Akihito stared at the guy and was curious who he was. The guy had black hair and two different colored eyes which he had never seen before.
"Who are you?" Akihito asked curiously.
"Hikaru" he responded."what's yours?"
"Oh..alright cool, I better get going then" Akihito said as he was about to step over the red line and to the next stage.
"I saw everything that happened you know?" Hikaru looked at him then at the sky "I'm sorry I didn't help. Kings son"
Akihito looked down at the ground "there was nothing you could have done. Those guys were strong no matter what way you put it. And don't ever call me that again.."
"Yeah well maybe there was..plus I'm strong too" Hikaru looked at Akihito.
Hikaru didn't seem cocky or arrogant like Tukomi, he seemed calm and confident like he believed in his ability.
"Anyways wanna work together? The levels only get harder from here and there's no use in taking it on alone"
Akihito looked at the ground then to the next stage "...I'm not really in the mood to work with anyone now, sorry" he stepped over the red line and Hikaru did the same.
"You're gonna need help eventually..well, see ya" Hikaru put his hands down his pockets and walked off.
'So cool' Akihito thought to himself "I need to get moving, there's no telling how many levels there are"
Akihito began walking and the biome began to change to a snowy area with large mountains.
"Woah.." Akihito climbed to the top of one of the mountains and looked at the giant mountains in the distance. This leveled seemed as if it would take forever to beat.
He climbed down the mountain and began walking through the heavy snow.
He saw a cave in the distance and decided that would be a good place to take some shelter until he came up with a plan on making it past the level.
Once he walked into the cave however he fell down a hole that he didn't notice "ahhhh!" He screamed as he fell down.
He thought of his spell while he was falling down "wind drive!" He used the spell to make himself land safer. He landed on his hands and feet then looked around.
The cave was dark and gloomy, he was surrounded by stone and water droplets that were falling from cracks above. There were sounds of what seemed to be bats and some other odd noises.
Akihito searched the tunnel for any new spells or monsters to beat. He came across a big spider, the size of a tiger.
The spider had giant eyes and giant legs and it began sprinting towards Akihito "shit!" Akihito dodged out of the way then used hellfire to cut the spider in half.
Once he did however, the large spider multiplied into other spiders that weren't as big "y-you got to be kidding me"
Akihito dodged the spiders and began running through the cave "come on Akihito" he said to himself before turning around and using his sword to kill the spiders. "Spiral flame!" He spun in A circle, slicing the heads of the spiders off.
Once he was done he fell to his hands and knees, breathing heavily "that took a lot.." he slowly stood up and started walking through the cave again.
He kept walking until he approached a small device on the ground, when he got close to it, it started flashing red "c-crap!" The device exploded, causing him to fly back and hit his head on a rock.
The impact knocked him unconscious.
~Flashback~
"Say ahhhh" Aimi said as she held a spoon up to Akihitos mouth.
"Oh wow really? You're going to feed me in front of all these people?" Akihito laughed some.
"Look at you love birds. Honestly hard to believe y'all didn't meet any sooner" Tukomi said.
They were all sitting at a restaurant and enjoying their food.
"Come on" Aimi demanded.
"Alright alright" Akihito opened his mouth and Aimi moved the spoon into his mouth.
Akihito ate the food then started smiling "w-woah this is good!"
"Idiot don't chew with your mouth full" Tukomi responded as they began laughing.
Once they left the restaurant Tukomi went off, leaving Akihito and Aimi alone.
"So how long do you think these levels are?" Akihito asked
"I don't know but I do know we're gonna make it no matter what. And we're gonna live to tell the tale you can bet on it" she responded with a determined look and A smile.
~Present~
Akihito slowly woke up with his head wrapped in bandages and Hikaru with his eyes closed against a rock.
"You..why are you here?" Akihito sat up surprised and looked at Hikaru.
"Well pardon me I think what you should be saying is 'thank you for saving me Hikaru'" he responded. "You know when you were knocked out a bunch of those spiders came after you, if it wasn't for me you'd probably be dead right about now"
Akihito moved his hand up to his head and flinched "ow.." he paused for a few seconds "thanks..but I didn't ask for your help"
"Didn't need to" Hikaru responded.
"Then why did you do it?" Akihito asked
"Hmph..is there a reason to want to do the right thing" Hikaru opened his eyes and looked at him.
Akihito looked surprised "sorry..but I'll only get you killed"
Hikaru slowly stood up "here's the deal. I want to become the king, I'm going to become the king no matter what...why? Because I want to make this world a better place for everyone.But I'm not that arrogant to the point I think I can do this by myself..you shouldn't think that either. I need help and from what I've seen I think you're good enough to help me" Hikaru had a slight smile on his face "so what do you say?"
Akihito looked down at the ground then up at Hikaru. Akihito began thinking about the chances of him beating the levels by himself. The chances were very slim.
He thought about Aimi and Tukomi, and what the king did to them "people in my life have been taken by the king left and right..and recently well..I haven't been able to protect anyone close to me, including my mother. But I will get stronger, stronger than the king could ever hope to be...Im saying all of this to say this, I'm going to become the king and avenge them. I'm going to be the king and protect people No matter what" Akihito slowly stood up with determination and confidence filling his eyes.
Hikaru looked at him in shock then began to smile "I'll ask this again..what's your name?"
Akihito smiled as well "my names Akihito, nice to meet you"
They both nodded and did a fist bump.