The Hunter's Assassin ~ A HunterXHunter Fanfiction
By Vanillamon
Yo. Welcome to chapter 2 of The Hunter's Assassin! So, as I sit here trying to come up with the base for this chapter, I'm trying my hardest not to continuously smell my Macintosh candle from Yankee Candle (Best flavor ever BTW), so that's probably my biggest distraction at the moment *long sniff*. Okay, I'm good now. So Constructive criticism and suggestions are always appreciated, so tell me if I'm doing anything wrong or if you'd like to see something. Enough about me, here's some dialogue stuff:
|Thoughts/Dreams|
|Speech in Dreams|
|Emphasis/Me Interrupting|
|Speech/SHOUTING|
*Disclaimer* I don't own HunterXHunter (someday though, Killua-kun will be MINE!... I hope).
Anyway, LET'S START!
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Chapter 2.) A Dangerous Opponent
{Gon's POV}
"Wow… I didn't know it was that bad, Gon…" Kurapika said when I finished explaining. His face was full of concern and all of his attention was directed to my words.
"Yeah… I don't know why I'd dream something so horrible, but all I know is that I don't ever want that to happen," I replied.
"Me either."
After I woke up in the evening, I took Kurapika to the bathroom (where it's private) and discussed my nightmare about Killua.
"Well, Killua is very intelligent and can tell the difference between friend and foe, so I don't believe there's anything to worry about," Kurapika replied with a reassuring smile. "Maybe you'd want to talk to him about it."
I visibly paled at his suggestion and shook my head. No way would I tell Killua about something so touchy and about him in particular.
I guess Kurapika understood this, because he grabbed my shoulder and smiled. "Alright, this can stay between you and me if you so wish. Just bring the matter up briefly with Killua sometime and I'm sure he'll reassure you on it."
With those words in my head, I felt much better. But not enough to leave the bathroom, so Kurapika and I talked a bit more to try and get our minds away from the subject.
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{Killua's POV}
I was stunned. Not only had I pretended to go back to my room in the hotel room, but I waited for Leorio to fall back asleep so I could eavesdrop on Gon's conversation.
And the fact that he dreamed about me killing our friends and many innocent people made me scared.
Best friends don't dream about their best friends like that, right? I certainly don't. Perhaps it's the fact that I'm an ex-assassin and failed the Hunter Exam because I… killed… that guy Leorio was going to fight.
Instead of listening on to what they were gonna talk about, I got up and silently went to the mini fridge in the tiny kitchen to get some water.
I was dizzy and sad (maybe I'm just tired?) after hearing them, and I began to burn up in my clothes. I grabbed a paper cup and got some filtered water after I took off my shirt to reduce my sweating.
I thought, 'Why am I so hot all of a sudden?' I couldn't explain it, even after three glasses of water and a splash of it from the sink.
I felt like I was walking by a fire, only hotter, and my shorts weren't helping. I quickly removed them and was reduced to my undershirt and boxers.
"What's going on?" I asked under my breath. I couldn't really think at this point and just stared blankly at everything, trying not to focus on the heat.
But soon after, I heard the bathroom door click, meaning it was unlocked.
Before I was noticed, I sprinted to my bedroom and tried to act normal as I silently closed the door and hopped into bed.
"Damn, it's hot," I whispered to myself as I tried to go to sleep. The harder I tried, the hotter I got, and the more I sweated (that's a word, right?).
Right when I was about to yell to the Heavens from the heat, I heard my door open, and in came Gon with some clothes in his hands; my clothes.
"Killua?" he asked, walking over to me hesitantly (is that the word?).
"What's up?" I asked as casually as I could, sitting up and wiping my forehead.
He didn't answer. Instead, he just stared at me and put my clothes down.
"Well?"
"Um… I was coming to… I wanted to ask you…" he kept stuttering as he twiddled with his thumbs. This wasn't helping either of our situations.
"Why are you sweating so much?" he finally asked.
I couldn't answer him. I didn't know why myself, but it was bothering me why he dreamt what he did.
"I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm a little nervous about your, uh... dream…" I trailed off (that I knew was true).
"What?! You overheard me?" Gon asked, his voice cracking. I could tell he was the nervous one now.
"Yes, I did."
"I honestly don't know where that came from… That's actually why I wanted to talk to you."
"Okay, then… talk. I'm roasting over here," I said, trying to lighten the mood.
Gon lightly chuckled, then made his way to my bed where it wasn't wet and sat down while continuing to twiddle his thumbs. He stared at the floor and bit his lip, so I decided to keep my mouth shut before I said anything stupid (like I tend to do).
We just sat there in silence until Gon was ready to open up, but that wasn't going to happen soon, and I was dying on my side, so I spoke up.
"You know, I'd never do that to you guys. You do know that… right?"
He just looked up at me as he stopped playing with his fingers.
"Yeah, of course," he replied sheepishly.
"And you know that just because I used to be an assassin, doesn't mean I'll revert back to my old ways. Just because I was supposed to be the Zoldyck successor, doesn't mean I wanted to be," I said, beginning to finally cool down a bit.
"Yeah, I know. It's just that…" he trailed off again (ah, welcome back burning heat. Didn't miss you at all).
"Just, what?"
"It's just that, it seemed so real, including your threats. I was scared and not thinking properly, so I couldn't process that I knew you wouldn't do something like that. I'm sorry I made you worry, Killua… but in case you've forgotten, I do have quite the imagination," he chuckled that last part, making me feel way colder than I currently was.
"It's okay Gon… I know I can get a bit carried away at times, but know I'd never harm the innocent or defenseless."
