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CHAPTER 10: Recovery X Hatsu X 44
HEAVEN'S ARENA
Beside the glass wall of high-class room within one of the tallest structures in the world, stood a certain red-head pondering about issues in his twisted life. Okay, well issues that he encountered for the past few weeks. He had already forgotten most of the events in the past 20 years of his life.
He was wearing a white bathrobe, and his hair still wet from his bath. He liked how water dripped and dropped down from his hair, and it had somehow become a habit feeling it happening. He sighed and continued to stare at the city thousands of kilometers down from where he stood.
He was getting bored. Boredom was his greatest enemy. It had been a month since Gon's confinement and he couldn't help but wonder when they would be able to fight. He wondered how her injuries were getting along…
During those months he had been fighting the urge to murder that Gido person, but then he knew Gon would prefer getting revenge on her own. Besides, if he took care of her target how would she grow strong enough so that Hisoka could kill her with satisfaction…?
Although… killing the young Zoldyck first would be more satisfactory for so many reasons, but he couldn't do that just yet. He disliked the kid, but he has potential to be a great match given a little more time. So he decided to wait for him, too.
Then he wondered what the little girl would look like once he had taken the life of her precious… friend.
Flinch
Well, that was disconcerting.
Hisoka dismissed whatever came to mind as well as the odd feeling of discomfort that suddenly attacked him. For now, he deduced that he simply needed to vent his irritation on someone, regardless of who it was. And right on cue- as if the gods were afraid of his wrath- his phone rang.
RING! RIIING! RIIIING!
He nonchalantly walked towards it and squeezed his wet hair damp before answering.
"Moshi, Moshi?"
"Hisoka." A vaguely familiar voice called firmly.
"That's me." He answered with his trademark tone-of-voice. There was a momentary silence, and for a moment he wanted to put the phone down. Obviously, prank calls could only worsen his mood.
And he almost did so, when the man on the other line finally spoke. "This is Kastro."
He paused. Who?
"And I challenge you to a match."
…
A little later within another room a few floors below, a certain silver-head was staring at a raven-haired little girl with unmasked skepticism. Gon was already making a one-hand stand and it hadn't even been a month since her lethal nen battle. According to the doctor, people would normally get healed within at least 3 months... but then again, Gon was never normal.
"What's with you?" He voiced out half-jokingly, with his eyes following her movements. He told her she shouldn't even be standing yet, but then she just handed him a pack of… dried fish.
"That's my secret."
Twitch
He pointed on the bed. "Get some rest, you dolt!"
"Mou, how mean…" she mumbled and slow-stepped to her bed. But then she paused.
"Don't you even want to taste it?"
His eyes twitched again. "No. And it stinks like hell."
"Try it though; it's super yummy and good for your health."
"No."
She turned to him and took a fish, holding it in front of his face. "C'mon. Say Aa~"
"Ah~ Wait- NO!"
Killua managed to stop himself before falling for the trap, but the fish quickly appeared right in front of his face every time he tried to avoid it. It soon turned to a wrestling match, and they wrestled like the children that they were. Killua ended up tickling her.
"Killu-HAHAHAH! S-Stop it- HAHAHHAHAHAHA!" she exclaimed, incessantly slapping the floor in reflex. Their fun was interrupted by the abrupt opening of the door. It was Wing-san and Zushi.
Wing cleared his throat both for the scene as well as Zushi's sparkling excitement to join them as they played.
"No." he said to the boy and Zushi sulked in disappointment. Wing turned to the two other kids and sighed.
"I see that you're doing well in your recovery."
Gon beamed proudly and stood up, teleporting in front of him. "I feel great Wing-san!" She exclaimed excitedly. "Can I go and practice Nen now?" But before wing could answer, Killua seemed to have recalled something and teleported beside her, too.
"Ah! Now that I remember – I just got this." Killua took out two small pieces of paper from his pocket. The three eyed them in interest.
"Those are…?"
Killua grinned."Tickets to Hisoka's match."
Silence
"Sugoi, Killua! Let's watch-"
"No." Wing-san stated destroying the atmosphere. He didn't like doing so, of course, but it was for the girl's own good.
"B-But."
"That's final Gon. You will follow your word that you will take another month to recover. We cannot be too sure, after all."
"But, Wing-saaan!"
"It's fine, Gon." Killua said decisively, he did not consider the possibility that she still wouldn't be allowed to watch. It was disappointing but he had to trust their Mentor on this.
"No fair…" She pouted in the injustice and Killua just smiled at her apologetically.
