Chapter 36
Hikan's POV
"*yawn*" I sat up in the bed and rubbed my eyes and stretched my body, it's time to go back to Planeptune and release Histy huh?
I pulled the covers off and climbed out of bed, I looked in the mirror and fixed my hair a little, even though there's no point.
I opened the door to my room and walked out into the hallway, as I walked through the hallway I kept staring out the window and watching the snowfall, I just love seeing snow for some reason, maybe it's the peaceful vibe?
When I walked into the living room, I saw no-one in there, I guess I got up too early again, I reached into my pocket and grabbed my phone and glanced at it, yep 8:00 AM, too early.
"*sigh* I guess i'm waiting for them." I said to myself as I sat down on the couch and leaned back,
I guess I could think about all the things that happened, I still can't believe all the things that transpired. Everything that has led up until now, I was able to keep going, I have been beaten, destroyed and almost killed, multiple times, but I was able to keep going, it's all thanks to everyone that i'm here now.
"Hikan?" A voice called out, snapping me out of my thoughts, I looked over and saw IF standing by the doorway rubbing her eyes.
"Hey IF, sleep well?" I asked and she stretched her body.
"Yeah, why are you up so early?" she replied and I shrugged,
"I always get up early." I answered and she sat down next to me,
"When we get back to Planeptune, we're going to release Histoire right?" IF asked me and I nodded,
"Yeah, she'll be able to help us with The Saviors, I know they're still out there." I answered and IF looked out the window,
"Hikan, are you sure we can trust this person? I mean she must've done something bad to get her sealed away like that." IF said and I grabbed her shoulder,
"I trust her, I doubt that Histy would do anything bad." I replied and stood up.
"Where you going?" IF asked me and I looked back at her,
"I'm gonna take a walk for a bit, call me when everyone wakes up." I replied and IF nodded, then I walked out of the Basilicom.
"Here's your payment." The guild receptionist said and handed me the credits, I decided to get a little bit of credits for myself just in case I needed them.
"Thank you." I replied and walked out of the guild.
I was now walking around the streets of Lowee when I heard arguing, "It's mine!" A little kid yelled trying to take a ball from another kid,
"No it's mine!" the other kid yelled back trying his best to keep the ball in his grasp,
"Hey, what's going on here?" I asked as I and crouched down next to them, they looked up at me,
"He said I stole his toy." the boy on the left said and pointed towards the other boy,
"You did!" the other boy yelled back,
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Hey now, don't fight, wait here." I said and got back up, as soon as I walked away, they started arguing again, kids will be kids I guess.
I walked over to a toy store and walked in, immediately took notice of me and started staring, I ignored it and walked through the aisle until I came across the same ball that the two kids were arguing over,
"I would like to buy this ball." I said and handed the cashier the amount of credits needed,
"Thank you for your purchase." she stated not taking her eyes off me, I took the ball and walked out of the toy store and back to where the two kids still were.
"Here." I stated and handed the ball to one of the kids, he looked up at me and smiled,
"Thank you hero!" he said and ran off in a different direction, the other kid was still here and was staring where the other kid went,
"Did you take the ball?" I asked and he looked down at the ground.
"Yes, I tried to give it back, but he started yelling at me." he answered and I crouched down and put a hand on his shoulder,
"You should try and apologize to him, he'll forgive you if you're honest." I told him and he looked at me and smiled,
"Alright, thank you hero!" he replied and hugged me, I patted his head and he ran off in the same direction as the other kid, everyone that was in the area that saw it started whispering amongst themselves.
I still have some time, I guess I could walk around for a bit more, I started to walk but was interrupted by a phone call, I pulled my phone out, but I didn't recognize the number.
"Hello?" I said as I held the phone up to my ear,
"Hello Hikan." the person on the other end said, this voice… you gotta be kidding me!
"What the hell do you want, how the hell did you get my number." I stated and the other me laughed,
"Did you already forget, I was in your mind dumbass, I know everything about you." the other me replied, "Oh yeah, by the way, call me Akumu." he also said,
"What do you want?" I questioned,
"I wanted to warn you Hikan, there's one person that's alone right now you know." Akumu replied, what did he mean?
"What?" I said again and Akumu sighed,
"Come to Lastation alone and I won't do anything to Noire… yet." he said and tightened my grip on my phone,
"You fuck, leave her out of this, this is between us." I warned and Akumu laughed again,
"I know, that's why I need a little fun." he replied then hung up, I slowly dropped my arm, damn him!
"What do I do?!" I said out loud, then went through my phone list, I didn't have Noire on my phone to warn her, "Dammit!" I started to run in the direction of Lastation, I need to get there fast!
