Chapter 47
Shizuki's POV
While I was riding my bike towards the beam of light, I looked up in the sky to see each of the goddesses flying there as well, looks like the other three saw it. But what could it be? Is another CPU Candidate being born?
When I got to the beam of light, everyone was staring at it and then turned back to me,
"Shizuki, you came too?" Noire asked me and I nodded,
"I want to find out what's going on." I said as I walked up next to them, the beam of light was still glowing brightly,
"The shares are creating something, but this energy feels… different." Histoire said and Noire stepped up and materialized her sword,
"I don't trust it, so I think we should be ready!" Noire said and the other goddesses did the same, as well as me.
"I hope it's not anything bad, I was getting comfortable with the peace." Neptune stated and I nodded,
"Yeah… same here…" I replied and the beam of light grew even more and I think I saw a figure appearing in it.
"Get ready!" Blanc warned and I got in my battle stance and so did the others, Histoire stood behind us,
*CHING!*
A blinding light flashed and we all shielded our eyes, this light was too bright.
When it died down, a figure was standing where the beam was stood, it was a guy,
He had spiked back red hair and his eyes were an ocean blue color, in the middle replacing his pupil was a power symbol like all CPU's have, his build was a little bulkier compared to the average man and his clothes were all black and red, he wore a skin tight bodysuit and it was only covering his chest, his stomach was showing to reveal his abs and he wore armor plates on his shoulders, waist, and thorax, he also had a pair of red gloves on and the finger part of the glove was replaced with claws, he also wore black combat boots.
The mysterious CPU, we'll call him, looked down at his hands then looked up at us, as if he was scanning us "You are…?" he asked, his voice sounded pretty deep,
"No, first off, Who are YOU?" Noire fired back and mysterious CPU tilted his head back,
"Me? Well… I guess you can call me Red Heart. That's what you all are right? CPU's?" the CPU said, he's surprising knowledgeable for just being born,
"Well, you know that we're the CPU's of this country, but where do you fall in? Are you going to make your own nation?" Neptune asked Red Heart and he put his finger on his chin,
"My own nation? Hmm… nah, I won't do that." Red Heart stated,
"What?! But you're a CPU! It's your job to protect your nations people!" Noire yelled and Red Heart tilted his head,
"Can you all stop yelling, I got a couple questions I want to ask, then I'll answer yours, deal?" Red Heart said and the CPU's and I stared at him,
"Fine." I stated and Red Heart smiled,
"Alright, first question, you all know that I know things in this world, so from what I've heard, there is a hero that saved Gamindustri, what's his name?"
"Hikan, Hikan Masato." I replied and Red Heart nodded,
"Next, are you all still sad about his passing?" Red Heart asked and Noire gritted her teeth,
"Stop asking about Hikan!" she yelled and I looked at the others, Blanc was clenching her fists and Neptune and Vert were glaring at him, Red Heart tilted his head,
"I understand that Hikan's passing has hurt you all, but I need to know these things." Red Heart explained and I clenched my fists and walked up to him,
"Red Heart… I'm warning you right now… stop talking about Hikan…" I warned and Red Heart looked at me,
"Shizuki, don't worry about it." Red Heart stated and I jerked my head up at him, how did he know my name…
"H-How…?" I muttered and he smiled at me,
"Looks like you found me out." he said and my eyes widened, no way…
"Shizuki, what's wrong?" Neptune asked me,
"H-Hikan…?" I called out and Red Heart nodded,
"Yes Shizuki? Is there something you needed?" Red Heart replied and I started shaking my head,
"No… no there's no way…" I said as I backed away from him, there's no way that he's him!
"How dare you tell such lies! We all saw Hikan die!" Noire said as she charged towards Red Heart, she swung her sword at him and Red Heart moved so fast that you could barely see him, he reappeared behind Noire and whispered into her ear,
"I'll help anyway I can…" he whispered and Noire eyes widened, is this seriously him…
Red Heart looked over at everyone else and smiled, "I'm sorry I made you all feel this way…" he said as he closed his eyes and a flash of light absorbed him, when it died down, we were all stunned by the view…
"H-Hikan…" Neptune called out to him and standing right in front of us was Hikan, he had the red hoodie, black and red soccer pants, black gloves, and black and red boots…
"Hey everyone, I'm back." Hikan said and tears started to well up in my eyes,
"Is that really you?" I asked him and Hikan turned to me,
"I always keep my promises." he stated and I ran towards him and threw my arms around him,
"Hikan!" I yelled and buried my head into his chest, the other goddesses reverted back to their normal forms and Neptune ran up to us,
"Group hug!" she yelled and wrapped her arms around us as well,
"I told you all that I would be back." Hikan said as he held both Neptune and me, next Blanc came over and stared at Hikan and Hikan stared back, "C'mere Blanc." he said as he pulled Blanc towards us and hugged her as well, she was a little shocked at first, but returned the embrace with her own.