"Gomen. But I'll just watch the match for you and buy a CD for you to watch after a month." He said calmly getting her to calm down as well. Killua unconsciously patted her head in relief that she wasn't as disappointed as he had feared.
Wing stared at the two children. They're strong yet they remained the children that they were. What was the oddest part of their relationship was that they were so obviously experiencing a pure type of love he had seen in the eyes of… old people. He recalled seeing it on one of his master's eyes before…
In any case, this type of thing was none of his business so he returned to his original train of thought. That was... hard-headedly refusing Gon's pleas to watch such a high-level match. Which of course, he didn't really need anymore thanks to a certain silver-head, but he decided to continue doing so nevertheless.
He turned back and told Zushi it was time to go. The boy followed, looking a bit curious and they left the two other kids alone.
The master-disciple duo walked home in relative silence, and Wing thought it was odd since Zushi was usually very talkative. He looked at him, he noted that the boy was seriously pondering about something. After a few moments, Zushi finally spoke up.
"Why do I see flowers always surrounding Gon and Killua?"
"Is that a metaphor, Zushi?" he asked and he shook his head. Wing sighed.
Kids do say the darnest things…
Wing stared at the serious-looking expression on the boy's face. The boy was totally oblivious and he wondered how his perception of his friends would change when he found out.
"What's a metaphor?"
"Check the dictionary."
"But you used the paper for your transformation practice…"
"I did?" the boy nodded and he smiled.
"In either case, you'd find out in time."
"Ano... I don't-"
"Now," he cut him off with raising a hand. Better change the topic. "Want to watch Hisoka's match as well...?"
*A few hours later*
It had been a full-house, and no one was dissapointed. Someone died, after all.
Hisoka sat inside his room and waited for an old acquaintance as he held his displaced arm. His fight to the death with whats-his-name had just ended and he had lost an arm in the process. Admittedly, he could've avoided that. But he was distracted for a millisecond, when he saw the young Zoldyck without a little raven-haired girl beside him…
CREAK
Right on cue, his acquaintance entered looking as impassive as always. He smiled.
"Nice to see you too, Machi-chan."
"Whatever." She muttered. "Just tell me how much you're going to pay for the treatment."
"Is a billion alright?"
"I suppose…" she whispered in comprehension before pulling out a needle and a nen-string from her own aura afterwards. She asked him to hold his hand in place as she sewed every nanometer of skin, vein, and capillaries in his arm together. As he watched the move in interest, he decided to gracefully chat with her.
"I could've let him cut my arms so that I could see your technique, you know." He flirted. He did not know why he had the sudden impulse, but it was definitely fun.
She just sighed and cut the needle with her teeth. "Don't forget my payment." Hisoka smirked.
"Hai, Hai."
They stared nonchalantly at each other for about a second until Machi crossed her arms just before gesturing to leave."Something's different about you."
"Is that so? Your instincts?" Machi's instincts had never been wrong.
"Yeah."
"Probably. We hadn't met in a few years after all. Of course I'd change."He said in his normal shrill voice, without a hint of care. She scoffed, particularly at the humanitarian implication of the statement.
"You? Fat chance." She said and turned. But before she completely disappeared she remembered a memo. "Leader wants us to meet at the hideout. He said its important- and everyone must be present. You do not want him mad, after all."
"Somehow I don't see him getting mad." he mumbled. After all, that man had never cared about anything enough to feel that way. Nor had he failed in getting anything that he wanted before.
Hisoka certainly wanted to see it, though: the man's anger... with his own eyes.
While he was killing him.
A dark aura surrounded him immediately. Machi stepped back. "What are you thinking about?"
Obviously, Hisoka couldn't tell her. His 4-year plan would be ruined. So he rummaged his dark brain for a second and whipped his head to her direction.
"Hmmm... something perverted."
Machi's eyes twitched in disgust. "Eugh."
"I'm out of here."
"Ja ne~" Hisoka waved, internally thankful that she did not pry.
SLAM!
Machi clenched her fist as she held the door knob closed, hiding a slight blush.
"Freak."
A few weeks later
WING'S APARTMENT
A few weeks after Gon's recovery and unbelievable learning rate, they had learned Hatsu. They found through water divination that Zushi was a manipulator, Gon an enhancer, and Killua a transmuter. Since aura was a person's life force, his type was said to be based loosely on his temperament, personality, and personal experiences.
And it was illustrated by Hisoka. During their long-awaited fight.
"Those from the Reinforcement group are very headstrong and simple-minded."
