Chapter 19

Flashback

Third Person POV

Hikan Masato, a young boy who went through torture when he was first born, his parents never liked him, he was beaten every day, and he never fought back, he learned to go through the pain. His parents abandoned him when he was five, he learned to steal just to survive, then he met Saito Hiroshi, the leader of "The Saviors", a group with the sole purpose to destroy the CPU's and take their place,

Nagana Haru, one of the members of "The Saviors". Nagana's origins are unknown, some say that he was Hikan's long lost brother, but Nagana cleared that up, when he told a little bit of his back story, he says that he's a wandering traveler, trying to find a place where he is needed, he never did like the CPU's, when he heard about the saviors, he immediately became one of their members and was now one of the "future" CPU's of the group, he saw Hikan as his rival, and Hikan saw him the same way, only Hikan didn't care if he killed him or not, The two were evenly matched and often fight each other just to see who would win, but Shizuki stops the fight every time,

"You're lucky your girlfriend is here to save you." Nagana said with a smirk, Hikan glared at him,

"If she wasn't here, you would be dead at my feet." Hikan snarled, his eyes had that red glow to them, Nagana knew that he had to be careful when Hikan was like this, he could easily destroy anyone who got in his way, but Nagana knew how to counter it,

"Stop you two, we're supposed to be working together, not fighting!" Shizuki yelled while blushing, Hikan glanced at her,

"Shizuki, I don't know why you get yourself involved in our little battles, you only want Lastation's CPU gone, why do you want to protect me so much?" Hikan questioned, Saito and Shizuki were the only ones that were nice to him, and everyone else treated him like a weapon,

"Well… I…" She struggled to say, Hikan was someone that Shizuki could trust, if Kinoshita couldn't defeat the CPU of Lastation, she knew that he could.

"Nagana, get out of here." Hikan warned, Nagana smiled some more and left the simulation room, "That reminds me, why do you hate Lastation so much?" Hikan also said, Shizuki looked up at him with a shocked look, could she really tell him?

"Hikan… Will you stay with all of us, when this is over?" Shizuki asked, Hikan then gave a shocked look,

"What? What do you mean, I'll only be where I'm needed, Saito said that once this is all over, then I can leave whenever I wanted." Hikan answered, just as she thought, Saito was using him, it didn't matter if Hikan died or not, as long as Saito got what he wanted,

"Hikan… can I come with you?" Shizuki asked, Hikan gave her a soft smile, his smiles were rare, the only expression he could give was anger,

"Once this is all over, then you can come with me." He answered, Shizuki smiled back at him and they left the simulation room together, Nagana was watching the whole time,

"Once this is all over, Hikan will no longer be himself…" He said as he disappeared through the shadows,

End of Flashback


Hikan's POV

"Nagana…" I said, the boy back in Lastation, he was the one who did it, just hearing his name makes my blood boil,

"Hikan, are you okay?" IF asked, I looked up at her and her eyes widened, "Hikan, calm down." She said,

"Calm down? How do you think I can remain calm about this!" I yelled, and she cringed a bit, I felt like my head was going to explode, the name "Nagana" keeps repeating itself in my head like a broken record,

"Hikan, we need to remain calm about this, just stay calm, The CPU will soon hear about what's going on." IF said putting a hand on my shoulder, the CPU will do something?

"The CPU of Leanbox is too worried about that damn war! She won't help anyone!" I yelled, IF looked into my eyes, I started to see red form around her, I clutched my head and dropped to my knees, I was so angry that I was seeing red,

"Hikan… it's alright, we'll do something." IF said as she got on the ground beside me with her hand still on my shoulder, Compa was patting my back, then something made both of them gasp, I felt tears go down my cheeks, The first time I cried in my whole life,

"I'm sorry for the way I acted, I can't stand losing another person close to me…" I said, IF tightened her grip on my shoulder,

"I knew Nep was that important to you." She said, I looked at her and she was smiling at me, I was surprised that she would say just that, I guess she knew all along, "Compa, let's go gather some info, Hikan, you stay here for a bit, leave this part to us." She also said, I grabbed her arm and looked her straight in the eyes,

"You two come back safe you hear me, I can't lose you two either." I stated, she blushed a little bit then tightened her grip on my arm,

"No problem." She said as her and Compa walked out of the guild,

"Wow that happened." Saito said, I got off the ground and sat on a nearby bench,

"Saito, who is Shizuki and Nagana? I deserve the truth." I said, Saito laughed in my head,

"I can tell you, but prepare yourself for major headaches." He said, I've been through worse than headaches by now,

"Go ahead and say." I stated and Saito started to tell me my backstory,


IF's POV

Hikan… he really cares about Nep that much? Not only that, but he almost went crazy again, we were lucky that we were able to calm him down, Nagana, just who is that guy?

"Where should we start Iffy?" Compa asked me,

"Probably the Basilicom, Hikan will ask around the guild, our next guess is the Basilicom." I answered and we started walking the streets of Leanbox,

"I hope Nep-Nep is alright…" Compa said, I put my hand on her shoulder to reassure her,

"We need to stay positive, I doubt the saviors will do anything, besides we'll get her back." I said, Compa looked over and smiled at me, the truth is I don't know where Nep could be, they could have hideouts all over Gamindustri, so she could be anywhere.

