Chapter 33

Shizuki's POV

"That's what happened…" I finished, everyone was staring wide eyed at me, I told them everything that happened at the cave after I ran from Hikan.

"So it is true. That new enemy took the form of Hikan." Ozaki said, I think that's what Neptune called him,

"What do you know about it?" I asked him and he put his finger on his chin,

"I wasn't given much info, but I do know that this 'thing' was in Hikan's head, it was probably trying to take his body, but was stopped when he was killed." Ozaki replied,

"Whoa! So you're telling us that Hikan had a parasite in his head?!" Neptune said in a shocked tone and Ozaki nodded.

"Yes, Saito grew very fond of me and gave me some information about Hikan that he wouldn't tell anyone else, I didn't know if it was true or not, but now it's official." Ozaki explained, I stayed silent the whole time.

"So he's a exact clone of Hikan?" Blanc asked and Ozaki nodded again,

"If what Shizuki said was true and by what I saw, it's an exact replica pretty much." Ozaki answered, then that means we wouldn't know which one was which…

"That means it's not safe to be alone. We need to get back to the Basilicom now!" I yelled, Blanc looked over at me with a confused gaze,

"But what about the real Hikan? He's still in that cave." she said and I turned around,

"He'll be fine. I believe in him." I said and I looked in the direction of the cave, he'll be fine… he's the strongest member of The Saviors afterall.

"If he ends up dead… it'll be on you…" I heard Blanc mutter behind me, then she started walking ahead, Ozaki quickly caught up to her, I clenched my fists and stared at them.

"Hey, Shizuki calm down. It's not a good idea to get mad again." Neptune whispered to me, I glanced over at her.

"I know, but I can't help but get a little angry, we have to believe in Hikan for now." I whispered back as I followed Blanc and Ozaki back to the Basilicom, Neptune was following close behind me…


Hikan's POV

While I walked towards Arfoire with my sword in hand, she materialized a huge black hammer, I stopped and stared at the hammer and her for a bit.

"Surprised? This is that CPU's hammer, I don't have to be in her form to use it." she said and I tilted my head,

"Not really, I see you still live up to your name. Using someone else's power instead of your own." I said and Arfoire smirked,

"This IS my power now!" she said as she shot another burst of dark energy at me, I raised my sword and slashed the energy in two halves, Arfoire then charged at me and swung the hammer down at me, I jumped back and felt the collision of her hammer with intense force, but I didn't fall back.

"You may have power, but you can't hit me if you're that slow!" I taunted and Arfoire smirked,

"Fine, then I'll show you no mercy!" she yelled back and charged at me again, this time she was faster and she swung her hammer to the left, I raised my sword to block and caught the full momentum of the swing, I was knocked back to the wall and was stunned by the impact, she can increase her speed and keep the same strength as well? I'll need to be careful…

I dodged out of the way of another burst of dark magic and charged at Arfoire this time, I swung my sword down and she blocked it by holding her hammer up, I jumped behind her and did a downward slash while I was jumping and she parried her swing, then as soon as my feet touched the ground, I switched my aim to the hammer and sliced at it, knocking the hammer out of Arfoires grip,

The hammer smashed down next to the opposite wall and I shoved Arfoire down and pointed my sword at her chest,

"At least give me SOME challenge." I taunted, Arfoire looked up at me and smirked,

"Hah! Don't underestimate me!" she said and then materialized a sword in her hand, my sword.

She swung the sword up and I countered with a horizontal slash, but before I could follow up, she was already off the ground and was preparing for another attack, she seemed as fast as me now.

I jumped back to avoid getting hit and stared at Arfoire, she had my sword as well?

"How…?" I muttered and she started laughing,

"You think White Heart was the only one? I've taken many others powers, including yours and Green Hearts!" she replied, Vert and mine? But I have my powers still, and Vert never said anything about her power being taken.

"Hmph, so what if you got my power, I don't care how you got it or came up with it, i'll stop you here now!" I yelled and rushed at her, I slashed my sword and she parried and went for a stab, I sidestepped the stab and grabbed her hand that the sword was in, then I tried to slice at her and she did the same to me, we sat there staring at eachother.

"You're useless to us now! I'll destroy you here and now!" Arfoire yelled in my face, I smirked.

"Let's see you try it!" I yelled back and kicked her feet out from under her before she could react, then I kneed her as she was falling and she flew towards the wall, I rushed through the dust that flew from the impact and sliced at the ground where Arfoire was, only she wasn't there.

"...!" I reacted on my instincts and dodged another shot of dark energy, but I dropped my sword in the progress, then Arfoire moved right beside me and grabbed the back of my head and threw me down to the ground, I collided with a thud.