"Hikan really is back." Histoire said and Hikan released all of us and walked over to Histoire.
"I don't know what happened to be honest, first thing I knew when I died was I didn't go to heaven or hell, I was taken somewhere different." Hikan explained and Histoire stared at him,
"Can you describe the place where you were?" Histoire asked and Hikan nodded,
"It was like a white place, I felt energy coursing through me, but it wasn't heaven." Hikan said and Histoire nodded,
"You were in the shares, you were being reborn as a CPU." Histoire concluded and Hikan's eyes widened,
"Reborn? That's possible?" He stated confused and Histoire nodded again,
"Yes, most likely you were reborn because you saved Gamindustri and you were chosen to be reborn, along with the CPU Candidates." Histoire explained and Hikan tilted his head,
"CPU…Candidates…?" he said and Neptune walked up beside him,
"Let good ol' Neps teach it to you." Neptune said, "You see the shares increased and it made our sisters, which are the CPU… whatchamacallit." Neptune explained and Hikan and I stared at her,
"How long did it take you to come up with those lines?" Hikan teased and Neptune puffed out her cheeks.
"NEPU! That's mean Hikan!" she pouted and Hikan laughed,
"Anyway, I'll meet these so-called CPU Candidates after the assembly." Hikan said,
"Assembly?" Histoire said and Hikan nodded,
"Yes, call the people from each nation to Planeptune again, I want to let them know I'm back." Hikan said and Histoire nodded,
"Alright, let's head back to Planeptune now, I'll set everything up." Histoire said and Neptune slouched over a bit,
"Another assembly… c'mon…" Neptune said and Hikan looked back at her,
"Come on Neptune, it's for me." Hikan replied and Neptune sighed, then smiled.
"Alright, you're lucky I love you." Neptune said and Hikan smiled back,
"Let's go." Hikan said and the goddesses transformed again and flew off, leaving me, Hikan, and Histoire alone.
"Hikan." I called out to him and he looked back,
"Yeah?"
"I'm glad I met you." I said while blushing and Hikan smiled,
"And I'm glad that I remember everything." he said as he transformed as well, "Let's head back." he said as he materialized red wings behind him, they looked something like a dragon's wings, except they were mostly red and black, he flew in the air and looked at me, "I'll see you in Planeptune." he said as he looked in the direction and, like a bullet, flew towards Planeptune, he was so fast that I couldn't see him in less than 2 seconds,
I looked at Histoire and smiled, "Let's go." I said and got on my bike, Histoire flew on my shoulder and we drove towards Planeptune…
Hikan's POV
I was inside the Planeptune Basilicom, I was looking in the mirror and was observing my clothes, my clothes consisted of a red suit with a black cuffed shirt , I had red suit pants as well and black dress shoes, my hair was gelled back and I took my gloves off.
"It's almost time." I said to myself, right now Neptune and the other CPU's were giving a speech about what happened and soon I would come out,
I walked over to the door and held my head down, now's the time I guess. I put my ear on the door and heard Neptune's words.
"We present you, the hero of Gamindustri, Hikan Masato!" Neptune said and I opened the doors and walked out, all of the goddesses were in their CPU forms,
Neptune was wearing a midnight purple dress with a purple flower ribbon on the left side of her hair, and she had purple heels on.
Noire was wearing an almost see through dress, she showed her legs and her arms, but her chest and her… "lower part" were hidden, thank god, she was also wearing black heels
Blanc was wearing a blue and white princess dress with a silver princess tiara, she had on white gloves that went all the way up her elbows and white heels.
Vert was wearing a green and white princess dress, it looked almost identical to Blanc, only it was revealing her chest quite a bit, and she was wearing green heels.
I walked into the opening and when people saw me, they started cheering.
