A/N: Hey there this is my second fanfiction ever ( I made another on another account, it's horrible don't try and look for it) so feed back would be extra useful. This chapter was really there to set the scene and what could come, so tell me what parts you like and don't like and I might adjust accordingly. Anyway, hope you enjoy.
"I swear that guy said he'd pay for all expenses" The pale hunter said in a huff walking furiously down a street in a busy town.
"It was a wildlife research job" his spiky haired friend said while jogging to keep up with him "So he probably meant travel, accommodation and equipment"
"And food!" Killua slowing down slightly so he can actually have a conversation with his friend.
"Your diet barley counts as food" Gon said jokingly to his best friend.
"It does too!, either way I saw you going back for seconds on desert. He was happy to cover all that for you!"
"You basically treated the thing like it was an all you can eat challenge" Gon giggled.
"A professional would have kept his word, that's the last time we're doing business with them!" The hunter said refusing to calm down.
"If you act this way on every mission, we're going to run out of clients. Why don't you let me do the talking next time?"
"Because you're too trusting and you couldn't negotiate to save your life." The angry teenager said with a sigh walking much slower now with his elbows in the air his hand round the back of his head.
These partners in crime just finished a week long wildlife research job. They've been doing freelance work for a couple years now and both are 16 years of age. They do all sorts of jobs from body guarding to hostage negotiations. Turns out between the two of them they have quite a broad range of skills. Leorio and Kurapika do there own thing, they use to do quite a few jobs together but nowadays everyone is happy to work all on their lonesome, except for Gon and Killua of course. They try and all catch up with each other at least once a month whether that's face to face or Skype. Both the young boys seem to have not change mentally, but physically they're both very different. Gon is a little taller than Killua and arms look more muscular. Killua on the other hand grew out his hair and has wooden beads on a strand on hair on his right side.
"Wanna eat?" The white haired boy said to his friend as he finished his rant stopping outside a local cafe.
"Sure"
They both walk into a busy little cafe and hear a mix between the sounds of many different conversations and the screeches of coffee being made. The line however isn't too long, so they take their place.
"Hey cutey" a girl with blond hair said, looking like she's about 18 and is hanging with her friends who are all watching her.
Probably another one of Gon's fan club members Killua thought to himself as he questioned why he never got any attention.
"You hot in those clothes?" The girl asked Gon. The black haired hunter looked confused at his outfit briefly feeling the fabric of his green camouflage jacket he's wearing.
"Well… not really. Thanks for your consideration though" He said innocently with a smile, completely oblivious to the girls meaning. It's been like that for a while now. Gon gets the girls attention but is completely blind to it all.
Why didn't I get any questions like that? What does Gon have which I don't?
Killua was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize that they where at the front of the line now. He looks at the menu pondering what to get.
"So what's the budget, all-mighty gatekeeper of the money?" Killua said browsing the menu.
"Well, we've just been paid." The boy said gleefully
"Oh yeah! That's right." Killua said now taking this new information on board. "Triple chocolate sundae please"
"Sweets wont fill you up for long" Gon said channeling his inner Mito
"I'll be fine, Mother" the hunter said as he rolled his eyes.
"All I'm saying is: if you fill up on junk, you're going to be hungry really soon."
"Yeah, yeah"
Gon let go of the subject knowing it was hopeless trying to convince his friend otherwise.
"I'll take a double hamburger please with extra bacon and BBQ sauce!"
The man at the counter thanked them and gave them a number for their table. The two hunters went off to look for a place to sit. The place was packed. However, there was a little red booth in the far back corner. It's not near any windows but other than that it was a nice spot. Gon carried the number to the table and took a seat on the big coach like seats in the booth. Killua sat opposite him.
"Another job well done!" Gon said with a grin.
"We should take a break after this." Killua said leaning back into his seat.
"That seems fun. Where would we go?" The taller boy said.
"A beach! A nice hot beach! Where we don't need to do anything. We can just relax, go swimming and maybe even go fishing." Killua said basking in his own day dream.
"That sounds expensive. Why not go camping, we could go mountain climbing and go hunting for our food!"
