Kurapika woke up to a terrible yell from Gon and Killua downstairs. His adrenaline was pumping. He threw the covers off from over him and grabbed his bokken, the closest weapon he had and conjured his chains as he made his way quickly down the stairs. He burst into the kitchen, weapons raised and in a fight stance as he looked around the room. Gon and Killua ran to him in tears.
"Gon, Killua stay behind me! What's wrong? Have one of the Phantom Troupe broken in?" He asks quickly, his eyes scarlet as he scans the room.
"Oh Kurapika it's awful!" Gon wails and hugs Kurapika's leg.
"The worst possible thing that could ever happen!" Killua exclaims and cries into Kurapika's other leg.
"What? What is it?!" Kurapika asks urgently.
"There's no food in the house!" Both Gon and Killua exclaim and then start to cry into Kurapika's legs. Kurapika drops his weapons and stares at Gon and Killua. His eye twitches.
"Seriously!" He yells. You and Leorio came downstairs quickly and walked in on the scene. "You guys nearly gave me a heart attack I thought you were being attacked!"
"We are!" Gon says. "By hunger!" Kurapika face palms and groans. He grits his teeth and looks angrily at the two boys. Leorio places a hand on his shoulder.
"Easy now Kurapika." Leorio says. "They're growing boys. Food is an important part of their lives right now. Surely you remember what it was like when you were their age?" Kurapika had a flashback.
*flashback*
"Can you smell it Pairo?" Kurapika asks as he sniffs the air, while he was playing in the woods with Pairo.
"Smell it?" Pairo asks and sniffs the air too. "Of course I can! It smells...It smells like fresh pie!" The two boys eyes lit up and they ran off in the direction of the smell. They made it back to Kurapika's family's house and Kurapika's eyes went huge and his mouth watered when he saw the pie sitting in the window.
"It's in the window!" He says. "I'll go get it for us!" Kurapika quickly makes his way over to a tree and starts to climb up the bent trunk to get up to the window. He saw his mother washing some dishes and smiled. He looked at the pie and licked his lips. He picked it up stealthily and then slid back down the trunk to Pairo. "I got it!" He says triumphantly and sets it down in-between them. Kurapika quickly scarfs down three slices while Pairo ate his slowly, not wanting to get it all over his face. Kurapika ate half and then left the other half for Pairo, who finished a few minutes after Kurapika did. The two rested sleepily against the tree, exhausted from their hard work. Pairo's hand slid onto Kurapika and he gasped. "Hey you got berry on my face!" Pairo chuckles, then Kurapika puts his hand on Pairo's face.
"Hey you got pie on mine!" He whines. Soon the two boys start wiping the remaining pie all over each other, laughing and wrestling before falling asleep again. When Kurapika woke up he gasped when he saw his parents staring down at him, arms crossed and with angry faces. He nudged Pairo awake.
"So that's where my pie went?" Kurapika's mom asks and the two boys look guilty.
"We're sorry." Pairo says.
"We were just so hungry!" Kurapika says and his parents chuckle.
"We could tell. We'll have to start feeding you more young man." Kurapika's father said.
"However you're not getting desert for a week because you ate enough sugar to keep you bouncing off of the walls for a week." Kurapika's mom says. "Look at my little boy all covered in berries." She cooes and tries to rub some off his face.
"Mom..." Kurapika whines and tries to squirm away.
"Go get cleaned up for dinner now. Both of you." Kurapika's dad says and the two boys run away into the house.
*flashback end*
Kurapika sighed and looked at Gon and Killua's innocent faces. Sometimes he wished that he could go back in time and be that innocent again. But after what happened to his clan it just wasn't possible. Tears started to roll down his cheeks at their memory and he turned sharply, wrenching himself from Leorio's grip on his shoulder and brushing past you to go upstairs. "What was that about?" You ask.
"I'm not sure." Leorio says and sighs. "He's been different lately. He's always been very determined to get his brethren's eyes back, at any cost but he's never been rude to anyone especially not us before."
"Maybe because the Phantom Troupe is close by and he's close to getting the eyes back his focus on them is a lot stronger. And any delays we may be causing are making him angry because we're holding him back." Killua suggests.
