Chapter 24
Shizuki's POV
We started walking towards the hideout in Leanbox, I need to check if he's there first, if he isn't, then it's a clear shot of where he's going,
"Shizuki, how many leaders are there in The Saviors?" IF asked me, I didn't turn back, but I said,
"When we were in the group, there were four main leaders, Nagana, Kinoshita, and Arfoire, I can't remember the last guys name, but he was Hikan's stepfather." I explained, IF's eyes widened as she heard the part about Hikan's father,
"You mean Saito?" she asked, I think that was his name, but I can't remember,
"Yeah, I think so." I said, Neptune walked up next to me,
"How do you know so much about Hikan?" She asked me, I don't like Neptune, but at the moment, there's nothing I can do,
"We were childhood friends, it was mostly me and him together in the group." I said and Neptune squinted her eyes,
"Somehow, I think it's more than that..." she said, oh? Then would you like if I told everyone what you and Hikan did last night?
"Nep, stop interrogating her, she's been through as much as Hikan has." IF told Neptune, none of you know how much it hurt when Hikan and I were separated...
The rest of the walk was silent, the only thing I had on my mind was to find Hikan, The Saviors will want him dead after the crimes he's committed, I couldn't care less what happens to the CPU's, but Hikan wants to protect them.
If The Saviors do win and take the CPU's place, then Hikan has no chance of surviving, I won't let that happen,
"We're here." I stated, we were at the entrance of the Leanbox hideout, the entrance was left open since the last time we were here,
"Alright, let's go and find Hikan!" Neptune yelled as she ran down into the hideout, I followed after and so did IF and Compa, if he's not here then I know exactly where he will be,
We searched the entire hideout, every room, every corner, every everything, he wasn't here, He was heading back where it all started.
"Shizuki, he's not here, where else could he be?" IF asked me, I looked over at her,
"He's going to Lastation, if he's not there, then I don't know where he could be." I answered, Neptune let out a shocked gasp,
"What?! Why is he going there? We're done in Lastation!" she said, you guys might of found the fragment, but Hikan found his memory,
"I'll head to Lastation, I don't want you guys involved." I said everyone's eyes widened,
"Shizuki, we're not leaving you to burden this alone." IF said,
"Yeah, we're friends!" Compa said,
"Hikan would want us to come with you, so that's what we're going to do!" Neptune said giving me a thumbs up, my eyes widened, these three cared deeply for Hikan, something I thought only I would be able to do,
"Thank you... everyone." I stated as we turned back toward the entrance and began to walk out of the hideout...
Hikan's POV
Where is it?! It's around here somewhere! I ran through the cave where I fought Kinoshita, looking for the hideout, after that little dream I had, I know almost everything, I needed to find the hideout,
"Wait!" I outloud, I ran down a path and turned a corner and was met by a deadend, I didn't have my sword with me, well here goes nothing,
"HAAAAH!" I yelled as I punched the wall with all the strength I had, it broke instantly and revealed an entrance, looks like I found it,
I walked through the entrance and was greeted by long hallways, just like every other hideout, but there was only one room I was interested in,
I walked through the hallways and doors until I was in "that" room, the one where it all started, the door was stuck, I grabbed the doorknob and kicked the door, breaking it right off the hinges, I walked in and saw the same machine that was in my dream, I walked over to it and images started appearing, the one in my dream appeared,
I was laying on Shizuki's lap, she had those markings on her and was crying into my chest, I looked at the machine and saw that it was still broken, thanks to Shizuki,
"Welcome home." a male voice said behind me, I turned around quickly and was greeted by another cloaked figure, he was a little taller than me, but he had the same black cloak,
"Who are you and what do you mean home?" I asked and the figure shook his head,
"All in due time Hikan and this is your home, remember?" the figure said, this wasn't my home, not anymore,
"What do you want, if you want to kill me, you can die trying." I taunted and the figure laughed,
"Hikan, I'm not here to fight, but to tell you something." the figure said as he started to walk up to me,
"Stay back!" I yelled, but the figure kept walking, I stepped back a little, but the figure was getting closer,
The figure was right in front of me, he leaned down close to my ear and whispered,
"Saito is very much alive and well..."
I fell back and stared at the ceiling, what did Saito have to do this?! Wait, does that mean he's not in my head?
I got back up and looked around, the figure disappeared, he was nowhere to be seen, but there was one thing that I knew even more of now, they have Saito...