As the boy said that their meals where ready. A burger the size of Gon's head was put in front of him with BBQ sauce leaking from the bun on all sides. In front of Killua was a large glass filled with chocolate ice cream, drizzled with chocolate sauce and is topped with chocolate chips. The boys continue their discussion as they eat.
"You basically described the jobs we've been taking lately" The white haired hunter said as he took his large silver spoon and began to eat "Just with less writing"
"I know!" Gon said as he takes a big bite out of his burger, struggling to get the entire thing in his mouth "woodin et beh greaht?" He said with his mouth still full.
"I kind of want to do something different."
As they where talking, a tall man in a black suit and a cap walked out of the bathroom. Knov! And behind was a smaller lady resembling a dog with green hair, the current chairmen of the hunter association, Cheadle Yorkshire . Knov has to have used his ability to get her here, as Killua couldn't imagine her walking into the male's bathroom by choice. They are heading directly for Killua and Gon's table.
"What do they want?"
"Hey! Knov! What are you doin here?" Gon yelled across the cafe
"typical"
Knov gave a smile as he got closer. "I see you two are doing well, that's very good." He said when he finally reached the table.
"Yeah, you look like you're doing fine yourself!" Gon said enthusiastically.
"Why are you here?" the long haired boy asked suspiciously.
"Just following orders" He replied as he began to walk off leaving Cheadle behind.
"Mind if I?" She said polity gesturing to the seat Killua is sitting in.
"Sure." he said as he pushed his sundae across the table as Gon shifted over too make room for him. Killua sat on the other side so Gon and Killua are now side by side while the chairmen was opposite them both sitting up straight and very well mannered.
"I don't believe we've formally met" Cheadle said as she held out her hand across the table over the boys meals. Both hunters shook her hand which after she promptly put it back under the table. "I understand that you where heavily involved in helping with the Chimera ant incident a couple years ago, correct? I want to like thank you for all-"
"What do you want." Killua said interrupting
"Killua, be nice." His friend said quietly. Cheadle just gave a quick smile.
"You two are both incredible hunters, not just only for your age but by general standards. The hunter association would like you two to do an official assignment." She began.
"Sure." Gon agree quickly.
"You idiot, we should at least hear what it is first!"
"Why? We know it's going to be fun, right?" He said turning to the green haired women sitting across from them.
"I'm not sure what you would consider 'fun', but it is a job to which we have limited number of people who can do it" She continued "In the west there is a small town called Foxingworth. It's a pretty standard place, but is quite rural with most people there related to the farming industry in some way. However located there is a very important witness who can give a strong lead on a mystery has remained unsolved for over 50 years. She's only recently been found in this town 2 years ago and according to our sources, she's living there permanently."
"So why don't you go ask her?" Gon questioned.
"We've tried. But any hunter we've sent thus far to that town has been killed."
The boys stay silent with on the cafe working in the background being heard.
"Who did it?" The black haired boy finally spoke up.
"We don't know. We're pretty sure that it wasn't the witness herself. In fact, we're think that she doesn't even know the association is trying to contact her"
"We need a group of skilled hunters to both find the killer and contact the witness, undercover." The chairmen explained.
"Why didn't you try that sooner?" Gon asked. It sounded rude, but he probably didn't mean it that way.
"We did, that's how we got all of that information so far. But the killer is incredibly good at finding our deep cover hunters."
"So why us?" Gon finally asked.
Killua spoke up "Because they're very unlikely to suspect teenagers, right?"
"Correct."
"What I don't understand is:" He began "Why not ask someone like Biscuit? who looks young but is much stronger"
"That would be our second option. However we need to assume that the killer has some way of determining someone if someone is lying, you will have a better chance of not being under cover as you wont be lying about you age. Not to mention your mannerisms and personalities will be accurate without any acting needed"
"If we're assuming some lie detecting nen is involved then how do you expect us to go undercover at all?" The long haired boy inquired as he continued to eat his sundae.
"It's all about what identities you use. We have set up your backgrounds to align with your real ones, different enough that you're actually under cover but with enough details the same so you can answer questions truthfully."
"Oh, I see." Killua said as he starts to rotate his tall glass to maximize the amount of ice cream he can eat at once.
