Sup. I have for you here the 9th chapter. The 9th! Just so you all know, I'm doing a special surprise for chapter 13 that I'll think you'll enjoy ;), and this is NOT a flashback chapter ! We're back in present time! Without further ado, I present to you:

Why This: Chapter 9

Leorio whistled the start of a song. Then he started softly singing. "…You know I can't smile without you, I can't smile without you. I can't laugh, and I can't sing…I'm finding it hard to do anything…"

Kurapika turned to Leorio, his expression one of slight surprise in the early morning light.

Leorio winked. Kurapika threw a pillow at him, smiling.

"So we're gonna wait 'till they wake up to ask him what happened?" Leorio asked.

"It's best to let the sleep for now. When they wake up, then we'll pester them. For now though, let them sleep."

Leorio nodded, and together he and Kurapika watched the last of the sunrise, the promise of a new day shining softly in the sky. A new dawn, a new day. A new day, a new array of things to deal with…

Gon yawned. "Good morrrning, Killua."

Killua looked over to Gon with a small smile. "Morning."

"You all can stay holed up in here, but I'm going to get breakfast. I'm starving!" Leorio interjected.

"I agree with going to get breakfast." Kurapika said.

"Wait up! We're coming!" Gon said as he and Killua hurriedly changed from pajamas to normal clothes.

"Let's race!" Gon said, as he took off running down the hall to catch up with Leorio and Kurapika.

Killua raced after the golden boy as he flung on his black hoodie, his tennis shoes barely on.

"I win!" Killua said, a smug smirk on his face,

"You're so fast! I even had a head start!" Gon said

"Well…" Killua didn't want to admit he had used electricity to speed himself up.

"You used your Nen." Gon said.

Killua smiled. "A little."

Leorio stood in the elevator with Kurapika, waiting for the duo to get in.

They did, and as the elevator descended, Gon turned to Leorio.

"Hey Leorio, what's a girlfriend?" Gon asked innocently, looking intently at the doctor.

"Well kid…it's a girl that…uh…" The teen looked at him.

Killua laughed. "Set him up on a blind date and he'll find out."

"What's a blind date?"

Kurapika rolled his eyes listening to the conversation. "A blind date is something idiotic that people in this society do for recreational purposes."

"It sounds fun!" Gon smiled.

Killua laughed again. Gon really was clueless.

"What, do you want us to set you up on one?" He was cracking up now.

"Sure."

"I'll do the honors then." Leorio said.

Kurapika shook his head. "This is a stupid idea. Gon will find out eventually, or one of us will tell him. He doesn't need to participate in such useless, shallow activities. Dating at a young age leads to short lived relationships that only cause hurt."

Killua looked at Kurapika."You know, I think Gon should do it. Leorio can set it up. It'll be fun for Gon to do, and fun for us to watch." He smirked.

Leorio smiled. The elevator stopped, and the doors opened.

"I hope for your sake that whoever the girl is, she won't get attached to you." Kurapika said, then sighed. "There's no way I'm going to stop you now, is there?"

Killua grinned. "Nope." He said, then looked to Gon. "This will be awesome"

They all got out of the elevator, and headed to the nearest restaurant.

After they ordered, Kurapika and Leorio started their questions. "Killua, there's something we want to ask you about." Kurapika said. Leorio exploded, "What happened? Why were you fighting that girl? Who was the shocked dead guy? What happened when Kurapika had to chase you through the museum?"

Killua smiled. Leorio was asking all the right questions. He told his made up story, his alibi. He had gotten kidnapped by this lightning fast guy, so fast he didn't have time to react at first. Apparently, the kidnapper was the son of this guy he had killed in the past. The guy was fast, but Killua was able to free himself from the guy. Unfortunately, the guy wasn't able to take the electric shock, and died. Then this other revenge person came and fought him. She wasn't too good, but she managed to stab him before she died.

Hah. Only the girl part was true. Everything else was a lie. He knew this, but he didn't mind lying to his friends this once. It had saved him from answering Kurapika's question that day, so it was worth it. He was a natural at lying anyways.

Ugh. It still didn't feel all too good though. Oh well. You can't have a rainbow without a little rain.

