Chapter 38

Hikan's POV

I got back to Planeptune and went straight to the hospital, I figured that I should check on that little girl and see how she's doing.

I walked through the doors and there was a nurse waiting for me, "Oh, there you are." she greeted me as she bowed, I waved at her and walked up to her,

"How's the girl? Is she alright?" I asked and the nurse beamed me a bright smile,

"Yes actually, we were able to treat her right away, she's fast asleep now." the nurse replied and I smiled,

"That's good, I just wanted to stop in and check on her, i'll take my leave now." I said as I waved goodbye and walked back out the door, it's good that the girl is okay, she seemed really beat up when I first saw her.

I got nothing else to do now, I might as well go back to Compa's house…


When I got back to Compa's house, everyone was up and Shizuki and IF were back, they were standing by the door, while Neptune was playing video games.

"There you are Hikan, where did you go?" IF asked me and I glanced at her,

"I just went to the guild for some money." I said even though I didn't get anything, I did save a life, which is better than anything.

"Alright, as long everything went well." IF said then sat down on the couch, I sat down next to her and let out a long sigh,

"Did you find anything about The Saviors?" I asked both Shizuki and IF, both of them shook their heads,

"No, they're completely gone, they're not even at the Planeptune hideout." Shizuki said, they're not even there? Where are they then?

"I'll ask the other goddesses if they seen them, I don't believe they would just disappear." I said, Saito is not the type to give up and neither is Akumu for that matter.

"But, their hideouts are destroyed in the other nations, how could they be there?" IF asked me and I shrugged,

"I'm not sure myself, but if they did find something, then I want to know what." I stated, I want to end The Saviors myself, I don't want anyone else involved,

Compa came into the living room holding a letter in her hand, "Hikan, there's mail for you." she said, I stood up and walked over to her,

"From who?" I asked, someone just sent me a random letter?

"It doesn't say, I was worried about it myself." she replied, I opened the letter and it just said a few words.


Meet me in Lastation, make sure you're not followed.

-Noire


Noire? What does she want? And why do I have to go to Lastation? This is too suspicious…

"Hikan, what did it say?" Compa asked me and I closed the letter,

"It was from Noire, she wants me to go to Lastation, but she just wants me to go." I answered and Neptune poked her head up and paused her game.

"Nope! Not happening!" she said as she was flailing her arms around, I glanced over at her.

"What's wrong Neptune?" I asked and Neptune kept shaking her head,

"Noire only said that in order for you to go alone, then she's going to steal you from me!" Neptune argued, I facepalmed and sighed,

"Neptune, that isn't going to happen, besides what if she has something on The Saviors?" I retorted and Shizuki put her index finger on her chin,

"It's kinda suspicious though, she sends a letter and asks only Hikan to go? Yeah, not suspicious at all." Shizuki said and I nodded, that is true.

"Alright, then I won't go, besides i'm kinda tired from the whole quest today-"

"You went on a quest by yourself?!" Neptune yelled, I stared at her with a surprised look,

"Yeah, I gotta do my part as well, why do you sound so worried?" I asked and Neptune put her hand behind her head,

"Hehehe… well, we thought that you shouldn't be going alone, you know the buddy system and all that yadda yadda." Neptune said, I shouldn't be going alone since The Saviors are still after me, but I can't sit around and do nothing, that's not like me.

"Yeah Hikan, you shouldn't go anywhere by yourself." Shizuki agreed,

"You and IF were away, Neptune and Compa were asleep." I retorted and Shizuki glared over at Neptune,

"I thought you said you would stay awake…" she snarled and Neptune scratched her cheek,

"Well, I was going to stay awake, but I kinda just fell asleep." Neptune replied, I facepalmed and sighed again.

"Alright, I at least want to go to the hospital from time to time, during the quest I found a young girl that was injured by monsters, I was able to get her to the hospital and stop the monsters." I explained and Neptune shot me a thumbs up,

"See? That's what Hikan is! He's a hero!" she shouted, she kinda sounded like the kids in the village.

"Far from it to be honest, I try to help people in any way I can." I replied while scratching the back of my head.

"I never heard of someone getting injured." Shizuki said, I tilted my head at her,

"I guess it happened recently, but a girl was injured in a nearby village on the outskirts of Planeptune, when I got there, the monsters were gone, but when I took the girl to the hospital, the monsters came back and I ran back over to take care of them." I explained, Shizuki put her finger up to her chin and closed her eyes to think for a minute before opening her eyes again.

"Alright, we'll head over to the hospital and visit her." Shizuki said with a smile, and like that we all headed out of the house and towards the Planeptune hospital.


