Chapter 35
Saito's POV
Hmm, it seems Hikan succeeded again, that boy really is something.
"Sir, what would our next move be?" one of the soldiers asked me, I looked over at him and held my hand up.
"Nothing, we wait." I replied and the guard looked up at me,
"Uh, waiting for what sir?" The guard asked,
"We're waiting for the other Hikan." I said then the door opened and another guard walked in,
"He's here." the other guard stated and I walked past both of them, we entered the main room of the hideout and found the other Hikan sitting in a chair staring at one of the soldiers on the ground, the same soldier was holding his head.
"You see? I told you not to underestimate me." the other Hikan stated and then looked over at me, "Oh! Hey there Saito!" he greeted with a wave,
"Hikan, what did you do to him?" I asked him and he sighed,
"Saito, I told you not to call me that, i'm not Hikan, I told you to call me 'Akumu', okay? Ak-u-mu!" he replied, I sighed and looked down at the soldier,
"Fine, 'Akumu', why is this soldier asleep?" I asked again and Akumu shrugged,
"This guy said that he doesn't think my new power is effective, so I let him test it himself." Akumu replied, that's right, he has the power to make people see nightmares.
"Akumu, you should know that you can't use this power too much, you're still getting used to living again." I said and Akumu stretched his body.
"Meh, I need a little fun, besides I got rid of the people you wanted me to get rid of." He replied and I sighed,
"I don't recall telling you to kill Kinoshita or Nagana…" I mentioned and Akumu tensed up,
"Haha… well, I needed Hikan to trust me and besides, you knew what would happen, those two wanted Hikan dead and Arfoire did too." he replied and I pinched the bridge of my nose.
"Saito, we've received word from our scouts, Hikan and the others are staying in Lowee for another day." one of our scouts said, I looked over and nodded,
"Good, that gives us one more day." I replied, this isn't going well, Hikan is close to ending the Console War, we need to make sure that doesn't happen, if it does then there will be a war between the CPU's and The Saviors…
"Why don't I do something? People still don't know that I exist, they'll see me as another Hikan." Akumu said, I looked over and shook my head,
"No, not yet, we'll continue our research on this experiment and see what happens." I replied and Akumu rolled his eyes,
"Remember our agreement Saito. Sure these powers are fun, but I want Hikan's elemental power, it's why I was created after all." Akumu said as he got up and left the room, I watched as he walked out and as soon as he was gone, I sighed.
"Saito, you can't seriously trust him can you?" one of the guards asked me,
"It doesn't matter, we need him in order to make sure Hikan is disposed of, he's the only one that can control the elemental power." I replied, it is the reason he exists in the first place.
"Are you sure? From the looks of it, Hikan is controlling it just fine." the guard said and I nodded,
"That's the point, he CAN control it, have you not noticed it yet?" I asked him and he tilted his head,
"Noticed what?" he replied,
"Hikan is growing unstable, the more he uses that power, the more people he ends up hurting, it's only a matter of time before he starts killing everyone." I explained, the guard nodded then bowed,
"I see, I shall excuse myself then?" he said and I nodded.
"You're dismissed." I stated and the guard left the room, leaving me alone. I sat down on the chair that Akumu was sitting on and put my hands on my chin, "Hikan, just what are you going to do?" I asked myself then closed by eyes.
It doesn't matter what Hikan does, once we get this warp pad working, we will have our own way into the Goddesses home, Celestia.
Shizuki's POV
"*yawn*" I got up in the bed and rubbed my eyes, that was a pretty good nap, it's been a while since I had a good rest, but that doesn't matter as much,
I held myself in my arms and smiled, I finally told Hikan, I finally let him know and he felt the same way!
I rose from the bed and looked down at myself, my yukata was unbuttoned again and falling off, I didn't even have a bra on either, it would be bad if someone walked in.
I got off the bed after buttoning my yukata back up and was about to walk out of the room, but something I wasn't expecting caught me off guard.
"Hello Shizuki." A female voice said, not this voice… it's the curse.