"Hey Iffy, what do you think of Hikan?" Compa also asked me suddenly,

"Huh?! Where did this question come up from?!" I said surprised, I wasn't expecting this question from her!

"Well, since Hikan likes me and Nep-Nep, what do you think of him?" She said,

"Well, he's a good friend and worker." I said, to be honest I do like him a different way, but he's with Nep…

"Is that all?" Compa said with question marks appearing above her head,

"Yeah, what else would I think of him?" I lied, why did she want to know so much?

"Well, all I can say is good luck." She said, I shrugged off the thought, she doesn't know… I hope,

We walked for a good bit then we finally reached the Basilicom, we might be able to get some answers here, I knocked politely on the door before walking in, the Basilicom had that cathedral looking feeling to it, that's mainly what it looked like, a cathedral, it had green banners up and chairs were set up in a row on the left and right and there was a long rug going all the way down the rows that was also green, I noticed a Basilicom staff member, at least I hope it was one,

"Excuse me, do you work here?" I asked the staff member, he turned and smiled at me,

"Yes I do, is there something you need?" He asked, I walked up to him and shook his hand,

"I'm IF, I work at the guild, I'm looking for information involving a recent kidnapping." I said, he gave me a shocked look,

"Ah, yes the CPU's assistant has already informed us of the problem, we are already in the process of finding out who the culprit is." the staff member said,

"I know the culprit's name, his name is Nagana." I said, his face turned into a shocked expression,

"What? Not possible, Nagana is the assistant here at the Basilicom." He said, is he serious?

"Take me to him." I said, the staff member shook his head,

"There must be some mistake, Nagana has always been here at the Basilicom." He said,

"Take me to him." I repeated, I needed to know what was going on,

"Okay, I'll take you to him." He said and waved for me to follow him, we walked through the Basilicom until we came to a green door,

"Nagana, may we come in?" the staff member said as he knocked on the door,

"Come in." a voice said and the staff member opened the door, sitting in a chair was the so-called "Nagana", "Ah, you needed help finding your friends yes? What do you need now?" He asked, I walked up to him and put my hands on his desk,

"Don't give me that crap, I know you're the one that kidnapped Nep, tell me where you took her." I warned, his eyes grew wide and he shook his head,

"I don't know what you're talking about, I've been here the whole time." He said, I looked at him, he put his hands up and folded them over the desk,

"You said your name was Nagana and you took Nep when we got back to our camp, Now tell me where you took her." I said again

"Look, I'm telling the truth, I never left Leanbox, I've been too wrapped up with work to do anything, Lady Vert is… occupied." He said, Lady Vert? Did he mean the CPU?

"Is she playing those MMO's again…" The staff member said behind me, Nagana nodded,

"I've been doing her paperwork and everything else ever since." He said, I don't know who to believe, "Let me ask you this, did you see the culprits face?" He asked,

"N-No, I didn't, he kept it concealed during our fight." I answered, his face turned into another shocked look,

"He attacked you? That is a serious problem." He said, he picked up a speaker phone and pressed a button on it, "Lady Vert, please come to my quarters please." He said into the speaker,

"In a minute!" A voice said from the speaker, Nagana sighed,

"We might be here for a bit." He said and leaned back in his chair, He put his hands on his head to think for a bit, "What is your name?" He asked me,

"My name is IF." I answered, he sat up from his chair and looked at me,

"Alright, IF, I need you to tell me exactly what happened, this fake 'Nagana' or whatever his name might be, we need to know where he is hiding." He said I averted my gaze from him,

"Why should I tell you, How do I know you're not lying to me." I said, he got up from his chair and walked up to me,

"Because, I'm trying to protect this nation, sure it's the CPU's job to protect it, but even goddesses need help with something." He said, I don't know if I can trust him, but I guess if he wasn't telling the truth, he could kill me right now,

"Alright I'll tell you." I said he went and sat back down in his chair and put his hands up to chin eager to hear the story.


"So, you lost consciousness after the fight, still the only question I have is why Purple Heart is in Leanbox?" He said, I explained the whole thing that happened after we fought the "fake" Nagana, Hikan going missing, Nep's kidnapping and everything else.

"Hikan can tell you that, but we're here to get our friend back, I know that this nation's goddess is not exactly on the same page as Nep, but will you help us?" Nagana leaned back in his chair again and started to think, he thought for five minutes, then spoke up,

"Well, Lady Vert says she doesn't care about the Console War that much, she says she would rather stay home and play those MMO's she's always on." He said, but then...

*BOOM*

As if on cue an explosion could be heard from the outside, we both looked outside and it came from the guild, it couldn't be Hikan could it?

"We need to get over there!" Nagana yelled as he jumped out of his chair and ran out the door, I followed behind him and we ran out of the Basilicom,

"Iffy! We need to get to the guild!" Compa yelled,

"Way ahead of you." I said, and Compa, Nagana, and I all ran toward the guild.


