Disclaimer: Hunter x Hunter belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi
chapter 1
I always had this feeling, that one day; I'll be killed by the person I love the most. What more is that I will willingly accept that fact and be more than happy to be killed by that person. I guess it is better than being killed by someone you don't even know. This thought just suddenly came to me as I was staring at Illumi's bare back. Unconsciously, my hand reached out for his back. I love the shape of his back, the way the muscle lined up. He turned to face me, his eyes wide open. His blank, pitch-black eyes staring straight at me. Looking at it, I felt lost. Usually, people who looked at me had those shocking eyes. And the next minute I know, they are all over me. Flattering like butterflies looking at the sweetest flower.
"Aren't you sleepy? We haven't slept for four days." He asked with an emotionless voice
"Yeah. But I can't bring myself to sleep."
Illumi didn't say anything, but started to kiss me. The usual way we kissed, it started softly and then growing more intense.
"Want to do it again?" I asked him while he played with my bare breasts.
"If you want to" I shrugged.
Then he kissed me again and then he is inside me. There's only a sound of our breathing and we embraced each other. When he finished, I rested my head on his shoulders. I can hear his heart beating. I love this moment after sex. I feel like the muscles in my entire body are relaxed. I touched Illumi's long black hair. It's soft, like a woman's hair. No, more than most women's hair. It's strange that his hair can be this silky.
"Someone is tracking us." He said, his voice void of any emotions
"Yeah. Seems like they've been waiting for a chance to attack. Unfortunately, there isn't one." I smirked and get out of bed to pick my clothes that are scattering on the floor. What a shame, last night we had this wild sex and he ripped off my clothes, I didn't realize it's my favorite dress.
"There are four of them. It wouldn't be much of a trouble."
"True. They are amateurs anyway."
I opened the wardrobe to find two hotel's bathrobe and nothing more. So I really have to wear these outside?
"Hey, do you have any spare clothes?" I asked Illumi who just started putting on his pants.
"No. But you can wear my shirt. It would be big enough to be your dress."
"That's settled then." I put on his shirt and comb my hair carelessly. This is one of those days when I don't feel like seeing anyone. The night after a wild sex. I just feel exhausted. Not counting going on for four days without sleep. But that's unavoidable. It's a job that doesn't really worth the money though. I should have listened to him telling me that this job isn't going to be that interesting and it will not be worth the money. Oh well.
We take the elevator to the lobby of the hotel and wait for the checkout. It seems to me like an extremely long time. People are staring at us. Sure thing, we just came out from a hotel room, me, wearing a man's shirt looking truly disheveled. Illumi is by no means, half naked. It's obvious by looking at us that we just had sex and I'm wearing his shirt. I'm used to the attention, but not this kind. The men had this perverted eyes all over me. I felt sick and just want to hide myself somewhere. So I was making myself as small as possible and stay close to Illumi. Maybe his strong build might be able to cover me a little.
"It's all done. Thank you for staying with us." The receptionist spoke without staring at us directly. She intentionally averted her gaze from us. Her face flushed. Somehow, her act annoys me. So when she handed us this survey sheet thing, I just gave her 1, a lowest rank. I know that seems unreasonable but I don't care. She saw it and looked shock then managed to smile back, only at Illumi. He, as always, being himself, didn't give her any emotional response.
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I can sense they are very near to us when we left the hotel and it's just irritating to wait for them to attack. I'm starting to get bored of this hide and seek thing. One of them is behind the building of the next block. I rushed to that spot and, without the person knowing, pulled him out from the hiding.
"Why are you following us?" I asked, putting my hand near his throat. These nails are pretty sharp. It is a technique that professional assassins must have. Illumi found another guy and was squeezing information from him too. The other two of them must have left. I don't feel their gaze anymore.
"We won't tell you anything." The guy was pretending to be tough. I can see him sweating.
"That's fine. I can make you spit it out anyway. Even if you're not willing to." Illumi was going to pluck a needle into the man's face, but he suddenly blurt out.
That was a lot easier than I thought. What a worthless piece of trash.
"It's the Mafia committee. They want to us to track down you guys and report on your movement. We don't know anything more than that. Or the reason why we have to do this. It's just one of our mission."
"Are you sure there's nothing more?" I asked pretending to smile at him sweetly. He wouldn't be able to resist it. Since I was born, everybody tend to treat me as someone special. This is because of my looks. I have an extremely attractive face. People would describe me as something beyond beauty. That word can't even sum up for my appearance. But Illumi is different. He never showed any emotions at all and the only comment he ever made about my appearance was that I look beautiful but empty. Not the kind of empty like stupid, but in a sense that I am cold hearted like a soulless person. I find it ironic since that perfectly describes himself.