"What do you want? You almost never speak to me." I replied in my head, what does she want?
"I wanted to talk to you about Hikan, you do know what's happening to him don't you?" The voice asked me, I balled up a fist and sat back down on the bed.
"Shut up about Hikan, he's fine!" I shouted at the voice and I heard it sigh,
"He's not fine and you know it, he's slowly turning unstable every second." The voice replied, I clenched my teeth and fists,
"I said SHUT. UP!" I yelled again, the voice was silent for a minute, then spoke up
"You can't fight it Shizuki, you know what you have to do, or 'he' is gonna kill Hikan first." The voice said, I don't want to hear anything about "him".
"I don't care about 'him' or not, he's dead and gone." I replied, he disappeared long ago right after Kinoshita attacked Lastation.
"He's not dead, he has my power too you know, you and your brother were born with my power, I can sense him." the voice continued to talk, why would she not shut up!
"He was never my brother! HE DITCHED ME!" I shouted and held my head, dammit my head hurts!
"Like it or not, he is your brother and he'll come back and finish the job. Hikan will end up dead by his hand if you don't do it now." The voice said, my eyes started to glow purple and the curse marks appeared on my arm, I need to calm down.
"No, I won't kill Hikan, I love him." I said and the marks began to disappear, I won't kill him.
"*sigh* it will be worse when he loses it. Don't say I didn't warn you." the voice said, I got off the bed and looked in the mirror, Hikan won't do anything to hurt any of us, he loves us…
I opened the door and walked out into the living room in the Lowee Basilicom, I saw Neptune laying on the couch and she wasn't moving, "Puuuudding…" she muttered, she wanted pudding?
"Hey Neptune, do you know where Hikan is?" I asked and she looked up at me,
"Hikan and Blanc went out to get me pudding." she answered, Shizuki calm down, he has his own harem now it looks like.
"Alright, I guess I'll sit here and wait." I said and took a seat next to Neptune on the couch,
"Hey Shizuki, we never really had anytime to talk to each other have we?" Neptune asked me and I looked over at her,
"No we haven't really talked have we?" I replied with a smile, I need to trust others.
"Well, how about we take this time to deepen our relationship?" Neptune asked and I nodded, I needed to get to know Neptune anyway.
And like that, our conversation began…
Hikan's POV
"This is where you wanted to take me?" I asked Blanc and she nodded, she took me to a library a good distance away from the Basilicom.
"This is where I buy my books, I think you'll find something interesting here as well." Blanc said and I looked at the library again,
"This is kind of embarrassing, but I've never been to a library before." I replied and Blanc looked at me,
"Really?" she asked confused and I shook my head,
"No." I stated and Blanc tilted her head,
"That's fine, feel free to ask me anything." she replied and I smiled,
"Sure." I stated and we walked inside the library, inside is what you would expect, lots and lots of bookshelves full of books and different seats all around the library.
"Oh Lady Blanc and the hero of Lowee!" An old woman behind the counter said, i'm guessing she's the librarian here.
"You don't need to call me a hero, please just call me Hikan." I told the librarian and she nodded,
"Alright, what brings you two here?" the librarian asked us and Blanc spoke up,
"I'm showing Hikan around Lowee, this is our first stop." Blanc replied and the librarian nodded,
"Okay, let me know if you need anything!" the librarian replied with a smile, she was the first person in Lowee that didn't give me that stare.
Blanc and I walked throughout the library and I saw a couple books that interested me, but there was one series that interested me, "Is this it?" I asked myself and pulled out a book, there's no doubt about it, this is it.
"What did you find?" Blanc asked me as she came around the corner with a book in her arms, I showed her the book I was talking about, "The Lightning Thief?" she stated and I nodded,
"I've always wanted to read this series ever since I heard about it." I replied and took the sequels as well, this series focuses on a single boy known as Percy Jackson, he's apparently the son of the sea god, Poseidon, and he's goes through typical life as a normal boy and the life of a demi-god.