Twitch
"While we from the transformation group are whimsical liars."
Twitch
Gon, Killua, and the others who understood blinked at the truth behind it. There were only a few who got it though, so people like the announcer had no idea what he just said… and laughed awkwardly.
Hisoka and Gon were having their duel that day. He called her as soon as he found out she had recovered and could at least cover the basics. He was surprised at the rate she was going, considering the already high expectations he had given her. This made it all the more interesting of course, and he was eager to pick a fight.
And as he stood there, he knew he was right– she really had improved greatly… to the point that she could place a clean cut onto his face. It was a smart strategy, to use the stage itself to distract him, and she did have a nice punch.
After the punch, time slowed down. They tuned out the noise and stood across each other. They both knew what this meant- both of them had been waiting for this moment- and they let silence ensue for a while.
Gon let out a deep breath and took his plate out her clothing. She slowly walked towards him and handed him the plate.
Plate # 44.
Hisoka smirked at the circular plastic board she held in her hand.
Who would have thought something like this would hold actual significance to him?
…
Gon panted several minutes since her punch. She had not landed anything good enough after that, and it was really depressing. But somehow placing critical hits on such a strong person like Hisoka was beyond fulfilling.
She had lost in the end, though, not that she expected she'd win. She wasn't disappointed, of course, she grew by a lot in this fight.
In any case, that bungee gum of Hisoka was a real pain…
It was a very unique and versatile technique. It was like a very long and durable gum that he could control with his will. It was impressive, especially when she was right in front of it. And no, she did not mind that she was losing to it.
She wasn't particularly injured, and neither was he. She lost by points- Hisoka did get 10 points first, signalling his win. Nevertheless she was satisfied, and so was Hisoka- even when he mumbled something about her being not strong enough to kill…
She watched Hisoka climb down the stairs, ignoring her as if they did not have a fight. Gon smiled at his back.
She really wanted to be even stronger.
More and more days passed, and the children continued to show off their prowess. Next to Hisoka, everyone else were small fries to the two children. They, despite the fact that they had learned Nen for only a few weeks, easily defeated most of their opponents. Since Hisoka and Gido, both of them had yet to lose.
Wing could not help but feel insecure, not by the fact that they had not lost of course, but by the unexpected amount of potential they were showing. He knew that they would have learned many of their techniques by themselves, considering what they were showing him, but still- they learned and improved too quickly that it was terrifying.
Nevertheless, he found an odd attraction to the two of them. Regardless of how monstrous they were, they were still children – and particularly adorable ones at that.
So he continued to train them, which was in reality a job of his, and watched over them. Through time he had come to truly understand why his master had taken such pride in the two kids. It seemed that fact was shrouded by his fear of them turning into something uncontrollable – they were good kids, but deep inside he had doubted they would remain that way.
He was distrusting, as opposed to him being an enhancer. Life hadn't exactly been easy on him after all, and maybe it was one of the things why he failed to see all the brightness in Gon…
He sighed. He was supposed to be simple-minded. He should stop thinking too much about his student's futures- they have their own lives and thus their own paths to choose.
He would just have to trust them.
RANDOM ALLEYWAY
BAM!
Killua punched a wall in public- leaving a huge crack and it surprised everyone. Especially since he did it so quickly that no one saw what he did- just the broken wall.
Killua though, could not care any less about their reactions. He was very irritated.
He and Gon were having a winning streak, and those three idiots (which were some of the mentioned small fries) - Gido, Sadaro, and Riehlvelt – decided they should take advantage of the fact that they were children. They even kidnapped Zushi to get the two of them to fight.
Killua was fine being black-mailed; Zushi had become his friend now after all. But getting Gon to fight with them too, especially when she just had a battle with Hisoka, pinched a huge vein.
He decided that they should fight honestly- and Killua being Killua, he was going to declare it with a bang.
SLASH!
And yet another victim of his prowess was born- albeit this time purely psychological. He personally 'asked' his opponent to play fair and square, but he would not be surprised if the man ran with his tail between his legs.
And that the man did, much to his companions' chagrin.
It was the next day when it was confirmed Sadaro left the Heaven's arena. The other two were talking with him via phone and he was mumbling about Killua living 'in the darkest corner of the world'. He continued to exclaim other frantic warnings over the phone- to the other two's dismay and… consequent fear that Killua may come to them.
The phone hang eventually, and Riehlvelt pretended not to care and scoffed at the stupidity of their old accomplice. That was until Killua suddenly appeared inside their room without them noticing a thing. He just said that for their own good, they better abide by the warning.
