*Hikan enters the room, looking at Assassin*
Hikan: yo, Assassin, why do you look so down?
Assassin: I'm such an idiot!
Hikan: What? C'mon bro, you're not an idiot.
Assassin: I accidentally deleted Chapter 6!
Hikan: oh, um... why don't you just upload today then?
Assassin: Yeah, I'll do that, also where's Nep?
Hikan: she's... somewhere.
Assassin: Somewhere? Dude, go find her.
Hikan: Why? I thought you'd enjoy the fact Neptune wasn't here,
Assassin: Yeah everyone likes peace and quiet, but I got a little something for her.
*Assassin grins mischievously*
Hikan: ...i'm not even going to ask, but don't do anything too extreme.
*Hikan walks out of room*
Assassin: Don't worry, it won't be... *evil laugh*
Chapter 6
I was almost to the area, Geez that girl has to be fast to run all the way out here in a short period of time, as I was running I saw a glint of light in the distance, maybe it's her? I ran to where I was the light, all I found was a motorcycle, this must be how IF got out here so quick, she can't be that far now,
"IF!" I yelled, no response, I walked to a few other places in the area, "IF!" I yelled again, this time I got a response, only it wasn't the one I wanted,
*Growl*
Well, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to yell like that, A lizard man came around the corner and saw me, now what do I do? I don't have a weapon, but maybe it'll go well for me... I hope
The lizard man charged at me, I dodged his horizontal slice and stepped back, it swung again, this time a vertical slice, I dodged again and rolled to the left, He quickly upped his speed and kicked me in the stomach as I was rolling,
"Gah!" I grunted, that kick was really strong too, it knocked the air right out of me, but what I was surprised about was the didn't hurt as much as I thought, the lizard man charged at me again, this time I was ready, he did another horizontal slash, as I sidestepped out of the way and delivered a kick to his shin, it dropped on one knee as I ran up and delivered a right hook, it fell to the ground and dropped it's sword, I ran up and grabbed the sword before the Lizard man could react, then I did a horizontal slash of my own, it dodged by rolling to the right, but I was faster, as soon as he touched the ground again, I ran and did a downward stab, locking the Lizard man to the ground, and then killing it with no sound,
"I don't have time for you..." I said, wait why did I say that? well, I can't pester in my thoughts, I need to find IF, I continued in the direction where the Lizard man came from.
I continued running until I heard clashing steel, when I went to the direction where it came from, I found IF battling a bunch of Lizard men, about twelve or thirteen at the least, she was breathing hard too, the weapons of her choice consisted of hidden blades coming out of her sleeves, it kinda reminded me of a game I heard about, but I couldn't remember the name,
"IF! Watch out!" I yelled as I ran to her side, slashing at the Lizard man behind her,
"Hikan?! What are you doing here?!" she said startled, completely ignoring the thought that I saved her from behind,
"I can't let you fight all of these alone, besides there's an Ancient Dragon roaming around here." I told her,
"That's the reason why I'm here! You'll just get in the way!" she yelled,
"Well, I'm here now, and I'm not going back." I said, looking in front of us, the Lizard men just waited patiently for us, I guess they wanted a fair fight,
"Fine, but be careful."she said, I smirked
"I always am!"and like that we charged into battle,
We were pretty well matched, the Lizard men didn't let up, the more we killed, the more would come, maybe something was making them? I dodged a slash to my right and parried a strike to my left, these Lizard men won't stop, there must have been something that kept making them spawn, and i'm going to find out what, I looked at IF, she was fighting three of them at once and they were starting to surround her, but she countered with a spin attack, when she said she could really fight, she wasn't kidding, but enough about that, I need to hurry this up,
Eventually, the Lizard men stopped appearing, we were able to take a breather,
"Is it over?" I said with a deep breath,
"Not yet, we still need to find out where they're coming from, and we need to find the Dragon." IF replied,
"Are you serious, We could die from this you know." I said with a shocked look on my face, there is no way we can kill that thing,
"This is why I took this quest, and besides, when you work in the guild, you will always be put in danger." she said,
"Alright, just be careful." I said, she blushed a little bit,
"Worry about yourself!" she snapped at me,
We went to the area where the Ancient Dragon was spotted, we had to split up to search the whole area, IF went in one direction, she gave me one of her phones and told me to call her ONLY, and no one else, I went in another direction, something wasn't right, I expected more Lizard men, but there was nothing, maybe we killed them all?