"You could be right Killua." Leorio suggests. "I'll go talk to him." He says and goes upstairs.
He knocked on Kurapika's door. It opened and he peeked inside. Kurapika was on his bed reading a book.
"Can we talk?" Leorio asks and Kurapika shrugs and shifts over so Leorio can sit next to him. "What's up with you lately? You barely talk to anyone, you're out all the time, your temper is a lot worse-"
"What do you mean it's worse?" Kurapika asks, putting his book down and looking at Leorio angrily. He chuckled.
"If I was blind I could have sworn I was talking to Killua and not you Kurapika." Leorio says and a look of realization comes over Kurapika's face and he pinched the bridge of his nose.
"I'm sorry Leorio." He says. "I've been an awful friend haven't I?" The doctor only chuckles.
"Don't worry I've had worse." He says.
"I don't know what's come over me." Kurapika says. "I'm so close to finally getting back my clan's eyes and wiping out the Phantom Troupe!" His eyes flashed scarlet. "I'm so close to finally getting my revenge. And now I may have lost them again!" He says and takes his pillow and throws it on the floor. "It seems like everything is an inconvenience now, a distraction keeping me from fulfilling my purpose."
"Have you ever considered that perhaps reclaiming your clan's eyes and killing the Phantom Troupe aren't your only purposes in life?" Leorio suggests and Kurapika looks confused. Leorio puts an arm around his shoulder.
"You're so young Kurapika." He explains. "You have your whole life ahead of you. So many things to enjoy. Like you said, you are so close to achieving your goal, what will you do after it?"
"After what?" Kurapika asks and Leorio face palms.
"After you destroy the Phantom Troupe and get your clan's eyes back!" Leorio shouts at him and Kurapika thinks for a moment.
"I..." He starts then looks at Leorio. "I've never thought about that. I could easily be killed as well in the process of trying to exact my vengeance. I've never thought about what I would do afterwards, if I succeed with my life."
"And that's your problem." Leorio says. "It's good that you're passionate about this goal! It should be your main focus. Right now you should be doing everything you can to get those eyes back and murder the Phantom Troupe. But still...This won't be the only thing you'll ever do. After you've gotten your revenge what will you do?"
"What could I do?" Kurapika asks. Leorio smiles and wraps his arm around Kurapika and chuckles.
"Why there's lots of things you could do!" He says dreamily and moves his arm around the room as if depicting all the possibilities. "You love to read, and know a lot. You could become a teacher, or a professor. Perhaps even train aspiring hunters to fight! And you'll be able to finally have some fun with Gon and Killua! And maybe...somewhere along the line you'll find a nice beautiful girl to fall in love with." He says and Kurapika blushes. "You could get married and live in a nice house somewhere, and raise a family together. A peaceful life, where you'll live happily ever after. I mean after all, you are the last living member of your clan. Sounds to me like someone's got some repopulating to do." Leorio says and pokes Kurapika's arm. His face turns red as a tomato and he pushes Leorio off of the bed.
"Why do you always suggest stuff like that!" Kurapika exclaims.
"Well it's true!" Leorio says. "You're the last living member of the Kurta clan. If you die before you have children then there will be no new members." Kurapika gets serious.
"You're right." He says. "I've never thought about that before. As the last member of my clan. I have more of a purpose than I thought I did!"
"That's why I worry sometimes about your thirst for revenge." Leorio says. "You have a noble goal in mind. But in the end, what will be the point of having those eyes back, if there are no living people attached to them."
"How could I have been so narrow minded..." Kurapika says and runs a hand through his hair. "I not only need to avenge my clan I need to rebuild it!"
"From what I hear from Gon and Killua it sounds like you've already started working on that." Leorio says and Kurapika looks confused. He chuckles. "They told me about you and Y/N's little antics today." Kurapika blushed again.
"We were only joking! We're not actually in love! Y/N just wanted to pull a prank-"
"Or she has a crush on you." Leorio suggests, cutting off Kurapika.
"A crush on me?" He repeats. Leorio nods.