"I don't get it." Gon said looking defeated.
"It's simple." He paused to take a bite of ice-cream. "The person might be able to tell if we're lying or not, right?"
Gon nodded.
"So we can stay under cover by having back stories with real details in them. So when we are asked questions, we tell the truth. Whenever we're asked a question that we would need to lie about, we should be able to dodge it to be on the safe side."
"Okay, so what's out secret identities then?" The spiky headed boy asked while eating.
"I'm so glad you asked." She smiled. "You are both Gon Kornfert and Killua Kornfert adopted brothers."
"Wait, so even our first names stay the same? That seems little pointless." Gon said confused.
"Think about it" Killua said as if he was the only one who could explain things in a way his friend could under stand. "One the most common questions we'll be asked is 'what is your name'. We shouldn't lie about that. Let's face it, we're not celebrities. Our first names aren't recognizable. Ideally, however we should have the same last name. But then that wouldn't fit into the story about being brothers and both 'Freecs' and 'Zoldick' are known well."
"Okay, I guess. it's just it doesn't feel as secretive. Y'u know? I wanted to feel like a spy" Gon grinned. His friend gave a little smirk.
"So we're meant to be brothers?" Killua asked hoping the chairmen would continue.
"Adopted, but yes. That will explain you're closeness. Two 16 year old friends, who happen to move to the same town isn't going to work. You were both friends at the same orphanage in Yorknew. Gon, the reason you were put there was because your mother died when you where very young and your dad abandoned you after leaving you at the orphanage. Killua, you where there because you were relocated from your home after being the subject of child abuse."
"Seems to be well thought out, how will we fit in though? It's hard for 16 year old to justify walking around town, not going to school." the shorter hunter said.
"That's why you wont be. You'll both be enrolled in Foxingworth's local high school." The zodiac said. The boys gave each other knowing glances.
"We'd rather not." Killua finally spoke up.
"I'm aware of your concerns but you both received at least some schooling, Killua you were tutored quite young and Gon was given correspondents when he took a break on while island. Though you may not expect to be top of the class, I wouldn't worry about your academics."
"It's not that." the ex-assassin spoke "It's just that we haven't met many other people our age. Do you think we'd fit in? I mean the only thing I know about high school is what I've seen in movies and it doesn't look pleasant."
"c'mon, you said you wanted to do something different. This could be fun!" His friend moaned.
"What's the pay looking like?" Killua said raising one eyebrow.
"Since this is your first formal job from the association you're probably unfamiliar with how it works. I'm sorry to say: there is no pay. At least in money. This is a service to the association, meaning that all expenses will be paid for and it will go towards your careers as hunters. In fact given the importance of the job depending on how well you complete it, you both may be looking at a promotion to become 2nd star hunters."
Gon's eyes lit up. "2nd star! We can be 2nd star!" He was barley able to keep still.
"Don't go busting a nut over a fancy license. We're not being paid" The white hair boy firmly stated while folding his arms.
"yeah, but we were about to go on a vacation which we would be paid for. This is like a free vacation, with a murder mystery!" Gon said excited.
"Free? Ha, every job claims to have 'all expenses paid for.'" He said stubbornly.
"By 'expenses' we mean that any money spent during the mission. We trust that you know what's best for the job." the chairmen stated.
"See? C'mon Killua! We have too!" The boy in the camo jacket said pulling the arm of his friend.
"Y'u know, math? You're going to need to do a hell of a lot of it in school. And science. And english."
"kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~~~~~!"
"No."
"Kiii~~~llluaaaa~~~~~aaaa!"
"saying my name isn't an argument."
"Kiii~~~lllllluuuuuuaaaa! Please!"
"keep begging, please. I feed off your sadness." He said devilishly.
"KILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Killua couldn't help but melt at little inside with Gon tugging on his arm like a kid wanting a toy. "Fine."
"Glad to hear it." she exclaimed.
"oh, one last thing: we're meant to be 'adopted brothers'. but who 'adopted' us?" Killua stopped to ask.
"Don't worry, we've made plans for that." The chairmen said as she stood up.
"WHAT?! A COUPLE?!" The man in a blue suite and glasses yelled through the phone.
