Alright! If you read the March Outlook, I will be updating weekly from now on, on Sunday's. Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice, Killua Zoldyck, and the Zoldyck family.
"Dylan," His father greeted. It was a greeting, in a sense, but in fact, it was just a disappointed growl. His father never loved his son, and he didn't bother hiding the fact.
Dylan's eyebrows raised in surprise. "He speaks!" He mocked towards a fake audience.
SLAP!
His father somehow conjured a ruler out of thin air and streaked it across his son's face. A blotch of red was beginning to form where the ruler had violently come in contact with Dylan's face.
"Don't talk to your father that way," His father reprimanded. He grabbed his son's wrist, avoiding the awkward stares were giving the father and son pair. He pulled Dylan in the direction of Lincoln Square; odd really. Considering the sullen disposition of his father, Dimitri, he should have pulled them towards the forest.
"What's the big idea, dad?" Dylan asked, stressing the word 'dad'. "You never come to these things unless you have a purpose."
"Do you know the Steinitz's?" Dimitri asked.
Dylan smirked. "I have the knowledge alice, dad."
"What does that do?" His father snapped.
"I ask myself a question, and the answer automatically comes up," Dylan answered, rolling his eyes. "You see, if you bothered to actually know why your son left the home, you would have benefited so much, old man."
"Don't talk to me like that," His father hissed. "About the Steinitz's, what do you know about them?"
Dylan scrunched up his eyes. Nah, I'll just lie. He'll never find out. "They are a powerful family; oil, railroads, you name it. Two sons. They reside in Seattle," He lied. He didn't bother telling his dad that they had a daughter, by the name of Athena. She, too, attended this school. To be honest, Dylan secretly liked Athena, although he never really considered the possibility. She just wasn't annoying like a lot of girls (A.N. I am NOT chauvinistic; I am a girl, but I'm just going from a guy's perspective right now, because face it, ten year old boys still think girls are weird O.o).
His father grinned. "Just as I calculated..." He muttered. "Well, off with you. I need some time alone."
Dylan smirked and bounded away before his sadistic father could change his mind. A evil grin spread over his face as he realized he could do anything right now. No detention, no classes, no evil father. Anything. Where is Athena? He asked himself, as he activated his alice. He felt like annoying someone today.
Alice-activated, he found himself bounding over to the grassy plane beside the forest. Squinting, he could see a familiar brown-haired girl. She seemed to be staring over the horizon, as the bright afternoon sun, albeit a cold one, was still hanging in the air. Smirking to himself, he shut down his alice and crept towards her, making as little noise as possible.
Now, he was only one feet away from her.
"Boo!" He yelled, grabbing her shoulders.
oO0Oo
"Anyways, Killua has quite a few brothers. You are all in grave danger! They intend to assassinate you. A man named Dimitri Berkowitz wants to kill mom, dad, Chris, and William. This girl named Luna wants to kill Narumi, Kazumi, and Mikan. What do we do? I read from Killua's mind that the Zoldyck's never fail a mission."
They had ran as fast as they could towards the table where the adults plus two children were talking. At first, they seemed skeptical, since it was Killua, not Athena, but Killua/Athena assured them that Killua was indeed Athena Steinitz, and she was merely controlling him.
Kazumi stroked his chin. "This is most troubling.." He mused. "Isn't Luna in your class, Narumi?"
Narumi nodded thoughtfully. "Why would she want us and Mikan dead?" He asked, shooting a look at Mikan. She was pale, and seemed to be shivering.
"Well I know why Dimitri wants us to die! He's still bitter over the fact that we didn't merge," Athena's father growled. "That idiot..."
"Calm down honey," His wife soothed. "We'll be fine."
"I don't want to die!" William cried as he held his father tightly. "I"m only eight! I never got the opportunity to meet Ash Ketchum's voice actor!"
Chris, under normal circumstances, would have snickered, but this situation seemed to call for a calm mind and alert body. Laughing would have done the opposite. "The bodyguards won't stand a chance," He announced, sizing up the black-clad men. "The Zoldyck's are too good."
"Yeah," Athena/Killua said soberly. "They never lose."
"Why! Why must that stupid hag, that strawberry girl, kill me?! What is wrong with her? I'm only ten! I never did a lot of things that I wanted to do! I didn't even say goodbye to most of my friends!" Mikan yelled as she clung on to her uncle. "I don't want to die!"
Suddenly, out of the blue, Killua started choking. His body started to twitch, and he collapsed to the ground and his breathing started to hitch.
"Athena? I mean, Killua?" Mikan asked as she checked his forehead. He seemed to be burning, and his pale skin looked deathly white. "What's happening to him, I mean her, I mean...just what's happening to her/him!" She asked frightfully.
Kazumi dropped to his knees and checked Killua's temperature, while the rest of the adults, plus two children, gathered around his body to check up on him.
"He's very feverish," Kazumi announced. "He's going to die."
Mikan pulled a face. "There must be another way!" She exclaimed.
Kazumi nodded. Activating his alice, the alice of longevity, he transferred quite a bit of life power into the failing boy. Whatever the cause of his sudden illness, it disappeared the moment the energy entered his body. His eyes narrowed to slits, and the same dangerous aura that he exhibited on the planes was now back.