I ran toward the entrance, I knew I needed to find Saito, I needed to make sure he's safe,
I ran out of the entrance of the cave and ran into someone, the force was enough to knock me down,
"I'm sorry." I apologized as I got up to see who it was,
"you should-" she started to say, but stopped when she saw me, we both said each others names
"NOIRE!"
"HIKAN!"
I had many questions running through my mind right now, but there was one I needed to ask now,
"What are you doing here?" we said in unison, our faces both lit up red and we averted our gazes from each other,
"You go first..." I said
"No, you go first..." Noire replied, I turned my gaze back on her again,
"Alright, I came back looking for The Saviors hideout, don't worry, it's abandoned, but I came here to check something, now I found something that will lead me back to my past." I said, Noire crossed her arms over her chest,
"What is it that you found?" she asked me,
"My stepfather, Saito, he's alive." I said, Noire's eyes widened,
"Wasn't he the leader of The Saviors?!" Noire said surprised,
"Used to be, but I thought he died a long time ago, but apparently he's alive." I said, Noire looked at me with a worried gaze,
"Hikan, are you sure it's not a trick?" she said, I shook my head,
"If it was, I don't think one of the members would come up to me with the message." I said and Noire's eyes widened again,
"What?! Are you okay?!" she said,
"I'm fine, don't worry." I said and she walked up to me, "Anyway, why are you here?" I asked her and she started blushing and she averted her gaze from me again,
"Um... I uh, was about to... do a quest!" she said and she turned back to me, "It's not like I wanted to find you or anything!" she also yelled, but I didn't say anything...
"Well, alright, but has anything happened since we left?" I asked her and her face blushed even more,
"No, after you left, I started working to get my shares back, and now I almost got most of them back." she explained, that's good at least, from what I remember, you need shares in order to get your power as a CPU, and if you lose most of them, you could possibly die,
"That's good, but I can't stay for long, I need to get moving back to Leanbox, I told everyone that I would be right back." I said, I turned back to start walking back to Leanbox, but Noire wrapped her arms around me,
"Wait, stay here with me for a bit..." she muttered, I turned around and she was looking straight at me, "I... missed you." she said and she wrapped her arms around me again, I returned your embrace,
"Sure..." I replied, Noire has been through loneliness, same as I have, I won't let her go through it again...
Shizuki's POV
We were now running towards Lastation, Hikan had to be at that hideout and I got the feeling that something bad is gonna happen to him,
"Please, be safe." I said outloud as I kept running, everyone else started to slow down, but I kept running,
"Shizuki, wait up!" I heard Neptune yell, I stopped and turned around, everyone was breathing hard, but we were so close!
"You three can rest for now, we're close to the hideout, I'll be back with Hikan." I said as I ran in the direction of the hideout,
"Shizuki wait!" IF yelled, but I didn't stop, I kept going,
Soon, I was far enough away from the others and I ran in the cave where the hideout was, I jumped down the holes that were in the floor, from the battle against Kinoshita and Hikan, and landed on the ground floor, I ran through the cave until I got to the wall, as expected it's been busted down, he's been here,
"Hikan!" I yelled as I ran through the hideout, I ran past several doors and stopped at one that was broken down, inside the room was the machine I destroyed all those years ago, but Hikan was nowhere in sight,
"You just missed him..." A voice said, I turned in every direction and saw nothing, the room filled with a cold air
"Show yourself!" I yelled and the voice started to laugh,
"I'm afraid I can't do that." the voice said, it sounded like a deeper version of Hikan's voice.
"Why?! Too scared?" I taunted, the voice laughed again,
"Watch your tongue, we wouldn't want anything to happen to Hikan, now would we?" The voice said, I knew he was in danger!
"What did you do to him?!" I yelled, trying to hold back my anger,
"He's in good hands now..." the voice said, this voice was with The Saviors, it had to be, but where is it coming from?
"Who are you?" I asked,
"You'll know soon, Shizuki..." the voice said and then the cold chill left the room, I ran out of the room and started toward the entrance, I needed to find Hikan, but where could he be?
