A/N: Well, the title really says a lot about this chapter. I hope that you enjoy it. I do not have much to say this week. I do however have three pictures of Akira done. I will be putting them up soon on my DA account.
[Disclaimer]: I do not own Hunter x Hunter or any of the characters. I do, however, own my original characters and plots. This story is written for entertainment purposes and do not necessarily reflect the views of myself.
Now You Know...
Focus. You already did this. You can do this! Gon places his hands over two crystals protruding from the wall. He focuses his aura into his palms and lets it seep into the crystals slowly. He pushes off the wall slowly and looks around the large cavern they have set up camp in. There are patches of light around the large cavern of dim green-lit crystals. Koharu applauds him but gives Akira a knowing look that Akira returns with a coy one.
Killua has been watching Gon with Gyo and begins to try his on his own. Many of the crystals begin to glow a light blue much the same as Koharu's from before. Leorio and Kurapika follow in suit and have a mixture of teal and orange-yellow. Koharu claps for them all. She walks to the middle of the cavern and takes hold of what looks to be a large brown tarp. She flings the tarp behind her and reveals a large crystal spire that is about fifteen feet tall with a diameter of ten feet at the very base.
"Everyone, please place your hands on the spire." Koharu waits and then places her own. "Unlike the others, this one will glow white. We are going to mix our auras and it will turn the color of the aura that is the strongest. Akira will be the one dictating its look." Akira begins to feed it aura. The spire glows a deep purple and gets brighter as everyone adds more aura. Akira gives it stronger aura than the rest of the group. It turns a bright white that is nearly blinding until she removes her hands and it fades to a comfortable white tinged purple.
Akira sits on the ground and then leans backwards until she in laying down. She puts her hands behind her head like a pillow and crosses one leg over the other. "Damn that takes a lot out of me. Koharu, I think I need a dip in the water." She gets up slowly and walks to her backpack. She rummages through until she finds her flask. She takes a long drink and then tucks it away again carefully. She digs around again and finds her black two-piece swimsuit.
Koharu picks out a dark blue one-piece that is somehow still incredibly revealing. They walk into a different part of the cavern through another tunnel. It begins to alight purple and blue as the girls disappear through it. Gon takes time to look at the spire and each of the crystals on the walls. Leorio and Kurapika take this time to rest. They chat idly about the crystals and the cave. Killua sits near a cave wall by himself. He looks like he is resting, but he is carefully watching his surroundings.
Killua scoots backwards until his back is touching the wall. He ignores his friends for the time being to focus on his feeling of apprehension. Something feels off. We haven't encountered a single creature in here. Buyo and the wolf made a point not to come in the cave. Kurapika had the same thoughts as Killua, that something was amiss. "Anyone else feel that?" He questions to the rest of the group. Gon turns towards the blonde; "I felt it a little while ago. Judge and Buyo looked really nervous as we entered."
"I'm not sure what it is, but its completely creeping me out," Leorio crosses his arms. "Well perhaps whatever it is, it won't get close enough to be a problem." Leorio makes a fair point, since many times they were to encounter something bad, it turned out to be less menacing than originally thought. "If the old man can sense it, Koharu and Akira did too. They said nothing to us," Killua points out coolly from his spot. Gon frowns and looks towards the tunnel the girls. Aren't we supposed to be a team? Something that seems important like this shouldn't be kept secret…
"Well maybe they didn't tell us because it isn't a big deal," Gon offers. Stop lying to yourself. You saw the way Buyo and Judge looked at you. There was fear in their eyes. Koharu didn't look worried at all, so this must not be so bad right? Gon's reasoning for why the girls have decided to keep this from them is interrupted by a loud scream from the tunnel.
The four friends jump to their feet and run to the girls. Gon is the first to enter the room. The beauty of the cave momentarily distracts him. Crystals do not line the walls and ceiling but instead are under the water's surface, embedded into the rock walls. There are smaller spires underneath the surface in the center of the pool of water. They glow varying shades of purple and blue. Gon could stand and stare forever at this tiny paradise but there are matters more pressing he has to attend to.
Koharu stands at the edge of the pool in a fighting stance. Her suit is wet and she stands in a small puddle. Her hair clings to her shoulders as the clear water dribbles slowly, adding to the puddle. Akira stands about ten feet beside her in a fighting stance as well. She had yet to get in the water, her hair was still silky soft and her skin did not glisten with water. Gon followed their line of sight to try and see what had them so worked up.
