Author's note*
This is just something I put together when i was washing dishes one day and finally decided to put it into words. 'w' I hope you guys like it! I'm not a frequent updater so I'm sorry if I take weeks to update.

Summary: Killua ran away from home with Alluka, Milluki is an otaku that wont leave his room for anything, and Kalluto is off playing with spiders. Since no one but Illumi seems to be doing their job right, Silva orders his eldest son to find a wife to bare his children. Only then would Illumi be considered head of the Zoldyck household. But where will Illumi find a woman that exceeds his family expectations? HisoIllu! Killugon!

Disclaimer: I don't own Hunter x Hunter!

Warning: Slash/yaoi/male x male. It's rated T for now but future chapters will have sexual content.

Chapter 1: Family Matters

"Father, I'm only 25,"

"I'm aware of that, Illumi, and that's why we are having this conversation. You've reached the age where you're supposed to find a lovely young woman to settle with," Silva Zoldyck smiles at his expressionless son. Illumi had finally returned home after a month of serving client after client. Silva took the opportunity to sit his son down with him and his wife, Kikyo, to have a talk. The assassins are currently sitting on the couch in Silva's bed chambers, with Illumi sitting in between his parents.

"Do you really want me to settle, or is this about producing an heir?" Illumi asked bluntly with a tilt of his head.

"Am I that easy to read?" Silva chuckles.

"Silva, Dear, do we really need to pressure Illumi into this? After all we still need to focus on getting Killua and It back home," Kikyo says. She rests her hand on her eldest son's shoulder, trying to get his attention. "Speaking of your brother, were you able to track him down, Illumi?"

"Killua and It were last spotted at Heavens Arena by my Needlemen, I believe they went there to gain money. Killua left before I had the chance to reach him," Illumi explained. A small sigh escapes his lips. Illumi has been tracking down Killua ever since he took It away a year in a half ago. The small assassin had been moving from city to city and was successful in covering up his tracks. Illumi had sent a number of his Needlemen throughout the globe to track down his little, rebellious, brother. They would occasionally spot Killua, but the boy would immediately eliminate Illumi's men and escape. "Father, I strongly believe that with the right push, Killua will open his eyes and embrace the person he is meant to be,"

"No matter what we do, Killua will never embrace his family and its way of making a living, I see that now," Silva states. His smile had long left his strong features and was now replaced with a small frown. "In the beginning, Killua was going through a resentful and rebellious phase. Like every parent, we disciplined him and expected his phase to pass. When I let him go venture off with his friend, I knew their friendship wouldn't last... and yet, even when he separated from Gon, Killua still chose to abandon his family. Killua, although very young, is very mature for his age. He's able to take care of himself now, and who are we to force him into the family business? We aren't going to force Killua, especially when his rebellion could lead to the Zoldyck's destruction."

"Don't say that Dear, Killua will come around!" Kikyo more than cried. "Such talent can't be put to waste!"

"We will speak of this later, Kikyo," Silva says. "Right now, we are focusing on Illumi,"

Illumi narrows his eyes at his father. "Killua will come back, I'm sure of it," he said. He brushes his hair behind his ears. Illumi is sure he can persuade his brother with the right push. He can sense Killua was already near his breaking point. Just. One. Final. Shove. "Why are you consulting only me, what of Milluki and Kalluto? You haven't forgotten about them now, have you?"

"Milluki…" Silva takes a small pause, thinking well on his next set of words. "Milluki is a creative and cunning boy, but he isn't emotionally mature to carry out the Zoldyck name. We've neglected his up bringing and look at him now. He refuses to leave the mountain and spends most of his time doing who knows what in his bed chambers,"

"That can always change, I did say before that you and Mother spoil Milluki. I can train him once again from square one," Illumi tried to reason.

"Illumi, as sure as you are, there is no hope for that boy," Silva said, rather harshly.

