Chapter 29
Hikan's POV
I've been in this cave forever now, where the hell is the exit?! I've been walking all sorts of paths in this damn place!
Not only that where's Shizuki? I still can't find her, I need to apologize to her for whatever I done, but I can't find her.
"Did you hear something?" A male voice said, is there actually someone in here?
"Sounds like it came from over there." another voice replied, this voice belonged to a woman, then I heard footsteps coming in my direction and I saw a faint glow of light, I need to hide!
I took cover behind one of the boulders in the cave, hopefully they'll pass by…
The footsteps stopped and the glowing light was now on the other side of the boulder,
"I don't see anything." the male voice stated,
"Are you sure, I know I heard something." the female voice replied, I didn't make any movement, I didn't want to risk myself getting caught,
"There's no-one over here, might just have been a bug." the male voice responded as I heard footsteps going away from me, I let out a sigh of relief,
I poked my head out from behind the boulder to look for the two people, I didn't see them anywhere, guess I'm safe for now,
I left my hiding spot and looked around the cave, I could go back the way I came, or I could go where those other two went, I can't go back, so I might as well follow them, maybe they'll lead me to the hideout?
I walked where the other two people went, I didn't see anyone all I found was a door, I tried pushing and pulling the door, but it wouldn't budge.
"What do I do now?" I asked myself out loud, which probably wasn't the best idea, the I heard an unlocking sound, I tried to push the door again and it opened without ease, I know I shouldn't go in, but now I have no choice.
I walked through the door and was greeted by a bright light, I shielded the light by putting my hand up over my eyes,
"Hello again, Hikan…" a voice said, this voice… could it be!
Purple Heart's (Neptune) POV
"Ha...ha…" I was breathing hard, Shizuki was staring at me, she wasn't tired at all, why was I so tired?
"Your time is almost up Neptune." she said, she raised her sword in the air, we've been fighting for an hour now,
"Shizuki, please come to your senses!" I tried to persuade her, but she wasn't listening,
"I'll come to my senses after you're dead at my feet." she replied, why is she like this?! I thought we got along well together, "Time to die!" she yelled as charged towards me, I lifted my sword to block her strike and she pressed her blade against mine,
"Shizuki, why are you like this! What happened to you!" I yelled as I pushed her back, she glared at me and gritted her teeth,
"Me? Nothing's wrong with me, it's YOU that's the problem, Hikan should be with ME!" She yelled in response, is that what this is about?!
"Shizuki, are you seriously angry over that, Hikan loves all of us." I replied and she pointed at me,
"Bullshit! I know what you two did! That night in Leanbox!" she yelled, what is she talking about?
"What are you saying?" I asked her, she was clearly angry over this small detail, and I can't see it,
"You two had sex that night! Hikan only cares about you!" She yelled, my face went red, she knew about that?!
"I… will admit, we did do that, but that was all my-" before I could finish my sentence, Shizuki interrupted me,
"SHUT UP! I don't care what you have to say! You just need to die!" she yelled as she charged me again, this time increasing her speed, I was only able to dodge by a hair, but she pressed her attack by doing a somersault kick knocking me into the air,
"Gh!" I grunted in pain, she flew up in front of me, her teeth were grinding against each other and she had the looks of killing someone, she was serious about killing me…
"JUST DIE!" she yelled as she slammed her blade down, I blocked it with my sword and sliced at her, she ducked and tried to stab me, but I was able to deflect it, we were now exchanging blows in the air, each coming in contact with each other's sword and making sparks fly, we pressed our swords against each other again,
"Shizuki, If you let Hikan know how you really feel, he'll return those feelings like he did with me!" I shouted, but it looked like Shizuki wasn't listening,
"I already told him! He only cares about you! He left me back there in that cave so he could go back to you!" she shouted back, what? There's no way Hikan would do that, he protects all of us,
"He never came back home, he's still out there, probably looking for you!" I replied, but Shizuki pushed me back,
"That's enough!" she yelled as she held her sword in the air and began charging it with some type of purple energy, she charged at me with incredible speed, slashing all around me, I was able to block most of the slashes, but I didn't stop a few of them, "Cursed Crusade!" she yelled as she flew down from above to deliver a final slash, I raised my sword to block the strike, but as soon as her sword touched mine, I had a strong force push against me, sending me straight down to the ground,
*Crash*
"GAH!" I yelled in pain, Shizuki landed next to me, I looked up at her and she has a smile going from ear to ear, "Shizuki, are you really... going to... kill me?" I asked, it was hard to speak, Shizuki crouched down next to me,
"I think you know the answer to that already~." she said, so it was true, this is where my legacy ends…
"I… admit defeat, but… could I make… one request...?" I asked her, she put her finger to her chin then shrugged,
"Why not? It's the least I can do." she replied, tears formed in the corner of my eyes,
"Please… protect Hikan… keep him safe…" I muttered, Shizuki patted my head,
"Of course I will~! Bye Bye Neptune~!" she said as she raised her sword above her head, I closed my eyes, awaiting my fate… goodbye Hikan… I love you.
