Alright, well I changed my mind about not updating. So, what will happen is until I have like⦠more than 10 votes, I will just update with fillers or omakes. Actually, maybe ten is a bit too much. I'll just upload this, see what happens and then update when creativity decides to whack me upside the head.
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Thank you! Yeah, the Coloria arc will probably happen either after the Zoldyck arc and before the the Heavens Arena arc starts, or after the exam, before the Zoldyck ark. I'm thinking after the Zoldyck arc. Maybe their siblings will remember, maybe not... DUN DUN DUN!
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Thank you! That's just Ebony and Vi's personalities! Though, lately I feel as if I'm merging them a bit and it's becoming muddled who has which personality. I'll go edit that later when I have nothing better to do with my life. Not that I have anything better to do other than watching anime, more like I'll edit when I don't feel lazy. Anywayz, yes, Vi and Ebony have two different mindsets, but at least their hearts are in the right place. I see their personalities to fit more with Kurapika and Killua. Kurapika would probably want someone intelligent and maybe a little eccentric and feisty. Killua, since many people ship him and Gon, I see his type as the simple-minded, stubborn type. Of course, she has to have some sort of cold part to her. You have no idea how many times I have wanted to make Ebony or Vi say something, but I couldn't because of their personalities.
Ebony as a teddy bear? I see it! XD Ooh, how about Ugly Frankenstein?
Ooh! I love Naruto! Who's your favorite male and female character and who's your favorite Hokage? (Other than Naruto, of course) Er, favorite episode/arc/season? Hmm, and if you could change one thing in the plot, what would it be? Or would you change it at all?
Omake 1: Innocent Ebony, Dirty-Minded Killua and Poor Older Brother Kurapika (What could have happened in Ch 5)
Ebony
"Jeez, Fluffy! For a fluffball, you're really hard!" Killua turned to look at me with an incredulous look and red ears.
"I-I-I'm hard?!" Do you even realize what you said?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah... you have a really hard back..." Killua flushed even more. Leorio snickered and Kura-nii glared at them both.
"Blackie... think about what you said. Do you find anything wrong with your sentence?" Killua said, running his hands through his hair. Leorio laughed harder. Kura-nii groaned.
"Uh..." I blankly stared at him. The heck? Why is he so red? Did I offend him in some sort of way? "No..."
"Yeah! There was nothing wrong with what Ebony said!" Gon piped in, looking confused. Leorio started hitting the wall in his laughing fit.
"Hahahahaha! She doesn't get it!" Kura-nii smacked him.
"Leorio!" Leorio wasn't affected in the slightest as he laughed harder. Killua's face was practically steaming now.
"Ebony... how do you make a baby?" Killua asked. Kura-nii turned his glare on him. Leorio's laughing died down to a snicker.
"Killua! Don't-" I scratched the back of my head and shared a bewildered look with Gon. That was easy to answer... was it a trick question?
"... A sperm and egg cell combine..." Killua twitched. Leorio erupted in laughter again, doubling over. I blinked. What was so funny? Kura-nii sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He looked as if he wanted the ground to swallow him whole. He walked over to Gon and I and gently started pushing us forward.
"Ignore those two, Ebony, Gon." Killua ran to catch up to us. Leorio stumbled after him, still laughing.
"No, Ebony. What's the process in making a baby called?" Kura-nii scowled and smacked the back of Killua's head lightly.
"Killua," he scolded. Killua didn't even flinch. I sighed. What did he want me to say? There was only one thing that it could be.
"Reproduction," I said flatly. Like seriously. I didn't even know that Killua was this stupid. You would have thought he was smart with the family he came from. You can't have a dumb assassin, right? Killua made a choked sound as he stumbled. Gon nodded.
"Yeah! That's why species aren't extinct! Because of reproduction!" I sweatdropped. Who would have thought that Gon was smarter than Killua. Kura-nii sighed and continued pushing Gon and I away from Killua. Killua quickly recovered and came chasing after us again.
"Hold up! Gon, Ebony, does the word 'sex' mean anything to you?" Gon shook his head with wide eyes. I nodded. Of course sex meant something!
"Yup!" Killua looked relieved. "It means gender!" And then, Killua's face fell. Leorio giggled.
"Hehe, sex means gender. I guess sex creates genders..." He muttered under his breath. I tilted my head. What did he mean by that? Gon made a noise in awe.
"So, when someone says 'sex,' it means gender?" I nodded.
"Yup! So if someone asks you your sex, you say 'male' or 'female'." Killua whimpered.
"Ooh. So my sex-" Killua whimpered again, "is male?" I grinned.