"You like fantasy books?" Blanc asked me and I nodded,
"Yeah, I like them." I answered and Blanc stared at me.
"I see."
After that, I went to check the books out while Blanc followed behind me, "Good choice, the Percy Jackson books are a good series." The librarian told me and I smiled, but I just remembered that I don't have any credits…
I looked over at Blanc then averted my gaze, I don't want her to buy these for me-
"I'll buy them." Blanc stated as she walked in front of me,
"Wait, Blanc you don't have to-"
"Too late."
Before I could stop her, Blanc already paid for my books and her own, I stared at her for a bit then looked back at me,
"What is it?" she asked me and I shook my head,
"It's nothing, thank you for buying these for me." I replied and picked up the books as well,
"Come back again!" the librarian said and we waved back at her then left the library.
We were now walking through the streets of Lowee, I had the books in one hand and the bag of food in my other hand, people were staring at us again, but I ignored most of it, the walk was mostly silent, but the silence was broken when we were nearing the Basilicom.
"Hikan." Blanc stated catching me off guard again,
"Huh? What's wrong?" I asked and Blanc looked back at me.
"How do you like Lowee?" she asked me and I rubbed the back of my head,
"I will admit, I like Lowee, I like the snow and the peaceful environment, even though some of the citizens don't trust me, which is understandable considering what happened with the whole Arfoire incident." I replied and Blanc looked at the ground and blushed a little,
"Do… you want to live… here...?" she asked quietly, I barely heard her.
"I-I can't agree to that, I have a home in Planeptune, but I can stop by here occasionally." I answered and Blanc looked up at me,
"You will?" She said and I nodded,
"Promise." I stated and Blanc smiled a bit, my face started to flush red as well,
"Thank you." she stated and we continued our walk towards the Basilicom.
When we got back to the Basilicom, inside the living room we heard laughing and talking, what is going on?
Blanc and I walked into the room and saw Neptune and Shizuki laughing amongst themselves and having a good time, what did I miss?
"Well, you two got friendly." I stated and they both looked over at me,
"Hey you two! Welcome home!" Neptune greeted and Shizuki waved at us, I sat the bags and books down on the table towards the kitchen.
"Where did you two go?" Shizuki asked me and I pointed at the bags and books,
"We went to get some ingredients for pudding and then Blanc took me to a library." I replied and Neptune jumped off the couch,
"Hikan's going to make pudding for us?! Awesome!" Neptune said while pumping her fist in the air along with a small jump.
"It'll be the first time I make pudding, so i'm sorry if it turns out bad." I said while grabbing the bags of ingredients and walking towards the kitchen.
"I'll help you." Shizuki said following behind me,
I got the eggs and other things out of the bags and put them on the counter while Shizuki looked through the other bags,
"I see you and Neptune got friendly with each other." I stated and Shizuki turned back to me,
"Well, if we're going to be working together, I need to become friends with her and everyone else." Shizuki replied and I patted her head,
"See? I told you we could change, this is almost over Shizuki, then we won't have to worry about The Saviors again." I told her and she smiled and blushed,
"Yeah." she agreed and I started to make the milk pudding, I don't know if it'll be good or not, but fate will tell me I guess…
After a bit of time, IF, Compa and Vert returned to the Basilicom right as I was finishing the pudding,
"We're back." IF greeted as she walked into the kitchen with me, I turned back and waved at her,
"Welcome back, where did you three go?" I asked and Vert walked in,
"Iffy went to gather information on The Saviors and Compa and I went along with her." Vert replied, even she is calling IF by her nickname.
"Turns out that The Saviors are nowhere in Gamindustri, they pretty much disappeared." IF told me and I raised my brow, really?
"You're sure? They just disappeared?" I repeated and IF nodded,
"There hasn't been any problems with them." Vert agreed and placed my hand on my chin,
"I don't believe that, I know Saito and he doesn't give up easily, they're probably hiding somewhere." I said, I don't believe Saito would just give up like that.
"We'll see what happens I guess." IF said and Vert and I nodded,
"Anyway, go ahead and wash up, I made some pudding for all of us." I said and they nodded.
