Chapter 2

"Killua." It was nothing more than a whisper, to other it might be sound of the passing wind, but I heard it. It was definitely Kazumi that call out my name, and that sound came from the Kazumi like doll. Hesitantly I reach out to her hand when a voice interrupted me.

"Can I help you sir?"

Quickly hiding the shock from the store attendant so it won't alert her of my suspicion; 'when in enemy territory there is no one you can trust' a flash back to one of my family lesson. "Yes, you can I'm looking for a dress for a friend of mine it's her birthday and well… I have no idea where to start. She is about her age." Point to the doll hopping to cover my early raised suspicion, luckily it work the women change her demeanor quickly to that of moth to flame only she is covering her flaws with the powder instead of spreading it.

"Then how about this one," she pull out a bright pink extremely frilly dress that blinds my eyes, it was quickly rejecting the dress after all the shopping trips that Kazumi bribe me to go with I knew enough that no one in their right mind would buy that. "Then this one?" This time she pulls out a black and white panda suit.

"Why is that even in a dress shop?"

"No, then this one." She pull me to another isle far from the Kazumi doll, this time she show me a blood red tradition kimono not something anyone would buy with the sash it match with, after placing the dress in the rejected pile.

"The dolls are quite human like."

"Yes they are, a friend of the owner makes them, the dolls are change quite often."

"Really how often?"

"Not really sure the dolls are usually changed at night, so the next morning they are ready for display."

She was hiding something the question were casual enough that she has to answer, but she doesn't want to answer the question it self. When she was finally tire of my question and wants to get rid of me she finally shows me a descent enough dress up to Kazumi shopping standard. She quickly rings it up escort me to the door after I paid for it eager for me to be out the door.

"Killua!"

This time I heard it much more clearly, before I left the shop I turn back and use gyuo to look at the Kazumi doll notice that the doll were surrounded by nen, not just Kazumi doll either but the whole store's dolls are all surrounded by nen. Pretend not to hear anything I quickly left the shop under the female bat attendant.

Not long after I left the dress shop I knew I was being follow so going back to the hotel was impossible if I want to stay inconspicuous since the rooms were rented by with the hunter licenses. Calling the Gon to tell the others, the group that had graduated when I first decided to take my hunter exam calls a reunion by Hanzo to meet up at the cafe restaurant we found earlier. Leading the peoples that were following me around till I felt the phone vibrate signaling that everyone already gather in the café, I begin headed there now knowing that there were two people following me.

It was easy enough to lead them into a secluded ally way and subdue them they were just normal people that have no experience with nen. My nails convince them to give up all the information that they knew though it wasn't much they were only meant to follow me for a bit under order by phone if was with some law enforce authority they were to kill me off. They were off quickly, I left them in the ally to be found. I told the other what happen they agree to help it was divided into several group one was to go gather information by following the employees, Hanzo and I were to break into the store tonight.

The rest of the day I was restless after the planning. The voice I heard in the shop without a doubt belongs to Kazumi. Often I found my self reminiscence the memories I have of her, the times I spent with her. She was my light before I meet Gon and the others during the Hunter exam, they fill and kept me out of loneness I felt but they could not replace Kazumi's presence, or her smile that make my heart race.

I not letting her go this time I spent the last seven years looking for her; I'm not letting the clue slip through my grasp so easily.