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Neptune: Hello everyone! It's your favorite main character again, Neptune, Welcome to Nepstation! Today I have a special guest with me.

Hikan: Hi everyone, Hikan here, Assassin's really letting you get carried away isn't he?

Neptune: What? Nah, He came up and personally asked me to do this for him!

Hikan: Not how I remember it…

Neptune: Anyway, if you haven't checked already, you should go and check Mr. Author Guy's profile, He said that he was going to change some things,

Hikan: He also has something else that he's doing with his friend Noxious, they were talking about it yesterday, but they told me not to tell.

Neptune: What?! Why was I not told?!

Hikan: Probably because you'll spoil it…

Neptune: I'm going to find him right away!

Hikan: Well that's all for Nepstation, see ya all later.


Chapter 21

Third Person POV

While Hikan was looking for Neptune, Shizuki, IF and Compa were still outside examining the lifeless carcass of Nagana, Hikan really didn't show any mercy to him, He completely destroyed him,

"He's defiantly dead." IF said, she was deceived again by Nagana, Shizuki explained everything between Hikan and Nagana, though she kept out the part about both of them being part of the Saviors for his safety, everyone in the Basilicom trusted Nagana and Hikan is going to look like the enemy here.

"Please, tell me that you would believe Hikan with the story he will tell you." Shizuki said, IF looked at her and grinned, Hikan was an honest person, he would never lie to any of them,

"Of course, Hikan is one of our friends, we'll always believe him." Compa said, Shizuki let out a deep breath, she was glad that they would believe him, if they found out what he was like back then…

A couple minutes later, Neptune walked out of the cave entrance in her Purple Heart form, she had Hikan on her shoulder and was carrying him, IF and Compa ran to both of them to lend a hand,

"Nep-Nep!" She yelled and wrapped her arms around Neptune and started crying into Neptune's free shoulder, Shizuki came over and picked up Hikan, and laid him on the ground,

"He's asleep." Shizuki said, Neptune looked at her with suspicious eyes,

"Who are you?" Neptune asked, Shizuki looked at her for a second before averting her gaze, she always hated introducing herself to new people, especially Neptune

"I'm Shizuki, I'm Hikan's friend." She said, Neptune smiled at her, but her suspicion didn't change in the slightest, she never met this girl ever and now she's around Hikan,

"Introductions aside, what happened Nep?" IF asked, Neptune looked over at IF and nodded her head,

"Hikan saved my life, He transferred some kind of energy to me and the next thing I knew, I felt better." Neptune explained, of course she left out the part how Hikan "transferred" the energy, Shizuki however knew, but she wouldn't say anything either, Hikan opened his eyes at the mentioning of his name,

"Did someone call me?" He said with a smile, everyone turned to him and returned the smile, Neptune reverted to her normal form,

"Sleep well?" She said, Hikan leaned up and waved at her,

"Like a rock." He replied

"Clear the way!" A voice said and a bunch of Leanbox soldiers came out from the trees, they surrounded Hikan and Shizuki, "Arrest them!" one of the soldiers yelled and the soldiers around the two obeyed and closed in on them, Hikan didn't resist at all,

"Wait! If you let Shizuki go free, I'll accept full responsibility of the damages I caused." Hikan said, Shizuki looked at him with shocked eyes, He just woke up and look what happens, something else to shit on his day.

Shizuki's anger started to rise, "why is Hikan always getting treated this way?!" She thought to herself, she felt her special "power" start to form a bit, but was interrupted by Hikan's touch,

"Calm down Shizuki, I'll handle this." He said and Shizuki started to blush, it sounded like that same tone he had on the one day before they were separated…

The soldiers came up and cuffed Hikan, IF tried to persuade them, but they pushed her off,

"This man has killed the CPU's assistant, for that he must be given a life sentence!" One of the soldiers yelled, IF stepped in front of him,

"The only one that was evil here WAS Nagana, he was with the saviors all along, and he was taking Leanbox right from under your noses!" IF yelled, but the soldier didn't listen, he was too busy restraining Hikan, even though Hikan wasn't resisting,

"Don't worry IF, I got this." Hikan said and he winked at IF, which made her blush a little, he also looked at Neptune and gave some eye signals, Neptune, who had been learning eye signals from him, understood immediately and walked over to IF and leaned close to her ear,

"Hikan will find a way." Neptune whispered, then Hikan and the soldiers walked in the direction of Leanbox, Neptune and the others followed far behind,


When they got back to Leanbox, Hikan was already at the Basilicom, no-one was allowed to see him and he was sitting in a cell, waiting for the soldiers to come back with the CPU of this nation,

"Hey Saito…" he said in his head, but got no answer, "Saito, you there?" He said again, still no answer, why was Saito not answering?