When we arrived we were greeted by a gruesome sight, one side of the guild was destroyed, and fire was everywhere, and firetrucks were putting out one side of it, I saw a person sitting on the side of the road and he had a look of total fear on his face,

"Hey what happened here?" I asked as I lifted him up,

"Someone… came in… two people fought… and destroyed the guild…" he said, what happened to Hikan?

"Hey, what did the two guys look like?" I asked, he looked up at me,

"All I saw was a guy in a black cloak, and another guy with red hair, then a girl with long white hair showed up." He said, someone took Hikan and Nep?! But who was this girl?

"Alright thanks for the info." I said, I walked back over to where Nagana and Compa were,

"Someone came here and did this, they took Hikan also." I said, Compa's eyes widened, Nagana put his index finger on his chin,

"Who could have done this?" Nagana said, we all had that question in our heads.


Third Person POV

Thirty minutes earlier, Hikan and Saito were almost done their conversation,

"So, Shizuki is my childhood friend?" Hikan said,

"Yes, and Nagana was your rival for quite some time." Saito said, Hikan kept his hands on his head, he couldn't believe this, He was one of them, "The Saviors".

"I refuse to believe this!" Hikan yelled in his head, he and Nep had such a good relationship, He can't believe he was supposed to take her place as CPU of Planeptune,

"Like it or not, you were one of them, but that doesn't mean you still need to follow their orders." Saito said, he was dead so he wasn't the leader of the saviors anymore,

"I won't do anything to hurt her. I will destroy the saviors..." Hikan said outloud, he got up from the bench he was sitting on and walked outside, he was greeted by a cloaked figure, someone he knew well,

"Hello again Hikan..." The figure said, Hikan glared at him and clutched his fists,

"You're Nagana, aren't you?" He asked, the figure raised his hands,

"Guilty as charged, I knew you would remember me." He said, Hikan felt his anger rise again, he was the person that kidnapped Neptune,

"Where is Neptune..." Hikan muttered, Nagana walked up to him,

"What did you say? I can't hear you?" Nagana taunted,

"WHERE IS NEPTUNE!" Hikan shouted and charged Nagana, he jumped up and kicked Hikan, sending him flying into a tree,

"He's smart, he's not like Kinoshita you know." Saito said in his head, Hikan stood up,

"I... don't... care." He said and rushed at Nagana again, Nagana sidestepped out of the way, and tried to kick Hikan again, but Hikan grabbed his foot and countered it with a kick of his own, Nagana flew back, but got up immediately and looked at Hikan,

"You really think you can save her? What a joke." Nagana said, Hikan had a look of full anger, his eyes started to glow, and the red aura started to surround him, he held out his hand and fire appeared in front of him, taking the form of a sword, the blade was a shortsword with black and red highlights in it, the hilt was a blood red color, he held the sword in his hand and looked at Nagana dead in the eyes,

"This is it! The power that I needed!" Saito said in Hikan's head,

"Time to get serious huh? Fine!" Nagana yelled and he pulled out two daggers, Hikan rushed at him and slashed horizontally, Nagana dodged by jumping back, then Hikan kept up the pace and charged at him again, going for a stab, Nagana sidestepped it and kick Hikan's feet from under him, Hikan fell instantly but caught himself by pushing himself up with his hands, Nagana tried to slash at Hikan, but Hikan caught his arm and twisted it, almost breaking it, Nagana released Hikan's hold on him and threw one of his daggers, which lodged into Hikan's shoulder, he pulled out the dagger and threw it aside, and started to walk towards Nagana, Hikan then dropped his sword and punched Nagana's stomach, he clutched his stomach and grabbed another dagger from his pocket and stabbed it in Hikan's leg, Hikan picked him up and threw him toward the guilds wall, Nagana collided with the wall leaving a crack in it, he looked at Hikan, who held his hand out,

"Die..." Hikan muttered, fire started to form in his hand and soon the fire became a blast of fire heading straight towards Nagana, he was only able to dodge by a hair and soon an explosion covered the streets,

*BOOM*

One side of the guild was completely destroyed, fire engulfed the area, people were screaming, while Hikan stood in one spot, he was looking for Nagana,

"Hikan!" Nagana yelled, Hikan looked in the direction the voice came from, Nagana was standing on top of a building, "If you want me, come get me!" he said as he jumped from building to building, Hikan started to walk after him, the only thing on his mind, was to kill Nagana Haru...

"Hikan!" a girl's voice could be heard, Hikan turned around to see Shizuki,

"Shizuki... Perfect timing, come with me..." Hikan said as he turned again and walked after Nagana,

"Hikan..." Shizuki muttered before following after him...


A/N: Alright there's another one done, and I got some good news, I finished one of my final tests at school and now I only have one left! After that, expect more chapters to be uploaded this summer! Thanks for reading and I hope to see you all later!

P.S.: If you guys didn't know already, Shizuki was noxiouskey's Idea, all credit goes to him on that one!