and at last! I finally got ideas for this freakin' hard chapter! My mind kept on thinking of ways how Killua would have barged into the room (spoiler alert!) In the end...I went the flow...and this is how it turned out! Hope you like it! Vulgar words exist!
Part 28: A father-Daughter Talk
Footsteps and pants could be heard in the corridor of the highest floor of a certain hotel. It was the hotel chose by a parent to trap his beloved daughter. His main goal was to exterminate her from the world. Mana ran up to the 2000th room as fast as she could. Three men were chasing after her and she was getting tired of fighting, even resulting into killing some of them. She had had enough!
"I don't wanna kill anymore!" she screamed.
She could see the door and she was close to the knob when out of nowhere, she was pulled by the men that were chasing her. She was pushed down onto the floor hard. She gasped as one of them held her hands above her head. She thrashed around.
"Let me go!" she screamed.
"Good for you to say that you're tired of killing! HAHAHAHAHA!" a familiar voice laughed.
Her eyes widened as right in front of her was the man she was after. The man smirked down at her. She tried to get up but the grip was unbreakable.
"Do what you want with her, but I want you to turn her in alive," he stated.
"Yes, Sir!" the three obeyed.
Mana's father stepped out of her view and into the room numbered 2000. It was right in front of her and she struggled to reach for the knob. The men were too strong for her. She was too exhausted to release her aura and so, she couldn't fight back at all. Her dress was in tatters again and it was a gift too. How devastated she was.
"S-Save me…" she sobbed before falling into oblivion.
Killua ran around aimlessly searching for his clingy but selfish servant. He came across Gon and Leorio who was busy calling people to have a challenge with Gon to win a diamond ring. He sighed and made an apologetic face to his best friend as he couldn't help at the time. He continued his search after that brief apology.
"Where could she be…!" he shouted, punching another pole.
His right hand was getting numb from all the punching.
"Mommy…I'm shcared…" a boy said in a stutter.
Killua turned to where the voice came from. He saw a little girl, holding a hand of a younger boy than her. Right behind them stood a familiar woman. Somehow, to him, she looked sort of familiar.
"Don't bother him now, Aoi…" the woman said.
When she turned to look at Killua, her eyes went wide. She observed him from head to toe and somehow knew who he was.
"You're…" she started.
Killua half scowled as it has dawned to him where he had seen her. "You're the one who Mana had to fight at the arena!" the boy exclaimed.
"Are you, by any chance, searching for her?" the woman asked.
The silver haired didn't say anything. He was beyond angry to have found Mana's enemy. The boy was distracted when Aoi pulled at his pants. He shifted his gaze to little boy. Yui went up to him too.
"Are you Sis Mana's friend?" the brown haired girl asked.
Killua was quite flabbergasted at her question. He was going to ask why did she ask that when the woman started talking.
"I'm really sorry…I'm Misato. I've just ran away from where Miss Mana is," the woman explained herself.
"Ran away? Why?!" the twelve-year-old demanded.
Misato hesitated to tell him everything. She was afraid to get involved as she had just fled; thinking that her Boss might come searching for her if she did say too much. She bit her lip, turning her gaze away from him.
"Sis Mana was captured!" Yui started as Aoi nodded.
Killua gazed at the little girl in front of him. She told him everything: how Mana got in the room with her and Aoi, how she was not given anything to eat, how she helped them escape and somewhat a child way of explaining she was raped. The boy widened his eyes at her last part of the story.
He scowled and held his fists tight. "Where is this hotel of his?" he half growled.
The woman could see his expression but she was aware that he was beyond angry. Yui and Aoi backed away as they were scared at his expression.
"Head north, until you see a tall building painted in white and blue. You will find her in the highest floor. Please…save her…" Misato said, trembling.
"Shish Mana's reawly nice…" Aoi said. (Sis Mana's really nice…)
"Her name is Mana Nikumenai after all…" Killua sighed.
"She's very lovable, suiting with her name. Please, I don't want her to die! I…she helped my children escape!" the woman fell to her knees in tears.
She regretted for not helping Mana, for leaving her and for not warning her of what was going to happen once she met her father.
"I'll save her…" Killua muttered. "Thanks for the information and…be safe…"
He ran north towards where Misato had pointed with hope that Mana was perfectly fine.
Mana was chained up in her father's room, naked. Her father was enjoying the view as she brought her legs together to cover her lower body. Tears were falling from her eyes, nonstop. She was humiliated and was ashamed of herself.
"Aww…please stop crying…" her father mocked her.
"W-Why are you doing this…?" she sobbed.
The man spat at her face. "I think we should have a talk…a father and daughter talk," he said, smirking even wider.
Mana widened her eyes at the sight of a woman and a little boy coming out of the room on her father's left. They were the ones she met in the elevator. The woman couldn't believe that Mana was chained naked in front of her. She recognized the girl too.
"You're that girl!" she pointed an accusing finger at Mana.
"He's m-my father…" she stuttered to the woman, looking away from her gaze.
The woman backed away in disbelief. Her son, Kurogane didn't understand a thing. All he did was stared at the naked girl, wondering why she was in that state.
His father who was also Mana's took out a whip. "Now, will you two please leave," he half growled.
Mana widened her eyes at the whip. The woman refused to leave and so, her husband raised the hand that was holding the whip.
"W-Wait!" she called out and all eyes were on her. "Don't hurt them! Don't you love them?!"
Her father stepped closer to her. "I don't…" he started, raising the whip in front of her. "I loved your mother!"