Soon after the guards came in again, "Move." One of them said and Hikan obeyed, he got up and walked out of the cell, they cuffed him again and walked him to the CPU's chambers, Hikan had the time to look around the place, most of the hallways were long corridors, everything was either green or white and the halls had a ton of doors leading to rooms that only the CPU knows where,

Eventually they got to a door that was the tallest one out of all the doors, one of the guards knocked on the door politely,

"Lady Green Heart, may we come in?" The guard said, Hikan took in a deep breath,

"You may enter." A voice said, then the doors opened, the door led to the outside and it was beautiful, there were trees everywhere and a fountain in the middle of a garden, beside the fountain was a table with a umbrella over it, sitting in the chair was a woman, she had long blonde hair, she had a revealing green dress and she had white gloves on, she also had the same color green and white boots on, She saw us enter and looked over, keeping a close eye in Hikan,

"This is the one who took care of Nagana?" The woman asked, the soldiers nodded and pulled out there swords,

"What will we do with him?" They asked, Hikan got on his knees and put his head down, whatever the CPU decided, he would respect that decision,

"Hmm? I say we do nothing, he got rid of a big problem to my nation for me." She said, the soldiers eyes widened and Hikan put his head up,

"But... Nagana, he's-" The soldier started to say, but was interrupted,

"Nagana was plotting against us the whole time, I knew all along, but I knew that he would outsmart me in some way, so I believed him for a bit." Lady Green Heart explained, Hikan got off the ground and looked at her,

"So, you don't care about the Console War?" He asked, she folded her arms under her chest and shook her head,

"The War was kinda childish in my opinion, we fought for something for so long that I lost interest in it." She said, Neptune lost her memory of it, Noire still seemed interested, but changed due to Hikan's words, and now Green Heart didn't care about it, "But tell me, what is your reason for being here, obviously it wasn't just to get rid of Nagana or was that the reason?" She said, Hikan shook his head,

"The real reason I'm here is to look for a key fragment hidden somewhere in Leanbox, there are four of them, I've already got two, the ones from Planeptune and Lastation, we need the fragments to release someone from a chamber they're being held in, the fragments look like little stones, I'd show you one, but I don't have it with me right now, it'll probably be a small stone with the Leanbox logo on it." Hikan explained, he told her everything that happened between him and Nagana, how he attacked him at the guild and everything,

"There is one thing that still questions me, how did he attack you when he was here at the Basilicom?"She asked, Hikan didn't think about that, Nagana was in two places at once, so that either meant one of them was a fake, or someone was fooling them, but who could it be?

"Um, Lady Green Heart." Hikan said, she put her hand up to stop him mid-sentence,

"Please, call me Vert." She said, Hikan would run a hand through his hair but...

"Um, can you please get these cuffs off me now..." Hikan muttered, Vert's eyes widened,

"Oh, that's right." She said as she got up from her chair and walked over to him, she was the same height as Hikan, "Guards, get those cuffs off him now." she said, the guards quickly obeyed and took the cuffs right off, Hikan massaged his wrists for a second, but was interrupted when Vert walked right in front of him,

"How long are you going to be in Leanbox?" Vert asked, Hikan looked at her with a shocked expression,

"Probably till we get the fragment, I don't know how long that will be though." He said, Vert chuckled a bit,

"Well, you'll need a place to stay, I'll let you live in the Basilicom with me." She said, Hikan's face reddened, What is it with him and girls he just met?

"I appreciate the offer, but I already got place to stay." He said, he can go to Shizuki's place, but it was a bit too small for everyone else, he will have to rent an apartment for a bit,

"Aw, that's too bad, I hope to see you around Leanbox more." Vert said giving him a wink, Hikan just nodded before turning around to leave the area, he turned around again to see Vert walk back and sit down in her chair, then he walked out of the area,


Hikan's POV

Well, that was definitely something, I met Vert, the CPU of Leanbox and I defeated Nagana, now I needed to find that key fragment, I guess I need to go to the guild, but I need to find everyone else first.

"Where are they?" I said to myself as I walked through the halls of the Basilicom, these corridors were so long, how can anyone navigate through them?

Eventually I saw a staff member and I walked up to him, I guess he was still scared of me, because when he saw me he took cover behind a pillar,

"Hey-" I started to say, but was interrupted,

"PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!" He yelled, I ran a hand through my hair and sighed, this is gonna be a long day,

"I'm not gonna do anything, I just want to find my way out of the Basilicom." I explained, the staff member nodded and pointed down the hall,

"Down the hall, turn to your right and then left, you can't miss it!" He said then took cover behind the pillar again,

"Thanks." I said and waved goodbye, I followed his directions and then I was in the cathedral looking area of the Basilicom, then I walked towards the front door and opened it, and I was greeted by a bunch of familiar faces

"There he is!" Neptune yelled as she ran up the stairs and wrapped her arms around my waist, I patted her head and looked down the stairs to see IF, Compa, and Shizuki.