"That's what the chairmen said. You and I are going under cover as a homosexual couple. Gon and Killua are our adopted kids." The kurta said.
Leorio thought it was great to be mission with everyone again, but being a couple with Kurapika?
"I don't get how you can be so compliant." Leorio finally said.
"A mission is a mission." his friend replied.
"At least those little snots will need to do what we say for once." The doctor said with a menacing grin.
"Our family name is Kornfert. We'll be staying on a farm. You're a doctor moving here because of work and I stay home and do housework"
"What? Why can't I be the stay at home parent?"
"Because my real job is a dead give away that I'm a hunter. You on the other hand are not. Remember the aim was to get as many 'truths' in as they could."
"Wait, so where will I be working?"
"There's a clinic in town. Actually it's quite understaffed. As far as they're aware you are a new guys who was recommended the job by an old friend. You've only got part time hours, you only really need to work to maintain cover."
Huh. So I get to work at a clinic. And it sounds like it really needs help. I bet. I can't imagine a lot of farmers getting medical degrees.
"So Leorio, You in?"
"Fine, only to get my name out there to the association and no public kissing!"
"Got it, save that stuff for private?"
"You wish." Leorio said in a huff.
"See you there then." The kurta said as he hung up.
This mission shouldn't be too bad. Get to travel to a new place, help some people and hang out with the gang again.
"Huh. So I guess this is our home for a while." Killua said looking at the 2 story house in front of a moderate size of land. Enough to hold some live stock and be a successful small farm. Killua thought that the neighborhood was nice enough. It's quiet and cold at the moment because it's 5:00 am. But none of that mattered to his friend who was right next to him. And even though this is just a boring old farm house where we'll be playing house for a while. To him it's the most exciting thing ever. The two walk down the gravel driveway to find a blue car already parked there. The house was a typical brick house with two chimneys sticking out of it.
"Leorio and Kurapika must be in there already." Gon said cheerfully. The too open the door with their backpacks firmly around there shoulders. They enter through a hallway to find Leorio and Kurapika sitting at the coffee tables drinking from tea cups having a conversation before they turn towards the two. Gon has already left to go explore the house.
"Welcome son!" Leorio said with a smile on his face.
"Dad, other dad, How are you guys?" The boy with long hair said with a smile on his face. Enjoying himself a little too much.
"Shut up you brat." The doctor said annoyed. "we've taken the 2 single rooms, you and Gon can share the double bed."
The double bed? With Gon? Killua chest fluttered a bit when he heard that, he was unsure why. He knew it would be fine. They always use to share a bed. In fact, for whatever reason he felt a little disappointed when they were told that they had separate rooms.
"That's okay right?" The blacklist hunter said.
"oh.. yeah, of course it is! Gon just hogs the blankets sometimes. It's fine I can just hit him round the head." The boy feels his cheeks and they're getting warm. " I'm going to find that knuckle head now" he walks out of the room and upstairs.
"What's wrong with me?"
At the end of a large hallway a door was half opened. He goes in to find his friend sitting on the large double bed looking out the window.
"Can you believe it" The boy said as he was glued to the window " The other guys didn't take the room with the big bed and view."
He seems so… innocent.
"Sucks to be them. I guess it's ours." Killua said with smile. He sat next to his friend and looked out the window also. There were a few paddocks, but only the front two (the ones visible from the front) had live stock in them. And even then, each one had only 10 sheep each in it. It's preferable. If they had too many animals they would bee spending too much time tending to them and not looking for clues. Killua stands up and takes off his back pack and puts it up against the wall next to Gons. He goes through his purple back pack.
"Do you want to go clothes shopping later today?" The long haired boy said as he sorts his clothes into different piles. "We need to get our school uniform anyway for tomorrow."
"Sure. It should be a good excuse to look around town and get some possible leads. We don't know much about this women, do we?"
"The only description we've got is a tall brunet who wears a pearl necklace with a blood diamond on it." Killua said count the piles of clothes he laid out.
"Do you reckon she's pretty?" Gon said as Killua turned to his friend who is know laid back on the bed looking up at the ceiling.