...What? I opened my eyes again, I saw Shizuki, she has her sword over her head and was looking down at me,
"What… am I… doing?" she said, her eyes no longer had that purple glow to them, "I need to… stop…" she also muttered, what is wrong with her?
"Shizuki, are you alright?" I asked and she stared at me, the markings on her started to fade away,
"Neptune… what have I done…" she said as she dropped her sword next to me, she looked at her hands, "I really am a monster…" she muttered as she looked at me again, "Neptune, this is the least I can do, please don't search for me, I'm sorry!" She also said, then she placed her hand on my chest and closed her eyes,
"Shizuki, what are you?" I started to say, but a purple glow surrounded me as my wounds began to heal, in about five minutes, I was fine,
"Please Neptune, tell Hikan i'm sorry, goodbye." Shizuki stated as she got up and ran away, she ran through a couple of bushes
"Shizuki!" I shouted her name and tried to follow her, but couldn't stand up, I was too tired, I've been in this form too long,
*Ching!*
"So tiiiired." I said as I laid on the ground, it wasn't helping that it was snow, but I couldn't move,
"Nep! Shizuki! Where are you!"
"Nep-Nep! Shizuki! Are you there!" those voices I knew anywhere, Iffy and Compa!
"Over here!" I shouted and I heard footsteps running towards me,
"Nep! What happened, where's Shizuki!" Iffy asked,
"She's… gone, she ran away." I said, she told me not to search for her either…
"What do you mean ran away?" Compa asked me, she looked very upset,
"She just ran away, she told me not to search for her." I replied, Iffy looked around,
"Alright, we'll deal with it later, c'mon let's get you back home, you must be tired." Iffy said as she and Compa picked me up and started carrying me back, I was left staring at the sky, where is Hikan?
Third Person POV
Flashback
The boy was running from some of the guards, he knew the area well and was able to avoid them easily, only to end up tripping and falling onto some broken glass, the glass went through his left leg and was bleeding profusely, he didn't know what to do… he was never taught how to tie a knot or anything, all he could do was apply pressure onto the wound and hope the bleeding would stop,
He sat there for at least 30 minutes, then was able to start walking again, but ended up running into someone,
"Hmm?" the man turned and looked at the boy, the same boy looked up at his face, the man's eyes were dark brown, his hair was jet black and he had a scar over his left eye, "Is there something you need?" the man asked as he crouched down next to the boy,
"Food…" the boy replied as he pointed to his stomach, he needed to eat something,
"Hmm, alright, come with me boy. I'll be taking care of you from now on." the man said, getting back up and started walking, "do you have a name?" the man asked the boy,
"Name...?" the boy replied, he didn't know what a name was, all he's ever been called was "dumbass" or "mistake".
"You don't have a name do you? That's fine, i'll call you Hikan then. You can call me Saito." the man said, then both of them walked off into the night…
End of Flashback
Hikan's POV
I looked up where the voice came from, I was greeted by a face that I never thought I would see again, "S-S-Saito…" I muttered, the man looked at me, the scar on his left eye was what gave me the clue and his voice,
"Yes Hikan, it is me, Saito." Saito replied, his hair was now white, probably due to his old age, but his eyes were still dark brown, he wore a long sleeved black jacket with a black shirt, he had blue jeans on and on his hands were black leather gloves, he had a pair of black military boots on as well,
"So it's true, you're alive." I stated, I couldn't believe it, he was actually alive, I thought I lost him forever,
"Of course I would be, why would I be dead?" Saito replied, he motioned for me to come over to him, "Hikan, follow me for a bit." he said and I walked over to where he was, I was about the same height as him now, but he wins by a couple inches,
He led me through the hideout we were in, it was in surprisingly good shape, most of the hideout was clean and I didn't see no debris anywhere, the hallways were lit up by candles all throughout the hideout, the weird part was that these candles lit up the whole hideout, just one lights up a whole room,
He led me to a door in the back of the hideout it didn't have a knob or anything on it, Saito stopped and turned to me, "Hikan, are you prepared to face what's behind this door?" he asked me, I looked at him and tilted my head,
"It can't be that bad, open the door." I replied and Saito nodded, he placed his hand on the door and closed his eyes, "open." he stated and the door began to glow, a symbol appeared on the door before it opened and we walked inside,
Inside the room was a bunch of people, some were running around trying to get stuff done, a couple others were behind tables with computers furiously typing away, then there were the ones with guns and swords on guard at all the entrances of this place, there wasn't just one entrance, but five, in the middle of the room, there was the machine again, it was the same one from all the other hideouts, what is going on here?!
