Chapter 40

Third Person POV

Akumu dashed towards the CPU's and smashed his fist into the ground, making a shockwave erupt around him, the goddesses flew into the air to dodge it, Akumu had to set his sights on one goddess instead of fighting the three of them.

Akumu looked up to see Blanc charge straight down for him and he grinned, "guess you'll be first." Akumu thought to himself and jumped back to avoid the axe slash,

"Grah!" Blanc grunted as she smashed the ground next to Akumu, he had to jump again to dodge the move, but Blanc was faster and slashed upwards, making Akumu fly up towards the other goddesses,

"Now!" Vert yelled as she threw her spear towards him, Akumu somersaulted to grab the spear and block Neptune's attack, forcing him to fly back down and collide with the ground,

"Heh, not bad." Akumu complimented as he got up and cracked his neck, Blanc took the advantage to dash towards Akumu and pull back her fist,

"Eat this!" she yelled and punched Akumu in the face, he flew back into the trees and rolled around on the ground, then got back up and looked at where the goddesses were.

"Sylhet Spear!" Vert shouted and a spear lodged in a tree right beside Akumu, then Neptune appeared and aimed the sword next to Akumu's head,

"Surrender now and we won't hurt you anymore than we have too." Neptune warned and Akumu smiled,

"Now now, I haven't even had any fun yet." Akumu said and vanished from their sight, the group looked around and tried to find Akumu, but he was nowhere to be seen,

"Hey behind you~!" Akumu said in a overjoyed tone and they turned around, Akumu jumped towards Blanc, he punched Blanc and she flew towards a tree and collided with it, smashing several trees behind it.

Neptune and Vert both charged at Akumu and he jumped up and roundhouse kicked Vert to knock her off balance, then dodged Neptune's first strike and grabbed the blade of her sword,

"I gotta say, I expected you to be fighting more Neptune." Akumu said and Neptune pushed him back, she started to slash at Akumu and he dodged all of them and kicked Neptune back, then looked over at Vert, she regained her balance and dashed towards Akumu, she tried to stab Akumu with her spear, but he sidestepped and jumped back, he landed several feet away from them,

He gave off a wicked smile and taunted them to come at him, the three goddesses lunged towards Akumu from all sides and slashed, Akumu vanished from sight again and appeared above them, then materialized a black blade and slashed down at the goddesses, sending a black slash wave at them with incredible speed, the goddesses jumped back to avoid the slash and it caused a shockwave to erupt.

"Missed me-" before Vert could finish, Akumu appeared behind her and grabbed her arm that the spear was in, turned her around and then slapped his hand over her mouth like he did with Noire, "Your turn…" he muttered and Vert went out of CPU form and fell over, she fell asleep instantly,

"Vert!" Neptune yelled and Akumu looked at the last two standing CPU's.

"Two down, two to go." Akumu said, Blanc tightened the grip on her axe,

"Blanc, we can't let him separate us, we need to stick together." Neptune whispered towards Blanc,

"I know that, but he's really fast and he can sneak up on us." Blanc whispered back, Akumu smiled at them,

"I know that you goddesses are getting along and everything, but I kinda got some stuff to do." Akumu stated and Blanc and Neptune got into their battle stances as well as Akumu.

Blanc charged towards Akumu first and swung her axe down on him, he swung his sword up to block the axe strike, while Neptune rushed to his side and slashed behind him, Akumu jumped to the left to avoid the slash, Neptune followed up her attack and dashed at him again, the two of them began to exchange sword blows causing sparks to fly.

The two striked each other once more and locked themselves in a deadlock, Blanc flew above Akumu again and landed behind him and spun her axe around, Akumu had no time to react.

Akumu was hit and got knocked into the air again and Blanc flew up after him, while also spinning around in circles preparing her move, "Tanzerin Trombe!" she yelled and smashed Akumu with her axe, Akumu flew straight down towards Neptune, who was waiting for him.

"Cross Combination!" she yelled and smashed Akumu even farther down, Akumu collided with the ground and formed a crater around himself,

"Did we get him?" Blanc asked as she flew down towards Neptune,

"That's what we thought the first time." Neptune replied and they looked down at Akumu, he was still laying in the crater and wasn't moving, his eyes were also shut.