"W..where did that come from?" Killua barely got out. What does he mean by that? Is he hoping for her to be pretty? Killua didn't even know he thought about that sort of stuff.
"I don't know, that necklaces is expensive" His friend continued as he began to sit up. "Someone who wears something like that has to be at least a little pretty."
"Never knew you were so shallow" Killua said cheerfully.
"I am not!" Gon said innocently.
"Think about it, anybody could wear a necklaces like that" The young hunter tried justifying himself. "she could be a big fat gorilla for all we know"
"I suppose." Gon said falling on his back again looking at the ceiling.
"Let's go downstairs you still haven't said hello to Leorio and Kurapika" he said to his spiky haired friend. They both get up and walk down the hallway to the stairs again. Both the doctor and kurta were still their enjoying their conversation.
"Hey guys!" Gon ran into the room with Killua slowly tagging behind him.
"Gon! You're starting to make me feel so old just by seeing how tall you are." Leorio gave a smile as he stood up and went for a handshake but was quickly interrupted by the young hunter diving in for a hug.
"Because you are old." The white haired boy muttered to himself.
"I heard that!" The man in the blue suite quickly yelled back.
"Great, you haven't lost your hearing just yet." He said rolling his eyes. Gon soon releases Leorio just in time to hug Kurapika who has just risen to great the boy as well.
"Good to see you." The kurta said sincerely.
"I'll be heading out soon to fill in some paper work for you two at school." Leorio said sitting back down.
"That's cool, me and Gon were going to head out and get our uniforms." Killua said placing his hands in his pockets.
"Do you know what you need?"
"Yeah, black pants, black shorts, white long sleeved shit, white short sleeved shirt, black suit jackets and a black tie." The long haired hunter said listing off the top of his head. "I checked the website last night."
"Have you guys had breakfast yet? "Kurapika said getting up.
"I've had a coffee and I think Gon got a hot chocolate at the station." he replied.
"I'll fix you guys something to eat then." he said as he walks off into the kitchen.
"You don't have to." He said dismissively.
"Pancakes please!" Gon yelled across the house.
"I'm already up and moving for Gon. You want anything Killua?" Kurapika yelled back.
"Can you make that pancakes for two?" He said.
"Certainly"
Killua felt odd. Even though this was job. Even though they have just been thrown together, it's already starting to feel like a family.
"hey, old man. Could we take the car into town?" Killua said sitting down on the couch.
"Sure you can, if you have a license."Leorio said with a snicker.
"What if I told you I had a magical license which is how we all met. Remember? Or is the Alzheimer's setting in?"
"Oh that license which clearly states that you're a hunter? As well your real name and details. Which are all things we are expected to keep secret in an UNDERCOVER mission. Sure I've heard of it, what of it?" The doctor jokingly replied.
"Ugh then how are you driving?"
"The association has provided both me and Kurapika with drivers licenses with our fake identities"
"It's no that far of a walk to the shopping center" Gon chimed in as he sat next to his friend.
"I know, I'm just lazy." He sighed. Being under cover was harder than he thought. "Could you at least drop us off?"
"Okay, but I'm leaving at 10. If you aren't ready by then don't expect me to wait." Leorio said as he grabs the news paper to his side and starts reading it. Killua leaned back and listened to the sounds in the kitchen, water running, and spoons banging on bowls. That moment Gon sprang from his seat and ran off. The long haired hunter quickly followed him.
"Where're you going?" Killua said walking behind him at a slow pace.
"I want to check the farm out" He said with a smile. His friend opens the door and he follows behind at the same pace. A long path with fences running across either side of it. Killua looks across the two closest paddocks and sees sheep grazing. Gon leans against the fence watching the animals. Killua looks down the path, there's about 4 or 5 paddocks behind those ones but they're all empty. The gravel path snakes around all of them with a for every paddock. In the paddock furthest from the house it has a small hill which goes up and over.
"Was it really necessary to get such a big place with no-"
"Shh!" Gon said said listening quietly. He seems focused, but not alarmed.
"What is it?"