They accepted his "small" lie. They found it believable enough. After all, why would Killua lie to them?

"Well then, I think it's time I tell you all something. While walking to this lovely restaurant, I set up Gon's blind date… And I accidently set you all up on one to…" Leorio said guiltily, hoping he wouldn't get punched.

"What?!" Kurapika exclaimed.

"You're kidding, right?" Killua said, his smile not dropping. After all, Leorio was definitely joking.

"I'm not kidding…" Leorio stated.

Gon beamed. "Then we can all share a similar experience!"

Killua stared at him. This was going to be interesting…

Kurapika stood, waiting. The evening had barely begun, and already he felt this had been a bad idea.

A pretty girl came running. "AHHHHHHHHHH!"

Wait…she wasn't running, she was roller skating. Down the street. The sloped street.

Uh-oh.

The street sloped only a little, but it still caused her to slide down at a very fast pace.

"AHHHHH- SIR! PLEASE STOP ME! UH-PLEASE! I'LL PAY YOU!"

Kurapika stood, still waiting.

As she approached him, it appeared he was not going to catch her. But in a surprising change of events, he reached out his arm when she rolled to him, and caught her.

"Thank you! How much do I owe you?" The girl questioned. She was thin, and in baggy pajama-like clothes. Her face was very pretty, and she had an overall doll-like appearance.

"You don't owe me. I find it dishonorable to have to pay someone to do something polite."

She smiled. "How noble. What's your name? I'm supposed to be meeting someone here, actually. Their name is Kurapika."

"…I suppose you are here to meet me then."

The girl's eyes went wide, and then she started laughing. "Y-you-ah ha ha! This is too comical! My friends dared me to skate here in hopes my blind date would catch me looking stupid. I've never turned down a dare, so I did it, as you can tell. What a coin dance, it actually worked!"

"Coin dance..?"

"Oh, instead of coincidence I say coin dance. It's more fun, and plus, auto correct agrees it's a better word to use." She winked. "Whenever I text someone and use the word coincidence, my phone auto corrects it to coin dance. So I've stop trying to wage war on auto correct, and now I use coin dance."

Kurapika kept a straight face. How odd. This girl was definitely something, coming to a pizza joint looking like she woke up, and decided to brush her hair but not put on real clothes.

He opened the door, and waited for her to enter. She did, and he went in after her.

They got a table, then ordered a pepperoni pizza. After the waiter left, she looked at him with the weirdest face he had ever seen.

"SOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Are we gonna order drinks? Beer, tequila, shots, margaritas, you name it, I'm down to have it. "

He shook his head. "I'm underage. Aren't you as well?"

"Look, you're only, what, seventeen? I'm turning seventeen next month, so we should be fine. Only 4 years underage. Not that bad."

He negated. "It's against the law. I'm sorry, but I'm not in favor of breaking the law."

She smiled. "You're so honorable. That's good. Most guys I go out with are happy to go get drinks. I'll tell you a little secret: I think alcohol, other than for medical purposes, is disgusting and awful. As soon as the guy agrees to go drink with me, I end the date. You're the first one to pass my little test."

He smiled, relived. "That's…good to hear. Most girls in this generation don't have standards like that. They base their emotions off of how a guy looks."

She nodded. "Now onto another subject-you're a Kurta right?"

His eyes flashed for a second. How did she know? He hadn't had his eyes go red the entire date, not even after she revealed she knew of his ethnicity.

"Woah…Sorry, I just-uh…-huh." She laughed. "Your personality and clothing caused me to suspect you were of the Kurta clan. Sorry if I was wrong, or too quick to jump to conclusions. I'm a huge history geek, so I've studied almost every race, historical event, etc. I guess I over analyzed you though…sorry."

"Its fine, your right. I… am a survivor of the Kurta clan. Let's drop the subject though… You never know who could be listening."

She nodded. "Of course….. Oh, and I'll pay. As an apology."

The Kurta shook his head. "No, it's still on me."

"Are you sure? I have money." He nodded again. "Alright…" She said.

Their pizza arrived, and they ate in silence. After they were done, Kurapika paid, tip and all.

They walked outside, and the girl turned to him.

"Funny, isn't it? I never mentioned my name."

