+ Hisoka's Property + [revised] +
+ Chapter 01 +
+ The First Encounter +
One summer morning at the far end of Mt. Mori, a small private aircraft landed on a plateau nearby.
An image of a girl emerged and got out from the plane. She held up an 'okay' sign to the pilot of the aircraft as it took off again.
The 11–year–old Michiyo Zoldyck just watched the aircraft became smaller in her sight as it flew away back to their manor. She paid no heed when her purple - black, bob - cut hair was already a mess due to the wind from the plane.
She was constantly on–training since she was three, but for some reasons, her training became secret when she turned six. That was the time when her brother Killua was born.
So today, she's here in this mountain for another training scheduled by her father, Silva Zoldyck.
Michiyo took her phone from her side pocket and dialed some numbers from it. She waited until three rings before her call was answered.
"Yes, Michiyo?" The familiar authoritative voice of her father responded on the other line.
"I'm already here in Mt. Mori, Papa. When are you going to arrive here?" Michiyo asked while she sat under a huge tree to get some shelter from the sun's scorching heat.
"Actually, I have something to tell you regarding that matter."
"What's that?" Michiyo's forehead wrinkled a bit.
"I need to postpone your training this time. I had an emergency rendezvous and it will take me four days to accomplish that. Perhaps, we will just reschedule your training next month."
"Hmm, okay. No problem, Papa." She was disappointed that her training will be postponed once again, but she hid it perfectly. This was not the first time it happened though.
"I'll just send an aircraft there to fetch you."
"Uhm, Papa, can I stay here for a while? I'll just wander around in this mountain first then I'll go home after a week, can I?" Michiyo asked in a bit of pleading voice. She didn't want to go home just yet when she thought of her mother.
"Okay, I'll give you two days."
"Two days are fine. Thank you." She answered sweetly.
"Take care of yourself and beep me if anything goes wrong, understood?" Silva reminded to her only daughter.
"Yes, Papa." Michiyo uttered as they ended the call. She put her phone back in her black short – pants' side pocket as she stretched out her arms.
"Alright! Two days to explore this mountain!" She stood up excitedly as she looked to her left and to her right. "Where am I going to start?"
Meanwhile at the Zoldyck mansion, Silva just finished talking to her only daughter when all of a sudden, his wife Kikyo rushed inside his office room.
"Anata! You scheduled another training for Michiyo again, didn't you?!" She asked in her usual screeching voice as she stood up mightily in front of the silver–haired patriarch of the Zoldycks. "We already knew that she didn't need those training anymore since she was just a replacement for – "
"I know." Silva firmly interrupted his wife. "But she still needs to be trained. She's still a Zoldyck and will still accept jobs for the family. Don't worry, she didn't have training today. She will just roam around and will get back home after two days."
"Two days? Fine. And when she gets back, she'll continue her piano lessons." Kikyo retorted.
"Whatever you wish." Silva answered submissively.
Silva's wife seemed contented with his answer as she immediately left the room.
It was already past noon.
The scorching summer breeze began to send uneasy and irritating feeling to Michiyo. Actually, she already lost the excitement of exploring the mountains because of the annoying feeling of the summer heat brought to her senses.
She was walking along the rows of the trees when she thought of going home instead of further scouting this area. She was about to increase her pace when something caught her attention.
Michiyo stopped where she saw a small lake. It was almost invisible because of the leaves of the trees that covered the entrance of it. She jumped over the bushes and pulled the tree branches out of her way so she could go through.
'This is perfect!' Michiyo exclaimed to herself as she approached the clear lake that was decorated by huge rocks at its side. Molds and algae were all over the rocks that gave an impression that nobody's gone here for a long time.
She examined her surroundings to make sure that she's the only one there. After a moment of checking, she decided to take a quick dip in the inviting lake in front of her.
Michiyo took off her pair of black boots and touched the water with her bare feet. The lake water was icy cold and her feet could feel the chill. She untied the obi around her waist.
She was about to take off her black kimono when all of a sudden she heard a strange noise not far from where she was.
Her mind became alert in an instant. She hurriedly tied her obi back around her waist as she walked towards where she heard the faint noise. She concealed herself at the back of the bushes and took a peek on the other side not far from the lake.
She saw a man standing with his back facing her. He had red–orange hair that extended to his back that almost hugged his neck. He also had lean and muscular back, as shown in his fitted red shirt.