She was stronger than I thought, it must be the other shares in Lowee, combined with her actual power, she really did take Blanc's power…

"Stay down!" she yelled and lifted my head put the sword at me neck, I grabbed the blade and tried to push it back, causing my hands to bleed, I was so tired too, I was running out of time.

"Get off of me!" I yelled as my hand engulfed in fire and started to melt the blade, Arfoires eyes widened,

"No way, you're not supposed to have that anymore!" she yelled and stepped away from me, I stood up and looked at her, I could see part of my vision was normal and the other half was red, I was seeing red again.

I felt both my arms engulf in fire and I stared at Arfoire, who was panicking in the position she was in right now.

"Die…" I muttered and I raised both my hands, but before I could shoot the blast, something stopped me, something I wasn't expecting…

"Hello again Hikan. Long time no talk huh?" a voice asked me, this voice… it was the same one I heard in my head. It couldn't be…

I looked up and saw another me staring at me, he was on the ceiling hanging off one of the lights from his legs and staring down at me, why was he here?! Why does he look like me?!

"What?! No way! How?! Why?!" I started shouting, this other me smiled and jumped down from the ceiling, landing in front of me and Arfoire.

"Long story. But don't worry, you'll find out later." the other me said and looked over at Arfoire.

"C'mon granny, you could kill him faster you know?" he taunted and Arfoire wrinkled her nose,

"How much longer are you gonna stand there and bicker? Now that you're here we can finally get rid of Hikan." Arfoire said with a smile, the other me put his finger to his chin and shrugged,

"Fiiine, I'll do it myself…" he muttered and he started walking towards me, I raised my sword and he stopped,

"Whoa there Hikan! What happened to not killing people huh?" he asked me, I gritted my teeth and stared at him.

"SHUT THE HELL UP!" I yelled and grabbed his head and and put it near the edge of my blade.

"Well, this isn't right, is this how you treat old friends?" he asked me, I put his head closer to the blade.

"Shut up! You've given me so much trouble! I could've died because of you!" I yelled, the other me shrugged,

"Because of me, I got you where you are now, I killed Nagana and Kinoshita for you." he replied, Arfoire started walking towards us,

"I don't care who did what!" she yelled and thrusted her sword at both of us, the other me and I both dodged the sword and grabbed her by the neck, lifting her into the air and she dropped her sword,

"This is why I'm here anyway, Saito said he has no further use of you." the other me said, Arfoire looked down at us. "You've messed up long enough." he also said and glanced at me and gave me a signal to throw Arfoire in a certain direction.

We both turned and, with all our strength, threw Arfoire towards a wall and she crashed through it, revealing some type of machine.

"What is that?" I asked and the other me walked through the wall,

"It's another energy converter. It converts energy into anti-energy, AKA Arfoires energy, sooo if I destroy this. Then her energy goes bye-bye!" he said in an overjoyed tone and walked towards the machine, Arfoire looked up at him.

"Wait! Don't!" she begged and other me smiled,

"I wonder if I pressed this?" he said and he pushed a button on the machine and caused it to shut down, he then started pressing every button on the console next to the machine.

"STOP!" Arfoire yelled, but he didn't he looked at the machine and frowned,

"Meh, I like my way better." he said as he grabbed the console and tour it out of the machine, exposing circuits then started ripping them out one by one.

"NO!" Arfoire shouted as she tried to get up, but couldn't, I looked behind me and watched as her sword disappeared behind me.

Once the other me was done with what he was doing, the machine was completely destroyed and the share energy, I'm guessing, is gone.

"Man, that really worked up a sweat!" the other me said as he wiped sweat off his forehead, I was left staring at him, he's like a complete maniac!

"Damn you! You won't get away with this!" Arfoire yelled and like some kind of transition, disappeared, I was now left in the hideout with this psycho version of me.

"Now then Hikan, you're lucky that Saito only wanted me to get rid of Arfoire." he told me, my eyes stopped glowing and I could see normally now.

"What the hell is going on!" I yelled and the other me tilted his head,

"Oh! That's right! This is the first time you've seen me!" he said, wait, what's that supposed to me?

"Others have seen you?" I asked and he nodded,

"Yup! Ozaki and Shizuki! I'd recommend going back to the Basilicom by the way!" he said as he walked behind the machine "Later!" he said as went behind it.

"Wait!" I yelled and ran behind the machine, but the other me was nowhere to be seen, but I did see something shining. It was coming from inside the machine, "What is that?" I asked myself as I reached my hand into it.

"Hi...kan…" A voice called my name, this voice! It's Histy!

"Histy?" I called out as I pulled out a small stone. The key fragment of Lowee…

"Hikan. You've done it. You've gathered all of the fragments!" Histy said through the stone.

"It wasn't just me, Neptune and the other CPU's have all done their part." I replied, I don't think I would even be here if I wasn't saved by them so many times.