Illumi glances at his mother, disappointed to see her not defend her own son and looking down in shame instead. Illumi finds it hard to believe that both his parents have lost faith in not only Killua, but Milluki as well. Though Illumi kept his attention mostly on Killua, because he's been so hard to deal with recently, the eldest brother had great faith in all his siblings. He just never knew that his parents would easily lose faith in them all.

"We know you mean well, Illumi, but you shouldn't waste your time," Kikyo adds, offering a forced smile. "Now, about Kalluto… he, um, she has been too occupied with the spiders. Plus, ever since she now identifies herself as a girl, she won't at all be able to produce an heir," Kikyo sighs a little devastated. Has she not been a good mother? She should have trained her boys harder like her and Silva did to Illumi. There's nothing she can do now…

"Kalluto is just in a phase," Illumi said.

"Phase or not, her wishes must be respected," Silva intervenes. "I hope that with our reasons, you understand why we are having this talk with you."

"I understand that you and Mother have so little hope for the heirs of this house," Illumi stood from the couch.

"Illumi!" Kikyo scolds.

"Milluki will find his potential, Kalluto will get out of his phase, and Killua will return," Illumi states. He was fed up with his parents looking down on his brothers. Annoyed and angry, Illumi accidentally made his nen known, something he typically does when angered. His aura was dark and threatening.

"And if they don't come around?" Silva asks. He stood up and looked down at his son. The older man released his own nen, rivaling his son's anger. "Will you let them be the reason for the Zoldyck's downfall?"

Both Zoldyck's men kept their eyes fixated on each other, not daring to look away. Kikyo just watched on the side, not intruding. She was actually having a field day at the moment, watching Illumi challenge his father like a true man. He is such a well brought up boy.

After a long moment of glaring at one another Illumi sighs and stored his nen away, his father doing the same. Silva knew Illumi would react this way. Illumi was over protective over his family, most importantly his younger siblings. He should be protective, for it is one of the first things Silva taught Illumi when he was small. Family is the only thing worth fighting for.

"Illumi," Silva starts to say as he places his hand on his sons shoulder. "I haven't lost hope in any of my sons. I know they are doing what makes them happy and as their father I must respect their wishes and support them... and I hope that what you're doing is making you happy."

"Understood," Illumi nods his head, completely ignoring his fathers last comment.

Silva nods his head before moving away from Illumi to go sit beside his wife. "Once you find a suitable wife, you will be the head of the house," Silva starts to say, going back to their original conversation. "Though you can't pick just any woman to be your wife, she must have three unique qualities," Silva extends three fingers out towards Illumi as he thoroughly explains three qualities his future wife must hold.

"I'll see who I can find," Illumi says before heading towards the door, "If you'll excuse me, I must continue serving clients."

Making his way through the hall, Illumi thought about his brothers once again. He's going to have to bring Kalluto back from the spiders and train him to the family's expectations. Speaking of training, Illumi's going to have to start training Milluki from square one once again. It really bothered the older sibling to hear his parents look down on his brothers. He's going to have to change that.

Looking through his phone, Illumi saw that his schedule was completely full. He's going to half to cut back on clients to focus on his family. His brothers come first after all. Illumi then receives a text message. Opening it, Illumi isn't surprised to read that a few of his Neddlemen were taken down by Killua once again. Illumi's going to have to take drastic measures.

Distracted by his thoughts, Illumi nearly bumps into someone large. With his instincts kicking in, Illumi immediately stops on his tracks and swiftly steps aside. "Milluki," Illumi says, quirking a small smile for his brother, "I didn't see you there, sorry about that."

"It's okay, Illumi-Niichan," Milluki says, forcing a small smile of his own.

Illumi's smile fades as quickly as it came. His brother hadn't mastered his nen, so his aura was all over the place. His aura demonstrated distress, concerning Illumi greatly. "Is something wrong, Milluki?"

"Huh? Oh no, nothing to worry about, Illumi-Niichan," Milluki assures, trying to dismiss the conversation by waving his hands over his face. "I'm just… I haven't gotten the-the thing I ordered in the mail yet," he says, which was an obviously lie to Illumi.