"What are all of you doing here?" I asked Neptune, she looked up at me with a "are you serious" look,

"Your kidding right? We came here to check on you." She said, I smiled at her and patted her head even more,

"Oh, of course, how silly of me." I said and then I picked Neptune up and threw her on my back, she was so light that it was incredibly easy,

"Wha?! Hikan! What gives!" she said hanging on to my neck while I gave her a piggy back ride,

"Well, I need to return the favor somehow, don't I?" I said, "Or would you rather walk instead of me carrying you?" I also said, Neptune smiled and tightened her grip,

"Well, since you already started it!" She said and she kicked my side like I was a horse or something,

"Ow! Hey that hurts you know!" I said as I walked down the stairs, IF looked up at me and smiled, I guess she doesn't care as much now,

"So, Hikan, how did it go?" She asked,

"I'm off the hook, Vert said that she knew Nagana was against her, and she played along with everything." I explained, Neptune looked over my shoulder,

"In other words, you saved the day again!" Neptune said, I looked over my shoulder at her and nodded,

"Yeah, something like that." I replied, now there was only one thing to worry about here,

"Does she know about the fragments?" IF asked and I nodded,

"We need to find the fragment, then we only need one more." I said,

"I'll look for info at the guild, then we'll meet back at the hotel." She said,

"I'll join you when I drop Neptune off at the hotel." I said, IF shook her head, now she didn't mind if I was alone with her?

"Hikan, you've been through enough today, I think you can take this one off, don't worry, we'll find it." She said as she looked at Compa and Shizuki, they both nodded,

"Alright, but be safe, we still don't know who's out there." I said, I know it's getting old, but still,

We all seperated after the talk we had, IF, Compa and Shizuki all went to the guild to find information on the fragment, while Neptune and I went back to the hotel, IF gave me the location and the key to it,

"Hey Hikan?" Nep said, she was still on my back, I turned my head and saw her face close to mine,

"Yeah? What is it?" I asked, her face started to blush,

"I know you said that you would be okay, but I was really worried about you." she said, I smiled at her, there's nothing to worry about,

"Hey, it's alright now, if anything I was more worried about you when Nagana kidnapped you." I said, Her face reddened even more.

"Hikan..." she muttered, but I shushed her by putting her on the ground and patting her head,

"Don't worry about me, I'll make sure you get your memory back." I said, she looked into my eyes and I leaned toward her, locking our lips together, we stayed like that for about ten seconds before seperating again, Neptune touched her lips where I kissed her,

"Hikan, I love you." she said wrapping her arms around me, I did the same and whispered in her ear,

"I love you too."


About thirty minutes later, we reached the hotel, we went inside and took the elevator to our floor, it was on the eighth floor in this twelve floor hotel, room 196, we found the room and walked in, the room had green wallpaper up and it had a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and two bedrooms, so that means we're sharing rooms,

I walked towards the sofa and sat down in front of the flat-screen TV and turned it on, Neptune came up and joined me on the sofa,

"Whacha gonna watch?" she asked, it only had re-runs on previous anime or documentaries, both didn't interest me in the slightest,

"Nothing I guess, here, you can find something, I'll be right back." I said as I got up and headed towards the bathroom,

I opened the door and walked inside, the bathroom had what you would expect, a bathtub, shower, toilet, sink, you get the idea, I walked up to the mirror and looked into it, I had a scar on my neck where I got stabbed by Nagana before, I looked at my face, my appearance has changed so much,

My hair is getting messier and longer, but what I like the most is that my face was no longer emotionless, I had complete color in my face and I can smile, frown, get angry or laugh, all of this happened because of my decision to go with Neptune and everyone on this journey.

I walked towards the bathtub, I guess I can take a shower, I really need it and deserve it, but before I could turn on the shower head, I heard the door open behind me, I turned around to see who it was...


A/N: Alright, thank you Hikan and Nep for the Nepstation, now if you guys are wondering what is going on I'll go ahead and tell you, a few days ago me and noxious were chatting on steam, we came up with a joke, "what if we went to hyperdimension?", well that joke turned into a story, if you haven't yet I strongly encourage you to go and check out my profile, I changed alot of things to keep you all updated, so today is going to be a double upload, not for The Journey, but our second story Two Friends, Four Goddesses! I hope to see you all there!