A Very Hunter Christmas
Summary: It's Christmas time in the world of Hunters! Chaos will surely ensue, what with secret Santa, and mistletoe!
(A/N: this is going to be a two shot, because I have a few fun things to do to torture these little lovelies. The first chapter is a secret Santa gift exchange, the second is some (mis)adventures in mistletoe, so it goes from cute and friendly to funny and romantic.)
"Careful with those ornaments! Mom will kill us if those break!" Killua calls out to Gon and Kurapika decorating a large Christmas tree.
"Have a little faith Killua." Kurapika replies, "Since when was I prone to dropping things?" The Kurta was on edge; he hadn't been too happy at Gon's insistence at inviting some of the Spiders to the Christmas party. But Gon reasoned that a Secret Santa would be better with a large group, and the blond couldn't help but agree.
"Oi, Can someone come help me with these cookies?" Leorio shouts from the kitchen, "I'm running out of countertops!"
Hisoka gets out of his chair, "I've got it Killua-kun, don't you worry your pretty little head." He pats said head on his way to the kitchen, causing the ex-assassin to shudder. But he still follows to see just how the magician intended to help.
Hisoka attached his Bungee Gum to the handles of a few trays and created a pulley system with the light fixture in the dining area.
"That's actually a really good idea!" Killua admits.
Leorio scoffs, "you're the only one who still freaks out when he's here Killua; you need to chill."
Shooting Leorio a look that could kill, the boy backs into the living room, barely missing a collision with Gon, as he rushed to open the door.
Killua turned just in time to see his younger siblings jump at him, screeching his name joyfully. Illumi follows close behind, peeling the two off of him.
"Yo Killu, quite the festive place you got here." The oldest says blandly, "you guys said you rented a house, but I didn't expect it to be like this."
The house was in a rather nice neighborhood, and was three stories tall if you didn't count the attic. It was painted a cheery yellow color, with white trim. The floors were wood, with rugs in some places. The building had six bedrooms and four bathrooms, a large kitchen with an informal dining area, and an actual dining room. It was by no means a mansion, but it wasn't anything shabby either.
"Yeah" Killua admits, "I would have been fine with an apartment, but Leorio wanted to be able to throw parties and socialize. Gon was on board with the party idea, and Kurapika couldn't care less where we live as long as he doesn't have to listen to Leorio snore."
Alluka pulls on the end of Illumi's hair, "Illumi, May Kalluto and I go to the kitchen?" the assassin looks down, and shrugs.
"Don't eat everything, and try not to get in the way."
The two run past the doorway, practically drooling at the smell of cookies. Once all the gifts were arranged under the tree, Gon, Killua, and Kurapika headed outside to make sure the decorations were just right. The thing about renting in such a nice neighborhood was that there was a lot expected of them. They were playing the role of a doctor and a small assortment of semi-roommates semi-adopted children. No one questioned it, since Leorio looked thirty. And the hunter licenses put them at relative ease.
Gon was just finishing the wire reindeer display when a large, fancy black car pulled up, and the six Spiders who actually wanted to come came pouring out.
"Merry Christmas!" Chrollo bellowed, attempting to pull Kurapika into a hug. He was pushed away. "Aw come on, the one day a year we aren't all trying to kill each other and I don't even get a hug?"
The Kurta simply lead the others to the door, instructing them on where to put the gifts, taking Machi's coat to hang up, and generally being a good host. Killua, Gon and Chrollo followed after, catching up on the goings on between their two groups.
"Oh yeah, all but one of my siblings are here." Killua nods, "Milluki is the only one who didn't want to come. You'll have fun with both Alluka and Kalluto here."
The Spider head laughs, "Oh really? Kalluto has told me a lot about her. Illumi said a few things, none of them really positive. None negative either, but he seemed rather…"
"Apathetic?" a new voice pipes in.
Chrollo looks to see Alluka standing there, munching on a cookie. "Yeah, you must be Alluka. I'm Chrollo, it's wonderful to meet you!" he crouches down to shake hands at eye level. Alluka seems pleasantly surprised with his attitude.
"Hi! Kalluto says you're a great boss. Speaking of Kalluto, I probably better make sure he doesn't make Hisoka mad, see you later!"
` She runs off, almost knocking Illumi over in the process.
"Your little sister is absolutely charming Illumi!" Chrollo laughs, "I can't imagine why you barely speak of her!"
Illumi visibly clenches his jaw, "We've never been that close, Alluka and I."
Chrollo backs off and follows Killua down a hall. "What was up with him?" the ebony haired man asks, almost shaken.
Killua looks a little awkward, shuffling his feet. "I'm sorry, he's a shithead sometimes. He's better than he used to be, anyhow. Just try and don't mention her, okay? I'd rather not have any fights at the party."
They return to the main area, where Gon was trying to get everyone settled down. Feitan, Phinks, Machi, Shal, and Kortopi huddled hear the fireplace, and motioned for their leader to join them. Leorio was leaning in the doorway to the kitchen, behind Kurapika's chair. Hisoka sat in a large plush armchair, with Gon on one arm and Killua perched on the other. Illumi and the two younger kids sat on the couch.