That made him smile and nod in reassurance. He then hopped off my bed and went to his mat on the floor in the other room and yelled very loudly, "Good-NIIGGHHTT KILLUA!"
I could only laugh as I yelled goodnight back and relaxed into the cool sensation of my bed. 'That's much better,' I thought, as I drifted into unconsciousness.
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{Gon's POV}
The morning air was nice and warm as Leorio, Kurapika, Killua, and I made our way out of the hotel we stayed in the night earlier. It smelled like pollen and honey and all things sweet while I carried my fishing rod and backpack.
"It's such a nice morning!" I yelled as I ran toward Killua. "Oi, wanna have a race? Second one to that corner has to buy the winner 10 candy bars!" Soon after, I begin sprinting to the corner.
"Wha?! Oh, no you don't!" Killua yelled, beginning to run after me with his childish laughter echoing in the air.
We were neck-and-neck as we were about to turn the corner, then I managed to push an extra amount of power into my legs and turn the sharp turn first.
"Yes! I win! Take that Killua, you're buying me some candy!" I yelled while hopping up and down in glee. But something wasn't right when I didn't hear Killua's usual accompanied complaining when he loses.
I turned around to see Killua staring at someone, but not just any someone. This guy was like eight feet tall and was real sketchy looking, with a big black coat and a hat covering his face. His mouth was curled in a sneer and he looked real displeased with us for some reason.
"What'dya want?" Killua snapped at him while stuffing his hands into his pockets.
The tall guy then had a smile form on his lips, showing off his yellowed teeth in the process.
"Pardon me, I'm Evan. Do either of you two children know who Killua Zoldyck is, and if so, where I can find him?" the guy asked, his voice low and scratchy.
I had a bad feeling about this as Killua turned to the man and said,
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{Killua's POV}
"What do you need me for?" I asked this ugly-Evan guy. I didn't like him (too sketchy for anyone's likings, especially mine.)
That's when the creep pulled a knife and tried to threaten me and Gon. But that's when Kurapika and Leorio showed up (damn, and just when I was gonna show this guy who's boss).
"Gon, Killua, who is that!?" Leorio yelled as he and Kurapika arrived on the scene.
"Evan,some guy that wants me for some reason," I replied coldly. I didn't care who he was, but he was stupid if he thought he could get me for his purposes.
"Heheheh, yeah I got orders to bring you back to your family, from the Zoldycks themselves, by any means possible," that whack-job chuckled while approaching me.
I got into a defensive position and waited for him to strike. When he finally made his move, he sprinted past me, which came as a big surprise to all of us, and instead of attacking me, he pounced at Leorio, who wasn't ready for the sudden impact.
With his shock, the old guy stabbed Leorio in the shoulder with a weird looking knife, making him yell out and clutch it in pain. The stranger then pulled the blade out and laughed, as Leorio fell to the ground like he passed out.
"LEORIO!" we all shouted in distress.
"What did you do to him?!" Kurapika demanded, preparing to be attacked.
"This knife, along with my many other ones, are coated in a special elixir that causes all of someone's body to be rendered immobile and defenseless," he hissed, kicking Leorio in the gut.
Kurapika then charged for the guy and attcked pretty efficiently, but wasn't able to prevent his thigh from being punctured. With a loud yell, he fell to the ground and couldn't move, his eyes glowing that scarlet color when he's mad.
I then try to attack him, but he dodged me really quick and starts running in the opposite direction. He's running behind me, toward the end of the corner, by the street,
Towards Gon.
My mind gets slammed with shock as I see 'Evan' race toward Gon with three knives in his hand. Right when Gon is getting his rod out and ready to assist him (if it even could), the guy takes one knife and forces it into Gon's leg, making it so he couldn't run (not like he could with the numbing-stuff he said was on them).
"I know you can't be affected by poison, so I'm not gonna waste these on you," he yelled at me after attacking Gon.
Gon yelled out in pain as he fell to the ground, now helpless. He looks up at me, as if telling me to run, but at the sight of my team going down in such a painful way, I can't move, and my mind suddenly goes blank.
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{Gon's POV}
I tried my best to yell, 'RUN KILLUA!' but it was no use. My mouth was unable to move and neither was my body. I was scared, and worried about Killua as Evan approached me with his second knife.
"Ya' know, if I manage to get the third one in you, the poison will be too much and it will kill you," he chuckled as he pushed the second blade through my shoulder.
I screamed (I think) as I felt a warm liquid trail down my limbs and tears fall out of my closed eyes.
I looked up at Evan and saw him ready his final knife. I couldn't think of anything except for Killua running away or trying to rescue us, but the second thing wasn't going to happen because when I looked at him, he was just standing there with his white hair covering his eyes and h—
Wait, he wasn't moving. He, wasn't. Moving.
Panic began to set when he just stood there staring at the ground.
Barely managing a whisper, I managed to call out, "Kil-Killua…" before Evan (is that even his real name?) was ready to plunge his knife into my chest. That's when I saw something in Killua's eyes, his mind, his soul,
Just… snap.
His eyes were filled with no emotion whatsoever, and his clawed hands were outstretched, ready to attack. The aura permeating the air around him was one of much hatred and bloodlust.
And this was not the Killua I knew anymore…
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Ending of Chapter 2.) A Dangerous Opponent. How was it? I hope you enjoyed it. Don't worry, I'm gonna upload chapter 3 right after I edit it and stuff (that shouldn't take too long, right?), so do not fret! Also, if you're curious about the Fairy Tail fic, don't worry, I'm still working on it. I appreciate you reading this and I'll see ya'll later. THANKYOU and BYE-BYE!11! :3