Alright, I'm sososososososo sorry I took forever to upload! I was really, really busy and didn't have any time! I have a few things to say first before you continue reading: 1) I can't believe people were still voting on the poll on my profile. I have finally taken it off, and people had still been voting, lol. 2) My back pain is gone! YAYZ! I went to a chiropractor (Which I am now terrified of, he basically molested me!) Unfortunately life was cruel and painful, but now I'm better! Or at least so, it's starting back up. Hope it'll be gone today... 3) Any ideas on things to do for fillers here? I've place some ideas in the new poll on my profile, but others are accepted. 4) CHECK THE LINK ON THE END OF MY PROFILE OUT! I DREW IT AND I LOVE IT!
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Caliope07 - Yes. Well, you'll see...
Luna Lockhart - You're very welcome, I figured people would love this! It was a quick thought and I decided, yes, I shall do it, because no one had before and I thought it'd be interesting to do it like that. XD What lies ahead? Well, you'll see. (Honestly I can't tell you because I don't know... I normally write on a whim with a basic outline...)
kri - I'm glad! I try to update once I finish the chapter, and I write fast. Plus this is the only story I'm currently working on, and I'm not planning on working on any others until I finish this one, or else I'll never finish it, lol. I already have her Hatsu, I stated what it would be a couple chapters ago. But thanks anyways!
Liz - Haha, I figured! It was quite a surprise, and no one has ever done that before. XD
"Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream." - Khalil Gibran
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I raced out the doors, mind racing as I was doing something I knew was too stupid for my own good. I panted slightly from the adrenaline and rush, racing after the slowly fleeting form of the white haired boy. As I reached him, his hand flung around my throat and pinned me to the wall. I stared at the blank expression in his eyes, then smiled even though Killua, once again, had me pinned.
"It's not your fault, right? Your big brother made you scared." I said softly. I felt Killua's grip tighten, then loosen as he dropped me.
"He's right. I'm nothing but a killer." With that said, he started off.
"No," I said, bringing Killua to a stop. "No, I used to think the same thing. My parents always said I was useless, but now I know that isn't true. I'm far from useless. And you're far from a killer. You're just scared, that's all." Killua scoffed as he started away again. I continued to follow him in silence.
"Why are you following me?" Killua asked with a touch of anger.
"Why not?"
"I was disqualified. You're going to miss out on your Hunter License." I shrugged.
"Friends are more important, right?" He looked at me like I was crazy. I smiled. "I don't care what your brother says, I'm your friend. We all are. I'm not letting you leave without me." Killua just smiled.
"Idiot," He said with a sigh, before grabbing my wrist and dragging me alongside him. "Hurry up." I smiled as I picked up the pace.
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I continued to follow Killua. I didn't know where we were going, but I could make my guesses. I'd seen what Killua had done back there, and I was still wary of him. However, I figured I'd give him a chance.
He'd seemed like a nice guy before, and honestly, after finding out that it was his brother's fault he was terrified of Ren, I was pretty sure it was my fault. I shouldn't have exposed him to it, so I guess this was me trying to make up for it.
Admittedly I was glad Killua let me follow him. I was afraid after him and I being tense with each other it wouldn't work out, but I was still happy. It kind of confused me. I was still scared of him, but for some reason whenever I was around him I felt... Something.
I shook my head. I needed to stop thinking. I was just going to confuse myself further.
"You OK?" Killua asked. I looked up at him, then smiled.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just curious where we're going."
"Home," Killua replied. I paused. I thought he hated his home, his family? Why is he going there?
"Why?" I asked. Killua shrugged.
"Just... My family is very... Intense. They won't be very happy I brought you along."
"You mean they'll try to kill me?" Killua frowned.
"Are you sure you want to come with me? I thought you didn't trust me." I scoffed.
"I still don't. I guess... I'm giving you another chance." Killua was silent.
"So, what's the real reason you can do that... Thing? It was like my brother." I looked at him.
"I didn't know you were so terrified of it. If I knew I wouldn't have used it. I... I learned it from Kai. Since I was from another world, he didn't want me to, you know, die." Silence.
"Who's Kai?" Killua asked.
"Kai-san. He's one of the first people I met when I can to this world. He's my... Adoptive father of a form. He was one of the people tho worked with the applicants for the preliminaries. I wonder where he is... I'll have to go and find him after things have calmed down. I kind of miss the sea..."
"Alright," Killua finally said after a bit. My shoulders fell as I relaxed slightly.
"I won't use it again. At least, not around you." Killua nodded.
More silence.
Man, this was awkward...
"So how long until we, um, get there?"
"We just left."
"I know, but I have no idea where you live, so..."
"It'll be a while. We'll have to catch an airship." I nodded. More silence. I guess it gave me time to think, but still... Sure, I liked the silence, because then I didn't have to talk, but for some reason it felt wrong, just walking without anything going on.
"Hey, we need to get you fixed. Come on." I looked at Killua with a weird face, then saw he was motioning to a clothing store. I smiled my thanks, then paused.
"But I don't have any money..." I said. He shrugged. "I'm not stealing."
"Then what's your size?"
"What?" I squeaked.