"Yup!" Kura-nii groaned and attempted to smile.
"Let's go. We should get going..."
Omake 2: A Look Through Kurapika's Eyes
Kurapika
The minute Gon, Leorio and I stepped out of the elevator, the other applicants glared at us. They were all cautious and wary about more competition. But one person did not seem to care about more competition.
"Ebony look!" A girl's high-pitched voice rang out. "Kurapika!" I stiffened at my name. I looked over at the two girls in the corner, a violet-haired girl shaking a black-haired one. The violet-haired one seemed to have been the one to call out my name. The look that Gon and Leorio gave me also implied that they heard her. I started walking briskly over to the two girls.
"A-A-Ah! Wait, Kurapika!" Leorio hissed, following after me. Gon also followed.
The black-haired one groaned. "I heard you the first time," she said lowly. Her voice was scratchy, she was most likely awoken by her friend. I pursed my lips.
'How did her friend know my name? Is it possible that they were Spiders?' I felt my eyes burn and turn red at the thought. I shook my head to turn my eyes back to brown and stopped in front of them.
"And shut up, someone might hear you," the black-haired one grumbled, smacking the violet-haired one upside the head. Neither had noticed me yet.
"Ahem." I cleared my throat. Both girls stopped talking and the violet-haired one looked as if she was about to retort, but froze when she saw my face. The black-haired one looked defeated.
"Hello," she rasped out. I couldn't help, but cringe at her voice. She managed a tired smile, albeit a little forced. "Sorry, my friend here woke me up." I narrowed my eyes at them while my companions nodded. I needed to know how they knew who I was.
"How do you know my name?" The black-haired girl shrugged.
"We have information on all clans. Kurta included." My eyes widened. Is it possible-
I grabbed her by her shoulders. "Do you have any information on the Spiders? Or of any survivors of the Kurta clan?" I asked desperately. I needed to know if there was even the smallest hope that someone else had made it. I needed to know that I wasn't alone.
"Kurapika, she's-" Leorio attempted to say something, but the girl's companion interfered.
"Blondie. She's tired. Leave her alone." I glared at her. Being tired doesn't excuse her! She should be able to answer my questions with a simple yes or no. "There actually is a survivor." I stiffened and the black-haired girl's head snapped up.
"Vi!" She hissed. I inhaled sharply. My head was spinning. There was someone else. I wasn't completely alone.
"The survivor is-" The black-haired girl lunged and dragged 'Vi' away. I made a move to follow them, but Leorio and Gon stopped me. The girls whispered quietly and I couldn't make out anything. Suddenly, Vi paled. I frowned. Why did she pale? The black-haired girl sighed, got up, and started walking back toward us.
"We lied," she said bluntly. I felt as though I was stabbed. I couldn't breath for a second. The edges of my iris started to turn blood red. Leorio made an indignant noise and started ranting.
"Kids these days! You don't joke about this stuff! It seriously hurts a person!" I tuned him out and glare at the two girls.
"What?" I reached for my bokken when the black-haired girl continued talking.
"There are actually four other Kurtas than you." I froze. A bit of hope started seeping in and I crushed it. What if that was another lie?
"Really?" I breathed. The black haired girl nodded. "Who are they?" The girls exchanged looks.
"Two of them are us." I blankly stared at them. There is no way. No way that I could be that lucky. I had to make sure.
"Show me your eyes," I demanded. They closed their eyes and opened them. Both pairs of eyes were scarlet red. The black-haired girl must have seen something in my face because she hurriedly continued speaking.
"The other two-" I hugged her. There were others! And two of them were right here! One awkwardly patted my back and I nearly laughed. Looks as if she's as awkward as I am. The other hugged me back enthusiastically. And I have one who loves affection.
"Thank you," I murmured. I really was thankful towards the both of them. They were perfect and amazing and real.
"For what?" The black-haired one asked confusedly. I patted the black-haired girl's head.
"For being alive."
Omake 3: I love you (I think)... You love me (I hope)... We're a happy family (I believe)...
"It's okay, Kura-nii! We're here!" Kurapika hugged Ebony tightly. Ebony, his little sister. In the little time he's known her, she'd grown on him. Vi has as well.
'They're here. I don't have to suffer alone,' he thought.
'What if they die during the exam? Then you're all alone again,' a voice whispered from the back of his mind.
'That won't happen! I'll protect them!'
'You can't protect them from everything.'
And so, he hugged Ebony harder, cherishing this moment. "Don't worry, Kura-nii. We won't leave you alone," she said soothingly, almost as if she had read his mind. He probably would have laughed at the irony of it all. A little sister comforting the older brother.