"What is it?"

She smiled. "Guess. It starts with a B, and ends with a D."

"Hmm…BCD? Short for ABCD, I'm guessing."

She laughed at his joke. "No, it's Bird."

"Well Bird, I hope you have a great rest of the evening." He gave her a wave, then walked off.

Just as he was about to call a cab though, he heard a loud string of curse words. He turned, and saw Bird skating after a man with a purse while cursing at a loud volume. Others turned, but did nothing. He saw her trip, and fall on her back. Another string of curse words was produced, and she struggled to get up.

He went over to her. "Why don't you take off your skates? I'll catch up to him, then you can follow."

She nodded, and Kurapika ran after the man. When he caught up to the man, Kurapika grabbed his arm, and turned to see Bird running up to them, shouting curse words and calling the man some unholy names.

When she got to them, she snatched her purse and slapped the man. After calling the police to arrest the thief (who ended up to be a repeat offender), she looked at Kurapika and bowed. "Thanks!" she said. "Most people wouldn't have done anything. You're definitely a noble soul. Though I doubt we'll ever meet again, I hope life treats you well."

"Same to you." Kurapika replied. He smiled, and walked off.

For real this time.

Gon was practically bouncing up and down. After witnessing how well Kurapika's Blind Date had gone, he was excited for his.

A girl could be seen in the distance walking towards him. She had the prettiest dress, purse, jewelry…

When she arrived, Gon (and Leorio and Killua who were spying) saw her in full glory…And she was the ugliest girl they had ever seen. Only Gon didn't notice her unsightliness. (Kurapika said it was "rude" to spy. Whatever that meant. So he had stayed at the hotel, working on some stuff on the computer.)

Killua, who had been eating chocolate covered popcorn, practically threw up upon seeing her. Leorio just stared, bewildered. Her nose was extremely large and pimpled, her eyes were squinted and wet, and her smile was gap toothed. Her face was like a mountain range, and seeing her made you rethink your definition of ugly.

"Hello!" Gon said merrily to the girl.

"HELL- OH- OH!" She replied.

He smiled, and led her into the restaurant. It was a Chinese restaurant, so they ordered noodles.

"So, YO YO are Goon right?"

"Yeah, I'm Gon! It's pronounced like cone, except with a g."

"OKIEEEEEEEEEEEE." The girl was obviously high. She was only 13, but it seemed like she swallowed 20 shots.

Gon smiled. "She's so nice", He thought.

Their food came, and the girl ate messily. There were noodle flying all over her face, the table, and the seat.

The waiters saw this, and smirked. She did this every time. They wondered if the guy she was with would pass her little test.

"So what's your name?" Gon sweetly asked the girl.

"Maranra." Her noodle filled mouth muffled her answer, screwing up her pronunciation.

"Huh? I didn't quite catch that."

"Miranda." Noodles flew from her mouth onto him.

He laughed, remembering when he had spit pasta at Killua, and the ex-assassin had put whip cream in his face as revenge.

"Are you laughing at my name?! IS THAT IT?! WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT, GOON?! I'LL BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT!"

"No, no. It's just that when you told me your name, you spit food on me, and it reminded me of the time I did that to my friend, and he got me back by shoving whip cream in my face."

Miranda laughed. "Oh, ok…by the way, I wanted to compliment and thank you." She said.

"For what?"

"For not judging my appearance, or behavior as others have. You treated me like an actual human being, and for that I thank you. I compliment you on your amazing kindness."

Gon smiled. "Honestly, I don't think you're ugly at all. Though your behavior wasn't the best, I could tell you had a good heart."

She smiled back. "Close your eyes."

Gon looked confused, but did so. He heard shuffling, then Miranda telling him to open his eyes.

When he opened them, the mess she had made while eating was gone. He looked at her, and instead of the face he expected to see, he saw a normal face of a young girl. Her skin was soft looking, and her eyes were wide and wondrous. Her smile was small and warming, and her nose was tiny and cute.

Though she wasn't the prettiest girl in the world, she definitely wasn't ugly. It was a HUGE change from the girl Gon had seen earlier. Killua's mouth flew open, and Leorio spit out the popcorn he was eating.

