Killua was carrying Gon on his back. He was exhausted, they had had a terrible fight against two magicians and they had been hurt seriously. He wasn't even sure Gon was going to make it; he had been wounded too many times over the last two years. He remembered the fight: one of the magicians had demon and water power, and the other one, shadow and fire, paradoxical powers that made him even stronger. Killua had known from the start that it would be a very hard fight but Gon didn't want to run away.
« If Gon ever wakes up, he might regret his refusing to flee, » he thought, remembering what a terrible thing had happened for the first time to Gon. « I still can't believe what happened … If the roles were reversed, it wouldn't be surprising at all but Gon … It's just impossible, he won't be able to live with it … I wished we never were assigned this mission … Dammit, I'm losing too much blood, I have to find a hospital soon … Anyway, what happened could've arrived when we were still in the army. The army, uh … And I thought retiring from assassination would keep me from killing people. That kind of war is terrible, you kill more people than in a mob war, for reasons just as stupid, if not stupider; civilians get killed too, and all of it is legal. » He laughed. « I never thought I'd ever see killing as something that wrong. Geez, what would've happened to me if Illumi learned about all the things I'm thinking of right now … ». At the thought of his older brother, Killua shivered. « My mind is getting unclear, that's scary … There's a man walking toward me, what does he want? Ah, why do I care, we're gonna die anyway … ».
Two years before.
Gon Freecss and Killua Zaoldyeck were listening to Netero teaching them about dragon chakra.
« There are four major types of power, » Netero explained, « and they all come from the dragons: time-space, demon, psychokinesis, and shadow. The secondary ones are the five chakra-elements: water, wind, lightning, fire and earth. There are at least a thousand others but these nine are the most important. On Earth, you won't be able to use Nen, but if you have one of these powers you'll be able to use dragon chakra. »
He paused as he saw the two boys were looking astonished and said, « I know it's pretty odd but Earth has a particularity that restrains human aura. Don't ask me why, because I wouldn't be able to answer correctly. »
He went on, « Remember to only use dragon chakra on people who have it within them, there's a rule that states that dragon chakra must be a secret which only the dragon chakra users are allowed to know about. »
« Why? » Killua asked.
« Because the comity that made this rule assumed that revealing those power to everyone would create divisions between people, and society is already divided enough, » Netero replied. He then said, «I'm going to test your chakra but I don't think your likely to have any of the major types so don't hope too much. Gon, give me your hand. Ahem … Nature and wind! Your turn Killua … Night and lightning! These are good results, and if you combine your power, your potential is close to the potential of someone whose power is time-space. »
Gon spoke up for the first time, « We have to go training right away! »
Killua answered, « Wait, could you tell us more about our mission? »
Netero answered, « The Earth people are in wartime right now and some of the people with power on Earth think they should make the whole world know about dragon chakra, and that would be a disaster. So you have to help the chakra army and fight these criminals. »
« We accept the mission! » Gon said without any further thinking. « Now let's go training, Killua! »
A month later they were able to master their powers; a year later they had won several battles and lost friends in the war; and during the last months they had to fight important people. Their opponents then promised that they wouldn't break the Rule.
Now, their mission was over. But two friends of someone Killua had killed had found them and tried to get rid of them; and after a long and terrible fight, Gon lost control and did something he had never been expected to do. Right before he lost consciousness, he killed his opponents. He killed two men trying to revenge their friend. Killua was shocked, but what was going to happen to the two Hunters in the next years was going to be of a far bigger caliber.
Now, as he saw a man walking toward them, Killua thought they were going to die, but he had no clues what was to happen.
Note : I don't own anything except for the plot and the idea of the four major types of powers (and by the way I'd like to thank my friend Paul because this idea of the four major powers being time-space, psychokinesis, demon, and shadow comes from a game we had made up when we were 8 years old). In the next chapter there will be one of the Godfather's characters. I hope you're enjoying this fanfic :-)