"I love you, Ebony..." He muttered into her hair. Ebony merely smiled and nuzzled into him.
"Me too, Kura-nii..." Ebony froze. "Wait, I didn't mean that I loved myself, I just meant..."
"Say it Ebony," Vi cheered from beside them. Kurapika felt Ebony twitch. He smiled in amusement. She didn't have to say anything. He knew what she meant. He was about to let go of her when he heard her say something quietly.
"... too..." Ebony mumbled. He blinked. He didn't quite catch what she said.
"Pardon?"
"... you too..." Ebony said a bit louder. Kurapika frowned. Still couldn't fully hear her.
"One more time, Ebony," Kurapika said gently.
"... I love you too..." Ebony buried her face into his tabard with a red face. Kurapika chuckled and patted her head. He opened his arms to Vi as well.
"Come on, Vi." Vi blushed and scurried into his arms, hugging him as well.
Yup, definitely one happy family with all three-
"Us too!" Gon and Killua jumped on the hugging trio, with Leorio following suit with a grin. The trio laughed and welcomed them into the hug as well.
A big happy family with all six of them.
Omake 4: Just Dreaming of Another World
"Kura-nii!" Ebony waved from the top of the hill. Her hair was shorter than before, only falling to her collarbone. Killua was with her, holding her hand. Kurapika's eyes narrowed.
"Ebony, Killua, what are you doing?" Killua smirked at Kurapika and nuzzled into Ebony's neck. Ebony pushed him away, giggling.
"Stop! That tickles!" Kurapika glared at Killua. The white-haired teen snickered. Kurapika opened his mouth to say something when a voice interrupted.
"Oh, there you guys are!" Vi ran up to the four, Gon and Leorio in tow.
"Vi!" Ebony said cheerily. Vi pecked Kurapika's cheek and went up and hugged Ebony.
"Vi," Killua greeted. Vi nodded at him. Gon bounded up to his best friend and tackled him in a hug.
"Killua!" Leorio sweatdropped.
"Gon, are you sure you and Ebony aren't related? The resemblance is uncanny." Said teens looked at each other before shaking their heads.
"No, they aren't, but Killua and I will be soon~" Vi grinned at the blushing couple. Kurapika frowned.
"Vi-"
"Kura-nii! We're sixteen already-"
"Seventeen," Killua corrected. Ebony shot him a dirty look.
"Sixteen and seventeen already! You don't have to worry about us anymore!" Kurapika sighed.
"Yes, you are sixteen, but I will always worry." Vi laughed.
"Kurapika, you sound like she's going to get pregnant! She doesn't even know what sex is. You don't have to worry for a long time." Kurapika's eyes grew wide at the thought.
"I do too know what sex is!" Ebony protested. "It's another word for gender!" She was ignored.
"It's not Ebony I'm worried about," Kurapika muttered, looking at the white-headed 17 year old. Said boy gave a cheeky grin.
"Don't worry, Mommy Kurta! I'll take good care of your daughter!" Kurapika sighed.
"Kil-"
"And you can't be a hypocrite, Kurapika. You and I are dating, so let Ebony and Killua be," Vi scolded. The tips of Kurapika's ears turned vermilion.
"But-"
"Ebony! Wake up!" Vi scolded. Kurapika raised an eyebrow.
"Ebony?"
"EBONY!" Ebony sat up abruptly. She was twelve again and Vi was sitting next to her, smirking. She had a camera in one hand for some odd reason and Killua was glaring at her.
'Mmmmm... I was so comfortable. I wonder what I was sleeping on... But I swear that I fell asleep sitting...'
"Why do you have a camera?" Vi's eyes glinted.
"I'll show you later. Anyway," Vi changed the subject. "You seemed like you were happy. Did you have a nice dream?" Ebony grinned.
"Yeah." And Kurapika sighed.
Omake 4: Sleepy Cuddles (Companion to Just Dreaming of Another World)
Ebony
I yawned. It was about eleven now, and we were all lying around, doing nothing. Gon and Killua were next to me, taking a break from the skateboard and fishing rod. Vi and Kura-nii were reading a book on the other side of me and Leorio was already asleep on the other side of the room. That didn't make his snores any quieter, though. Why are we just sitting here, you may ask. The Hunter Exam was paused for now because of technical difficulties or something. I don't really know. Too many big words for my small brain.
I yawned again and stretched. "I'm going to sleep now. Night."
"Night," Vi said, not looking up from her book. Kurapika smiled.
"Good night, Ebony."