"Whatever is bothering you, it better not be serious and involve the family, otherwise I'll have to force you to tell me what's wrong," Illumi stressed.

Milluki flinched from the harshness in his eldest brother's voice. "It's nothing serious, I swear!" Milluki tried to convince.

Illumi nods his head, understandingly. That's when a thought occurred to him. "Milluki, I have a favor to ask of you,"

"What is it?" Milluki asks, raising both his brows in surprise. Illumi never asks him for favors before. This must be serious.

Illumi pulls out a box from his pants pocket and opens it. "These are a few of my needles," Illumi says as he pulls out one of the silver needles from the box. The needles were an inch tall, as thin as paper, and flexible. "Can you put a tracking device on these?"

"Sure, but what for?" Milluki asks, receiving the box and needle from Illumi. He inspects the needle. This might be a challenge for Milluki. Creating such a small tracking device will be a challenge.

"I'm having trouble keeping up with Killua,"

"Oh…" Milluki's brows furrow in annoyance. The sound of Killua's name is enough to put Milluki in a bad mood. Killua has always been the favorite of the family and Milluki is not sure why since his brother was an odd ball. Even now when he's abandoned the family, Killua is still the favorite. It sickens Milluki to no end.

"Stop being upset," Illumi scolds, breaking the other out of his thoughts, "please try to fix your relationship with Killua, you're brothers, so start acting like it." Milluki's aura was all over the place whenever Illumi mentioned their younger brother, and Illumi is still confused as to why Killua was such a bother to Milluki.

"How could you defend him after everything he's done?!" Milluki asks. "He's ran away from home, nearly killed me and Mama, and he took It away! So why do you guys-" Milluki bit his tongue to keep himself from blurting out the rest of his words.

"Why do we what, Milluki?" Illumi asks with a tilt of his head.

Milluki swallows the lump in his throat, "…why do you still insist on bringing him back home?" Milluki asked instead, not wanting to ask his original question.

"…Because he's family, Milluki," Illumi answered. He roughly ruffles Milluki's hair. "Family always comes first, Milluki, and since Killua is our brother it's our job as Aniki's to guide our younger siblings, do you understand?"

"…Yeah," the younger nodded his head.

Illumi saw how Milluki's aura relaxed but still had a negative atmosphere towards it. The younger will get over it soon. "How long will it take you to make the tracking device?" Illumi asks.

"It will probably take me two months or three," Milluki says, putting the box of needles away in his pocket.

Illumi nods his head in understanding. "The sooner the better, I'll make sure to reward you with your favorite treats," Illumi says. The older sibling was surprised to see Illumi's aura brighten in appreciation but then suddenly change to displeasure. Milluki was acting real strange today.

"That's alright, Illumi-nichan," Milluki says, half smiling at his brother. "Do you know where Grandfather is?"

"… He's in his bed chambers," Illumi says, directing his index finger towards where his grandfather's room was.

"Thanks," Milluki nods before walking past Illumi and waving his hand goodbye. "I'll message you my progress on the tracking device, see you later Illumi-nichan,"

"Alright…" Illumi kept his eyes on his brother. Milluki seemed very troubled. Illumi's going to have to check back on him later. Illumi made his way through the halls and went through his contact list on his phone. If Illumi's going to piece his family back together then he's going to need help with serving his clients, and Illumi could only think of one person for help.

Illumi dialed the number on his screen and pressed the phone against his ear, waiting for the other to answer. The phone rang once, twice, three times before finally picking up. "My, my, I didn't expect you to ever call me, this must be urgent~" Hisoka's smooth voice said through the other line.

"Are you free tonight," Illumi asks bluntly.

"I am, lets meet in the usual spot, say seven?"

Author's note*

So there you have chapter one! What do you think of it so far? Leave your reviews! Let me just say again that i am not a frequent updater. So please bare with me! Thank you! :D