Histoire's POV

It has been a while since I could have a good rest, I should be waking up soon so that I will be there when everyone returns,

When I opened my eyes, I saw nothing but a black void, the only light source was coming from me,

"Hey there Histy." A voice said, this voice sounded like Hikan's, I heard footsteps approach behind me and turned around and a face emerged from the darkness,

"Hikan? No, you're not Hikan, you were the darkness inside him. Akumu." I called out and Akumu smiled and gave a bow,

"Nice work Histoire, you figured me out even though you were still sealed away." Akumu complimented as he looked up at me,

"What do you want, I know that you cannot harm me in these nightmares." I replied and Akumu started laughing, his laughter rang through the black void.

"You see Histy, I don't want to do anything to you, you hold the knowledge of Gamindustri in that tome of yours, I just need some help is all." Akumu explained as he walked up to me, I backed up a bit from him.

"I have no reason to help you." I stated and Akumu smiled,

"You know what's going to happen to Hikan right?" he said and I let out a shocked gasp and he grinned some more, "It's inevitable, I can help you, if you and the CPU's bring Hikan to me, then I can ensure the safety for all of those in Gamindustri, including you and the CPU's." Akumu explained again.

"No, I would never do that, Hikan is in danger because of you and I refuse to help you." I stated and Akumu's smile dropped,

"That's a shame, I was really looking forward to you helping me, but I can't change an opinion." Akumu said then he raised his hand and my vision went blurry.


Hikan's POV

All of us had gotten to the hospital after a short walk, when we walked in, we were greeted by the family of the girl,

"Ah! Hikan!" the mother said as she ran up and almost tackled me to the ground, she began to cry into my chest with a smile on her face.

"Hey, what's going on?" I asked and she looked up at me,

"Thank you so much! You saved her!" she shouted at me through her tears, she let go of me and wiped the tears from her eyes.

"It was nothing, I did what anyone else would have done." I replied and I looked over at Shizuki and the others, they were smiling at me.

"She's ready to go home now." A doctor said as he walked up to us, a minute later, the same girl walked out, a smile on her face and all injuries healed.

"Mommy!" the girl shouted and ran towards her mother, who was waiting in open arms.

I stepped away from the group to let them have their space, this is something I thought I would never be able to make happen, I felt a nudge on my shoulder followed by a pat on the back, when I turned around I saw Neptune giving me the pat on the back and Shizuki was nudging my shoulder.

"Nice job Hikan." Shizuki complimented me, I smiled at both of them before turning towards the door,

"I'd say we head back to the house, we don't want Histy to worry about us." I said and everyone nodded, then we all headed towards Compa's house.


When we got back to Compa's house, it was almost dark and Histy was now up and was waiting for us, when we walked in the door, we saw her sitting by a window,

"We're home Histy." I stated and she looked back at us,

"Welcome back everyone." she greeted with a smile, Neptune immediately sat down on the couch and let out a long breath.

"Home sweet home!" she said and continued to get comfortable, I sat down on the couch next to her and put my hands behind my head.

"Hikan, can I speak to you in private for a moment?" Histy asked as she floated in front of me.

"Sure, lead the way." I stated as I got off the couch and followed Histy out of the room.

Histy and I went to my room and shut the door, then I sat down on the bed and faced her,

"Alright, what did you need?" I asked her and she looked out the window,

"It's about Akumu." she stated and my smile dropped,

"What? What did he do?!" I said rising from my seat, Histy turned back and almost fell off her book because of how close I was.

"Calm down Hikan, he just invaded my dreams was all." Histy replied, I clenched my fists and stared at the ground,

"I told him that he shouldn't have involved anyone except me…" I muttered, my blood felt like it was boiling,

"Calm down, you mustn't get angry, I'm sure that the other CPU's will find him." Histy said and I looked back at her,

"Fine, but if they do, I want to see him myself." I stated and looked out the window, Akumu… I swear on my life that I will kill you!

"Don't worry Hikan, The Saviors haven't been active ever since I was released from my chamber, Akumu doesn't have the power to harm anyone in dreams." Histy explained, I looked over at her,

"We need to talk about it with the other CPU's, I want to see what they found first." I said and Histy nodded, I let out a yawn and covered my mouth,

"I'll head out and let you have your rest, be careful Hikan." she said before floating out of the room, I laid down on the bed and stared at the ceiling… Noire, is there something going on?


I took my phone out of my pocket and looked at the time, 9:00 huh? I guess i'll take this opportunity to see what Noire wants.

I opened the window in my room and quietly snuck out and closed it back up, time to go to Lastation.


Noire's POV

I wonder if he's going to show up… I sent that letter after making so many mistakes and redoing it over and over again, but now he doesn't even show up!

"Gah! Why am I even like this?!" I shouted at myself, some part of me wanted Hikan to come to Lastation so that I could see him.

I sat my head down on my desk in my room, it's almost mid-night, he won't be coming anytime soon…

*Knock Knock*

"Eh?!" I was caught off guard and ended up flipping back on the chair and collided with the floor, I sat up and rubbed the back of my head "Ow…" I muttered as I got up off the ground and dusted the dust off my skirt.