Kurapika, Leorio and Killua stopped behind Gon. Killua and Leorio did the same thing as Gon and searched for danger from their place. Kurapika, on the other hand was distracted. He looked over at Akira. He saw the way she stood and how she seemed so fierce but that was not what distracted him from their current situation. He saw her body—or rather her skin, which had multiple pink scars that resembled flames. His eyes widen slightly as he takes in her appearance. He was not disgusted as most people would be, but instead found comfort in knowing exactly who the mysterious girl was.
You did exactly as was done for you. Found the group whom was least likely to achieve and stuck with them. Although… does that mean she thought we would fail without her? She is young… Perhaps she found interest in Gon or Killua. Nevertheless, she still smiles and acts like a normal young adult despite her childhood. I can see what I read was the truth and perhaps it was sugarcoated. What a horrible life. Kurapika is snapped out of his thoughts upon hearing a menacing chuckle.
"Hisoka!" Akira yells. "You freaking creep! What are you even doing here?" The psychotic magician jumps down from a ledge and onto a large rock protruding from the water. "I came here the same as you, for a dip in the lovely crystal pool~" He coos from his rock. Gon cringes at the idea of having to see Hisoka again and his distrust of the man grows stronger by the minute. Kurapika glares at Hisoka, willing his eyes to stay their normal color—he didn't hate the magician, but was still very distrustful.
The dark-haired girl sticks her tongue out at the creep and crosses her arms. Hisoka jumps from the rock to the edge of the water a few feet from the angry girl. "Now now, don't be so cross. I wouldn't do anything yet. The fruit is still green~" He smiles a creepy smile and Akira looks at him with a horrified expression. You are such a creep!
"If it really bothers you that I am here, I can always leave~" He crosses his arms and leans in towards Akira. She growls softly at him hoping he would back away from her. Akira would take a step backwards or retreat all together, but that would show a huge weakness. "You're entitled to do what you want," she snaps at him. He frowns for a fraction of a second before schooling his expression into one of feigned happiness. He takes a step back and decides to go back to the rock protruding from the water.
"Koharu, let's go." Akira takes hold of her sopping wet friend's arm and walks over to their things. The soaked girl sticks her tongue out at the magician and provides a rude gesture to go along with it. Killua watches Hisoka carefully as they all begin to walk back to the main cavern. He feels protective of his team, although he has no idea why he cares about them—well he knows he will always care for Gon.
They walk quietly back to where they planned to camp for what they would perceive as night, since one knows no time in the darkness of a cave. Akira angrily drags Koharu who is clutching her things tightly as she knew the angry girl would not let her retrieve something that was dropped. The crystals in the walls turn white as Akira passes and fade to a deep shade of orange. All the pretty blues and purples turn to blinding white and then an angry orange-red color. Gon, feeling the smothering feeling of aura thick in the air, instinctively uses Gyo and sees the fiery aura around Akira and Koharu desperately trying to keep a thick layer around her wrist so she does not get hurt.
Akira releases the whimpering guide once they get to the cavern. She gathers her cloak and normal clothing then begins her walk to a secluded part to change into other clothing. Koharu does the same but a bit more quickly so she does not have to stay in the same vicinity as her angry pal. Koharu sits quietly by her things occupying herself with the map and other planning things for how they will continue their journey.
Kurapika stands from his circle of friends and excuses himself politely, "Please excuse me, I wish to speak with Koharu briefly." Gon hands Killua his gift cards to shuffle so they can play a game to pass time. Kurapika hears a quiet squabble over what game will be played but pays no mind to it and continues with his current task. He sits quietly next to Koharu and waits patiently for her to finish some notes and acknowledge him.
"Something on your mind?" She looks up briefly before returning to her notes. "I wished to ask about Akira. Or perhaps it isn't really a question." He crosses his arms and waits for her to look up at him. "I know who she is." The words Koharu dreaded anyone would ever say to her. Lie! Do something! Say something! Don't just sit here and stare at him you fool! Maybe he could be talking about something else. Maybe he hasn't really put two and two together…
"If I go talk to her alone, can you make sure nobody follows? I won't tell them. I just wish to have some closure perhaps?" His words dripping with sweetness as a way of persuasion. Koharu submits to his will and complies to keep the rest of the group from noticing his prolonged absence. She nods and walks over to the group of card playing friends. "May I join? I have the perfect game," she says coyly.
