationship between these two is going to get worse,
"Please, let Shizuki off the hook, I will make sure she doesn't hurt you again." I replied, hearing this Shizuki looked over at Noire with an angry look, Noire smirked,
"Fine, but don't think that just because you're here doesn't mean I'm doing it just for you." Noire said before transforming back into her regular form,
"Hey! Look, it's them!" A voice yelled, that voice I would know anywhere, Neptune
I turned around and saw Neptune, IF, and Compa all rushing towards us, Neptune had the biggest smile on her face, guess she's glad to see me,
"We're all here!" I yelled back, once they reached us, Neptune immediately looked at Noire,
"Noire, what are you doing here, shouldn't you be doing your loner work?" Neptune teased, Noire's face reddened,
"I'm not a loner! I have friends!" Noire argued and Neptune laughed,
"Name one!" Neptune replied,
"uh, Hikan!" Noire said pointing over to me, Neptune looked over and laughed,
"Just because he helped you get over your loneliness for a short time, doesn't mean he's your friend." Neptune replied, Noire face reddened even more,
"I think that's enough Neptune..." I said, Neptune looked at me and sighed,
"Hikan, you're no fun..." Neptune muttered, IF walked up to me,
"Hikan, what happened, we saw a bright purple light appear and we ran back as fast as we could." IF explained, I looked at Shizuki, I don't want to tell them yet, I looked over and Noire and gave the eye signal saying "don't do it".
"We came here to investigate the purple light, but found nothing, then you guys showed up." I explained, IF put a finger to her chin,
"That's odd, we heard explosions on our way here." IF replied,
"There was a battle taking place here, when we got here the place looked like this." I said while pointing where the craters were, IF nodded,
"Who could have done this?" IF asked, I know who did it, but I can't say for Shizuki's safety.
"The Saviors, most likely." I said, then Neptune sighed behind me,
"Man, those saviors really don't give up..." Neptune muttered and I nodded,
"We should really get moving to Lowee, the more time we use to find those fragments, the more time The Saviors have to make a plan." I stated and everyone nodded in chorus,
"Yeah!" everyone said in unison, except Noire,
"We'll head to Leanbox and rest there, then tomorrow we'll head to Lowee." IF said,
"That's the plan anyway." I said then everyone started to walk back
"Let's go!" Neptune shouted, but before I could start walking, Noire grabbed my arm, I looked back at her, she was blushing, she leaned closer and whispered in my ear,
"You'll come back... right?" I turned and looked at her,
"Yeah, don't worry, I'll be back after we get done in Lowee." I whispered back and she smiled, "Wait, why don't you come with us?" I said then she averted her gaze,
"I can't, I need to stay in Lastation." she said, which is understandable, you kinda are the leader of that nation,
"Alright, but don't worry, I'll be back." I replied, then she hugged me, something even I was expecting, usually Tsundere's are always lying about there feelings, but this time she's actually saying them, well showing them anyway,
I started walking back with the others, I know that our main quest is to find the fragments, but now I got a different motive...
Shizuki's POV
We were walking back to Leanbox, Hikan was walking close beside me, he was looking up at the sky and had his hands behind his heads, he was thinking about something, he had that look on his face,
"Hikan, what's wrong?" I asked him, he broke out of his trance and looked at me,
"Hmm? What is it?" he said, his voice sounded a little different,
"What's wrong?" I repeated and he shook his head,
"Nothing's wrong, don't worry." he replied, dammit he always gives that reply!
"No, something's wrong, tell me what happened." I said and he sighed,
"Alright, but don't tell the others." he said then leaned in close to my ear, "Saito's alive." he said, I gave him a shocked look, he was dead? I never knew about that, and if he's alive then that's even worse.
"Hikan." I was interrupted by a his hand on my mouth, he shook his head,
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." he said then he started to walk up to the others, does he not remember?! Saito wanted to take Hikan's power for his own use!
I would say something, but not with the others around, not only that, I feel like someone's watching us, I walked faster to catch up with the others, but my vision was going blurry, my movements slowed down a little, and eventually I stopped, everyone turned around and looked at me, then I started to fall over,
"SHIZUKI!" I heard someone yell, most likely Hikan, then I was in someone's arms, once again, probably Hikan, then everything went black...
Flashback
I was the only survivor, of course "he" survived too, but "he" betrayed me, he went to
"her" instead, leaving me alone to fend for myself, it's all "his" fault, if he never took the risk he had, we wouldn't be in this situation, we had that "power" in us, the curse, I was able to control it a little bit, but if I used it for a long period of time then it would consume me...
I was walking around the streets of Planeptune, looking for food or somewhere to sleep, I'd would sleep anywhere now,
Ton's of people were staring at me, my arm was covered in markings because of the "incident",
That "incident" almost lead to the destruction of Gamindustri, but it was stopped due to the CPU's, but that just lead to the Console War,
Then I saw him, Hikan Masato, the only boy that would understand me, the only one I trusted, the one that I loved, he went with The Saviors, which I decided to join soon later,
After a few months, Hikan and I became childhood friends, we trusted each other, then it happened, Saito had him hooked up to the machine, it was killing him and draining his power, he would be dead if I didn't use the curse, then after that we ran away, but he lost his memory shortly afterwards, he lost it during a fight after hitting his head,
I still remember that horrible day
"HIKAN!" I yelled, he was getting demolished by his opponent,
"Shizuki run!" he yelled back and then the enemy threw him again, this time towards a rock, he hit head against it, causing the rock to shatter, he fell instantly and was knocked unconsious, his opponent was walking towards him, but before he did he looked at me,
"He's not someone to trust Shizuki." the man said, I knew who he was,
"Please! Don't kill him!" I pleaded, but the man averted his gaze, "Please Stop-"
End of Flashback
"..!" I jerked up from under the covers of a bed, I was back in my apartment in Leanbox, I had that same nightmare again,
I got out of the bed, my yukata was hanging on the bed post, and I was in my undergarments and bra, did Hikan carry me here?
As I was putting on my yukata, the door opened behind me, I turned around and Hikan was standing there, I would have said hi, but at the moment... my yukata wasn't buttoned up,
"Sorry!" he quickly said as he turned around, I walked up and tapped his shoulder,
"It's alright, did you carry me here?" I asked him, he turned around and looked at me,
"Yeah, you just passed out on us, I came here to check on you." he said before looking down and seeing my chest, his face blushed then he averted his gaze again, "uh, can you button up that yukata..." he muttered and I giggled, he was so cute.
I buttoned my yukata up and looked at him, he was still looking away from me, "C'mon Hikan, look at me." I said and he looked over at me, he was still blushing, "did Neptune and the others come with you?" I asked and he shook his head,
"No, they're back at the apartment, I came to get you." he said, then that helps alot, I walked up to him and wrapped my arms around his neck, his face started blushing again, "S-Shizuki?!" he said surprised and I pressed up closer against him,
"Hikan, I wanted to repay you for what you did for me all those months back..." I replied, I took his hands and lead him to my bed and sat him down, "Don't tell anyone this, but I saw what you and Neptune did..." I stated, his face was now beet red,
"Eh?!" he said confused, but I put a finger to his lip to silence him,
"It's fine, as long as it's you..." I said then I wrapped my arms around his neck again,
"Shizuki..." he muttered, I wanted Hikan to be happy and that's what I plan to do...
A/N: Well, looks like you guys have something to look forward too, anyway I've got nothing else to really say except go and check out Blazedragon94's fanfic's! He's a really cool guy and I like his fanfics! Anyway thank's for reading and I hope to see you all later!
P.S. I don't know if I can upload on Friday, I will try if I have the time!