"Please, grab the fragments and return to Planeptune, I will give you instructions on how to use them to release me." Histy said, I smiled and nodded, I don't know if she can see me though.

"Alright, don't worry Histy, you'll be released soon." I said as I put the stone in my pocket and began to leave the hideout, this might be all over here soon…


Shizuki's POV

We were almost back at the Basilicom, I still don't know if I should stay or not…

"...!" Blanc stopped and Ozaki ran into her, what was wrong for her to stop so suddenly?

"Lady Blanc, is something the matter?" Ozaki asked her, Blanc held her hand up and put it at her chest,

"This… warmth. It's share energy." she said and I looked over at her, share energy? She's getting it back?!

"Wait, then that means…" I said and Neptune pumped her fist in the air,

"Hikan did it again!" she yelled and Blanc looked over to in the direction of the cave.

"Hikan…" she called out to him, I looked in the same direction, he really did it.

"So Lady Blanc, that means you can transform now. If this is true, we must show the people that you are back. The fake never showed her CPU form." Ozaki explained, Blanc looked at him and nodded, while I kept staring at where the cave was at.

"Lady Shizuki. Are you alright?" Ozaki asked me, I nodded and turned to him,

"Yes, I'm fine." I replied and Neptune jabbed her finger at Ozaki,

"Hey! You never called me 'lady'!" she told him and Ozaki smiled awkwardly,

"M-My apologies, I was still on the fact that we're enemies, my apologies again, Lady Neptune." he said with a bow and Neptune smiled,

"Well, let's head back to the Basilicom." I stated and everyone looked at me and nodded, I took the lead with everyone following behind me.

"(I knew Hikan would be successful, he always is, but does he remember what day it is?)" I thought to myself as I kept walking towards the Lowee Basilicom…

We arrived back at the Basilicom and used the same entrance as always, inside the living room was IF and Compa. Their eyes widened when they saw me.

"Shizuki!" Compa shouted and ran up to me, she almost tackled me to the ground with a hug, "We were so worried about you!" she said as she hugged me, I returned her hug with one of my own.

"I'm sorry that I worried you all." I replied, IF walked up to me with a smile,

"At least you're back." she said and I put my head down, I don't know if I'll stay though, IF looked at Ozaki next, "You must be Ozaki, i'm IF." she said and offered her hand, Ozaki shook her hand,

"Please to meet you Lady IF." he said, making IF blush a bit,

"No need for formalities." she replied, then looked back at me, "Shizuki, did you see Hikan anywhere?" she asked and I put my head down.

"N-No, I didn't…" I muttered and IF sighed,

"He may be brave and heroic, but sometimes he's too cocky." IF replied,

"All of that aside, Lady Blanc is Financier here?" Ozaki asked Blanc and she nodded, only for Financier herself to some into the room.

"O-Ozaki!" she yelled as she ran up to him and gave him a hug, Ozaki blushed before returning her embrace.

"Financier, it's good to see a friendly face again, but the small talk will have to be skipped, I need your help for an audience with the people of Lowee." Ozaki explained and Financier nodded,

"Alright, tell me what's going on." she stated and Ozaki walked past her and motioned for her to follow him.

"I'll tell you while we walk." he said and the two of them walked out of the room.

"Now we need the key fragment." IF said,

"You still haven't found it?" I asked and she shook her head,

"No, we've been trying to find you actually." she stated making me cringe a bit, I stopped them from advancing on their mission…

"I'm sorry…" I muttered and IF tapped my shoulder,

"Hey, don't worry about it, it's fine now." she said with a smile.

Vert walked into the room and smiled at us, "Oh Shizuki is back too? This is most splendid!" she said as she clasped her hands together, she's very happy about something.

"What is it Vert?" I asked her and she walked up to me,

"It seems my shares have returned as well." she said, my eyes widened when I heard that, why didn't she tell us?!

"Why didn't you say anything?!" I said confused and Vert smiled more,

"It's not relevant now, what's done is done." she replied and I almost fell over, I heard Neptune sigh behind me,

"I think I know why…" she muttered, I don't really care how or why, but I'm not going to ask.

"I don't know about this, but I'm tired now, I think i'm going to sleep for a bit." I said and everyone nodded except Blanc, who was still staring outside.

"Hey Blanc, you alright?" Neptune asked her and Blanc snapped out of her trance,

"Eh? Yes, i'm fine." she replied, I walked out of the room and towards my room where I slept.

I opened the door and fell on the bed, I stared at the ceiling for a bit.

"Hikan…" I muttered before my eyes shut themselves and fell into deep sleep…


A/N: Here's the next chapter! Now I know that this one was pretty short, but today was my birthday and I wanted to hang out with some of my friends and family! Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I also hope to see you all later!