I was now outside the hideout, I saw the Neptune and the others running toward me,
"Shizuki, where's Hikan?!" IF said, I looked at her and shook my head,
"The Saviors got him..." I said, everyone's eyes widened,
"No way! They couldn't have got him, he's strong!" Neptune said,
"A voice spoke to me when I was in the hideout, it knew who I was and it said 'we wouldn't want anything to happen to Hikan'." I explained, Neptune looked at me like I was crazy, but IF sighed
"If they do have him, then he has to be at one of the hideouts." she said, the one's we haven't checked is the one in Planeptune and Lowee, the way I see it, we need to split up,
"I say we split up, you three go to the one in Planeptune, it's in the forest, right under the place where you got attacked by the Ancient Dragon." I explained, IF nodded, but Neptune started waving her hands in the air,
"Wait! Everytime an event pops up like this, it's best to stick together ya know, the buddy system!" She said, I understand that, but I will be able to handle it myself,
"It's fine Neptune, don't you want to find Hikan?" I said walking over to her and she looked at me,
"Yeah, but what if he's not there." she replied, I shook my head,
"Don't think that way, he'll be there." I said, she smiled at me,
"Aright, everyone let's go!" she said as she got up, IF sighed,
"I don't know where you get that energy from, but can be extremely lazy at the same time..." she said as she started to walk again, "Shizuki, meet us back here in Lastation." IF also told me,
"Bye Shizuki!" Compa said waving at me,
"Sure thing." I said as I watched them walk in the other direction, "Now then, let's see where you're at." I said to myself,
I activated the "power" I had turning,one of my eyes a glowing purple color and I shut it, an image popped up in my head, Hikan was in Lastation and he was walking with someone, he turned his head and I saw who it was...
"...!" it was HER, the CPU of Lastation! Hikan was with her! I will not let that damn CPU take away someone else from me!
I ran in the direction of the city, I felt the markings starting to appear on my arm, I only had one thing in mind, Kill the CPU of Lastation...
Hikan's POV
I was walking back the Lastation Basilicom with Noire, she linked her arm with mine and was pressing close against me, she invited me to stay with her for a good bit and I accepted, I didn't want her to feel alone,
"Hey, Hikan?" she said, I looked over at her,
"Hmm?" I replied, Noire's face started to redden again,
"...Nevermind, I'll tell you when we get home." she said, my curiosity rose even more, I will wait and see what she wants to ask me.
The rest of the walk was in silence, we arrived at a huge building with a satelite on it, seeing Lastation was almost all industrial it kinda surprised me to see something like this,
The inside of the building had that cathedral look to it, except the banners had the Lastation symbol on it and they were black, other than that, it looked the same as the Leanbox Basilicom,
The building had an elevator that went up to six different floors, when we entered the elevator, Noire hit the top floor, which I'm guessing is the floor she lived on, the doors slid open and we walked through the hallway,
"Here we are." Noire said as she opened a door, inside was mostly black and blue, it had everything you needed to live in, a living room, a kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom, the living room had a couch against the wall and a flat-screen TV in front of it, there was a coffee table right in front of the couch and a stack of papers neatly stacked on it,
"Is that all the paperwork you did?" I asked pointing to the stack of papers and Noire sighed,
"There's more in my bedroom, but I got most of it done." She answered, she really did do alot since I left,
I sat on the couch and looked around, there were a couple things lying around, like soda cans and a few bags of chips, looks like someone isn't as neat as I thought, but who am I to judge, I'm not exactly neat either,
Noire sat down next to me and turned on the TV, "I found a movie that I was going to watch, but I think it'll be more fun to watch it with someone." she said, it is nice to have someone with you when you watch a movie,
"Alright, sure." I said, but before Noire could put the movie in, someone knocked on the door,
"Oh, come on! Can't I get a break for once!" she said then walked to the door, I got up and followed her, when she opened the door, there was someone I wasn't expecting,
"Shizuki?!" I yelled in confusion, why was she here?!
"How dare you take Hikan..." she muttered giving Noire an angry look, Noire looked at her confused,
"Uh, I don't know what your talking about, but I invited Hikan to come with me and he accepted." Noire replied, Shizuki lifted her hand,
"Be quiet..." she muttered and her eyes began to glow purple and next thing I knew, Noire and Shizuki disappeared in front of me.
"What the hell?!" I yelled and I looked down the hallway, they weren't anywhere, I went back inside and looked out the window, I saw a purple glow form outside of Lastation, by the hideout, this isn't good, Shizuki had a look to kill, I need to get over there!
I ran out of Noire's house and ran towards elevator, this is gonna be bad...
A/N: Good news everyone! School is officially over! I maybe able to do double uploads of The Journey or Two Friends, Four Goddesses, I can't promise anything, but if I can make a double upload, then surprise! Anyway that's all I got to say, and I hope to see you all later!