Neptune and Blanc landed a good distance away from Akumu and kept a close eye on him, then started to walk cautiously toward him, when they reached him, he still wasn't moving.

"He's not breathing." Blanc pointed out and as soon as she said that, Akumu's eyes shot open and he rose into the air,

"Sorry to scare you, i'm fine now." Akumu stated as the two goddesses stood amazed that he took their two attacks head on, "hm? Is something wrong?" He asked while tilting his head.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Blanc yelled and Akumu shrugged,

"I just said I'm fine though…" Akumu repeated with a sigh, then shrugged again, "No matter, it's not like you'll want to know anyway."

Akumu materialized another black sword in his hand and grinned at the goddesses again, both Neptune and Blanc got into their battle stances and prepared for an attack,

"Take this!" Akumu yelled as he slashed a barrage of slash waves towards them, Blanc and Neptune dodged the slash waves and Akumu dashed towards them, he slashed at Neptune and she blocked it with her sword, Blanc attempted to slash with her axe, but Akumu pushed Neptune back and roundhouse kicked Blanc's axe, knocking it out of her grip, then Akumu charged in towards Blanc and raised his sword, Neptune dashed in front of him to block the attack, Blanc materialized another axe and jumped above Akumu and slammed her axe on him, Akumu materialized another black sword and blocked both goddesses, Neptune took the advantage to push Akumu back and began to slash at him with her own hits,

After about nine or so hits, Neptune jumped back and prepared to hit her final attack, but Akumu pulled his hand back and started to charge a ball of dark energy, he smiled at Neptune before hurling it towards her, the ball was so fast that Neptune didn't have time to dodge, she could only block it.

She raised her sword in an attempt to block it, but Blanc saw what was going on, "Neptune watch out!" she yelled and rushed towards her side, knocking Neptune out of the way,

"Useless!" Akumu yelled and he closed his fist, the energy ball turned into a blast and enveloped Blanc and she yelled in pain,

"AHHHHHH!"

"Blanc!" Neptune yelled and when it died down, Blanc was back in her normal form and she had bruises on her and her arm was covered in blood, she fell over unconscious, Akumu grew another grin on his face,

"Then there was one." he said and then looked over at Neptune, "Neptune, if you surrender now, then I won't hurt you anymore~!" Akumu said and Neptune stared at Blanc, she couldn't believe this, she was the only one standing.

"No, I can't lose here, I promised Hikan that we would win and I won't stop until we are victorious!" Neptune yelled and got into her battle stance, "Akumu, prepare yourself!"

"Hehehehehe! Then try your best Neptune!" Akumu retorted and the two of them clashed once more, they exchanged sword blows against one another and caused sparks to fly out, they clashed together into a deadlock and stared at each other,

"I don't understand why you try to help him, he's a lost cause and you know it, you can't save him!" Akumu yelled and a shadow was casted over Neptune's vision,

"You all keep saying this over and over, 'Hikan's going to die' 'You can't save him', stop saying all of these lies! His power can't control him now and he will survive, I'll make sure of it!" Neptune yelled and pushed Akumu back, she pressed her attack and Akumu was starting to get pushed back even farther,

"Not bad Neptune, but I won't go down that easy!" Akumu stated and tried to stab Neptune, she sidestepped and slammed her sword down on his, making Akumu's sword fall out of his hands, Neptune then pressed her attack and started to force Akumu to dodge, Neptune then stepped forward and kicked Akumu's feet from under him, Akumu landed on the ground and Neptune put the tip of her sword at his neck.

"Well… shit." Akumu cursed and Neptune stared at him, "you got me."

"I doubt that, you're probably just trying to trick me again." Neptune stated and Akumu grinned some more,

"Am I that obvious?" Akumu asked and he vanished from sight again, he appeared again behind Neptune and wrapped his arms around her,

"Wha- Let go of me!" Neptune yelled struggling to get out of his grip,

"Eheheh~ you really are cute, I think I know why Hikan chose you first." Akumu whispered into Neptune's ear, then he raised his hand and slapped it on her mouth, "No, I'm gonna need you for something else." Neptune felt something go inside her, it was making her sleepy, she reverted back to her normal form,

"What… are you doing…" she muttered then shut her eyes, the only thing Neptune heard was Akumu

"You'll see Hikan soon…"


Akumu's POV

Well, that went well, I honestly thought that they would fight more, but it seems like I was wrong.