"I can hear run running water. Like a river or something." He said as he walked over to gate with the paddock furthest from the house. It seems to be the biggest. He climbs over the 8 wire fence with Killua once again tagging behind. They both start running up the hill. It slopes a little up but then quite a bit down after. From the house, you would think the hill and this paddock was a lot smaller than what it actually is. They finally reach the bottom of the hills and behold there is a river passing through it. Only a small part is actually in the property, the rest goes into the trees surrounding the property. In front of the river was an shelter for animals the rain and stuff. It's just 3 walls and roof. It's got old straw bundles. One is broken and spread in a little pile in the corner.
"I guess, this is where the animals get food?" Killua said looking inside the small shelter.
"Farm animals eat hay not straw" Gon said giggling.
"Then what's straw good for then?" The hunter said defensively.
"Beds and stuff." He replied with a smile as he sat on the pile of straw in the corner. "So they're they're comfy when they sleep."
"You idiot, get up. You're probably sitting on old animal crap." He couldn't help but smile as he held out his hand.
"Then we'll sit in it together" The spiky haired boy said as he yanked Killua's arm making him also fall in the pile of hey.
"I'm going to get you back~~~" Killua said in a calm but menacing tone.
"See? It's fine."
The white haired boy was thinking of revenge but then he something hard and cold under the hay. He got up and swept some of the hay off. A secret hatch!
"Woah!" Gon said with glowing eyes. Killua looked at the handle he felt before. It was padlocked shut. "Dam we need a key." The boy in green said disappointed as he stood up brushing hay off of himself.
"Luckily for you I have a universal key" His friend said mischievously as he took a firm grip of the padlock, held the dead bolt so it was attached to firmly and pulled on the padlock. The metal stretched and bent like it was a rubber band until it snapped off.
"You shouldn't have done that." Gon said crouching next to his friend.
"What if this was a clue in the investigation? How could I possibly let this go unchecked in good concisions?"
"You could have tried to pick it or something."
"Okay, fine we wont look inside"
"Fine, fine, fine. You win. Just open it." Killua pulls back the dead bolt and turns the small latch while pulling. The door opens up. Staring back at them is a large dark hole with a ladder leading down it. Gon was the first to head down. When both of them are down, Killua pulls out his phone for light. He shines it across the wall. It's wallpapered. He finds a light switch. The place even has power. He flicks the yellow dim light turn on one after the other to reveal the small hideout. It's got everything you need, plenty of power outlets cooking equipment, blankets a desk and a coach. It's about the same size as their living room. Except for the hard tiles below the ladder, the entire floor is carpeted.
"Why would this be here?" Gon wondered out loud.
"Some secret hide out." Killua said as he ran his finger across the desk looking at the dust. "My guess is that nobody has been here for years."
"We should head back now, Kurapika is probably fished making breakfast." Gon said climbing back up the ladder.
"Yeah, but we shouldn't tell anyone about it." His friend said climbing up as well.
"why not?"
"Because it can be our secret hide out."
"And why does everyone assume I'm the immature one?" Gon said with a smile as he closed the hatch and covered it with hey again.
"Because I'm not the one who still asks for a stuffed animal when I have nightmares."
"Oi! you promised not to bring that up again." Gon moaned as he stood up.
"Well then don't start a battle of maturity if you're unarmed." His long haired friend said walking back with his friend chasing behind.
"I'm not unarmed!"
"Thanks Leorio!" Gon said with a big smile on his face as he shut the car door.
"Gon! You shouldn't be so loud in public." His friend said standing next to him on the street as the car drove off. He didn't really react to his friends comment, but instead just grinned.
"So where to?" His friend said with his backpack on like always. Killua however decided against taking his back pack.
"Go with the flow. there are plenty of shops down here. I'm sure they'll be something" The white haired boys said as he began walking. Gon quickly jogged to catch up with him. They start walking down the street. They looked around until they find what looks to be a higher end clothes store and both walk in. They seem almost immediately out classed, it was weird considering this was a farm town. This must be where all the old rich white men come. The carpet is velvet red and some classical music is playing the background. Not many people are there but everyone of them is suited up and giving dirty looks to the boys.
"Killua." Gon whispered "I don't like it here. Let's go somewhere else"
"It'll be fine." he whispered back. A women comes along. Looking at them like they're a dog turd on the bottom of her shoe.