Kurapika walks inconspicuously towards the direction Akira went off to. He knows he is headed in the right direction when he feels the heaviness and smothering effect of her aura. The crystals on the walls are a red-orange and turn lighter the farther through the tunnel he walks. He makes it to a small cavern that is about ten feet tall (about 15 less than their camp cavern) and about twenty feet in diameter.
Akira doesn't seem to notice his presence yet and stays where she is. She is sitting with her back against the far wall and her knees tucked so she can rest her chin on them. Her eyes are closed and her fingers, sticking out of her fingerless gloves, are intertwined resting on the laces of her combat boots. Her velvet cloak hugs her shoulders loosely and cascades onto the floor.
The Kurta clears his through as he stands a few feet in front of Akira. Her eyes slowly open and she looks up at him. Why must you bother me? Can't you see that I would like to be alone? That's what I would like to say… better made nice and humor him with conversation. "Yes?" She sits up straighter, crosses her legs like 'crisscross applesauce', intertwines her fingers in her lap and gives him her full attention.
A bit taken aback by her abrupt change in temperament, he readies himself for unexpected consequences to his next actions. "I…" He thinks briefly. He sits down in front of her and mirrors her body language by crossing his legs and putting his hands n his lap. He takes a deep breath, "I know who you are." She seems to think for a moment before laughing heartily. "Of course you know who I am! I introduced myself to you guys at the beach." She cleverly dodged his declaration by acting oblivious.
Her act is great. She wont let me have this without a fight. He looks at her smile, which is welcoming and warm; but her eyes are a different story. Hey eyes could fool anyone from afar and match her smile, but deep within them, in the inner workings of her mind, they clearly say: 'you don't want to do this'. I wish I didn't want to do this, but this is the way. Those eyes chill to the bone.
He reaches behind himself and pulls the thin book out from his waistband. He opens it to recite an excerpt of the chapter 'Fire with Fire', "Actual flames were eventually used. My body scarred. Even as I write this book, I can see the faint flame-like markings on my body." He clears his throat and points to a few marks visible on her chest through her low-cut V-neck long sleeve. The coldness in her eyes is replaced by fire and rage. He sets the book down and puts up his hands defensively, "I have no intention of telling the others."
Akira's anger is quelled briefly at the notion that her secret will be kept. "Whatever reason you kept you secret, I'll honor it and be quiet about this." He holds the book out to her, "Do you want this back?" She shakes her head. "I left it in my old room because I wished to not see it again. I left it so that perhaps one day someone could better their life by reading it. So they could know that even gutter brats like myself can become something great." She looks saddened by the name she called herself, "People who are like myself, without family and hope, can still be something wonderful."
"Koharu is very much the same. No family," She stops herself, "That isn't exactly true, but it isn't my story to tell." She hold out her gloved hand and waits for Kurapika to return the gesture. She shakes his hand, "Now, not a word about this. So help me, I'll make you wish you hadn't been able to talk." He looks frightened and then nods. "There are many unanswered questions, you can ask them all once we get to where we need to go," She ponders her wording, "Or until everyone else figures it out on their own."
"Oh," Kurapika pipes up, "One last question. What was the deal with Hisoka?" Some of the crystals glow brighter and she frowns. "He knows. He was going to blow my cover. He already did, but he figured you would tell the others."
"Alright guys! Let's get a move on!" Koharu cheerily waits for the group to get a move on. Akira drags her feet but is the first one to make it there. Most of them did not sleep very well since Hisoka's presence was present throughout the network of cave tunnels. Akira did not sleep at all. She spent all of their rest time brooding all by herself. Hopefully the blonde will keep his word. She grabbed hold of Koharu's hand and looked the girl in her pretty blue eyes. Koharu knew what her friend meant for her to do, she used her specialist ability and began to read Akira's active thoughts. "The blonde knows; he said he would not say anything to the others. Should I trust him?" Koharu nods, lets go of Akira's hand and begins to lead the group out of the cave.
Koharu takes the front with her team behind her—Kurapika, Leorio, Killua, Gon and then Akira—in a line since the passages have narrowed considerably. Koharu hums one of her favorite songs while fiddling with her map. Kurapika walks quietly while Leorio talks to him about nothing. Gon and Killua talk about some of their favorite adventures together during their five years away from Leorio and Kurapika. Akira shuffles her cards absentmindedly as she walks onwards; her mind deep in thought.
