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Chapter 7: Let's start with a mock battle
I... can't see anything... It's so dark... so dark...
Where am I?
I looked around me, seeing nothing but darkness. The footstep I took echoed ominously in my ears. And suddenly as I turned my head, I saw something like golden. I remembered Kurapika's hair.
I ran toward it, but the time I got near, I was horrified. My eyes widened in shock as I saw the body of Kurapika herself, lying on her own blood.
"No..." my voice wavered in fear.
And then I saw a pair of feet just beside her.
I raised my head slowly until I saw a face of a man, making an evil smirk toward me.
I felt my feet lose their strength as I fell on my knees.
"No." I put my hand over my mouth and then at each side of my head. "Kurapika!"
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I jolted up from my bed as I woke up from a horrible nightmare, gasping for air as cold sweat run down throughout my small body.
"It's just a dream," I calmed myself. "It's just a dream."
Catching up with my breath, I looked at my surrounding and realized, I am in an unfamiliar place.
It's an old looking but large, rectangular room, patched with darkened paint with only a bed a chair inside. A small window is located at the bedside and another bigger window at the long side on the room with their metal frame half eaten by rust.
Where am I?
The door creaked open, revealing a middle aged man with brown hair in pompadour style and a connecting moustache.
Looking downward, I also noticed that the man went back on wearing his usual small jacket that shows his muscular breast, partnered with the usual trouser and his pair of long boots.
"Ah!" the man exclaimed, "you're finally awake, Senritsu."
"Yes, Basho," I acknowledge. "Where are we?" I asked, looking back at the unfamiliar room.
"Were at Kurapika's hideout," he answered as he entered the room and took a sit at the chair beside the bed.
"Kurapika's hideout!?" I spoke questioningly and in surprise as I quickly whipped my head back to him.
"Yeah, I just found out yesterday when she told me to bring you and Miss Neon here for safety. I was actually surprised myself. It's a good hideout too."
At the mention of 'yesterday' and 'safety', I remembered the happenings before I black out and how I lost her consciousness.
Why did you do that, Kurapika? How can you let that man do what he wants while he's inside your body? Aren't you worried at all on what he might do to you?
"I'm sure she will be fine!" Basho's huge voice suddenly vibrated in my ears. Only then I realized that I am grinding my teeth while frowning deeply.
I looked at him, a bit surprised at his word as I stopped grinding my teeth, but kept the frown on my face, letting him know that I don't agree with him.
As long as that devilish man's soul is inside Kurapika's body, I won't stop worrying.
Basho heaved a heavy sigh. "Look Senritsu, we did not choose Kurapika as our leader for nothing, we choose her because of was she was capable of."
"But that was before we found out that she was a girl!"
"Sure, it did surprise me to learn that Kurapika is actually a girl. But that did not take away anything from her. Her leadership is still as effective and as efficient just like before. Kurapika is still Kurapika."
"Even if you say that..." I trailed off, sighing as I turned away and leaned at the head board. "I'm still worried."
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(Kuroro) After we returned from the spirit world and Kurapika recovered, or at least choose to stand up, from her dilemma, we decided to stay at the Nostrade's mansion to make plans and preparation to get in touch with the owl spirit.
First of all we have to check how much control we have toward each other' body. In doing so, we had ourselves a mock battle and it turn out to be a disaster, for me, more than anything.
Our first round, without using any kind of weapon, including nen, was fair enough. Both of us can utilize our speed properly. With Kurapika's small body, I can quickly manoeuvre myself and perform all the attacks available for me, but it also gave me a disadvantage in terms of physical strength. Although that can be enhanced with nen, unfortunately for me, her nen was is not very cooperative.
In our second round to include all weapons and nen, Kurapika attacked me first by giving a hard blow on my stomach, and I…. I was immediately knocked down so miserably. Good thing Kurapika suppressed herself before her fist landed, if not, then I'm probably dead by now.