"Saito, what is going on here?" I asked him as I turned around to face him, Saito was staring at me,
"I told you if you were ready to face this, now I'll tell you what's going on." Saito started, "First off, the reason you were told that I died was the voice in your head, he's no longer in your head, but he was the reason that made you believe that I was killed, that voice used you for his bidding and he was taking us out one by one." Saito explained, I stood there shocked, that voice wasn't Saito?!
"Next is me, I never left The Saviors, I am still their leader and as you can see we have many more members than before, but since that voice has taken out two of our most important members, Nagana and Kinoshita, we had to come up with a new idea, so we came up with something, You." Saito kept explaining, I was speechless, I don't get this at all…
"Hikan, we need you back, The Saviors need you more than ever now, I know that you'll disagree with me, our objective is still overthrow the CPU's, but it's also to get rid of that damn voice, I know he's still alive, but hasn't formed a physical body yet, he needs to be taken care of." Saito said, I looked up at him,
"Saito… if what you're saying is true, then I refuse, The Saviors are my enemy now, this damn group has tried to kill the CPU's and me as well! I will not join anyone who tries to hurt my friends!" I yelled, Saito stood shocked for a moment then sighed,
"As I expected, you have grown attached to the CPU's, have you forgotten why you joined in the first place? The CPU's abandoned you when you were young, they didn't help you when you needed it, you were on the verge of death and they never lended you a hand." Saito said, I shook my head furiously,
"They helped me far more than you ever did, they gave me a reason to live and I will live up to that promise I made." I stated as I turned my back to Saito, I don't want to see his face anymore,
"So be it." Saito stated, I tried to walk out of the building, but I was stopped by an unknown force, I was forced on my knees and I looked behind me, Saito had his hand up and it was aiming his hand at me, "I cannot let you leave Hikan, you are a danger to our organization, and I'll keep you here for as long as needed, guards, tie him up." Saito said and two guards came up behind me, the two guards were those same two guards that I fought in the forest next to Lowee, the captain and his guard friend,
"Well well well, look who decided to show up again." The captain said with a smirk on his face, the other guard came up with a rope and wrapped it around me,
"The rope is tied Captain." the guard said to the captain and the captain nodded,
"Good, Saito what's next?" the captain asked and Saito pointed towards a different entrance with his free hand,
"Lock him up in the anti-crystal chamber and keep a close eye on him, make sure he does not escape." Saito said as he left control of me, I fell over with the rope tied around me, the captain and the other guard picked me up and carried me towards the other door, I looked in the corner of my eye and saw one of the workers staring at me, he looked so young, like ten or twelve years old, the doors opened and I was looking at a bunch of cells, some had prisoners in there and some had monsters.
"You're lucky, not many people get locked in the anti-crystal chamber, that's mostly for the CPU's." the captain said,
"Why are you helping them, I can tell you two are Lowean Guards, so why?" I asked, the captain looked down at me and smiled,
"Cause we're following Lady White Heart, she combined forces with The Saviors to protect our nation, and so far it's working fine since we got you!" The captain said, do they not know that the Blanc they're following is the fake?
"The Lady White Heart you're following is fake! She's using you!" I shouted only to get dropped to the floor, the captain walked to my side and crouched down,
"You watch your tongue, I won't forgive anyone who dares question the Lady's leadership." the captain said, he's such an idiot!
"You dumbass! That will get you killed! She's not Blanc!" I yelled, but I got kicked in the ribs as a response "Gh!" I grunted in pain,
"How dare you, you know what, screw what Saito said, we're taking you to the torture room." The captain said as he picked me up again,
"Wait captain, we don't have access to that place." the guard said, the captain looked at him,
"Our squad is part of the Lady's personal guard Ozaki, we have full access to all facilities in this place." The captain said, so the guards name is Ozaki?
