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As we made our way to the ports, I had picked up that the Chinese guy's name was Feitan, and the tall blonde guy is Phinks, cause during the walk, they kept on arguing about something, and as I tagged along behind them, the kept gesturing to me and saying stuff like enhancer and conjurer when Hisoka joined in and said stuff and how I was a specialist or something. I don't even know. Then they went and started saying stuff like, "I wonder what's worse, Ryusegai, or her life?" I don't even know where Ryusegai is, but if they are comparing it to what they witnessed in the clearing, it must be bad. That was when Kuroro whispered something to Phinks who jeered and fell back to walk next to me.
"Hey, I just got orders, so this might hurt just a little." He said, then he placed a hand on my shoulder, and all of a sudden, I felt warm, and I noticed that there was this weird smoke, steam, floating thing coming out from my arms, and after I realized how weird it looked, I tried imagining the smoke getting sucked into my pores slowly and eventually all the white stuff was gone, and I looked up to see very surprised faces just staring at me, even Phinks who was standing next to me looked so surprised and he even stopped walking for a second before gaining back his composure and quickening his pace. The group continued in silence as we approached a moderately sized boat, which was already ready to go with crew men hustling around and a Captain barking orders.
"We are heading to Ryusegai…I have ordered the other members to assemble there." Kuroro said.
"All of us?" Phinks asked.
"Yes." Kuroro answered.
"It's been a while since all the members have assembled." Phinks said to himself, but everyone could hear him.
"Kiku, on the way there, I expect you to be training your nen. Phinks can teach you." Kuroro said, and I had absolutely no idea what Nen was, but as soon as I turned to Phinks, he was staring at Kuroro like he was just told to pick up poop or something. Soon after, the boat started moving out from the port, and we were on our way. By then, Phinks went back to normal and looked at me.
"Fine then." Phinks said, and turned to me. "Okay. Well, Nen is basically like your aura and your life force. Uh, I guess first you should try and focus the white stuff in your hands, and then we can go from there." Phinks said, then went to sit down on an overturned crate. I stood there, and tried to summon the white stuff which instantly appeared, then I tried to focus the warmth in my body to my hands. Then I walked over to Phinks and poked him.
"Ow! Oh, you figured it out already. Okay then. Uhh…" Phinks said while scratching his head. Okay, well then I'll teach you the four principles. Well, you already know how to use Zetsu, and I'm sure you can use Ten, so I guess you can try Ren. Try to let the aura flow naturally, then spike it without letting it fly away. It helps if you think about fighting someone.
"Okay." I said, then I slowly let the aura flow, and then I tried my best to make it bigger, and I imagined fighting my dad, and quickly enough, the aura took on a pokey form, and it turned this electric blue color. I looked to Phinks for instructions, but he just stared with a gaping mouth. From his reaction, I figured I did it right, so I went back to seeping the aura back.
"I guess you know how to use Ren then, so…" Phinks said, and shuffled around for a glass and he filled it up with water and placed a leaf on the top. Since the boat was rocking, some of the water spilled, but Phinks didn't seem to care. "Try to put your aura into the glass through your hands." He said, and I did as I was told. After a few moments, the leaf began to shift into a red chrysanthemum which then melted into what looked like blood. After the transformation was finished, Phinks looked defeated. "Dammit, Hisoka was right." And he tossed a coin backwards to where Hisoka caught it and Feitan did the same. It appeared as though they made a bet and Hisoka won, but I didn't even know what they bet on.
"Well, I guess you should think about what you want your aura to do. Since you're a specialist, I don't really know what your ability is, so I guess you should just experiment. Since the leaf changed form and property, you should try something along those lines." Phinks said, then he went back to his makeshift chair and stared off to where the island was only beginning to fade.
"Kuroro, how long will it take to get there?" I asked.