The next morning, I woke up from a dreamless sleep, back at Kurapika's ever neatly cleaned room on her soft bed, the first ever bed that I got so comfortable with that I just want sleep all day. And the mild smell of fabric softer that still lingers makes me feel like I am lying on the clouds.
Ah! Could I just stay here forever?
But then I turned sideward and felt the swelling pain in my stomach. Ouch! I frowned in pain as I put my hand over my stomach.
Kurapika is pretty brutal for a girl. Oh! I forgot, he's a guy now, and I'm...
There is no way I would call myself a girl! No way!
The door creaked open and Kurapika entered while I sat up on the bed.
"How are you?" she asked, first and foremost, with a slight guilt apparent on her face.
"Oh! I'm perfectly fine, thank you so much," I deadpanned.
"I'm sorry, I was actually expecting it," she said as she rolled her eyes sideways as if she's keeping a secret.
"Spit everything out Kurapika," I replied in a serious tone.
She sighed and put all her attention on me, and smiled.
"Well Kuroro," she started, stressing each and every word. "I actually realized from our first round that you cannot use my nen. I was actually suppressing the whole time, waiting for you to realize that you are not fully utilizing my hand to hand ability. Unfortunately, you never really realized anything until I knocked you down." She finished and smiled once again, as if mocking me.
All I did was to stare at her, wide eyes in grim realization.
She… Kurapika… is acting my character oh so perfectly.
If it was me in her position, I would do exactly the same. But being the one receiving such treatment, it irked me more than I could expect.
(Kurapika) Seeing Kuroro's expression at my words gave me a bit of pleasure. Being inside his body gave me an advantage over him. Knowing how he thinks and how he act, I could use that knowledge against him. At least that will teach him a lesson.
"How did you know that I cannot use your nen anyway?" he asked after recovering. "And why?"
"As you know by now," I started as I walked to open the sliding window, letting the fresh air blow toward me and faced him again, "I've been acting as a guy for years, since 'that' day," I stresses out. "I studied how men thinks, how they act. And then I learned from a book how men's brain structure differs from women's brain in general." I paused.
"So?" He asked to continue as he shifted his sitting position to cross his legs.
(This explanation is not mine) "Men's brain is like a collection of small boxes, each contains certain information. These boxes never touch each other, so men can select the appropriate box when needed." I paused again, watching him how he listens. Seeing him with his full attention to me, I continued.
"On the other hand, women's brain are like a ball of wire, everything is connected, driven by an energy we call emotion. That is the reason why we tend to remember everything. That doesn't happen very often for men, and that's because they don't really care."
"Oh." Kuroro blinked. "That's explained a lot. But that doesn't explain why I can't use your nen."
"No, it doesn't," I told him.
"Then?"
"As I told you a while ago, I've been acting as a guy for a long time. And so, adapting to your mental structure is like a child's play to me. But you..." I stopped mid-sentence, looking at his reaction, and his frown tells me that he has now the idea, but unable to believe it, or not want to believe it.
"You never stepped into a woman's shoes ever."
"Do you want me to act like a girl?" he asked as his mouth twitched in displeasure.
"That is up to you," I smiled, "if you want to stay like that."
To be continued…
AN:
Yeah, that's it for now. It's better than nothing.
Here's the link for the full explanation about the difference between men and women's brains if you want to read it. There's also a video on youtube.
http . / / www . littlethings (dotcom) / mens-brains-vs-womens-brains /
Remove the spaces and change (dotcom) to .com
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What's new! I now have seven videos on youtube, in the span of only 2 months (and a half)!
I'm pretty productive, aren't I?
(Unfortunately not in FanFinction… anymore)
What kind of videos am I uploading anyway?
I am uploading Anime Song Covers! Not that I'm really good in singing, but I love singing.
Now I have to stop blabbering.
-Next chapter-
How can Kuroro adopt with Kurapika's mental structure? He will surely experience a lot of 'hardship' that only women understand. Oh! Poor Kuroro.
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