"Good night!" Gon said happily. I shook my head. How he was still so energetic was beyond me.
"Night, Blackie," Killua muttered. I closed my eyes and leaned back. Wait for it, wait for it, I fell asleep.
Dreamscape
"Ebony!" Monk greeted. I tiredly stared at him. Oh right. For me, sleeping isn't rest, it's stalking another me and Ebony. "Shut up! It's not stalking! It's watching over!" Monk protested, looking almost offended.
"Isn't that the same thing?" Monk snorted.
"No! Stalking is also-" I yawned again. I just want to sleep for once! My brain should be shut off!
"Monk, I want to sleep!" I whined. Monk sighed.
"Alright, since I'm feeling generous today, I won't ask for a wish." I tried to grin, but I was too tired, so it was more like a mouth twitch. Monk gave a disgusted look.
"Don't do that again." He snapped his fingers and everything went black
Back at the HxH world
Vi
"I wonder if Ebony cuddles with people..." I mused, looking at the unconscious girl. Kurapika sighed from next to me.
"Vi... don't do anything to Ebony," he said evenly. I grinned. Normally, I would follow my precious Kurapika's orders, but not when I get the chance to see my OTP take place! Who's my OTP? Well, it was Gon and Killua, but now it's Killua and Ebony!
"Don't worry, Kurapika! It won't hurt them!" Kurapika raised an eyebrow.
"Them?" I chuckled evilly and crawled to Ebony. Killua and Gon were in the middle of a conversation, so they didn't notice me. Perfect.
"Hehe..." I rubbed my hands together, feeling like a evil genius. I could feel Kurapika's disapproving stare on my back, but that wasn't going to deter me!
'This plan is perfect! Just push Ebony and Killua together and BOOM! EbLua! Or is it EbKil? Or maybe KilEb? Or KilBony... Anyway, they'll get together!' I gave Ebony a light push and watched with scheming eyes as she fell towards Killua. I crawled away quickly so they wouldn't suspect anything and snickered inwardly as the white-haired teen jolted when Ebony landed on his shoulder. There was only a faint red on his cheeks, but red, nonetheless. Gon saw his friend's reaction and stopped talking, a grin breaking out on his face.
"Hmm, perfect. Now if Ebony would just move a bit..." I muttered. Kurapika sighed again and turned back around to stare at his book. "I swear to god, Ebony and Killua better get married on a boat, so I can say, 'The ship has sailed.'" I added as an afterthought. I heard Kurapika groan.
"They're twelve, Vi. They aren't going to get married any time soon," Kurapika said in an even tone. He may have spoken evenly, but I could see the stubbornness in his eyes. He probably wasn't going to let Ebony date, much less let her get married. I frowned that put a wrench in my plans.
'Ah, but isn't it cute how he's so overprotective? He's the perfect older brother!' A part of me squealed.
'Yeah, but I need an imperfect older brother for my plan to work,' Another part of me argued.
'Oh... you have a point... what if we get Kurapika to get interested in us, so he's distracted from protecting Ebony? Then Killua can steal her away!'
'... that might work.'
'Yeah! We get our prince and Ebony gets her white-haired prince on a skateboard!'
'... a white-haired prince on a skateboard?'
'Duh. We all know that Killua is never going to ride a horse, so his skateboard can be a substitute.'
'Ooh. Makes sense.'
'Duh. Of course it does.'
I came back to the real world just in time to see Ebony shift and bury her head into the crook of Killua's neck, her arms hugging his arm to her. I nearly lost it when Killua lit up like a Christmas tree. I saw Gon giggle too. Killua scowled and attempted to push Ebony away.
"Mmm... Kura-nii..." Ebony mumbled. Kurapika looked over at her. I snickered. I needed pictures.
Let's see... One picture of Killua... One picture of Ebony cuddling into Killua... One picture of Ebony falling into Killua's lap...
I smirked as in Killua's flailing, Ebony fell into his lap and immediately latched onto his torso. Poor Killua looked like he wanted to faint. Kurapika sighed.
"Vi, please go wake up Ebony." I groaned.
"But it's getting good!" I whined. Kurapika gave me a look. I groaned again and walked over to Ebony.
"Ebony! Wake up! EBONY!" Ebony sat up abruptly. I smirked at her, still holding my camera
'Wait 'til she sees these babies! She'll freak!'
"Why do you have a camera?" Ebony asked tiredly. My eyes glinted. Like, if I had glasses, I would have done that eye glinting thing that people seem to be able to do easily.
"I'll show you later. Anyway," I changed the subject. "You seemed like you were happy. Did you have a nice dream?" Ebony grinned.