Third Person POV
In Lastation, Noire was finishing up another quest and had recovered all of her lost shares that Kinoshita stole while he was alive.
"Perish!" she yelled and slashed the final monster down, she smiled and reverted back to her normal form,
"Alright, next is. Huh?!" she said startled and a slash from behind, she looked around to see her attacker was nowhere, "Show yourself!" Noire yelled, but all she heard was a growl in response.
Then out of a nearby bush, a monster jumped out and charged Noire with breathtaking speed, Noire wasn't able to dodge fast enough and was hit by the attack, "Gh!" she grunted in pain and fell to the ground, the monster came up to her and raised it's claws up, but was interrupted by a sword being stabbed into it's back.
"Geez Noire, here I thought you were able to beat these monsters." A remark came from behind the monster and when it fell it revealed Akumu behind it, Noire didn't know that Hikan and Akumu were two different people.
"Wha- I handled the situation fine!" Noire yelled and Akumu smirked,
"Then what is this I see?" he retorted and Noire gritted her teeth and glared at him, Akumu released a chuckle, "C'mon get up." Akumu stated as he held his hand out to Noire, she took his hand and Akumu pulled her up.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Noire asked and Akumus eyes widened,
"What? You asked me to come back after we got done in Lowee remember? So I'm here." Akumu stated and Noire blushed a little, she didn't actually think that he would keep his word, only it's not Hikan.
"W-Well, it's not like I wanted you to come back." she said in her usual tsundere tone, Akumu only shrugged,
"Sure. Then why did you hug me when I left Lastation that time?" Akumu asked with a smirk and Noire blushed some more,
"That's!" she started to say, but couldn't finish, she wanted Hikan in Lastation, but due to his quest he couldn't, now that it was over, he might be able to stay in Lastation with her.
"Well let's go then, unless you want to stay here." Akumu said and he turned around, Noire quickly walked up next to him,
"Hey Hikan, what's with the glove?" Noire asked as she noticed on his right hand was a black glove,
"Oh this? I was thinking of a new look, you know how people wear two gloves? Well, I thought it would be better to wear just one." Akumu explained, Noire was a little weirded out by it, but she ignored it, she was happy that Hikan was here with her.
"Well come on, let's head back to the Basilicom." Noire said as she started walking, Akumu stood back for a bit, then followed with a smirk on his face,
"This'll be easy…" he thought to himself, Akumu caught up to Noire and walked in front of her,
"Hey Noire, I got a better idea." Akumu told Noire, and Noire stared at him,
"Hm? What?" She replied and Akumu smirked,
"Well, this may be bad for you, but I'll be nice." Akumu said with a smirk and rushed at Noire, pushing her to the ground.
"What the hell are you doing!" Noire yelled and Akumu smiled some more,
"Nighty-night Noire." he replied as he put his hand on her head and Noire started to fall asleep,
"Hi...kan." she muttered then shut her eyes, Akumu stood up and stretched his body,
"Oh man, this power is amazing! Well, time to get ready, where will Hikan be at I wonder?" Akumu said to himself as he picked up Noire and threw her over his shoulder, then started walking towards the Lastation hideout...
Meanwhile, the real Hikan was rushing his way over to Lastation, he was running as fast as he could, to his surprise he was actually running at an alarming rate, he was faster than he was ever before.
"Shit shit shit!" Hikan repeated over and over, he should've known that they would go for Noire, she was the only one that they would go after, he was angry at himself for leaving her alone, he should've brought her with them.
It wasn't long before he got a phone call from IF, "What?" he said while running,
"Everyone's up and we're waiting for you." IF replied,
"Go ahead and go to Planeptune, i'll catch up in a bit." Hikan said, he didn't want to take any chances of what could happen to Noire if he didn't come to Lastation alone.
"What? Why what's going on?" IF asked,
"Nothing is wrong, just go ahead without me." Hikan lied then hung up, he needs to get to Lastation fast.
Hikan's POV
Finally i'm in Lastation! I didn't see anything wrong, maybe she's still at the Basilicom?
I rushed past everyone, being careful not to shove them out of my way, but I ended up doing it sometimes anyway.
When I went inside the Basilicom, the staff members didn't look worried in the slightest and were doing their work.
"Excuse me, is Noire here somewhere?" I asked almost out of breath, one of the staff members looked at me.
"Lady Black Heart is out on business, she'll return soon." the staff member said then returned to his work, I ran out of the Basilicom.
"Dammit, she's out there somewhere, I need to find her!" I said to myself, but how do I find her? I can't just run around Lastation until I find her, but right now it's the only thing I got.
Where is she?! I've checked everywhere! I can't find her or Akumu!