I threw Neptune over my shoulder and walked over to where Blanc was, I picked her up as well and began walking back to the clearing, you could get lost in this place if you're not careful.

When I got back to where the fight started, I saw Noire over where I left her and laid Neptune and Blanc beside her, now there was Vert, I think she was over here somewhere…

I went back through the broken trees and saw Vert laying on the ground, why am I always the guinea pig for this stuff?

I tried to pick Vert up, but was struggling to do so, why was she heavy? I guess i'll have to drag her,

"Man, maybe her bust is weighing her down, that or I took more damage than I thought?" I said to myself as I dragged Vert back to the clearing,

Now that all four goddesses are here, I need to wait for Saito… is that old man gonna show up yet?!


After about ten minutes, Saito finally showed up with some soldiers following him, when he saw the goddesses laying on the ground, grinned a little,

"Well done Akumu, good thing I have you here." he complimented me and I shrugged,

"What are you going to do now? I took care of them for you." I asked and Saito thought for a minute,

"There's really no use for them now, you can kill them now, this will help The Saviors conquer Gamindustri." Saito said, my eyes widened and I stood up,

"What?! Kill them?! But how will I get Hikan's power!" I yelled and Saito put his hand up so calm me,

"We'll go to Gamindustri and capture him by force, we don't need the goddesses no more." Saito explained, this wasn't part of the plan… and it's not fun at all!

"No, I refuse." I stated and Saito stared at me,

"Akumu, that's an order." Saito replied and I shook my head,

"No, I'd rather have some fun with this and I have a plan for it, and it doesn't involve you." I said and Saito glared at me,

"You're disobeying me?" he asked and I grinned,

"Duh!" I charged at him and materialized a sword, Saito raised his hand and stopped my movements, I dropped to my knees and dropped my sword, I looked at Saito and started laughing

"HAHAHAHA! YOU THINK THIS IS ENOUGH TO STOP ME!" I yelled,

"Guards, arrest Akumu, he will be our subject for today." he said and the guards looked at each other, "Guards, I said arrest him." Saito repeated, I looked at the guards and they aimed their guns at Saito and shot his shoulders, his arms immediately dropped and I regained control of my movements,

"Tough luck old man, it looks like you've lost control of your little organization." I said as I picked my sword up and walked towards Saito, the guards shot his legs and he dropped to his knees,

"I knew I shouldn't have trusted you." Saito said once I was in front of him,

"Never trust someone you didn't trust before, this was all on you." I said as I smiled, "See ya Saito…" I said as I stabbed him with my sword, the sword popped out of his back and he spat out blood, I smiled as I pulled my sword out,

"Alright then, now that he's gone, I believe you all know the drill." I said and the guards got down on one knee,

"Yes Lord Akumu." they greeted me, I smiled at this,

"Take the CPU's to the filming room, I'm gonna leave a message for Hikan." I said and the guards nodded, they ran over and each picked up one CPU and began taking them to the room, this is going to be good.

After we arrived in the room, which pretty much was the main building of Celestia and it had the you could still see the paths to the other nations, all of the members of The Saviors were gathered below and they were all shouting my name,

"Akumu! Akumu! Akumu!"

"Thank you all for the kindly promotion, Today we won't be sitting up here in Celestia all day, you guys and girls get to have some fun! You will all go to each nation and do whatever the hell you want! You can kill, destroy, it doesn't matter, have as much fun as you want! Just leave Hikan alive, I want him brought to me." I said and pumped my fist in the air and the crowd shouted, then they were all moving towards the transporters to the nations.

I said this before and I'll say it again, this is going to be good!


Hikan's POV

I walked out of my room and was greeted by IF, Compa, Histy, and Shizuki, they were all waiting for me,

"Hikan, you look horrible." Compa told me, I had almost no life in my eyes and my skin was pale, I wasn't sick or anything, this is from all the stress.