"Alright." they both said and Vert smirked at IF,
"Iffy, we're even saying the same thing, it must be fate that brought us together." Vert stated and IF blushed, looks like a Shizuki and Neptune weren't the only ones that got friendly with each other.
"Hikan this is amazing!" Neptune said stuffing her face with more pudding, I was staring out the window and I turned to her and smiled,
"I'm glad it came out okay." I replied and looked back outside, the snow was falling outside again and I couldn't help but look outside, Lowee had the peaceful vibe to it.
"Looks like you were right to get so much Hikan, Neptune has a appetite." Shizuki stated and I let out a chuckle,
"Yeah, I know that." I stated and walked away from the window, "Hey, I'm gonna head to bed, I'll talk to you all in the morning." I stated as I waved goodbye and walked out of the room.
I was walking down the hall to a room that has somewhere to sleep, whether it be a couch, bed, bench, whatever I'll sleep on it.
I opened the door to a room and walked into a dimly lit room, sitting in a chair, reading like always, was Blanc.
"Hey Blanc." I greeted and she looked up from her book,
"Hikan? What are you doing in here?" she asked me and I looked around the room we were in, this seems to be her bedroom, there were books scattered about the room, a huge bookshelf in the corner of the room and a bed in another corner of the room, across from the door was a computer stand with a computer sitting on top of it.
"I was looking for somewhere to sleep, I kinda got lost…" I said while rubbing the back of my head, Blanc stood up from her chair.
"I can help you find a room." she said and I looked at her,
"I'd appreciate it, thank you." I stated and she smiled at me then walked around me and out the door while I followed.
She didn't lead me very far, we just walked down the hall then turned left to another door and it led to another bedroom, inside this one was a bed in the middle of the room, bookshelves around the room and another computer in the corner of the room.
"Will this work?" Blanc asked me and I nodded,
"Yeah, thanks again Blanc." I stated with a smile and she blushed a little bit.
She left the room and I flopped down on the bed, I was so tired that it didn't take long for deep sleep to take over. I shut my eyes and soon I was already asleep…
Akumu's POV
Well well well, Hikan you've really outdone yourself haven't ya? You got your own harem now! I don't know whether to be happy or sad. Happy because the fact that I can kill all of them, or sad that knowing that when I do kill them, you won't there to see them die.
I was outside the Basilicom on a tree overlooking Hikan's room, I was given permission from Saito to go out for a bit, but ONLY if I don't get caught, well if I do I'll kill whoever found me.
"Hikan, I wonder if I should have some fun, the girls are still up and I believe Blanc is all alone in her room, or should I pass a dream onto you?" I said to myself as I laid my head on my hand, "Hm?" I turned around and dodged a sword slash from behind by ducking under it and I fell off the tree, landing on my back.
"Owww. Don't you know it's rude to attack people outta nowhere like that?" I asked and soon a cloaked figure appeared from the bushes,
"You're not Hikan, tell me where he is." the figure said, it was a male voice, I sat up and stared at him.
"May I ask why-" before I could finish my sentence the person held his sword close to my throat,
"Tell me where he is now." the figure said and I sighed,
"He's not here, besides I want to kill him too, but we all have to wait don't we?" I replied and the figured grabbed my neck,
"You're lucky that i'm only out for Hikan." the man stated before letting go of me and vanishing back into the darkness, I rubbed my head and stared where he went, he seemed familiar but I can't put my finger on it.
"Crazy people these days." I stated as I got off the ground with a sigh, so much for not being detected, but he seems way too familiar and why is he out for Hikan? Whatever, if he gets involved with my plans then I'll kill him without mercy.
I started to walk back into the forest, but I stooped and looked back at the Basilicom one last time, this is gonna get interesting…
A/N: Another chapter done and a whole bunch more to go! Now the next few chapters will be filler and won't involve much fighting as the other chapters did, it's time for Hikan to get more acquainted with his harem if I do say so myself! Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope to see you all later!