"Maybe about a week. It should be enough time to master your Nen at the pace you're learning at." Kuroro answered reading a book I didn't even realize he had. I sat back against the side of the ship, and I was thinking about what Phinks said. It changed form and property…I wonder if…I figured I could change a part of my body by adding something onto it and adding the property of whatever I thought I needed. So, I started with my hands. I imagined the skin getting hard, and my finger nails becoming claws. Soon, I noticed that my hands turned into metal and the nail were indeed extremely sharp. I turned and lightly scratched the wood of the boat, but instead the nails cut straight through it like butter and I almost cut a chunk of the boat out. I figured it wasn't safe, so I changed my hands back to normal. Then, I noticed a few seagulls flying above the ship and had an idea. I focused my aura between my shoulder blades, and I imagined the skin and one of the bones from that area, growing white and feathery, then elongating into two, wings exactly like those of the seagulls flying above. It took a bit of concentration to get the bones to where I knew they had to go after learning a lot about body systems of different animals including birds because I had a little bit of free time and I already learned everything I needed to know for people my age. Eventually, I opened my eyes to a very, VERY surprised deckhand and Hisoka. Then I looked to my sides and saw two very fluffy, realistic looking wings folded by my sides. Testing them out, I attempted to open both wings, and as if I had always had wings, the moved exactly to my will. On accident, my wings caught a little bit of wind and I was lifted right up and off the deck. Surprised, I was very flustered, and I had a very hard time staying straight, but luckily, before I hit the water, I figured out how to flap my wings to go higher. In the air, I realized how fun it was, and so I started to turn this way and that, and I soon mastered the controls and I was heading back to the ship where I lightly landed back on the floor and everyone standing there was very shocked, and one of the guys passed out. When I looked to Kuroro, there was a sly grin on his face before he went back to reading his book. Hisoka on the other hand, was creepily smiling at me, and continued staring at me for a while until he went back to shuffling his cards. A chill ran up my spine and before I knew it, I had felt my wings catching a little bit of air, and I had to fold them in closer so I wouldn't go flying off like the first time. When I turned to Phinks, he wasn't looking at my face, but he was looking at something directly next to me. I looked, and there was nothing there.
"Your arm." He said, and I looked at where my sleeve must have ridden up a little bit, but enough so you could see the scars from the bottles my parents threw. I immediately covered them up, but from the look on Phinks' face, I knew that scars weren't meant to be permanently tattooed on eight year old kids, and so I went to sit back down, and my wings went and folded around me so I could lean on the boat. After realizing how fluffy my wings were, I decided on changing their color, since white was so noticeable, I changed it to black. Starting from my back, each feather slowly turned black, and eventually, the whole wing was complete. And I snuggled into my cocoon which also appeared to be water proofed after a few waves splashed over onto the deck. Thankfully, my bag was covered, and my cocoon was completely sealed in feathery squishiness. Soon after, I was drifting off to sleep. I didn't dream, as usual. When I woke up, I could hear some voices, and so I peeked out from my wings to see Hisoka standing there.
"What's going on?" I asked, still drowsy.
"You slept for a week. We have arrived already~." Hisoka said, backing away and letting my stand up to stretch out from my aching bones, and attempting to place my bag behind and around my wings.
"Okay. Ready." I said, and I walked off the boat slightly surprised at how sturdy the ground felt.
"Gee. You hibernated the whole voyage, and you didn't even eat. Do you need anything?" Phinks asked, and I shook my head. I was used to not eating. My parents weren't exactly that responsible when it came to feeding their kid. They weren't responsible at all when it came to anything involving Kiku. And since Kiku was sleeping, her body didn't use much water or food, so Kiku actually felt perfectly fine.
"Where is Ryusegai?" I asked.
"Over there." Kuroro responded, pointing towards a very undeveloped area of land a couple miles away. As we started walking, I remembered my wings, and I took off, flying directly above the group, sometimes going father forward then flying in circles until the group caught up. After a good while longer, I noticed some people running around in rags, and one of them tried to shoot at me with a sling shot, but I easily avoided it. As we continued the procession, I noticed an actual group of people wearing actual clothes gathered near a very broken down two story building. When we got there, I landed a little behind Kuroro, and a few of the people who were already there were looking at me like I was crazy. It was silent for a bit, and Kuroro finally spoke.
"This is Kiku. I have invited her to join the Spider." He said calmly. That was when everything spiraled into motion.
Two chapters in a niiigghhhttt! I tried to make sure I didn't make any mistakes, but I'm human, so if you notice anything wrong, pleeasseee let me know so I don't end up with a bad chapter just chilling around waiting to be edited, but that I don't know that it needs to be edited, so please. For the love of anime, please review and let me know if there is something wrong. Thanks!
~Kinzupa~