I could just tell them all now. It would be so much easier to get to my home. I could call Syn and just go there. What I would give to sleep in my bed again and eat some real food. I could finally get on with the real training too. I could get on with the damn treasure hunting bullshit Koharu begged be part of training as well. I suppose it merits a trip back to Heaven's Arena as well, since I am just itching for a fight. Maybe I'll actually follow through on our sparring matches for training. That might be fun, or it might turn out to be a disaster… I wonder what Koharu will pick for our hunt. She already gave orders to the figurehead as to what was to be done with the other groups…
"Akira," the girl lost in thoughts was brought back with a loud plea of her name. Akira looks around to see Koharu looking at her expectantly. She offers a blank stare in the blue-haired girl's direction. "I was asking if we wanted to take a break yet. Since we have been walking pretty much all day." Akira looks around briefly. The sky is an orange color and the sun has just set. They are in dense forest yet again and seem to have been that way for a long while.
"Where are we?" She asks as she looks around trying to get her bearings. Koharu shows her the map and points out where they are. "Oh, we are by the ring lake. We can walk until we get there right? I never did get to enjoy the pool in the cave, and the water there is relatively safe." Akira points to a spot on the map that looks like a large lake with a large island in the middle. The water goes all the way around the island in a very large circle. The lake was about one hundred feet wide all around the island.
"It will be dark by the time we get there… You remember what happened last time right?" Koharu gave Akira a look and the raven-haired girl looked to the ground a bit ashamed. "What happened last time?" Leorio questions as he steps a bit closer to Koharu hoping she will explain. "Kuala-Dile. They come out at night but don't usually leave the water. They sleep on the warm sands of the island during the day, but at night they slip into the water and occasionally cross to hunt on this side. We will be sleeping in the trees tonight. I do not trust this place." Koharu crosses her arms and adopts a forlorn look.
They set off towards their designated camp in the waning light. Koharu still hums along to an unknown song and Akira keeps herself busy shuffling her cards as she walks at the back of the group. Gon talks to Leorio about Nen and tries to explain a bit more of the four principles. Killua shakes his head each time the older male does not understand something. The Kurta walks on quietly in thought. He can't begin to understand anything about Akira. Kurapika hates to admit this, but she had been on his mind all day. He mentally cringes. If I was a fool, I'd believe I was infatuated. Definitely not my type.
Killua sits on a thick branch in his tree he claimed. Gon chose a tree next to his so that they could still talk and play games until they wanted to sleep. Koharu made sure to go to bed early so she wasn't a grump in the morning. Leorio sleeps in his designated tree and went to bed early like Koharu for very much the same reason. Kurapika reads Akira's book, the part about her Hunter Exam. He remembers what Gon told him and knew Gon left out many details. He felt that he would get the words straight from the horse's mouth. Figuratively speaking anyways.
Akira hangs upside down from her branch by her legs as she plays an asinine game with her Nen. She has a hand full of leaves and uses the other to throw them at a tree. She uses her Nen to turn them razor sharp and throws them like throwing knives. She tries to make a smiley face with the leaves but fails miserably. Gon stops his games with Killua and hops over to her branch. When he jumps on the branch, Gon startles the inverted teen and she throws a leaf surrounded by too much Nen. She cuts clean through the tree and it slowly begins to tip over.
The tree comes crashing down to the ground. Birds fly away, squawking angrily. A few deep growls can be heard and can easily be placed as the growl of a Kuala-Dile. Koharu jolts awake at the sound and searches for the source. Constantly using Gyo, she quickly spots the upside down cat ears a few trees away. "Akira!" She yells into the night, "Dammit! Some of us are trying to sleep!" She stands up and reaches for a large unripe fruit from the tree she picked. It looks like a mixture between an orange and an apple.
She reaches her Nen until it engulfs the fruit. She aims steadily and hurls the fruit towards the branch Akira and Gon occupy. Gon sees and quickly hops out of the way and onto his tree. Akira, hanging upside down had nearly no way to evade. Koharu had impeccable aim and hit where the branch connected to the tree, breaking the branch off the tree and Akira with it. She lands softly on her feet. She walks to the other side of the tree to pick another place to stay for the night quietly. Gon laughs when he sees Akira stick her tongue out at the now sleeping Koharu.
"Sorry Akira," he whispers from his tree. Killua laughs at his apology. Akira waves at him to say it's not a problem. She walks to the end of her branch and leaps over to Gon's. Killua watches and stands as well. He jumps to the branch as well on the other side of Gon. They all sit with their legs hanging over facing the water. "I'm really sorry Akira. Can you show me how you did that with the leaves?" Gon asks innocently as he hands her a leaf.
