I'M SORRY for the delay…. I've been just too busy. I hope you enjoy this chapter, heh.

Chapter 21

After a half hour walk they started trailing across a Clearwater creek. In the distance Killua saw what appeared to be a clearing and a couple houses. As they approached, he decided that those weren't houses, but more like cabins. He could count around twenty of them, and he could see some people walking around the place. Everybody seemed tense and the air was tense, which made Killua wonder if they knew that they were being targeted.

"Killua." Val whispered with a frown. "Something's not right."

"I can tell." He nodded back at her.

"I don't want them to notice us just jet." She said crouching down and hiding behind the abundant shrubs and tree trunks. Killua followed and they moved forward in a sort of crawling motion. They approached the first house in line and hid between the wooden wall and an old tractor covered by an old textile. It was a good place to hide since it hid them well, but also allowed good observation towards the clearing. Both sat down and decided to wait for a while to see if anything suspicious happened around.

After a couple minutes voices talked inside and both held their breaths in order to properly listen.

"Mother…" a feminine voice called in an apparent greeting.

"Daisy, sweetie, come here." a more grown voice called back and steps could be heard.

"Is everything all right?" the younger voice called.

"I need to tell you something, Daisy." The mothers voice was serious but tender. "A letter arrived today."

"A-a letter?" the other voice stuttered and silence followed.

Killua and Val exchanged glances, both knowing that there was no way mail arrived to this kind of place, so that meant that the letter either was from someone inside the community, or brought by someone from outside. Val frowned and tilted her head up to listen better.

"Yes, a letter… you know that only one kind of letter is sent to our people."

"I-I do." The younger voice said in feat. "M-mother, I-I don't want to."

"I know, I know…" the older voice seemed to trail for a moment and then sighed. "It arrived a couple hours ago and I've been wondering if here's a way to prevent this from happening… but you have to know that it's dangerous to refuse."

"I don't care!" the other voice raised a little and then went back to its normal level. "I won't do this. I don't care what they do."

"Daisy, please. Think about it. You have a little brother…"

"NO!" the voice raised again, steps were heard and then a door slamming shut.

Killua and Val shared a frown and stayed hidden a while longer, but the village suddenly got really quiet. They silently crept back to the woods and walked for a while until they were rather deep into the forest. They stopped when they reached a clearing, from which the sky could be clearly seen above. It was late dawn already, and some stars shone across the dark purple sky.

"We'll have to stay hidden until we find out what's going on. It sounds as if that family's being threatened." Val said.

"I agree." Killua nodded. "We'll have to sleep out here tonight. You're not carrying a tent with you are you?"

"HA! Of course I do." She said with a winning pose. "Wait did you say tent? I meant that I carry a blanket with me. But no tent, sorry, so we'll have to sleep in the open. Why, you scared?"

"Why did I even agree to come with you? Jeez… what a bother."

"Well, you can always go back. I'll stay here, you know I can take care of myself."

"No way, then you'll rub it in my face. How much of a coward I was and all." Killua croseed his arms and raised an eyebrow.

Val simply laughed her ass off and clutched her stomach. "Let's leave it at that. I'll build a fire, I don't want you whining when you freeze to death. Wanna get something to eat?"

Killua nodded and started walking out of the clearing and into the woods. "I'll hunt something."

Half an hour later they were seated opposite from each other and eating a roasted rabbit and some berries they'd gathered not far away. The silence had stretched for a while now, but both felt content and at ease. After a while Val started rubbing her arms and blowing into her clasped hands.

"GOD, it's cold. Killua, come over here."

Killua smirked and walked over her and sat down right next to her. He put his arms around her shoulders with a smug smile. "Well, if you didn't dress thinking of seducing me you wouldn't be so cold now, would you?"

"What? Has my comfortable and shitty war outfit actually seduced you? Wow, I didn't know you were into that kind of stuff." Val said with mock surprise.

Killua didn't feel as intimidated by her dirty joked as before and tilted his head until it rested on top of hers. "Anything you wore would do the trick. Or anything that you didn't wear for that matter."

Val seemed taken aback by his answer and a blush slowly crept on her face. "Jeez, Killua." She seemed to try to find something to say back to him, but she didn't and simply sighed. She then reached to grab her backpack, opened it and took out a blanket.