I'm exhausted, I can't find Noire anywhere, I fell on my knees and dug my hands in the ground, this is horrible, I should have had Noire come with us.
"Aww, poor Hikan… do I need to get you a tissue?" A familiar voice said behind me, I turned around and was greeted by my own face,
"You bastard! What did you do to Noire!" I yelled as I sat up and ran up to him, I tried to throw a punch, but he sidestepped it easily.
"She's sleeping peacefully, well not peacefully but she's having a dream." Akumu answered, I tried to materialize my sword, but i'm too tired.
"Give her back!" I yelled and Akumu shook his finger,
"Now now Hikan, if you want to trade, you got to give me something of equal value." Akumu replied, equal value? What does he mean by that?
"What do you want?" I asked him and he smiled,
"I think your power will be acceptable." Akumu replied, my eyes widened and I balled up a fist, he's another one of those guys that just wants my power.
"Not gonna happen." I replied and Akumu sighed,
"Oh well, I guess Noire won't be waking up." he said then he pointed behind him, I looked over and saw Noire sitting under a tree asleep.
"Noire!" I called out to her as I stood up and ran over to her, why is she asleep out of all times!
I shook her to try and wake her up, but she wouldn't budge, "That won't work Hikan, only I can wake her up." Akumu said behind me, I turned around and glared at him
"Do it." I stated and Akumu shook his head,
"Not until you agree to give me your power." Akumu replied, I gritted my teeth and stood up,
"Fine, just leave the CPU's out of this." I stated and walked over to him, Akumu smiled again.
"That's a good boy." Akumu replied then snapped his fingers, I heard a mutter behind me and I turned around, Noire was waking up and stretching her body, "Now then-" Akumu started saying then he beside me, "oh really…" he muttered then smiled at me again.
"What?" I questioned and Akumu started laughing,
"It seems like you're lucky once again Hikan." he said before turning around and walking away, I clenched my fist and I ran up to him, but he quickly turned and did a somersault kick and I was sent flying back to the tree where Noire was.
"Gh!" I grunted as I hit the tree, I looked up and saw Akumu nowhere, but Noire was now up and was yawning, "Hey Noire, rise and shine." I stated with a smile, Noire rubbed her eyes and looked at me, then started blushing,
"Pervert!" she yelled, then raised her hand,
*SMACK!*
I was holding my cheek where Noire had slapped me with wide eyes, why did she slap me?
"That was uncalled for you know…" I muttered and Noire gave me an angry look,
"What I did was uncalled for?! I don't even know what you could of done to me!" Noire yelled back, what I did? Oh give me a break…
"Noire, please calm down, that person that was with you at whatever you were doing, it wasn't me." I explained and Noire crossed her arms over her chest,
"Oh yeah? Is that so? Then I wonder when the next double will show up?" Noire said sarcastically, I ran my hand through my hair,
"Noire, I know it's hard to believe, but that wasn't me, I promise you." I replied, I don't even know if she'll believe me, if someone came up to me and said "that one person that looked like me was with you. Yeah that wasn't me". I wouldn't believe them either.
"Well, it kind of makes sense, this person had a glove on his hand and was acting suspicious." Noire said,
"I came here to help you from this person, let me explain what's going on." I said and Noire glanced up at me,
"Okay." she replied as I started explaining everything about Akumu…
"So, what you're telling me is this person called Akumu was a voice in your head and now he looks exactly like you?" Noire said and I nodded,
"Yeah, I know it's hard to believe, but it's true." I replied and Noire put her fingers on her chin,
"Well, I'm sorry to say this, but you're not exactly normal, so I can kind of understand it." Noire told me and I let out a chuckle,
"None taken, I know that i'm not normal." I agreed and then my phone started ringing, "Hello?"
"Hikan! Where are you!" Neptune said on the other line, I had to move the phone away from my ear to avoid having my eardrums blown out,
"I'm in Lastation, are you guys in Planeptune?" I asked and Neptune gasped,
"Why are you in Lastation? That was quite a distance away y'know." Neptune replied and I sighed,
"I'll explain when I get to Planeptune, I'll see you soon Neptune." I said as I hung up, I glanced over at Noire,
"You should come with me, we don't know what will happen if Akumu comes back." I told Noire and she blushed,
"Fine, since you want me to go." Noire said with a smirk and I sighed,
"Yeah yeah, let's go." I said as me and Noire started in the direction of Planeptune.
A/N: Well I'm going to beat straight up, I was playing with some friends and I forgot about uploading XD. I apologize for the late upload, but here it is. Anyway, if you guys are wondering Akumu and Hikan are two different people, but they loo exactly alike. Thanks for reading and I'll see you all later!