She uses Shu to harden the leaf and make the edges razor sharp. She tosses it lightly into another tree, making sure not to repeat the previous accident. Gon grabs another leaf and attempts to do the same thing. After a few tries, he finally gets a leaf to stick into the tree. Gon hands a leaf to Killua, "Try it." The silver-haired boy takes the leaf and tries to get it to stick into the tree. He throws it at a branch to see if he could get it to stick. The leaf cuts the branch clean off and hears a grumble of curse words from a few trees over.
The three laugh as they continue to practice with the leaves. Akira grabs Gon's sleeve and points to below the tree. By this time in the night, even Gon cannot see in the dark. Akira can see thanks to her perfected aura technique but knows that the others cannot. She holds out her hand in front of her and closes her eyes. A medium, hollow, glass ball appears in her palm. It is the size of a tangerine and the glass looks thin like a Christmas ornament. A small flicker of flame appears inside and soon begins to fill the ball. It looks like liquid fire and moves around inside as one would perhaps think of a soul move.
"Do either of you have a string?" She asks quietly. Gon remembers his new fishing rod. Kurapika has the bag that holds his pole. The Kurta must have heard her because he held out the bag when Gon hopped over there. He took out the fishing pole and went back to his branch. The ball of fire works like a lantern and lights everything around them aglow. The ground is still very dark and now has more shadows thanks to the difference in light.
Akira takes the lure on the end and ties it around the glass ball. Gon slowly lowers it towards the ground. His eyes widen when he sees about six Kuala-Diles under the branch. Killua leans forward to look, "It's a good thing that Koharu told us to sleep in the trees. I didn't even hear them come up." Gon snickers at his friend and retorts, "Maybe your assassin skills are just getting a little rusty!" This earns him a punch in the arm.
Akira stands and holds out her hand. She quickly curls her finger in to make a fist. There is a sound like that of glass breaking. Gon looks down to see liquid fire jump every which way where the glass ball once was. A few yelps can be heard from the awaiting predators and then the sound of hurried retreat. She jumps to her branch and leans against the trunk of the tree.
She conjures a slightly smaller glass ball of fire and holds it in front of her chest as she tries to fall asleep. Gon and Killua both try to get some rest as well, making sure to stay secure off the ground. Gon looks across from him at the incredible girl. Her face and features softly lit by the ball of fire in her hands. Her face relaxed and peaceful as she reaches the nirvana of sleep. He watches her as the flicker of the fire shines in the night. He sighs for no particular reason and closes his eyes to fall into the sweet arms of sleep.
Koharu wakes up to the smell of fresh cooked food. She sits up quickly and looks around. She spots the source of the delicious smell and slinks around beneath the trees to sit by a small fire. Akira sits there with a large chunk of meat on a stick roasting over the fire as if she were roasting a marshmallow. Koharu sits and looks at her with the sweetest puppy dog eyes. The other girl hands over the stick, claiming that it was for Koharu anyways and that she has already had her share.
The rest of the team who eat their fill soon join the two girls. "Alright guys," Koharu holds out the map for them to see. "We better stock up on water. There is no more until our destination." She points out their trail. "There is another body of water right there…" Gon points to a rather large body of water about six miles to the northwest. "Tsk… you drink that water if you want. Don't complain when your throat melts and you die a slow, painful death." Akira deadpans while shuffling her cards.
"What Akira meant to say, was that this lake is named 'Caustic Cistern' and that it is essentially a lake of acid," Koharu explains while sending a glare towards her indifferent friend. Damn girl doesn't know when to be nice and when to be indifferent. She changes moods like a diva changes boyfriends. "Just make sure to carry enough water for three days. The last bit of the trip will be easy. We walk a few miles through a desert, one last part of forest, a flat path between foothills, and finally a walk up the ten thousand steps."
"Ten thousand steps?" Leorio asks with a hollowness to his voice. "Yes, exactly ten thousand. The new master hand them installed recently. She said that the stairs looked really nice from her balcony. Oh, she also said that they really gave the place a feel of an actual training studio. They are very nice; made of polished stone. Every thousandth step is made of dark marble and has an idiom engraved on the vertical part." Koharu pulls out a map of the mountains where the House of Nen is located. She has a rough sketch of what the steps look like from the balcony looking down.
The four boys look on in awe. Gon is the first to notice, "You can almost see the whole island from that balcony right?" Akira smiles. "From the roof, with a telescope, you can see the Resort we stayed in. Without it, you can see about forty-three miles in each direction." Killua raises an eyebrow at her. Her smile shifts back to neutral and her face is schooled into an expressionless one.
