Chapter 37

Hikan's POV

Noire and I were now in Planeptune and were making our way towards Compa's house, that's where I expected them to be at anyway.

"Hey Hikan." Noire called out to me and I looked back at her, she was blushing and averting her gaze from mine,

"Hm? What is it Noire?" I replied and she tried to glance at me, but couldn't.

"I… wanted to say… t-t-thank you." she muttered quietly, I smiled at her and held my hand up.

"Don't worry about it, I did what anyone else would do." I stated and started walking again, but Noire muttered something under her breath, but I couldn't tell what she said.

The rest of the walk was silent, with the occasion of Noire stealing glances at me then averting her gaze, I kinda learned to deal with the whole tsundere thing.

We were outside Compa's house and were about to open the door, but the door swung open itself, revealing Neptune behind it.

"Now I know why you went to Lastation…" Neptune said squinting her eyes at Noire, who immediately started blushing.

"It's not like that! I just happened to see Hikan passing by." Noire replied and crossed her arms over her chest,

"Sure it is…" Neptune muttered and I let out a sigh,

"Alright, that's enough you two." I said getting in between them, "Are we ready to release Histy?"

"Yepperoni! Everyone's been waiting." Neptune replied and I ran a hand through my hair, we might be able to do something about The Saviors now.

When I walked into the room, I was greeted by everyone, Vert, Blanc, IF, Compa, and Shizuki.

"I see everyone is here." I said and everyone nodded, the fragments were laid out on a table and began to shine.

"Now then, Hikan please step forward towards the fragments." Histy said through the fragments, as I walked, I started to feel a strange feeling inside me, almost like my body was trying to tell me something.

"Now what?" I asked and I looked at my hand, that was starting to shake, even though I wasn't nervous or anything.

"This feeling you're having right now is your power, you were the key to releasing me from my cell. It does not matter if someone were to get all the fragments, if you were not there then it would be impossible to release me." Histy explained, so the power I hold is the only thing that can release Histy?

"Alright, so what do I do?" I asked again,

"Use your power and break the seal." Histy stated, I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, I only activated that power when I was angry, now I need to activate it now…

"..." I said nothing as I held my hand over the fragments, my arm started to burn a little, but my arm wasn't on fire, it was my blood, my blood was literally burning my arm from within my veins, but it wasn't melting my arm.

"...!" The red aura surrounded me and lit the room up with a red glow, my eyes began to glow and I focused my sight on the fragments, fire began to form in my hand and the fragments started to rise, then my left eye started hurting.

"Wow! Hikan sure can make a light show." I heard Neptune say, but I couldn't hear too well, the only thing I could hear was the sound of flames.

The fragments started to glow and slowly began to form together one by one, the fire coming from my hand slowly circling the fragments, after they were all formed the fire ignited the fragment and it started to shine a bright light, my eyes stopped glowing and the red aura disappeared, everyone except me had to shield their eyes and then the light died down, revealing a certain someone.

"Thank you everyone for your help." A familiar voice said, now floating where the fragments were on a book of all things, was a small fairy, she had blonde hair with a little white and purple headpiece, her eyes were an ocean blue color and she had purple butterfly wings on her back and she was wearing a purple dress, she also had small white sneakers on.

"Allow me to give a proper introduction, my name is Histoire, or as everyone else calls me, Histy." Histy introduced, I would say something, but I can't really speak right now or move my right arm for some reason.

"I wasn't expecting Histy to look like this…" Neptune muttered, to be honest, I wasn't either.

"My body is different when i'm in the tome." Histy replied.

"..." I started to wave my hand in the air, hoping someone would notice.

"I know that you shouldn't judge a tome by it's cover, but…" Neptune continued to talk,

"..!" I started to tap my foot on the ground and nudge Neptune's shoulder,

"Hm? What is it Hikan? Cat got your tongue?" she asked and I facepalmed,

"Oh, that's right, Hikan can't speak for a while after performing the unlocking mechanism." Histy said, then I pointed at my paralysed arm, "Your arm will recover soon, you just need to rest for a little bit." Histy also said and I nodded, then I waved myself off to signal the others that I was going to bed,

Upon arriving in my room, I laid down on the bed and stared at the ceiling, Histy is free and The Saviors are still at large, what I don't get is that Akumu is the one that seems to take action, what is Saito doing?

"...?" I heard the door crack open and when I sat up to see who it was, I was greeted by Shizuki, I tilted my head at her and she walked over and sat down on the bed.

"I just wanted to ask you something, when you were in Lastation, did you see anyone suspicious?" she asked me, besides Akumu, I didn't see anyone else, but Akumu did leave when he saw something in the distance.

I shook my head and Shizuki let out a breath of relief, "Good, I just wanted to make sure." she said then leaned closer to my face, she then pecked her lips on my forehead and ran her hand through my hair,

"...?" I looked at her with a confused gaze and she smiled at me,

"I want to protect you Hikan, I don't want anything to happen to you." she said then stood back up, "Goodnight." she said before walking out the door and turning off the light, I stared at where she left then shrugged and laid back down, she wants to protect me, cause I'm special to her.