"Are you alright Hikan? Are you sick?" IF asked me and I shrugged it off,

"No… I'm worried about everyone else, they haven't come back yet." I said and everyone looked at each other,

"Hikan, i'm sure they're fine, their just-"

"AHHHH! RUUUN!" We heard a bunch of people screaming outside and I looked out the window, smoke was coming from the middle of the city and people were running and screaming,

"What the hell?!" I said confused and I looked towards the door, I ran over opened it and heard the crying screams,

"What is going on?!" Shizuki yelled as she ran up beside me,

"Hell." I replied and ran back inside, the TV turned on and another video started playing,

"Helloooo? Is this thing on?" A voice said through the TV, this voice… it's him.

"Akumu…" I said outloud and his image flashed on screen,

"There we go! Alright now then, Hikan I hope you're hearing this, cause I got some good news!" he said as he sat on the ground, "I have some friends here who want to say hi, right guys?" he said and he turned the camera a little, revealing all four goddesses unconscious…

"I fucking knew it…" I muttered, all the goddesses were defeated by Akumu and worse is that Planeptune is under attack.

"I'm sure that you're really pissed off now huh? Well, that leads to why I'm calling you, i'm waiting in Celestia, use the transporter in the central hideout, the Planeptune hideout will lead to it. Come and get me, i'll be waiting…" he said then the video flashed off, I clenched my fists and turned around,

"Hikan, you can't go." Histy stated and I looked over at her,

"Then who is going to save them? It's my fault they're in that situation and i'm going to get them out." I said and Histy shook her head,

"No, if you go then you'll end up dying anyway!" she warned me and I shook my head,

"If I can save them and kill Akumu, then I think that'll be worth it." I said then I stormed out of the house,

"Hikan wait!" Shizuki and IF called after me, but I kept running and materialized my sword, I ran towards the middle of the city and I saw members of The Savior's going around and destroying the city.

I ran at them and slid through while twirling my sword like a Baton, blood splattered out and from them and covered my sword, I continued running towards the Planeptune hideout, it's in the forest where IF and I first fought together… and where I met Akumu as well…

As I was running, my phone started to ring and I quickly answered it without checking who it was,

"Hello!" I said as I kept running,

"Hikan?! Is that you?!" it was Ozaki's voice,

"Yeah, what is it?"

"Lowee is under attack! The Lowean Army has been fighting them ever since they arrived, but they keep coming, they're coming from the Basilicom." Ozaki explained, they're using the transporters i'm guess,

"Same here in Planeptune, I'm guessing it's the same in Leanbox and Lastation." I said,

"I have to go, good luck!" he said then hung up, this is an all-out war!


After running as fast as I could and killing more and more Savior members eventually I reached the entrance of the forest.

"Hikan!" I heard Shizuki yell, I turned around and saw Shizuki and IF run towards me, they're weapons and clothes were covering in blood,

"Why did you follow me…" I muttered and Shizuki grabbed my arm,

"Please don't go!" she begged and pulled on my arm,

"Hikan, you can't go there, you won't survive!" IF agreed and I shook my head,

"No, I have to do this, it's my fault that they're in this situation." I stated and tried to move forward, but Shizuki wouldn't let go of my arm,

"Hikan… *hic* Please don't go!" Shizuki begged again, I turned around and looked at her, she had tears running down her cheeks and they wouldn't stop.

"Shizuki, i'm sorry, but I have to do this, if I don't then I can't call myself a guardian, I will help the CPU's and I will come back." I said and Shizuki looked up at me,

"Please, you can't die… no matter what…" she said and I nodded, I reached into my back pocket and pulled out the red ribbon,

"Here, this is for you." I said and Shizuki took it, she quickly put her hair into one long ponytail again and now she looked like her usual self.

"*sniff* thanks Hikan." she said and I nodded,

"IF, I want you to stay here in Planeptune and help the fight. Shizuki, I want you to go to Leanbox, all of the nation's are under attack." I explained and Shizuki nodded,

"Hikan, if you end up dying, we'll never forgive you." IF said and ran back towards Planeptune, Shizuki smiled at me one last time before turning around,

"Hey Shizuki." I called out to her and she turned around, I walked up to her and kissed her on the lips, "I love you, i'll be back." I said as I walked into the entrance of the forest...


A/N: I'm really sorry that this was a late upload, I kinda fell asleep after getting this chapter done cause School exhausted me, I got nothing else to say now... Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope to see you all later!