He only had one thought on his brain, after a refreshing nap.
Kill Mikan Sakura.
oO0Oo
Athena's eyes snapped open as Dylan jumped on her.
"Hahaha!" Dylan laughed as Athena twirled around in anger.
"What.." She started, a murderous glare in her eyes, "ARE YOU DOING?!"
"Woah, chill. You looked a bit lonely," Dylan lied, holding up his hands in defense.
"I was- oh no." Realization dawned upon her. Dylan interrupted her mind control sequence. That meant...
Killua could be dead. If he weren't dead...
He would be killing Mikan.
Athena's jaw dropped.
After this, Dylan, I swear, I will kill you!
oO0Oo
"Ow! Ow! First my dad, now you, stop dragging me!" Dylan complained as Athena hauled him all the way towards the tea hall. "The ground is cold!" He added.
Athena glared at him. "If you ever see me staring off in the distance," She began murderously, "Don't you dare touch me!"
"Owch! Okay, OWCH! Why?" Dylan winced as his head hit a rock. He activated his alice, and the pain faded, replaced by shock.
Athena was controlling Killua?
"Yeah, know-it-all. He could be dead! That's not the worst, if he were alive, then Mikan would be dead!" She snapped.
Information flowed into Dylan's head like a waterfall. He didn't even know what to say. He didn't know what to think of the cheerful Japanese girl, other than the fact that she was exceedingly loud, and that he often wished she were gone. But the thought of her...dead, killed by Killua, who was a trained Zoldyck?
That was not the ending he was hoping for.
A scream penetrated the silence. Athena stiffened and dropped Dylan's hand. "Don't touch me," she warned, and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath.
Killua...Zoldyck...
oO0Oo
Killua raised a lightning bolt, ready to kill Mikan. The adults were all clustered around her, but he electrocuted them. They would wake up soon enough. He never killed more than he needed too, and all he needed to kill was Mikan.
For some reason, his body didn't seem to agree with his decision. It would suddenly jerk away when he was about to aim a lightning bolt at her, or he would find his legs slowing down when he was chasing her. He dismissed it, and thought that it was probably because of lack of sleep. But that didn't seem right. Something about killing this girl made him feel subconsciously uncomfortable.
The past hour was extremely weird. His entire body felt like it was disobeying the commands his brain were sending him, and he seemed to have blacked out for half an hour. Why, he had no clue. His face was pitiless as he gazed at the terrified girl.
oO0Oo
Mikan sobbed as Killua raised his lightning bolt higher and higher. Everything seemed to be in slow motion, as his hand came crashing down, she could practically feel the heat..
"Mikan! Are you okay?" Killua's voice sounded normal again.
"Heh?" Mikan uncovered her hands from her eyes. Killua was back to normal again. He held out his hand and helped her up.
"This is Athena. Get the adults to wake up," She commanded.
Mikan nodded and shook each of the groaning adults. William and Christopher would have to wait.
Kazumi was the first to wake up. His eyes bolted open and he immediately began fussing over Mikan, like any sensible uncle.
"Uncle, I'm fine! Listen to Athena!" Mikan protested, pointing at the possessed Killua.
"Okay. Killua's brother has the needle manipulation alice. He sticks needles inside people's brains, which makes them follow his orders. Killua has one that tells him to kill Mikan. His mind is a mess right now. I need you to somehow get that needle out of his brain!" Killua/Athena demanded urgently.
"Where is that?" Narumi asked, brushing the dust off of his pants. He walked over to Killua's body and peered at his head. "I don't see anything."
"It's really small," Athena/Killua said urgently. "Keep on looking"
Narumi was about to touch Killua's hair, but Mikan stopped him. "No! It's not their! It's stuck sideways!" She shrieked. She took a tentative step forward, closing one eye, and extracted a long, shimmery silver needle out of his head.
Killua immediately snapped wide awake. He suddenly felt...so...enlightened. As Athena's control wavered and soon ebbed away, all the guilt of what he had unconsciously done soon began to claw at his conscience. He stood in shock, at the afraid Mikan, the unconscious Steinitz's, a gaping Kazumi Yukihira and Narumi.
"Killua!" Mikan exclaimed happily. She threw away the needle and hugged him before releasing him. "Why were you trying to kill me?"
"My...brother..." Killua muttered. "Sorry..." He didn't dare meet her eyes.
Mikan's uncle walked over to Killua and placed a hand on his shoulder. "If what we heard from Athena is true, then we are all in grave danger. Mikan, we have to find the school principal."
Mikan nodded and activated her tracking alice. "Er...he is...this way!"
They all followed Mikan as she walked towards the Elementary School Building. Entering the facilities, they walked as fast as they could towards the principal's office.
When they reached the door, without even knocking, they entered.
"Boo," Someone said quietly from behind Mikan.
Mikan turned around. "What...are...you...doing...here...?" Plz review, favorite, and follow.
Okay. Sorry for the late update. I was literally ONE sentence away from finishing, but I was pretty busy because of really weird things that happened in my life (shares a look with rapidreader666) but I'm fine now.
Sorry, (I'm going to call my darer Kiki from now on)
Sorry Kiki.