Alright! Let's get started!" Machi announces, grabbing a box from the tree since she was closest to it, "To Killua, from Alluka!"
After getting a nod from the girl, Machi tosses the box across the room. Killua nimbly catches it, noting the pink hearts paper. He unwraps it carefully to save the cute wrapping, and reveals a gourmet chocolate box.
"Thanks Alluka! You're the best!"
"Okay next… to Gon, from Kalluto!"
The box reaches its destination in a similar manner, and the messily wrapped box contained a well-drawn portrait of Gon and Killua.
Gon's eyes lit up, "wow, I didn't know you could draw! That's so cool!"
"Next, to chain-bitch, from… Shal? This is going to be good, I can feel it."
Kurapika grabs the box and hesitantly looks at the sender, "is it a bomb?"
"No! I have more class than that!"
The blonde carefully opens the gift, and pulls out an antique watch. "I'm not going to ask where you got this… but thanks for not giving me a bomb, I guess."
Machi rolled her eyes before grabbing the next box, "to Leorio, from Killua."
The doctor eagerly tears open the package to reveal a brand new medical book. "Thanks Killua! I was actually thinking about buying this one!"
Machi looks a little disappointed before grabbing the next one, "you people give boring gifts. Next up…oh look at this! To Hisoka from Gon!"
Hisoka looks at Gon out of the corner of his eye, giggling at how excited he was. It was a notebook with a card suit pattern, with a matching pen. "Gon-kun, this is almost as adorable as you! I love it!" He finished with a ruffle to the young boys head.
The look on Gon's face made even Illumi smile a little bit.
"Well, I don't know how you're topping that, but next is Hisoka's gift to Illumi!"
The assassin looks suspiciously at the small package before opening it to reveal a set of vials, labeled with different poisons, some he had never even seen in person. "…I don't even want to know how you got ahold of some of these… but I'm sure they'll come in handy, thank you."
After a few moments of awkward silence, Machi grabs the next gift, "To Danchou, from chain-bitch? That's new!"
Chrollo was a bit hesitant in opening the gift, but smiled pleasantly, holding up an art book signed by an up-and-coming artist. "Kurapika, this is wonderful! How did you know I liked him?"
The Kurta just shrugged, "I figured that signature would be valuable one day…"
The entire group surrounding Chrollo seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "okay, next up is my gift… from Danchou!" she seemed utterly confused, and opened up the box hastily.
With a gasp, she held up a new, and very expensive, make-up pallet. "I'm not sure whether to be amazed that you knew what sort of make-up is good quality, or assume you think I'm ugly ad punch you in the face."
Without another word she grabs the next box, "to Feitan, from Phinks. Well, how boring."
He silently opens the box to reveal a new, high quality camera. He looks to his teammate in confusion.
"Well, you like art and stuff, right? And I guess since you've got that whole 'expressing yourself' problem, you could take pictures… 'Cause you know, a picture is worth a thousand words right?"
Feitan might have blushed, but the bandanna was blocking the view, "…thank you… I like…"
Machi hid her smile behind her hand as she tossed a box to Phinks, "from Kortopi."
Phinks tore the paper away without a second thought, revealing an extremely cute handmade chibi Feitan plushie.
"This is the absolute best gift I've ever received, ten out of ten!" Phinks cries out, tossing the pint-sized spider in the air.
Bloodlust radiates off of the real Feitan, "you… will… die!"
After the laughter died down, and Kortopi had received a cookie for the "best gift of the night" award, Machi moved on, "okay, next is a gift for Shal, from Leorio!"
Shal opened the box and nodded in approval at the new tablet/laptop combo thing presented to him. "Sweet! These just came out right? Cool, thanks."
Leorio sighed in relief at his gift being approved, and urged Machi to move on before the tech-savvy spider changed his mind.
"Mkay, next we've got Kortopi's gift, from me!"
The gift is a rather nice hair brush. Everyone giggles. "Well, last year she got me a pair of safety-scissors, I guess this is a step up."
"Okay… now we've got Alluka's gift, from Illumi!"
A good half of the room held their breath in anticipation as she opened the wrapping paper, to reveal a cute doll made to look somewhat similar to Alluka.
"I've always wanted one of these customized dolls! You're the second best big brother ever! Killua's still better, but you're better than Milluki and Kalluto now!"
The group laughs, and Illumi rolls his eyes.
"And now it's my gift right?" Kalluto asks, running over to the tree.
"Yep, last but not least, Kalluto's gift, from Feitan!"
… It was a set of knives. The youngest of the Troupe received a set of knives, some meant to hold poison. And he loved it.
(A/N: I had fun with this! It seemed a bit static, but the next one is a series of drabbles anyhow, so yeah. But the camera thing, holy shit! Best idea I've had all day! If you can't tell, I love Feitan! And Hisoka, can't you just imagine Gon just walking into a store and grabbing the first thing with card suits on it? And of course Hisoka would love it and use it every day, no matter how stupid it was, because it came from his favorite unripe fruit! This show has consumed my life, send help.)