A hit landed on her right cheek. She cringed in pain but she didn't scream. The woman watched in shock. She froze at her place with her son behind her. She couldn't stop as her husband landed another hit on Mana's face.
"P-Please…" she heard the girl muttered.
Turning to her, she could see how much pain she was enduring to get up to this situation. She could also see how much the girl would endure even more for the sake of what she was seeking.
"R-Run…b-before…you e-ended up…l-like my mother…" the girl muttered.
The woman, unable to see Mana in that state, picked up her child and fled immediately. Her father was in rage and he threw it all at Mana, hitting her everywhere.
"Why did y-you kill h-her if you l-love her?" the girl demanded, spitting some blood out of her mouth.
Hitogoroshi stopped hitting her, turned his back towards her and told the whole story, "I didn't know she was killed. It wasn't exactly my order and I didn't realize it was an order. That woman is my third wife. The one who asked your mother to be killed was my second wife. She was madly in love with me and forced me into marrying her after she helped to settle my debts."
"How did she fool you?" the girl asked, catching her breath.
"She told me she loved me and asked me to sign some letters. There was one on killing every one of my old family members. The, she made a request for me to bring you and Rilliane to Heavens Arena too. I didn't realize that she was trying to separate me from your mother you…" the father continued.
Mana continued to listen. He told her how he had gotten himself into so many debts that he was worried Mana and her mother would be dragged into them too. He added how he had cried when her mother died and believed that she was killed too. He resulted into killing his second wife. He explained to her that he wanted to repent after that. Mana saw a glimpse of something shining in his hand. The whip was already on the floor.
"But…" he turned back to face her with a knife in his hand. "I love killing! I didn't know that it was so much fun just to rip people off of their lives!"
"No way…!" Mana was in disbelief.
All of his pains had turned him into a killer. She couldn't believe the sight in front of her. He put the knife at her left shoulder and pierced it slightly. She gasped, realizing what would come next.
"When I found out you are alive…I thought that I should kill you immediately, so that you won't come find me. Then again, I thought of torturing you before meeting you and kill you in the process! I wanted you to know how painful it is if we were driven by revenge. Hah! You fell for everything! You're so stupid!" he ran the knife down to her wrist.
Mana trembled as she was too weak to do anything.
"It's not fair that you get to live happily when I'm suffering…" the man muttered, bringing the knife up to her other shoulder.
She shut her eyes and tried her best to endure the unbearable pain. Miraculously, she heard noises of people groaning in pain. Havoc had begun outside the room she was in, distracting her father.
"Argh…what is going on out there?!" he stormed to the door.
Before he could even reach for the knob, the door flung open and a familiar silver haired boy stood with his right hand stained in blood. His eyes was the eyes of a very pissed off guy.
"You…are you Mana's father?" he growled.
"K-Killua?" the girl recognized him immediately.
"Mana? Mana! Stay there! I'll get to y…argh!" he was shoved to the walls behind him by Hitogoroshi.
Killua didn't cringe in pain at all. The man had wide eyes, showing his addiction into killing, beating Killua in that. His glare pierced into the boy's eyes but of course it didn't scare him at all. Seeing that, the man stabbed the boy hard in his stomach yet the boy didn't groan.
"Mana…I'm sorry…" he muttered.
Mana's eyes widened when a beating heart rolled over to her. In a few seconds, the heart stopped beating. She was so scared that she burst into tears. But, she stopped when her father instantly died. Killua pulled the knife out of his stomach as the man fell onto the floor. Throwing it to his side, he dragged himself to Mana. He was trying hard not to look at her naked body while pulling her off from the chains. They collapsed on the floor after that, Killua lying on it and Mana sitting while holding his hand.
"I forgive you…thank you for killing him…" she sobbed.
"Y-You're wounded…" he said, noticing the cut on her shoulder.
The girl forced a smile, "So are you... I'm sorry…"
Killua smiled. "T-That's okay…"
Mana put her rested her cheek on his hand, the one she was holding. She was happy that he was smiling to her. However, she couldn't help but felt worried as well because he was stabbed. She tried her best to release her aura that was enough to heal the both of them.
"Right now, we have a 3 000 000 diamond and 2 400 000 Jenny in cash. We also have the 2 750 000 Jenny from the arm wrestling…" Leorio stated to Gon.
They were back at the motel, counting the cash they had at the time. He explained to Gon the real reason of the arm wrestling. It was to lure them to an easier way of earning cash. Gon nodded to everything he was saying but the boy wasn't really listening. His mind was thinking about what was Killua doing and where Mana had gone to.
"Killua sure is late…" he mumbled.
Leorio stopped his explanation. "Huh? Now that you think about it…you're right!"
"I hope they're alright…" the boy was really worried.
"He's Killua and she's Mana…they'll be alright!" the man was being positive.
By that time, the door slammed open and Gon jumped out of surprise. A black haired woman rushed to them with a panicked face. She was full of sweat, struggling to catch her breath. Gon and Leorio didn't actually recognize her.
"Who are you?" the black haired man demanded.
"M-Mana…and K-Killua…" the woman burst.
Gon widened his eyes. He turned to Leorio who was also wearing a shocked expression. Both of them were thinking of the same thing. What happened to the two?
I left a cliffhanger~! Hehehe...at first, I thought of continuing a bit more...then, I think I should give you guys a little cliffhanger since I need to focus on two of my other fanfictions that had been neglected for a few weeks...
Yeah, I need to focus on that...
Tell me what you think, 'kay?