There's another man with brown, mid–back hair who stood in front of the other man. Based on the brown–haired man's position, they are fighting. But it seems that the red–haired man is not in his fighting stance since he just had his hand downward while he held something.
'Is it a piece of paper?' Michiyo asked to herself. 'No, it is a piece of card.' She curiously watched and waited as to what will happen next.
She could sense that the man who's holding a card in his hand was kind of freaky. She could feel the chill running through her spine just by gazing at him. It was the same impression she had when she's with her eldest brother and her grandfather.
The brown–haired man attacked the other man with his huge knife. The man who's holding a card easily dodged the attacks just by leaning to his sides. The other man kept on attacking the red–haired man but to his dismay, he couldn't even touch the other man's hair.
Based on the speed and evasive skills of the freaky man, Michiyo could say that this man was not an ordinary one. She could clearly see that the other man with huge knife moved pretty fast compared to an average, normal person. But the weird man with a card was much faster to dodge the other man's attacks.
Then and there, in a blink of an eye, the brown–haired man's head was suddenly decapitated. His head bounced when it fell on the ground as his headless body slowly fell just next to his head.
Michiyo's purple eyes became wide in amazement. She didn't even see what happened. Seconds ago, the other man was just attacking this man. Then all of a sudden, he was already beheaded in just one wave of the red–haired man's hand with a card.
'He was sure so fast that I didn't even see his hand moved!'
She was accustomed to her family members with exceptional movement speed as well, but she was still amazed on what she just witnessed. She's absolutely sure that this red–haired man is not an ordinary person and also a deadly one.
Michiyo's pressed lips gradually formed a smile. And from a small smile, it formed into a grin.
Yes, she's grinning in excitement and curiosity. Her curiosity was intensely aroused on how powerful this man was. Because this was the first time in her 11 years of existence that she saw an extraordinary man with, she thought, had extraordinary skills.
Moreover, she could still feel the shudder through her spine with just a mere sight of the red–haired man. And to her confusion, she only felt this way when she's with her father, grandfather and eldest brother. That was because she clearly knew that they are stronger than her.
'Maybe he can be a match to Aniki? Or to my father maybe? Or to Grandpa?' Michiyo thought to herself.
If ever, he will be the first person that she thought that can be a match to her ancestors. Seriously, she hadn't met anyone that can be an equal opponent to them.
She gazed at the weird man once again, but to her surprise, he already disappeared!
'Where did he go?!' She scanned through her left and to her right but she couldn't see him.
She was about to go, but then, she felt a sudden chill at her back. It seemed like there's some kind of powerful aura at her back that sent chill and shudder into her senses.
Her eyes became wide when realization hit her face.
Was she drowned in her own thoughts that she was not able to anticipate that this will happen? Where did her senses go?
She knew that it was too late, but she still alerted her mind and body. She immediately turned to her back and stepped backward to avoid anything that she could face.
There, she saw the red–haired man, standing mightily in front of her. He was just staring at her with his yellow, narrow eyes, devoid of any emotions.
However, she could clearly feel the malicious aura he's continuously emitting. Together with a murderous and deathly aura, it was so clear to her, she was faced in a sure danger.
Her mind was telling her that she should run away.
Yes, she is a Zoldyck, but there's a little voice inside her head saying she should escape since she'll be no match with the opponent.
She knew it as well, but the problem was, her body couldn't move! She was in her fighting stance, but she was so sure that she was unable to move her body.
In an instant, the red–haired man caught Michiyo's small neck and grasped it firmly.
Michiyo didn't even see the attack approaching. She just realized that her bare feet weren't able to touch the ground at the moment.
The strange man held her high and leveled her with his face.
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Disclaimer: I did not own Hunter X Hunter.
Author's Note:
*Storyline: This chapter was set up 7 years before the HXH story began in Anime.
*Papa - Michiyo's endearment to his father
*Mt. Mori – a fictional mountain that I created
*Obi – sash tied at the back of a kimono
*Brown – haired man – minor original character
*Aniki – Michiyo's address to her eldest brother
How was it? This was the revised story of my original fic 'Hisouka's Property.' Some scenes were altered and characterization of canon characters were improved (slightly – Lol!). Names were also spelled correctly this time.
Well, I hope you will still like it this way.
Kindly drop some reviews, flames, comments or suggestions. Will greatly appreciate them!
Thanks!
Mitara – Yuki