Mourn City

Me: Yay! I got chapter two up!

Horuka: Congratulations!

Me: Kurapika, would you do the honors

Kurapika: lookalike5516 doesn't own hunterxhunter or any of its characters.

Killua: Cause we're way out of her league.

Me: Shut up! Continue Kurapika.

Kurapika: Enjoy! (smile)

Horuka's P.O.V

We arrived at Mourn City at an early hour. It wasn't very difficult really, to find Leorio and Kurapika. They stood out really well. A bit too well. We sweat dropped at their appearances. Leorio wore a big coat made from the skin of a mad Lieber. A cross between tiger and lion. He also wore big fancy glasses on his eyes and wore a big fancy hat.

Kill me now. Before that outfit does. I thought.

Kurapika looked just as how I'd expect. Messy hair and covered in blood. He looked at me. I glared at him, my eyes saying don't even mention my name. He understood and greeted Gon and Killua. Leorio stared at me wide eyed.

"What are you looking at?" I asked.

"Leorio, stop now before you hurt yourself. This girl means business." Kurapika said. I blushed at his comment.

"Oh yeah, this is Horuka Kaiba. She's a professional assassin who knows advanced moves like Killua. She's really strong." Gon introduced me.

"Kaiba, Kaiba, Kaiba. Kaiba! You're Horuka Kaiba, daughter of the Kaiba's. Enemy of the Zoldyck family of assassins." Killua shouts.

"Yeah so, I haven't seen a Zoldyck for some time." I say.

She doesn't know yet. Good. Killua thought.

"Hey, Killua. Here's something I can do that you can't." I say.

He looks confused. "What?"

"I can read minds." Killua becomes shocked.

"No way. That's too advanced." He shouts. "You can't know it yet."

I smirked. "My sister, Kazanumi, tortured me until I was able to read her mind."

He grinned. "Impressive."

This is the same Horuka I met months ago. At least I can open up to her now. Horuka. Are you reading? My mind. If you are, send me a thought. Kurapika said through thoughts.

I nodded. I can read your mind Kurapika. How's your hunt? Did you recover them? I replied through thoughts.

"Hello! Horuka!" Killua chimed.

"What?" I shout.

"Are you paying attention?" He groaned. "This is regarding the Phantom Troupe."

The Phantom Troupe. I stared at Killua. You're joking. What has Kurapika told you?

"Kurapika, what have you learnt?" Killua asked.

I watched Kurapika very carefully, but couldn't help but glance at Killua several times. He stared at me when I didn't look. Is he really that determined to find out who I like?

"The Phantom Troupe will definitely attack tomorrow. No doubt. I am still under the command of Neon Nostrade, but from time to time, I will check in on you. Any signs of the Phantom Troupe, even once they do come, use your abilities. Surely, all of you know what I'm talking about." He shot me a look.

You know what I mean. He thought.

I nodded. We had learnt abilities that would help us via our nen type; one way or another. I stared down at my fist, strengthening my grip. My teeth were my weapons, enhanced by the energy of Nen. I was an Enhancer like Gon, the difference in our abilities are great however. Although without Nen, I may have my relentless physical strength, but if you're judging strength based off Nen, Gon surpasses me to no ends. My face was tense and stiff, worried what would come of tomorrow if I were to fail.

Tomorrow was an auction and parade of jewels, the Phantom Troupe would be back, stronger than before. It had been a while since I'd been up against them. The chains on Kurapika's knuckles tightened as he clenched his fist.

"I need to head back to the Nostrade hotel. As a bodyguard, it is my duty." He said, turning around and leaving.

Tomorrow be on alert, you need to protect them. All of them. Kurapika thought.

It's okay. I will. You trust me, right? I replied through thought.

I do. You know I do. He thought.

Killua P.O.V

I swear something is going down between those two. And I'm gonna figure it out. I watched as Horuka watched Kurapika walk back to the Nostrade Hotel. I found my chance to make my move.

"Hmmm. Watch Kurapika go. Don't you just want him to stay?" I asked, as unsuspiciously as I could.

She gulped. I could feel tears building up in her eyes. "Don't try it. He just… reminds me of someone. That's all."

I know she was lying through her teeth. Who else could she have been fawning over? I stuck my tongue out and did a gagging noise. "That's disgusting. So, if you've never met him," I said, getting closer to her. "Is it love at first sight?"

Her eyes were wide opened and she punched me in the jaw. Rage built up in me. "Hey! What the heck was that for?" I yelled.

"You should stay out of other people's business you know Killua. But I guess that's what comes when you make friends." She calmed down. She smiled one of her usual smiles. They kinda made me sick. But it made Gon want to hug her. Then again Gon is such a happy-go-lucky kid I wanna hug him. Hey what can I say, it's his nature.

"Hey, Killua, Horuka!" Leorio called out.

I decided it was time to have some fun. "What do you want old cow?" I shouted across the town square.

Leorio built fury in his stomach. "Shut your trap you brat!"

Horuka and I giggled. "Hey, Killua! Come on! We're going to the fortune-teller's." Gon called out.

I walked over to Gon with Horuka by my side. She looked at me and smiled, this smile, I knew it wasn't fake.

She began talking with Gon about how he became a hunter and Gon proudly told her the whole story from leaving his aunt Mito-san, to going on the examination boat with Kurapika and Leorio, to running through a long dark tunnel and into the marshes and from there on. Horuka was very impressed with the way we handled things. But, once it came to the final test…

"I kept standing back up and he became very frustrated. But still even when he said he would cut my legs off, everyone knew he wouldn't dare. And then got sent to the hospital or infirmary. I don't know!" Gon then talked about my match with Illumi.