"U-Understood captain." Ozaki said, then they started taking me to a different place, we passed a couple cells, then stopped again, I was sat back down on the ground, I glanced over and saw the captain and Ozaki talking to two random guards at a door
"Let us in there, we need to go in." The captain said,
"No, only the top ranked members are allowed in these chambers." the guards said and the captain smirked,
"That's fine, then we'll just go." the captain said, then he pulled out his sword and slashed the one guard and then threw his sword in the other guards skull,
"Captain! We didn't need to do that!" Ozaki said, but the captain glanced back at him,
"Shh! Ozaki get him in here." the captain said, Ozaki came over and drug me into the room and the captain shut the door,
"Now then, here's where it gets fun." The captain said as he came over to me, "Ozaki, get him up on the table." he also said, Ozaki came over and picked me up and placed me on the table, he cut the rope on my arms and tied them down on the table, restraining my movements, he did the same for my legs,
"What the hell do you think this will accomplish!" I yelled, the captain smirked and looked at me,
"It will accomplish my revenge!" the captain said as he grabbed a hammer and smashed my leg with it,
"GAAAH!" I yelled in pain, my leg feels like it was snapped in two,
"C'mon, down quit on me now!" the captain said again as he smashed my other leg with the hammer, this is the worst pain ever…
About thirty minutes of torture passed and the captain was finally done, "That is something I needed, hey Ozaki, I'm going to go grab some lunch, stay here and watch him, then we'll take shifts." the captain said, Ozaki nodded,
"Understood captain." Ozaki said as the captain left the room, leaving me and Ozaki alone,
"Hey… why are… you doing this…?" I muttered, it was hard to talk because of the pain I was going through,
"I follow the captain's orders." Ozaki said, he glanced over at me,
"You know… following… him will… get you… killed." I stated, Ozaki turned his full body around to look at me,
"That's fine, I'll die serving him." Ozaki responded, what is it with these guys,
"Are you sure… you follow… the captain's… orders… or Blanc's...?" I muttered, upon hearing Blanc's name, Ozaki looked at me,
"How dare you address the Lady's name that way!" he yelled, I smirked,
"I… apologize… but I… was given permission… to call her that… by Blanc… herself." I muttered, Ozaki looked at me,
"How could you have possibly done that? Lady Blanc has been under our protection ever since we were hired, we know everything she does." Ozaki said, I don't think that's something to be proud of,
"Then… you must… know Blanc well… do you know… what The Saviors… do to… CPU's?" I asked and Ozaki gritted his teeth,
"I know that they overthrow CPU's, but Lady Blanc did this to protect us, she wants to protect her nation and the people in it." Ozaki said,
"Of… course, but… has she ever needed… help before... the Console War…?" I asked and Ozaki's eyes widened,
"N-No, she never needed help running this nation, ever since the Console War started and The Saviors appearing, she immediately asked The Saviors for help ever since she came back down from Celestia." Ozaki said,
"Then… doesn't it feel fishy that she never needed help before, but… now she's getting help from a group that wants her gone?" I asked, Ozaki looked at me,
"What are you saying?" he asked me, I smiled,
"The Blanc you're following is one of the top members of The Saviors, the soon-to-be CPU of Lowee, once the real Blanc is found and is gone, nothing will stop her from gaining full control of Lowee." I said, Ozaki's eyes were about to burst out of his head because of how big they were.
"So, we've been fooled this whole time?" Ozaki asked me and I nodded,
"Not only that, but your captain is too stupid to realize it, I know where the real Blanc is and I am protecting her, if you let me free, I promise you that she will be back at her rightful spot." I said, Ozaki looked down at the floor before looking back at me,
"Dammit!" he said then untied the ropes on my wrists that were restraining me to the table, the same for my ankles,
"Thanks, your name is Ozaki yes?" I asked and he nodded,
"Yeah, Ozaki Shoin." he stated, I put a hand on his shoulder,
"Do you have a phone number, it would be great if we had an undercover member in The Savior's." I said and he nodded,
After we exchanged numbers, Ozaki told me that there was a way out of the hideout through the torture chamber, only problem is that it's a trash chute, but it's for dead bodies…
I was sliding through the chute until I came out at the end and landed in a bunch of bodies, they were all covered in blood and it was reeking, I almost threw up as I got out of the pile,
"Why the hell does someone keep something like this?!" I yelled out loud, but I was outside, this place kept the smell in because of some magic barrier, thank god!
I was on my way back to the Basilicom, I need to get back, Shizuki's still missing, hopefully she went back to the Basilicom, but I don't know until I check.
Not only that, what is going to happen now, Saito's alive, but he's been with The Saviors the whole time, then there's that voice in my head, if what Saito said is true, then that voice is out there and is taking a physical form, that means the voice that I thought was Saito in my head is going to be running around.
I need to find everyone and make sure they're okay, this is just going to get even more dangerous, I need to protect everyone...
A/N: Alright, a lot of things were explained in this chapter, i'm sure many of you saw this coming, but Saito is alive and is the leader of The Saviors still, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I hope to see you all later!