"Can I help you?" She said in an uptight condescending manner.
"Do you have any plane black and white suits?" the long haired boy asked refusing to be intimidated as his friend walks slowly behind him.
"Of course we do… but our things may be" She paused " Out of your budget." Killua got visually angry by that but just as he was about to give her a piece of her mind:
"Our dad is a wealthy doctor." Gon spoke up "We just moved to town and we want to look nice for school, paying wont be an issue."
With that said, Killua cooled down a bit. He never knew Gon could be this good under cover.
"Oh… my apologies, right this way gentlemen" She said as her tuned got better. She lead them across the store into a separate room.
"What are we doing now?" The taller boy whisperer once more into his friend's ear.
"It looks like we're going to have our measurements taken" He explained. The lady gestured them to sit on a leather couch as she stepped away. Soon after a bald man in a full white suite and glasses walks in.
"Oh baby! Cindy was not fibbing. New faces! I'm excited." He said looking at the 2 boys sitting on the couch. "You two look so well cultured! Have you done this before?"
"I haven't" Gon said smiling at the man's energy.
"Once or twice" His friend sitting next to him replied.
"Oh goody! A veteran and a new comer!" He said with the same enthusiasm "Who's first?"
The boys looked at each other. "I guess me?" Gon said shyly raising his hand. Killua didn't protest.
"Stand up! Stand up!" The bald man said he started unrolling the tape measure in his hands. He stood up and next to the man. "Take off your jacket"
Gon obeyed. He took his green jacked off leaving him in a black T-shirt.
"Now let's get some arm measurements. Hold those babies out. Like a scarecrow!" The man said. Gon followed his instructions as he did the man took the tape and went up the length of his arm.
"Hey, why is this place here? Surly you can't get much business in this town" The boy said while the man swapped to his other arm.
"Looks can be deceiving." He said not looking up. "Sure there are farms and stuff here, but by no means are there a lack of wealthy people here. In fact some of the biggest, upper class parties happen in the large building just up the hill." He moved onto his torso after writing some numbers on a pad of paper.
"Who goes to them?" Killua said sitting on the couch.
"Obviously non of the farmers of course! But the land owners, and some guests from out of town." He said writing more numbers down.
"Land owners?" The white haired boy questioned.
"Correct, there was once a huge economic crisis here a few years ago. Many of the farmers needed to sell their land to get out of bankruptcy, however instead of kicking them out the owners just let them stay rent free! Isn't that kind?" He said looking up.
"A little weird don't you think?" Gon said. "Lots of rich people buying farm land and letting people live there for free but still own it."
"As if the land is important but needs to be occupied to not arouse any suspicious" Killua added.
"My my, don't you young men have a fantastic imagination" He said measuring Gon's outer leg "I assure you that this was a simple case of man helping man"
The boys give each other knowing looks.
"Time to measure the inner leg, do you dress to the right or to the left?" He asked the boy standing in front of him. He was met with a confused look. "What side does it hang when you get dressed?"
"huh?" Gon gave another confused look and turned to Killua who has his face berried in his palms. He slowly took his hands from his face.
"Gon." He began "When you get changed, what leg do your 'boy bits' hang by?"
"Oh!" Gon said feeling stupid. "I guess they're just bunched in the center" He said shamelessly.
"Weirdo" Killua yelled.
"What? I can't help it! I wear briefs, I can't have it on a particular side" Gon defended as his friend quickly turned red.
"Too much information!" the boy sitting on the couch yelled back
"You're the one talking about my boy bits!"
"I'm not the one" Killua said getting redder and redder " You're the one who needed it spelled out for you."
"Gentlemen, may I continue? " The man said standing there. The hunter nodded and he continued to measure his inner leg.
"And that's you" The bald man said. "Snowflake you're up next."
"Call me that again and you'll regret it" The white haired boy said as he stood up and walked over.
"So much passion, I love it!" the man said as he began to measure him. Killua knew what to do automatically.
"say Killua, isn't this a little over kill for a school uniform?" Gon said now sitting.
"From what I've seen the people witch the most expensive clothes are at the top of the food chain." He replied. "Besides. We can, so why not?"
