Chapter 14

Will Hearts Shine? Part 1

I wake up the next day and see Noire sleeping on the chair again. She must have one hell of a backache from sleeping on that. I need to take a shower. I plop my body to the floor. I crawl to the bathroom until I heard a cute yawn and heard Noire yelling at me.

"The hell are you doing!" I jumped as I heard that.

"Ummmm I need a shower. . ." I have a feeling about something here.

"Are you serious? You can't wait for the nurses?" I looked at her with anger in my eyes.

"Like hell I will have them help me! I rather do the shit myself." I open and the door and try to get on to turn the water on. It kept struggling to just get to the handle. I hate being like this, I wish I could heal already, but it's the curse of being human. I have Noire staring down at me.

" I can't watch this any more. I will get the bath ready for you. You just wait over there." I crawl my way out of the bathroom. I wait for her to set the bath up. Why is Noire doing all of this. Could it really be love? I'm still shocked about that entry when she said that she loves me. What the hell did I do to have her love me? Noire walks towards me.

"There, the bath is nice and hot. You should be fine right?"

"Hopefully. I guess we will see." I crawl my way back to the bathroom and close the door behind me. I start to take my clothes off and try to lift myself into the bath. I fall face first into it and hit my head on the bottom. That hurt like hell. I hear a knock on the door.

"You alright in there!?"

"Y-yea I'm fine." I try my best to start cleaning, but I just keep freezing up in pain and screaming. This is so fucking painful, but the water does feel nice though. Noire barges right in and see me freezing in pain. I turn my head and see her blush.

"W-w-w-w-w-what do you want!?" The hell is with this woman.

"I keep hearing you screaming and . . .O MY GOD!" My chest is bleeding profusely. This is going to be messy. Noire grabs some gloves and drains the water and cleans me up. She tries her best to clean all the blood off of me. She grabs water-proof bandages and wraps them around me. She is noticing some of the finer details of my body and blushes. I didn't really pay attention due to the pain I was in. She rubs some the painkiller lotion and wraps my leg up. Don't get turn on because of her hand being so close to my crotch. Calm yourself my little friend. It wiggles a little and I get a big slap right to the face.

"YOU DAMN PEVERT!" I can't control everything you know.

"I'm so sorry Noire! I guess my body likes ya." I chuckle a little. I'm high as hell right now. That cream is really powerful.

"That is no excuse for being a damn pervert Anthony! Now I'm g-g-going to fill the water again now that all of the blood is cleaned up." Her eyes are staring at my nether region. I'm rather proud of my little guy for getting some attention ahahahahaha. She blushed intensely and goes on with filling the water up. She grabs some sponges. The hell?

"Ummmm what are you doing now?"

"I-I-I-I'm washing you! So be thankful!" Don't have to be such a stutter mouth. She starts to wash my body from head to toe. I'm feeling so relaxed right now as she is just washing my body.

"I bet you're enjoying this are you pervert?" I look at her.

"Yes I am. I never thought I would have such a beautiful woman wash my body." I chuckled.

"Shut up pervert and let me wash you already."

"Yes ma'am" We decide to kill the time by having a normal conversation. It's something we both need to get used to if anything will ever happen between us. It was really nice and peaceful despite what just happened. I feel like I'm getting to know her more through all of this. That's good because I want to confess to her my feelings. She gets up as she finishes washing my hair.

"You can get out by yourself right?" She asked me.

"Y-yea I should as long as the cream is in effect."

"Alright, just don't pull anything. I rather not come in to a blood bath again." She walks out of the bathroom. I see my clothes by the door. How they didn't even get wet is beyond me. I get out and grab my clothes and put them on. I walk out of the bathroom and back to bed for me. That's enough for one day.

"Ugh. . .That was way too tiring." I plop my head right on my pillow. I look at Noire who is sitting next to me.

"Thanks for your help. I really needed that."

"It's no problem. I figured I would need to help your stubborn ass." She stated with her usual sass.

"I guess so." I let out another chuckle. The next few days pass me by as I am able to recover thanks to Noire's efforts. I am forever in debt with her. There isn't enough things in the world I can do to make up for what she has done for me. Noire. . .no wonder I love you. You have done more for me than anyone I have ever meant. A week passes by as I got closer to Noire and my love for her grew bigger and bigger like a beautiful rose. I'm finally able to leave the damn hospital. I get out of bed and sign the papers to discharge me.

"I'm good to go finally?" I asked the nurse.

"Yes. I'm glad that you came through." Yea me too. I have a heart-felt confession to do right now. How to go about it thought is the only question. I go on my way and get back to the basilicom and don't see Noire. I see Uni though and I ask her where Noire is. She has no clue where. I grab my sword and try to leave.