"Here." She said and handed it to Killua. He stood up and covered himself with it.

"Much better." He said with a smirk.

"Hey, I'm the freezing one in here!" Val almost pouted.

"Oh, I didn't think I'd have to hear you whining about freezing to death."

Vals mouth dropped for a second and then she frowned and turned around in her sitting position. "Fine." She said now facing away from him.

Killua inwardly smiled at how she seemed so deeply mature most of the time, but sometimes her inner child would show. He watched her back shiver for a couple minutes and tried to control the laughter building up in his throat. He finally chuckled and walked over to her.

"Come on, let's get you warm." He said as he sat down beside her, placing both his legs on either side of her and hugging her from behind. That way both of them were covered by the blanket. Slowly the heat of their bodies started to radiate and Killua felt her shivering stop. He rested his chin on her shoulder and sighed as he felt the heat building up in her body. A small content smile formed on his lips and his eyes softened. His body relaxed at the feel of her body and he suddenly felt his usual self-awareness and timidity melt away. He suddenly felt certain of himself.

"You know, you're really adorable when you act like this. And it also makes me feel less like a child in comparison."

Val turned her head to look at him from the corner of her eyes and with raised eyebrows. After a couple seconds a smile formed on her lips and her eyes looked back ahead of her. She rested her head on top of Killuas and he hugged her tighter, now the front of his body completely pressed against her back. Killuas face was practically buried in the crook of her neck, and he couldn't help but inhale her scent until his senses were overwhelmed by it.

Val sighed and Killua realized that his nose had been brushing her ear and neck, and that his breath probably tickled her. But she hadn't complained and seemed to like it. He moved his head slowly caressing the side of her neck with the tip of his nose. He let his lips brush behind her ear and felt her shiver slightly and tilt her head to give him more access. Killua half kissed and half caressed her neck with his lips while his hands raised to her shoulder and his fingertips trailed her arms down. He could feel Val relaxing into his touch and her mouth parting slightly.

His lips hands left her arms and stroked the portion of skin between her shirt and her pants. His hand sneaked beneath the shirt and his fingertips softly trailed circles across her belly. His lips kissed her shoulder and his hand reached up to brush under the hem of her bra. Val inhaled sharply and her hands suddenly clutched both his legs firmly.

Both his hands trailed ever narrowing circles around both her breasts, his mouth now kissing her shoulder. When his hands brushes her nipples she moaned softly and arched her back slightly, letting her head rest on his shoulder and giving him more access. He softly pinched the top of her mounds and kissed her on the lips softly but almost desperately. She held the back of his face and pulled him closer in order to deepen the kiss.

Killua remembered in the back of his mind that Val was sexually delicate right know… but the desire he felt for her had been building up for a long time and his will to stop and ask was not strong enough. He figured that she would say something if she didn't feel like doing anything with him.

One of his hands lifted her shirt and her bra and broke the kiss to pull both garments off. His came back to hers, but soon left a trail of kisses down her throat and collar bone. He soon found one of her breasts and kissed her soft skin gently. As he worked on her he could feel his mind becoming drowsy with desire. All his senses could register was the reaction of her body to his touch and the sweet sounds that left her parted lips – low moans and ragged breath. Killuas keen eyes caught how Val clasped her legs together and swayed her hips almost imperceptibly. His hands grazed the valley between her breasts and down her belly until he found the hem of her shorts. He played with his fingers at the spot for a while and then proceeded to slowly lower her shorts. As soon as he did, his senses were overflowed by the scent of her sex. His hand caressed her down her undergarment and he realized she was soaked, even her upper inner thighs were moist. Killua didn't think his throbbing erection could get any harder, but it did. He rubbed her wetness through her cloth and he almost groaned in pleasure.

"Killua…" Val whispered in a ragged voice. Killua 'hmed' into her breasts and turned to look at her face. Her cheeks were flushed, her lips red and parted, her hair messy and her eyes… her eyes held deep desire and care that made his own emotions overflow. "Killua… touch me…" she almost moaned the words.