"Well, we better start soon. Gather enough water and then we can be on our way." Koharu stands and packs all her things up. She waits patiently for her team to join her.
The night sky was alight with millions of stars. The wind was calm but strong enough to whip up the powdery sand every once in a while. The sand is a pale color, which in the right light may even look like snow. Six young hunters walk through this harsh environment. A chipper girl with blue hair leads a calm blond, a moody doctor, a whiny ex-assassin, a happy-go-lucky islander and an aloof sham of a student.
They walked onwards until late into the night. After a long while, they all decide to call it a night and lay under the stars. Koharu, having seen the view many times before fell asleep as soon as she lie in the soft sand. Gon and Killua marvel at the stars. They have lived outside like wild animals many times during their five years together, but they have never seen stars as beautiful as these. They both laugh at the though that they see the same stars every night, but never this clearly and brightly. In short, they were completely and utterly amazed.
Had not been able to decide whether to be amazed as the boys or sleepy like Koharu. He soon followed Kurapika's example to lay on his back to watch the stars until sleep soon claimed him. Killua and Gon soon decided to do the same so they could watch the stars and make them the last things he sees. They would have been the last things he saw, but he was damned to look over at the sound of a crinkling paper.
Akira holds a small paper in her hand and quietly scrawls some unknown things on them. He looks at her eyes as she glances towards the sky briefly. Her grey eyes reflect the stars in the sky, making it seem as though she held the whole galaxy within her gorgeous eyes. In a way, he did see the stars and galaxy as he fell asleep, but instead saw them in a more beautiful place: the captivating eyes of a raven-haired beauty.
Akira rose quietly. She set the note in Koharu's guidebook, sticking out like a bookmark. She shoulders her backpack, picks up Koharu's water bottle and takes a large swig. She immediately regrets the decision and nearly spits the liquid. It burns as it travels down her throat. She coughs into her elbow to muffle the sound. She gives a good long glare to her sleeping friend before she turns towards their designated destination. She could see the light on the balcony of the house of Nen.
"I'll be home soon," she mused quietly. She walks off, leaving nothing but disturbed sand behind her. After about ten minutes of walking, she begins to hum a small tune. Akira was quiet happy with the weather of the desert. The air was a bit less than body temperature with only a slight breeze. She wore a black long sleeve shirt and black hybrid jeans made of cotton and jean material. She had on her black combat boots and fingerless gloves. The regal hair that fitted her face and hung just below the bottoms of her shoulder blades swishes softly in the breeze.
"You will be home soon?" less of a question and more of a parroted phrase came from behind her. "Hmm," Akira did not turn around, knowing fully well who it was. "I should have known I was being too loud with my coughing."
"I had not gone to sleep just yet. I saw you take a swig of that. Found it quite funny actually." Silver hair could be seen out of the corner of her eye as she walked onwards to her destination. "You have been deceiving us the entire time then?" She nods at the idiotic question. It was quite obvious wasn't it? I'm honestly surprised you had no idea until now. Even Blondie took a long time to figure it out and I had thought for sure he was smart since he did find some rather useful information on me.
"You all are quite a bit slow. How about you do me a favor," She looks over at him to see an expression as confusing as the ex-assassin himself. She expected angry, but what she got was pure wonderment. Killua was actually quite surprised that she was the Master. "I would suggest that you not tell the remaining two," she warned. He walked with her silently for a few moments before he finally spoke again.
"I won't say anything. I think Gon would be upset with me if I ruined your little surprise, so I will play along for just a bit longer." Akira smiles at his reason for keeping the secret. "Well," she begins in her usual indifferent voice, "you should go back. I'm only leaving now because it was taking too long. I would have made it there along about two days ago." She stops when Killua does. She turns to him, "I'll see you all at my home. Be ready for some luxury." She turns and begins to walk onwards once again.
Killua turns back to where his team sleeps quietly. I knew something was odd about her. At least now I know why her and Koharu were such great pals. I also know why she was so bothered over the Hisoka incident. He probably knows as well. I wonder who else knows. Gon has no clue. Leorio could know, but they have not had a chance to talk alone where she would swear him to secrecy. Kurapika would be the likely choice. He must know as well. All I can do is wait to get there and see how things turn out from there. Somehow, I do not feel like this is going to be as fun as Gon makes it out to be.
A/N: Well, How did we fell about this chapter? I tried to make it really obvious who she was in the beginning chapters, but if you had no idea, I hope you were as surprised as they were. Have a good day/night!