They gulped. They were going to have to play fair- just as they planned, of course.
At the day of the match, Gon was pleasantly surprised to see Zushi unharmed and almost oblivious that he was kidnapped. Killua muttered something about him sleeping somewhere, making Gon squint her eyes at him. Killua was a good liar, so she couldn't tell if her gut feeling was actually telling the truth or not. But then that look in Killua made her want her want to stop prying.
It had been announced that Sadaro forfeited his match, and Gon's match with Gido was a piece of cake. The next day though, Killua had a match with a scary looking man with tattoos and a huge sphere. Gon felt worried watching the match- it was obvious that Killua was stronger– but he looked emotionally… unstable.
The moment he finished the man off wearing a disconcerting dark expression, Gon decided to finally talk with him.
But he disappeared. She was waiting for him outside the arena, where the contenders exit but he never came out. She was worried, where could he have gone?
But Gon could no longer wait. She needed to find him.
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Killua locked the door of his room, wishing to be alone. He wanted to sit in a dark quiet corner and stay there until sun came up. Indeed, solitude was what he desired– as he was trained to. He was not in the mood to see anyone right now, the side of him that he wanted to repress was slowly reappearing…
Or so he thought.
Knock knock
Someone knocked the door and an irrational ray of hope surged through him. But paradoxically, he could not answer the knock – afraid that it might not be her…
A few more gentle knocks came and he wanted to stand up, yet he couldn't.
"Killua?" she voiced out and he immediately wanted to run to her. But he stopped himself. What if he was wearing that disgusting face? He did not want Gon to see it again – in fact, he felt that she was outside to talk to him about it. So, he remained quiet and waited for her to leave.
He ignored a few more knocks, and it was much more painful than he had anticipated. But he continued willing himself not to answer. He wanted only to show Gon the Killua that Gon roused– not the Killua that everyone feared.
When the knock stopped he told himself he was relieved, but his body moved on its own and went into a fetal position with his head deeply buried inside his arms.
And he fell asleep.
…
A few hours passed and Killua woke up. He did not feel any muscle pain since he was trained to sleep in any sort of position possible… and he could even not sleep at all for inhumane amount of days. So... how could he possibly feel asleep thinking of those disturbing thoughts, anyway?
He shook his head and decided to go out for a midnight walk. But his tracks stopped the moment he was about to take a step. There was a feet… a feet right in front of his door. A very familiar feet.
"Gon?" He called out unconsciously as he saw his best friend lying comfortably at the floor. The 200th floor carpets were especially soft, yes, but you don't actually sleep on it…
Well, except for Gon.
Killua found himself wanting to cry. She waited for him to open the door all those hours and fell asleep in the process. He let out a light chuckle and leaned down to pick her up. He carried her to his bed and let her sleep there.
When she lay her there, she flinched slightly.
"Killua…" she asked lethargically, visibly half-asleep. He smiled.
"Yes…?"
She grinned and wrapped her arms around him.
"Daisukiiii~"
…
Gon woke up feeling comfortable, as always. But she was expecting to see the extremely soft carpet, not her best friend's face right beside her. She blushed slightly but didn't even wince any further and stayed in her position for a while.
She liked seeing Killua, especially when he looked like the child that he was... and not someone who looked like he had the world's burden on his back.
She gently touched his cheeks, careful not to wake him up, but of course he did. He lazily opened his eyes and smiled.
"Ohayou."
She chuckled. "Ohayou."
"Are you alright?" he asked worriedly. Gon shook her head.
"I'm the one supposed to be asking that." She stated pertaining to events he knows all too well. "What happened?"
"…"
"Killua…"
"…those three kidnapped Zushi and black-mailed us into battling with them."
"I see… our battles' are today right?"
"You're not confident?"
"Of course I am- it's just that I…"
"Felt mad." She continued. He nodded.
"And I lost myself."
"But you're here now, aren't you?" she added and he just gaped at her. Her eyes were saying ' You're here with me, aren't you?'
When he didn't answer, he felt her grip on his cheek get a little tighter. "Killua won't leave Gon, yes?"
She looked worried, so Killua forced himself to composure. He smiled.
"Killua will stay with Gon forever."
She grinned and she sat up.
"Let's get ready now, Killua. We have battles to finish."
"Ah." he said, and followed her lead.
And a few hours later, everyone saw how their battles ended in a flash.
Honestly?
Gon and Killua felt embarrassed thinking that they used to be threats.
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END OF CHAPTER 10
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CHAPTER 11: Home X Island X Forest
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