"So, he's earned the right to see your gorgeous face?" The waiter joked. He had come back to the table to witness the transformation.

"Ha ha John." Miranda nudged the waiter.

The waiter (John) smiled, and walked off.

"So…I don't know about you, but I think this date has gone pretty well." Miranda said.

"Of course!" Gon replied.

"Well then, how 'bout it? It's a little sudden…but would you consider…dating me for real?"

"…"

"GON, GET OUT HERE! BRAT!" Leorio shouted, per Killua's instruction.

"That's right, act normal and get him to get out of there. This chick will go tornado mode if he doesn't date her, I can tell." Killua said. That wasn't completely true, but Leorio didn't need to know that.

The girl glared at them, and just as Gon was about to reply to them, she gently took his face in her hands and- CRASH.

Killua had smashed a table, and threw a glass at Miranda. He grabbed Gon, then ran out of the restaurant.

"Hey!" Miranda shouted, her face red with fury. She ran after them, her eyes burning with anger.

Killua looked back, and saw her face becoming ugly again. He shuddered, and kept running.

"HOW RUD-"She stared to shout at them, but ran into Leorio.

Now he was the one with the mad face. He loomed down at her, his tall frame still with rage.

"You want to talk about rude? Bumping into someone and not saying sorry is pretty rude." He said, his voice low and angry.

"U-uh…" She started to run away.

"I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU!" Leorio chased after her, but then went the opposite direction.

"Nice." Killua said when Leorio got back to them.

"Why did we run away? She seemed sweet." Gon asked.

"She was a psycho. Totally crazy." Killua replied.

"Aw..."

"Wait, Killua, I'm pretty sure it's your turn." Leorio said. "Your date is in…5 MIUNTES?!"

"You better hurry Killua!" Gon said.

Killua nodded, turned on his heal, and started walking to his destination.

"Aren't you going to change out of that hoodie?" Leorio questioned.

"Nope." Killua kept walking, his back to the two.

When he arrived at the restaurant, the girl was already there, waiting for him. She had narrowed, distrustful eyes, and an amused, sarcastic grin.

"Are you Killua?" The girl asked, her eyes playful, ready to pounce.

"Mhm." He confirmed.

"So is that your actual face, or are you trying to look ugly?" Snap. The girl was asking for it. Trying to insult him, how dumb.

"…" Sometimes, silence was the best answer.

"What, cat got your tongue? Let's go in, maybe some ice cold water will help you with your newly obtained burns."

He almost rolled his eyes, but instead he kept a bored, uninterested face. They went in, and sat down. She ordered, then sent the waiter away. She told him that her "date" didn't want anything.

Killua glared at her. Ugh. It was obvious the only reason she set this up was to act like a jerk towards him and see him get offended or aggravated.

Well, that wasn't happening anytime soon. She could just shove her stupid ideas down her throat and choke on them.

"So, how old are you? Eight? Seven?"

"I'm the same age as you."

"Oh, silly me! It must be because you're so short that I mixed up your age!"

He smiled. He knew for a fact he was taller than her.

All through the date the same thing would happen. She would insult him, and he would stay calm and not throw anything back at her. When it was time to pay though, Killua was over it.

"You know, I think I should pay." The girl had said. Killua agreed, and she paid.

"Now you have to pay me back. Oh, and it has to be double what I paid."

"Double?"

"Yeah, once for the meal, once for getting to take in my awesomeness." She smiled deviously. She knew that he would cough up the money. It would be impolite not to.

"Nah. You were the only one that ate, and if I wanted to pay someone to give me their company, I would not have chosen you." He smiled deviously. "I had a great time watching say stupid stuff. See you around, Jae."

She stared at him, bewildered. How had he known her name…?

. . .

The next morning, Kurapika saw a news report on three murdered girls. All of them had been murdered at the same place, and same time. Their names were Miranda, Bird, and Jae.

A.N.:

Hey guys. This chapter….I mean, dang. Talk about head splitting. I swear, my brains are blown out whenever I write. I have to think about what will happen next, if the character would actually say that, if they would do that, if this could happen, if that would happen because of that, blah blah blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. Hope you enjoyed. Happy New Years! 2018, WOO HOO!

Chu~