"You have no idea what an attractive young man you are Kurapika." Leorio explains. "Whenever we walk through town I see girls looking at you and giggling, fawning over you. If you wanted to, you could have any girl you want. I must admit I'm a bit jealous of you sometimes."
"Wow." Kurapika says. "You really think Y/N likes me?"
"Well I mean you did save her life. I think she definitely thinks highly of you for that." Leorio says. "But she may be starting to fall in love with you. She seems like a nice girl. A very rare kind of girl that I think just might be perfect for you. Give her a chance. Maybe you'll fall in love with her too." Leorio pats the boy's shoulder and leaves. Kurapika picked up his book again but then put it down. He had a lot of new things to think about. Meanwhile you and the boys were downstairs having some fruit salad, which was the last thing that Gon had in the house.
"We really need to go shopping today." Killua says as he eyes a grape before eating it.
"There's a farmer's market going on today! We should all go!" Gon says and you all agree. Then you see Leorio come downstairs.
"How's Kurapika?" You ask.
"He's fine. I think I may have enlightened the boy on a few things." Leorio says and you all look confused.
About an hour later you and the boys were gathering your things to head into town, but then Kurapika came down wearing his tabard. "Where are you guys going?" He asks.
"We're just going into town to the market." You say.
"Can I come?" He asks and everyone seems a bit surprised. Leorio smirks a bit.
"Of course." You say and Gon and Killua pop out from either side of you.
"Yeah you owe us ice cream and pastries for being so rude to us this morning!" The boys say and Kurapika smiles at them.
"Okay but not too much. You boys will be bouncing off of the walls if you have too much." He says and then freezes, realizing that's exactly what his mother said to him all those years ago.
"Are you coming?" Killua calls from the path. Kurapika shakes his head. "On my way!" He says and runs down the path after the boys, following you.
"Are you coming Leorio?" He asks.
"No, unfortunately I have some work to do but you kids have fun!" He says and you all go into town to the market.
"Look at all the food!" Killua exclaims and he and Gon's mouths water over all the goodies. You chuckle at the boys obsession with food. You noticed that Kurapika seemed a bit stiff.
"What's wrong?" You ask. Kurapika thinks back to when he went to the market for the first time with Pairo. He became angry at those men that his grandfather hired and everyone called him a monster...a devil...He gets pulled from his thoughts when he feels your hand touch his shoulder. "Hey are you okay?" You ask in a concerned tone.
"I'm fine." He says and smiles. "I just haven't been to one of these in a while."
"Well there's a lot to do so come on!" You say and pull him into the crowd. The two of you visited a lot of different stands and tried some different foods. "Try this." You suggest as you offer Kurapika a spoon of something that looked like yogurt.
"What is it?" He asks.
"I don't know!" You say and smile. "But it tastes good."
"I don't kn-" You put the spoon in his mouth and he eats the food out of it. He smiles. "You're right it does taste good!" You two bought some cartons of it and then ran into the boys again. They were pulling a cart they got off a bunch of pies and other junk food, along with some ice cream. "How did you two manage to get all of that stuff?" Kurapika asks in amazement.
"We uh didn't exactly pay for it yet..." Gon says and he and Killua give him the most adorable faces and Kurapika looks up and sees some of the stand owners looking angrily at the boys. He sighs and goes to pay for their food.
"I told you that face always works!" Gon tells Killua and the two of them high five. While Kurapika was paying the stand owners you saw someone familiar. A girl with pink hair, the same girl that tried to kill you two days ago. She looked at you and seemed shocked at first then smirked. Two men appeared at her side, the same two men that threw you into the water. You quickly turned and ran across the street but you ended up right in front of a cart. The horse reared and you thought the horse would kick you but you were quickly pulled out of the way by someone. You looked up and saw that you were pressed firmly against Kurapika's chest. He was holding you tightly, worry and anger in his eyes.
"What were you thinking!" He exclaims. "You could have gotten hurt! I know you've lived in the woods for the past seven years but how could you have been so careless!" You started to tear up and you sniffed. Kurapika blushed a bit. He felt awful that he made you cry. But even worse was now he didn't know what to do. "Oh...Y/N I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you upset...please don't cry."