"Where do think you are going asshole!?" Uni asked me.

"Please let me go Uni." She sees a tear come down my face.

"Anthony? At least tell me why alright." I look right at Uni. I might die saying this.

"Uni. . .is it wrong for a human to love his goddess?" She looked at me with a unusual smile I keep seeing from her.

"No, lots of people love my sister and I'm sure lots of people loves there goddesses to." I shook my head.

"T-that's not what I mean at all Uni." She looks at me with slight confusion.

"Anthony. . .you mean. . .you're in love with my sister." I just break down right there.

"Yes Uni, I love Noire alright! That's why I must look for her!" Uni comes towards me and gives me a gentle and comforting hug. I just let out the tears.

"I figured this would happen since my sister has been seeing you everyday at the hospital." She looks up at me and cleans my face a little.

"My sister should be at the abandon factory east of here. Go to her alright." I nod my head and run to the factory.

'Finally my sister can be happy for once. . .I hope he can give her what I can't give her. I better prepare for the big event.' Uni smiles and walks back into the basilicom. I run right into the factory and see no monsters. I keep running and I see a familiar face. It's Zack. I notice him and Noire fighting. I charge right in sword at hand and push him away from Noire.

"The hell? Anthony?! I thought you fucking die!" A red aura forms around me.

"Like hell I will let you win this time." Noire tries to stop me. I put my hand out to signal her to stop.

"Please Noire. . .Let me fight this battle. A bright light shines from my chest. Is this the sharicate reacting right now? She stands down and whisper good luck my stubborn guard. I look at Zack.

"A battle between old friends once more I suppose."

"I guess so, but we are enemies as long as you defend that damn goddess."

"I will defend my goddess till my last drop of blood comes down from my rotting corpse!"

"I expect nothing less from you Anthony, but I must take you down." Darkness forms around him and I. A dark figure comes from behind me and floats towards Zack. I hear a cackling laugh from the figure.

"So we finally meet Anthony. You can call me Arfoire." A witch of Gothic apparel comes out the shadows. Her skin is gray with blood red eyes slanted like a cat. Her outfit is rather revealing to say the least. Noire spoke up.

"I thought we took you down!" Arfoire laughs.

"You can thank this young man right here. He is the reason I can even exist since that damn candidate destroyed my body." So this is just her shadow?

"Zack? The hell did you do?"

"Arfoire is our only way home! She promised me that she can take me home if I can take down everything that has the CPU names attach to it. That includes you now sadly."

"Don't worry Zack my dearest, you just need to focus on taking out that girl and her bodyguard." Arfoire fades away. Zack nods his head and charges at me full force and sends me to the wall. He goes for the kill, but I grab his sword and my eyes glow dark blue.

"No one. . .will stand in my way. . .anymore!" I grab him and charge him into the other side the factory. Now it's just me and Zack.

"Now we can kill each other with no one in our way old friend." I point my sword towards him.

"You will regret this Anthony! Dark sword storm!" Swords surround me as I get stabs left and right. I can sense a great power coming from me. I can't lose this time. . .not after coming this far. I block his last sword.

"You look like shit, just saying Anthony." I push him away and we clash for what seems to be hours. Blood is spilling everywhere with each slash spilling more and more of our blood. He slice my chest and take me down with a powerful attack. I'm on the ground trying to get up, but his foot is on my chest as I cough up some blood.

"You need to just die already."

"No. . .no. . .no no no no" I'm on repeat as a bright light shines around me.

"The fuck is going on now?!" He backs away for the light.

"I will not die on this battlefield. . .I have a debt to repay." I get up as the light shines brighter from my chest.

"I must not only save Noire. . .but now save Gameindustri, my home from YOU!" The light blinds Zack as I feel my body transforming. Two swords fall down from the light. I notice clawed gauntlets equipping on me. Dark red body armor is equipped on me. Dark red flowing hair and my dark purple eyes finally open up. My wings shine in the flames of my power before me. The light fades away as I see Zack shocked at what he is seeing.

"I'm Crimson Heart in this form. You must pay for the crimes you are committing." I take my two swords. One is flame-induced and the other is a beam blade.

"I will have to take you down by force Zack for attacking a goddess and causing chaos in Gameindustri."

"I can't believe what I am seeing. You became a CPU. . .I could gain so much power now by killing you!" He charges at me, but I block him from attacking me with no problem.

"To go against a CPU is a grave sin in this world. . .I must put you down now." I throw him into the air and slice and dice through. I hear him scream in pain as I attack him. I grab him and fly right down to the floor.

" Burning Cosmic Impact!" The ground caves in as his body burns alive. I fly up from the ground and land on my feet. I see Zack knocked out.