*Knock Knock!*

The knocking was getting louder now and I walked over to the door and opened it, standing behind the door was someone I wasn't expecting,

"H-Hikan?!" I called out to him directly, Hikan smirked and pulled something out of his pocket,

"I got your letter, is there something wrong?" he asked me and I crossed my arms,

"Yeah there's something wrong, I sent that to you yesterday and you're showing up now." I replied and Hikan scratched the back of his head,

"Eheheh, sorry something came up that I had to take care of." he said and I glanced over at him,

"Well I can't have you stay out there, come on in." I said as I motioned him to follow me, he walked through the door and sat down on the couch next to my bed,

"Noire, has anything about The Saviors come up in Lastation?" He asked me, I turned back and looked at him,

"No, I didn't find anything, it's like they've went extinct." I replied, Hikan put his head in his hands,

"I know Saito, he's not the type to give up and neither is Akumu." Hikan mentioned, it worries me when he says these things, I don't want anything to happen to Lastation… or Hikan.

"What do you think we should do?" I asked him and he looked up at me,

"I'll visit the other nations, nothing was heard in Planeptune either." Hikan explained then he let out a small yawn.

"Go ahead and get some sleep, it's the least I can do." I said and Hikan nodded, then he took off his boots and curled up on the couch. "What are you doing?" I asked him, he looked over with a confused gaze.

"Going to bed. Is something wrong?" he replied making my cheeks burn a little,

"Of course there is something wrong! There is a bed in here you know!" I shouted, Hikan leaned up and looked around the room,

"There's only one bed in here, what about you?" he said, I looked over at my desk,

"I still got work to do, you can sleep on my bed." I stated and Hikan nodded, he got up off the couch and laid down on the bed, I walked back over to my desk and sat down, time to get this all finished.


"*yawn*" Finally done for today, it took about an hour to get all of this work done, Hikan fell asleep around the 10 minute mark, I heard him sleeping on my bed, I got up off the chair and walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge.

Hikan looked so peaceful when he's asleep, he would occasionally toss and turn, but the look on his face was so cute. To think that he helped me save Lastation, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here right now.

"I'm so glad I met you." I told him, I doubt that he can hear me, "Thank you so much Hikan." I said, he helped me so much when no-one else would, he saved me,

"This is the best I can do." I said then I leaned in close to his ear, "I love you Hikan." I whispered and gave him a quick peck on the cheek, a smile formed on his lips and one of his eyes opened and looked at me,

"Is that so Noire?" he replied, my face started to go red, why was he awake?! Was he faking it?!

"N-N-No! Why would I be in love with you!" I shouted at him and he leaned up and stared at me,

"Not many people can fake kissing someone's cheek you know." he said and I casted an angry glare at him,

"That was-" before I could finish, Hikan grabbed me and pulled me into a hug, "Hey! Let go of me!" I yelled, struggling to get out of his grip.

"Your welcome Noire, I'll help anyway I can." he replied, I stopped struggling, something inside me was telling me something, I felt so warm and safe in his arms…

I returned his embrace with one of my own and looked up at him, "Thank you Hikan, thank you so much." I repeated,

"No problem Noire." Hikan replied, I started to fall asleep in his arms, it wasn't long until I fell asleep, "I'll help you anyway I can…" that was the last thing I heard before I fell into a deep sleep.


Akumu's POV

I was staring out at the outside world, looking all around me, it's almost time.

"Hehehehe! Finally!" I said, I couldn't hold back my smile, this is so exciting!

"Akumu, it's time to go." a soldier said behind me, I turned around and grinned at him,

"I hope you're ready for some fun, cause you'll get it." I said as I walked back into the cave, the soldier was walking close behind me,

When we walked into the hideout, the portal was ready, when we step through it, we'll be in Celestia!

"Ehehehehe! It's finally time~!" I said as I stepped through the portal.

When we reemerged we were in Celestia, mostly what I saw was grass and trees, it was a supposed to be floating city, but I didn't see a city, all I saw was looked like to be a damn field!

"Akumu, over here." Saito called out to me, I walked over to where he was at and when I saw what he was going, I cracked a smile. "It's time we let Gamindustri know that we're done playing nice, we gave them plenty of time."

"You come up with the best ideas." I replied and walked over to the edge, what I saw was the world of Gamindustri below, It's finally time! Hikan, tonight I will have your power!


A/N: Here is the chapter! Now then, this marks the start of the new schedule! The new schedule has been updated on my profile and you can check it out there, I will now be uploading three chapters a week instead of two. Anyway, that's all I got to say and I hope to see you all later!

P.S.: Blazedragon94, I know that the Goddesses had elemental powers in the games, but I had it to where the elemental powers are only for some people, sorry about the confusion!