The man in the white suite finishes measuring Killua and walks off to get the clothes. He soon returns wheeling a 2 racks of clothes.
"This isn't the first time with customers shopping for a school uniform. These all fit within the school regulations. The boys wonder over to the racks. There where many sorts of suites all black or dark shades. Some with pin stripes, some with gold trim. Both Gon and Killua picked out the plane black suite with a white shirt.
"Excellent, Excellent. Classics never die!" The man said once the boys made their choice. "Go try them on" He gestured to the two changing rooms at the back of the room.
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"Those where so expensive!" Gon said leaving the store with his friend. His jacket now on again and both carrying white bags with their clothes in them.
"I checked the account the other day, we've got plenty in the account! Why are you such a penny pincher!" The long haired boy said walking down the street.
"Mito said to always be wise with money"
"Being wise doesn't mean not spending it" The hunter muttered under his breath. "Well that's our uniform sorted" he said louder.
"Yeah, can we go somewhere less fuddy duddy now?" The boy in the green haired jacket said.
"If you want, I've read online that there's a street market happening not too far from here."
"Can we go?"
"Of course." Killua said as he got out his phone and started searching for the details. The both walk down across the streets. As they get closer to their destination, the more the streets look how you would expect the place to look like in a farm central town. They turn the street and find a significant grouping of people all looking at clothes from different stalls. The boys join the crowd. They look at all the stands, all selling clothing from all around the world. They find a more quiet stand selling clothes which seem to be within the boys tastes. They start browsing the racks of clothes. The boys split off looking at different racks. The white haired boy didn't seem to interested on anything. He turned to his friend who is looking at a light blue shirt on the rack on the opposite side to him. Killua decided to walk over to him.
"Didn't know you where into blue." He said.
"I'm not Snowflake." Gon said looking up at his friend with a smile "I thought this would look good on you"
"S..snowflake?" He stuttered getting the same feeling in his chest. It was weird, when the man in the white suite called him that he felt nothing but hatred for the tacky nickname. But coming from Gon, it didn't sound too bad. The embarrassed boy can feel his cheeks getting warm again as he looks at his friend who is patiently waiting for him to respond. Killua takes the shirt and holds it up to him imagining him wearing it.
"Urg, you know nothing about fashion. This goes with nothing I own." He said once he calmed down. He actually didn't mind it, but didn't feel like he could just say that.
"Yeah, but c'mon…" Gon moaned.
" 'c'mon' isn't an argument"
"coooommmmeeeeee ooooonnnnnnnn!" The boy said now making a fuss in public as everyone started to look at them.
"Okay, okay fine. Just please stop whatever that was" Killua quickly gave in Gon cheered. "But, I get to pick something out for you to wear. Just to make it even."
"Deal!" His friend said, and Killua was off searching through racks looking for something for Gon to wear. If just Gon picked something out for him, then that's weird. But if they both picked clothes out then it's not weird. Killua reasoned. Amongst the forest of clothes he found a brown T shirt with a cream horizontal stripes across the bottom half of the shirt. The long haired boy knew that it was his friends style and immediately picked it out and returned to his friend.
"Here." The hunter held out the shirt the other. Gon took it and held it up to his body.
"Thanks! What made you choose this one?" He asked curiously.
"Matches your eyes." Killua paused after what he just said.
I really just said that.
What the hell is going on?! Why did he just say that? What an idiot! No that he thinks about it. It is the same color as his eyes. Chocolate brown. Maybe that's way he's acting so weird. He just really likes chocolate. He was lost in thought and forgot about his friend standing right in front of him. And he just quoted a line from a romance novel.
"Huh! I guess your right. The shirt I picked out for you matches your eyes too!" the hunter said enthusiastically.
"Idiot, don't say stuff like that" Killua said as he let his fringe cover his eyes.
"You said it first." He said pulling his poking his tongue out slightly. They both walk up to the man with their clothes ready to buy. He's been listening to the entire conversation. The man seems to be grinning at them unusually, but doesn't say anything off key. They both pay and decide to head home.
The boys go home knowing they have everything they need for their first day ever at a public school. Tomorrow is going to be one heck of a day.
