Disclaimer: I do not and never will own Hunter X Hunter.
Kiriki picked up her cellular phone. "Nii-chan?" she said.
"Kiri, where are you now?" Kuroro's voice on the other line asked.
"I'm almost there. Sorry, I… forgot…" She smiled sheepishly. Though she couldn't see her adopted brother face to face, she knew he was shaking his head.
"That's alright. I've already stolen the prophesying ability of the Nostrad girl. I'm at the top floor. Get here as soon as you can."
"Okay!"
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After a few minutes, she arrived. However, the moment she stepped on the roof of the Cementary building, she gasped.
He's here, she realized at once. That person with that aura… The person that could be the chain-user… I have to find out! But…
I need to check with nii-chan first… She made her way down using the staircase.
She spotted Kuroro in a large room where one side of the four walls was made of nothing but glass so the ground below could be visibly seen. Two large white fishes were swimming around what looked to be a human floating. The odd thing about the person was his body parts were missing.
"You're here" the ebony-haired Spider's head spoke as she approached.
She looked at the almost dead man, one of the assassins hired by the Mafia. "Is that the Indoor Fish?" she asked, her eyes following one of the two fishes.
"Yes. It's a fish of Nen that can only survive within the confinements of this room. A carnivore. It feeds especially on humans. The human being eaten won't feel pain, nor will he bleed. And he won't die until the Nen fish disappears." He closed his book. The Nen fish vanished, the man died.
Slowly, the glass in front of them opened.
"Something is bothering you" Kuroro stated as the cold rushing wind hit their faces
Kiriki didn't respond.
Beneath them was nothing but noise.
Gunshots…
Screams…
Explosions…
"It's alright. Go and fix what needs to be fixed. I will call for you when I'm done here."
She looked at Kuroro and nodded. When she was gone, the Spider's head raised his hands. And began conducting…
Smoke…
Fire…
The scent of blood and death was everywhere…
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Kurapika was on the ground floor of the building when his cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Ah, Kurapika, I've finally reached you!" the other line answered enthusiastically.
"Gon!"
"Is it okay over there?"
"No… Sorry, but I'm busy. I'll return the call when I'm free."
"H-Hold on! Just a minute is fine!" Gon pleaded. "I need to tell you something important. You see, Killua and I met the Ryodan."
Kurapika's eyes widened.
"Or, I should say, we were captured" he continued.
"What were you two trying to do?!" Kurapika demanded, voice rising. "Don't you know how dangerous they are?!"
Gon had to hold the cellphone away from his ears as the kurutarian scolded him.
"Let me" Killua told him. "We know" he said to the blond. "We know that… But now we know it for ourselves. Those guys are truly strong. With our strength now, we can't do anything to them. That's why, Kurapika, we need your help."
"We also want to see you!" Gon added.
Kurapika was quiet for a while then he spoke, "Don't fool around. I won't aid you in such suicidal actions."
"Don't you want to know where their base is located?" Killua responded.
"I already have the information."
"We also know that abilities of each member."
"That's enough!" Kurapika replied angrily. "I warn you, don't go near them!"
"I heard a chain-user killed one of their comrades" Killua said quietly. "That was you, wasn't it? Those guys are looking for you like mad."
The blond didn't reply.
"If you don't think of us as your comrades or friends of the same level," the assassin almost shouted. "Then don't blame us when we force you to come to our aid!"
"Listen to me, Kurapika" Gon's voice spoke. "One of their members cried in front of us. He said he will never forgive the one who killed his comrade. When I saw him cry, I became really angry. I couldn't forgive him for that. We want to stop those guys. Please."
Killua took back the phone. "Kurapika, there's something else you might want to know. There's this person staying with the Ryodan, a girl, she…" He hesitated. "Something's different about her… She's not like the rest…"
Gon replaced the young assassin. "We think she might be… another survivor of your clan…"
At this, the Kuruta's eyes went wide again. "What? How did you-"
"We… I saw her eyes turn red…" Gon answered.
"That's impossible. I had-" he paused. He was about to say he had seen all of the dead bodies of his clan, his family. But no, the truth was, he hadn't. There was one body missing…
His sister's…
"Kurapika? Are you okay?" Gon questioned, worried.
The Kuruta closed his eyes, barely able to contain himself. Indeed, that information was shocking but he wasn't going to let that interfere with anything. He wasn't going to allow either of his friends to get involved in this. He wasn't going to let them get hurt, or worse, killed.
"Give it to me!" Leorio said, stealing away the phone. "Kurapika!"
Too late.
"I'll call you back when I have time" were the blond's last words to them before he hung up and turned off his cellphone.
'If you don't think of us as your comrades or friends of the same level…!'
'We want to stop those guys.'
Gon, Killua, he thought. I know you have your own goals. Don't go near those guys.
'… another survivor of your clan…'
He shook his head. It's… just too impossible…
He turned, about to go back to the auction room when he found himself face to face with familiar sapphire blue orbs…
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BOOM!
Kiriki moved back. When she looked up, she saw nothing but a pile of rubble.
Where is he? she wanted to know. He's gone… Who… who was he? The last thing she could remember was a person meeting her eyes before the explosion happened and separated them both. I didn't even get to have a good look at him… She placed her hand on her chest. Why? Why is my heart beating so fast? I feel like I know him… Like I should know him… But why…?
Her cellphone beeped. She looked at the message.
'Meet me at the basement.' –Nii-chan
She sighed. You're going to have to wait… Whoever you are…