"The higher ups said that you two are a strong force that must be abolished as soon as possible. We will be sending stronger and more skillful nen users to take down you two. Meanwhile, we have to keep checking your abilities and weaknesses."
"That's all?"
"Yes. That's really all I know." With that sentence, I slit his throat without the least bit hesitation. The other guy watched in horror.
"Please...I..." Before he can even finish his sentence, Illumi twisted his neck and he fell on the floor next to the guy I just killed.
"So they already found out." Illumi said to me.
"But that doesn't make any difference, does it?"
"Right. Sooner or later they will be after us."
"What a troublesome bunch of people."
"If we have to kill every single one of them, it'd be too bothersome."
"Then, let's ask for a few companions."
"Who do you suggest? I don't have any friends though."
"Yes. I know." Maybe the reason I can actually get along with him is because of his extreme introvert personality. I always preferred people who are unsociable. They are less annoying. I only feel stupid, like I belong to a bunch of retards in the middle of a crowd. I hate that feeling. I guess that's why I have been avoiding most parties that my parents urged me to go. Listening to their conversations makes me sick. I'd rather be alone. But it's not like I have no friends at all like Illumi. I mean, having some beneficial friends is an advantage. Besides, I pick only the best ones for a give-take relationship.
I was going to take my cellphone out of my pocket before I completely forgotten that I am only wearing Illumi's shirt. It is a good thing that this street is not so busy. So we are not attracting that much attention.
"You forget this?" Illumi asked after he is satisfied seeing me fiddle with my or rather, his shirt.
"Completely. Thanks" I take the phone from him and skim through my contact list. Which is not a hard thing to do, there's only a few numbers. My family, Illumi and his family, some regular clients, I would mostly delete a client number after the job is finished, so that left me with very few people. The rest belong to, not actually friends, but we have that give-take relationship. A few of them eventually became my friend. Although that's quite rare.
I stopped at the name 'Machi'
She is one of those few friends I have. Machi is a strong nen user and her thread technique is exceptional. She is a member of the Genei Ryodan while I'm a professional assassin. Although we belong in different paths, we still keep in contact. I have helped her in some issues and so did she. Without anymore thought, I dial her number.
"Miu?"
"Hi. Are you busy?"
"Not really, just finished a, I guess I can call it mission." I can hear the background voices of her friends arguing over something.
"Wait a sec, I'll move to a quieter place."
"Ok" I heard a soft thud sound and then there were no more disturbing voices.
"Now, go ahead. What did you want to talk about?"
"I wonder if you can help me out a little. It's to do with the Mafia gang."
"Sure. I'm free anyway. But I'm charging the nen healing thread if you ask me to use it for someone else."
"That's fine." I said sensing someone approaching me from the back. Illumi was quick to respond, throwing his needles precisely at the target.
"Ok. So what exactly do you want me to help about?"
"Me and Illumi had accepted a job that includes killing a number of specific mafia members. They are sending lots of their people after us. You can help take down some of them. That's all."
"Got it."
"I'll contact you later for more details then."
"Ok. Bye"
I turn to face Illumi who just finished talking on his phone too.
"I just called my driver to pick us up. We'll be heading back to Kururu mountain for now."
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At the mafia's headquarter.
"They have to pay for this." A young man in business suit shouted. His voice made everyone else in the room tremble with fear. A number of important figures in the mafia committee had been killed by the two professional assassins. According to his sources, he had found out who had paid them for this and tortured that person severely. However, the gang is still vulnerable. Fear and confusion took over people in the mafia society. The only choice to bring hope and confident to everyone is to punish those two. He had to find them no matter what.
"What happen to the first group we sent after them?" He asked.
"They are all dead, sir. These two are extremely dangerous. There is no gap that we can attack at all." A small voice spoke up.
Illumi Zoldyck and Miu Sinclair.
They are from famous assassin family. Anyone who heard their names would have shook in fear and ran away without thinking. This is a great opportunity to show everyone that a mafia committee can beat them. If we are successful, we will gain more power and influence too. A good chance that must not be missed.
He had done a background check of both of them and found out they are engaged. What's more surprising was that the Sinclair's status in society is one of the highest he has ever seen. Combine this to the legendary Zoldyck family and they are invincible.
Although this is a tough opponent, he must not hesitate and plan carefully on taking them down.
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