"Hikan! Hikan! Hikan!" they shouted my name and a smile formed across my face, then I closed my eyes and sighed,
I held my hand up to silence the crowd, "People of Gamindustri, I know that you must all be confused and are wondering why i'm back. Well, I can just show you." I started as I closed my eyes and transformed,
*Ching!*
"This is the reason why. I'm not longer the Hikan Masato I once was, I'm the NEW Hikan Masato, or CPU Red Heart, and if you all think that i've been hiding and waiting for an opportunity to come back… you're wrong." I explained and everyone started talking below,
"It's because of all of you that I came back, it's true that I did die after defeating Akumu, but due to you all not giving up on your CPU's, the shares increased so much that new goddesses were born… as well as I being reborn as a CPU." I kept explaining and the crowd started cheering my name again, this time even louder,
"HIKAN! HIKAN! HIKAN!"
"I thank you all for not giving up on me or the CPU's and I will continue doing the job you all gave me, being the hero of Gamindustri!" I finished and everyone started cheering for me,
I held my hand in the air and waved as well as have a smile on my face as I waved at all the people, to think that I would be reborn as a CPU… not only that, I reunited with everyone.
I walked back into the Planeptune Basilicom and let out a deep breath before reverting back to my regular form.
I felt a hand go on my shoulder and I turned around, "Nice job Hikan." Neptune said and she and the other goddesses reverted back to their normal forms,
"I can really get a crowd going can't I?" I replied putting a hand behind my head and everyone smiled at me,
"The whole world knows you're alive now." Blanc said quietly and I nodded,
"Yeah, only… I think that I'm going to have even more work ahead of me now…" I replied and Noire walked up to me,
"Well, this time you won't be alone, we'll all support you." Noire said and I smiled even more,
"Thank you everyone." I stated and everyone came up and hugged me, all of them…
Shizuki and the CPU Candidates i'm guessing walked into the room shortly after,
"So, these are the CPU Candidates?" I asked and Shizuki walked up to me,
"Yes, these are the sisters of the CPU's." Shizuki told me then looked over at them, "Go ahead and introduce yourselves."
"I-I'm Nepgear, Neptune's little sister." one of the girls introduced,
"I'm Uni… Noire's sister." the black haired girl introduced,
"I'm Ram! And this is Rom!" one of the twins introduced and the short haired twin looked at me,
"Hi… I'm Rom…" she greeted me and I smiled at them, I guess Vert doesn't have a sister, cause I see references to Neptune, Noire, and Blanc, not Vert.
"Nice to meet you all. If you didn't know already, I am a friend of your sisters and I helped them save Gamindustri." I said and then turned back to Shizuki, "I'll be taking my leave now, being reborn and flying here takes a lot out of me, ya know?" I said and Shizuki smiled,
"Yeah, you go ahead and rest." Shizuki said and I walked towards the door and walked to the outside, only to be seen by a bunch of people.
"HIKAN! HIKAN! HIKAN!" they all chanted and I smiled as I walked with my hands in my pockets, I kept walking and walking while the people kept chanting my name,
"HERO! HERO! HERO!" they shouted and I held my hand up, everyone trusts me now, everyone likes me now… Something that I never thought would happen in my life.
I started to run towards Compa's house, since that is the only home I have for now. While running, all I kept hearing was the people chant my name over and over.
I felt all of their gazes watching me, I looked up in the air to see the CPU's in their CPU forms watching, I smiled and waved at them before transforming myself and flying up to them.
"I got to say Hikan, your speed is far superior than when you were a human." Neptune pointed out and I smiled at her,
"Is that so? How about a little race then?" I asked and Noire cracked a smile,
"You're on, each marker is each nation, Planeptune, Lastation, Leanbox, Lowee in that order. First one to make it back to Planeptune wins." Noire said and I smiled back,
"Seems fair." I stated and we all looked in the direction of Lastation, then back to each other,
"Head start!" Blanc yelled as she zoomed off towards Lastation,
"Cheater!" Noire called out as she and Vert shot towards Lastation as well,
I looked over at Neptune and she had a smile on her face, "It's good to be back." I said and Neptune nodded,
"Definitely." she stated and then we both charged towards Lastation, if anything i'm going to win this race!
A/N: And here's the next chapter, now I know that these are short chapters AND I uploaded late... I'm sorry about that. but that's because the next chapter will sadly be the very last chapter of The Journey, but i'm making that chapter right now as we speak, so there will NOT be an upload on Wednesday. Other than that, I really have nothing else to say, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I hope to see you all at the Finale!