Killua could only comply and started removing her panties, which she finished kicking them down her legs. His senses partially returned and he gulped at the fact of what he was supposed to do. He didn't really know how to do what he was supposed to do. He had only vague ideas…

Apparently Val realized his doubt, because she took his right hand in hers and led it down to her core. She took on of his fingers and slid it between her folds, which were not only wet, but hot in contrast to his cool hands.

"You'll figure what to do soon enough…" she said and traced his finger along herself back and forth, allowing him to feel her completely. Killua realized her body shifted a bit every time when his fingertips brushed a certain part of her. After a while she handled his hand so that he was rubbing a certain mound, which made her moan softly into his neck. After a while her hand left his, and Killua figured he was supposed to keep going. Her breath became rougher and her body tenser. Soon she clutched to him tightly, her face contorted in pleasure and her lips parted for her to moan. Her hand held his own to stop him. Killuas heartbeat was erratic, his desire burning in his gut.

He lifted his hand to his lips and licked the moisture covering his fingers. Their eyes met and Val suddenly pushed him away and stood up. Killua looked up at her naked body in awe, but wondered if he had done something wrong. Val reached to her backpack, took a condom out and crouched down again next to him. Killua wondered if she had been planning this all along but the thought left his mind as she stripped him of his own shirt with a smug smile. He complied and lied down and, as soon as he did, Val proceeded to remove his own pants. He would've felt self-conscious if his lust weren't greater than his logical brain. He hands softly touched his throbbing member through his boxers. He couldn't help but groan in pleasure, lifting his hips slightly to her touch. She removed the last of his clothing and he kicked it off. She kneeled beside him, looked him in the eye and leaned in to kiss him passionately. Their tongues exploring their mouths and their hands clutching to each other faces. The finally pulled away and she raised one of her legs to straddle his hips. His hands unconsciously held her hips and she looked into his eyes as her hips lowered. When his member finally brushed her wet core, he groaned again and she sighed softly. She held him with one hand and pressed lightly while rocking her hips back and forth. She moaned softly while his member rubbed her clit and his hold on her hips tightened. She stopped moving to put the protection on him and when she was finished, she slowly, slowly, lowered herself and Killua felt his member being surrounded by tight, hot, wet walls. He hissed and tilted his head backwards and heard Val sigh. All his senses were suddenly focused on the pleasure he felt from where their bodies were joined.

Val rested her hands on top of his chest and started rocking her hips back and forth. Amongst his own pleasure he could see her eyes closing and her teeth biting on her lower lip. Her hand traveled back down to where their bodies were joined and started rubbing her small mound at the same pace of her rocking hips. Soon their pace fastened and Vals body tensed again. Killua felt her walls rhythmically tightening on him with one last squeeze which was followed by a loud groan from her. Killua felt himself edging but tried to control himself, he didn't want this to end just jet.

Killua suddenly turned them around so that he was on top of her. He looked down at her flushed face and trembling body and crashed his lips down on hers. He pounded into her, harder and faster as seconds passed by. He moaned as he felt a tightening building in his lower abdomen and gripped her shoulder tightly. Val hugged him tightly and whimpered in pleasure as he tried to reach as deep as he could into her. Her walls tightened around him with a force he hadn't felt before as she screamed in ecstasy and he thrust into her a final time felling his member throbbing and pulsating simultaneously with her own body. He finally collapsed on top of her hot body and struggled to regain his breath.

After a minute or so he realized he must've been crushing Vals body, so he rolled to the side and looked at her. His eyes widened as he saw she had tears streaming down her face. A pang of guilt build on his chest and he raised his hand to wipe a tear away. He was at a loss of words… Even though it was his first time and he hadn't much experience, he thought it had been good… real good. For both of them. Maybe he was wrong? Maybe she hadn't been ready to do this just jet… All his doubts disappeared when she turned to look at him with a smile.

"Deep down… I was afraid." She said in almost a whisper. "I was a afraid that any kind of intimacy would be impossible for me now…" And Killua understood that she didn't cry because of sadness or anger. She cried because she was happy, and relieved. And he felt his chest tighten in bliss as the thought that she had been able to take a big step away from that incident from a few weeks ago, and at the fact that he had been able to help her out. He smiled and held her hiding his face into the crook of her neck and inhaled her scent.

"Killua… thank you."

HA! There you go, finally huh? Please let me know what you think!