"KYAAAAH!" that was IF's voice,
"IF!" I yelled as I turned in the direction I came from, I ran back into the area where we splitted up, if the Dragon was there, then I was screwed, I only have one option, I pulled out the phone IF gave me and called Compa's house, please pick up...
"Hello! Neptune, the awesome main character, speaking!" Thank god,
"Neptune! I don't have time to explain, hurry and go to the forest by Planeptune, Hurry!" I said as I hung up, hopefully she knows where to go,
When I got to the area, i saw IF there, but she was unconscious, and so was the Ancient Dragon, it was stomping towards IF, ready to finish the Job,
"HEY!" I yelled, the Dragon turned towards me and roared,
*ROAR*
"Come at me, you son of a bitch!" I taunted, all I can do is stall time until Neptune and Compa get here,
The Dragon was stomping towards me and swung it's tail, I jumped back to dodge, but ended up falling anyway, due to the impact it made, the Dragon then tried to slash me with it's claws, I parried it's first strike and rolled out of the way of it's second, then it swung it's tail, I was able to jump over the tail, but it ended up colliding with a tree, breaking it instantly, the tree started to fall, right over where IF was too,
"IF!" I yelled as I ran over to her, I was able to pick her up and throw her over, out of the trees path, However, I wasn't so lucky, I tried to jump away, but it caught on my leg
"GAAAH!" I yelled in pain, the tree landed on my legs, I swore that my legs were broken, I couldn't move either, the Dragon started stomping it's way towards me, so this is how it ends? I wouldn't mind dying in the past, but now I didn't want to die, I finally found people who cared about me, Neptune and Compa, I wanted to see them at least one last time, I hope IF gets away from this, please, stay safe you three
"well now, we can't have you die yet, can we?" A voice said, I started to look around, "in your head, dumbass."
I closed my eyes, "who are you, what do you want?"
"In due time, Hikan, for now I can help you get out of this." he can?
"Do it, please." I begged, I don't care how he does it, all I want is to be able to see Neptune and Compa again,
"Alright, now don't fight it, mainly let the pain take over you. Fire." immediately my head was hurting like it was in the hospital, how was this helping!?
"Stop!" I yelled, this wasn't helping at all!?
"I told you, Don't fight it!" alright, don't fight it, I relaxed myself, then my vision went black
IF's POV
What happened? All I remember is that I was searching the area, then the Dragon appeared and attacked me, then I passed out, I looked to my left to see a tree that had fell over, but someone was also under that tree, the someone was... Hikan!
"Hikan!" I yelled, as I ran over to it, "Dumbass! I knew you shouldn't have come!" he moved his hands, then started to get up, completely moving the tree off of his legs,
"What did you say?" he said, giving me a cold stare, his voice sounded different, it was more deeper than his normal voice,
"Hikan?" I said, he looked over at the Dragon and cracked a smile,
"Leave the Dragon for me." he said, walking towards the Dragon,
"Are you crazy! You won't survive!" I yelled at him, he just ignored me and kept walking,
*ROAR*
"yeah, yeah, you got a mouth you can use, shut up." he taunted, the Dragon rushed towards him and swung it's tail, he jumped on top of it and slashed at it's horns, breaking his blade, he jumped back and landed looking at his blade,
"Tch, typical, these weapons are shit." he said, throwing his blade to the side and cracked his knuckles, is he seriously thinking about fighting that thing with his bare hands?
"Come at me!" he taunted, as if on command the Dragon rushed towards him, he ran full speed towards the Dragon as well and pulled his fist back, "DIE!" he yelled, I covered my eyes, I can't watch this,
*BOOM*
I put my hands down and looked, the Dragon was nowhere in sight and Hikan was standing there, his arm was covered in blood, "Too easy." he said before walking to the exit of the forest,
"Hey, wait!" I yelled, as I ran up to him, he turned and gave me that stare again, it was as cold as ice,
"What?" he said with that stare, I was speechless, that stare was preventing me from speaking, "Well?"