"What's your size? You're drawing attention with your clothes like that. If you're not going into the store I need your size."
"I don't approve of stealing."
"Who said I was going to steal?"
"I don't want you paying for me."
"Who said I was paying?"
"But-"
"Whatever. Do you want new clothes or not?"
"I do, but-" Killua grabbed me by the wrist and dragged me into the store. I groaned. I wasn't much of a shopper... But Killua was right. I had noticed people giving me weird stares, and I didn't want to attract the wrong attention. But how the heck would we get clothes?! And what did Killua mean by he wouldn't pay for them, but he wouldn't steal them?
"Thanks," Killua said as he ushered me out of the store, dressed in my new clothes. They were basically the same as before, maybe a few shades off and different fabric, but overall the outfit I'd gotten was the same. I was thankful to change out of my old clothes, I loved them, but still they had gotten ruined, and I was thankful for the new ones.
I sighed, though still smiled. "You said you weren't going to pay," I started at Killua. He shrugged.
"Yeah," he replied. "I didn't." I blinked at him.
"Well then whose money was that?" I hoped he didn't steal from some poor old guy.
"What do you care?"
"I care a lot!" I replied. "I hope you didn't steal it from some old guy, 'cause that's mean!" I stuck my tongue out at him, but he just smiled. "What's so funny?!"
"You're finally coming out." I paused, eyes wide for a second.
"What?"
"You were all secretive and concealed before." I could almost hear his thoughts. Because of your parents. "But now you're starting to show who you really are." I pursed my lips and turned my head away from him slightly.
"What? I've always been this way." Killua laughed.
"Yeah right, before you were all silent and did everything like you were told. You took no one's side and agreed with everyone. You put yourself down all the time!" I looked at him in shock.
"R-really? That's how I acted?" Killua scoffed.
"Yeah. You seemed like one of those daddy's girls who did everything perfectly like a robot!" I bit my lip and looked down. Yes, I guess he was right. I had always acted like that, trying to do my best. I guess I was just selfish, trying to please everyone. But I remembered what Leorio and Crisei and everyone else had said... When you try to please everyone you loose yourself, and not everyone can be pleased. If you try to please everyone you're fake. No matter what you do you're going to upset someone.
"I guess..." I mumbled.
"There you go again!" Killua said. I looked up at him but before I could look away his gaze caught mine. Finally, after a second, the two of us turned away from each other. There was silence until Killua sighed. "Come on, we're going to miss the airship." I nodded, then ran after him.
We continued in silence for a while on, not sure what to say to each other. I decided to stare at the booths and buildings around as we walked on, somewhat amazed at how similar, yet totally different, everything was.
"You know, I've always wondered what the exchange rate is with the currency in my world and your Jenny. I thought I figured it out, but I could be wrong." Killua glanced at me.
"What? Oh, yeah. I don't know. Is your currency called Jenny too?" I shook my head.
"No, it's called US Dollars."
"What a weird name. What does the US stand for?"
"United States," I replied. "That's the country I live, well, ish, in. We have seven continents, but all the countries in each continent have their own currency. It's quite annoying when you want to travel." Killua whistled.
"And they're all dollars?"
"No, there's also pesos and euros and yen, the name changes according to the currency." I smiled at Killua's bewildered look.
"Man, what a nuisance." Killua paused. "Hey, what's a drink cost for you?" I looked at Killua, slightly puzzled.
"What?"
"A drink, a can of soda."
"Oh, like $1.50 out of a vending machine?" Killua thought for a second, then his eyes seemed to widen.
"What? It costs like 150 Jenny. That makes life easy." I nodded. An easy figure. "I guess just put the decimal over two or something."
"Yeah, I guess."
"That means people in your country are rich." I blinked at Killua.
"What? Oh, I guess." Killua smiled.
"Better not tell Leorio, he'd be pretty-" Silence. Killua frowned as he looked to the ground. I scratched the back of my head, eyes planted on the ground.
"Yeah..." More silence. I glanced over at Killua. He looked pretty sad. "Hey, ignore what creepizoid said, OK? The past is the past. Nothing changes between friends. They- we all knew you were an assassin. We all chose to stick around with you, it was our choice." Killua mumbled a little yeah. I sighed, looking up at the sky. "I should know. I've been so afraid of others, loosing trust and getting betrayed, all the abuse I went through, yet I'm here now because I feel that you are someone who I can actually... Trust." I turned away. "I mean, you seem like a fun, nice person. And I don't care what you've done, it's how you'll be in the future."
More silence.
I glanced over to see Killua turned away from me. "Man, why you got to be so cheezy?" I smiled as he tried to hide the small tears in his eyes.
You're welcome, friend.
Well, this entire arc is going to take a while, just to warn y'all... Since, well, you know, I decided to switch things up a bit. :3
HOWEVER! I apologize, but since it's not following the storyline(ish) here, it took me a while to get this written (Plus with being busy and all), and it'll be the same with the next few chapters or whatnot. It'll take me a bit longer to write. Hopefully you are patient readers.
So the answer to the badge...? The number was 111. January 11th? The first day she arrived in the HXH world? XD
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