"..." it wasn't long until my eyes became heavy, I shut them and quickly let sleep consume me…


Akumu's POV

Home sweet home, I went back to the hideout after my little run-in with Hikan and Noire, I was so close to taking Hikans power, all I needed was to make sure that he would come back with me to the hideout.

"Akumu! You fool!" Saito scolded me, I cringed at his yelling,

"Hehe… sorry Saito, I thought I could get Hikan here…" I muttered as I scratched my cheek, Saito put his hands behind his back,

"Not only have you failed in retrieving Hikan, but you got caught when you were spying on him in Lowee." Saito said, I got on my knees and bowed down.

"I'm sorry Saito, will you forgive me?" I asked in a joking tone, only for Saito to look at me with a nasty glare.

"Watch yourself boy, you know full well that I can throw you out of here anytime I wanted." Saito stated, I glanced at him and smiled,

"You know you won't do that, you need me." I said as I stood up from the ground,

"Whatever, make sure not to go out again, the warp pad is almost finish, when it is, you can have what you want." Saito replied and I gave a devious grin,

"Perfect." I stated and Saito walked out of the room, leaving me alone… dumbass, you'll kick me out? I'm not as dumb as Hikan, you're growing too old for your position old man and since there are no-one else that can fill the role here except me, you get the picture right?

I walked out the door and went down the hall until I got to my room, I opened my room door and laid down in my bed, I had nothing up at all, this is pretty much like a cell, this is Hikan's old room after all.

"Hehehe, I can't wait until it's ready!" I said to myself, once the portal to Celestia is complete, I will have Hikans power!


Hikan's POV

I woke up in my bed staring at the ceiling, I moved my right arm and I was able to move it,

"Can I talk too?" I asked myself, answering my own question I got off the bed and walked out the door and out into the living room, sitting on her book as usual was Histy,

"Hey Histy." I called out to her and she looked over at me,

"Oh Hikan, you're awake." Histy replied, I waved at her and sat down on the couch,

"Where's the others?" I asked her,

"The other CPU's went back to their nations to search for The Saviors, Shizuki and IF went to the guild to get some info on The Saviors in Planeptune." Histy explained,

"What about Neptune and Compa?" I asked, Histy sighed and pointed towards Compa's bedroom,

"They're asleep in there…" Histy muttered and I chuckled a bit,

"That's what I expected, hey i'm going to head out for a bit, i'll see you in a bit." I said and Histy nodded, I opened the front door and walked outside, I was immediately greeted by the sunlight coming from the sky.

I walked around Planeptune for a bit, I saw a bunch of family members and friends walking around having a good time, I smiled when I saw them, I only hope that this will keep going, everyone should be in their nations doing whatever it is they do, The Saviors are my problem, I don't want them to get involved.

"Hm?" I turned around after feeling a tug on my sleeve, I turned around and looked down at a small boy, he seemed to be holding something behind his back,

"Excuse me, are you Hikan?" the boy asked me, I crouched down and smiled at him,

"Yes I am, is there something you need?" I replied and the boy revealed what he was holding,

"I made this for you!" he said with a beaming smile, it was a picture, what it was showing was me, which i'm guessing is the big blocky figure with the red hair, was facing off a bunch of monsters in a field, I had my sword with me and was glowing with the red aura.

"Heh, thank you. I'll keep it." I said as I folded the picture and put it in my pocket, the boy smiled again,

"I want to be just like you when I grow up!" he said before running off, I smiled as I watched him run off, he wants to be like me? I guess i'm a good influence, but if he knew about the old me, I don't think he would want too, but he has a dream.

I should do some quests at the guild, I do need some money and I need to stay active, it's not good to be lazy all day.

When I arrived at the guild, I was expecting to see Shizuki or IF, but I didn't see them, I guess they went off on their investigation,

"Now let's see." I said to myself as I went through the list, I want something that's a little challenging,

This one might do the trick, it's ranked B so that should be good enough, let's see…


Need desperate help!

Come to these coordinates! Please!

Reward: 1500 credits


Must be something dangerous if someone made this a B rank, the coordinates seem to be a home in the outskirts of Planeptune, sure the award is bad, but that would make me look like an asshole, besides that should be enough.

I hit the accept button and the tablet formed in my hand, then I walked out of the guild, let's go see what people need help with.

When I got to the area, I noticed a small group of villagers in a circle, "Hey! Is everything alright!" I yelled and they turned back and looked at me,

"Thank goodness! Someone's here!" one of the villagers yelled, I ran over to them and saw what they were surrounding, it was a little girl, she was unconscious and was covered in bruises.

"What happened here? Explain to me what happened." I stated and one of the female villagers walked up to me,

"We were attacked by a bunch of monsters, they ate our crops and destroyed some of the land, this is my daughter, please help us." the villager explained, I nodded and looked at the girl.

"Alright, i'll take her from here, listen carefully, if the monsters come back, call me immediately and I'll run over here as fast as I can." I replied, I gave the villager my number and picked the girl up, she was breathing heavily and her body was going cold.