"It's not because of you." You say and he looks confused. You gesture to where you were before and Kurapika gasped as he saw three people approaching Gon and Killua.
"Gon! Killua! Look out!" Kurapika says and they turn around and see the people trying to grab them and kick and punch them away and onto the ground.
"They're the ones who tried to kill me the other day." You say and Kurapika's eyes turned scarlet. You shrunk back in fear a bit.
"The Phantom Troupe..." He mutters before rushing into the fight. These Phantom Troupe people were skilled, and managed to get a few hits on Gon and Killua but none of them were any match for Kurapika. And Gon and Killua fought very hard against them. Gon struck one of the men with lightning and he fell down, too weak to get back up. And Gon punched another one into the wall, bricks collapsing on top of him. Everyone else either fled the scene or like you stood startled in fear. Kurapika wrapped up the girl in a chain and held her down. "Where are the others?" He demanded.
"I don't know what you're talking about." She answers innocently. Kurapika growled and yanked her.
"You are in no position to play games! Tell me what I need to know!" He demands and she just rolls her eyes and smirks.
"Petty chain bastard." She mocks then screams in pain as a chain goes through her chest, piercing her heart.
"You must answer some questions for me and you must never use your nen again." He says calmly. "One, where do I find the other members, and two what do you plan on doing with the scarlet eyes? If you don't answer or use your nen you will die." The girl frowned.
"We're in Meteor city, and we're going to sell those eyes to someone." She explains. The chains disappear. "I may not be able to use my nen on any of you. But it looks like I won't need to. The people now think you're a monster." She chuckles and runs off. Kurapika frowns and then realizes what she was talking about. He turns around and sees everyone staring at him, trembling in fear.
"Look at his eyes!" One woman exclaims.
"He must be the devil!" Another says. It was just like when this happened when he was with Pairo. He looked over at you and saw that now even you were scared of him. You shrunk away into the crowd and ran off. He sighed. Leorio was wrong. Girls didn't like him. They were scared of him. He grabbed Gon and Killua and they all made their way out of the market. You didn't talk to him the rest of the day. That night Kurapika packed up his things. He needed to get to Meteor city. And he needed to do it alone. He couldn't forgive himself if anything else happened to you, Gon, Killua or Leorio because of him. He needed to face the Phantom Troupe alone. He made it to the door when he heard someone.
"Where are you going?" You ask and he turns around and sees you coming down the stairs.
"I thought you were afraid of me." Kurapika says and you come towards him. "Now that you've seen what a monster I am."
"It's true. Some of the things you did today frightened me." You say and Kurapika sighs. "But I know that you have no intention of hurting me, or any of your friends. You beat up bad guys. You're no monster. You're a hero. You saved my life." You smile and Kurapika feels a bit relieved and blushes at the last thing you said.
"I'm no hero Y/N." He says.
"Well you are to me." You say and he blushes. "Where are you going?"
"To Meteor City." He declares. "To finally get my revenge."
"I'm coming too." You say and he shakes his head.
"You can't. It's too dangerous." He says.
"But you need me." You tell him and he looks confused. "That girl that you attacked today. She didn't tell you the whole story... I heard it all from them when they were in their hideout." You say and think back on what you heard them talking about when you were in the room with all the scarlet eyes.
"Then I guess I'll need you to come along to guide my path." He says and you nod.
"We're coming too!" Gon and Killua say and rush downstairs with their bags. Leorio followed.
"I know you may not want us with you Kurapika." Leorio says. "But you're about to face a bunch of powerful nen-users! You'll need our help to take them down and get your clan's eyes back!"
"We all want to help!" Gon says and he hugs Kurapika's legs. "I'm not letting you leave without me!" Kurapika gasped and smiled.
"Well then let's get going." He says and everyone leaves the house and sets off to help Kurapika get his revenge.
A/N: I hope you liked this part! Please leave comments! I really appreciate stuff like that because that's how I know if people like this story or not and what I can do to improve and so I know I'm doing a good job and that I should continue this story!