"Okay we can stop right there Gon. No one wants to know about my fight with Illumi- I mean Gittarackur." I said. I didn't want the Kaiba's daughter to know how I broke down against my brother.

"No it's fine. Keep going Gon." She said. When Gon continued the story, Horuka turned around quickly to face me. She stuck her tongue out at me which made me mad.

I listened how Gon described my breakdown with Illumi in perfect detail as if he were there. Trust me, it seemed like he was there.

Horuka lost the feeling of revenge through her emotions. She stopped for a while and Leorio turned around.

"Oi, girly. Why'd you stop?" He demanded.

She turned around to me as Gon stopped the story. She walked towards me and put her arms around me gently.

"You had it worse than I did." She whispered. I didn't know how to react to the sudden warmth.

She let go and we both joined Leorio and Gon. There was no more speech for the rest of the walk to the fortune-teller's tent.

"So uh, why are we going to the fortune-teller's tent?" I asked.

"Kurapika said there were scarlet eyes being sold there a few days ago. He wanted us to find out why there are still scarlet eyes being sold and where they got it from." Leorio explained.

Scarlet eyes. Kurapika trusts us to find the scarlet eyes. I was getting really bored walking through the square. As I opened my mouth to complain, "Are we there yet?" The words were practically stolen from my mouth. I stared at her. "Did you read my mind?"

"No. I'm too bored to read anyone's mind." She muttered.

"We're almost here." Leorio said.

Gon marched like a happy gnome. He made me smile. Gon took no notice of the people giggling around him. I watched people smiling and having fun.

I wish we were having fun. I thought.

I ran forward to Gon and Horuka followed.

"Okay, Gon. Who has blonde hair, is a bodyguard and is an excellent conjurer?" I asked.

Gon placed his finger to his lip again. He clicked his fingers. "Kurapika!"

Horuka and I sweat dropped. It took him that long to figure it out?

"Okay my turn. Who has silver hair, pale blue eyes and is twelve?" Gon asked.

I looked at Horuka and she looked back at me. "How old are you?"

"I'm 12." We both said in unison.

"Gon, what Nen type?" I asked.

"Transmuter." He chimed.

"Gon. We're both transmuters." She said, sweat dropping.

"Oh well, um. It'll have to be both of you then!" He said.

"Who were you trying to do?" I asked.

"Um, you Killua." He stated.

The annoyed thing you see in anime appeared to show how annoyed I was.

"What the heck Gon! You can say 'who's my best friend' you know!" I shouted.

"Ohhh yeah." He cooed.

Horuka and me became really annoyed.

"Baka." I muttered.

We arrived at the fortuneteller's tent. Gon and I shouted 'yay'. Gon and I wondered around the tent looking at all the weird objects as Horuka and Leorio got their fortunes read. We were looking at the 'Special Treasures' shelf.

I was looking at a Phantom Vase as Gon laughed at weird eyeballs in a jar.

"Hey, Killua, check this out." He said.

I walked over to him. "What?"

In a glass jar filled with a chemical, were the world's most beautiful pair of eyes. I looked at the sign that presented the object.

"Scarlet Eyes." Gon and I said in unison.

We grabbed the jar off the shelf and Gon carried it over to Leorio. "Look." Gon said.

Leorio stared at the red eyes. "We have to buy these. How much?"

"19,000,000¥." The fortuneteller said.

"19,000,000¥!" We all said in unison.

"Good to know it's cheaper than Greed Island right?" Gon joked.

I took out what money I had. "We'll all pitch in."

We all placed down a few million until we reached the designated price. "Nice doing business with you."

We walked out with the wrapped up container. "I can't believe we found some." Horuka said.

"I can't believe the price." Leorio said, shaking his head at the receipt.

Gon and I giggled. "We should get these to Kurapika."

Horuka's P.O.V

I watched Killua for some sort of joke about me liking Kurapika. But he didn't say a word. I find it pretty awkward. "Hey Killua, we're seeing Kurapika right?" I asked. Hoping to get some sort of joke out of him.

"Yeah, so what? It's a friendly visit." He muttered.

I suddenly felt he was very cold towards me. "You have nothing to say? It's my lucky hour."

He just kept walking and joking with Gon, avoiding conversation with me. We reached the Nostrade hotel. Leorio made a phone call for Kurapika. In minutes, he came down and sat with us in the lobby.

"Discovered anything?" He asked.

Gon nodded. "Look at these." He lifted the container out of its wrapping and Kurapika's eyes turned maroon instead of scarlet because of his contacts. "Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you." He said. He looked at his clan's eyes and mourned over them. "You've done enough already. You can stop." He said.

Killua shook his head. Gon did also. "We're not letting you do this on your own Kurapika. We're helping."

I nodded. "There's no point in changing your mind then. Okay, I'll help you from time to time, but, you guys are on your own from there." He said.

We all nodded.

"Good okay. Where'd you find the Scarlet eyes? At the fortuneteller's?" He asked.

We nodded. "Last one on the shelf too. It sold for 19,000,000¥. People were trying to negotiate a better price, but it wouldn't change." I said.

Kurapika nodded. Good to know.

Kurapika went back to the Nostrade room and we all left. Kurapika was going to leave for somewhere tomorrow. I have no idea when he'll be back. Where he's going is Prever Desert. Leorio is going to Meteor City for a medical test, Gon, Killua and I would be heading to Killua's home town for answers. Good luck to us.

Me: Okay, chapter 2 is over. I'm sorry for those who are waiting for a KurapikaxOC story, don't worry, it will be in the next chapter and the one after that.

Gon: Hope you enjoyed. (smile)

Killua: R&R