"Thank you. What's your name?" the villager asked and I looked back at her.

"Hikan. It's my pleasure." I said then I ran off towards Planeptune, I need to hurry!


I ran to Planeptune as fast as I could and got there in less than 10 minutes, I was already at the hospital and I ran through the doors,

"I need help!" I shouted and a nurse came out from the corner,

"What happened?!" she said confused and I brought the unconscious girl up to her,

"She was attacked by some monsters, please help her, I'll pay for the charges." I answered and handed the nurse the girl and she nodded,

"Alright, leave it to us." the nurse said and called out other nurses, I left the hospital and looked up into the sky.

"Hopefully that girls okay-" I was interrupted by a phone call, I looked at my phone and it was the villager from before,

"Are the monsters back?" I asked and the girl was crying,

"Yes, *hic* please! You need to help us!" she shouted and I tightened my grip on my phone.

"On my way." I stated as I turned my phone off and ran off towards the village.


Upon arriving to the village, I heard smashing and screaming, I came up over the hill and saw people running from lizard men and these weird creatures, what they looked like was a normal human being, only their heads were covered with some type of crate and they were carrying assault rifles,

"Hey!" I yelled and the monsters looked over at me, "I'm the one you want! Come at me!" I yelled and they all turned towards me, I materialized my sword and ran towards them.

The lizard men came first and I slashed at them and parried whatever they threw at me, they couldn't do anything to me, whenever they swung at me, I would just block and kill them or parry their attack.

The other creatures raised their assault rifles and began firing at me, I deflected the bullets one by one while slowly advancing towards them, after I was in front of them, I slashed at one of the creatures and took his gun, then started firing at the others.

All the other creatures fell instantly and I threw the gun aside, reacting on my instincts, I rolled forward to avoid a slash from behind, I turned to see what it was,

*Grrr!*

A flame fenrir, so that's what beens causing these problems, this may be troublesome,

"Well then, let's go!" I taunted as I got into my battle stance, the fenrir charged at me with an incredible speed, I only managed to dodge by a hair and I rolled out of the way, I dug my hand in the ground and lifted myself up to get me back to my feet, by the time I was back up, the fenrir was already running at me again, I jumped up and slashed down at the fenrir, slashing his back and making blood fly out of the fenrir.

The fenrir slashed at me in the air, knocking me down to the ground and knocking the air out of me, before I could get up, the fenrir slammed it's claws down on me, I had to drop my sword and grab its claw with my hand,

"Gh! Get off me!" I shouted as I tried to push the fenrir up, but it was too strong, the claw was about to go into my stomach,

"GET OFF ME!" I yelled, then the power activated, I was starting to push the fenrir off and I grabbed my sword, I slashed at the fenrir, making it jump off and I quickly got up and dashed over to it, it tried to hit me with it's claws, but I jumped over it again and stabbed it's back and locked me in place,

"I'll show you real flames…" I muttered as I slowly crawled up to its head, my arm started shaking again, why is it doing this?

As soon as I reached it's head, I grabbed the fenrir's head and my hand ignited it flames, the fenrir started to jump around and try to shake me off, but I wouldn't let go, not until it was dead…

Finally the fenrir stopped resisting and fell over, I hopped off it's head and stood up, my arm was still shaking, I tried to hold it still, but it wouldn't work, I closed my eyes and let the power leave me.

My arm stopped shaking after I stopped using my power, the villagers came out from hiding and saw the monsters, they started cheering my name,

"Thank you so much!" one of them yelled, a couple of kids ran up and hugged me,

"Hikan! Hikan! Hikan!" the kids yelled, I smiled at everyone,

"I'm glad you're all okay, do not worry, the girl is in the hospital and is being treated as we speak, you are all allowed to visit her as you wish and I'll bring her home when she is better." I said and the villagers bowed,

"We wish you were the CPU of Planeptune, you seem a lot more fit for it." the mother said to me, my smile dropped at the thought,

"No, I wouldn't be able to be a CPU, besides you should keep your faith in Lady Purple Heart, she's serious when she needs to be." I explained and the villagers put their heads down, "I need to get back to Planeptune, i'll stop by the hospital every now and then to check up on your daughter." I stated and I waved them goodbye, but was stopped by a sudden shout,

"Wait!" one of the kids yelled and I turned around, one of the little boys ran up to me holding something, "Here take this. You've helped us so much!" he said as he held up what he had, it was a red ribbon.

"Thank you." I said as I crouched down to where I was the same height as the boy, I took the ribbon and held it in my hands, "I'll take good care of it." I said with a smile and patted the boy's head, I got off the ground and waved back at them again and they waved back, then I started to walk back to Planeptune.

On my way back, the only thing I had on my mind was: is my body trying to tell me something?


A/N: Alright, there's the new chapter, school will be starting up again this Wednesday for me, which means that I will have less time to write, the only thing else I have to say is, I will be having a new school schedule, i'm not sure when but i'll let you all know. Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope to see you all later!