"Yeah." And Kurapika sighed. I inwardly erupted into laughter. Killua who was behind Ebony rubbed the back of his neck and turned away.
Ah, I love being evil...
Omake 5: Attempted Story Time (Also known as In Which Vi Couldn't Tell Her Story Because of Continued Interruptions)
"Okay, Ebony! Want to hear a story?" Vi asked brightly. Ebony looked up curiously. As did Gon and Killua.
"Is there gore?" Ebony asked. Vi raised an eyebrow.
"Of course not!" Ebony sighed.
"Violence?"
"No..." Ebony probably knew the answer to this question as it was fairly obvious, but...
"Romance?" Vi snorted.
"Yeah."
"Then nah." She and Killua looked back down at whatever they were occupied with. Vi's eye twitched.
"I want to hear, Vi!" Gon said brightly. Vi cooed and pulled the green-haired boy into a hug.
"Aw, see? Gon wants to hear!"
"Cool," Ebony said blandly. Vi glared at her. Vi smacked Ebony's back.
"Ow!" Ebony flinched and rubbed the injured area.
"Shut up and I won't hit you."
"This is mean. Kura-nii! Vi is threatening me!" Kurapika sighed. Leorio gave a partially loud snore.
"Vi, quit hitting Ebony. Ebony, quit annoying Vi." Ebony's mouth dropped as she made an indignant noise.
"Hey! I didn't annoy her!" All she got in response was another sigh.
"Ahem, anyway! Once upon a time... In a land far, far away..."
"Vi... you're stealing someone's words. That can get you in trouble," Ebony commented. She ducked just in time to have Vi's arm sail over her head.
"Quiet! In a small kingdom, there lived a princess. She was a very stubborn, ignorant, foolish princess."
"... I don't like where this is going..." Ebony muttered.
"SHHHHHH! Her name was Ebony." Said girl groaned.
"I knew it." Vi ignored her.
"The girl's parents were forcing her to get married. But Ebony didn't want to get married. She wanted to go take the Hunter Exam. But to take the Exam, she had to be male."
"This is turning out like every cliche story ever," Killua said dryly. A knife sank in the wall millimeters from the tip of his nose. Ebony blinked at the knife.
"Where'd you get that, Vi?" Ebony asked. Vi shrugged.
"Here and there. I have more..." She gave Killua a warning look. Said male gave her a challenging look in return. "Anyway! So, Ebony had a wizard use a magic spell to turn herself into a male, but there was a catch. She had to kiss a male every day for the spell to work. Inconveniently, the wizard was a female. So, Ebony set off to find a male to kiss!" Ebony smacked her head on the wall.
"Careful, Ebony. Your brain cell count will become negative." Another head bang.
"And so, she found a man! His name was..." Vi trailed off. She sneaked a look at Killua who strangely wasn't reacting at all. He just had a very blank look on his face. Ebony continued banging her head on the wall.
"Ebony! You'll hurt yourself! Stop it!" Kurapika scolded. Ebony sighed and fell backwards.
"Lalalalala! I'm not listening anymore!" Vi sighed as she looked at the snoring Leorio, blank-faced Killua, sleeping Gon, lecturing Kurapika, and scolded Ebony. She sighed.
"I give up..."
Omake 6: What Does Leorio See?
Leorio
When we first met Ebony and Vi, my first thought was about how rude these girls were to lie about something so important to Kurapika. You just don't do that. And then, later, when I found out that they were a part of his extinct clan, a part of me was relieved. So they had a reason to lie. But the other part was confused. Why would these girls lie about something like that if they knew who Kurapika was?
At first, it was as if they knew something we didn't. They joked around with us, but I could see another emotion that I couldn't identify hidden underneath the surface. Yes, I am not blind as everyone seems to think I am. I do notice these small things. I aim to be a doctor after all. My specialty is body language.
As we got to know Ebony and Vi more, I found out more about their personalities and my suspicions slowly ebbed away. Ebony was simple-minded, but cheeky and sarcastic. Vi was smart, but short tempered. I watched as Ebony and Vi grew closer to Kurapika and Killua, shattering their shells of wariness and caution. I saw as Killua and Ebony had a few sparks fly and how oblivious Kurapika was to Vi's affection. I saw Ebony comfort Kurapika in his bad times while I, as his friend, did nothing. Vi's hackles raised when she saw that and she snarled out insults that were brutally honest. Gon and I were left in the dust. But the girls made attempts to include us too, which I was eternally grateful for. Hopefully this group dynamic will last. It's too precious to give up.
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