"I hope you will learn to stand down now. . . my old friend." I go back to my human form. My wounds seem to be healed. That's good because I don't want to go through all of that again. I run towards Noire. I see Noire is alright and take her in my arms.

"NOIRE!" I put her close to me.

"Noire. . .I'm so happy you're alright." I'm so fucking happy that things are going well for once. I just let my tears run down my face.

"Anthony. . .I'm so glad you're alright." Noire hugs me and lets out a few tears. I look right into her red eyes.

"I'm so glad I can see you right now." I wipe some of tears running down her face. She looks right in my dark brown eyes and wipes the tears away.

'Same here Anthony.' She whisper as she puts her head on my chest. I felt something shake from inside me.

"I see you have awoken. . .Crimson Heart." My eyes widen in shock.

"Y-yea I guess so." I just let out a laugh. She looks back at me.

"I guess our bond is stronger than I thought. Come on Anthony, let's go home and get some sleep." I nod my head and we go back to the basilicom. I see food and treats made.

"Welcome back Anthony! Welcome back big sis." Uni gives Noire and I and big hug.

"Umm what's with the food?" I asked Uni.

"I thought I would make food for the three of us for once." Uni giggled. The food looks amazing. I could describe it, but that would take too long and I just want to eat already. I run towards the food and start chowing down.

"O god this food is soooo good!" I just keep eating. It's been too long since I have been here.

"Jeez Anthony do you have to be a pig?" Noire stated in disgust, but chuckled a little.

"I'm just happy he is back home. . . where he belongs sis." Uni said with a smile. Noire pulls Uni towards her and walks to the table of food.

"Me too Uni. I'm happy to see him back in our home." We enjoy a evening of food and fun. Uni goes to bed shortly after helping me with the dishes. This just leaves Noire and I alone. I guess I could ask for a date. I let out a smile as I thought of that. Noire and I go upstairs. I stop for a second.

"Hey Noire, can I ask you something?"

"Yes what is it?" I shake as I try t get the right words. I look right into her eyes and ask boldly.

"You want to go out tomorrow? Just you and me?" Noire blushed when I asked her this.

"Sure that would be really nice." She stated with a big smile on her face.

"You better not make me wait Anthony you got that?" Holy shit she said yes. I nod my head.

"Good. I will see you tomorrow Anthony." She walks into her room as I walk into mine. I lay in bed.

I can't believe she said yes. Sweet now I can treat her to a very romantic date. I need to use this to my advantage. Noire I hope you accept my feelings that I will tell you. Another thing is now that I somehow became a CPU. Is it because of the sharicate? Now Arfoire is a threat as well. She can't be that strong if she is just a shadow. I wonder why Zack keeps going after Noire? He must have a grudge against her. That is going to be his down fall and Arfoire's as well. I will need to prepare for this, but right now I have Noire on the brain. I better sleep now. I rather not have a angry Noire in the morning.

I finally fall asleep as I dream of. . .her.

Noire's POV

I walk into my room after Anthony asking me out. I close the door behind me and let out a smile.

'I can't believe he just asked me out. I'm rather happy he did. This will be my chance to tell him how I feel.' My face gets flushed as I thought about us.

'Anthony. . .I hope that you can accept my feeling tomorrow. I can't hold this in anymore.' I plop myself in bed and stare at my ceiling for a little bit.

'So his power has awaken. He is known as Crimson Heart. That's a perfect name for him' I chuckled a little bit. I look at my journal and grab it. I start to right in it.

Journal Entry 18

It's been a while since I had the chance to write in my book. I have been busy since I was attaining to my job and taking care of him. Today was a really eventful day. I

had to go and hunt that Zack guy down. He seems to be stronger every time I face him. He comes in a pushes Zack away from him. I wanted to knock him the hell out

but he just stop me and proceed with the fight. I got scared once I saw Arfoire. The hell is she doing around. I got really as I didn't see Him or Zack. I notice a bright

light from a distance. I felt something in my chest. That's when I knew he has awoken to the sharicate. He comes back and gives me a big hug. It felt so warm and

wonderful. Uni also made all of us all kinds of food and snacks. She is such a sweet sister. I'm sorry for abandoning you Uni. I will make it to you I promise. I will confess

tomorrow I have made up my mind. Anthony, I love you and I will say this in person I swear it.

I close my book and put it back under my bed and put myself to bed.

'Sweet dreams. . .my prince' I know he can't hear me. . .but I just wanted to say that as if he is here beside me. I close my eyes and dream of us together again. . .a dream where I am truly happy.

Author's Note: Man I love teasers. Don't you? OK don't get angry! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I wonder what will happen. O I'm so excited! Until the next chapter guys thank you all for reading.