"Umm, Thanks for your help." I said, the smiled and turned away,
"Yeah, I'll say, you really needed help." He said, walking out into a clearing, what did he mean by that?
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean!" I yelled, he turned again
"Well, if I wasn't there, then you'll most likely be dead by now." What's with that attitude?
"I would've handled that situation fine!" he was really starting to piss me off,
"Sure didn't look like it." he said,
"Why are you such a smartass?!" I yelled at him, his smile turned into a frown
"What did you call me?" he said as he got closer to me,
"Hey, Personal Space!" he was getting closer,
"Answer the question!" he yelled, what is wrong with him!
"I CALLED YOU A SMARTASS!" I yelled back, he came up and grabbed my jacket, lifting me into the air,
"You know nothing about me!" he yelled as he threw me towards the ground, he looked at me with a look to kill,
"Hikan! Stop!" a voice yelled, we both looked up to see a girl floating in mid-air,
"Nep...tune..." Hikan muttered before collapsing, the girl called "Neptune" floated down and landed next to him,
"I'm sorry for this, Hikan doesn't usually do this, this is actually the first time he's ever done this." Neptune said, looking at me,
"It's alright, just do you know what was wrong with him?" I asked her, she looked at Hikan, then back to me
"Hikan's childhood wasn't exactly the best, His parents were never nice to him, and he grew up by himself, but I never seen him act hostile to anyone before." Neptune said,
"Well, I'm sorry, but if he tries to hurt anyone else, I'll have to arrest him." I said, Neptune gave me a shocked look,
"He won't do that, I just know he won't." she said, lifting Hikan up, I helped getting up as well, I know as well that he doesn't hurt anyone, but still what happened to him?
"Thank you, also what is your name?" Neptune asked me,
"My name is IF." I said as I looked at Hikan,
"My name is Neptune, is it fine if I call you Iffy?"
"As long as I can call you Nep." I said with a smile,
"Alright then, Iffy, I'll see you later." Neptune said as she floated up into the air with Hikan, I stayed on the ground and waved at them, Hikan... what is wrong with that guy?
Hikan's POV
"Why did you do that?!" I yelled at the voice in my head, I still couldn't see anything,
"What? I got you out of that predicament." it said,
"You about to kill IF!" I yelled,
"the girl was pissing me off, sorry." it said,
"I don't care, I won't use you ever again." I said, the voice only laughed
"you'll need me later..." it said, whatever this thing was, I wasn't going to use it, if it was going to hurt my... friends, then I won't use it, there it is again, why couldn't I say "friend" again.
Assassin: There we go! Done!
*Assassin gets out of his chair*
Assassin: now then time to set this up...
*Thirty minutes later*
Hikan: Geez, so this is what you were doing...
Neptune: Weeell, I was thinking since me and you were in Mr. Author Guy's Skit, might as well get them too
Compa: I want to meet him too!
IF: I kinda want to meet this guy too.
Hikan: Well his house is right here.
Neptune: Author Guy! we're coming in!
Assassin: Loud as ever aren't you
*Assassin opens door*
Assassin: Ah, IF and Compa, might as well get the whole crew, also Nep, I've got something for you
Neptune: What?! Really?! is it pudding? or more pudding?
Assassin: yeah, but there's a catch, see that safe over there?
*Assassin points to safe*
Assassin: if you find a way to open that, there will be a bunch of pudding in there for you.
*Neptune clings to Assassin*
Neptune: I love you!
*Neptune runs towards safe*
Assassin: Good luck, you'll need it
*Hikan and IF look at Assassin*
Hikan: what did you do?
Assassin: You'll see.
A/N: welp, now that's done again, I wanted to apologize that I accidentally deleted the file for Chapter 6, now that's why I Didn't upload yesterday, so I decided I make up for that today! That's all I wanted to say, thanks for reading and I hope to see you in the next chapter!
